Rhian's Point Of View

"If she's not coming, can I stay here with her?" I asked, surprising everyone. Kitz shook her head and walked over to me and started whispering into my ear.

"No way. The contest winner has to come! Besides, they're cute aren't they? And let's face it, Rhi, you could have some publicity out of this!" she laughed evilly, well that was my opinion. My eyes went wide and then became a glare. I started shaking my head. Kitz was an evil woman on the inside. She was bribing me! Well, it worked, sadly. Kitz started walking back to the group, dragging me with her. I was struggling in vain. Kitz was strong. Weird, I know, but that was Kitz.

"Guys, this is Rhian," Kitz said to Connect 2 or whatever their band name was. Hey! It's that curly haired kid that was annoying me! Yeah, I hate him. They all nodded. What? Couldn't they talk? Stunned by my beauty? Haha. Sarcasm. My favorite word. My second favorite was 'Misery'.

"Well, I gotta get packing, see ya!" Kitz said, waving to Correct 3, you know their name should really be that! It's the only thing I can think of for them! She hugged me and the other girls and walked towards the door and opened it. She waved one last time and left. Why couldn't I go with her?

" So, should we get going then?" Jason, I think, asked us. We all nodded.

"Well, let's go." We all headed for the door. Once we were all out of the building, I saw a long limo waiting for us. I sighed. Here we go. The most boringest day of my life begins.

Rhian sighed. She started walking towards the long black limo waiting for her when someone tapped her on the shoulder. She turned around and saw Cyan looking worried, which surprised her. Then she remembered.

"Oh! Right! The drums!" Cyan nodded and sighed.

"Rhi, what are we gonna do? I've bailed on Chris twice already! He said 'If you bail on me one more time I'm throwing your drums away! I'm serious, Cyan Stone!' and it scares me! Chris is never serious!" she cried out, pacing around Rhian, who was following her with her eyes. "What are we gonna do?!?!"

Rhian gave her a 'Whaddya-think-we're-gonna-do' look. Cyan's eyes went wide. She shook her head and wailed, "No way, Rhi! No offense, but I'm not as rude as you! I can't just ask Connect 3 to do that for me! They've wasted their rest day for this!"

Rhian looked at her again.

"Well, I'm wasting my damn Saturday for something I don't really give a damn about! I'll do it! I don't care at all!" Rhian hissed at the confused girl, who stopped her pacing.

"O-Ok then. Rhi. You go do it," Cyan stammered, relieved. Rhian rolled her eyes and stomped into the car, with Cyan hurrying behind. They sat down in the spacious limo. The seating arrangements were like this: let's say you were the driver, you looked back and, from the left, you'd see Shane, Nate, and Jason. Right in front of you was Cyan who was beside Jason, and then Hilarie and then Kayla. Beside her, on the right was Rhian who, much to a certain curly haired boy's dismay, was sitting right in front of him. And last but not least, beside Rhian, was a small boy, about 7 or 8 in Rhian's eyes, looking at them all with a cheeky smile on his face. All the other boys were wearing surprised faces. Rhian couldn't help but smirk at them. It was funny. The other girls also had smiles on their faces, but were also surprised. Almost everyone except Rhian and, of course, the small boy, was thinking the same thing. 'Why is Frankie Gray in the car?' Rhian looked at the boy, who stared back with big eyes. Then she smiled.

"Nice, man. You are now my absolute favorite Gray!" she said, holding up her hand for a high-five. The boy grinned and high-fived her.

"I'm Frankie!" the boy said, looking at Rhian." What's yours?"

"Rhian, little dude, we'll get along just fine," Rhian said, smiling and ruffled Frankie's wavy hair. He pretended to pout.

"Hey!" Rhian laughed.

"Sorry, little dude." All three brothers were staring in awe. How could Frankie, of all the people possible, make Rhian talk? When she wouldn't even glance at them! Kayla noticed the three and giggled, pulling the three brothers back to reality.

"Don't worry, Rhian's always been good with people. They seem to love her, and her attitude. Crazy, I know, but she's real nice. Serious! She hangs out with me, Hil, Cy, and the guys all the time!" Kayla explained to Connect 3, who nodded in understanding. Nate felt a twinge of jealousy when Kayla said 'the guys'.

