We wake up and get something to eat. Marissa doesn't have much as usual and we start getting ready. "Morning Nicola." I smile at Lindsay. "How is your back?" I ask while putting my cardigan on. "Fine. Need to practice today though." I nod. "Yeah, we definately need to put some hours in." I say and she nods and puts a baggy t-shirt on. We walk out to see Damian, Alex and Matheus practicing. We join them and try to keep it together, but somebody grabs me from behind. I turn around and see Cameron. "What? who did you think I would be?" He asks with a wink and sets me down. I laugh at him and we all practice together. Samuel walks in and looks up at us; his dreads sticking out every direction, his eyes heavy and his bottom lip quivering slightly. I look at him and he looks away. "Samuel?" I ask and he looks up and smiles. "You ok?" He nods. "Yeah, just tired." I nod.

We start practicing and they eventually all wake up and get dressed. We go to meet Nikki at the studio and I look at Samuel. "Sam, will you come with me to the vending machine?" I ask while standing up from the waiting room. He nods and we walk out together. I look around and pull him into the corner. "Wow." He says, looking at how closely pressed together we are. "Easy there." I say and he smirks. "What's up?" I ask and he nods. "I'm tired." I nod. "Now tell me why you looked like you were gonna cry this morning." He looks up and then at me. "Pressure." He says and I nod and look at him with a smile. "This is your song." I say and he smiles. "This is the song that you are going to ROCK." He laughs and nods. "You're amazing, you know that?" He says and walks out and over to the vending machine. "I wish." I whisper and get a bottle of water.

Nikki walks in and looks at me and Samuel. "You ready?" We nod and walk into the booth. She nods and plays the back track. We nod along and I start singing. "Off with your head, Dance, Dance, Dance till your dead. I'm Off Off, Off With Your head. Dance, Dance, Dance 'til your dead. I'm off off off with your head." She smiles and looks at Samuel, he nods and starts singing. He smiles and when we finish Nikki nods. "That was really good guys, really good, will you go get everyone Samuel?" He nods and goes out to get everyone else. They get in and we squeeze in, I end up being pushed to the back and Marissa pulls me forward, threw them all. I smile at her and we sing the chorus. Nikki nods and tells us girls to go out so that the guys can record the Thriller parts of the song. When they walk out, we go back in to record Heads Will Roll.

"You girls have some serious competition, the guys did really well." We nod and she gives Lindsay a sort of squinty-mean look before looking down at the sound board and starting the music. We start singing and when we finish she looks at us. "Marissa, I need you to hold the end of 'Roll' a little longer, Lindsay, try and come down in your pitch, you're screeching." Lindsay nods and the music starts again, we sing it again and she nods. "Ok." We nod and walk out, we go over to the guys and all get in the van and go home to practice. "You weren't screechy." I say to Lindsay and she half smiles. "What ye talkin' about?" Damian asks and I look up from the bed Lindsay and I are lying on. "Nikki said Lindsay was screeching." He rolls his eyes. "Well we could hear you and you sounded pretty damn perfect to mey." He says with a smile and he sits beside Matheus. We get up and walk into the hallway and lean against it. We lean against the walls and Emily pretends to be struck by lightening. We watch her go towards Alex and Samuel grabs my hand and we run into the bedroom and let go of each other. We look around, pretending to be outside. They walk in, pretending to be zombies and they grab me. Samuel looks around and runs back into the hallway and opens the door to the boys dorm and we walk in. We all walk out like normal and lie down on the floor of the choir room. Samuel runs in and looks around, we jump up and start performing the dance, we grab Samuel and crawl all over him. "This has got to be every guys dream!" He shouts and we laugh at him. "Not every guy!" Alex shouts and I laugh. Samuel gets up and we all do the Thriller-Zombie-Walk. We collapse on the ground and perform the original dance from Glee.

We get off the ground and get up. We get lunch and I walk into the choir room with Cameron and Lindsay. One-by-one we everyone walks in and we sit chatting. Hannah walks in and stops at the door. We look up and she looks at us, then at Alex. She bows her head for a second and then walks over to them and smiles. "What did we tell you?" Cameron says while turning back around.

"You were right." I say and look over at them. "What did we even do?" Lindsay asks and Marissa shrugs. "We became friends?" Damian says and Samuel shakes his head. "We aren't looking at it as more than a competition, they just want to win, we are friends." Samuel says while looking at Matheus.

