The Band
By SmellDRoses
Chapter One: If i have to live here...I suppose I can.
Authors Note: A Load of these songs will be from Evanescence, because to tell you the truth, they work. Please review and tell me what you think. There is no scout action in this story, to tell you the truth, it wouldnt have worked if there was. The rest is self-explainitory!
The Band
Chapter Two
i believe in you
i'll give up everything just to find you
i have to be with you to live to breathe
you're taking over me
i look in the mirror and see your face
if i look deep enough
so many things inside that are just like you
are taking over" Serena sang. She had been living with Brad and his family for three months now and she was in the band, she had an amazing voice that the entire band had loved immediately.
Serena had written the song that she had just sung, she had also written the music to accompany it. The song sounded haunting, sad and wonderful. Serena's voice coiled around the boys and they seemed hypnotized and found that they had to concentrate harder to play their instruments.
Brad was on the keyboard but most of the time he couldn't be heard over the heavy drums and the guitars, (except when Serena and Brad had duets). Blaise was on the bass guitar, Darien was on the electric guitar, and another boy, Marcus, was on the drums, and Serena was singing, sometimes Darien sang too, but he was a backer. They all complemented one another so the music seemed positively haunting, that's what they decided to call themselves, "The Haunting".
"I made another song too, I don't know what you'll think of it though, it's all about a girl who was woken up from the inside, and she's sorry for the things she had done, can you tell me what you think of it?" Serena asked timidly yet confidently, she had changed so much in the three months, the dye in her hair had finally washed off and she was left with coffee coloured hair, which glittered and was soft and thick… She still wore gothic make up sometimes but she didn't back chat the teachers so much. She had changed for the better.
"Brilliant, have you any music for it? This band has become better than it was, it sounds better. And we have new songs too." Darien said happily. He fancied Serena so much more than he had and thought that she liked him but he wasn't sure how much she liked him.
"Yeah, here are the sheets of music, do you get the idea? I didn't do anything for you, Marcus, because I knew you like to improvise, I wrote you three an idea, you can change it as much as you like though, here's the words though. Everything in the brackets you guys are meant to say, but I'll leave that out for now." Serena took a deep breath and without knowing it all the boys were on the edge of their seats, waiting in suspense on the song. It came and, as usual it blew them all away. Brad started the tune on his keyboard and Serena started to sing. Everyone started at the right places; it was a good song, a haunting song.
"how can you see into my eyes like open doors
leading you down into my core
where i've become so numb
without a soul my spirit sleeping somewhere cold
until you find it there and lead it back home
wake me up inside
wake me up inside
call my name and save me from the dark
bid my blood to run
before i come undone
save me from the nothing i've become
now that i know what i'm without
you can't just leave me
breathe into me and make me real
bring me to life
wake me up inside
wake me up inside
call my name and save me from the dark
bid my blood to run
before i come undone
save me from the nothing i've become
bring me to life
frozen inside without your touch
without your love darling
only you are the life among the dead
all this time i can't believe i couldn't see
kept in the dark but you were there in front of me
i've been sleeping a thousand years it seems
got to open my eyes to everything
without a thought without a voice without a soul
don't let me die here
there must be something more
bring me to life…Was that okay?" Serena asked the boys, it was such a brilliant song, how was it she was able to come up with all this?
"That was, that was amazing! How did you come up with it?" Asked Marcus in awe.
"I dunno." Serena said quietly.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, we have a booking, on Saturday night at a club, down town, apparently they have seen our Website, listened to our songs and wants us to do a live gig! Isn't that good?" Darien told the band.
"Cool." The three said in unison. Marcus seemed to be less pleased than the rest of them. Serena seemed like she was ready to rumble, Darien opened his mouth and smiled a wide smile "We had better practice then."
The band nodded in unison, they all felt they needed to practice.
The night came swiftly and Marcus, Blaise and Darien stayed at Brad's house Friday night so they could pack in some band practice, Serena sang shakily but slowly got more confident, the whole school had heard about the bands first public appearance since Serena had joined and the band heard that they were all going to the club to see what we would be like.
