~ Chapter 7!!!
A lot of people have been asking me about the kids' age. The kids are 12 years old. It was mentioned in the first chapter. It's just some sort of puppy love going on between Freddy and Katie but Freddy will do something really sweet at the very end of this fanfic and I'm not telling ya. . .
I do not own School of Rock. It is officially presented by Paramount Pictures.
Chapter 7: All Screwed Up Part 1
"Today's the big day." Theo stood in front of the band he managed. "Don't flunk out."
"Theo, I swear we're gonna kick ass!" Damon said proudly, polishing his bass.
"Of course you owe it all to me." Michael smirked arrogantly.
"Your little cousin here seemed to have learned something from you, Theo" Chester said.
"What do you mean 'little', jackass?" Michael said, hotly.
"Who you calling a jackass, dimwit!" Chester answered back.
"Shut up!" Theo shouted. "I want you guys to show everyone what you got! Show everyone that you're better than some stupid children's wannabe rock band. This is your stepping-stone. If you pass eliminations, then you guys go to the finals. If you outrock School of Rock later, they have no chance of getting in the finals. You gotta admit that they're really good, but in order to get to the top, you just have to get rid of the good ones first. Cheating, screwing, and lying are part of it. You should know that by now."
"Dude, trust us. After our performance, I swear you'll see those kids crying like babies!" Alan said conceitedly.
"Hey Mike what about that girl? The bassist?" Damon said. "I mean, you screwed her big time!"
"So what? She's the one stupid enough to trust me. It ain't my fault." Michael said, grinning insensitively.
"Alright! I wanna hear you from the top one last time! Highway to Hell, kick it Chester!" Theo ordered as Chester played the guitar intro.
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DEWEY'S APARTMENT
"Alright! Now that's what I call a great rock n' roll performance!" Dewey said approvingly as they finished rehearsing their song one last time before the performance itself. "Now fix yourselves up, we'll be leaving at around 3. Summer, come here we have to talk about something."
"Do you think we're gonna win?" Tomika said.
"Of course, Tomika! We kick ass!" Freddy said coolly.
"Don't be too sure, Freddy. You have to admit that there are a lot of pretty good bands out there who'll be competing." Michelle said.
"Besides, it's alright if we don't win first place. The important thing is to get into the Top 6 so that we can enter the finals and win it." Alicia said.
"Is Michael going to be there?" Marta asked Katie.
"Y-yeah. I think so." Katie said.
"Speaking of that ugly goat." Freddy glanced at Katie who was glaring at him irritably. How he loves to see Katie looking pissed. "We saw him yesterday at the court, hanging out with that Theo guy from No Vacancy."
"That can't be. He told me he just came from London and that he had to rest that's why he couldn't visit." Katie said apprehensively.
"He didn't look tired, to me. In fact, he was definitely having a good time" Zack said.
"No. He told me---"
"Maybe he was lying to you." Freddy said. Katie stared at him in disbelief.
"He wouldn't do that."
"What makes you so sure?"
"I trust him. He's my friend."
"C'mon, Katie. The fact that he's hanging out with Dewey's archenemy, that's really something to doubt. Honestly, the first time I saw him I knew I'd never trust him."
"Well it's because you've been jealous of him."
Everyone remained silent. Katie suddenly realized the damage of what she has said.
"I'm sorry." Katie said sincerely.
"Yeah. It's nothing." Freddy said softly.
Billy came with their costumes, and soon everybody got dressed. Everyone was quite surprised to see that their costumes didn't have anything glittery or flashy on it. It was casual and comfortable, probably the best costumes Billy has designed.
An hour passed and everybody went down to meet Marty, the driver of the school bus. They settled themselves in the bus and before they left, Dewey gave his usual "encouragement" talk.
"Okay, guys. This is it. Our goal is to get in the Top 6. Do your best. We can rock that theatre anytime. I can feel it! Now, remember, no pre- performance jitters. There's no point getting nervous 'cause we've done this a million times. Now let's do this!"
Everybody cheered as the bus moved along the smooth road. Dewey played his Ramones CD in the bus' radio and jammed along with it together with the kids. Freddy was surprised to see Katie sitting next to him. She looked pretty, he thought. Her hair was tied in a high ponytail with a few loose hairs coming down from the side of her ears.
"I'm sorry for what I said a while ago." Katie told Freddy.
"C'mon, Katie, it's nothing." Freddy said casually.
Katie smiled as she pinched playfully once again, Freddy's cheeks.
"Ow! Why do you always do that!" Freddy said, as he rubbed his now aching cheeks.
"Nothing." Katie grinned as she left Freddy's side and sat next to Marta.
After 20 minutes of travel time, they finally arrived to the theatre. Despite of the mad crowd, the band and crew managed to enter the venue without being entangled with the people waiting outside. Finally they reached the backstage.
