Laney's POV
It was after dinner and it was pretty late thanks to try outs today. Before I was able to lay down on my bed, I got a text from Corey. "Forgot I gave him my number." I looked at the text. Wear your band t-shirt tomorrow! See you guys at 3:00! We got a gig at 5:00 so we'll need to bring Laney up to speed on one of our songs. TheBlueGuitarist "You got a text from Corey didn't you?" I looked at my brother weirdly. "How you-?" He smirked. "I got one from Carrie and also I can see you smiling from a fair my dear sister." He started to chuckle. "Oh shut up and go to bed you baka." He jumped up to the top bunk. "It's not nice to call someone stupid sis." I giggled at that. "Nice to see you're still a baka even if you're with a new band." I heard him chuckle and then threw a slipper at the light switch turning the light off. "Lights out my little migraine." I laughed at that and like a knew it, I was out like a light sound asleep.
-Next Morning transition!-
Lenny's POV
I jumped out of bed at the sound of knuckles at my bedroom door. "Come out with your hands up!" I noticed it was Mike. "You two don't want to be late for you band practices right?" I walked over to the door and put my ear on the door. I heard six snickers of pre-teens and a teenagers laughter. I looked to the bathroom in my room. "Lanes." I said harshly just above a whisper. "Wake up!" I whispered yelled in her ear. "Huh-?" I covered her mouth. "They think they can early jump us. Ready to show them?" She nodded and grabbed her band t-shirt, a pair of red ripped skinny jeans and her combat boots. "I'll be in the bathroom. You change here." She whispered to me. I nodded. After she left for the bathroom I started changing to my Newmans t-shirt, some black ripped skinny jeans, and my combat boots quickly. "Done. Are you sis?" I whispered through the door before it opened. "Done." I walked over the the door after checking that my red hair was flat over my forehead. I opened the door to see the gang and Mike still laughing. "Um am." They looked shocked at us. "Dang you two are fast." I smiled. "We get used to your jokes over the years Mike." He started to chuckle at us. The two bands still stayed quiet. "Um, Are you six alright? You're freaking us out here." I nodded in agreement with my sister with that comment. Corey then pointed at me as Carrie pointed at Laney. "Your a Newman?" "And your a Grojbandian?" We nodded at the two. "It's going to be harder now to get gigs now then ever." They both mumbled. We rolled our eyes in response. "Didn't you two already got your bands gigs anyway." Carrie nodded. "The only gig I could get was the King Bee pageant." I then pointed my finger at Corey. "You?" He nodded. "I got us a gig at the park for the Queen Bee pageant." I gave them both a questionable look. "I just want to see Trina/Marcus fail." The two new members nodded. "Awesome. I'll get my bass." "Same here." I grabbed my bass from it's rack and put it in it's case as Laney just grabbed her from under the bunk bed. Our bands walked our separate ways after we exited our house. We ended up at the north park. "How many parks does this town have?" I asked as I noticed we passed two other parks. "About seven." Wow, this town's mayor must be nuts to spend that much of the towns money on parks. "Here we are! Come on!" Kim yelled as she ran ahead with her sister. "Come on Lens! We can't miss the opening!" Carrie grabbed my arm and started running after Kim and Konnie. She let go after we caught up. "Hello ladies and fellows! It's me Mayor Mellow!" Yep the mayor's nuts. "I'm happy to announce the beginning of the King Bee pageant!" The crowd sighed/cheered at the mayor. "Now to meet our contestants!" There was a group of ten year-olds that came out in ties and random fancy stuff like that. Then Marcus came out. "I think he's trying to hard." The girls started giggling at that. Reason why, because it's true. You could easily see that Marcus wanted to win this and he was trying way to hard to look innocent. The band decided that we were going to put our instruments behind stage when we seen Marcus scare his appointments off. "Oh man! Now there won't be a gig!" Huh? "Wait, doesn't that mean he wins?" Carrie shook her head no. "It means there's no competition and they cancel the pageant. What are we going to do? Jason won't be able to help us on this one!" I sighed. "I'll go in." The girls gave me a weird look. "What?" I sighed again. "I said I'll go in if I have to. As you and Corey said, It's harder now then ever to get gigs. If I need to get dressed up to get us a gig then I will." The girls then smiled at me. "Thanks Lens! Kim, Konnie. You girls know what to do. I'll go tell Mayor Mellow about everything." The two named girls nodded as Carrie ran off to Mayor Mellow. I was now being pulled to the dressing room. "Put this on and we'll do everything else." I nodded and grabbed the green and black clothing and walked into the changing room.
