Cory In The House - The Fight For Alyssa
Disclaimer - I own Alyssa and only Alyssa!
Chapter 2 – Tangled Up In Me
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The six kids climbed down from the helicopter and it flew away.
"Who would have guessed your mom's café was a block away from Newt's house?" Cory said, to no one in particular.
"Pretty insane." Alyssa replied.
They were standing outside a little café. Alyssa led them inside. There were some comfy looking couches and chairs, little tables, and a stage.
"Mom!" Alyssa yelled, dumping her backpack behind the counter.
A sweet looking lady bustled through the back door, which probably led to the kitchen.
After introducing her new friends and getting permission to go to Newt's, Alyssa and the gang ran the block to Newt's house.
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And welcome to…the band room!" Newt threw the door open.
"Holy cow." Alyssa gasped.
Newt beamed.
"Just wait till you hear us play!" Meena said. The three jumped onto the small stage as Alyssa sat on one of the red couches. (A/N: Are they red? Orange? I don't know…)
Cory and Newt started up the drums and guitar, them Meena began singing. "I wanna be more than friends…"
After they finished the song, Alyssa exclaimed, "That was awesome!"
"Thank you, thank you very much." Cory joked.
"Hey, I'm a pretty good guitar player. Maybe I could…" Alyssa started.
"Sure! Acoustic or electric?" Newt asked.
"Acoustic." Alyssa replied.
"'Kay, hang on…" Newt disappeared into the tambourine zone (A/N: If you missed that episode, it's the area behind the speakers.) and came out with an acoustic guitar. He handed it to Alyssa, along with a cord to hook it up to the amplifier.
She hooked it up and pulled the strap over her head. Meena handed her the extra microphone and stand. She started picking out notes on her guitar. "You wanna know more, more, more about me, I'm the girl who's kicking the coke machine, I'm the one that's honking at you cause I left late again…"
Newt and Cory added the electric guitar and drums.
"Hey, hey, hey," Meena and Alyssa sang together. "Can't you see I want you by the way I push you away, yeah, don't judge me tomorrow by the way I'm acting today, mix the words up with the actions do it all for your reaction, yeah, hey, hey, get tangled up in me."
Meena sang by herself now, Alyssa continuing to play her guitar. "You wanna know more, more, more about me, gotta know reverse psychology,"
Alyssa glanced at Newt when she heard a pause in his playing. "D." she whispered the chord. His face had an 'oh' look on it, and he played the chord. She smiled, and he smiled back.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Alyssa joined in again. "Can't you see I want you by the way I push you away, yeah, don't judge me tomorrow buy the way I'm acting today, mix the words up with the actions do it all for your reaction, yeah, hey hey, get tangled up in me."
"You think that you know me…" Alyssa sang.
"You think that I'm only…" Meena sang.
"When everything I do is only to get tangled up in you…" They sang together.
The drums and electric guitar went quiet for the next few lines. "You wanna know more, more, more about me; I'm the girl that's sweeping you off your feet…" Alyssa sang, then the guitars and drums started again.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Meena joined in again. "Can't you see I want you by the way I push you away, yeah, don't judge me tomorrow by the way I'm acting today, mix the words up with the actions do it all for your reaction, yeah, hey, hey, get tangled up in me." They finished.
Newt ran to the door and opened it. The room was filled with his mom's yelling voice. He shut the door again. "Wow, we REALLY rocked this time!" He cried.
"Where did you learn to play guitar like that?" Cory exclaimed.
"Practice!" She grinned. "I play piano too."
"Awesome!" Newt said.
"Hey, you should join the band!" Cory suggested. "We could use acoustic guitar and keyboard."
"You've only known me for a day…and you're asking me to join your band?" Alyssa said skeptically.
If I can spend time with you every day…yeah! Cory wanted to say. "Just trying to make you feel welcome." He said instead.
"Wait, Meena hasn't had a say in this." Alyssa pointed out.
"I'm fine with it." Meena shrugged. "It'll be fun to have another girl in the band."
"Wait, so now we're DC4?" Newt asked, confused.
"Yes." Meena and Cory replied.
The four jumped when the door was flung over. Newt's first thought was that it was his mom, but the girl standing in the door way looked nothing like his mom.
"Cory!" She squealed.
"Raven? What are you doing here?" He looked startled.
"I had a break in between classes and Dad said I could come and visit." She smiled excitedly.
"Cory, would you take a second and explain why this girl is standing inside my house when I don't even know her?" Newt asked.
"This is my sister, Raven." He replied.
"You have a sister?" Newt said.
"Unfortunately." Cory muttered under his breath. "She's going to college."
"Awesome." Newt nodded, his hair bouncing up and down. He put down his guitar and jumped off the stage. He stuck his hand out and said "Newton Livingston the Third. But you can call me Newt."
"Shut up! Like Newton Livingston the Senator?" Raven cried.
"Yeah…" Newt replied.
"I can't believe I'm in the house of a SENATOR!" Raven cried.
"And I'm Meena Paroom." Meena introduced herself.
"You mean like the ambassador to Bahavia?" Raven exclaimed.
Meena nodded.
"Okay, don't tell me, you have really cool parents too?" Raven said to Alyssa.
"My dad's a senator and my mom owns a café." Alyssa replied.
"Cory, why didn't you tell me you had such cool friends?" Raven asked.
"You never asked." Cory replied.
While Cory and his sister were conversing, Alyssa noticed a notebook lying on the ground partly behind one of the speakers, as if someone had tried to hide it quickly. Alyssa picked it up. The cover declared the notebook 'Newt's Songs.' She opened it, the little voice in the back of her head begging her not to. Alyssa ignored it and looked at the title of the first song. It was called 'Speechless', and it talked about feeling speechless around someone you liked. She moved on to 'Connected', a song about feeling close to a friend even when you're far apart. Though Alyssa was too wrapped up in the songs to notice it much, the song seemed oddly familiar. After connected were 'Shine', about a person who 'shines', and 'Hello Beautiful.' She noticed that each song had guitar chords scrawled in the margins.
"Newt, these are amazing!" Alyssa said, flipping to the next page.
"Hey, don't read those!" He cried.
She closed the notebook and handed it to Newt. "They're really good, though!"
"Meena saw the cover. "Newt, you write songs? Let me see!" She reached forward to take the book, but Newt used his height to his advantage and held it out of her grasp.
"No! You can't read them, they're private!" Newt practically yelled.
"Newt, what's the big deal? How bad could they be?" Cory paused. "That came out wrong."
"This is all your fault!" Newt turned to Alyssa, who looked like she was about to cry.
"I'm sorry." She said quietly, and ran out the door. Newt sighed, and followed after her.
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A/N: Okay, the song Alyssa and Meena sang was 'Tangled Up In Me' by Skye Sweetnam. The other songs that were mentioned were 'Speechless' by the Veronicas, 'Connected' by Sara Paxton, 'Shine' by Aly and AJ (or, I guess The Skies of America. They both have the same message.), and 'Hello Beautiful' by the Jonas Brothers. Thanks for reading, don't forget to review! –CaliforniaRockin'101