Chapter 38: The Dirt

When it comes down to the whole idea the lads had, at break, they all went into the cafeteria, because, while yes, they don't exactly have time to practice, that's beyond obvious. No, what they are doing is instead, making sure the sounds for everything are going to be in order in time for the performance. Surprisingly, when they tried to enter the cafeteria, it was unlocked, which is surprising, considering it isn't usually unlocked at break, ever so rarely occurring. Well... some people are lucky today, aren't they? Ha!

Anyways, the whole sound check mainly came down to Chris and Double D, as they were the ones who would be most reliable, at least when it comes down to this sound checking stuff. Ed and Eddy would commonly just... test the instruments to ensure they were fine. I mean, neither of them were experienced with how to adjust sound (minus the typical volume adjustment stuff), so they didn't have much in variety.

However, break has limited time as we, including you, dear reader, know. So... back to class, specifically Science, the lads had to go! And, wow! What a total surprise, they attract attention!

Mr. Araya, upon seeing the four lads, laughs a little before saying, "You guys are looking pretty killer. Something special planned today?"

"You could say that..." Eddy said. "...just you wait my friend! No spoilers!"

Mr. Araya laughs out loud, before telling them. "I can't wait then. Have a seat will ya? You guys are crazy. In a good way of course."

While they go to their seats, Eddy gets poked on his shoulder by a girl that he has never met before, and she... gives him her number, saying "Call Me" with a heart on it. Eddy is feeling thrilled, as he basically got a number by doing... basically nothing. Chris, who already took his seat next to Skylar (at the back of class), saw that and chuckled to himself.

"Eddy," Chris whispered. "I'm guessing that's why you wanted to do this?"

Eddy snickered before nodding his head to say yes. Chris responded by saying, "I hope you're prepared to get that, times a freakin thousand."

Eddy then takes a seat next to Ed, who is front of Chris and Skylar, but behind Marie and Double D, who are behind May and Lee. It seems everyone has picked their specific partner for the class today.

However, little does anyone know that Lee witnessed that, and her anger is scary... to say the uh... least. Plus, the fact that Eddy basically was CELEBRATING that was not helping her case... again, to say the least. But she remained silent, as if she caused another scene, the principal is unlikely to be "generous", especially after the other day's... large event, so to say. Oh, no matter where you dwell, here we are again huh? Jeebus...

Anyways, back to the lads, Marie actually joined in on the conversation, saying, "I'm surprised you got something, since you have the least successful guy I've seen."

Eddy raised an eyebrow at Marie's statement. "Whatcha trying to say?!"

"You have never been successful with this, I guess picking up girls thing?" Marie told Eddy, quite bluntly. "Like, okay, Double D, you're all good sweetie. Ed is alright. Chris, I don't know. But you Eddy? You have always failed, and it's just hilarious!"

Eddy got annoyed at her statement. He isn't denying that, as that would only amplify Marie's point, but he says, as a counter, "Oh, you're gonna eat your words soon! Just you wait!"

Marie only laughed as a response back to him. Eddy just decided to ignore her, as he was sure that this performance was going to shoot that statement as false, from here on out. Although, just a... tip of advice... he might not wanna "bank", so much confidence in that, because something goes wrong... oh it goes in another direction easy.

However, there is another person taking to Eddy about what just happened. And it is none other than Double D! "Eddy, don't you think this whole idea of getting an over excessive amount of girl's number is a bit dishonest? Let's face reality for a minute, are you seriously planning on calling every number you receive? That's just being, as I said, dishonest."

"Relax Double D!" Eddy responded to his hat wearing friend. "I won't do all of them, I'll get burnt out and honestly... I'm just trying to narrow it down, you get me? Besides, if I did all, you guys would be stuck!"

Double D only rolled his eyes, at yet another display of Eddy's overconfidence. "Sure Eddy... because you're the only one doing this performance, aren't ya?"

"Oh calm down Einstein, you know I meant." Eddy said, while chuckling.

