A/N Concert in a Can! The one where Marcus comes. Okay so heads up, it was kinda hard to put my OC's in this one but I think I did a good job. Shout out time!
Alicedor: that's a really good idea ill put it into consideration. Thanks.
Cassie's POV
At school I walked over to Adam and Chase, "hey babe" I gave him a kiss. I then noticed the boy sitting in front of me… starring at me. "Who's the boy starring at me?"
He held out his hand with a huge smile "Hi! I'm Marcus!
I shook his hand "Cassie"
"Hey peeps" Leo said as he walked over "What's the dealio?"
"Hi, I'm Marcus" he introduced himself to Leo.
"I know. We have gym together. And study hall. And chemistry. We're lab partners" Leo told Marcus.
"Oh, I… did not know that" Marcus said slowly before he turned to me.
"Cassie, have you ever played guitar"
I nodded "Yeah, but mostly acoustic"
"Chase?" Marcus asked.
"No, but I've always wanted to" Chase answered.
"Well, I'm a jammer as well" Leo cut in. I looked at him and laughed "My rocking is only eclipsed by my rolling"
"Stop trying Leo. You played the clarinet for three weeks then ended up swallowing the reed"
Leo glared at me "I passed it!" he defended.
"Here, Chase. You want to give it a go?" Marcus held out his guitar.
"Well, yeah. Sure. Why not?" Chase took the guitar and looked down at it for a second before he played an expert lead guitar. Chase paused when he finished and quickly stood up "Uh… what do you know? Beginners luck" Chase handed Marcus back the guitar"
Callie' POV
When I walked into the lunch room Cassie was sitting between Chase and Adam with her head phones in doing her homework.
"Hey Cassie" I said she ignored me. "Cassie?" still didn't hear me. I sat down on the other side of Adam and finally noticed the new kid sitting at the table. "Who are you?"
"I'm Marcus, I'm new"
I smiled "Me too. I started here a month ago. I'm Callie. So Marcus tell me about yourself" I said opening my Arizona.
"Well, me and my dad moved around a lot so I was homeschooled for most of my life"
"No way!" Adam stopped drumming on the table "So were we! We are so similar! Do you have a third nipple too?"
Marcus shook his head raising his eyebrow "Whoa, that's so cool" Cassie said looking at Marcus. "Do that again?"
Marcus looked at her confused "You mean this?" he raised his eyebrow again.
"Yes!" Cassie smiled "That is so cool"
"Anyways" Chase changed the subject and Cassie went back to her homework "That's a pretty sweet guitar Marcus."
"Yeah, and you're a natural bro!" Marcus said.
"Maybe you should start a band. I mean if you guys are as good as you think you are" I offered.
Marcus smiled "Yes!"
"Good idea Callie" Adam said drumming on the table again "But what would I play? Oh I got it" Adam stopped drumming "No I don't got it"
"I think you're gonna be our drummer Adam" Marcus said.
"Hmm. Interesting choice. I had been pondering the French Horn"
"Now all you need is a singer" I told them.
"Do you want to be our singer" Marcus asked.
"Um, I'd love too but my voice sounds like a dying cat" I admitted.
"You can't be that bad" he argued.
I nodded 'Yeah I can"
"Well, than who's gonna be our singer?" Chase asked.
Then as is if Cassie had been listening, which she wasn't she was to into her science homework. But she started singing lowly to herself.
Your arms are my castle
Your heart is my sky
They wipe away tears that I cry
"Cassie!" We all shouted. She was good.
She jumped up and pulled out her headphones "What?"
"Do you wanna be the singer for our band" Chase asked her.
She looked around the table confused "Um… I guess it could be fun"
"What could be fun?" Leo asked as he sat down.
"Cassie, Marcus, Chase, and Adam are forming a band" I told him.
Leo looked at all of them "Well, you guys just met. Don't you think it's a little soon?"