'So she hangs out with other guys, huh? WAIT! Am I getting jealous? Psh me? Because of her? Ha! You have GOT to be kidding me!' Nate thought, mentally slapping himself. He went back to the conversation. Cyan and Jason were talking about…important-sounding stuff. Shane and Hilarie were talking about bananas and Kayla was looking at him, giggling. Nate blushed.

"No one to talk to?" she asked, still giggling. Nate nodded, blushing still.

"Y-yeah. I guess," he stammered, which made Kayla giggle even more.

"So, how's rock star life? It must be pretty cool, I mean, doing what everyone dreams of doing!" Kayla asked, curious.

"Yeah, but sometimes I don't have enough time to rest, you know?" Nate answered her. Kayla immediately looked down.

"I'm sorry, it was your rest day today. I really didn't want to bother you," she said sadly. Nate's eyes went wide.

"N-no! I d-don't regret this day!" he stuttered. Kayla looked up at him, a sad smile on her face. Nate smiled at her encouragingly.

"Sorry to interrupt this, well, frankly, I think this is a pretty gross moment, but I need to stop by for something!" Rhian interrupted Kayla and Nate, who looked at her with a glare on his face. Rhian looked at him innocently, but Nate knew she was laughing mockingly on the inside.

"Where to, Rhian?" he asked, faking sweetness. Rhian smirked.

"Umm, it's near here, actually, near the Hotel!" she said innocently, looking directly at Nate, her eyes challenging him.

"Oh really? What's it called?" Nate retorted, accepting her challenge. .They glared at each other for a few minutes

"Infinite Rock Star. It's a music store," Rhian said. Nate looked surprised.

"Why would you go to a music store?"

"To smash instruments," Rhian replied sarcastically. Nate rolled his eyes.

"But why didn't you go there yesterday?"

"I don't know if your deaf, but I said I didn't know we were coming here, so don't blame me for doing what I wanna do today!"

"Fine." Nate said, admitting defeat. Rhian smirked triumphantly. Cyan looked at her with a look that said 'THANK YOU SO MUCH!' Rhian smirked again. Nate saw this and got confused but brushed it off. A few minutes later they arrived at the music store. Everyone got out of the limo. Jason, Shane, Hilarie, and Kayla went over to guitar section while Nate and Frankie went over to the drums. Rhian and Cyan went to the counter where a teenage boy, around 18, was cleaning a guitar. The boy looked up and grinned.

"I knew you'd come, Cyan! But Rhian! This is a surprise! Why are you here?" the boy asked the two girls.

"I came here to smash instruments, of course, Chris!" Rhian answered him with fake happiness. Chris laughed and ran a hand through his short, spiky, dark brown hair. Rhian rolled her eyes.

"I'm gonna check out the pianos, kay? See ya, Chris!" Rhian said, waving at Chris, who grinned. Rhian walked towards the back of the store, where the pianos were. She knew this store like the back of her hand. Once she got there, she made her way over to her favorite piano, a baby grand. She smiled and ran her hand across the keys.

"Hey, long time no see," Rhian said, laughing quietly. She sat down on the seat near the piano. She started playing a random melody.

"Rhian?" Said girl turned around and saw Hilarie standing behind her, holding her IPod.

"Mhm?"

"Umm, I was thinking, could you play this song on the piano for me?" Hilarie asked her brightly, holding out her IPod to Rhian. Rhian looked at it for a moment. Then she looked at Hilarie.

"I do not know this song, I do not like it either."

"How could you not know it? It's 'Appreciate' by Nathan Gray!"

"So there are five Gray boys?"

"NO! There's only four! Nate is short for Nathan, dummy-wummy!"

"… I'll play it if you promise never to say that to me again, deal?"

"Deal!" Hilarie said, holding out her hand. Rhian shook it and grabbed Hilarie's IPod and listened to the song. Rhian had this weird knack of knowing the lyrics to the song after hearing it once. She could also play it. Rhian's fingers edged along the piano keys, as if they were searching for the right notes. When she found them, she took the earphones out of her ears and looked at Hilarie.

"First verse and chorus only."

"Hmph, fine." Rhian sighed and turned towards the piano. She placed her fingers at the right keys and started playing. Little did she know, someone was watching her and could hear every note she played.

