(A/N: Here you go. Enjoy!!)
"I'm sorry Jo. But apparently you aren't what some of us are looking for."
She didn't make it. Well damn it! Jo sometimes took it a bit hard when turned down. She looked up at the four girls on the bleachers. Ashley looked upset, Paige didn't look to happy either. The other two kept their expressions straight. Jo knew that it must have been Hazel and Terri that voted against her.
Her thoughts were interrupted when her she felt one of her many pants pockets vibrate. She reached in and took out her cell and answered "Yeah? Alright I'm coming." She placed her phone back in her pocket and turned back at the girls Ashley was whispering to Terri and soon turned back to Jo.
"Look I got to go." Jo said before Ashley could say anything. "My brother is waiting in the car." Jo grabbed her bag and headed out.
She walked down the front steps and saw her brother, Brent waiting. Her two year old sister, Charlotte was in the back in her car seat. Brent looked up when he saw Jo running to the car "Hey kid, where were you?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't think I would have been so long, or I would have called you." Jo said getting in front. She turned to her sister "Hi baby!"
"So where did you go?" Brent asked again.
"Had an audition in the gym."
"First day of school and you're already trying out?"
"It may not have been wise, I didn't make it."
Brent drove away from the school "You didn't? Must have been a tough crowd."
"Yeah or at least half of it was."
"So it was a bad day?"
"Actually no, all in all it was nice."
"Any cute girls?" Brent grinned.
"Not for YOU!" Jo laughed. "But yeah. One in particular."
They pulled into the driveway of their house. "Jo, get the baby will ya?"
"Sure" After Brent parked she got out and went around to the back and took little Charlotte from her car seat and headed into the house after her brother. With her baby sister in her arms Jo went upstairs to her bedroom. "Well baby girl, your big sister wont be joining a band today." She placed Char on her bed and picked up her guitar and began to play a bit while she thought. "I walked past the auditorium today. They have nice big stage.maybe Jo will get to perform anyway."
Charlotte was quiet the whole time, sucking her thumb.
~*~
"BRENT!! Where is my shirt!?!" The next morning wasn't great for Jo at her house. Her dad had left for work early, leaving her with the baby and somebody (Jo wasn't sure who at the moment) had unplugged her radio clock, which led to a late start.
"How, the hell would I know where your shirt is?!" Brent called from across the hall.
"Fine! If that's all the help you'll be then I'll wear on of yours!" With that Jo burst into her brother's room and took a light blue button up shirt from his dresser and through it on over her tight black tank. She didn't bother to button it up.
"Jo, come on! I need to drop Char off at daycare."
"Yes! Hold your horses!" Swinging her jazz sneakers over her shoulders and grabbing her backpack, Jo bounded down the stairs where Brent was standing, with Charlotte in his arms.
After Brent dropped her off, Jo ran up the steps and through the doors. Lucky for her she wasn't as late as she thought. She had almost ten minutes before the bell. She headed for her locker, Paige coming behind her.
"Hey Jo!"
"Hey Paige" Jo was still a bit tweaked from a so far rotten morning. Paige however thought she was still bummed from not making the band.
"Hun, I'm sorry about yesterday. I'm actually disappointed too; I tried talking to Hazel-"
"Oh no Paige, I'm sorry. I must sound like a total bitch right now." Jo sighed "I got up on the wrong side of the bed, got a late start."
"Oh, I have had those. Nothing going right?"
"Nothing. And about the band, it's alright-"
"No it's not. Ashley almost through a fit! Look even if you haven't officially joined the band, we still want you to sing with us."
"Seriously?" Jo didn't see this coming.
"Yeah. We're not sure what we're going to do for the talent show, but we want something different. That's another reason why we want you."
Jo opened her locker putting her jazz sneakers inside it and taking her books. "Well what about Hazel and Terri?"
"Forget them. Ashley and I will talk to them. PLEASE??" Paige made an adorable puppy face. Jo laughed and took Paige's chin in her hand "Aw, how can I say no to that cute face?"
Paige smiled wide "So you're in?"
"I'm in."
The bell rang for class. Paige told Jo to meet her in the auditorium after class. "Perfect" Jo thought "God she is so adorable." Jo walked down the hall to homeroom; most of the other kids have gone already. There was a group of guys blocking her way. They were probably in grade 11 or 12. She planed on walking right pass them, but as she did one guy reached out and pinched her butt.
Jo froze in her spot hearing the boys laugh. A memory stirred.
**Flashback** Jo was walking home with her friend Hannah. After walking Hannah to her apartment building Jo went to the corner to wait for the bus. "Hey! Girl!" a male voice yelled. Jo turned to see a group of boys walking toward her. Jo recognized them, they often walk by her school. They were coming closer "We saw you walking with your girlfriend!" one of the boys said. Jo was just going to run when they quickly surrounded her.
"Little slut." One said
"Cow!" said another and pushed her.
"Leave me alone!" Jo was starting to panic, there was a boy everywhere she turned.
"Boys aren't good enough for you?!" Another guy said grabbing her hips and pulling her against him.
"Let go of me!" Jo yelled. The gang laughed and started pushing her from one guy to another, each boy giving her a pinch.
**End of Flashback**
Jo walked into the girls' washroom, she didn't want anyone to see her cry. She felt ashamed. She had just walked away from the boys in the hall like she hadn't noticed them, when what she really wanted to do was put their lights out. But she knew from experience that she couldn't.
"Damn it all!" Jo grabbed a bunch a paper towel to wet in the sink.
(A/N: Sorry I have to stop here for now, but I'll update again soon I promise! Thanx for the reviews!!)
