So I only just yesterday learned that Sam's canonical last name is Sharp. (She's appearing in the graphic novels and I came across a DeviantArt screenshot of a canon text description of her THIS IS EXCITING :D ALSO I NEED SLEEP) She canonically has a brother named Simon (not sure if he's older or younger). And she apparently plays the guitar. The description mentioned that she was Luna's "close friend", so I don't know what her canon sexuality is. Yet.
Well, I'm not changing how I portray Sam in my fics, or at least in this one. Just thought you ought to know.
Enjoy!
Luna hopped out of Alex's car, pulling her guitar case along with her. She grabbed a cymbal and a microphone from the trunk, narrowly dodging Sam's keyboard.
"Woah! Careful there!" she called to Sam.
Sam replied, "Oh! Sorry!" She got a better handhold on the keyboard and backed away from the trunk, grinning sheepishly.
"This way, guys!" called Jamie from a gate in back of his cousins' house. He set down the amp that he was carrying and opened the gate, then picked up the amp again and held the gate for the girls.
As the band set up their equipment on the house's back porch, a short, skinny, blond woman emerged from a sliding glass door. She called out, "JAMIE!" and stretched her arms out for a hug.
Jamie placed his guitar on the ground and ran over to hug his aunt. "Hi, Aunt Sue! How you doing?"
"I'm great! I'm so glad you all could make it here! Why don't you introduce me to the rest of your friends?"
Before Jamie could speak, Jamie's aunt proffered her hand to shake. "Hi, kids! I'm Mrs. Dziewaltowski, but you can call me Mrs. Sue if you want! Thanks for coming over and playing for Brooke! She's so excited about it!"
The three girls introduced themselves and each shook Mrs. Sue's hand. "I'm glad we could make it, ma'am. Thanks for having us," replied Sam.
"Not a problem! Just, don't play too loudly, all right? I'm on good terms with the neighbours!" Mrs. Sue laughed at her own joke.
Luna said to Alex, "YEAH! LET'S CRANK IT UP TO 1.1!"
Wincing, Alex replied, "Not in my ear!"
They all laughed, then the band finished setting up the sound equipment, and Mrs. Sue darted back inside.
As Luna and Jamie started tuning, the children began to arrive.
A little girl with curly blond hair ran over to Jamie and gave him a hug.
"Oh, hey, Brooke! How's it been?" he said.
"It's good."
"So you're nine now, huh? That's OLD! Only one more year until double digits!"
"Yeah! I'm excited to be ten!"
"Hey, don't get ahead of yourself, now! Just take it a year at a time."
"Okay!"
Brooke turned away from her cousin and looked at the other band members. "Are these your band mates?"
"Yeah, they're all my backup singers."
"Hey!" yelled Alex indignantly. "You know I can't sing worth sh- uh, shingles!"
"Nah, you're just there to look good."
"Mm-hm. Sure."
Brooke walked over to Sam and asked her, "What instrument do you play?"
Sam replied with a friendly grin, "I play the keyboard. Wanna see?"
"Sure!" said Brooke, watching her intently.
Sam turned on her keyboard and banged out the first half of "Maple Leaf Rag".
When she finished, Brooke clapped her hands in glee. "That was so cool! I'm learning to play piano, too!"
"Cool! Can you play something for me?"
"Sure!" Brooke walked over to the keyboard and played "Chopsticks".
Sam clapped. "That was pretty good! Keep practicing!"
Brooke smiled and walked over to where one of her friends was beckoning.
Huh! The kid gravitated right to her!
Luna turned to Sam and remarked, "You're good with kids!"
Sam replied, "Summer camp helped."
Alex interjected, "I like kids when they're not mine. That way, when they go home, I don't have to deal with them any longer."
Jamie nodded and said, "True that."
Mrs. Sue strode over to Jamie and asked him, "I think everybody's here now. You want to start playing?"
"Sure! I'm ready if you are, guys!" he said, turning to Luna, Sam, and Alex, who all gave him thumbs-ups. They picked up their instruments. Mrs. Sue walked away to avoid getting in their way.
Jamie stepped over to the microphone, turned it on, and began to speak into it: "Good afternoon, guys!"
The ten or so children all turned to Jamie, listening eagerly.
"My name's Jamie. I'm Brooke's cousin here, and I'm here with my band, The Italians, to play you some music!"
The kids all cheered.
"So, I'm not like your mean teachers who are gonna make you sit quietly while you listen to them. I'll let you talk and move around while we play for you, if you want. And if you have any suggestions on anything that we should play, just feel free to raise your hand and ask! So, without further ado, let's get started! This is "I Want You Back"!"
The band promptly began playing "I Want You Back". Luna sang a near-pitch-perfect Michael Jackson.
This is going pretty well! The kids all seem really into it, and we haven't missed many notes!
After they finished, one boy raised his hand. Luna called on him.
"Isn't this the song from Guardians of the Galaxy?" he asked.
"Uh, yeah, it is. How did you know that?" Luna replied, both confused and concerned.
"Uh, there's this TV cartoon where they have the Guardians of the Galaxy characters fighting bad guys and stuff, and the song is in there."
"Oh. Cool. I didn't know that. Uh, anyway, here's "Wonderwall"."
...
Five songs into their repertoire, the band stopped to take a break. Luna set down her guitar in its case and took a drink from a water bottle, while Jamie walked over to watch the kids play Pin the Tail on the Donkey.
Sam remarked, "You know, I never thought my first gig would be for people younger than me."
Luna laughed while replying, "My first gig was for my family on a school recorder."
Sam joked, "I never stopped playing the recorder! I just call it a clarinet now!"
They cracked up.
God, Sam's a riot. She's just so gr-
No no no I gotta stop thinking this way.
Luna looked over at the children, who were watching a blindfolded Brooke try to pin a tail onto a cardboard donkey. She laughed to herself as Brooke grew disoriented from being spun around and fell flat on her face. Brooke stood up, unharmed and giggling, a moment later.
Phew. It's a good thing she didn't impale herself with the pin. Who the **** thought up this game?
Luna's gaze drifted away from the kids and to the side of the house, where the parents of some of the children were conversing.
She spotted a black-haired, curvaceous girl with a sullen expression on her pale face sitting hunched up away from the adults, reading a book.
That girl's cute.
Maybe I should talk to her.
Luna leaned over to Sam and whispered, "Hey, Sam. You see that girl over there? She's kind of cute."
Sam turned and noticed the girl. She replied, "I suppose some would consider her that."
"You think I should talk to her?"
"If you want. After the game, I think Brooke's going to open presents. So you have time."
"Okay. Cool. I think I'm going for it."
"Good luck, Moon Unit."
Heh! "This is Moon Unit to ground control!"
Okay, better focus. I don't want to blow this.
Luna took a deep breath to compose herself, then started to walk over to the girl.
GUESS WHAT! I'M WRITING A SEQUEL! I wasn't going to do one originally (I was just going to end the story where it is), but I thought of a cool idea! I'm postponing work on it, however, to complete a Warrior Cats one-shot. If you like Warrior Cats and parodies thereof, I encourage you to check it out. If you're not interested, that's fine, too.
I'm not entirely sure whether "I Want You Back" is actually in the Guardians of the Galaxy series. Wikipedia was not clear on the matter. Forgive me if I'm wrong.
I hope my description was clear enough that you can guess who the unnamed girl is. :)
So, that's all for this story, but I hope to see you around at some other point! It's been real!
-meowloudly15