Littleton Colorado, April 10th 2005

Monday 4:00 p.m.

Iris's P.O.V

I went upstairs into my room and flung myself on my bed, taking just a small nap. After about twenty minutes, I got up and went over to my desk with my bookbag to do my homework. It was actually really easy, just some multiplication in math and a study guide for history. I finished it and put it in my folder. I then got up and walked over to my full-length mirror hanging on the back of my bathroom door. I looked at my reflection for a while; finally deciding that if I was going to meet Riker's parents I should probably dress a little more appropriate. So I walked into my closet, and found a pair of nice, dark blue jeans, and a black and white plaid button up shirt with a black tank top to go underneath. I walked into my bathroom and changed, taking out my contacts, and putting them back in the case before slipping on my black, square rimmed glasses. I heard my mom call me down for dinner, so I slipped some socks on and ran down the stairs. I slid to a stop in front of the dining room and dad laughed at me from his seat at the end of the table.

"I knew there was a reason you were so persistent on getting hard-wood floors." He laughed. I nodded and sat down.

After mom came back in with the last plate of food, we started to dig in. I was getting ready to take a bite of my mashed potatoes when dad suddenly broke the silence and said "So tell me and mom about this new best friend of yours."

All things food were quickly forgotten, that's how excited I was. I looked up at both of my parents with excited eyes and said "Oh! His name is Riker! He lives a couple doors down from us. I kind of almost ran him over on my board this morning-"

Dad gave me a shocked looked and I quickly continued,"-no it's okay, I didn't hit him! Anyway, our lockers are right next to each other, and we have the last two classes of the day together. We have a project to do in band class, and I'm going over to his house after dinner to practice."

Mom smiled at me. "Well that's great honey! I can't wait to meet him!" I smiled and looked over to my dad, waiting for his response.

"He? As in a...Boy?" My dad asked with a very confused tone in his voice.

"Well, yeah. Don't worry though, he's very polite and nice."

Dad seemed to relax at that and said "Well okay, I trust your judgement. If he's polite and nice, then I believe you."

I smiled and finished what was left on my plate. After I put it in the sink and helped mom clean up, I ran upstairs to brush my teeth. I was just walking out of my room when I heard the phone ring. I quickly bolted down the hallway and jumped down the steps screaming. "It's for me! I got it! Do not answer it!"

Mom and Dad laughed as I skidded to a stop and caught my breath a little before answering the phone. "Hello?"

"Hey Iris, it's Riker. Are you ready?"

"Yeah! Should I bring my bass?"

"Um yeah and an amp. What house is yours and I'll come by to help you carry it."

"Its 3 houses down, the white one with the blue shutters and door."

"Okay be over in a sec. Bye!"

"Bye!" I hung up and immediately ran to where my parents were sitting in the living room. "Mom Dad, he's coming over to help get my bass and stuff, please don't embarrass me!" My mom nodded but my dad had a mischevious glint in his eyes.

"Oh, I'm not so sure about that. I'm sure he would love to see all your wonderful baby pictures."

I looked onto the coffee table where my picture book was already sitting. I blinked and the next thing I knew I was on the floor with dad trying to keep the book away from him. My mom was laughing to herself and dad and I were spread out on the floor. He had a hold of my ankles and started tickling my underarms as I was reaching up past my head to push the book farther away. I was laughing so hard that I didn't hear the doorbell ring, or my mother answer the door and let Riker in. By then my father was sitting on top of me and tickling me. I turned my head to the side slightly, and saw a pair of black converse.

Riker's POV

I found the house and rang the doorbell. After a minute a short lady with curly brown hair and glasses answered the door. Before I could introduce myself she spoke saying,"Oh! You must be Riker! Iris has told us a lot about you. Please come in, her and her father are just wrestling in the living room."

I nodded and said "Nice to meet you Mrs. Acker."

She pulled me into a small hug and said "Oh, no need to be formal! Please, call me April!"

I nodded and said, "Why are they wrestling in the living room?"