"But Hannah is too nice." Lindsay adds in. "Maybe she doesn't to be friends with a scene kid and the wannabees." we turn around and look at Emily. "We are NOT wannabees!" Marissa says and I smile. "And I ain't a scene kid." I say and put my feet up on my seat. They roll their eyes and turn back around. "So, what music should we be listening to this week?" Cameron asks and I smile.

"You should start with some Black Veil Brides preferably; The Morticians Daughter and Carolyn. Add in some classics; Guns N Roses and Bon Jovi, and finish with some VersaEmerge and The Pretty Reckless." I say and Cameron raises an eyebrow. "I stopped listening after The Morticians Daughter." Damian says and i nod. "It's the most important." I say and throw him my ipod and headphones. "Have a listen." I say and he nods. My cell rings and I answer it. "Hey cuz." The voice says and I nod. "Hi." I say and look at the fire exit. I walk out and sit on the ground. "What do you want?" I ask and she laughs. "I wanted to know how you are doing?" I nod. "I'm fine, just like I was fine before I left." I say and hear someone else with her. "You're not even going to ask me how I am?" I smile. "I Know how you are, everyone knows how you are." I say and look at the sky. "Damn straight." I laugh at her and hear someone say something. "I have to go." She says and I nod. "Bye." I mutter and stand up. She hangs up and I walk back in.

"What's up?" Marissa asks. "Nothing, it was just my cousin." She nods and Lindsay pulls me on to her knee. "I'm to heavy for you." I say and she nods. "Yeah." She says and drops me on the ground. I laugh and she pulls me back up. I sit on the chair beside her. Damian passes my ipod to Cameron and I smile. "We are going to practice." Alex says as everyone gets up. "You coming?" Cameron asks. I shake my head. "You don't want to be seen with a Scene kid." I say and he grabs my arm. "Who gives a shit." He says and I laugh.


Next Day.

We get up and get changed to go to the studio. "Ready to go?" Cameron shouts from the guys dorm and we nod. "YEAH." We shout and walk out to the hallway to meet them. "Zombie t-shirt?" I say to Samuel and he smiles. "Need to get in the mood." I nod. "Yeah, you aren't even going to be a zombie today." I say and we walk into the kitchen to get breakfast. I make some toast and set it out on the table. "Want some chocolate spread?" Samuel asks and I put out my hand for him to hand it to me. I look up and he is standing beside me. "What are you doing?" I ask and he puts chocolate spread accross my face. "Samuel Larsen!" I shout and hit him. "Nicola McDowney!" He says and tickles me. We sit down and Marissa sits beside me. she pokes me in the face and takes off some chocolate spread, eats it and nods. Lindsay walks over and licks my face. "You taste awesome." She says and I laugh at her while she goes to sit down. We eat breakfast and wash up. I go to the bathroom and wash the chocolate spread off my face and put my make up back on. "We are going to wait in the van!" Lindsay shouts. "Ok! I'll be right there."

I shout back and walk out, they are all gone. I walk out and get in, but Emily has put her feet up on my seat. I nod and look around, Alex does the same to the other spare seat and I feel a hand turn me around; Samuel. He sets me on his knee and the van starts moving. "Let's not tell the police." He says and I laugh. We go around a corner and I grab his leg before I fall off him and he sits back. "You ready?" MyKynleigh says to me. I nod. "Course." She nods. "It'll be alot of pressure, y'know, it's all based around you and Samuel really." I look down and we pull up and get out. "Straight into make up!" Erik shouts and we go into the girls dressing room. They do our hair and our make up. They put us into dresses and We take pictures together on our phones. "Makes up for missing my own prom." I say and they raise their eyebrows. "You didn't go to your prom?" I shake my head. "It's in a few weeks, I'll be here." I say and they smile. "Well then, we have to go out again." Lindsay says and I laugh. We take loads of pictures and walk out into the corridor, to see 5, very handsome guys.

