Due to teh fact that I was pretty lazy last week and didn't manage to write too much and had to split an usual chapter in half, I want you to consider this chapter and the previous one as a whole!

ENJOY!

After a long, in Derek, Ash and Burger's opinion, training session, the four began rehearsing in the garage immediately, which was pretty much to the rockers' sadness, keeping in mind how tired they were. While rehearsing, Tatiana had a pretty hard time keeping up with Derek, who was trying to push her into making at least one small mistake in order to find a reason to kick her out. She could see that, for he was being actually pretty obvious, so she managed to avoid any 'traps' he would put up for her when singing. But actually, Derek wasn't the one giving Tatiana headaches, it was the fact that she had to hold the mic in one hand and the lyrics notebook in the other. It was hard for her to turn the pages or to understand what Tripp had written in a few places, and after they had finished their rehearsal, she realized that the lyrics were pretty tricky and hard to memorize, at least for her, and that wasn't good news having the lead singer on her back, hunting for mistakes from her part.

After the hours of rehearsal, the three rockers were even more tired than before, so they all headed in the living and sat back on the couch, drained of all energy. They would've turned on the TV, but the remote, which was placed on it, was too far from their reach, so they gave up the idea. Tatiana also exited the garage after the boys, only that she kept her eyes locked on the words in the notebook, struggling hard to memorize the lyrics for "Band Van". Instead of following the three in the living room, she stopped in the kitchen and after deciding that there was no chance for her to learn the lyrics then, a sudden idea came to her.

Back in the living room, Derek, Burger and Ash, having their feet placed on the coffee table and their eyes shut in exhaustion, slowly began to doze off. It was complete silence, no sound to be heard, and the curtains were all shut making a perfect atmosphere for a nap, so the rockers were gently slipping in a well deserved sleep, until…

"Guys, I'm home!" Tripp shouted out as he entered the door and loudly slamming it shut behind him.

"AAH!" the three let out as they wore abruptly awakened from their nap.

"Oh, kid…" Derek said rubbing his sleepy eyes.

"What is it guys? Is there a problem?" Tripp asked throwing away his backpack on the floor and walking closer to the men.

"Yes, there is! And its name is TATIANA!" Derek replied annoyed.

"Yeah, she woke us up early and she put us jog around the neighborhood!" Burger explained.

"And then she made us change into CLEAN CLOTHES before beginning to rehearse!" Ash added dramatically "This is bad, man! BAD!"

"Ok, guys! I know Tatiana has her issues but I'm sure that if you give her a chance, you'll that…" Tripp began, but was quickly cut off by the angered lead singer.

"Give her a chance? Kid, since she arrived here yesterday she's been following us around and telling us what to do and how to do it! She should be the one giving us a chance!"

"YEAH!" the other two rockers agreed.

"I don't know about you, kid, but I, for one, have had enough of her!" the lead singer completed crossing his arms against his chest.

"Same here!" said Burger.

"Me too! I ain't banging any drums for some arrogant, self-caring singer!" Ash completed.

"You talking about Tatiana or Derek?" the teen asked, receiving a death glare from the Brit.

"It depends, which one were we talking about?" the drummer asked dumbly.

"I knew from the very beginning that bringing a woman among us is completely wrong! And here's the proof: She's a living nightmare!" Derek said, trying to dramatize the situation as much as he could.

"C'mon Derek, don't exaggerate! Now, where's Tat?" Tripp asked looking around.

"She's in the kitchen. Been there for some time, since we finished rehearsal" answered Burger.

"Who knows what kind of dirty plans she's putting up now while we're talking" Ash said pointing to the kitchen door.

"Tripp, I can tell that you want Tatiana to join the band and I don't want to sound childish when saying that either she leaves or I, for I can't work with a woman like that!" he said, finishing with his arms crossed against his chest.

"Derek…you don't mean this…" Tripp said with and obviously concerned tone.

"Yes, I mean it! If she ain't leaving, I will!"

"Hey, guys…Oh, hi Tripp!" said Tatiana coming through the kitchen door, holding in her hands two trays with muffins. "So guys…I know we had like…a bad start yesterday and I know that sometimes I can be really…umm, mean…"

"Only sometimes…?" Derek mumbled to himself.

"But I hope we'll get past that and…to show you there're no hard feelings from my part, I baked you these!" she finished placing the two trays on the coffee table.

Burger and Ash, at the sight of the freshly baked goodies, were ready to feast, but Derek extended his arms stopping them from grabbing anything from the trays.

"Don't get so excited, lads! How do we know she didn't put something in them?" he asked accusingly.

Tatiana looked at Derek for a few seconds and then reached for a random muffin from one of the trays and, even though she knew it had many calories which were a nightmare for her, she took a bite. As she chewed and then swallowed, the four watched her cautiously.

"Looks ok to me!' said Burger grabbing a muffin and beginning to eat it happily.

"Totally!" Ash stated also grabbing a muffin.

Tripp grabbed a muffin as well and began eating. Tatiana watched happily as the three were eating in delight from the goodies she had prepared for them, Derek being the only one not eating but staying with his arms crossed against his chest, arrogantly.

"Derek, don't you want one?" she asked with a superior look on her face, grabbing a muffin and holding it closer to Derek.

"I don't need your muffins!" he said cockily, even though he took it from the young woman's hand and at it immediately while saying these words.

As he chewed down, Derek realized that the muffins were pretty delicious, but not wanting to give Tatiana any more flaunting reasons, he arrogantly took one of the trays and walked with it to the guestroom, so he could enjoy them away from her sight. As he walked past her, he flipped a part of his hair away from his face arrogantly.

"You guys like them?" she asked sitting down between Burger and Ash, totally ignoring the man who had just left, the one who had annoyed her since day one.

"Aha…" the two said nodding their heads, trying to move to the ends of the couch, scared by the girl and trying to sit as far as possible from her.

"It's ok guys, I won't hurt you!" she said, trying to sound as friendlier as possible.

"Oh…" the two said more relaxed and returning to their initial positions on the couch, the fact that she was smiling making it easier for them to believe her words.

"I'm sorry if I scared you these to days, it wasn't in my intentions…actually, it was, but not any more! You guys may not be too bright but you kind of grew on me!"

"Oh, how nice! Ash said smiling, between loud chews.

"Yeah…" Burger agreed while eating muffin after muffin "I guess you're not that evil after all…Are you still eating that?" Burger asked referring to the muffin that had bitten from earlier and which was still in her hand. She gladly offered it to Burger.

"It's great to see you three like this now!" said Tripp happily "But I'm not so sure about Derek, Tatiana, he's not really…"

"Who said anything about Derek?" she asked frowning at the sound of his name and while talking about him, and then extending her arms around the two men next to her, embracing them and adding in a more happier tone "Those two are the ones who grew on me!". She then took a look the way the lead singer left and said in a painfully cold tone: "Not that Derek!"