Chapter 14 –  Part One

 

 

Ring…

 

 

Riiiinnngg…

 

 

Riiiiiinnnnnggggggg…

 

 

 

    A dead tone followed soon after. Dammit, she still won’t pick up. I sighed defeatedly and lay back down on my bed. After the skate park I went straight home and attempted to call Tracy. Jack was right, I couldn’t just throw away our friendship away after one bump on the road.

 

‘But it wasn’t just a bump… this isn’t one of those problems that you can just fix in a snap.’  A  voice at the back of my head nagged me.

 

   That’s true. This is the kind of problem most friendships usually end with. The beginning of change. The one thing you can’t control; when it hits there’s no telling what could happen. If the relationship, the bond, isn’t strong enough then the only thing left to do is pick up the pieces and move on..

 

    Was I such a fool to believe that my friendship with Tracy could withstand the change time brings? That the kind of bond we shared was strong enough to transcend time? Maybe it was, it used to be. But that old bond might’ve kicked me in the ass just about now. Either way, it’s worth another try. I won’t be able to have closure about this whole issue until I know I’ve at least made an effort to ‘save’ our friendship somehow. I set the phone back on it’s cradle and got off my bed. I told myself to try again tomorrow but for now……..

 

‘Welcome to LetsRockToday where everyone is stickin’ it to the man. Remember to observe proper chatting etiquette and remember, Rock ‘n’ Roll will save your soul! Rock on!!

 

This week’s news : The Lost Marbles will be performing at Gina’s Kitchen on Friday, Acoustic night. Catch them at 7pm onwards with a couple of other bands like SandwichHeads and also Pete Hammon & The Sidekicks!

 

Indie/Rock band The Sweeps have finally set up their website! Check it out here .

 

 

     The Sweeps!! I hovered my mouse on the word ‘here’ and clicked on it. The link led me to a new window and as I waited for it to finish loading the excitement and suspense began building up. I twiddled my thumbs impatiently for a few more seconds. When it finally loaded, the short paragraphs opened, followed by a gig schedule and a banner of the guys, only I couldn’t see their faces (because the picture was taken from the back). It was of four guys, one with natural wavy, dirty blond hair wearing a brown shirt, a stocky guy wearing a green jacket and had poof-y brown hair, a semi-skinny pale guy wearing a dark gray t-shirt and had messy jet-black hair with blue streaks all over and finally a guy with messy brown hair underneath his beanie, wearing a black army-looking jacket. I looked down at the menu as one of their songs called “I Take It Back” began to play. I sang along softly as I was deciding which link to click first,  but after a second or two, I clicked on Pictures.

 

     Upon loading though, there were no pictures and it only said it was temporarily unavailable and that I should check back again later. Oh well, I thought, and rather disappointedly clicked on Biography next.

 

To worsen my disappointment, the biography was only composed of one sentence:

 

“We’re just a bunch of morons who decided that playing video games and eating junk food wouldn’t get us anywhere close to being rockstars, so we decided to start a band.”

 

I laughed at the comment, thinking that it would be cool to be friends with guys like them, their humor seems to be an important part of their life, aside from the passion they have for making music. I scrolled down a little and was surprised that they had a “spoofed” list of members. It seemed o be the only thing I would learn about them at the moment, so I figured I’d read it anyway.

 

      * Afro Man – drums/back-up vocals

 

      * Gregmeister – rhythm guitar and lead vocals

   

* Saint Jimmy – bassist/back-up vocals

 

      * Greeney – lead guitar/vocals

 

 

And then it hit me.

 

JGreene has a band.

 

His last name is Greene.

 

He plays lead guitar.

 

His band plays indie/rock.

 

THE SWEEPS play indie/rock.

 

I gasped aloud and pushed myself away from the computer. (You know, it’s a good thing my computer chair has wheels, else I would’ve fallen over.)

 

It couldn’t be. Could it?

 

Did I want it to be true? Hell yes!

 

But he hasn’t said anything about it.

 

Maybe he didn’t want anyone to act differently around him… That’s usually the reason, isn’t it?

 

So what do I do now?! I continued to argue with myself.

 

I mean, I can’t really be expected to act normally when this time I’ve liked this guy who just turns out to be the guitarist of my all-time favorite band?! That is so much more appealing and I’m a teenager with unstable hormones!!

 

Okay, allow me to beat myself with my 10-pound Social Studies book now.

 

Just breathe Jenna, He probably isn’t. I mean he probably hasn’t even heard of The Sweeps his whole life!!

 

Yeah. It’s totally not him.

 

Phew! Good thing I got over that soon enough.

 

* Private message from j_greene *

 

*j_greene: Jenna? You there?

 

*j_greene: Hellooo…?

Ohmyfuckinggod. What do I do?!

 

Act normally.

 

 

*jennasredwagon : Hi..

 

 

That’s it. Be casual. Make small talk. Everything will be fine, you’ll forget about it before you eve–

 

 

*jennasredwagon : ARE YOU THE GUITARIST FROM THE SWEEPS– my ultimately favorite band of ALL TIME?!

 

 

*Ahem* I couldn’t help it okay? My hands have a life of their own, honest!