"I'm sorry Jo. But apparently you aren't what some of us are looking for."
She didn't make it. Well damn it! Jo sometimes took it a bit hard when turned down. She looked up at the four girls on the bleachers. Ashley looked upset, Paige didn't look to happy either. The other two kept their expressions straight. Jo knew that it must have been Hazel and Terri that voted against her.
Her thoughts were interrupted when her she felt one of her many pants pockets vibrate. She reached in and took out her cell and answered "Yeah? Alright I'm coming." She placed her phone back in her pocket and turned back at the girls Ashley was whispering to Terri and soon turned back to Jo.
"Look I got to go." Jo said before Ashley could say anything. "My brother is waiting in the car." Jo grabbed her bag and headed out.
She walked down the front steps and saw her brother, Brent waiting. Her two year old sister, Charlotte was in the back in her car seat. Brent looked up when he saw Jo running to the car "Hey kid, where were you?"
"I'm sorry, I didn't think I would have been so long, or I would have called you." Jo said getting in front. She turned to her sister "Hi baby!"
"So where did you go?" Brent asked again.
"Had an audition in the gym."
"First day of school and you're already trying out?"
"It may not have been wise, I didn't make it."
Brent drove away from the school "You didn't? Must have been a tough crowd."
"Yeah or at least half of it was."
"So it was a bad day?"
"Actually no, all in all it was nice."
"Any cute girls?" Brent grinned.
"Not for YOU!" Jo laughed. "But yeah. One in particular."
They pulled into the driveway of their house. "Jo, get the baby will ya?"
"Sure" After Brent parked she got out and went around to the back and took little Charlotte from her car seat and headed into the house after her brother. With her baby sister in her arms Jo went upstairs to her bedroom. "Well baby girl, your big sister wont be joining a band today." She placed Char on her bed and picked up her guitar and began to play a bit while she thought. "I walked past the auditorium today. They have nice big stage.maybe Jo will get to perform anyway."
Charlotte was quiet the whole time, sucking her thumb.
~*~
"BRENT!! Where is my shirt!?!" The next morning wasn't great for Jo at her house. Her dad had left for work early, leaving her with the baby and somebody (Jo wasn't sure who at the moment) had unplugged her radio clock, which led to a late start.
"How, the hell would I know where your shirt is?!" Brent called from across the hall.
"Fine! If that's all the help you'll be then I'll wear on of yours!" With that Jo burst into her brother's room and took a light blue button up shirt from his dresser and through it on over her tight black tank. She didn't bother to button it up.
"Jo, come on! I need to drop Char off at daycare."
"Yes! Hold your horses!" Swinging her jazz sneakers over her shoulders and grabbing her backpack, Jo bounded down the stairs where Brent was standing, with Charlotte in his arms.
After Brent dropped her off, Jo ran up the steps and through the doors. Lucky for her she wasn't as late as she thought. She had almost ten minutes before the bell. She headed for her locker, Paige coming behind her.
"Hey Jo!"
"Hey Paige" Jo was still a bit tweaked from a so far rotten morning. Paige however thought she was still bummed from not making the band.
"Hun, I'm sorry about yesterday. I'm actually disappointed too; I tried talking to Hazel-"
"Oh no Paige, I'm sorry. I must sound like a total bitch right now." Jo sighed "I got up on the wrong side of the bed, got a late start."
"Oh, I have had those. Nothing going right?"
"Nothing. And about the band, it's alright-"
"No it's not. Ashley almost through a fit! Look even if you haven't officially joined the band, we still want you to sing with us."
"Seriously?" Jo didn't see this coming.
"Yeah. We're not sure what we're going to do for the talent show, but we want something different. That's another reason why we want you."
Jo opened her locker putting her jazz sneakers inside it and taking her books. "Well what about Hazel and Terri?"
"Forget them. Ashley and I will talk to them. PLEASE??" Paige made an adorable puppy face. Jo laughed and took Paige's chin in her hand "Aw, how can I say no to that cute face?"
Paige smiled wide "So you're in?"
"I'm in."
The bell rang for class. Paige told Jo to meet her in the auditorium after class. "Perfect" Jo thought "God she is so adorable." Jo walked down the hall to homeroom; most of the other kids have gone already. There was a group of guys blocking her way. They were probably in grade 11 or 12. She planed on walking right pass them, but as she did one guy reached out and pinched her butt.
Jo froze in her spot hearing the boys laugh. A memory stirred.
**Flashback** Jo was walking home with her friend Hannah. After walking Hannah to her apartment building Jo went to the corner to wait for the bus. "Hey! Girl!" a male voice yelled. Jo turned to see a group of boys walking toward her. Jo recognized them, they often walk by her school. They were coming closer "We saw you walking with your girlfriend!" one of the boys said. Jo was just going to run when they quickly surrounded her.
"Little slut." One said
"Cow!" said another and pushed her.
"Leave me alone!" Jo was starting to panic, there was a boy everywhere she turned.
"Boys aren't good enough for you?!" Another guy said grabbing her hips and pulling her against him.
"Let go of me!" Jo yelled. The gang laughed and started pushing her from one guy to another, each boy giving her a pinch.
**End of Flashback**
Jo walked into the girls' washroom, she didn't want anyone to see her cry. She felt ashamed. She had just walked away from the boys in the hall like she hadn't noticed them, when what she really wanted to do was put their lights out. But she knew from experience that she couldn't.
"Damn it all!" Jo grabbed a bunch a paper towel to wet in the sink.
(A/N: Sorry I have to stop here for now, but I'll update again soon I promise! Thanx for the reviews!!)