Let Me Hear You Sing!

by Lyssita Lennon

Vert Wheeler is a mechanic with the perfect name for his job. He's a decent singer and knows a few guitar chords, but never had any notions of performing. But when the Battle Force 5, an up and coming A Capella group, need his voice for a competition, he reluctantly agrees. It also helps that the other baritone is cute. Shenanigans ensue.

11. Who Am I?

Chapter 11. Who Am I?

Shenanigan Squad- 9/24/17

[11:42am] Spinner Cortez removed Stanford Isaac Rhodes IV as Admin

[11:42am] Spinner Cortez removed Viviana Lyon as Admin

[11:42am] Spinner Cortez changed group chat color

[11:43am] Spinner Cortez changed group icon

[11:43am] Spinner Cortez changed group emoji

[11:44am] Spinner Cortez changed group nicknames

[11:44am] BIconicTM: Spinner wtf

[11:45am] Tijuana Genius:you're welcome

[11:45am] BIconicTM: spinner pls

[11:46am] Princess: Spinner, I am going to actively murder you

[11:46am] BIconicTM: Viv?

[11:50am] Princess: …

[11:50am] Princess: Agura.

[11:51am] BIconicTM: ALDJFKAHSDKSAJFK

[11:51am] Tijuana Genius: you're welcome, stan

[11:52am] they see me rollin', they hatin': spinner why are you like this

[11:52am] they see me rollin', they hatin': also I just saw my nickname and im cryinggg

[11:52am] they see me rollin', they hatin': its viv btw you can't see the new names until that person replies

[11:53am] BIconicTM: well, we all know who spinner is

[11:53am] BIconicTM: also it's Stanford

[11:54am] they see me rollin', they hatin': obviously.

[11:54am] BIconicTM: I resent that

[11:57am] the final pam: Axel

[11:57am] BIconicTM: ?

11:58am] the final pam: it's the hair, monster factory reference, stan you wouldn't get it

[12:00pm] likes his car more than you: vert here

[12:00pm] likes his car more than you: hey

[12:01pm] Naruto: lol vert get wrecked

[12:01pm] Naruto: fuck

[12:02pm] Naruto: it's because of the headband isn't it?

[12:02pm] likes his car more than you: lol Zoom get wrecked

[12:04pm] ice ice baby: get a room (also this is AJ)

[12:05pm] likes his car more than you: AJ, im going to murder you

[12:05pm] ice ice baby: ( ͜͡ʖ͡)

[12:06pm] BIconicTM: pls

[12:06pm] BIconicTM: who are we still waiting on?

[12:07pm] they see me rollin', they hatin': looks like Tezz and Sherman

[12:07pm] still sleeps with a nightlight: I know I shouldn't reply to this message, yet here I am.

[12:08pm] BIconicTM: Sherman?

[12:08pm] still sleeps with a nightlight: Yes?

[12:09pm] BIconicTM: do you actually tho?

[12:08pm] still sleeps with a nightlight: It's practical.

[12:09pm] Tijuana Genius: practical for babies, little bro

[12:09pm] Tijuana Genius: emphasis on LittleTM

[12:10pm] still sleeps with a nightlight: I may sleep with a nightlight, but I can tell you what I don't sleep with. A professor. Bro.

[12:10pm] Tijuana Genius: SLANDER!

[12:10pm] Naruto: HOLY SHIT WHO?

[12:10pm] BIconicTM: TELL US SHERMAN

[12:11pm] the final pam: It was Dr. Z about three years ago.

[12:10pm] BIconicTM: I FUCKING KNEW IT!

[12:11pm] Tijuana Genius: WHYYYYY

[12:11pm] still sleeps with a nightlight: payback, bitch

[12:12pm] BIconicTM: ALSKJDKAJAKSDSAHFSJ

[12:15pm] emo bangs: I'm in class, what the fuck you fools want?

[12:15pm] BIconicTM: ALJDKLSFJDSHFJSD

[12:15pm] they see me rollin', they hatin': OMG

[12:16pm] Naruto: HAHAHAHAHAHA

[12:17pm] emo bangs: What is so

[12:17pm] emo bangs: Spinner, you're dead.

[12:17pm] Tijuana Genius: im not afraid of you tezz!

[12:18pm] emo bangs: You should be.

[12:19pm] likes his car more than you: you really should

[12:19pm] Tijuana Genius: aj? help?

[12:20pm] ice ice baby: rip spinner

[12:20pm] ice ice baby: it was nice knowing you

[12:24pm] Tijuana Genius: hey Stanford, im not going to be at practice for a while

[12:24pm] BIconicTM: Spinner, I'll kill you before Tezz does if you skip practice.

...

Stanford sat with Viv in the living room of his apartment as they worked on homework for music theory together. He glanced over at the twelve-tone matrix Viv was working on and then looked down at his own.

"Your matrix is wrong." He told her smugly.

"It is not!" She said snatching the workbook out of his hands. She looked over both of their answers.

"Here." Stanford pointed at the box starting with a number five. "You P5 row is wrong. It should go five, eleven, four, seven, twelve, six, one, eight, three, ten, two, nine." She looked closer at the two workbooks.

"Shit!" She began to erase the incorrect rows on her paper. Stanford laughed, and she threw both books at him.

"Ouch!"

"You deserved it."

Stanford leaned down to retrieve both workbooks and handed Viv hers back. She placed it on the coffee table, flopped down on the couch, and sighed.

"I don't wanna think about this anymore. Talk to me about something else."

"Okay." Stanford said. "I found the second singer for my senior project and got the approval on the album name and set list."

Viv lifted her head off the couch. "Yeah? Who are they?"

"You'll find out at rehearsals."

"But-" She protested, but Stanford cut her off.

"They don't know who the other singer is either. You just gotta trust me on this one."

Viv glared at him. "Fine. You'd better give me any new music then if the set list changed."

"Not by much." He assured her. "I just added a couple more songs because the initial concept album wasn't long enough."

"How long is it now?"

"Ten songs. Just under forty minutes."

"Last I knew there were only five." Viv said.

"Yeah, I have music for you before you go."

She nodded. "Okay. What are the new songs?"

Stanford pulled out his phone and opened the notes app. "Album from start to finish is: For Good from Wicked, Mountain Duet from Chess, When You're In Love, but the outtake version from the movie album from Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Phantom of the Opera and All I Ask of You from Phantom, Hold Me Once Again from An American Victory, Take Me As I Am and Dangerous Game from Jekyll and Hyde, Looking Through Your Eyes from Quest for Camelot, and finally At the Beginning from Anastasia. I'm calling it A Touch of Broadway."

"You know not all of those shows have been on Broadway, right?" Viv asked.

Stanford crossed his arms. "One, don't care name was approved by the dean. Two, Quest for Camelot deserves to be on Broadway as long as they don't fuck it up like Anastasia, which is why I wanted that song. Three, An American Victory will be there eventually, it's just stuck in concept album hell."

Viv shrugged. "It's your project. When do rehearsals start again?"

"October twenty-fifth, so a month from now." Stanford told her. "After that, we have Studio A every other Friday to start recordings."

"I'll be there."

"You'd better fucking be there."

"Perhaps." Viv said, grabbing her workbook back off the coffee table. "Grab your book. I want to try and get this assignment done before midnight."