Zander's POV
"Okay, I'm guessing you know about Gravity 5?" he asks.
"Gravity 5 is your band, right?"
"Yup. Well, I'm gonna tell you a little story I like to call Stevie's audition."
Sometime ago...
I was new here at Brewster High. To start off fresh, I decided to make a band. So far, I already had a pianist and a drummer. All I needed was a lead singer and a bass player. The boys and I hung some posters around school. We thought we wouldn't be able to find anyone... until we met her during lunch.
"Hello? Is this where the band auditions take place?" the girl asks.
"Who are?" Nelson asks.
"Stevie Baskara. I'm a bass player. I saw your poster, and I had nothing to do, so..."
"Show us what you got. There's a bass over there in the corner." I say. She heads over to the bass and picks at it randomly.
"What do you guys want me to play?" she asks.
"Do you know Go With Gravity?" Kevin asks her.
"Yeah," she says and she picks at it. She strums her bass beautifully and then she finishes after a few minutes. "Well?" she asks.
"You're in," I say. "But..."
"But?" she asks.
"We also need a lead singer. Mind singing a few notes?" I ask.
"Fine." she says putting the bass back into it's face and belches out very low and off key notes. My hands instantly covered my ears, along with Nelson and Kevin to follow along. After a few moments, she stops singing.
"I'm not a singer." she says bluntly.
"Well, I'm just gonna get my lunch." Nelson and Kevin say simultaneously.
"I gotta go too. Stevie, you can just hang out here and bask in the glory of the band room." I say and the boys and I exit the room.
"Did you guys hear her singing? Was she trying to murder my ears or something?" Kevin asks.
"I agree she's terrible, but it's not her fault. But she's pretty-"
"Nelson! You said you had a thing for Grace!" I snap. The two boys look at me.
"You have a thing for the new girl, don't you Zander?" they ask me.
"What? Me? Oh no... I'm not the one who crushes. I'm the one girls crush on. Besides, if I'm gonna like a girl, she has to impress me first."
"Sure Zander." Nelson says like a diva.
"Whatever you say. We'll be getting lunch. Coming along?" Kevin asks.
"I forgot my money in the band room. I'll meet up with you guys." I say and they head off towards the cafeteria. I head towards towards the door of the band room, but then I hear something inside. I listen and I hear Stevie. I peek through the crack of the door and I see Stevie at the mic. She's looking around. Making sure no one was there to listen to her. She did a pretty bad job at checking for people.
"Testing. Testing." she says into the mic and plays around with it. She walks around the room playing EVERY SINGLE INSTRUMENT IN THE BAND ROOM. And there was a lot of instruments. It used to be a music room for the school. She plays a drum solo, and she plays the piano. She strums my ukulele and then she plays the cello. After a while, she gets bored of the instruments and she just sits on the couch. She finds a stray cup and starts to sing.
"What?" I ask totally confused. But after a moment, I realize she's about to sing the Cup Song.
A/N: So... You can skip this part. It's just a bunch of Cup Song lyrics.
I got my ticket for the long way round
Two bottles of whiskey for the way
And I sure would like some sweet company
And I'm leaving tomorrow, what do you say
When I'm gone (x2)
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me by my hair
You're gonna miss me everywhere, oh
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
When I'm gone (x2)
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me by my walk
You're gonna miss me talk, oh
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
I got my ticket for the long way round
The one with the prettiest of views
It's got mountains
It's got rivers
It's got sights to give you shivers
But it sure would be prettier with you
When I'm gone (x2)
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me by my walk
You're gonna miss me by my talk, oh
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
When I'm gone (x2)
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me by my hair
You're gonna miss me by my everywhere, oh
Oh you're sure gonna miss me when I'm gone
When I'm gone (x2)
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
You're gonna miss me by my walk
You're gonna miss me by my talk, oh
You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
After she stops singing, I enter the band room and do something very dramatic.
I walk into the room and clap my hands together very slow like. When she sees me, her cheeks become red and she impulsively throws the cup across the room.
After I stop clapping, I cross my arms.
"Not a singer, huh?" I ask.
"You tell anyone, and you'll be in serious trouble." she says pointing a finger at me.
"Sure, I won't tell, but what's wrong with people knowing you sing great?" I ask.
"It's a stupid story. You're not interested," she says and heads out to lunch. She stops at the door and looks back to me. "You coming?" she asks me.
"Sure. And welcome to Gravity 5."
"So... She's a musical prodigy?" Charlie asks.
"Well, yeah." I say.
"Why didn't she want anyone to know she could sing?"
"I can't tell you that."
"Why not?" he asks.
"When I found out, she sort of made me promise to not tell anyone she could sing and play all of those instruments, or the reason she tries to hide it."
"You guys have a lot of secrets, do you?" he asks me.
"Yeah. We're best friends." I say.
"Please tell me! I promise I won't tell anyone!"
"What makes you think I'll tell you?"
"I won't take your smoothies." he says.
"The smoothie card, huh? Stevie does make good smoothies... Promise you won't tell?" I ask him.
"I promise." he says. Ugh... Stevie's gonna hate me for this...
A/N: I know I'm pretty late to tell you guys this, but did you guys see Lulu in Jessie? Loved her accent. It was great.
And did anyone see Noah and Chris on Swindle? I read the book, and I must say the movie was quite interesting. And if you didn't know, I can be a movie critique. So the movie was pretty good. It's as great as Rags. Please let Max go on Nick again!
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