"Mr. Finn? What are you doing here?" Summer asked. The whole band was standing in shock at seeing their old teacher standing before them clear as day.
"What do you mean what am I doing here? I saw the update saying you were playing at Kale's birthday. Nothing was going to keep me from coming back to see you guys." Summer smiled and hugged him. "Glad to see you kids still got it. Summer, you haven't changed a bit." She turned away so no one would see her blush.
"Freddy, still full of energy?" He asked.
"Is that even a real question? You said you watched." He said amused. Zack walked up beside him and rested his head on Freddy's shoulder. "Oh yeah, this happened." The drummer told Dewey.
"Well, it's about time." He commented.
"Yeah," Zack said with a sigh. "Wait what?" He asked surprised.
"Zack, we all knew you had a crush on Freddy."
"Was it really that bad?" He asked Gordon.
"I'm pretty sure everyone caught on awhile ago." He told him.
"Besides, I saw you sneaking a peak at Freddy while he was changing at Battle of the Bands." Dewey told him. Freddy looked at Zack surprised and Zack looked away embarrassed.
"Not cool Mr. Finn," He said still focusing on the ground.
"You watched me change?" Freddy asked with a smug look on his face.
"We were ten, it wasn't like in a sexual way or anything." Zack explained, still not looking Freddy in the eye.
"You watched me change." Freddy repeated.
"I thought you had a cute butt." Zack admitted. He leaned back and glanced and Freddy's backside. "You still do." He told him. Freddy began to laugh hard.
"Lawrence, looking good. What's new?"
"Well, I'm a black belt now and me and Zack are friends again."
"No shit? Told you you were cool."
"I think I realize that now."
"Tomika, glad to see those pipes of yours of still holding up."
"You were worried?" She asked him.
"Not in the slightest." He looked over at Lawrence who had walked over to talk to Marta and Alicia.
"Have you told him yet?" He asked her quietly.
"No, not exactly." She said shyly.
"Well you better before those two snatch him up." He told her. "And Katie, you haven't changed a bit."
"What? I'm way different now." She told him.
"How so?" He asked.
"I'm...dating Frankie." That was all she could think of.
"Well, I definitely wouldn't have seen that coming. But I'm happy for you." He said before walking over to Chiaki. "So you're the new guy?" He asked.
"What of it?" He asked, puffing up his chest.
"*Listen, these kids you're working with, they're the most talented and motivated group I've ever seen. I couldn't be there for them, you need to be. They're just as lucky to have you as you are to have them.*" He finished his ramble.
"*You got it man. Being in School of Rock is a dream come true for me. I wouldn't leave them for the world.*"
"Good man." He said giving the new singer a pat on the shoulder. "Well, unfortunately, I can't stay, but know how happy I am to see you all together again. Rock on students, class dismissed." He said before walking off into the night.
"Alright well, I'm going to make sure all our stuff gets back safe. You kids go on home. You've earned a rest." Chiaki said, climbing into the van and driving off. Everyone joined in a group hug before they got in their individual rides and went home.
Zack sat next to Ashton in the back of his dad's car texting Freddy as an awkward silence filled the car. "Well, I was very impressed by the show. You did a good job Zack, don't you think so Dear?" She asked, nudging her husband.
"Yeah, it was pretty tight huh Dad?" Ashton continued trying to get his father to say something. He looked in the rear view mirror at Zack who was aware of his father's stare but kept his attention glued to his phone. "Hey Zack," Ashton gave his brother a shove to get his attention, "That was awesome bro." He told him.
"Oh, thank you." He replied looking up to see his father's eyes still trained on him. He let out a grunt in frustration and looked back at his phone. Ashton and his mother were beyond happy when they pulled into the driveway and climbed out. Zack and his father shared one last glance with each other before leaving the car. Zack walked in first and headed right towards the stairs with his dad coming in and shutting the front door.
"Zachary," Zack stopped in his tracks but refused to turn around. "I just want to say that you performed very well tonight."
