Rocking Out With The Newman's
Chapter 2
Inside Groupie
Corey's POV
I walked back from the kitchen as I hung up the phone.
"So?" They all asked at once
"He's in!" I said
"Yes!" The twins said high fiving
"He said he'll be here in a few minutes." I said
"So, we got our "inside man", now what do we do from here?" Lanes asked finally getting up from the couch
"Guys, I have a crazy plan that just might work!" I declared
"I knew it." Lanes said with a un amused/"here we go again" look on her face blowing up her hair with her lips
"So, what's this crazy plan of yours that just might work?" Lanes asked
"I'll tell you." I said
I heard a knock at the door.
"That's probably him now." I said rushing to the door
I opened the door, and Jesse was eager to see what this job was that I had for him. He had a white graphic shirt on with a cross, black square rim glasses, a sleeveless grey hoodie jacket, grey skinny jeans, and grey and black sneakers. He also had a grey cross necklace.
"So, what'dya got planed bud?" He asked putting his hands in his pockets
"I was just about to go over the plan." I said inviting him in
"Sweet place yinz got here dude." Jesse said
"Yeah thanks, its kind of our main band cave." I said
"Band cave, I love it." He said with a sly tone offering me a high-five
I high-fived him.
"I assume you know everyone else?" I asked
"Yeah totally! I've been to all your gigs." He said super pumped
"Wow. I mean, I know you're the new groupie, but going to every show, that's sweet." I said
"Now, back to the plan I mentioned for this whole thing." I continued
"We, well I, have a suspicion that our rival band The Newman's are going to play a gig pretty soon, and we need you to find out where it's at so we can sabotage it." I said
"Sounds good, but how do I get a hold of em?" Jesse asked
"Already taken care of." I said taking out a poster of The Newman's with Carrie's number out of my pocket
"You'll call this number, and say that you saw their ad for a lead guitarist." I said
"Wait, doesn't Carrie already play the guitar? Why would they need another guitarist? She does that, and sings at the same time too." He said a bit confused
I had a loss for words, he was right though.
"Just try to make something up, you got this dude." I said
"Alright. Wish me luck." He said taking the poster and walking out
"Good luck." We all said
"Thanks." I said turning around and waving them off
My POV
I took out my cellphone, and dialed the number on the poster.
My phone rang twice.
"The Newmans, Peaceville's greatest band, this is Carrie." She said in a show off ish tone
"Yeah hey, I'm Jesse, and I saw your ad for a lead guitarist for your next gig." I said
"Sweet, you're in." Carrie said
'That's it? I know this is probably a sham.' I thought
"U-uh thanks. Sweet!" I said
"I'll text you our address." Carrie said
"Alright. I'll keep my phone on." I said
"Thanks. You really pulled us out of a tight spot." Carrie said clearly relieved
"Welcome? Glad I could help." I said unsure of what to say for a response
I hung up my phone, and got the address a few minutes later.
"Well, that was a bit easier than I thought." I said
I knocked on Corey's door to tell him and the gang that it was done. He answered it.
"Hey dude. How was it?" Corey asked letting me back in the groj
"I'm in!" I said
"Woohoo! This plan will be foolproof!" Corey said enthusiastically
"You haven't thought of a plan this far have you?" Laney asked in a bit of a buzz kill tone
I snickered.
"No, no I haven't." Corey said
"You gotta start thinking these things through dude." Kon said twirling his drumstick
"Why don't you just have Jesse text us with where the gig is at, and we'll take it from there?" Lanes asked
"Lanes, you're a genius!" Corey said putting his arm around Laney
She blushed.
"Sounds like a plan to me." I said
"Good luck!" Corey said
"This is gonna be a snap." I said doing the rock symbol as I walked out
I heard the door close behind me as I walked down the sidewalk and looked at the street signs on the corner.
An intersection matched the one I got in the text.