"A little soon for what? Taking the deeply committed step of jamming together" Chase said sarcastically.
"Now if we could just find someplace to practice" Marcus said getting back to the band thing "I live in a pretty small place, so…"
"I know a place" Adam stood up "the lab"
Cassie not so discreetly smacked his leg. He looked at all of us then paused "oh. L-lab… rador retriever park. Yeah, the dog park. Nice acoustics. Plus, they have dogs" Adam turned to us "saved it"
"Well, we have a pretty big place. We could just practice there" Cassie told Marcus.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Leo stood up "Hold your horses, cowgirl. He pulled the three of them away.
"Cassie, what are you doing? Do you really think it's a good idea to let a complete stranger into our very private home?"
Marcus stood up "That's okay guys. We don't have to jam. Not everyone needs a bright spot in there otherwise horrible life"
Cassie shot him a weird look and I frowned "Come on Leo have a heart" I nudged him.
"Don't worry Marcus. We'll practice at our place later. Con on over" Chase told him.
"Actually I think Leo might be right" Cassie cut in.
I looked at her "you just offered-"
"And now I'm taking my offer back" she cut Chase off.
"Cassie if you don't want to do this you don't have to" Chase said then turned to Marcus "After school we'll practice"
"Great" Marcus said smiling "See you guys after school"
"You guys are making a big mistake" Leo told them after Marcus left. "I mean you've only been in the real world for a little while. There's still a lot of stuff you don't know"
"Look Leo I'm not gonna run my play dates past you. Hel-lo! Genius!" chase said gesturing to himself.
"I don't know guys, I'm getting a bad feeling form Marcus" Cassie admitted. "Sorry guy's I'm out of the band" Cassie walked away.
Cassie's POV
After school Chase, Adam, and Marcus were all practicing in the living room I didn't like it. Marcus was shady.
Leo came into my room and groaned "Marcus may be off but you have to admit they're really good" I told him.
He nodded "What are we going to do"
"Follow me" I motioned for him and walked out of the room. Slowly and quietly we crept down stairs watching Marcus closely.
"Well, it's only our first day, but you guys sound great! I think you both have real raw talent"
"Oh, well, I four talent is raw, and then we better get cooking!" Adam said then played a rim shot on his drums as Leo and I made our way to right behind Marcus.
Marcus spun around to face us "Leo, Cassie what are you doing?" Chase asked us.
"We're just gonna ask Marcus a few questions" I told him crossing my arms.
"Where were you born?" Leo asked.
"What is your birthday?" I asked.
"Who is the president of Venezuela?" Leo shouted.
"I don't know" Marcus asked leaning away.
"Aha!" Leo shouted and looked at me "so he's not from Venezuela"
"That's it" Chase walked over "This practice just became band members only"
I sighed in the defeat but Leo wasn't ready to give up "Well then I guess I'm in the band"
"Leo, you don't even know how to play an instrument" Chase laughed.
"That's where you're wrong" The Leo went on to try so many different instruments. The tambourine, the washboard, the maracas, the bass. All in all Leo sucked.
"Like I said, you don't even know how to play an instrument" Chase repeated.
Leo crossed his arms "Fine then Cassie wants back in the band"
I froze "I what?"
"That's great" Marcus said and Chase smiled.
"I thought you didn't want to be in it?" Chase asked.
I sighed "Yeah, well, I guess I'm feeling very fickle today"
"Keep an eye on him" Leo whispered nodding towards Marcus.
I nodded then Leo left the room "So let's get to practice" I called once.
How can you see into my eyes like open doors?
Leading you down into my core where I've become so numb
Without a soul my spirit's sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there and lead it back home
(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become
Now that I know what I'm without
You can't just leave me
Breathe into me and make me real
Bring me to life
(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become
Bring me to life
Bring me to life
Frozen inside without your touch
Without your love, darling
Only you are the life among the dead
All this time I can't believe I couldn't see
Kept in the dark but you were there in front of me
I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems
Got to open my eyes to everything
Without a thought, without a voice, without a soul
Don't let me die here
There must be something more
Bring me to life
(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become
bring me to life
Bring me to life
"Guys that was great" Callie said clapping.
