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Chapter 10: Liar?
"Where's Katie? First day of band practice for finals and she's late." Dewey said, sipping on his coffee.
"What? You mean she's still part of the band?" Michelle said incredulously.
"What do you mean?" Dewey said, biting his lip.
"After what happened last Saturday, I thought you recruited a new bassist." Michelle said confidently.
"Michelle, do me a favor. Please shut up." Alicia snapped. Michelle gave Alicia a vicious stare.
"Now here are a few reminders. Finals is on August 6. That means we only have less than two weeks to rehearse. This time we will be performing our original song. You guys can---"
Dewey was interrupted by a sound of a door being closed. Katie just entered. As she expected, everyone gazed at her in silence as she sat next to Summer. Michelle stared at her with raised eyebrows. Dewey cleared his throat to draw back everyone's attention to him and continued;
"As I was saying, we will be performing our own song. Now I know that we have written several ones already but I still want you guys to write some. It's better if we played new material. So---yes, Michelle."
"Shouldn't we make new rules like, no outsiders allowed during band rehearsals or no spying for other bands? 'Cause both has already happened and as you guys know, the consequences we had to suffer were really ugly and we don't want to make the same mistake again. Oh and another one! Maybe those involved should not be allowed to play during Finals but instead, get replaced." Michelle said self-assuredly. Everyone stared at Michelle in silence. Katie felt heat rise up her face. She knew completely that Michelle was pertaining to her.
"Michelle, why don't you just say it to my face that you think I'm a liar. I'm dishonest." Katie said hotly. "'Cause it's obvious that you're hitting it on me!"
"Glad you noticed." Michelle said sarcastically. Katie stood up, trying her best to hold her temper.
"Look, guys. . ." Katie said difficultly to everyone. "I'm sorry. If. . .if I just didn't make friends with Michael, things wouldn't be like this for us. If I didn't trust him so much, I wouldn't be so hurt about what he did and now, to add up to all the hurt, Michelle thinks that I am involved with the spying. But I'll tell you guys honestly that I didn't have anything to do with it. I did not help Michael to spy on us. I would never ever put this band in trouble. If only I knew right away that he was lying to me then I would have prevented all these to happen. I know some of you won't believe me" Katie took a quick glance at Freddy "But what I'm saying is true. I'm really sorry. Zack, Lawrence and especially you, Dewey. I failed you. After all you've done for me, teaching me techniques, the support you've given. Look what I showed you in return . . ."
"Katie." Dewey said. "There's really no point apologizing. Because you didn't do anything wrong. It was Michael who screwed us. It's his fault not yours. If someone needs to do some apologizing it's him, not you because you didn't do anything! So please, Katie, don't blame yourself."
"But I thought you guys believed that I helped Michael copy our performance, since I'm the one who's close to him." Katie said shyly.
"I never believed that, Katie." Lawrence said nicely.
"Honestly, Katie, we're the ones who should apologize." Zack said sincerely. "I mean, some of us quite believed that you had something to do with what happened. You know, instead of fully trusting you, we sort of doubted you even just a little. I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry too." Leonard said softly.
Everybody except for Freddy and Michelle, went to Katie to apologize. Freddy didn't move. It's not that he didn't believe Katie it's just that he was hoping to talk to her in private. As for Michelle, she still didn't want to believe what Katie has said. She remained seated on the floor, scowling.
"Great. Now that everyone is in peace let me continue what I was saying a while ago." Dewey said. "I need you guys to write a song. It can be about anything as long as you give me good lyrics. I need the lyrics tomorrow pronto, understand? Alright, let's rock!"
The band took their positions and started playing an original song called "Electrify" written by Dewey. The band was such in a good mood, again with the exception of Freddy who was thinking of how he would talk to Katie.
Gordon was creating the band's official website in his laptop while Billy was scanning different rock magazines to come up with a new idea for the band's costumes. Eventually that was what everyone did all day.
It was 5:30pm when band practice ended. Freddy stared at Katie, who was fixing up her backpack. He walked heavily over to her, his feet making little steps as if something hurt his toes. He opened his mouth to speak as he reached Katie but before he could utter a word someone spoke.
