I walked into school, all the other kids looked like the walking dead from the lack of sleep. We've been in school for about 3 weeks now, and I don't think any kid would get used to getting up early for going into an institution that doesn't think creativity is relevant or important. I passed Carly and Sam lockers, but they weren't here yet. I dropped onto my knees, and opened my locker.
"Hey Junior." I looked up to see a Senior, his name is Jeremy, he constantly calls me and the guys 'Sophomore'.
"Hey Jeremy." I said, getting some books out of my locker. I stuffed the books into my backpack, put it across my shoulder.
"Heard you guys at the Juno Cafe, you guys were awesome." Jeremy was a big guy with a slight beard growing on his face.
"Thanks, hey, do you know when Mike's band is playing?" I asked, Mike was another person in a band and they play in the same cafe we did.
"Dude, that's what I was gonna tell you, they got SIGNED!" Jeremy said, with a giant smile on his face. What? Our only real competition got SIGNED?
"That great! Can't wait to see them hit big." I said, I kinda left like they beat me, I have a father in that business for crying out loud! I mean, shouldn't we've gotten signed already?
"How does it feel that your only competition got signed before you?" He asked, he put on of his hand on my shoulder, which caused my shoulder to sag a bit.
"I feel fine, thank you every much." I dropped my shoulder, and his hand fell, he glared at me for a second.
"Can't wait to hear your song you covered." I nodded, he left. Over the winter break and over the course of these three weeks, the advanced guitar class (which I'm in) was told to cover a song, to see what we learned over the semester, but we also have to sing, people who can't sing well, are complaining, the rest on the other hand are like we can do this, so that's why kids who can't sing, pair up with kids who can. I on the other hand is going solo, Chad decided to be with this chick with blond hair and big breasts. Anyway, today the first 5 kids are playing, me being on of them. Carly and Sam don't know that I'm in guitar, they think I have library aid that period. I see that Carly is there at her locker, but before I can come over to her, this one guy. Junior, tall, black hair, tan, and had some kind of muscles on him, not like Matt's who is pretty ripped from playing drums, not like Chad's from carrying amps on and off stage, not like mine, which is invisible to everyone, but yet I have girls hit on me because 'my muscles rippled from carrying that amp into the car.' or whatever. Anyway, I see him wrap his arms around her, then I realize our arch enemy is hugging one of my best friends! Our arch enemy is named; Dylan Kelp. What I said about that band that got signed, they were our REAL competition, this guy he only formed a band to take us down, he hates us for no real reason. Which pisses us off, we didn't do anything to him. I walked over there, I frowned.
"What's going on?" I asked, they turned.
"Benson." Dylan said, I glared at him, too bad were in front of Carly and in school, I would have punched that smug smirk off his fucking face. I didn't answer, instead I looked at Carly.
"Freddie this is-"
"Dylan, I know!" I practically yelled. Her eyes widened, I clamped my mouth shut.
"He is my new boyfriend..." She looked confused, I shouldn't have snapped at her like that.
"Oh, cool." I turned to see that Skilar was there, with Matt at her side, they walked towards us.
"Hey Ry-Ry." Matt said, not looking at me, but at Dylan.
"Hey, have you guys met Dylan, he's Carly's boyfriend." I said, they both raised their eyebrows together.
"Hey, Dilly-Bean." Matt said, he had a smug smirk on his face. I saw Dylan eyes get angry, he glared at him.
"Come on, Carly. I'll walk you to class." He extended his hand out and she took it, he put his arm around her and they walked away.I frowned deeper, is wasn't the fact that Carly, my first love, was dating. It was the fact that Carly, one of my best friends was dating my rival in the music scene in Ridgeway. I continued to glare the way they walked away, until Sam, who apparently came said;
"So, you met Carly's boyfriend." I turned, and saw that Sam was standing there, so beautiful. I'm pretty sure that I was staring for a long time, until she punched my arm.
(Sam's POV)
"So, you met Carly's boyfriend." I said, Freddie turned, he didn't say anything, he just stared. Mama doesn't like his stare working at me like that, so I punched him, hard. The problem is that he didn't flinch at all, instead, it hurt me kinda. His arms were hard, from muscle?
"Ow, how did you get that muscle?" I asked him. He looked at me with a confused look in his eyes.
"Um, I guess from carrying that stuff." Freddie answered, I shrugged, I guess that tech. stuff was heavy. He smiled, before he opened his mouth before three jocks came up from behind. I thought I was gonna have to beat them, from trying to beat up Freddie.
"Hey Benson, nice job at the Juno." One of them said, Freddie turned, and he shrugged.
"Thanks. Did you hear about Mike?" He asked him.
"Yeah. I hope I get tickets!" Another said, they soon waved goodbye and left.
"What was that?" I asked, when we were walking into first.
"What was what?" He asked, his smirk in place, I rolled my blue eyes.
"You actually having a conversation with jocks. And who's Mike?" I asked, sitting at my seat, next to him.