"When did you get here?" I asked
"Somewhere around the chorus" Callie told me
"Yeah we're awesome" Chase gloated and they all started playing random notes.
Mr. D then walked I and turned off the amp "Hey, hey, hey. You know it's not enough o play notes you wanna get them in the right order" Adam played another rim shot.
"You should've heard tem earlier, they were great" Callie gloated for us.
"OMG! You're… Donald Davenport!" Marcus shouted.
Mr. D chuckled "Guilty as charged"
"The genius billionaire scientific entrepreneur" Marcus continued. Okay now he's just kissing up.
"Uh, don't forget multilingual megastar" MR. D said cockily.
"Oh gracias" Marcus smiled.
Mr. D chuckled "de nada" he started to walk way.
"Wow, Mr. Davenport" Marcus followed "I'd love to hear your theory on plasma gasification"
Mr. D smirked "Who wouldn't". Hey, you know Bree and I were gonna demo the holo pet at career day but since you guys have a band maybe we can demo my concert-in-a-can instead! That would be such a great surprise for her"
"That is good! That is good! What is it?" Marcus asked confused.
"It's a can that creates a virtual holographic concert experience. It's something I designed for those of us who would be rock stars if we weren't busy being brilliant inventors"
"Well, you're a rock star to me"
"Suck up" I muttered and Callie elbowed me.
Mr. D laughed "I know" he said patting Marcus's shoulder. "Bree is going to love this" Mr. D ran out of the room.
"Well, I'm gonna go get Mr. Davenport's gigantic mega-amp, cause everybody knows louder is better" Adam turned to leave to go get it.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.' Chase stopped him that amp is pretty heavy. Don't you think I should help you carry it? Because um, you know, you don't have the strength of ten men"
Adam laughed "Yes I do" then stopped "Not" he quickly added "I'm frail" then the two boys ran out.
"We should go help them" I gave a small smiled then pulled Callie with me as I followed them.
When Chase, Adam, Callie, and I walked back into the living room Leo was holding Leo's broken guitar and Marcus looked really upset.
"What's wrong with you? Why would you break my guitar?!"
"No. He- not- ohhhh" Leo said like something finally clicked.
"Leo, why would you break his guitar?" Chase asked.
"no, no, no, no. that's what he wants you to think" Leo pointed at us "He broke it and gave it to me. He's the breaker and I'm the breakee"
"that is crazy!" Marcus denied "why would I break my own guitar?" Marcus took it and Callie went over to him to check out the guitar.
"Cassie you believe me right?" Leo asked.
I looked from Marcus to Leo. I knew Leo would never purposely break something but why would Marcus break his own guitar. This is so confusing "I don't know Leo"
"Look, Leo I would like to believe you, I really would, but you do break things all the time" Chase pointed out.
"That is not true" Leo defended. We all just looked at him "Yes, it's true, but it's not true this time."
"Leo, this reminds me of a story if a boy named 'wolf' who cried a lot" Adam said and I shook my head at him. He put his hands on Leos shoulders "And after that his friends never believed him. And then.. his grandmother ate him"
"Fine. But this goes deeper than a broken guitar. I will prove my innocence and show you that he's up to no good. I'm going to go all C. S. I. on this one" Leo stormed out of the room.
"Guys what if Leo was telling the truth" I asked them.
"Why would I break my own guitar" Marcus asked.
"Seriously Cassie" Callie crossed her arms.
I looked at all of them "Are you serious. No offense to Marcus but I trust Leo way more than I do you" I pointed to him "And if Leo says he didn't break the guitar then our job as his best friends is to believe him" I walked out of the room and went to go find Leo.
"What do you want" Leo asked when I found him.
