MPOV

So we were sitting in the radio station swirly chairs, holding the microphones that were hanging from the walls up to our mouths. Hil and Nai were sitting on either side of me. Aaron was sitting on the other side of Hil and Kendall on the other side of Nai.

The radio station guy – Paulie Paul – was sitting across from us.

"And we're live in five, four, three, two" he mouthed one and then there was a lot of loud stuff going on. I figured it was his opening stuff, but it was very annoying.

"And we're here. I'm Paulie Paul and today our special guests are…Erid Maximum and her band! I know most of you have heard her song 'Brown Eyes' and her two upcoming songs 'Not Anymore' and 'Wishes' but here we are today, to tell you that Ms. Maximum is actually a very down-to-Earth kind of girl. As well as her other band mates.

"So tell me, Erid – may I call you that? – will you introduce us to your band?"

I leveled the microphone to my mouth more. "Yeah Paulie Paul, you can call me Erid. And I'm pretty sure my bandmates would like to introduce themselves." I grinned at them and we started with Aaron.

"Hey, I'm Aaron Henderson. I'm E's guitarist and we're dating. I think it's two months now," he said. I nodded and he smiled.

"I'm Hillary Hart – E's bassist and best friend – but you can call me Hil." She smiled and we went skipped Nai and went to Kendall.

"Hey, I'm Kendall Hart – E's drummer, Hil's older brother, the jokester and the only cool one in the band." With that, everyone laughed.

"Hey! You're only older by three minutes, Ken-doll!" Hil yelled.

"Hil, you and Malibu Barbie can shush," he laughed.

"I am not Malibu Barbie!" I joked.

"Sure you're not, E," he said, his smile growing wider.

"Anyways… I'm Naomi Wilkes. I'm fifteen and E's backup singer. I'm also the littlest one in the group by a good four years, but I can hold a note longer than everyone. But I think E might be able to hold longer. Possibly. I don't know. Oh yeah! I ramble a lot, but I'm really sweet. You guys should come to our show sometime! Maybe we could hold a contest for tickets, Paulie Paul. Can I call you Double P? Paulie Paul sounds like an idiot's name. But could we have a contest? We could give them backstage passes and everything! Please!" I put my hand over her mouth and smiled.

"Don't worry. She wasn't even close to finished," I said.

"Anyways, I think that it would be fine if we had a contest. Do you have the stuff now?" Double P asked.

"Of course. Ella – my sister and manager – made sure I didn't leave without them. So, here's the question. What was my nickname when I was little and why? We'll be taking callers now." As soon as I said it, thirty callers started calling.

Kendall picked up the first one.

"Paul's Pizzaria. Would you like a big pie or a small drink?" he asked.

"Oh Kendall, shut up. Hello? You're on line with Erid," I said.

"Ohmigod, really? Holy shit! This is so awesome! Anyways the answer to the question is obvious. Your nickname was E 'cause that's the first letter of your first name. Right?" She sounded a little Malibu Barbie-ish.

"May I ask who this is?"

"Yeah. Lissa. I'm from Virgina." Oh God. Could it be? No. Too much of a coincidence.

"Oo. I'm sorry Lissa, but you're incorrect. Goodbye." When I hung up with her about forty callers hung up – only leaving ten.

Nai picked up the next one.

"Hey, you're on with Naomi. What's your name and where ya from?" Nai asked.

"Hey, we're Ariel, Tiffany and Nick Ride. Erid, you're childhood nickname was Max because your name used to be Maximum. Ride." Oh God. No…

"Congratulations! You get the tickets. All you have to do is come down to the studio and claim your prize! See you soon!" Nai hung up with them as I was hyperventilating. Ariel, Tiffany, Nick. Meaning? Angel, Nudge Fang. Damn. Damn. Damn.

"E?"

"Oh yeah. Here's our new song: Not Anymore. Followed by another one of our new songs: Wishes. And then it will be followed by Brown Eyes. Signing off now. This is Erid Maximum. See ya!" I turned off my mike as the other four signed off and turned their mikes off too. We heard the beginning of Not anymore as we shuffled out into the lobby.

"Was that?" Hil asked.

"Yeah," I answered.

"So they're coming. And they're coming to our next two concerts and staying backstage the whole time? Well this sucks!" Hil said, kicking the floor.

"Ya think?" I said.

And then the door opened.

Cliff tastic.

Like how I put Lissa in this? I don't know her last name and was too lazy to look. Sue me.

~Hayley