The time came and Brad's parents took Brad, Darien, Marcus, Blaise and Serena to the club. They entered the club through the performers entrance and Serena split off from the rest of the band to get changed, we hadn't needed to bring any clothes, we were being fitted and clothes were going to be given to us. I wondered what they would be like.
Finally the time came and we met Serena on the sidelines of the stage, she looked amazing, I saw Darien's eyes pop out and felt like hugging her, she was positively glowing.
She was wearing a short white mini-dress with long arms that flared down, the rest of the dress fitted her like a second skin, and was torn in places such as hip and on one side, to show of some skin and I could tell you, she looked hot! She turned to face us and smiled timidly, her lips had been painted a deep red and her eyes were black, she looked brilliant.
She contrasted us boys; we had plain black cotton t-shirts that stuck to us, and black Levis jeans, and finally biker boots, me and Marcus wore black leather jackets too. Serena was so going to stand out.
Serena's eyes opened wide when she took in what we were wearing. "Oh my god! I'm going to stand out so much; this dress is way too small for me! I can't believe I was persuaded into wearing it! I don't think I can do this." She run her fingers through her straight and silky hair, distress evident on her face.
"You look amazing, don't worry, the crowd will love you." Darien said, going up to her, she didn't resist him when he reached down and held her tight in his arms, didn't resist when he kissed her. I felt myself gasp in wonder; I never thought that they both liked each other so passionately. Sparks are going to fly before the night has passed. I thought happily.
Finally they parted and it was time to go onto the stage. We all gulped and went on, Serena coming on last. In the crowds I glimpsed loads of people from school, I even saw Mr Sneershope in the crowd! I suppose he had heard that we were playing and wanted to know what we had been doing instead of attending art lessons.
Spotlights shone on us all individually and I could no longer see anyone, it was as if we were in the practice room the first time Serena was singing, for the audition when she was obstinate that we were going to laugh at her so we had to turn all the lights off, now she didn't do that.
The first song was one of the old ones that we had changed so Serena could sing it, 'Haunted.' This was the song that Serena had amazed us with so many months ago, a song that was my favourite.
"Hi, our first song is called Haunted, it's one of our Favourites, I can only hope you like it as much as us." Serena said then she started, her voice was amazing and strong, and I could see her in front of me swaying to the music.
"Long lost words whisper slowly to me,
still can't find what keeps me here,
when all this time i've been so hollow inside.
I know you're still there.
Watching me, wanting me.
I can feel you pull me down,
fearing you loving you.
I won't let you pull me down.
Hunting you, i can smell you - alive.
Your heart pounding in my head.
Watching me, wanting me.
I can feel you pull me down,
saving me, raping me,
watching me?" She finished the song and I heard clapping, everyone had liked it, I even heard wolf whistles and a boy call, "Darling, you can leave with me!"
"This song is called Bring me to life, before we sing it though, I'm going to introduce us all, Serena is the lead singer, Marcus is the guy on the drums, the guy on the bass guitar is Blaise, Darien is the guy on the electric guitar and I'm Brad. Here goes." I said confidently, inside I was the exact opposite.
"how can you see into my eyes like open doors
leading you down into my core
where i've become so numb
without a soul my spirit sleeping somewhere cold
until you find it there and lead it back home
wake me up inside
wake me up inside
call my name and save me from the dark
bid my blood to run
before i come undone
save me from the nothing i've become
now that i know what i'm without
you can't just leave me
breathe into me and make me real
bring me to life
wake me up inside
wake me up inside
call my name and save me from the dark
bid my blood to run
before i come undone
save me from the nothing i've become
bring me to life
frozen inside without your touch
without your love darling
only you are the life among the dead
all this time i can't believe i couldn't see
kept in the dark but you were there in front of me
i've been sleeping a thousand years it seems
got to open my eyes to everything
without a thought without a voice without a soul
don't let me die here
there must be something more
bring me to life
" Serena ended, the song ended, I could feel the agreement rather than hear it now, and they seemed to be silent so we wouldn't pause.
After ten more songs we finished, or so we thought, the crowd cheered us for more, they told us to sing 'hello' again. It seemed to be one of the crowd's favourite songs.
"Playground school bell rings again
Rain clouds come to play again
Has no one told you she not breathing?