"Well, looks like I'm getting close." I said as I started walking again
I heard what sounded like a band doing a jam session ahead of me, I followed the sound, and I reached what I now knew was Carrie's house. They just stopped as I walked up and stood in the doorway of their groj speechless.
My jaw nearly dropped, but luckily it didn't.
"You Jesse?" Carrie asked
"Yep." I said
"Well get in here, we were just about to talk about our next gig." Carrie said
I walked into their groj, and it sort of looked like Corey's. Except that there wasn't a TV. It mostly just had their awesome stage, a computer desk, a few couches here and there, and something that caught my eye was a mini fridge by what looked like Carrie's amp. Guess she keeps a secret stash of a drink or something. Not really much of a secret if its out in the open like that if you ask me.
"It's nice to meet you Jesse." Carrie said offering me a handshake
I was a bit iffy with accepting it cause from what I heard from Corey, she can be a bit violent. None the less, I shook her hand.
"Nice to meet you too. Glad I could pull you guys out of a tight spot." I said
"Let me introduce you to the rest of the group." She said
"Lounging with his feet up on the couch is Lenny." Carrie said
"Sup." He said
"Sup." I replied
"Over there is Kim who's NOT SUPPOSED TO BE RAIDING MY MINI FRIDGE!" Carrie said extremely annoyed
Kim jolted up in shock nearly knocking fridge over.
I got the feeling she does that every chance she gets. I chuckled at the thought of her failed attempts to see whatever treasures the fridge holds. In fact, I wondered that myself.
"Hey." She said embarrassed
"Hey." I said
"And last, but not least, Konnie our amazing drummer. Show him what you got." Carrie said
She obeyed her command and played a wicked drum solo that made the room feel like it was shaking. She twirled her drum sticks when she finished.
"Yeeaaaahhhh." I said smirking doing the rock and roll sign
"Thanks." Konnie said letting the drum sticks hit the floor when she finished twirling them
"So, what's this new gig you mentioned?" I asked Carrie
"Well, we already know where we'll be playing, we just need to get some other stuff in order." She said
"Where's this gig at anyway?" I asked
"Peaceville Park. It's always getting booked every other day of the week, I'm glad we booked it when we did." Carrie said
"What else do yinz need to get in order?" I asked
"Yinz?" Carrie asked confused
"Its another way to say you guys. Its a saying I learned." I said
"I like it, I gotta remember that." She said
"We gotta figure out what we're playing." She continued
"What we're going to wear." Konnie said
"Getting our stuff packed." Larry said pointing his finger up in the air
I guessed he was the one that got burdened with that task.
"And spreading the word." Kim said trying her best not to raid the mini fridge again
"Have yinz figured any of that out yet?" I asked
"Haven't had much luck on what we're playing, and don't know what we'll wear outfit wise." Carrie said
"Other than that, we got Larry to pack up our stuff." She continued
"Hey! I'm a member of this band too ya know." He said
My hunch was right.
"Yeah, and if you want to stay that way, then you better keep doing that when I tell you." She said
"Carrie, quit being a pain-in-the-you-know-what to him." Konnie said
Carrie just went "Ugghhh" in response.
"Soooo, back to oh, I don't know everything we haven't taken care of yet!?" Kim asked
"Alright alright. Yees." Carrie said
"What are we going to play?" She asked
I had an idea in an instant.
"Oh! I got an idea!" I said excited
Everyone looked at me, I fake coughed.
"I-if its alright with you Carrie, and the rest of you." I said politely
"Yeah go ahead." Kim said
"If you got something, then tell me." Carrie said putting her hands on her hips
"Why don't we do a tribute to We Are The Fallen?" I asked
"I think I've heard of them. From what I read, they're good even though they've had some controversy." Larry said
"Exactly! Everyone's all "O M GGGGGGG, they're an Evanescence copy. They're like basically the same band with a different singer that sounds and looks like Amy Lee uuuhhhhhh." I said sounding all annoyed from what I read online
"They're a separate group, they are who they are, and Evanescence is still Evanescence. I love them AND, repeat AND We Are The Fallen." Larry said
"You...are officially my new best friend." I said
"Cool." He said
"So, what do We Are The Fallen sound like?" Kim asked
I laughed.
