I do not own School of Rock. It is officially presented by Paramount Pictures.
Chapter 15: The Finals
"Dude, maybe we should just play. . .'Electrify' instead." Freddy told Dewey by the kitchen. It was the day of the Summerblast Battle of the Bands Finals and everyone was busily getting ready.
"What are you talking about?" Dewey said, puzzled. Freddy remained silent. He wasn't so sure how to explain why.
"Dude, your song is our key to win this thing." Dewey said. "We have practiced it hard all week long, we can't just change what we have rehearsed, man. Why? Did someone spy on us again?"
"No. . .it's just. . ." Freddy couldn't seem to finish his statement.
"Look, not only is this our chance to win but it's also your chance to tell her how you feel." Dewey said encouragingly. "And a million people will know about it too."
"I don't know." Freddy said uncertainly.
"Hey, c'mon. Don't get all cold feet at the last minute. Now, get your costume and get dressed." Dewey said after finishing a bowl of macaroni and cheese. Freddy walked away silently.
"C'mon people! Hurry, hurry, hurry!" Billy clapped his hands excitedly as everyone dressed up.
"Guys, it's 3:30! We have to leave at 4! So please make it snappy!" Summer said bossily.
"Billy, you know I don't wear skirts." Katie came out of the bathroom wearing a pink, off shoulder Guess Who blouse and a knee-length, black leather skirt.
"You look fab, Katie. So quit complaining and wear these." Billy handed her black stockings and red Japanese-like slippers.
"Maybe I should just wear a kimono." Katie said sarcastically, walking away carrying the stockings and slippers with her.
"15 minutes!" Summer said impatiently.
At 5 minutes before 4:00, everybody was settled and ready to go.
"Let's rock, people!" Dewey shouted and everyone left the room. They boarded the School bus and took off right away.
The bus was in a racket. Everyone was in talks about the competition, except for Freddy who sat alone in the back of the bus. Katie kept on glancing at him, trying to figure out whether she should sit beside him and talk or just stay put. They haven't been talking to each other ever since that tape incident three days ago.
Dewey turned up the volume of the radio when "Love is Only A Feeling" by the Darkness came playing.
"I love that song!" Eleni said excitedly who was sitting beside Zack. Zack grinned.
"Oh the first flush of youth was upon you when our eyes first met. . ." Dewey sang along loudly the first line of the song. "And I knew that to you and into your life I had to get."
"I felt light-headed at the touch of this stranger's hand. . ." Frankie sang along with Dewey, pretending he was holding a microphone. Marta and Tomika giggled. "An assault my defenses systematically failed to withstand."
"'Cause you came at a time, when the pursuit of one true love in which to fall. . ." Eleni sang along too, smiling at Zack. "Was the be all and end all." The three singers joined in.
Katie smiled as almost everybody sang the chorus. She glanced at Freddy who was staring blankly outside the window. Katie's smile suddenly faded into a frown. She has not forgotten about what happened. After hesitating a couple of times, Katie stood up and sat beside Freddy who seemed not to notice her at all.
Still, everyone sang. Katie tried to talk to Freddy but didn't exactly know what to say. After building enough courage, Katie finally spoke.
"Please stop avoiding me." Katie said calmly. Freddy glanced at her then back at the window.
"Love is only a feeling (drifting away)" everyone sang along, including Katie who did not leave Freddy's side. Freddy watched her as she sang.
"When I'm in your arms I start believing (it's here to stay), but love is only a feeling anyway, anyway"
The bus stopped in front of the theatre just as the song ended. Everyone cheered and quickly went out. There were lots of people lining up in front of the ticket booth. Again, they have managed to get through the wild crowd and quickly went to the backstage of theatre 1.
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"Welcome guys, get in here!" Prudence greeted them in high spirits. The School of Rock band and crew registered at the front desk.
"Okay. Battle of the Bands will start in 15 minutes. Good Luck guys!" Prudence shook hands with all of them and walked away to welcome 'Pluto's Agony' who has just arrived.