There's a man dying on the side of the road

Won't make it home tonight

He was driving fast on a cellular phone

That's how he led his life

While he was hanging by a thread

These were the final words he said

My girl turned sweet sixteen today

She's beautiful

So beautiful

It might get rough sometimes but I hope she keeps her faith

I wished I grabbed the chance to say to her

Life is too short so take he time and appreciate

"…There. Ya happy?" Rhian asked after she had finished the last note. She turned to Hilarie, who had tears in her eyes.

"I-It was so beautiful! I'm tearing up!" she wailed, hugging Rhian, who didn't like it very much.

"Ok, let go!" Rhian managed to say. Hilarie let go.

"Thanks! Bye!" Hilarie exclaimed, waving and skipping back to wherever she was before. Rhian rolled her eyes and looked at the piano. She smiled softly. Then she got up and left.

Nate's Point Of View

We were all going over to the music store Rhian told us about. She wants to go there to smash instruments. Just kidding, even though that's what she had said. I knew it wasn't true. We reached the store. It was called 'Infinite Rock Star'. It was pretty cool, the name I mean. The store was big. While we were getting out of the car, Jason and Shane said they were going to the guitar section. So… I'm stuck with Frank The Tank. Sigh. I don't have a problem with Frankie, but I wanted to see the guitars! Kayla and Hilarie went with them while me and Frankie went over to the drums. Cyan and Rhian, (I don't like thinking about her! Makes me all weird inside!), went over to the counter where a teenage boy, around Shane's age I think, with spiky hair was cleaning a guitar. He looked up when he heard the girls approaching and grinned at them. Since I was near the counter, I could hear every word they were saying.

"I knew you'd come, Cyan! But Rhian! This is a surprise! Why are you here?" the boy asked the two girls.

"I came here to smash instruments, of course, Chris!" Rhian answered him with fake happiness. Chris laughed and ran a hand through his short, spiky, dark brown hair. Rhian rolled her eyes. I tuned out so I didn't hear what she said next.

I checked on Frankie. He was playing on a set of drums that had a fire design on them. I smiled. Frankie loved drums. I looked at the section beside us and saw that it was all pianos. There was a shadowy figure of a girl there, running her fingers along the keys of a baby grand.

"Hey, long time no see," the girl said, laughing quietly. It was really hard to hear her, but I guess she didn't notice me then. She sat down on the seat near the piano. She started playing a random melody. Its sounded really good, like something I've never heard before. So she can play the piano. I saw someone (let's call her Girl No. 2) walking up to the girl, who didn't seem to notice her. Girl No. 2 said something.

The girl turned around and saw Girl No. 2 standing behind her, holding her IPod. Why is she holding an IPod?

A little speaking.

Girl No. 2 held out her IPod to the girl, who looked at it for a moment. Then she looked at Girl No. 2. I moved closer so I could hear them. But I couldn't recognize their voices.

"I don't know this song,"

"How could you not know it? It's 'Appreciate' by Nathan Gray!" Hey, that's me! I loved that song, one of my favorites.

"So there are five Gray boys?" What? She didn't know that my name was Nathan?

"NO! There's only four! Nate is short for Nathan, dummy-wummy!" That's right! Tell her Girl No. 2!

"… I'll play it if you promise never to say that to me again, deal?"

"Deal!" Girl No. 2 said, holding out her hand. The shook it and grabbed Girl No. 2's IPod and listened to the song. By this time, I was trying so hard to hold in my laughter. What? I thought it was funny! The girl's fingers edged along the piano keys, as if they were searching for the right notes. When she found them, she took the earphones out of her ears and looked at Girl No. 2.

"First verse and chorus only." What? I thought she'd never heard of the song before? She's good, I must admit, but there's nothing else I can say about her.

"Hmph, fine." Girl No. 2 grumbled, crossing her arms. Wow! Girl No. 2 was so much like Shane! Always acting like a baby! The girl sighed and turned towards the piano. She placed her fingers at the right keys and started playing.

There's a man dying on the side of the road

Won't make it home tonight

He was driving fast on a cellular phone

That's how he led his life

While he was hanging by a thread

These were the final words he said

My girl turned sweet sixteen today

She's beautiful

So beautiful

It might get rough sometimes but I hope she keeps her faith

I wished I grabbed the chance to say to her

Life is too short so take the time and appreciate

"…There. Ya happy?" The girl asked after she had finished the last note. She turned to Girl No.2, who looked like she had tears in her eyes. I was shocked! She sang that? It was so good! Almost better than mine, but it wasn't.