"Have you been living under a rock?" I joked
"I always thought she did." Carrie said
This earned her a glare from Kim.
"Hey, could I use your computer for a sec?" I asked
"Sure." Carrie said
I walked over to the desk, and plopped myself in a light green faded chair. I found the video promoting their debut album.
"Come over here. I found a vid about We Are The Fallen's album." I said
"So, what do they sound like anyways?" Konnie asked walking over
"Have you seeennnn their debut album vid?" I asked
I clicked on the video as everyone joined me.
( watch?v=Jn1aCivuW8k)
"Sweeeeet." Konnie said
"I think we know what we're playing tonight." Carrie said
"This is gonna be awesome! Hey, could we add an orchestra, choir, and some acrobatic performers to the show too? They did the same thing when they played live promoting their album." I suggested
"I don't see why not." Carrie said
"Sweet!" I said thrilled
"One more thing off the list." Larry said
"And we practically got the outfit thing solved already." Carrie said
"Yeah, just dress in black and rock our hearts out just like they do." I said
"Exactly, now all we need is to get the word out." Konnie said
"Leave that to me, I got a little something in mind." I said
"I'll be back in a few minutes." I said walking back to my place.
As I was walking back, I could still hear distant conversations about how we'll still pull off this gig. When I got back to my place, I fired up my old computer, and found a pic of The Newman's on PeaceSearch. I opened up Photoshop and made some...improvements to the pic. I added some black text promoting the gig and made extra copies, it was complete.
(I originally had this pic on my Google+ page, but incase some of you don't have a Google+ account, I put it in a trailer for this fanfic. watch?v=s_Dd_k5qnCQ)
"Ok, if this doesn't get the word out, I don't know what will." I said laughing
Pleased with my masterpiece, I headed back to Carrie's place. When I got back, Lenny told me that Carrie was upstairs getting ready for our gig tonight. I showed him the poster, and he liked it.
"Good job dude." He said
"Thanks, after a good hour or so, and my minor Photoshop skills, this is the result." I said in a joking way
On a good day, I'm usually ok with it, and thank God this was one of those days.
I heard an upstairs door open, and saw Carrie emerge from the shadow of the doorway. Her hair was now black instead of blue, she tossed her hat as well, she had an eye-catching black dress that showed her knees, well, the bottom half looked like a dress, the top looked like a jacket with belts looped around it. She also painted her fingernail's black, had black combat boots on, and leather bracelets on each arm. To top it all off, she had black eye liner as well, it looked like her eyes were looking right through you. She noticed I was back as she was walking down the stairs.
"Well here comes Miss Rock Queen." Kim joked
I expected her to make an angry remark, but she shrugged it off.
"Thank you Kim, I do aim to...look great." Carrie said with a smirk
"You certainly do." Lenny said
He turned his face away, I'm guessing he blushed.
'Guess there's more than music that's being made in this group. Wait, that came out wrong. Looks like there's something else besides music that's going on in this group. There, that sounds better. I thought
Kim had a black t-shirt on with a grey skull sewn in the center of it, her hair was now straight and long, she painted her fingernail's black like Carrie's as well. She also had on black skinny jeans.
Lenny was still in his usual outfit, I'm guessing he just didn't feel like getting ready yet. I can't blame him since I didn't feel ready yet either. I still had to plaster the posters all over Peaceville.
"Hey Carrie, here's some posters I made to spread the word." I said handing her one of them.
She looked it over.
"Nice dude! I like it, you got some skills." Carrie said admiring my minor skills
"Thanks. Well, I'm off." I said waving
I ran around town plastering every bus stop, fence, telephone pole, heck, I even slammed the posters on any window they could be slammed on. I made sure I covered every inch as possible. As I slapped the last poster on another telephone pole, I went back to Carrie's place to tell them that I finished. When I got back, I saw a news van outside their house.