Their eyes widen and they smile. "You guys look great." Marissa says and they just stare. "Dude." I say to Damian and he laughs and walks over to Lindsay. Erik puts us to where he wants us to stand. "Guys, just talk among yourselves and cuddle, basically, just look loved up. Then, Emily you will look out the window, at which point you will be struck by lightening." We nod and Samuel puts his arm around me. Emily is the only one without a guy and so she fixes herself and keeps looking at herself in the mirror; well at least she doesn't have to act. The camera rolls down and we all get close ups. Emily looks out the window and we hear a bang and everyone jumps. She falls to the ground and Erik shouts cut. He sends her to make up and she comes back like a zombie, with her purple dress slightly ripped. She laughs at herself and lies back down. We all stand and stare at her, Samuel grabs my hand and we run down the corridor. They shout cut and everyone goes into hair and makeup. Samuel and I wait on them and they comeback out, looking like they've been dead for a few hundred years. "They are going to take you Nicola, but we need you two to be staring at each other and you don't want to let go." Erik shouts and they walk towards me. We look around with no where to go, Emily grabs me and they pull me away. Samuel holds my hand until the last second.

I go into make up and they paint me. They rip my blue dress and I walk back out. "Drop dead gorgeous." Cameron says and I hit him. We all walk around like zombies trying to find Samuel. He walks into a store room and we follow him. We go towards him but he goes down low and scuttles past us on his handds and knees and locks the door. We lean against it and keep banging it. Marissa puts her arm through it and looks at me in shock. I nod and she unlocks the door from the outside. We get out and look down the hallway and straight into the camera's." That way." Damian growls and we walk towards the camera's and go past them towards the door. We open the door and nod. We walk out but Lindsay falls on purpose. Alex grabs her and we walk out. "That is a wrap!" Erik shouts and we all walk back in. Zach walks in and nods. "Now to practice!" He says and we go into the choreography studio.

We practice for two hours and go into hair and make up to have our make up taken off properly. Samuel sits in a spare chair and laughs as they wipe the gunk off. "This will be you tomorrow night!" Marissa says while they clean her cheeks. "Yeah!" Alex adds in and we laugh. "I'm just glad it's not me right now." He says and I nod. I hold up the green face paint. "You put chocolate spread on me this morning. Just imagine what I will do to you with this!" I say and his eyes widen. "I'm sorry!" He says worried and I get up when they finish with me. "Too bad sorry doesn't cut it." I say and he laughs.


We go home, get changed and I lie down. "I'm tired." Lindsay says and drops down on her bed. "I guess you don't want dinner then." I say while sitting on My bed; right beside hers. "I always have room to eat!" She says and bolts up. I lie down. "Good, go make dinner while I have a nap." She reaches across and hits me. "Samuel! Damian! Cameron!" We say at the same time and high five for doing it in perfect unison. "Yes ladies." Damian says while walking in. "Can you guys order us food?" Lindsay asks and they roll their eyes. "You girls have no energy." Cameron mutters. Marissa walks in and lies in her bed at the opposite of us Lindsay(She swapped with Emily after the fight) "We're just conserving energy for tomorrow." Marissa says before yawning. "Pizza?" Samuel asks and we nod. "What will we have on them?" Damian asks. We look at each other. "I'll take pepperoni, red peppers and extra cheese." Samuel says and Damian types it into his notepad on his phone. "Me too." I say and Cameron looks up from the menu. "You guys should just get a large between you, it'll be cheaper." Samuel nods.

"NICOLA DOESN'T SHARE FOOD!" I shout, imitating Joey off friends. They laugh and I smile. "I'm down with that." I say and Samuel nods. "I'll take chicken and chilli sauce on mine." Lindsay says and Cameron looks up again from the menu. "You can have a pizza with two sides: one side has one person's choice and the other is the other." She nods. "Well, i'll have Salami, lettuce, onions, peppers and chicken on my half then." Marissa says and Damian nods. "What about us Cameron?" Damian asks and Cameron shrugs. "Cheese, Chicken, pepperon-" Cameron starts and Damian turns around. "Meat feast with double cheese?" He nods and writes it down. "I'll go check with the others." Samuel says and walks out.

Cameron types in the number on his phone and orders. Samuel walks in and nods. "Two with extra cheese, one with pepperoni and extra cheese." Samuel says znd Cameron copies him. "It'll be ready in an hour." Cameron says while hanging up. We nod and the boys nod. "We'll leave you girls to sleep." Samuel says and Damian nods. "Weaklings!" he says as we go to sleep.