Class progressed normally, with the occasional question coming up for the performance given to either of the four lads. Of course, they all gave little teasers as to what to expect, but neither of them directly said what was exactly going to happen, as then... where's the surprise element in that? Either way though, around the halfway mark of class, Mr. Araya gave the class a 5 minute break, for listening and being well focused (for the most part) on today's work. During this time, Eddy turns to his friends and says, "So, we're getting closer and closer my friends! We all ready?"

"Yep. Let's just hope we aren't damning ourselves after it though." Chris stated.

"We are all set as much as we possibly can Eddy. But I must ask you, are we going to be announcing the performance in front of everyone?" Double D asked.

"Of course!" Eddy responded to Double D's question. "Why wouldn't we? We have to get the audience ready and prepared to get excited! We already checked the sound, and it's fine right?"

Chris says, "Basically. It's not perfect per se, but I think it'll be good enough. Then again, I doubt someone is gonna be grading is on our sound production, or whatever you wanna call it."

"Who's gonna hear us through the story guys?" Ed asked.

"What?" Chris said. "I'm pretty sure everyone in school will, you doofus."

Carrying onwards, the end of class seemingly came out of nowhere. Then again, I'm pretty sure literally no one was complaining about that. Would you? Anyways, once class was over, the lads RAN to the cafeteria as fast as they could, but little did they realize that Mr. Araya let everyone out 5 minutes early, secretly so that he could help the lads, if only a bit. Once they arrive, they are getting the final touches ready, because god forbid they have SOMETHING that just doesn't work, embarrassing all of the lads. Although, they are then joined by the girls, who followed behind them. Skylar is the first to speak, telling them, "So... you guys all ready?"

"Yep!" All four simultaneously responded.

"Nice. Chris? You got a minute?"

Chris responds, "Sure; let's just be quick okay?"

And so, Skylar and Chris are in private, and the former says, "Why are you doing this performance?"

"I told you silly, It's all Eddy's idea and he in-"

Skylar cuts him off by saying, "No. I want the truth."

Chris got confused. "Wait, what?"

"Is there something you are trying to do with this?" Skylar said, sounding a mix of serious and worried.

Chris at this point is utterly confused. He would simply say that it's all Eddy's stunt, but she doesn't fully believe that it seems. So, he decides to say, "Okay... well, the lads and I figured that we could direct attention from Marie and Double D over to this instead. Because... let's just say Double D doesn't want his relationship to be the thing everyone at school talks about. Plus, I get to perform a great song aswell, so it's perfect for a entertainment aspect."

"Is that all?" Skylar said.

Chris nods as to say yes, before he states. "Why are you worried all of the sudden? I don't understand...?"

"Because, I saw Eddy get a number from a girl, and then you went next to him and said like... wait until after the performance? And I was seriously raising an eyebrow at that." Skylar explained.

Chris simply laughed before responding, "Skylar, that wasn't serious at all. Eddy likes that stuff, for reasons I will never understand. Me? Not exactly. Too much for me personally. Anyways, relax okay? It's fine."

"I suppose so. Hey, good luck too." Skylar said.

The two share a quick hug, before they both return to the cafeteria, and Chris goes back to setting up. He notices also that the cafeteria is getting noticeably larger in terms of how many people are coming in. He has to act fast.

"We ready guys?" Chris asks.

"Almost." Eddy says. "You all set up man? Because I get a feeling you should announce this."

"Why me? You're the vocalist right? It's only logical that you are the one that announces the song." Chris responded.

"What? Oh yeah... right."

Chris then mentions, "Besides, dude... the vocalist is literally the person who talks with the audience during a show, announces the songs, and vice versa."

"Copy that. Get ready then."

Eddy gets the mic ready, and he is waiting for the lads to get into position before he announces what they are doing. It's too late to back out at this point, it's all or nothing now, because if they leave now, it's literally several upon several hours wasted. But he knows that this is the case, and he isn't backing down, and neither are any of the lads. It's now their big moment.

And Eddy turns on the mic and...