"I-It was so beautiful! I'm tearing up!" Girl No. 2 wailed, hugging the girl, who looked like she didn't like it very much. I would've burst out laughing right then and there, but I was trying to recover from the shock.

"Ok, let go!" The girl managed to say. Girl No. 2 let go. I snapped back into reality.

"Thanks! Bye!" Girl No. 2 exclaimed, waving and skipping back to wherever she came from. Wow, she has a lot of energy! The girl looked at the piano. She smiled softly. Then she got up and left. I was left there, staring at the spot the girl was a few seconds ago. I couldn't believe that it was her. It was impossible! How could someone have such a pure, angelic, meaningful, awesome voice! It cannot be! I, Nathan Daniel Gray, am shocked! Stunned! Confused… Snap out of it, Nate!

"Nate! Frankie! WE'RE GOING!" Shane's voice called out to me and my brother, startling me out of my thoughts. I turned to see Frankie looking at me with an amused expression on his face. He looked at me and said the following words:

"You looked pretty stupid just now, Nate." My eyes went wide. Frankie was watching me the whole time?

" FRANKLIN JEREMIAH GRAY!" I roared and started chasing him out of the store, out to where everyone was waiting for us. They all looked amused as they saw me chasing Frankie… and failing to catch him. Hilarie and Kayla were giggling to each other, Jason was shaking his head but a smile was on his face. Cyan was looking at me and I could see that she was laughing on the inside. She had a soft smile on her face. Shane and Rhian were looking at me mockingly, it's like they were both saying, with their eyes, that I was such an idiot. I could understand Shane, but Rhian! That was just plain mean. M-E-A-N.

" FRANKLIN JEREMIAH GRAY!" Nate roared, chasing his little brother out of the store, out to where the two other Gray's and the four girls were waiting for them. They all looked amused as they saw Nate chasing Frankie… and failing to catch him. Hilarie and Kayla were giggling to each other, Jason was shaking his head but a smile was on his face. Cyan was looking at Nate and it was pretty obvious she was laughing on the inside. She had a soft smile on her face. Shane and Rhian were looking at him mockingly, it's like they were both saying, with their eyes, that little Nathan was such an idiot. Nate looked at them all, glaring. The two giggling girls shut up immediately. Jason stopped shaking his head and his smile was barely noticeable. So was Cyan's. But Joe and Rhian? No way. They just loved annoying people. It was their nature. They kept their mocking grins plastered on their million dollar faces. Nate shot them a death glare, but even that didn't seem to stop them. They only stopped when Jason scolded the both of them. Nate was still chasing Frankie. Frankie ran behind Rhian and peeked out from behind her. Rhian looked down and smiled. Frankie smiled back. Nate ran up to her, out of breath. Rhian smirked.

"Can't keep up?" she asked him, her eyes mocking him yet again. Nate glared in response.

"Move…now…" he huffed. Rhian shook her head.

"What's the magic word?" she asked him innocently. Nate glared at her.

"P-please, Rhian?" he said.

"Hmm. Nope. Come on Frankie!" Rhian grinned cheekily and grabbed Frankie's hand and they both started skipping away, over to where the limo was waiting for them.

"AAARRGGGHH!" Nate roared and ran after the two but before he got near them Rhian turned and held her hand out, signaling him to stop. He obeyed, looking confused, which he was. Rhian walked over to him and flicked his forehead, causing him to stumble backwards.

"Moron," she smirked. Everyone laughed, used to the fact that Rhian swore a lot. Nate crossed his arms and pouted.

"Hey! That's my pout! You can't steal it!" Frankie hollered. Nate smiled and stuck his tongue out playfully.

"Sorry little bro, it suits me more!" he teased. Everyone laughed, except for Frankie, who looked at everyone, confused,

"I don't get it!" he asked his eldest brother, which just made everyone laugh harder. Rhian wasn't laughing. She was just looking at everyone and sighed.

"And they wonder why I don't like them, geez. But I like you Frankie! You are my fav!" Rhian muttered, adding the last two sentences when she saw the youngest Gray looking at her. He smiled.

"Well, me and Frankie over here are getting in the limo. Like now." She said, louder this time, so everyone could hear it. Frankie nodded and they both got inside the spacious limo.