"Alright guys, this is it! Let's show them what we got!" Dewey said. The band and crew cheered.
"Hey Dewey!"
A familiar voice called. Dewey had a sour look on his face when he came face to face with Theo.
"Even if our drummer quit on us I swear we're still going to win this." Theo said arrogantly.
"Bring it on, buddy!" Dewey said tauntingly. Theo smirked and walked away.
Zack and Lawrence took a peek outside the stage and saw lots of people already waiting. There were lots of MTV cameras too.
"Whoa." Zack said with great amazement.
"I never really expected it to be like this." Lawrence said smiling excitedly.
At exactly 5:00, TRL's Vanessa went up the stage making the crowd scream so wildly.
"Hello everyone! I'm Vanessa and I'll be your host for today's show. I bet you guys are excited because this is the day of reckoning for 6 talented hardcore rock bands and they all play hard for one goal: to be this year's Summerblast Battle of the Bands champion." Crowd goes wild, Vanessa continues "Alright! Let's start the rock n' roll fever as we call on our first band, Crude Oil!"
'Crude Oil' went up the stage and performed their song. They got the crowd on their feet. It was indeed a powerhouse performance that made Dewey feel a bit nervous. Next to perform was 'The Antagonists' who did pretty well. Although there was a point where the guitar solo was kind of sloppy, still they sounded good. The crowd gave a roaring welcome to the third band, 'The Flops'. They're style was so unique; Dewey never thought how much of a challenge they would be.
"And that was our third band give another roar for The Flops!" Vanessa said enthusiastically as the crowd gave another cheer for the band.
Meanwhile in backstage, Dewey, the band and crew chilled out with the other bands (except for Smoke of course). Suddenly, a familiar group of guys entered backstage and walked towards the side of the stage.
"Oh my god." Alicia said.
"Is it just me or do I see 'Jet'?" Katie said, trying hard not to freak out.
"I see them too, Katie." Marta said. The girls squealed in excitement.
"No way. 'Jet' is here." Zack said unbelievingly. Freddy was speechless.
"Now, before I call on the next band." Vanessa paused, winked at the camera, and then continued, "We have a very special guest. To perform live here in Marley theatre give it up for Jet!"
The Australian rock band made their way to the stage. The crowd went wilder. Even the people at the backstage were cheering as they crowded in front of the TV.
The band performed their hit single "Cold Hard Bitch" which was currently no.1 across America and the UK. Dewey always enjoyed their music and so did his band. Zack was playing air guitar, his head nodding to the beat of the song. The groupies were jumping and screaming wildly nearby. Leonard and Frankie were dancing goofily. Freddy, who decided not to join the people crowded in front of the TV, was leaning on the wall, doing air drums with his drumsticks. Katie was also nodding her head to the beat of the song but stopped when her eyes landed on Freddy. She blushed as she stared at Freddy's appearance, which she thought was cute.
The crowd cheered as the song ended and the band entered the backstage once again. Almost everyone approached and shook hands with them. Michelle managed to get the frontman's autograph.
"Woohoo! That was indeed pure rock n' roll! Again, I want you to give a loud, loud scream for Jet!" the crowd gave a cheer one last time. Vanessa continued, "Anyway, it's time for our fourth band to take over the stage and rock their hearts out. Give it up people for the first placers during Summerblast Battle of the Bands eliminations, Smoke!"
The crowd, still with full energy, cheered as Smoke came up the stage. Dewey and the others watched closely as Smoke started playing their song.
Surprisingly, they didn't turn out as good as they were during Eliminations. Well, they were only good at eliminations because they stole School of Rock's performance. Their new drummer was not even half as good as Michael nor is he good enough to beat Freddy's drumming skills. Their song had teenybopper lyrics and was so unrock n' roll. The crowd's noise died down as they watched, looking all surprised at Smoke's performance. Soon a couple of boos can be heard.
"Hah! Serves them right!" Summer said triumphantly, watching Smoke on the backstage TV.