"C'mon Freddy, let's go home."
Freddy looked back at Katie as Michelle was dragging him out of the room. Katie frowned as she carried her guitar case, swinging her backpack over her shoulder. 'Damn it Katie, why are you feeling this way? You're not jealous, you're not jealous, you're not jealous" Katie told herself more than once as she took the stairs and went down to the first floor.
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Katie sat on the bench in front of the grocery store as she always did while waiting for her mom. The tangerine sky reflected its color on the houses below it as the sun peacefully set. Katie watched this happen, singing the song "Tangerine" to herself. It has been her favorite rock ballad ever since. It was Freddy who recommended her to listen to it. And then again she thought about Freddy. 'Damn, why is he always stuck in my head?' she told herself. She felt weird about it. She noticed that she has been thinking about Freddy almost all the time. The fact that Michelle and Freddy are always together totally bugged her. She doesn't know why but maybe she really does. She just needs to be more frank to herself instead of keeping on denying things.
Tiny, silvery dots started glistening over the now deep blue sky. Katie was still deep in thought as she stared on the dusty sidewalk. Soon she no longer found herself staring on the dusty sidewalk but instead was now staring at a pair of Nike rubber shoes, belonging to a person standing firmly in front of her. She gently looked up at the person who owned those rather familiar shoes, scowling as she recognized whom it was.
"Hey Katie. What's up?" Michael said casually, his hands in his pocket.
Katie quickly grabbed her bass and her backpack, trying to escape but Michael quickly seized her arm.
"Katie, we need to talk." Michael said.
But before Michael could say anything else, Katie kicked him hard on the knee.
"Ow! Dammit! What was that for?" Michael said, half kneeling on the ground.
"I told you that you'll get more than a slap if you show your face to me again." Katie said, trying to leave but Michael, again, successfully seized her arm.
"Look, Katie we need to talk."
"I don't want to hear anything from you. Now please just---"
"What the hell is this?"
A voice interrupted Katie. She quickly turned her back and her mouth fell open as she came face to face with Freddy.
"Freddy!" Katie said in a panicky tone.
"What the hell are you doing hanging out with HIM?" Freddy said irritably.
"I'm not hanging out with him! He was. . .he was. . ." Katie struggled for words as Freddy stared at her with flaming eyes.
"Well well well. . .look who we got here." Michelle suddenly emerged beside Freddy.
"Look, it's not what you think it is!" Katie said.
"So what you said to everyone this morning was just a lie. Great acting, Katie." Freddy said sarcastically.
"I wasn't acting! Look if you could just listen---"
"I almost fell for your drama." Freddy said coldly.
"Freddy, please! He was following me and. . .and I---"
"Wait til the band hears about this!" Michelle said triumphantly.
"You know what, Katie? You're a big fat liar. That's what you are!" Freddy said angrily.
"Argh! The problem with you, Frederick, is that you don't know how to listen! You always jump into conclusions without knowing whether you're right or not!" Katie responded.
"Well isn't this enough proof?" Freddy pointed his index finger sharply at Michael.
"Look Katie, the fact is you lied to us. Not just once but twice. End of story. The band will eventually hear about this and I bet it's not going to be pretty. Don't bother coming to band practice tomorrow 'cause surely Dewey will find you a replacement. C'mon, Freddy." Michelle hooked her arm to Freddy's and walked away. Freddy felt his eyes still heat up in anger.
Katie stared coldly at the fading images of Freddy and Michelle as they sunk in between the crowd of busy people walking along the sidewalk. She always hated it when Freddy refuses to listen.
"So. . .can we talk now?" Michael said.
Again, Katie kicked him on the knee, leaving him scowling in pain along the sidewalk.
Katie felt tears fill up her eyes as Freddy's voice shouting, "You're a big fat liar" echoed in her head. Even if she knows that Freddy is a nice person, she always disliked his insensitivity and his being reproachful. Freddy has never said something seriously hurtful to her not until the argument they just had. Katie felt crushed.