"Their basketball players, they aren't jerks like football players, alright, and Mike is a...friend, I guess." He answered.
"How many friends do have that we don't know about?" I asked, completely shocked, what was that now, 6? 5? He laughed.
"There isn't much about me that you don't know." He looked away, I raised my eyebrows at him.
"Liar." Was all I was able to say before the stick-up-the-ass teacher decided to interrupt me with talk about something boring. Over winter break I was surprised to learn a lot of new things about Freddie, apparently he was good at snowboarding, which was a complete shock to Carly and me. I saw him rip down the mountain with his friends following behind, goggles on his face, his black jacket, and frankly he didn't look that bad with his board at his side, with a smile on his face. If I didn't know that he was a nub, I would've dated him, or at least thought he was hot or something. His dad called him on New Years, I've never really been curious enough to ask him about his dad, but he kind of looked down when he hung up. Then, Monte's little sister wanted him to her pick her up, that seemed to cheer him up. Now that I think about, we have no idea what happens when he leaves Carly's. I mean, we didn't know that he had friends other than us. I know I always called Freddie a co-worker, but I secretly wish he saw me at least differently. Sure, I learned my lesson with Pete, be who you are, but guys don't want a girl that can beat them up, if Freddie won't look at me like that, who will? His friends don't, not what I after what I did to his wrist. No tears fell, he was calm when going to the doctors, and he still sits right next to me. He's loyal. As the teacher rolled on and on about something I wasn't listening to. I played with a piece of paper from my new schedule for the new semester. I have advanced guitar third period instead of wood shop, which was full of guys, and they weren't even cute. I had guitar last year, it was fun, I play from time to time but I don't make a big deal about playing. Now I look forward to having it again.
Second period was History, which was boring. We talked about the Constitution and the rights, which kind of got boring pretty quickly. Anyway, I enter the band room, which was also used for guitar class.
"Sam! Nice to have you back!" Mr. Silk, the guitar teacher said. was a...how to put this nicely...fat okay? He's got some good fat on him, with a beard, and bald head. He wear beat up running shoes, even if he doesn't go running.
"Nice to be back." I smiled, he was one of the teachers I liked, he gave no shit, he took no shit. That's a good human being there. I looked around, I saw Chad, I smiled at him, he waved. I saw legs beside him, but the rest of the guy was covered up by his stand, he was slouching in his chair, I shrugged. I sat in the front, I forgot to bring my guitar, since I forgot that I had guitar today.
"Today is performing day! Who's excited?" Mr. Silk said, some people were like 'Yeah!', some were a nervous wreak. "We're are going alphabetically today, let's see who's first... Ana!" He smiled, she smiled, brought up her guitar, and her sheet music, sat in the front of the class, and started to play, then sing. She wasn't bad, she was decent at least, she didn't make your ears bleed. She was playing 'Jar of Hearts' by Christina Perri I loved how she played it, it was awesome. When she was done, she looked at nervously.
"A" He said with a smile, the next people were less than her, but they got a B+ at least.
"Next up is...Freddie!" What? Freddie? Nub Freddie? Please not Nub Freddie. "Freddie? I swore he was here."
"Freddie! Get up there." Chad said, I heard a sigh, then Freddie, Nub Freddie, had his guitar in hand, and his music in the other, walking to the front. Solo. I was mentally preparing myself for the worst song ever, followed by even worse guitar playing.
"I'm playing 'All I Want.' by A Day to Remember." He said, before smiling. Took a deep breath. Put his fingers on the fretboard, and started.
'I'm always screaming my lungs out till my head starts
spinning. Playing my songs is the way I cope with life.
Won't keep my voice down. Know the words I speak are
the thoughts I think out loud.'
His...voice...was...beautiful. The words continued, but I never wanted them to stop. Goosebumps trailing along my skin.
'So let's get back to when everything seemed perfect.
Not a worry in the world, so tell me was this all worth
it? I get what I want, so everyone's always judging me.
I'm not afraid of anything, and I've got the whole
world in front of me.
All I want is a place to call my own, to mend the
hearts of everyone who feels alone whoa you know to
keep your hopes up high and your head down low.'
His guitar playing neat, in time notes. I was staring at him, his chocolate brown eyes, had a certain passion, the same look he had when doing iCarly. The song started to end, I was panicking in the inside, Freddie can sing! Well, everyone can sing, but he sings...amazingly. I was also panicking because, well it stopped, and I wanted more.
"Definite A. Amazing! Did you guys hear him at the Juno Cafe? The day we went on winter break. I was there, amazing, everyone just wanted more!" He smiled him. Freddie went back to his seat. "You guys might put Seattle on the music charts." I looked at him, Chad and him were both smiling.
"Thanks." Freddie said, Chad flipped his hair. The class continued with 2 more performances, with that everyone practiced for the remaining time, and then the class ended. I approached Freddie.
"You can sing!" I said, grabbing him and shaking him.
"Yeah..." He answered.
