I'M SO SORRY I HAVEN'T UPLOADED IN SUCH A LONG TIME. I SUCK. ;-;
BUT EITHER WAY I HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS LAME CHAPTER THAT I KIND OF JUST THREW TOGETHER. ;D
{Amu POV}
A couple days has passed since the whole challenge thing with Ikuto, and I still haven't come across any inspiration. I mean, I have my own little song book that I keep in my room, but all of them are unfinished spur-of-the-moment things.
So I started hanging out with Rima, Utau, and Yaya more since the band had taken up most of my free time and I really missed hanging out with them.
We were hangiing outside the mall just finishing up shopping as we decided what to do next.
"How about we all go to Amu's house!" Yaya suggested excitedly. The other two agreed right away but I was a little hesitant. Then I remembered that neither my dad nor Ami would be home for a while.
'They always leave on mini-vacations without me..Oh well. At least they're enjoying themselves.'
When we got back to my house, we all went upstairs into my room and just talked for a while.
"So, hows that song coming along, Amu?" Rima asked curiously.
I groaned outloud and and fell backwards onto my bed. "Not good. I can't think of anything." I explained while they all giggled. I pouted silently until-
"What's this Amu?" Yaya asked all hyper-like while holding up my song book. I blushed like an idiot and swipped it out of her hands, while saying "Yaya! Don't go through other peoples rooms as you please!"
They all stared at me curiously. I just sighed. "It's my song book. I use it to write lyrics when I suddenly get inspired." I explained.
All three of them got up and crowed around me, begging to see it. "ALIGHT! Take the damn thing! Sheesh." I three it over to them as they started to look through it.
"These are all pretty good Amu, why don't you just try and finish one of them for the song challenge thing?" Utau inquired. I just sighed.
"Because those were all in-the-moment kind of things. I don't know if I'd be able to finish any of them without the song totally sucking. " They all nodded and continued flipping through the pages, until they suddenly stopped and stared at one page for a while.
"Whatcha' guys looking at?" I asked curious.
"Amu, this song is basically finished. And it's pretty awesome. Why don't you just try to finish this one up?" Rima said while handing me the book. I scanned over the page and smiled.
"Tell Me Something I Don't Know. I started this when I was having trouble with a few girls back in my school. It's kind of conceited but I like it." We all laughed and tried to get me inspired to finish it up.
"Well, why don't you sing a few of the first lines?" Rima siggested. "That way, you can get back in the mood that you were in when writing it..? Something like that." She finished up. I just laughed.
"Yaya wants to hear Amu sing too! Yaya's never heard!" She explained practically crying. I just smiled a bit and cleared my throat.
Everybody tells me that it's so hard to make it
So hard to break it, no way to fake it.
Everybody tells me that it's wrong what I'm feeling
I shouldn't believe in the dreams that I'm dreaming.
All three of them stayed silent and watched me sing with an awe-struck kind of expression, which jusst made me want to sing more.
I hear it everyday, I hear it all the time
I'm never gonna amount to much
But they're never gonna change my mind.
Tell me
Tell me
Tell me
Something I don't know
Something I don't know
Something I don't know
I finished up, decided that's all I was going to sing. The girls clapped and I bowed dramaticly saying stupid things like "Thank you, thank you so much. I'll be here all week."
The rest of the night went by fast, speed up by laughs, food, and more laughs. It was about ten and the girls decided that it was time that they head home since we have school tomorrow and everything. I smiled as I watched them leave one by one, and finally when they were all gone I went back upstairs to my room.
I plopped down on my bed, and started thinking. About what? I wasn't to sure. I just kind of let me mind wonder. I slowly started to think of the guys and the band. I thought of Kukai, the hyperactive idiotic goofball that everyone loves. I thought of Tadase, the 'prince like' softie that's always there to help. And get made fun of for some situations. I thought of Nagihiko, the sometimes scary but mostly really nice go-to friend that I can tell anything. Then finally, I thought of Ikuto. The stupid-perverted-useless-neko that always forces his thoughts onto other people, always smirks, never thinks before he blurts something out, and always teases me and calls me a child.
I slowly started to smile while thinking of them, and suddenly got inspired. I quickly got out my song book and flipped to the pages with 'Tell Me Something I Don't Know'. I wrote and wrote and wrote..And I'll proudly tell you that I finished the damn song that night.
I went to sleep with a smile on my face, awaiting for the next day.
The Next Day [LOLNOWAI]
I actually got up early today and headed out to school sooner than I would have normally. I arived at the calssroom earliar then usual too, which gave me some time to think so it was good.
After about ten minutes, Yaya, Rima, and Utau stomped their way into the room, each one of them seeming to be , Yaya didn't look angry. She looked like she just wanted to join in the stomping.
I gave them all a questioning looking, waiting for the explanation. Rima decided to go first.