End of Chapter 10
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Chapter 10: Liar?
"Where's Katie? First day of band practice for finals and she's late." Dewey said, sipping on his coffee.
"What? You mean she's still part of the band?" Michelle said incredulously.
"What do you mean?" Dewey said, biting his lip.
"After what happened last Saturday, I thought you recruited a new bassist." Michelle said confidently.
"Michelle, do me a favor. Please shut up." Alicia snapped. Michelle gave Alicia a vicious stare.
"Now here are a few reminders. Finals is on August 6. That means we only have less than two weeks to rehearse. This time we will be performing our original song. You guys can---"
Dewey was interrupted by a sound of a door being closed. Katie just entered. As she expected, everyone gazed at her in silence as she sat next to Summer. Michelle stared at her with raised eyebrows. Dewey cleared his throat to draw back everyone's attention to him and continued;
"As I was saying, we will be performing our own song. Now I know that we have written several ones already but I still want you guys to write some. It's better if we played new material. So---yes, Michelle."
"Shouldn't we make new rules like, no outsiders allowed during band rehearsals or no spying for other bands? 'Cause both has already happened and as you guys know, the consequences we had to suffer were really ugly and we don't want to make the same mistake again. Oh and another one! Maybe those involved should not be allowed to play during Finals but instead, get replaced." Michelle said self-assuredly. Everyone stared at Michelle in silence. Katie felt heat rise up her face. She knew completely that Michelle was pertaining to her.
"Michelle, why don't you just say it to my face that you think I'm a liar. I'm dishonest." Katie said hotly. "'Cause it's obvious that you're hitting it on me!"
"Glad you noticed." Michelle said sarcastically. Katie stood up, trying her best to hold her temper.
"Look, guys. . ." Katie said difficultly to everyone. "I'm sorry. If. . .if I just didn't make friends with Michael, things wouldn't be like this for us. If I didn't trust him so much, I wouldn't be so hurt about what he did and now, to add up to all the hurt, Michelle thinks that I am involved with the spying. But I'll tell you guys honestly that I didn't have anything to do with it. I did not help Michael to spy on us. I would never ever put this band in trouble. If only I knew right away that he was lying to me then I would have prevented all these to happen. I know some of you won't believe me" Katie took a quick glance at Freddy "But what I'm saying is true. I'm really sorry. Zack, Lawrence and especially you, Dewey. I failed you. After all you've done for me, teaching me techniques, the support you've given. Look what I showed you in return . . ."
"Katie." Dewey said. "There's really no point apologizing. Because you didn't do anything wrong. It was Michael who screwed us. It's his fault not yours. If someone needs to do some apologizing it's him, not you because you didn't do anything! So please, Katie, don't blame yourself."
"But I thought you guys believed that I helped Michael copy our performance, since I'm the one who's close to him." Katie said shyly.
"I never believed that, Katie." Lawrence said nicely.
"Honestly, Katie, we're the ones who should apologize." Zack said sincerely. "I mean, some of us quite believed that you had something to do with what happened. You know, instead of fully trusting you, we sort of doubted you even just a little. I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry too." Leonard said softly.
Everybody except for Freddy and Michelle, went to Katie to apologize. Freddy didn't move. It's not that he didn't believe Katie it's just that he was hoping to talk to her in private. As for Michelle, she still didn't want to believe what Katie has said. She remained seated on the floor, scowling.
"Great. Now that everyone is in peace let me continue what I was saying a while ago." Dewey said. "I need you guys to write a song. It can be about anything as long as you give me good lyrics. I need the lyrics tomorrow pronto, understand? Alright, let's rock!"
The band took their positions and started playing an original song called "Electrify" written by Dewey. The band was such in a good mood, again with the exception of Freddy who was thinking of how he would talk to Katie.
Gordon was creating the band's official website in his laptop while Billy was scanning different rock magazines to come up with a new idea for the band's costumes. Eventually that was what everyone did all day.
It was 5:30pm when band practice ended. Freddy stared at Katie, who was fixing up her backpack. He walked heavily over to her, his feet making little steps as if something hurt his toes. He opened his mouth to speak as he reached Katie but before he could utter a word someone spoke.