"Karma is the word." Katie said elatedly.
"They're not so tough anymore." Zack smirked.
"And that was Smoke! Another round of applause for them, everybody!" Vanessa said but the crowd didn't seem to agree. The 'boos' became louder as the band bitterly exited the stage.
"Hey why the long face? It was alright." Dewey said sarcastically to the band members of Smoke. "Although you completely sounded like a boyband, you don't have to worry about it. It wouldn't hurt you one bit, I swear." Freddy and Zack grinned.
"Hey! Shut up, Dewey!" Theo said angrily. Theo turned to his boys and said, "What the hell were you doing out there? What the heck happened to all of you?"
"Sorry, man." Alan said.
"Sorry? That's it? You've risked your careers! Do you think you're going to be a full time rock band after what you've shown out there?!"
"You know what, I'm sick of this! I'm sick of you, Theo! I'm outta here!" Damon said, walking out of the backstage.
"Damon, wait up man!" Alan and Chester ran after their friend leaving Theo alone.
"What the hell? I made you guys! You wouldn't be here if it weren't for me! After all what I've done for you----"
"Who's all alone, now?" Dewey said provokingly. Theo grabbed Dewey by the collar.
"Hey hands off!" Dewey gripped Theo's hand, making him let go.
"Dewey! We're on next!" Marta called.
"Rock n' Roll." Dewey sneered at Theo. He quickly ran to his band that was already waiting by the side of the stage.
"The next band to perform is one of the best aspiring rock bands out there although their performance during Eliminations wasn't really outstanding, I bet they are now ready to retaliate. Please welcome, the School of Rock!"
The crowd roared as the band went on stage. Everyone was all hyped up.
"Hey! Um, We're the School of Rock. And we are going to play an original song. Music composed by Zack Mooneyham our lead guitarist and yours truly. Lyrics written by our very own, Freddy Jones, the drummer." Dewey paused as the crowd cheered. Katie's heart stopped. She never knew that Freddy wrote the song.
"Freddy wrote the song and he never told us?" Summer said who was at the backstage with the other crewmembers.
"And Freddy wrote this song for someone. This song specially goes out to the lovely Katie Brown our rockin' bassist." Dewey grinned at Katie who was completely surprised. She smiled faintly at Freddy who returned a smile as well.
The crowd got to their feet as the School of Rock started their song. It was 100 percent better than their performance during eliminations. Zack was completely in the zone with his guitar; Dewey's vocals were so amazing he sounded almost like Bon Scott; Katie was smiling from ear to ear, showing full attitude while playing her bass; Lawrence was completely enjoying the song, doing lots of finger techniques with his keyboard; Freddy was completely bustin' out on the drums; the backup singers were on a roll as well. Zack's guitar solo came up which completely brought the house down. At the end of the song Katie performed her first ever bass solo in years. Generally it was an ass kickin', hard rockin' performance which everyone enjoyed.
A wild crowd cheered as the band ended their song. The theatre was all heated up after School of Rock's performance.
"Whoa! That was probably the best performance I have seen in this competition yet!" Vanessa said excitedly. "Everybody make some noise once again for the School of Rock!"
"Oh my god! You guys were great!" Eleni gave Zack a tight hug as they entered backstage.
"That was absolutely mind blowing, you guys!" Summer said proudly.
"I guess you finally got what you wanted eh?" Theo said bitterly to Dewey.
"Yeah." Dewey replied.
"Heh. . .I'll see you." Theo said, walking away.
"You three were stunning out there!" Leonard gave the three singers a hug.
"Man! The lights were great!" Dewey gave Gordon a high five.
"Excuse me, we watched your performance. Honestly, you guys rock." Nic Cester, the vocalist of Jet, approached the band.
"Thanks, man! By the way, I'm Dewey." Dewey shook hands with him.
"I'm Nic. Hope to work with you guys soon." Nic said kindly.
'Pluto's Agony' was now performing on stage. The band was too happy about the outcome of their performance that they didn't pay much attention to what was happening on stage.