I sighed "I believe"
Leo turned to me wide eyed "really?"
I nodded "Yes. I knew from the start something was off about Marcus. Let's take this creep down" we fist bumped.
Callie's POV
I walked into the school looking at all the tables that were set up for career day. Over at Bree's she sat alone and a couple of people walked by "I have a dad!" she shouted "he's coming. Just busy… with his career" The people walked away and I walked up to the table.
"Holo-pet huh?" I asked sitting down next to her.
"Where is Mr. Davenport" she mumbled putting her head on the table.
"I'm sure he'll be here soon" I assured her. And to my luck Mr. Davenport came walking up.
Bree stood up "Where have you been? First I said you were in the bathroom, and then I said you were in the car, and then I said you were going to the bathroom in the car. People are starting to think you're weird"
"Look, I'm here now and I have a big surprise" Mr. Davenport said and I smirked knowing what it was "I made a small change. We're doing something completely different"
"What is it?" Bree asked.
"Well, if I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise. Just applaud when the lights come up. You too Callie" Mr. Davenport walked away.
"But we planned this together! What…" Bree trailed off and sighed. "He'll be back. He's new at this" Bree said and Suzy looked at her weird.
I stood up "Suzy, your mom delivers cat food I an 18-wheeler. Are you really gonna judge her" I snapped.
Cassie's POV
Adam, Chase, and I were all packing to get ready for the band they only reason I was still in the band was to keep an eye on Marcus.
Leo stopped Chase and Adam to show them his findings against Marcus and they weren't that good.
"I'm telling you, Marcus is playing some kind of twisted psychological game, and I can prove it" Leo ran over to the counter. "Exhibit A: I lifted a fingerprint from his guitar."
"Oh, that is fantastic, Leo." Chase and Adam clapped sarcastically "You proved that without a shadow of a doubt that Marcus's guitar is" he gasped mockingly "His"
"True, but he then removed said guitar and deliberately" Leo walked over to the counter "Deliberately mind you! Smashed It." he picked up a baggy "Exhibit B: Paint chips and a hair. Which just happened to be my mom's. Nonetheless… we know she did not do this"
"Congratulations Leo" Chase said sarcastically.
I hit Chase's shoulder "What?" he asked.
"I know you don't believe him but you don't have to be a douche about it"
Chase sighed "Leo, what Cassie said earlier, I understand now" I smiled at him "It's okay to be jealous that we befriended Marcus" and my smile went away. That's not what I meant.
"What? No, are you kidding? I'm not jealous. I'm awesome. That guy is bad news"
"Don't worry Leo. You're still our best friend" Adam assured him "But you can't have a best friend unless you have a friend who's a not best friend" Chase nodded "oaky? So he does fill a void"
Leo pushed his arm away "That's not what this is all about. Look, Leo, we'll talk about this later, okay? Adam, Cassie, and I have to go meet Marcus. We're gonna be late for the concert"
Adam played a recording of the rim shot and laughed "I made it my ringtone"
"Come on" I pushed the boys towards the instruments. I turned to Leo "Find some good evidence while I'm gone, I don't want to regret believing you" then I followed them out.
We got to the gym and met up with Marcus.
Marcus walked over to me "Hey, listen I want you to know I'm not mad that you chose to believe Leo. You were his friend first and I respect your loyalty"
"it's not just loyalty" I snapped at him "You Marcus are a lying manipulative, psychotic…" I trailed off when he raised his eyebrow "And you make it really hard to be mad when you do that awesome eyebrow raise".
Marcus chuckled as Mr. D walked over.
"Okay guys, wait'll they get a load of this. My virtual concert in a can is gonna knock their socks off." He set it on the floor "now, it will activate itself, so don't forget to stand back. Couple guys in research and development found that out the hard way" Marcus started laughing .
"thanks for loaning me this awesome guitar, Mr. Davenport. It's almost as good as the one Leo so viciously destroyed" Marcus said and I narrowed my eyes at him.