"School of Rock. Band and crew. Are we late?" Dewey asked Prudence, the lady in charge of the backstage.
"No, you're just in time. Band no. 1 is already playing. You'll be performing last right? Alright get in here, you guys." Prudence led them inside the backstage area. "There's a TV over there so that you can watch every band's performance. Other than that, I wish you guys good luck."
"Thanks." Dewey said nicely.
The bands that competed were pretty good. The first band "Crude Oil" did a very cool version of "Dazed and Confused" by Led Zeppelin. The second band was an all girl group, who made a cover of a Siouxsie and the Banshees song. Dewey and the band watched each band with full interest. In the middle of the performance of "The Antagonists", the 10th band to perform a deep voice addressed Dewey and his band.
"Well, well, well look who we got here."
Dewey turned his back to see who it was. It was Theo and his dogs.
"Theo? What the hell are you doing here?" Dewey said in disbelief.
"Long time no see, Dewey. I see you're with the Nickelodeon band of yours."
Freddy took a step forward, staring maliciously at Theo.
"Meet my band, 'Smoke'. I manage them. That's Damon, Chester, Alan and my cousin Michael." Theo said.
"Michael? What? I don't---"Before Katie could finish, Theo interrupted.
"Oh sorry, miss. Gotta go. My band has to get on stage now. See you later, Dewey."
Freddy stared at Michael, who gave him a sarcastic smile before he got on the stage. Freddy was so furious.
"Okay. . .so what the hell is going on?" Summer said tensely.
Suddenly, they heard the intro of a very familiar song accompanied by the wild cheer of the audience. Dewey and the others ran to the TV and watched, in horror the band 'Smoke', playing their song.
"They. . .they stole our song!" Marta squealed.
Freddy clutched his fists in anger. Zack had this sharp look on his eyes, a look no one have ever seen from Zack before. Katie was so shocked to see that Smoke performed exactly the way they have rehearsed the song. Her eyes were starting to cloud with tears as she watched Michael on the TV, drumming boastfully doing a little bit of Freddy's drum styles.
"Dewey, what are we going to do?!" Summer shouted.
"Holy shit." Dewey whispered angrily. He promised himself before that no one could ever screw him up again. But it was all happening again and worse, in the hands of Theo once more.
End of Chapter 7
~ Part two is coming shortly. I promise!
A lot of people have been asking me about the kids' age. The kids are 12 years old. It was mentioned in the first chapter. It's just some sort of puppy love going on between Freddy and Katie but Freddy will do something really sweet at the very end of this fanfic and I'm not telling ya. . .
I do not own School of Rock. It is officially presented by Paramount Pictures.
Chapter 7: All Screwed Up Part 1
"Today's the big day." Theo stood in front of the band he managed. "Don't flunk out."
"Theo, I swear we're gonna kick ass!" Damon said proudly, polishing his bass.
"Of course you owe it all to me." Michael smirked arrogantly.
"Your little cousin here seemed to have learned something from you, Theo" Chester said.
"What do you mean 'little', jackass?" Michael said, hotly.
"Who you calling a jackass, dimwit!" Chester answered back.
"Shut up!" Theo shouted. "I want you guys to show everyone what you got! Show everyone that you're better than some stupid children's wannabe rock band. This is your stepping-stone. If you pass eliminations, then you guys go to the finals. If you outrock School of Rock later, they have no chance of getting in the finals. You gotta admit that they're really good, but in order to get to the top, you just have to get rid of the good ones first. Cheating, screwing, and lying are part of it. You should know that by now."
"Dude, trust us. After our performance, I swear you'll see those kids crying like babies!" Alan said conceitedly.
"Hey Mike what about that girl? The bassist?" Damon said. "I mean, you screwed her big time!"
"So what? She's the one stupid enough to trust me. It ain't my fault." Michael said, grinning insensitively.
"Alright! I wanna hear you from the top one last time! Highway to Hell, kick it Chester!" Theo ordered as Chester played the guitar intro.
------------------------------------
DEWEY'S APARTMENT
"Alright! Now that's what I call a great rock n' roll performance!" Dewey said approvingly as they finished rehearsing their song one last time before the performance itself. "Now fix yourselves up, we'll be leaving at around 3. Summer, come here we have to talk about something."
"Do you think we're gonna win?" Tomika said.
"Of course, Tomika! We kick ass!" Freddy said coolly.
"Don't be too sure, Freddy. You have to admit that there are a lot of pretty good bands out there who'll be competing." Michelle said.
"Besides, it's alright if we don't win first place. The important thing is to get into the Top 6 so that we can enter the finals and win it." Alicia said.
"Is Michael going to be there?" Marta asked Katie.