"Freddy, why didn't you tell us about the song?" Summer said questionably.
"Erm. . ." Freddy glanced at Katie who was staring at the floor. She felt a bit shy and at the same time touched at what Freddy did.
"Well you should have figured it was him. The lyrics explained it all!" Zack said.
"Oh speaking of the lyrics. . ." Michelle moved her eyes to Katie. The others followed. Katie avoided everyone's eyes.
"And that was a great performance from out very last band, Pluto's Agony!" the crowd gave another round of applause. "Okay. Before we announce the winner of this year's Summerblast Battle of the Bands I would like to reiterate that the winner would be receiving $20,000 cash prize and Friday night gigs at Hard Rock Café for three months. And also we would like to acknowledge again the presence of Jet, thank you guys for coming."
"C'mon! Say it already!" Alicia said impatiently.
"Alright! The moment we have all been waiting for!" the crowd fell silent as Vanessa opened the envelope. "This year's Summerblast Battle of the Bands champion and a winner of $20,000 cash and Friday night gigs at Hard Rock Café, garnering a score of 9.7/10. It's quite obvious. Congratulations to School of Rock!"
The crowed roared in excitement as the band and crew went on stage.
"Congratulations, you guys!" Vanessa said, shaking hands with Dewey. "Well that's it for me, thank you so much for tuning in. You can catch me on TRL on MTV. Again, this is Vanessa signing off!"
The crowd still cheered as the show went off the air. A lot of publicity photographers came up the stage and took pictures of the band. The band was feeling it. They have been dreaming about this for years. They were indeed inches away to stardom.
End of Chapter 15
Erm...please tell me what you think. Thanks!
I do not own the following:
Total Request Live – A show in MTV
Music Television (MTV)
Vanessa – a TRL host
Jet – Australian rock band
"Cold Hard Bitch" – this song is found in Jet's debut album Get Born.
Hard Rock Caf
"Love is Only A Feeling" by the Darkness – song found in their debut album Permission to Land.
Chapter 15: The Finals
"Dude, maybe we should just play. . .'Electrify' instead." Freddy told Dewey by the kitchen. It was the day of the Summerblast Battle of the Bands Finals and everyone was busily getting ready.
"What are you talking about?" Dewey said, puzzled. Freddy remained silent. He wasn't so sure how to explain why.
"Dude, your song is our key to win this thing." Dewey said. "We have practiced it hard all week long, we can't just change what we have rehearsed, man. Why? Did someone spy on us again?"
"No. . .it's just. . ." Freddy couldn't seem to finish his statement.
"Look, not only is this our chance to win but it's also your chance to tell her how you feel." Dewey said encouragingly. "And a million people will know about it too."
"I don't know." Freddy said uncertainly.
"Hey, c'mon. Don't get all cold feet at the last minute. Now, get your costume and get dressed." Dewey said after finishing a bowl of macaroni and cheese. Freddy walked away silently.
"C'mon people! Hurry, hurry, hurry!" Billy clapped his hands excitedly as everyone dressed up.
"Guys, it's 3:30! We have to leave at 4! So please make it snappy!" Summer said bossily.
"Billy, you know I don't wear skirts." Katie came out of the bathroom wearing a pink, off shoulder Guess Who blouse and a knee-length, black leather skirt.
"You look fab, Katie. So quit complaining and wear these." Billy handed her black stockings and red Japanese-like slippers.
"Maybe I should just wear a kimono." Katie said sarcastically, walking away carrying the stockings and slippers with her.
"15 minutes!" Summer said impatiently.
At 5 minutes before 4:00, everybody was settled and ready to go.
"Let's rock, people!" Dewey shouted and everyone left the room. They boarded the School bus and took off right away.
The bus was in a racket. Everyone was in talks about the competition, except for Freddy who sat alone in the back of the bus. Katie kept on glancing at him, trying to figure out whether she should sit beside him and talk or just stay put. They haven't been talking to each other ever since that tape incident three days ago.
