"Summer. You were almost late. And so were you Spazzy." Dewey said opening the door to his apartment. I sat down on the couch wating for the rest to arrive. I found my mini-IPod in my pocket and started listening to it. The song was Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppard. "Easy opporator you'll be knockin on my door...Pour some sugar on me." I sang it to myself silently with my eyes closed. I opened them to see Freddy right in my face. I jumped in fright.

"What the hell Freddy!" I yelled. "Sorry. It was funny though I guarentee that for sure!" He said. "Haha. It was kinda funny though wasn't it?" I laughed with him. Snap out of it Summer! Your laughing 'with' Freddy? A little voice in my head said. Zack, Katie, Lawrence and the rest didn't even show up until 4 because they never got Dewey's message. So me and Freddy talked for a half n' hour. "So, Me and my mom were at the airport giving a ride to my cousin Alexis. She was my favorite cousin. I looked up to her so much. She was pretty and smart and that. We watched her get on the plane and we watched the plane take off when there was a big explosion on the plane. 3 people got thrown from the plane and one was Alexis. She fell very very far to her death and I cried for 2 weeks. I also missed 2 weeks of school was this was 2 years ago when we were in grade 6." I never told anyone that before. Now Freddy knows. "I know. It's hard. My older brother who's 27 now in grade 6 he had a son. He got married when he was 24 and had a child. Aaron. Aaron only lived to be 2. I thought. How cool i'm an uncle! He was the cutest little kid ever! Then he was diagnosed with cancer in his brain and scince his body was so little he couldn't take all the medicine and treatments so he never lived to see the age of three. It was really horrible." It's nice to know that someone can relate.

"Thats such a sein. Ok lets move on with different storys cause this is just plain sad." I put on a smile. "Ok...Oh I got one. Once when you were sick in grade 5 Arnold Bugenstein caught his pants on fire and almost burnt down the school. Was it ever funny! He was running around crying like a little girl and the whole school was laughing." Freddy started laughing and I regret going home sick that day. "Oh. I can't believe I missed that!" Darn! "Oh yeah and once me and my cousin Bernette went on holidays with my parents to a little bungalo we have in Flordia and it was New Years Eve so we were sad because there was no snow so we found all of the fire extinguishers and sprayed them all over the lawn. When our parents came back to the place they were sooooo mad! But me and her were covered in that stuff. It was really fun though and I don't regret doing it." I laughed and sighed. "Good times, good times." Freddy smiled his killer trademark smile that he flashed at girls he was flirting with. But was he really flirting with me? Nah! "Ok you two. Band practice is starting. Stop your chittin and chattin and lets get rockin!" Dewey said. I never talked to Freddy for so long about stuff like that. He's the only one to know about the New Years Eve catospohe and me watching my cousin die and do nothing about it because there was nothing that anyone could do.

"Ok. 1-2-1-2-3-4!" Dewey yelled and they played I Remember You by Skid Row which was a kick ass song! Not really rockish. Kinda slow but they played it wicked. "Time after time you were there for me." I knew the words to it. I have the song I sang along as Dewey sang it. "I live for your smile." I said and noticed Freddy was mouthing the words too. "And die for your kiss." It was a good song. Zack totaly pulled off the solo. "Remember yesterday, walking hand in hand. Love letters in the sand. I remember you." After that song there was a break. "You guys really played that song." I said to Freddy as he walked up to me. "Yeah we did. Thanks. I noticed you know the words to it." He added. "Yeah. One of my favorite songs." It was. I wanted played at my wedding. "So are you going to hang out with the band after practice at the arcade?" He asked me. "Yeah. Duh. I can't wait to kick your ass in Air Hockey!" I was the king! No one beats me. "Ok. Break is over! We're playing another cover. Paradise City by Guns n' Roses!" Dewey announced. Now this song I loved. Guns n' Roses is my favorite band besides School of Rock of chorse! Dewey seen how excited I got when he said taht they were doing the song. "Summer, would you do the honors?" He asked me to have a mic and song along with him. Marta looked so mad. I nodded my head a took a mic. "Take me down to the Paradise City where the grass in green and the girls are pretty! Oh won't you please take me home. Take me down to the Paradise City where the grass in green and the girls are pretty! Oh won't you please take me home." I turned around to see Freddy banging on the dums and Katie rockin her bass to the beat.

"Just a' urchin
livin' under the street
I'm a hard case
that's tough to beat
I'm your charity case
So buy me somethin' to eat
I'll pay you at another time
Take it to the end of the line

Ragz to richez or so they say
Ya gotta-keep pushin'
for the fortune and fame
It's all a gamble
When it's just a game
Ya treat it like a capital crime
Everybody's doin' their time

Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Take me home

Strapped in the chair
of the city's gas chamber
Why I'm here I can't quite remember
The surgeon general says
it's hazardous to breathe
I'd have another cigarette
but I can't see
Tell me who you're gonna believe

Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Take me home

So far away
So far away
So far away
So far away

Captain America's been torn apart
Now he's a court jester
with a broken heart
He said-
Turn me around and
take me back to the start
I must be losin' my mind-
"Are you blind?"
I've seen it all a million times

Take me down
To the paradise city
Where the grass is green
And the girls are pretty
Take me home" The song was over and I was pumped up and totaly hyper. "That was wicked! Wohoo!" I said. "Someones sugar high..." Katie joked. Dewey let me sing a few other songs and soon the 2 hours was up. Went by fast too.