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The Band Formation
0 ReviewsNot as much Frerard in this one.
To my own surprise, I actually showed up for the band practise after school that day. I was tired as hell for some reason and I just did not feel like playing. My guitar, Pansy, felt like a hundred pounds heavier than usual, as I dragged her into the music room. There I saw Gerard and a bunch of other kids. They were all obviously older than me and I felt so out of place. I noticed Gerard talking to this guy with pretty crazy hair, so I guess I should've talked to them, which I did.
"Hey Gerard..." I said hoping for a response.
"Oh... hey Frank. This is Ray Toro. Toro, meet Frank." Gerard sounded shaky as usual.
Ray Toro just looked at me for a minute, said hi, then continued talking to Gerard. I wanted to punch him so hard right now but I held back as the instructor told us to sit down and be quiet. Rambling on as usual like all the teachers do, I closed my eyes, drifting off to sleep. It felt like just a second but I was then violently awoken by Gerard calling my name. I ignored him the first few times but I knew I was there for a reason.
"What Gerard??" I questioned half-yawning.
"C'mon Frank! Get your guitar! We're gonna start."
"Oh... what? Fine. Okay."
Carefully I took Pansy out of her case and put the strap over my shoulders. God did it feel heavy. Toro and Gerard obviously saw my pink guitar pick and whispered to each other which pissed me off even more.
"Let's just get this over okay guys?" I muttered with a pissed off tone.
"Gerard. You're on mic today like always." the teacher called over to Gerard from the room.
"Okay...." Gerard said, then saying something to himself.
"Let's pick this up on that song you wrote okay Gerard? Frank, the music is infront of you. Now 1, 2, 3, 4"
I had barely a clue what I was doing. I read the music infront of me and started to play. On the other side of Gerard was Toro, playing along with me. I could tell it was just him and me playing at the moment and I knew I couldn't stop. Then the drums kicked in and Gerard began to sing. Damn was he good. I had never heard him sing ever and now I listened to him, barely grasping what I needed to play.
"Stop, stop, stop!" the teacher called.
"What happened?" Gerard asked him.
"Frank!! I know you're new but pay attention to what's happening on stage okay?"
"Sure..." I said under my breath, hoping they'd just ignore me.
"Let's pick it up from the chorus! 1, 2, 3." the teacher said as we started playing again.
I still had no idea what I was doing. Gerard's voice took over the entire room and it's all I could really hear. I didn't even think I was playing. It felt like I had been at it for hours, and when I glanced at the clock it read 3:20. Damn! I thought. Another hour and forty minutes of this shit. The next verse came up and I noticed that I had a part in vocals. If I could barely play guitar, how the fuck was I supposed to sing as well???!! At this point Ray and I were playing together and Gerard just stood there.
Suddenly Gerard's voice came back in and there came my time to do some back up. Despite singing before, I hated it anyways.
"I'm okay now..." Gerard began.
Quickly, Toro and I sang aswell, "I'm okay noww."
"Would you really listen to me? Becuase I'm telling you the truth, I really mean this, I'm OKAY!" Gerard was screaming and singing at the same time. It sounded so great.
"Trust Me." I said. It didn't even occur to me that I didn't sing that part, but Gerard continued anyways.
"I'm not okay, I'm not okay, well i'm really not okay!" Gerard kept singing.
Toro and I joined in and we ended the song.
The teacher sitting at the back was just clapping his hands. Even though I was dead tired, I secretly enjoyed every minute of it. It was like this song was made for us. The only thing that made me wonder was why we didn't have a decent bassist.
"Hey," I asked, "Why don't we got a bassist?"
The teacher made up some excuse then Gerard told me, "My brother is a pretty good bassist actually... he's in your grade I think Frank."
"What's his name?"
"Michael Way... or Mikey as most know him..." Gerard replied.
I knew that kid. He was kinda dorky, he had brown hair and glasses but he looked a whole lot like Gerard. "Oh yeah... I know him... we had a project together I think." I lied hoping Gerard would believe me.
"Okay... cool." Gerard told me. Then he asked the teacher, "You think Mikey could try out or something for the band?"
"I mean why not... Frank is in the band isn't he?" he began, "You can write another recommendation if you'd like Gerard and then I'll go down and speak with the principal."
Gerard just smiled then looked at me. I smiled back and our eyes met.
As I was packing up Pansy and getting ready to leave, Gerard asked me, "Frank... you wanna come to my house with Toro one day... just so we can like practise some more and then we can play with Mikey and see how it works..."
"Uhhhh... sure." I said kind of unsure. Gerard was a weird guy but he had this quality to him that made me feel different.