She led me into the living room, saying "Oh! She's just trying to get the baby picture album out of his hands, before he 'embarrasses her'. "

I laughed a little and walked into the living room, and sure enough Iris was sprawled across the floor with her hair fanned out around her. Her cheeks were flushed from laughing so hard because her dad was on top of her tickling her. She slightly looked to the side and saw my sneakers because her eyes went wide as the traveled up my body to reach mine. I smirked at her and quickly grabbed the forgotten book that sat inches above her head. I opened it up and heard her shout "Riker, no! Don't do it! Close your eyes! Turn away! Just don't look at it!"

I quickly looked up from the first page long enough to see her flick her legs to the side, causing her father to fall, as she firmly planted herself on top of him. I was amazed. She could wrestle too? She got off her father and brushed herself off, fixing her clothes and hair, before helping her father up.

"Lord have mercy child, I think I broke my back..." He grumbled while she blushed and made his way over too me. He was tall with short brown hair that had the same twinkles of gold in it like his daughters. He walked over to me and I stuck out my hand for a handshake. He shook it and said "Nice to meet you Riker. Iris tells me you're her new friend!" He had a small smile playing on his lips.

"Yes sir, it's nice to meet you."

He patted me on the back and said, "You can call me Martin, son. " He then turned to Iris who was standing right next to me. "You were right, he is a nice boy!"

"Dad!" Iris groaned.

I laughed. "It's alright. Where's your stuff at?"

She pointed to the stairs. "In my room. Come on!" She said grabbing my wrist and pulling me up the carpeted steps. She opened her door and we walked in.

She had a ton of band posters up in her room along with a desk, and a small bedside table, and bed. Her walls where a bright blue, and all her furniture was black. It was also really clean. She went into her closet for a moment and came back out with her bass case. She walked over to her bass, which was just plain black and white, and carefully stuck it in along with a few picks. She closed the case and I walked over and took it from her. She unplugged her amp and chord and picked it up. We walked out of her room and she shut the door. We made our way down the stairs, where she called a quick goodbye to her parents and we walked out the door.

As we were walking down the driveway I turned to her with a smirk on my face and said, "You were a really cute baby, you know."

She looked at me with a small smile then looked straight ahead and said, with no visible emotion in her voice, "You saw my baby pictures. You do realize I'm gonna have to kill you now..."

I stopped and stared at her, before we both burst out laughing.

"Yeah, and lose your best friend?" She nodded

"Well this just means I get to see yours now too!"

I visibly paled. At the dead look on my face she smirked and said "Yeah, not so funny when it happens to you now is it?"

We were already making our way up my driveway, when I stopped at my door. "What's wrong?" She asked

Iris' POV

We were getting ready to walk in when he suddenly stopped. "What's wrong?" I asked.

He gave me a fearful look and said, "Brace yourself." Before turning open the door and walking in.

Everyone was sitting in the living room and as soon as they heard the door shut, they jumped up and came over. A tall man with dirty blonde hair and a short woman with platinum blonde hair came up first. I went to shake their hands but before I knew it, they pulled me into a big hug. When we released the woman said, "Oh my stars, you must be Iris! Riker's new friend! I'm Stormie and this is my husband Mark!"

I smiled and said, "It's nice to meet you. Stormie is a pretty name."

I then looked over at Mark and smiled, "It's nice to meet you to Mark." He nodded and smiled; well now I know where Riker gets his smile.

He looked over at Riker then back to me and said," Riker hasn't stopped talking about you ever since he came home!"

I blushed and smiled. He then looked over at Riker with a smirk and patted him on the back saying, "You were right son! She is gorgeous!" I looked over at Riker, who visibly paled. I couldn't help it, and before I knew it I was doubled over in laughter.

"See...it isn't so funny...when it happens...to you!" I said in between laughs.

After a minute, a blonde girl came up and tugged on Stormie's arm saying, "Momma, can we do our introduction?"

Stormie smiled at her and said, "Okay, go get the others and line up."

"Oh, great..." Riker said dragging a hand down his face.

Suddenly the girl walked in with three boys they all lined up, with the girl holding a little boy's hand, who I'm guessing was about 6 or 7, then a blonde boy, and the brunette boy at the end.

Mark nodded to the girl, before saying "Alright Lynch family, sound off!"