"Woaahhh! Guess they wanted the word to get out pretty quick. At least I got my part done." I said
Carrie saw me walking up the street and waved. I ran to her.
"Oh good you're here! Take this, and change upstairs." Carrie said handing me a folded up outfit
"Alright?" I said confused
I went upstairs to change into the outfit she gave me. It had a black t-shirt, black skinny jeans, a spiked belt, and black leather bracelets that looked similar to Carrie's.
"Guess Carrie thought my grey ish looking shoes would fit with this. Well, won't know till I get this on." I said
We Are The Fallen Outfit Transition!
"Man, do I look awesome." I said looking at myself in a mirror
I neatly folded my normal get up and placed it at the bottom of Carrie's bed. I put my grey cross necklace with it as well. As I was walking down the steps, the news crew was setting up a camera, and the news reporter, Chance Happening was getting her makeup done.
"You look good." Carrie said
"Thanks, you too." I said
I caught a glance of the camera guy, and he was getting ready.
"And we're live in 5, 4." The camera guy said counting down
"Quick! We gotta hide your identity." Carrie said hurriedly
"Why?" I asked
"We can't let everyone see who our new member is yet, keep it mysterious." Carrie said
"I like it." I said pleased with the idea
She grabbed an old worn black cap, and slid it on my head, I laughed.
"Thanks." I said
"3, 2." The camera guy said finishing his countdown
I jumped out of the camera frame just in time. I had a feeling the hat hid my eyes, but I didn't want to take the risk.
"I'm Chance Happening, coming to you live from Peaceville's upcoming band, The Newmans. That's right folks, they're doing a tribute concert to a personal favorite group, We Are The Fallen, which was suggested to them by a new band member they recently recruited. I'm here with Carrie, lead vocalist. So Carrie, tell me, what can Peaceville expect from your upcoming performance?" Chance happening asked
"Oh its going to be an amazing show. We never really done anything this big before, so it's really exciting. We got a full on orchestra, a choir, and even acrobatic performers. This is going to be a show you don't want to miss!" Carrie said
"Well you heard it here first folks, The Newman's upcoming concert, a new member, and a taste of what an amazing show they have in store for you." Chance Happening said closing her story
Carrie grabbed her mic.
"Tickets are on sale now! VIP packages with backstage passes are available to one lucky fan. Call the number on your screen now!" Carrie said handing her the mic back
"Once again, I'm Change Happening, and this, is Peaceville News. Stay tuned for more as this story developes." She said concluding her segment
"And we're out." The camera guy said
"Quite a performance you gave there." I said lifting up the cap showing my dark brown eyes
"Yeah, I may have gone a bit overboard, but hey, being on live TV can make you do crazy things." She said
"You said it." I said
"Seriously though, I can't thank you and the band enough for recruiting me and taking my idea on our concert tonight! This will be a show I won't soon forget. Thank you so much!" I said absolutely flabbergasted
"Hey, don't mention it. Just as long as Garbage Band doesn't ruin this, we're good." Carrie said
"Who?" I asked
"Oh. Grojband, our rival band that thinks they're better than we are. They're songs suck, and they're like not going anywhere. WE, on the other hand are putting on the greatest tribute concert in Peaceville!" Carrie said
"You're absolutley right. The crowd will shine ignite their lighters as we blow their minds with one of the greatest bands ever formed!" I said
"Why didn't I recruit you sooner?" Carrie asked
"Don't know." I said laughing
"Oh here, you can have your hat back. I got another one I'll wear tonight." I said handing her the hat
"You can just toss it on the couch." She said
I did exactly that.
Ok, I know its been a while since I finally updated a fanfiction, but if you read the announcement I put up on my profile, you would know what has been going on. Thank you to all for posting your kind words and sympathies. If you didn't see it however, just click on my screen name and click on the fic that says announcement. I'm alright now, and I'm getting back to writing.