"C'mon Freddy, let's go home."
Freddy looked back at Katie as Michelle was dragging him out of the room. Katie frowned as she carried her guitar case, swinging her backpack over her shoulder. 'Damn it Katie, why are you feeling this way? You're not jealous, you're not jealous, you're not jealous" Katie told herself more than once as she took the stairs and went down to the first floor.
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Katie sat on the bench in front of the grocery store as she always did while waiting for her mom. The tangerine sky reflected its color on the houses below it as the sun peacefully set. Katie watched this happen, singing the song "Tangerine" to herself. It has been her favorite rock ballad ever since. It was Freddy who recommended her to listen to it. And then again she thought about Freddy. 'Damn, why is he always stuck in my head?' she told herself. She felt weird about it. She noticed that she has been thinking about Freddy almost all the time. The fact that Michelle and Freddy are always together totally bugged her. She doesn't know why but maybe she really does. She just needs to be more frank to herself instead of keeping on denying things.
Tiny, silvery dots started glistening over the now deep blue sky. Katie was still deep in thought as she stared on the dusty sidewalk. Soon she no longer found herself staring on the dusty sidewalk but instead was now staring at a pair of Nike rubber shoes, belonging to a person standing firmly in front of her. She gently looked up at the person who owned those rather familiar shoes, scowling as she recognized whom it was.
"Hey Katie. What's up?" Michael said casually, his hands in his pocket.
Katie quickly grabbed her bass and her backpack, trying to escape but Michael quickly seized her arm.
"Katie, we need to talk." Michael said.
But before Michael could say anything else, Katie kicked him hard on the knee.
"Ow! Dammit! What was that for?" Michael said, half kneeling on the ground.
"I told you that you'll get more than a slap if you show your face to me again." Katie said, trying to leave but Michael, again, successfully seized her arm.
"Look, Katie we need to talk."
"I don't want to hear anything from you. Now please just---"
"What the hell is this?"
A voice interrupted Katie. She quickly turned her back and her mouth fell open as she came face to face with Freddy.
"Freddy!" Katie said in a panicky tone.
"What the hell are you doing hanging out with HIM?" Freddy said irritably.
"I'm not hanging out with him! He was. . .he was. . ." Katie struggled for words as Freddy stared at her with flaming eyes.
"Well well well. . .look who we got here." Michelle suddenly emerged beside Freddy.
"Look, it's not what you think it is!" Katie said.
"So what you said to everyone this morning was just a lie. Great acting, Katie." Freddy said sarcastically.
"I wasn't acting! Look if you could just listen---"
"I almost fell for your drama." Freddy said coldly.
"Freddy, please! He was following me and. . .and I---"
"Wait til the band hears about this!" Michelle said triumphantly.
"You know what, Katie? You're a big fat liar. That's what you are!" Freddy said angrily.
"Argh! The problem with you, Frederick, is that you don't know how to listen! You always jump into conclusions without knowing whether you're right or not!" Katie responded.
"Well isn't this enough proof?" Freddy pointed his index finger sharply at Michael.
"Look Katie, the fact is you lied to us. Not just once but twice. End of story. The band will eventually hear about this and I bet it's not going to be pretty. Don't bother coming to band practice tomorrow 'cause surely Dewey will find you a replacement. C'mon, Freddy." Michelle hooked her arm to Freddy's and walked away. Freddy felt his eyes still heat up in anger.
Katie stared coldly at the fading images of Freddy and Michelle as they sunk in between the crowd of busy people walking along the sidewalk. She always hated it when Freddy refuses to listen.
"So. . .can we talk now?" Michael said.
Again, Katie kicked him on the knee, leaving him scowling in pain along the sidewalk.
Katie felt tears fill up her eyes as Freddy's voice shouting, "You're a big fat liar" echoed in her head. Even if she knows that Freddy is a nice person, she always disliked his insensitivity and his being reproachful. Freddy has never said something seriously hurtful to her not until the argument they just had. Katie felt crushed.
End of Chapter 10
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