"Why?" Shane asked, looking at the two of them weirdly. Did they want this day to be over with quickly? Rhian and Frankie looked at each other. They both sighed. Rhian looked at Frankie and then went to her seat. Frankie sighed again and looked at the…older people.

"Look. Over. There." he said, pointing to his right. Everyone turned to look and saw tons of screaming fan girls running towards them. They saw paparazzi flashing their cameras and they all were wearing big grins. Everyone's eyes widened. Jason turned to Frankie.

"What are you waiting for? GET IN! HURRY!" Jason shouted to Frankie, waving both his hands at him, gesturing him to get inside the limo. Fast. Everyone else outside of the limo nodded frantically. Frankie grinned and ran to where he was sitting before, beside Rhian. Everyone else practically flew inside the limo. When they were all inside, Jason turned to the driver.

"Step on it, Ryan!" he cried out. The driver, who had platinum blonde hair and grayish-black eyes nodded. He looked about 19, Shane's age. He reminded Rhian of someone…

Well anyways! While one of my favorite characters was thinking, the others started talking.

"Phew! That was close! Thank the heavens that this stupid car is fast!" Jason said, wiping some non-existent sweat from his forehead. Kayla nodded furiously, too tired to speak.

"YOU GOT THAT RIGHT, KEV!" Shane yelled. Everyone, except Rhian (she was still thinking, don't disturb her!), looked at him weirdly. Except for Hilarie. Of course. She grinned from ear to ear. Cyan sighed. She looked at Rhian, who caught her eye. She smiled and mouthed the words 'thank you'. Rhian smirked and then her eyes disappeared from view, hidden by her hat. She was still deep in thought. Nate noticed that little moment with Rhian and Cyan and looked at her with a questioning look on his face. She titled her head as if she was confused. Nate sighed and gave up, which made Cyan smile.

"So, where should we go next?" Jason asked the girls. They shrugged.

"How about a walk around Central Park?" Kayla spoke up. "I mean, if it's cool with you guys."

"Okie dokie!"

"That's a great idea!"

"Super duper spectacular!"

"I wanna rent a bike!"

"I like it."

"I'm okay with it."

"Hmph. Fine." Kayla blushed at the compliments she had gotten for her idea.

"Ok then, to Central Park!" Jason ordered the driver, who nodded and sped off towards the park. Jason looked at Frankie.

"You said you wanted to rent a bike?" Frankie nodded.

"Please?"

"Fine. Anybody else up for biking?" Jason asked the rest of the group.

" I'll bike." Nate said.

"Me too!" Kayla exclaimed.

"Not for me! I wanna roller-blade!" Hilarie pleaded.

"I'm fine with biking," Cyan said.

"I AM ROLLER-BLADING! NO ONE CAN STOP ME!" Shane shouted, pumping his fist in the air. Kayla giggled.

"Ok! Ok! Shane, calm down! Ok, so 4 bikes and two pairs of roller-blades. How about you, Rhian?" Jason said, ticking everything off with his fingers. He turned to Rhian, who looked at him." Are you gonna bike?" Rhian scoffed. She looked at the oldest Gray with a sarcastic look.

"Please, do you expect me to bike? Psh, no way in hell! I'm skateboarding!" she told him. Nate looked at her.

" But… umm… can you skateboard with those shoes?" he asked Rhian, pointing to her boots. She rolled her eyes.

"Of course I can, genius. Why would I have asked to get a skateboard in the first place?" she asked him.

"Just pointing it out," Nate muttered. Rhian shrugged and pulled out her PSP. It was decorated with different colored and sized words that said 'Misery'. Frankie looked at her with wide eyes.

"You have a PSP? My mommy said I shouldn't bring mine, it might get lost! What are you playing?" Frankie asked Rhian, peeking at her PSP. He read the words on the screen.

"Naruto? Never heard of it! Can I try? What kind of game is it?" Frankie bombarded her with questions. Rhian laughed.

"Here. It's my favorite game. I'll show you how," Rhian told the little Gray. She proceeded to tell him how to play.

"…There. Ya get it?" she finished. Frankie nodded.

"Who should I be?" Frankie asked." And who should I fight?" Rhian thought about it for a moment. She looked at Frankie, then at her game. She smiled.

" Sasuke. Definitely." She told him. He picked Sasuke and looked at Rhian again.

"Who should I fight?" Rhian smirked.

"That would definitely be… Sakura."

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