Sucess Story

Chapter 5

"Your on in 2." the man said, poking his head in Sami's dressing room door. She sat there and looked at herself in the mirror.

'Ah, I hope this feeling lasts forever. No stress, no shit.' she thought, smiling.

Keith poked his head in and said, "Come on, let's go!" She got up and they ran down the hall together.

The interviewer's name was Rhonda Tiller.

"Well, welcome, Sami!" she said with a bright and cheery voice.

"It's a pleasure being here." Sami smiled.

"Yes, well, let's talk about how EKS, your band got started."

"Well, you see, it's not my band. It's our band...Keith, Paul's and mine."

"What about Eric?"

"Well, sorry to say, but he quit. He wants to be a piano player instead of a bass and electric keyboard player."

"Um, why?"

"He had too much stress. Keith can play bass good so, Paul will take over the drums and I'll stick with guitar."

"Good for you. Hey, why don't we bring in the rest of the band, eh?" She waved and Paul and Keith sat down next to Sami.

"Welcome!"

"Thanks." Paul said.

"Hello." Keith said.

"So, I hear that you and Keith are together, hmm?" Sami and Keith looked at each other. They read each other's minds and decided on something.

"Yeah, we don't talk about things like that. But, Paul can talk about shit like that, can't ya?" Sami said.

"Uhh, yeah, I guess. I'm going out with Jojo." he said. Keith and Sami started snickering.

"What?" Paul looked annoyed as he stepped on Keith's foot causing him to laugh harder.

"Nah, we're just kidding. It's cool that they are together." Sami finally said.

"Well, Keith, let's talk about you now." Keith blushed.

"What about me?" he asked.

"Well, wasn't Eric like, your best friend since about kindergarten?"

"Hey, how'd ya get that info?" No one answered. "Yep, we were. We used to shoot erasers at the back of the teacher's head. Principal, too!"

"Really? Well, you and Sami didn't meet 'till what...second grade?"

"Yeah, she came to the school and she was all shy and shit." he smiled.

"When I was in 6th grade, Sami was in 4th grade and well, Sami...I liked you." Paul chimed in.

"Whoa, I liked you, too! But, you always regreted it."

"I was like 12, what could I do? You were like 10. I'm 17 now and your 14..." he trailed off, suddenly hanging his head down. Sami's stomach had butterflies. She wanted him when Eric was being an asshole. She had a flashback to the first time that she and Paul really met.

flashback Local Parish Picnic. May 27, 2004

A little bully came up to the fourth graders. Will, Keith, and Sami had just one a prize from one of the games.

"Hey, you! You don't have any balls!" he yelled at Will. Will stopped and thought of a good comeback to say when Sami came up and said, "Well, neither do you!" The boy frowned and walked away. Will and Keith laughed. "We should hang around you more often!"

"Keith! Mom wants you!" Paul yelled. He was getting some soda money from his mom. Sami walked up with Keith.

"Oh, hi, Sami. I didn't see you here. I talked to your grandpa though, very nice guy." she smiled. Sami liked their mom. She was really kick-ass.

"Well, Keith, we're gonna take a break soon. Come back in about 1 hour and we'll walk home and cool down, okay?"

"Okay, Mom." Paul, Will, Keith and Sami walked to the concession stand. Sami had brought her own money and bought everyone a sno-cone.

They ate it and looked up at a big, spinning ride. Sami had faced her fear earlier and rode it. It was fun.

"You guys, wanna go on that?" she asked. They all looked unsure.

"Uhh, I'm kinda scared..."

"Scared? Come on! I rode it today and I'm afraid of most rides so, let's go!" They finally got talked into it and rode it. Without Will. They rode it about 3 more times then Will finally came on. He loved it. They rode on it one more time. Then, they got spilt up into two groups. Keith and Will on one side and Paul and Sami on the other. They looked at each other and smiled. They started talking about Nintendo Gamecube and stuff like that when suddenly the ride was over.

"Uh, guys, I feel a little sick." Keith said, after his 11th time riding it. He walked toward his mom and she and him went home, leaving the two of them with Sami.

"Let's go get another sno-cone!" Sami suggested. They got sno-cones and three bottles of water. They stood over by the bike racks and drank and talked. Sami turned around and she suddenly felt something cold run down her back. She jumped and heard Paul laughing behind her. That started a water fight. Sami then liked Paul after they flirted for awhile.

end flashback