"Great. I can't wait." Gerard said and his face lit up.
We took it from the top once more and then our teacher said we could either leave or just chat among ourselves. It was no use to stick around this place and with that, I left school, lugging Pansy beside me.
"Hey Gerard..." I said hoping for a response.
"Oh... hey Frank. This is Ray Toro. Toro, meet Frank." Gerard sounded shaky as usual.
Ray Toro just looked at me for a minute, said hi, then continued talking to Gerard. I wanted to punch him so hard right now but I held back as the instructor told us to sit down and be quiet. Rambling on as usual like all the teachers do, I closed my eyes, drifting off to sleep. It felt like just a second but I was then violently awoken by Gerard calling my name. I ignored him the first few times but I knew I was there for a reason.
"What Gerard??" I questioned half-yawning.
"C'mon Frank! Get your guitar! We're gonna start."
"Oh... what? Fine. Okay."
Carefully I took Pansy out of her case and put the strap over my shoulders. God did it feel heavy. Toro and Gerard obviously saw my pink guitar pick and whispered to each other which pissed me off even more.
"Let's just get this over okay guys?" I muttered with a pissed off tone.
"Gerard. You're on mic today like always." the teacher called over to Gerard from the room.
"Okay...." Gerard said, then saying something to himself.
"Let's pick this up on that song you wrote okay Gerard? Frank, the music is infront of you. Now 1, 2, 3, 4"
I had barely a clue what I was doing. I read the music infront of me and started to play. On the other side of Gerard was Toro, playing along with me. I could tell it was just him and me playing at the moment and I knew I couldn't stop. Then the drums kicked in and Gerard began to sing. Damn was he good. I had never heard him sing ever and now I listened to him, barely grasping what I needed to play.
"Stop, stop, stop!" the teacher called.
"What happened?" Gerard asked him.
"Frank!! I know you're new but pay attention to what's happening on stage okay?"
"Sure..." I said under my breath, hoping they'd just ignore me.
"Let's pick it up from the chorus! 1, 2, 3." the teacher said as we started playing again.
I still had no idea what I was doing. Gerard's voice took over the entire room and it's all I could really hear. I didn't even think I was playing. It felt like I had been at it for hours, and when I glanced at the clock it read 3:20. Damn! I thought. Another hour and forty minutes of this shit. The next verse came up and I noticed that I had a part in vocals. If I could barely play guitar, how the fuck was I supposed to sing as well???!! At this point Ray and I were playing together and Gerard just stood there.
Suddenly Gerard's voice came back in and there came my time to do some back up. Despite singing before, I hated it anyways.
"I'm okay now..." Gerard began.
Quickly, Toro and I sang aswell, "I'm okay noww."
"Would you really listen to me? Becuase I'm telling you the truth, I really mean this, I'm OKAY!" Gerard was screaming and singing at the same time. It sounded so great.
"Trust Me." I said. It didn't even occur to me that I didn't sing that part, but Gerard continued anyways.
"I'm not okay, I'm not okay, well i'm really not okay!" Gerard kept singing.
Toro and I joined in and we ended the song.
The teacher sitting at the back was just clapping his hands. Even though I was dead tired, I secretly enjoyed every minute of it. It was like this song was made for us. The only thing that made me wonder was why we didn't have a decent bassist.
"Hey," I asked, "Why don't we got a bassist?"
The teacher made up some excuse then Gerard told me, "My brother is a pretty good bassist actually... he's in your grade I think Frank."
"What's his name?"
"Michael Way... or Mikey as most know him..." Gerard replied.
I knew that kid. He was kinda dorky, he had brown hair and glasses but he looked a whole lot like Gerard. "Oh yeah... I know him... we had a project together I think." I lied hoping Gerard would believe me.
"Okay... cool." Gerard told me. Then he asked the teacher, "You think Mikey could try out or something for the band?"
"I mean why not... Frank is in the band isn't he?" he began, "You can write another recommendation if you'd like Gerard and then I'll go down and speak with the principal."
Gerard just smiled then looked at me. I smiled back and our eyes met.
As I was packing up Pansy and getting ready to leave, Gerard asked me, "Frank... you wanna come to my house with Toro one day... just so we can like practise some more and then we can play with Mikey and see how it works..."
"Uhhhh... sure." I said kind of unsure. Gerard was a weird guy but he had this quality to him that made me feel different.
"Great. I can't wait." Gerard said and his face lit up.
We took it from the top once more and then our teacher said we could either leave or just chat among ourselves. It was no use to stick around this place and with that, I left school, lugging Pansy beside me.
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