Chapter 5
"So?" Wanda began, looking at Dorothy Ann eagerly. "So what?" DA asked, puzzled. "So, what happened with you and Judd?" "He wants to see me again." DA said, blushing. "Oh my gosh!" All three girls squealed, surrounding DA. "Is he your boyfriend?" Keesha asked. "Do you like him?" Wanda asked, "umm... Guys?" Phoebe meekly asked. The girls turned in surprise. "Um... Well, yesterday, wasn't DA telling us she liked some mysterious guy?" "So?" Keesha asked. "Well, then, what happened to him?" Wanda and Keesha paused and turned back to DA. "Yeah!" They said. "What happened?" DA shrugged. "It will never work out between us." She admitted. "He prefers girls who have long legs and big breasts." "So you're settling." Wanda said. DA shrugged. "I don't know. I like Judd, and I can tell this might form something, but..." "But nothing." Keesha said. "You either choose Judd, or the mystery guy." DA closed her eyes in thought. "Judd." She finally said. "Then it's settled." Keesha concluded. "But, just who is the mystery guy?" DA winced. "Do I have to tell?" She asked. Keesha and Wanda nodded. "Come on," Phoebe said. "If DA doesn't want to tell, then..." "Carlos." DA interrupted. "What?" "The mystery guy is Carlos Ramon. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a band meeting to go to." Then she got up and left. "Oh bad!" Keesha gasped. "Oh bad! Oh bad! Bad! Bad! BAD!" "What are we going to do?" Wanda asked. "What are we going to do? What are we going to do?" "Well, we know why she was so quiet." Phoebe began. "We'll just have to let things take their natural course." While the girls were freaking out, DA had made it to Ralphie's house. "Sorry I'm late." She panted. "Not at all." Ralphie began. "Come on in." DA went upstairs to where Carlos was tuning his guitar. "Hey, DA." He said. DA nodded in response. "Okay." Ralphie began. "Drug-X did pretty good for round one. But that was just the beginning. We still need to practice for the remaining six rounds." From what I heard, the remaining two schools have bands that were pretty good, so we may have to up our game." DA went over to the computer and logged on. "What are you doing?" Carlos asked. "According to my research, YouTube has some videos." Carlos and Ralphie went over as DA found the right videos. As they watched, they felt slightly inferior at how good their competition was. "And last," the principal of Joggerbrooke announced, "Malachite!" Five guys ran upstage and DA lost a heartbeat. "Judd..." She breathed. Behind her, Carlos clenched his hands into fists. DA felt her heartbeat slightly increase as the first few guitar rifts began to play. Finally, Judd opened his mouth and began to sing.
Could you whisper in my ear
The things you wanna feel
I'd give you anythin' To feel it comin'
Do you wake up on your own
And wonder where you are?
You live with all your faults
I wanna wake up where you are
I won't say anything at all
So why don't you slide
Yeah, I'm gonna let it slide
Don't you love the life you killed?
The priest is on the phone
Your father hit the wall
Your ma disowned you
Don't supposed I'll ever know
What it means to be a man
It's somethin' I can't change
I'll live around it
I wanna wake up where you are
I won't say anything at all
So why don't you slide
Ooh, slide
And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete
Little pieces of the nothin' that fall
Oh, May
Put your arms around me
What you feel is what you are
And what you are is beautiful
Oh, May
Do you wanna get married
Or run away?
And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete
Little pieces of the nothin' that fall
Oh, May
Put your arms around me
What you feel is what you are
And what you are is beautiful
Oh, May
Do you wanna get married
Or run away?
I wanna wake up where you are I won't say anything
And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete
(Yeah, slide)
Little pieces of the nothin' that fall
(yeah slide)
And I'll do anythin' you ever dreamed to be complete
(Yeah slide)
Little pieces of the nothin' that fall
(Oh, oh slide)
Yeah, slide between the sheets of all them beds you never knew
(Yeah slide) Why don't you slide into my room
Just slide into my room
Oh, we'll run away, run away, run away
Once the song ended, and the video faded to black, Ralphie shut down the computer. "Okay." He began, slightly unconfident. "Carlos? DA? Your homework is to choose some songs. Carlos, you choose 2 you can sing, DA, you choose 3, and we'll tag team for the finale. Got it?" Carlos and DA nodded and left. "Dorothy Ann?" Carlos began. DA turned. "Wanna come over and go over the list?" DA shook her head. "Sorry, Carlos. I'd like to, but I made plans with Judd for tonight. See you tomorrow?" Carlos shrugged. "I guess." As DA ran off, Carlos stared after her. "She's just a friend." He whispered to himself. "Just a friend."