Freida's Big Score Chapter 9, a peanuts fanfic

CHAPTER 9: RAISE YOUR VOICE

The next morning slowly but surely arrived after the girls had eaten dinner with Randy and headed off to a deep and well deserved sleep afterwards,not to mention that Freida and Alice were already starting to become acquainted with each other despite the latter's tendency to be a little shy. It was proving to be a rather cool and breezy morning as the two girls walked into the lounge room where Randy was having a cup of coffee,for they were hopefully gonna see if Alice could get a main role of her own instead of merely being a backup singer for Freida,especially since she hadn't even decided if she was gonna take the job at all.

"Morning girls,sleep well?" Randy lifted his head up and enthusiastically greeted the two girls as Freida smiled and politely answered "We sure did,I think that giant truckload of food you brought back helped." to which the teenager lightly chuckled and playfully tried to defend himself "Well I just can't help myself when it comes to Joe's,I'm a bit of a hoarder." which prompted Alice to roll her eyes before she meekly asked "Hey Randy,do you mind if me and Freida ask you something?"

"K. What's up?" obliged Randy in an oddly nonchalant tone of voice as he sat himself up straight and looked straight at the girls before Freida cleared her throat and calmly stated "I've been thinking about the offer,and while I can't say that I've entirely decided yet,I will say that me and Alice have been talking and we think that the higher ups including your father should consider giving Alice a chance to prove that she can have her own record deal." to which the girl in question meekly nodded her head in agreement.

Randy was unsurprisingly a little caught off guard by this kind of offer as he blinked a few times before he sighed and regrettably replied "Well that's definitely not what I was expecting to hear. Uh that's a bit of a tall order because they're trying to consider having Alice be a backup singer for you. If she had her very own deal that'd leave you without an assistant." only for Freida to politely insist in response "Yeah but I don't exactly know if I'm gonna take the job yet,and if I don't that would leave Alice out of a job,and she looks like she's really wanting this."

Alice due to some of her shyness could only nod her head in agreement like before to which Randy sighed and reluctantly obliged "I guess you do have a point there,alright I'll bite." which resulted in the two girls smiling and cheering in excitement before the teenager calmly stated as he got out of his chair with his coffee "The first thing we can do is head over to the recording studio and get a demo recorded,it can be of any song you want Alice. Just put out your all into it."

"Demo? What for?" questioned Alice with a slightly raised eyebrow as she and Freida proceeded to slowly follow Randy to the studio which prompted the latter to explain "It's so we can send a recording of you to my father and see if he's up to the idea,everything the record label does has to be approved by him first." to which Freida got a slightly nervous look on her face and asked in response while the three of them entered the recording room "So does that mean if he doesn't like it,Alice won't get the job?"

"Yup,but the good news is that my dad is VERY impressionable,so y'all don't have to worry about too much." confirmed Randy with a nod of his head only for him to give some reassurance as Alice gave a quiet sigh of relief while she slowly waltzed into the recording booth and put on the single pair of headphones that hung from the wall before Randy and Freida sat down in front of the glass window. Afterwards Randy proceeded to clear his throat for a few moments before he spoke into a small microphone on the table "Alice? Can you hear us?" to which the girl enthusiastically replied with a thumbs up "Uh-Huh,I hear y'all perfectly." before Freida smiled and wondered out of curiosity "So what are you wanting to sing? Randy did say it could be anything you want."

"Alright uh….this may be a bit of an out there choice but…..How Can I Wait? from Paint Your Wagon?" politely suggested Alice with a slightly nervous chuckle only for Randy to ecstatically go along with the song choice as he began setting it up "Oh that's a great choice right there girl! I love that show." to which Freida smiled and happily added in agreement "Me too,you sure got some good taste." before the impending performer lightly blushed and brushed it off "It's really not,I just like good music." After about another minute of setting things up,everything was finally ready to go as Randy and Freida put on their own pair of headphones while music started to loudly blare through all of their head gear to which Alice took a deep breath,all while Freida gave off an encouraging smile.

Alice:

I wish his legs was in these pants.

His feet was in these socks.

I wish his arms was in this shirt and all of him was here.

I wish his hands was in these sleeves.

His face was in this towel.

I wish himself was in this bag and all of him was here.

I wish I knew why every night I ache and miss him so.

Especially when I'm gonna see him again tomorrow by the ravine.

Where we always go.

How can I wait?

Can I wait till tomorrow comes?

How can I live till tomorrow comes?

How can I make every minute fly?

Till that shining moment when I'll be seeing him again.

I'm gonna die.

Gonna die or be old and grey.

Why is tomorrow so far away?

How can I talk?

Can I breath?

Can I eat?

What can I do with my hands and my feet?

How can I wait?

Can I wait till tomorrow comes?

Starlight go away,fade away,blow away.

Sunrise come again,make a new sunny day.

Oh what can I do,can I think about?

How can my heart keep from jumping out?

How can I sleep?

Couldn't sleep if I tried.

Where can I run till I run to his side?

How can I wait till tomorrow comes?

Meanwhile back down in the suburbs,Charlie Brown was continuing to set up Freida's birthday party at his house and now almost everyone in the gang was helping him out, Sally, Michael, Violet, Shermy, Rerun and Ox were writing invitation letters to everyone else Freida knew. Rebecca, Claudia, Skylar, Lucy, Scheroder, Dolores, Jose and Franklin were overlooking the instructions for some of the party games they were gonna be playing. Krissy and Red were each on a ladder and setting up Snoopy's own disco ball on the ceiling. Rattler, Thibualt, Cobra, Dominick, Joysln, Marcie and Patty Swanson were organizing the placement of all of Freida's birthday presents,PigPen was getting himself adjusted to the DJ system and lastly Charlie Brown, Linus, Eudora, Peppermint Patty, Franco, James, Christine, Ashlynn, Snoopy, Woodstock, The Beagle Scouts, Olaf, Andy, Gracie, Roger, Herman and Marbles via video chat were preparing all of the snacks in the kitchen,with the beagles in particular being in charge of the cake and ice cream.