"Y-yeah. I think so." Katie said.
"Speaking of that ugly goat." Freddy glanced at Katie who was glaring at him irritably. How he loves to see Katie looking pissed. "We saw him yesterday at the court, hanging out with that Theo guy from No Vacancy."
"That can't be. He told me he just came from London and that he had to rest that's why he couldn't visit." Katie said apprehensively.
"He didn't look tired, to me. In fact, he was definitely having a good time" Zack said.
"No. He told me---"
"Maybe he was lying to you." Freddy said. Katie stared at him in disbelief.
"He wouldn't do that."
"What makes you so sure?"
"I trust him. He's my friend."
"C'mon, Katie. The fact that he's hanging out with Dewey's archenemy, that's really something to doubt. Honestly, the first time I saw him I knew I'd never trust him."
"Well it's because you've been jealous of him."
Everyone remained silent. Katie suddenly realized the damage of what she has said.
"I'm sorry." Katie said sincerely.
"Yeah. It's nothing." Freddy said softly.
Billy came with their costumes, and soon everybody got dressed. Everyone was quite surprised to see that their costumes didn't have anything glittery or flashy on it. It was casual and comfortable, probably the best costumes Billy has designed.
An hour passed and everybody went down to meet Marty, the driver of the school bus. They settled themselves in the bus and before they left, Dewey gave his usual "encouragement" talk.
"Okay, guys. This is it. Our goal is to get in the Top 6. Do your best. We can rock that theatre anytime. I can feel it! Now, remember, no pre- performance jitters. There's no point getting nervous 'cause we've done this a million times. Now let's do this!"
Everybody cheered as the bus moved along the smooth road. Dewey played his Ramones CD in the bus' radio and jammed along with it together with the kids. Freddy was surprised to see Katie sitting next to him. She looked pretty, he thought. Her hair was tied in a high ponytail with a few loose hairs coming down from the side of her ears.
"I'm sorry for what I said a while ago." Katie told Freddy.
"C'mon, Katie, it's nothing." Freddy said casually.
Katie smiled as she pinched playfully once again, Freddy's cheeks.
"Ow! Why do you always do that!" Freddy said, as he rubbed his now aching cheeks.
"Nothing." Katie grinned as she left Freddy's side and sat next to Marta.
After 20 minutes of travel time, they finally arrived to the theatre. Despite of the mad crowd, the band and crew managed to enter the venue without being entangled with the people waiting outside. Finally they reached the backstage.
"School of Rock. Band and crew. Are we late?" Dewey asked Prudence, the lady in charge of the backstage.
"No, you're just in time. Band no. 1 is already playing. You'll be performing last right? Alright get in here, you guys." Prudence led them inside the backstage area. "There's a TV over there so that you can watch every band's performance. Other than that, I wish you guys good luck."
"Thanks." Dewey said nicely.
The bands that competed were pretty good. The first band "Crude Oil" did a very cool version of "Dazed and Confused" by Led Zeppelin. The second band was an all girl group, who made a cover of a Siouxsie and the Banshees song. Dewey and the band watched each band with full interest. In the middle of the performance of "The Antagonists", the 10th band to perform a deep voice addressed Dewey and his band.
"Well, well, well look who we got here."
Dewey turned his back to see who it was. It was Theo and his dogs.
"Theo? What the hell are you doing here?" Dewey said in disbelief.
"Long time no see, Dewey. I see you're with the Nickelodeon band of yours."
Freddy took a step forward, staring maliciously at Theo.
"Meet my band, 'Smoke'. I manage them. That's Damon, Chester, Alan and my cousin Michael." Theo said.
"Michael? What? I don't---"Before Katie could finish, Theo interrupted.
"Oh sorry, miss. Gotta go. My band has to get on stage now. See you later, Dewey."
Freddy stared at Michael, who gave him a sarcastic smile before he got on the stage. Freddy was so furious.
"Okay. . .so what the hell is going on?" Summer said tensely.
Suddenly, they heard the intro of a very familiar song accompanied by the wild cheer of the audience. Dewey and the others ran to the TV and watched, in horror the band 'Smoke', playing their song.
"They. . .they stole our song!" Marta squealed.
Freddy clutched his fists in anger. Zack had this sharp look on his eyes, a look no one have ever seen from Zack before. Katie was so shocked to see that Smoke performed exactly the way they have rehearsed the song. Her eyes were starting to cloud with tears as she watched Michael on the TV, drumming boastfully doing a little bit of Freddy's drum styles.
"Dewey, what are we going to do?!" Summer shouted.
"Holy shit." Dewey whispered angrily. He promised himself before that no one could ever screw him up again. But it was all happening again and worse, in the hands of Theo once more.
End of Chapter 7
~ Part two is coming shortly. I promise!