Ready To Rock!
By Amyra Akhtar
Hey guys, Mackenzie here!
Today was CRAZY!..
I woke up, brushed my hair, put on jeans and a cute shirt, then grabbed my backpack and headed to school.
Nature ran up to me, grinning.
‘Hey, Mac!! Guess what?? I got a great idea. I already talked to Lucia and Bubblegum about it. How about..we start a band!’
I squealed. ‘YES!’ I giggled.
‘Great!’ Squealed Nature. ‘I’m on guitar, Lucia’s on drums, Bubblegum’s dancing, and you’re singing!’
I flipped my hair and smiled. ‘Cool! My house after school today, okay? We need to start practicing!!’
‘Okay!’ She grinned.
After school, we all headed to my house.
‘Okay,’ I said. ‘Let’s start with a normal pop song. How about..Shake It Off by Taylor Swift?’
‘YES!’ Everyone agreed.
Nature strummed the chord of her guitar, and I burst into singing while Lucia beat the drums and Bubblegum busted some cool hip-hop moves. We were AMAZING!
We finished, and high-fived each other while my mom appeared in the doorway with hot chocolate.
‘Wow,’ She smiled. ‘You guys sound great! You know what, girls? You should play at your middle-school graduation party this weekend!’
When we were sitting on the bed, Lucia chimed in. ‘You know, Mackenzie, your mom HAS a point! We should play at that party! We could increase our band!’
‘Yes,’ Nature said, sipping her hot chocolate. ‘It would be great exposure!’
Bubblegum whipped her head around to look at me. I nodded. ‘Let’s do it!’
We wrote some pretty cool lyrics for a song, and then tried it out. We sounded better than amazing!!
‘Let’s do this!’ I said.
‘Wait!’
We all whipped around to look at Bubblegum. ‘What should we name our band?’
‘Ooh!’ I chirped. ‘How about..hmm..oh YES!- CLUB FAVE!’
They all turned toward me.
‘I’ve been thinking about it for days,’ I admitted. ‘That’s what I call US. CLUB FAVE. Because we all have different hobbies..’ I explained.
‘CLUB FAVE..’ Lucia pondered. ‘I like it!’
‘Me too!’ Bubblegum chirped.
Nature winked. ‘It’s got a nice ring to it!’
I clapped my hands together, grinning. ‘Back to rehearsal, girls!!’
xxx
It was the big day! Finally!
I dressed in my cutest, coolest outfit, and spent an hour straightening my hair. I applied blush and red cherry lip gloss, and I looked AMAZING!
My friends looked gorgeous too. Bubblegum especially- she was beautiful and all, but normally never embraced it. Her hair was opened and straightened as well, and she wore the prettiest pink lip gloss I’d seen. Her eyes were laden with mascara, and she wore glittery silver shorts and a red plaid crop-top shirt.
We all hugged for good luck, and then strutted out onto the stage. When Marcus looked my way, his jaw dropped, and he whispered to Theo, Jackson and Jasper, who quickly looked our way as well, smiling madly. I blushed.
The opening beats of Lucia’s drum rang in my ears, and my voice burst out in waves. I washed out the boos from Lisa’s gang, I washed out the yelps and excited shrieks, the clapping, the audience singing along, and only heard our band. My voice rose higher, and then the noise came to a stop. My eyes flapped open to scan the crowd. Nothing. Only jaws dropped.
Suddenly, the deafening roar of applause washed over the hall. I beamed, and tears sprung from my eyes. Turning to my friends, I saw excited smiles and sobs.
Backstage, I leaped into my friends’s arms and tears dripped down my face happily.
‘Thank you, guys,’ I whispered. ‘For practically everything.’
They hugged me back.
And nothing could ruin that precious moment.
Not even Lisa.
xxx