Dewey turned up the volume of the radio when "Love is Only A Feeling" by the Darkness came playing.
"I love that song!" Eleni said excitedly who was sitting beside Zack. Zack grinned.
"Oh the first flush of youth was upon you when our eyes first met. . ." Dewey sang along loudly the first line of the song. "And I knew that to you and into your life I had to get."
"I felt light-headed at the touch of this stranger's hand. . ." Frankie sang along with Dewey, pretending he was holding a microphone. Marta and Tomika giggled. "An assault my defenses systematically failed to withstand."
"'Cause you came at a time, when the pursuit of one true love in which to fall. . ." Eleni sang along too, smiling at Zack. "Was the be all and end all." The three singers joined in.
Katie smiled as almost everybody sang the chorus. She glanced at Freddy who was staring blankly outside the window. Katie's smile suddenly faded into a frown. She has not forgotten about what happened. After hesitating a couple of times, Katie stood up and sat beside Freddy who seemed not to notice her at all.
Still, everyone sang. Katie tried to talk to Freddy but didn't exactly know what to say. After building enough courage, Katie finally spoke.
"Please stop avoiding me." Katie said calmly. Freddy glanced at her then back at the window.
"Love is only a feeling (drifting away)" everyone sang along, including Katie who did not leave Freddy's side. Freddy watched her as she sang.
"When I'm in your arms I start believing (it's here to stay), but love is only a feeling anyway, anyway"
The bus stopped in front of the theatre just as the song ended. Everyone cheered and quickly went out. There were lots of people lining up in front of the ticket booth. Again, they have managed to get through the wild crowd and quickly went to the backstage of theatre 1.
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"Welcome guys, get in here!" Prudence greeted them in high spirits. The School of Rock band and crew registered at the front desk.
"Okay. Battle of the Bands will start in 15 minutes. Good Luck guys!" Prudence shook hands with all of them and walked away to welcome 'Pluto's Agony' who has just arrived.
"Alright guys, this is it! Let's show them what we got!" Dewey said. The band and crew cheered.
"Hey Dewey!"
A familiar voice called. Dewey had a sour look on his face when he came face to face with Theo.
"Even if our drummer quit on us I swear we're still going to win this." Theo said arrogantly.
"Bring it on, buddy!" Dewey said tauntingly. Theo smirked and walked away.
Zack and Lawrence took a peek outside the stage and saw lots of people already waiting. There were lots of MTV cameras too.
"Whoa." Zack said with great amazement.
"I never really expected it to be like this." Lawrence said smiling excitedly.
At exactly 5:00, TRL's Vanessa went up the stage making the crowd scream so wildly.
"Hello everyone! I'm Vanessa and I'll be your host for today's show. I bet you guys are excited because this is the day of reckoning for 6 talented hardcore rock bands and they all play hard for one goal: to be this year's Summerblast Battle of the Bands champion." Crowd goes wild, Vanessa continues "Alright! Let's start the rock n' roll fever as we call on our first band, Crude Oil!"
'Crude Oil' went up the stage and performed their song. They got the crowd on their feet. It was indeed a powerhouse performance that made Dewey feel a bit nervous. Next to perform was 'The Antagonists' who did pretty well. Although there was a point where the guitar solo was kind of sloppy, still they sounded good. The crowd gave a roaring welcome to the third band, 'The Flops'. They're style was so unique; Dewey never thought how much of a challenge they would be.
"And that was our third band give another roar for The Flops!" Vanessa said enthusiastically as the crowd gave another cheer for the band.
Meanwhile in backstage, Dewey, the band and crew chilled out with the other bands (except for Smoke of course). Suddenly, a familiar group of guys entered backstage and walked towards the side of the stage.
"Oh my god." Alicia said.
"Is it just me or do I see 'Jet'?" Katie said, trying hard not to freak out.
"I see them too, Katie." Marta said. The girls squealed in excitement.
"No way. 'Jet' is here." Zack said unbelievingly. Freddy was speechless.