"Stupid long haired girly looking polite weirdo freak pisses me off. He is so annoying! First, he bumps into me, then he just stares at me like I'm a rare animal, then he simply gets up and walks away. 'The hell is with that guy?" Rima vented angirly. I had to stop myself from laughing at the prolong nickname that Rima had given Nagihiko. 'She really doesn't like him…'
Then, it was Utau's turn.
"Moronic spikey haired steriotypical poor excuse for a human jock is just as bad! There I was, quietly walking to school, then out of nowhere, a freaking soccer ball hits me right in the face. Hard. Have you ever been hit by a hard soccor ball going 55 miles per hour at seven in the damn morning? Not a good way to start your day. Then he walks over, laughs, does a half ass apology,not even looking me in the eye, then runs and catches up with my stupid brother and their gang of weirdos." She finished off with her hands on her hips. I bursted out laughing. 'They're so creative with their names..' Then the bell rang and classes started.
During Lunch
Rima and Utau were still pretty ease the tension a bit, Yaya decided to jump start a conversation conversation. "So, Amu! Did you get anything else done with that song last night?" All three of them now turned to me with a burning curiosity in their eyes. I just nodded and smiled a bit.
"Actually, I finished up the whole thing." I told them, proud of my awesome self. They all were about to bombard me with things like "Really? Nowai! I wanna hear the rest!" When thankfully the guys walked in and call me over.
I excused myself from the girls and joined them as we all went up to the rooftop, where we usually have lunch.
"So Amu, hows that song coming along?" Ikuto asked with a smirk. I ignored it and continued eating while trying to start a conversation with Kukai.
"Ah..I see..You probably haven't even started it.." Ikuto said smugly. I turned aroundand was about to explode at him, but thankfully Nagihiko interfered.
"Hey! Guys! You know, the talent show is coming up this Friday. You guys want to join?" He asked us all eagerly. Everyone seemed to be into the idea, but me and Ikuto were having a stare down. Me glaring at him as he stared smugly back with that stupid smirk on his face.
"I don't know guys, since we don't have any songs for girls at the moment, what would we have our precious little Amu do?" Ikuto said with a chuckle.
'That's it.'
I quickly stood up and stared cold and hard at Ikuto. "I'll enter the talent show. By myself. With my song that I myself wrote. So good luck guys" I said and walked away.
I didn't wait for their reactions, I was already on my way back down to the classroom. I found Rima Yaya and Utau and decided to explain everything that just happened. They just laughed and supported me.
"Yeah..The problem is I can only play gutair, and I wrote the song to have drums , bass, and I wrote some extra verses for a male singer since I did that part last night.." I said with a worried expression.
"Yaya can play drums! I'll play for you Amu!" Yaya yelled out in a fit of hypeeractiveness.
"I learned bass when I was little, I can probably remember. I'll help you out there, Amu." Rima said with a small smile.
"I'll do the male part for you, since I can sing too." Utau voulentered. "Plus..We can get back at those stupid guys if we beat them in the talent show." She finished with fire in her eyes.
We all just laughed and agreed. "Alright, so we'll meet at Utau's house after school to start practice, since her house has a figgin studio type thing." They agreed and the bell for classes to start again rang, so we went back to our seats. I sat and waited patiently for the day to be over.
[TIME WARPZOOOOOOOOOOOM]
After School
The four of us were on our way to Utau's place, talking and whatnot, until I had a sudden realization.
"WOAHWOAHWOAH. IF WE'RE GOING TO UTAU'S PLACE..DOESN'T THAT MEAN THAT IKUTO WILL BE THERE?" I screamed out like a total retard. They just stared at me like I was an alien.
"No shit, Sherlock. He is my brother." Utau said whike she started to walk again. I just muttered angirly to myself. 'He is the last person I want to see right now..'
When we got to Utau's, we wasted no time and went right up to the studio, passing Ikuto on the way. We just raised his eyebrows at us, as if we were little kids or something. I just stuck my tounge out at him and walked away. Mature, right?
"Alright guys." I said once we were finally in the studio. "Heres the finished song, and I changed some of the old part last night. So look through it and we'll have arun through, 'kay?" They all nodded their heads and started studying the song. It was quiet, given the occasional praise for my song, which made me blush. After all the useless talking, we ran through the song a few times, and figured out the best way it sounded. A few hours later, we were all tired, but happy at the same time.
"Alright guys, that should do it for today. One things fer sure; We're going to kick some serious ass at that talent show." Utau said with a small grin. We all laughed and agreed, more pumped than ever.
Watch out peoples, wes gonna 'kick some serious ass'
I worked long and hard on this one. Even though it doesn't seem like it. I had hige writers block throughout the whole thing. I'm sorry. ;-; I'LL UPDATE FASTER NEXT TIME THOUGH, KAY? 8D