"Thanks," Zack replied coldly, again without turning around. "I'm going to bed, I have school tomorrow."
"Wait son, there's something else I want to say." Zack turned around and looked at his father annoyed.
"What?" He asked annoyed.
"Come on down," He told him walking into their living room. Zack hesitated at first, but followed his father downstairs and sat down next to him on the couch. "It has come to my attention, that I may have treated both you and the Jones boy unfairly."
"Wow, did you figure that out all on your own or did you have help?" Zack asked sarcastically.
"Please, let me finish. So, I wanted to give Freddy a chance. I want you to invite him over for dinner tomorrow." He told him.
"What?!" Zack exclaimed. "Dad are you crazy? Don't answer that."
"Zack, I want us to stop fighting, don't you?" He asked.
"Well yeah,"
"Then please, just do this one thing." He finished. Zack thought for long a while, considering his options. He did want to stop fighting with his dad, but at the same time, he wasn't sure how his dad would actually react to seeing Freddy in person. But if he really wanted for things to finally calm down, he knew what he had to do.
"Ok, I'll do it." Zack said, caving.
"Thank you." Zack got up and went back upstairs and went to sleep.
The next morning, Zack saw Freddy up ahead on his skateboard and ran to catch up. "Hey Freddy! Wait up!" Freddy turned his head and jumped off his board and ran back to meet up with Zack.
"Hey babe, what's up?" Freddy flashed Zack a smile.
"I need you to be chill for a few seconds. Can you do that?" Zack asked him while out of breath.
"Are you kidding? Babe, I'm the chillist there is." He told him. Zack looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "What do you need me to be chill about?"
"My dad wants you over for dinner tonight. He says he's been unfair to us and wants to give you a chance." Zack explained to him.
"Welp, guess I need to skip town." Freddy quickly responded.
"Freddy,"
"What's a good fake name? How's Kevin Alexander Clark sound?"
"Why do you have three first names?" Zack asked.
"It's all I could think of on the spot, give me a break."
"Anyways, Freddy you need to come over tonight."
"Babe, no offense, I'd love to, but your dad's gonna kill me." Freddy said starting to panic.
"He's not gonna do anything to you. I think" Freddy looked at his with his eyes wide. "Look, if this goes well, he'll finally accept this." Zack told him before pulling Freddy in close and kissing him.
"Ok babe, I'll do it for you. For us." He said resting his head on his boyfriend's shoulder. The two walked into the school where the heard an applause around the corner and saw a lot of students surrounding some of the other band members and turned around to avoid the crowd but that failed as they walked right into a smaller group of students.
"Guess we'll have to get used to this." Zack commented.
"When you're as good looking as me, you get used to it quickly." Freddy said while Zack shot him a look.
"Looks like the mayor wasn't the only one impressed with us." Summer noted, sitting inside Chiaki's classroom.
"Yeah, whole school's gone crazy on the lookout for you all." He told her.
"What about you? You sang, wouldn't everyone want to find you too?" She asked.
"Why do you think I got here so early this morning?" He asked rhetorically.
"That's fair. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to relish in some praise." She said leaving the room. Chiaki rolled his eyes and locked the door as she left.
"Hey Larry, can I ask you something?"
"Sure Tomika, what's up?" Lawrence asked as the two of them left their science class on the way to lunch.
"Did you really mean what you said last night? About my voice being beautiful?" She asked, her voice shaking slightly.
"Of course I did." He said in nonchalant tone. "I've always thought that Tamiks." He told her, flashing her a smile. She blushed and looked away with a small smile. "Why do you ask?" Lawrence continued.
"Huh?" Tomika snapped back into the conversation.
"Why do you suddenly want to know?" He reiterated.
"Oh, uh, that just kind of stuck out to me when you said it last night." She told him.
"In a good way?" He asked.