"Now, before I call on the next band." Vanessa paused, winked at the camera, and then continued, "We have a very special guest. To perform live here in Marley theatre give it up for Jet!"
The Australian rock band made their way to the stage. The crowd went wilder. Even the people at the backstage were cheering as they crowded in front of the TV.
The band performed their hit single "Cold Hard Bitch" which was currently no.1 across America and the UK. Dewey always enjoyed their music and so did his band. Zack was playing air guitar, his head nodding to the beat of the song. The groupies were jumping and screaming wildly nearby. Leonard and Frankie were dancing goofily. Freddy, who decided not to join the people crowded in front of the TV, was leaning on the wall, doing air drums with his drumsticks. Katie was also nodding her head to the beat of the song but stopped when her eyes landed on Freddy. She blushed as she stared at Freddy's appearance, which she thought was cute.
The crowd cheered as the song ended and the band entered the backstage once again. Almost everyone approached and shook hands with them. Michelle managed to get the frontman's autograph.
"Woohoo! That was indeed pure rock n' roll! Again, I want you to give a loud, loud scream for Jet!" the crowd gave a cheer one last time. Vanessa continued, "Anyway, it's time for our fourth band to take over the stage and rock their hearts out. Give it up people for the first placers during Summerblast Battle of the Bands eliminations, Smoke!"
The crowd, still with full energy, cheered as Smoke came up the stage. Dewey and the others watched closely as Smoke started playing their song.
Surprisingly, they didn't turn out as good as they were during Eliminations. Well, they were only good at eliminations because they stole School of Rock's performance. Their new drummer was not even half as good as Michael nor is he good enough to beat Freddy's drumming skills. Their song had teenybopper lyrics and was so unrock n' roll. The crowd's noise died down as they watched, looking all surprised at Smoke's performance. Soon a couple of boos can be heard.
"Hah! Serves them right!" Summer said triumphantly, watching Smoke on the backstage TV.
"Karma is the word." Katie said elatedly.
"They're not so tough anymore." Zack smirked.
"And that was Smoke! Another round of applause for them, everybody!" Vanessa said but the crowd didn't seem to agree. The 'boos' became louder as the band bitterly exited the stage.
"Hey why the long face? It was alright." Dewey said sarcastically to the band members of Smoke. "Although you completely sounded like a boyband, you don't have to worry about it. It wouldn't hurt you one bit, I swear." Freddy and Zack grinned.
"Hey! Shut up, Dewey!" Theo said angrily. Theo turned to his boys and said, "What the hell were you doing out there? What the heck happened to all of you?"
"Sorry, man." Alan said.
"Sorry? That's it? You've risked your careers! Do you think you're going to be a full time rock band after what you've shown out there?!"
"You know what, I'm sick of this! I'm sick of you, Theo! I'm outta here!" Damon said, walking out of the backstage.
"Damon, wait up man!" Alan and Chester ran after their friend leaving Theo alone.
"What the hell? I made you guys! You wouldn't be here if it weren't for me! After all what I've done for you----"
"Who's all alone, now?" Dewey said provokingly. Theo grabbed Dewey by the collar.
"Hey hands off!" Dewey gripped Theo's hand, making him let go.
"Dewey! We're on next!" Marta called.
"Rock n' Roll." Dewey sneered at Theo. He quickly ran to his band that was already waiting by the side of the stage.
"The next band to perform is one of the best aspiring rock bands out there although their performance during Eliminations wasn't really outstanding, I bet they are now ready to retaliate. Please welcome, the School of Rock!"
The crowd roared as the band went on stage. Everyone was all hyped up.
"Hey! Um, We're the School of Rock. And we are going to play an original song. Music composed by Zack Mooneyham our lead guitarist and yours truly. Lyrics written by our very own, Freddy Jones, the drummer." Dewey paused as the crowd cheered. Katie's heart stopped. She never knew that Freddy wrote the song.