"Well, hey, if I had a nickel for everything of mine that Leo destroyed, I'd still be down about two million and change. You're just lucky Cassie wasn't involved in this one, your guitar would probably be ashes"
I laughed "And that's just about the stuff you know about" I paused when Mr. D spun around a looked at me suspiciously "I mean… I didn't do anything"
Callie walked over to us "Hey good luck guys"
I nodded at her "Thanks"
Then the announcer came on "And now, for your career day entertainment, concert in a can… can… can… featuring Adam, Marcus, Cassie, and Chase… Chase… Chase… bought to you by Donald Davenport… port… port… port…"
"Well that wasn't weird" I muttered before the Concert in can activated. I looked around at the set up. "Whoa" I whispered. We played the song 'Bring me to Life' when we finished Mr. D came up and told us that Bree and him were gonna play. I gladly gave it up the boys however weren't so happy.
After it was over everyone cleared out of the gym and we started to pack up our set up.
Leo came walking in "I did it Cassie. I got some good evidence"
"Sorry Leo" Marcus said "You're too late. We've safely packed away all the guitars. Maybe now you can find something else to break" Marcus laughed "because you broke the guitar"
Leo glared at him "excuse me,, I would like everyone's attention right here. I have proof from our home security system"
E popped up on the screen "Hi!"
"Hey" I waved.
"Now watch as I-"
"I have a confession to make" Marcus cut him off.
"Oh, no, you don't" Leo said.
"I did it" he admitted "I broke the guitar"
"Huh?" I smirked "And you was the only one to believe Leo" I turned to Chase, Callie, and Adam "that's right me. Cassie Andrews"
"that's not fair" Leo shouted "I was gonna crack this case wide open" Mr. D and Bree walked over.
"Ha! He got you again!" I laughed at what e said. Leo looked at me and I quickly covered it with a cough.
"What's going on here?" Mr. D asked.
"I broke the guitar and blamed it on Leo. I owe everyone an apology" Marcus admitted again.
"You broke the guitar?" Chase repeated.
Marcus nodded ""Why didn't you just say so?" Callie asked.
"Yeah, why didn't you just say so?" Leo repeated crossing his arms.
"Yeah" I added crossing my arms too.
'Because I had already cracked my guitar, but if my dad knew that I broke it I'd be in so much trouble because my family is so poor and I just want everyone to like me because I'm always the new kid, so I made everyone think that Leo did it because I'm so scared and it's so hard to make friends and I'm just a dumb kid compared to all of you and my grandma just died!" Marcus said crying.
"Marcus. Hey, it's okay" Callie hugged him.
"Yeah, it's no big deal" Mr. D agreed.
"We don't think you're dumb" Chase added.
"Yeah and your grandma didn't die" we all looked at Adam he shrugged and shook his head.
Callie let Marcus go and Mr. d put his hand on his back "Marcus, why don't you come out and have dinner with us?"
"mm-kay" Marcus nodded. "You guys go ahead I want to apologize to Leo"
We nodded and walked away.
Chase took my hand as we started to walk out of the gym.
"Shoot I forgot my phone, hold on" I ran back to the gym and over heard Marcus and Leo talking.
"What is wrong with you? Why are you doing this?" Leo asked.
"It's a long story" Marcus said his back to me. I cleared my throat and Marcus spun around "Cassie, glad you can join the party" I walked over to beside Leo.
"You are a really psycho aren't you" I asked. He raised his eyebrow "Again with the eyebrow"
"You two are in my way" he pointed at us "And that needs to stop. Oh, and if you ever try and rat me out again… either of you… you're toast… for real" Marcus turned away "Hey guys wait up!" Marcus called after them then turned back to us "I don't want to miss any of the fun"
He walked out "whoa!" E said "that guy is awesome!"
I nodded "You have to admit it Leo he may be a creep but that eyebrow lift is on point"