Hello?
I'm your mind giving you someone to talk to
Hello
If I smile and don't believe
Soon I'll know I'll wake from this dream
Don't try to fix me I'm not broken
Hello, I'm the lie living for you so you can hide
Don't cry
Suddenly I know I'm not sleeping
Hello I'm still here
All that's left of yesterday." The song was ended and even though the crowd was screaming for more we left the stage for the other band, we decided to stay for a little before I rang up Dad to take us home; we were all sleeping at mine again. We stayed in the clothes provided for us since we couldn't be bothered to change again.
Immediately, Darien asked Serena for a dance and they danced together, Blaise, Marcus and I sat at an empty table, talking about instruments and our favourite bands. Two girls came up to us and asked whether me and Marcus would dance, I asked Blaise whether he minded being on his own and he said no. I went off with them. I could see Serena the best in the crowd because a UV light was on and she glowed. Blaise was asked to dance too; but he sat down before the rest of us though, wanting to keep the table.
I went back to Blaise and we watched Serena and Darien kiss one another without breathing for over three minutes. We smiled at one another and wondered how Serena and Darien would act in the morning, would they still love one another or would they simply ignore one another.
"Let's break those two up, I don't want to be told off by my mum for letting my new 'sis get his heart stomped on. Darien never seems to stick to one girl." I told Blaise, worried.
"Maybe Darien was trying to find another Serena, before her Mum died, Darien and Serena were going out properly, after she died though, Serena went cold, I think she wrote 'Bring me to Life' to tell us subconsciously about what she has been through, and tell Darien thanks.
"True, God, you sure know what people are going through!"
"Will you go out with me?" My heart pounded at the words, I so wanted to go out with him.
"Yes!" I said happily, Darien's face widened and he hugged me hard, we stayed linked, his hand in mine, entwined, forever.
"Oh, there you are, Serena, so, you two going out? I bet you're glad, Darien." Brad said with a knowing smile, he and the other boys had come up to us and took in Darien holding my hand.
"How do you know? I never said anything about asking her out to you lot." Darien asked, confused. I too was confused, what did they mean?
"Well, you never did shut up about her last night." Marcus said smiling happily for us.
"Oh, right." We beamed at each other like lovesick puppies. We had it bad.
Six months had passed. Serena and Darien were still going out. The band was getting more and more popular by the day and we released a couple new songs. Brad's Mom, who Serena thought of as a second Mom, to look after her when her Mom was 'away' dropped some big news.
"Serena, me and my husband Dom, would like to adopt you, we don't want you to leave us, I don't think it would be very good for your future and also we don't want you to have to move far from your house. Would you like to live with us permanently? It would mean that when you were sixteen, you wouldn't have to leave this home, actually we would like it if you would stay. Uh, would you like to be adopted by us?" Nicky asked carefully to Serena.
"I would love to! Would I have to give up my mum's house though?" Serena asked, worried, she really wanted to get adopted by this family who were all so nice to her, and Brad was becoming a good brother, she had been an only child and she hadn't the experience of having any brothers or sisters, now she had one of each.
"No, you wouldn't have to. You would have to live here though, I wouldn't mind if you went there and stayed there for a night or two, but that's really it."
"I'd love too!"
Serena ran downstairs to the basement, where the rest of the band was setting up. "Guess what!" She shouted. The boys looked up. "I'm getting a family!"
"Do you mean…I'm…going to…be…" Brad asked, dumbstruck.
"Yeah!" Brad ran and hugged her.
"Hey, that's my girl!" Darien shouted playfully, and walked up to me. I hugged him and kissed him on the lips, letting his tongue enter my mouth.
"Get a room!" Blaise shouted playfully.
"Okay then," Darien murmured in my ear. "Lets go to yours!" He put his hand in my back pocket of my jeans and we started to walk off.
"Oh no you don't. That's going to be my sister, I don't want you going into her room, what are you going to do?" Brad answered, stopping us in our tracks.
"Oh, not much." Darien answered airily, he and I looked in the eyes and I blushed.
"Let's just practice, okay." Blaise called out, hitting the drums.
"Okay then, I suppose we could." We played better than we had ever before, I was so excited about everything.