"Freddy wrote the song and he never told us?" Summer said who was at the backstage with the other crewmembers.
"And Freddy wrote this song for someone. This song specially goes out to the lovely Katie Brown our rockin' bassist." Dewey grinned at Katie who was completely surprised. She smiled faintly at Freddy who returned a smile as well.
The crowd got to their feet as the School of Rock started their song. It was 100 percent better than their performance during eliminations. Zack was completely in the zone with his guitar; Dewey's vocals were so amazing he sounded almost like Bon Scott; Katie was smiling from ear to ear, showing full attitude while playing her bass; Lawrence was completely enjoying the song, doing lots of finger techniques with his keyboard; Freddy was completely bustin' out on the drums; the backup singers were on a roll as well. Zack's guitar solo came up which completely brought the house down. At the end of the song Katie performed her first ever bass solo in years. Generally it was an ass kickin', hard rockin' performance which everyone enjoyed.
A wild crowd cheered as the band ended their song. The theatre was all heated up after School of Rock's performance.
"Whoa! That was probably the best performance I have seen in this competition yet!" Vanessa said excitedly. "Everybody make some noise once again for the School of Rock!"
"Oh my god! You guys were great!" Eleni gave Zack a tight hug as they entered backstage.
"That was absolutely mind blowing, you guys!" Summer said proudly.
"I guess you finally got what you wanted eh?" Theo said bitterly to Dewey.
"Yeah." Dewey replied.
"Heh. . .I'll see you." Theo said, walking away.
"You three were stunning out there!" Leonard gave the three singers a hug.
"Man! The lights were great!" Dewey gave Gordon a high five.
"Excuse me, we watched your performance. Honestly, you guys rock." Nic Cester, the vocalist of Jet, approached the band.
"Thanks, man! By the way, I'm Dewey." Dewey shook hands with him.
"I'm Nic. Hope to work with you guys soon." Nic said kindly.
'Pluto's Agony' was now performing on stage. The band was too happy about the outcome of their performance that they didn't pay much attention to what was happening on stage.
"Freddy, why didn't you tell us about the song?" Summer said questionably.
"Erm. . ." Freddy glanced at Katie who was staring at the floor. She felt a bit shy and at the same time touched at what Freddy did.
"Well you should have figured it was him. The lyrics explained it all!" Zack said.
"Oh speaking of the lyrics. . ." Michelle moved her eyes to Katie. The others followed. Katie avoided everyone's eyes.
"And that was a great performance from out very last band, Pluto's Agony!" the crowd gave another round of applause. "Okay. Before we announce the winner of this year's Summerblast Battle of the Bands I would like to reiterate that the winner would be receiving $20,000 cash prize and Friday night gigs at Hard Rock Café for three months. And also we would like to acknowledge again the presence of Jet, thank you guys for coming."
"C'mon! Say it already!" Alicia said impatiently.
"Alright! The moment we have all been waiting for!" the crowd fell silent as Vanessa opened the envelope. "This year's Summerblast Battle of the Bands champion and a winner of $20,000 cash and Friday night gigs at Hard Rock Café, garnering a score of 9.7/10. It's quite obvious. Congratulations to School of Rock!"
The crowed roared in excitement as the band and crew went on stage.
"Congratulations, you guys!" Vanessa said, shaking hands with Dewey. "Well that's it for me, thank you so much for tuning in. You can catch me on TRL on MTV. Again, this is Vanessa signing off!"
The crowd still cheered as the show went off the air. A lot of publicity photographers came up the stage and took pictures of the band. The band was feeling it. They have been dreaming about this for years. They were indeed inches away to stardom.
End of Chapter 15
Erm...please tell me what you think. Thanks!
I do not own the following:
Total Request Live – A show in MTV
Music Television (MTV)
Vanessa – a TRL host
Jet – Australian rock band
"Cold Hard Bitch" – this song is found in Jet's debut album Get Born.
Hard Rock Caf
"Love is Only A Feeling" by the Darkness – song found in their debut album Permission to Land.