Carrie's POV
I came back to the group to see Kim and Konnie surrounding Lenny. "How's it coming?" They both smiled at me. "Done." They moved to show Lenny in a black and green tux, green button up under shirt and a black bow tie. "I feel like a idiot." I frowned but the girls started to talk about how their little boy is growing up and how it makes them want to cry. I laughed at Lens reaction at it though. "I'm not that short am I?" We all started laughing when Marcus shown up. "I would drop out of this before someone gets hurt shorty." I seen Lenny give him a death glare. "I'm not short and aren't you too old to be in pageants Marcus?" Marcus lifted up his fist as Lenny smirked. "I wouldn't do that if I were you. You'll get disqualified." Marcus let down his fist and started walking back to his station. "Your on in five minutes boys." Mayor Mellow warned. "We'll be in the crowd. See you after the pageant Lens." We all waved to him after that.
Lenny's POV
"Now introducing the only competition left. Marcus Crow and Leo- I mean Lenny Penn!" Dang it he almost said my real name. That was really close. "First up is the milking of the bees! The one the brings me to my knees, will win round one! Begin!" I noticed Marcus started threatening the bee. "Don't worry little guy. I only need a little. Not trying to win. Just trying to save a gig." The bee then flown it's self onto my finger. "Ding! Times up boys!" Mayor Mellow then walked over to Marcus. "Wow a full cup! But does it taste good." He then drank from the cup and started hacking. "Bitter. " He then walked over to me. "Not much. But taste counts more." He then drank what I had. "Wow! That's way better then Mr. Bitter's! Lenny wins round one!" I just shrugged to my band mates. Carrie then gave me a thumbs up as the twins smiled and laughed at Marcus' reaction. "Next round! Ride the bee longer then your enemy and you win. Let's start!" I looked over to the gang and they gave me a thumbs down. I nodded knowing what to do. I got onto the bee as they started slinging back and forth. I could of stayed there for hours but I palled out a minute in. "Oh yeah I won! You loss!" I crossed my arms slightly and smiled. "Yeah I lost. Nice job dude." I stuck out my hand for a shake but he cringed. "Like I'll shark your little dorky hand nerd." Mayor Mellow then putted in. "Show boating and bulling is what a King bee doesn't do! You win this round again Lenny." I looked back at my band and shrugged. They just smiled and put a thumbs up. I nodded again with a smile knowing what to do. "Last round. Winner wins all! Find the candy in these hives. Begin boys!" I couldn't see a thing so I just poked the stick in my hand in front of me to find the hive. "Just give up now Penn. I'm not giving, up!" Marcus just kept swinging to find the hive. "Neither am I. I'm only doing this for my band." Right then I found the hive. "Why should you? The Newmans stink!" Even the crowd heard that. I got angry at this. I hit the hive with all my might making it break in half. I then took off my blindfold and so did Marcus. I looked over to Carrie and the band after I heard the crowd got shocked. They were pointing at there eyes... Wait. My eyes! They must of turned red when I got angry. Breath in. Breath out. Breath in. Good. I then looked back at Marcus. "I might have only joined The Newmans yesterday but it doesn't mean I'll allow you to talk smack about them." I looked back at the band they were smiling proudly. "Our King Bee is Lenny Penn not because he won all the challenges, but because he stood up for what's right! And being King Bee comes with great responsibilities." He was about to give me a crown but I pushed it back to him. "Thanks Mayor Mellow, but if I become King Bee I won't be able to handle the responsibilities along with playing in the band. Sorry." He just smiled. "No issue kid. Then Marcus your King Bee but because I don't trust you at all, you just get the title of King Bee." I jumped off stage at that point and joined the band. "Now to perform for us, The Newmans!" We all ran over to a different stage and started to perform. (A/N: It's just the same song from Grojband but made for a guy set for it doesn't have the bee drone part. XD) After everything I changed back to my normal clothes and that's when I seen Carrie waiting for me. "Shouldn't you be with the girls Care?" She shrugged. "No, they had to go home. I just wanted to ask and say some thing to you." I nodded as I grabbed my bass. "Shoot." "Question: How did you get that bee to trust you?" I just smiled at that and swung my bass case onto my back. "I got my way with animals." She just rolled her eyes at that answer. "And also, thanks for sticking up for the band it really means a lot to us to know that you'll do something like that for us." I smiled at her. "It's no big deal Care." Right then I got a text from Mike. Where are you? Mom wants you home in 10 minutes. Hurry man! BlueBoyDrummer. "I got to go. My brother wants me home. See you tomorrow Care." I waved at her before running off. "See ya tomorrow Lens!"
Longest chapter I ever done for this story... I actually mean it this thing is over 2,000 words. XD Any who! Stay musical and you all rock!