"Yeah, in good way." She confirmed. "Now let's get going, I'm starving!" She exclaimed, grabbing his arm and pulling him along.
"It's not funny guys!" Zack complained, with Katie and Gordon still laughing.
"Come on Zack it is kind of funny." Katie told him in between breaths.
"I mean, just imagining little you trying to creep on little Freddy." Gordon before laughing again.
"When you say it like that, it sounds terrible." Zack said quietly sinking into his seat.
"Oh I'm so glad we still laugh together Katie," Gordon commented.
"I'm gonna kill you in your sleep." She said still laughing. Gordon stopped laughing and gave her a worried look.
"What are we laughing at?" Freddy asked sitting down next to Zack.
"Oh, just about that time Zack-" Gordon began.
"Nothing Babe," Zack interrupted. "Nothing," He repeated looking Gordon and Katie dead in the eyes.
"Uh, alright?" Freddy said confused.
"Are you still nervous?" Zack asked.
"How can I not be? The last time I saw your dad, he threatened me." Freddy reminded Zack of when they got back from their first date.
"Yeah, my dad's kind of nuts when it comes to dating you." Zack admitted.
"You think?" Freddy asked sarcastically.
"What's going on?" Katie asked.
"My dad wants Freddy over tonight for dinner." Zack told her.
"Like he wants him to eat dinner with you guys or Freddy is the dinner?" Gordon asked.
"Let's hope the former." Zack sighed. Freddy gave Zack a concerned look.
Zack was waiting on the front steps of the school for Freddy to arrive. Freddy had P.E. last so he was at the back end of the school and could take awhile. After almost ten minutes Freddy finally showed up. "Sorry it took awhile, I don't wanna do this."
"Come on, let's go. We need to stop by your place first." Zack told him.
"Sure thing, but why?"
"We need to get you in some nice clothes and you can't bring your skateboard to my house." Zack explained.
"Our uniforms aren't nice enough?" Freddy asked.
"Dad says school uniforms are for school."
"Right," Freddy commented.
They made their way to Freddy's house and went up to his room where Zack started going through his boyfriend's closet. He pulled out a navy blue button up shirt as well as a pair of jeans.
"Do you have a plain black shirt?" Zack asked.
"Should be in there somewhere." Freddy told him.
"Found it. Now put these on and-" Zack turned around and saw his boyfriend standing in just his boxer-briefs. Zack was completely at a loss for words as his jaw was hanging open and he felt his pants getting tighter.
"What? Do I have something on my face?" Freddy asked.
"You uh, you're not um, well it's just that.." Zack tried to talk, but was tripping over his own words.
"Ohhhhhh. This doing for you?" Freddy asked stepping closer. Zack swallowed hard as Freddy pressed his almost naked body against him.
"Oh fuck it." Zack caved grabbing ahold of Freddy's face and bring him in closer and bean to kiss him hard. Freddy opened up his mouth to make way for Zack's tongue. Zack broke apart the kiss and pushed Freddy down on his bed and ripped his shirt off before climbing over Freddy and returned to the kiss they started before. Zack's hands were being used to keep him up so Freddy took it upon himself as he undid Zack's belt and began to unzip his pants. Zack chuckled and flipped over so Freddy was on top. Zack slid his pants off leaving him down to his own boxer-briefs. Freddy sat up and sit down in Zack's lap with his legs on either side. Zack was grinning from ear to ear as he squeezed Freddy's ass before beginning to finger the waistband of his boyfriend's underwear. Freddy began to breath hard and got up once Zack attempted to pull his boxer-briefs down. Zack got up and sat next to Freddy. "Hey, what's up? I thought we were really going somewhere there." Zack said laughing nervously.
"I'm sorry. I can't. I want to, I really, really do. But I'm just...not ready." He said looking down.
"That's alright. I like what we have already." Zack said taking Freddy's hand in his. "Come on, let's get changed and go." The two of them jumped off the bed, quickly got their clothes on and left Freddy's house.