The girl stepped forward with the little boy. "My name is Rydel, and this is Ryland. Nice to meet you." I nodded and smiled at the girl.

Then the little blonde boy stepped forward. "My name is Ross." He seemed kind of shy.

Then the brunette boy stepped forward with an excited look on his face, then after a moment of silence burst out saying,"Cool! You're the girl that was on the skateboard this morning! That was so totally wicked! You were going so fast and-"

He got cut off by Riker saying, "Rocky!"

He seemed to calm down a bit at the glare his brother was giving him and said,"Oh yeah, my name's Rocky…"

I laughed. "Well, nice to meet you all. My names Iris, and yes I was the skateboard girl." I said giving Rocky a small smile.

"Well, we should get to practicing." Riker said motioning for him to follow him. I nodded and said my goodbyes as we went down a flight of stairs and stepped into their basement.

There were black and white checkered floors, and the walls were painted Orange. I set up my bass and amp while Riker sat at the drum set. "So what Green Day song did you wanna do?" He asked as I was tuning my bass.

"Well, I was hoping we could do When I Come Around? It's the only one I know how to play."

He smiled. "Sure! I love that song, I can play the drums while you sing."

I hesitated for a moment, I've never sung in front of anyone before. I quickly nodded and walked up to the microphone that was in the middle of the room. I nodded to Riker, motioning for him to start playing. I started strumming my bass then I started the song, "I heard you crying loud..."

Riker's POV

She looked a little unsure of her singing, but I was dying to know what she sounded like. She nodded and walked over to the microphone that was in the middle of our little basement. She started strumming her bass then motioned for me to start up the drums. After a while she opened her mouth and started singing the first chorus.

I heard you crying loud. All the way across town.
But you've been searching for that someone, and
it's me out on the prowl. As you sit around feeling
feeling sorry for yourself...

God! Her voice was incredible! She closed her eyes during the second line so she didn't see mom, dad, Rocky, Ross, and Rydel come downstairs. Mom went over to where our cabinet was behind the drum set and got out our video camera and started filming us. Rocky looked excited and I motioned for him to grab his green electric guitar and start playing. He nodded and plugged it in, quickly catching up to where Iris was on the chorus...

You don't have to search the world around,
Cuz' you know where I'll be found-
When I come around.

Rydel, dad, and mom stood to the side of her, in front of the steps. Rydel was head banging, and dad and mom looked really impressed. The little instrumental part came up and Iris opened her eyes. She looked startled at my mom videoing her, but quickly recovered and started jamming out with Rocky. Ross was silently mouthing the lyrics, and Iris let Rocky take over the solo as she motioned for Ross to come over. As he walked over, she pulled another microphone out and lowered it so he could use it. I smiled at how well she got along with the rest of my family; I could already tell mom and dad and my siblings loved her. Her and Ross sung the last notes together in perfect harmony. At the last line Ross stepped back and let her take it. She turned towards me and smiled before throwing herself in the music...

Don't have to search the world around,
Cuz' you know where I'll be found
When I Come Around. When I Come Around
When I Come Around. When I Come Around...

We finished up our music parts and everyone went wild. Rydel ran over and tackled her into a hug saying how, "That was the coolest thing ever!"

And Iris pulled Rocky and Ross into it before motioning for me to come and join their little group hug. I stood up and hugged her from the side.

"You were really great! Your voice is amazing!"

She turned back to me and smiled, giving me a friendly peck on the cheek, which made my face heat up. I looked over and noticed my mom still recording and my dad had a very thoughtful look on his face. Mom stopped recording and put the camera away before giving her a hug too. "You have such a beautiful voice! You all sounded great together!"

My dad walked over and patted her back. "Have you ever sung in front of anyone before?"

She shook her head no."Not even my parents, I've got a bit of stage fright." He nodded and the thoughtful look came back on his face.

My mom asked if we would mind playing another song. Along with Rocky and Ross of course. Iris nodded and looked over to Rydel. She walked over to her and they started whispering in each other's ear. I wonder what's up?

Iris' POV

I nodded yes when Stormie asked if we could play another song with Rocky and Ross. I looked over to Rydel who looked a little left out and got an idea. I walked over to her and said," Hey Rydel, do you like Avril Lavigne?"