"And play guitar!" I shook him more.
"Yeah..." He answered again.
"I knew it, there is more we don't know about you. I'm telling Carly!" I said, before I could run off, Freddie grabbed my by my wrist.
"Please don't." He begged, I turned to see his eyes clearly saying he wanted to keep this secret.
"Why?" I asked.
"Because, there's another thing I want you to know. Meet me in the entrance, after school." He said,
"Alright. Why can't I tell her?" I asked, slightly annoyed, Carly's my best friend, we promised no secrets.
"I want to tell her." Freddie answered, I rolled my eyes, he probably thought that she would dump Dylan just because she knew that he could sing and play guitar.
"You have to tell her soon, no secrets remember?" He nodded, his eyes looked hurt. "See you after school then." I turned on my heel continued on with my day.
It's after school, and I'm waiting on the front steps of the school, waiting for Freddie. A car beeped in front, I looked up to see that Freddie, was in a truck, driving. I gave a confused look, walked over, hopped into the passenger seat.
"Since when did you have this ride?" I asked, I remembered about 6 months ago, he rushed into Carly's showing off his license. He said that he could only drive around family for the first 6 months. So, I kind of forgot.
"My dad bought for me, I finally decided to use it, since I can." He smiled. "And I can blast the radio however high I can, without getting my mom mad at me." I laughed. He pulled forward, I raised the volume on his radio, he had something that connected his Pear Phone to his radio. This heavy kind of music came on, I was surprised to hear it. I picked up his Pear Phone.
"Please, have fun with my radio, don't bother asking." Freddie said, sarcastically. I smiled.
"Don't worry, I'm already having fun with it." He laughed at that, he turned onto a street. I looked at the houses, they were nice, and big most two stories high. "Where are we going?" I asked, after checking the song that was playing.
"Monte's house." He said, I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion, why Monte's?
"Why?" I asked.
"To show you the other thing I wanted to show you." He answered. I nodded, a little scared. He parks in front of a house, two stories high, just like the other ones, actually identical to the other ones. He turns off the car, grabs his Pear Phone, get out of the car, walks over the other side, and opens the door of the car for me. He smiles.
"Princess Puckett. You castle." He jokes, I scoff, jump out of the car, he closes the door, locks it. We start walking towards the house. He opens the door just like he does with Carly's place.
"Come in." He said, I follow. He closes the door behind me. Then he loses his balance, against what I think is a closet.
"Do I smell, the infamous Fitzroy brownies?" He yells into the house.
"Yes!" Someone says in a far away place it seems.
"Yes! Come on, I'll take your jacket." He said, I take off my jacket and give it to him, drops it carelessly, next to his. I glare at him for a second, before he grabs my hand.
"Hurry, before Aiden gets here, he'll eat them all." He dragged me into the kitchen, I see Mr. and Mrs. Fitzroy in the kitchen with Monte and his little sister, with a plate of brownies, that look fresh out of the oven.
"Hey, you almost missed them." Monte smiles, taking a bite of his own brownie.
"Awesome!" Freddie grabbed one takes a bite. "I want to marry your brownies, ." He smiles.
"Why thank you Freddie." smiles, and leaves with to the backroom, I think it's a office.
"Come on try them, Sam!" Freddie said, I grabbed one and took a bite. Oh. My. God. It was brownie heaven, perfectly moist, and perfectly chocolaty.
"There good huh?" Monte asked, I nodded, my taste buds were exploding with flavor.
"Come on let's go to the basement the guys are down there." Monte said, grabbing the plate of brownies.I followed behind Freddie and Monte, down to the basement, which was covered in band posters, and logo's. Matt was at drum set, Chad held a guitar, and Aiden at keyboard.
"About time." Chad whined, grabbing a all grabbed a brownie.
"Sit down, Sam." Freddie said, motioning me to a black couch. I sat, with my legs on it. I watched Freddie walk up to the microphone, Chad, Monte, Matt, and Aiden behind him. I kind of start to realize something. Freddie, singing, bass, guitar, drums, and keyboard...it's a band! Freddie's in a band!
'Hey there, it's good to see you again
It never felt right calling this just friends
I'm happy if you're happy with yourself
Take off your shirt, your shoes
Those skinny jeans I bought for you
We're diving in, there's nothing left to lose
I'm gonna break down these walls I built around myself
I wanna fall so in love with you and no one else
Could ever mean half as much to me as you do now
Together we'll move on, just don't turn around
Let the walls break down'
Then something happens, Matt's drum set brakes in the middle of the song.
"Fuck!" Matt cursed, they all stopped. I raise myself off the couch.
"You're in a band?"
Like it? Hate it? Enjoy it? Is that called a cliffhanger? Anyway, is Freddie and them Sophomores? Also, I heard that Nathan Kress' birthday was on the 4th, so Happy Birthday Nathan Kress! Late, but still. Anyway, I would like to know if you saw Nathan Kress, would you hit on him? I would. He's not that bad looking, he's cute. Review!