Her eyes lit up and she started nodding frantically.

"Do you want to sing Sk8er Boi with me?" She said yes and gave me a hug. I walked over to Rocky and asked him if I could borrow his electric guitar while he played my bass. He said yes. Then I walked over to Riker and whispered what song we were going to do. He nodded too. I walked over too Ross to see what he could do. I walked up to him and said "Hey Ross, We're gonna do Sk8er Boi by Avril Lavigne. Do you want to sing back up vocals for Rydel and me? Or do you wanna do something else?"

He thought for a moment and said,"I can play rhythm guitar! I'll just do back up for you!" I smiled then walked back over to the middle microphone. Stormie got the camera back out and I got a little nervous. I just decided I was going to get over my stage fright sooner or later, so I should start now. I nodded to Ross and Rocky to start playing. We started up and I let Rydel take the first verse.

He was a boy; she was a girl can I
make it anymore obvious?

He was a punk, she did ballet. What more can I say?

He wanted her, she'd never tell, but secretly she wanted him as well.

But all of her friends stuck up their nose.

They had a problem with his baggy clothes...

We were all jumping around and head banging to the song. When the chorus came I sang back up for Rydel.

He was a Sk8er Boi. She said see ya later Boi.
He wasn't good enough for her. She had a pretty
face, but her head was up in space she needed to
come back down to earth...

I stepped up to the mike and started up the second verse.

Five years from now, she sits at home
feeding the baby, she's all alone. She
turns on T.V., guess who she see's? Sk8er
Boi rocking up MTV. She calls up her friends,
they already know. And they've all got tickets
to see his show. She tags along, and stands in the crowd
looks up at the man that she turned do-own.

This time Rydel sang back up for me on the chorus. We were having a ton of fun and I couldn't remember a time that I've had so much fun with anyone. They were all really good. It's like I felt a special connection when we played and sung together. I saw the look on Mark's face and I could tell that he was thinking the same thing I was. We should start a band. I was so caught up in my thoughts and playing that I didn't notice Rydel was already singing the bridge. When she was almost finished I slung the guitar over my back and grabbed the microphone off the stand. I started slowly walking up to the camera singing my part into it...

He's just a boy, and I'm just a girl.
Can I make it anymore obvious?
We are in love. Haven't you heard?
How we rock each other's wor- ee- orld!

I hit the note spot on and everybody started cheering as I made my way back to the microphone stand and slung the guitar back over my shoulder. Rydel and I finished singing our parts and Rocky, Ross, and me we're finishing up our guitar parts. When the music started to fade out and Rydel held the last note out, we were both back-to-back and leaning up against each other.

I looked over at Riker who had the biggest smile on his face. The song ended, and he jumped up from behind the drum set and picked me up hugging me, spinning me around. I threw my arms over his shoulders and hugged him back as he set me down. Then all at once everyone else came up and tackled me into a hug.

Stormie had gotten it all on video and was laughing. Mark was smiling and laughing along with her. Stormie put the camera away and went upstairs to get us each a bottle of water. Rocky and I switched back instruments and I immediately put it back in my bass case.

Stormie came back down and tossed us each a bottle of water. We all went over and sat on the sectional they had and turned on the T.V. It was only seven so I had like two hours before I had to get home. It was a school night and all. Riker was sitting on one side and Rydel was on the other side of me. We were watching "Grease" on T.V. I was surprised at how much they all loved that movie. I thought I was the only one. When the movie ended it was 8:45. So I stood up to go back home. Riker helped me carry my stuff back home and

We parted ways at my front door with a hug and promises to see each other tomorrow. I quickly said goodnight to my parents and bounded up the stairs to my room where I took a shower and got into my Superman pajamas before heading to bed and drifting off into a deep wonderful sleep.

Lizziey yo notengo ninguno dela familiaLynchoR5,sin embargo, queseríamosépico: D

Tenerun día maravilloso chicos :)

Translate: Lizzie and I do not own any of the Lynch family or R5, though that would be epic :D

Have an awesome day guys:)

Lots of Love

-Lora and Lizzie