All Was Golden In The Sky [13/20]
An hour and a half later, Emma, Lilly, Gina, Diane, Pete, Spencer, Jon, Ryan and I had all squeezed into Spencer’s basement where Spencer kept his instruments (mainly because it was the best place for his drums). Spencer was always into bands so he had a few microphones, guitars and bass’ of his own. Ryan preferred using his own guitar though so ran upstairs to our new room and got his Strat out. We all plugged in and tested our instruments, tuning where needed. I did a few vocal warm-ups.
“Guys...” Ryan said.
“Yeah?” Jon asked whilst tuning a string.
“JON IS TUNING HIS G-STRING” Ryan shouted, bursting out laughing. Everyone looked at Jon and started laughing as well.
“Oh ha-ha guys, like I haven’t heard that before!” Jon said, laughing despite himself.
“No but seriously, we have nothing to play” Ryan giggled. We stopped laughing.
“Oh shit, I forgot about that haha” I laughed.
“Well, what does everyone know?” Gina asked us. We all looked at each other whilst thinking.
“Do you know Sweet Child O’ Mine by Guns N’ Roses?” Ryan asked us, I nodded, of course I did.
“Yeah roughly, I’ll pick it up though” Jon said.
“No, but I’ll easily make a beat for it at the moment” Spencer said. We all nodded.
“Okay, be right back ill go get my guitar, Ryan you’re taking lead right?” I asked. He nodded and started tuning up for the guitar part. I ran up the basement stairs, past Spencer’s mum and up the proper stairs, into our room, picked up my guitar case, ran out the room, back down the stairs, past Spencer’s mum again who laughed, back down the basement stairs and into the basement.
“That was quick Bren” Emma laughed.
“I ran all the way” I laughed, grabbing a bottle of water that was on the table and downed half of it. I put it back on the table then took my guitar out, plugging it into the amp and tuning up.
“Okay, let’s just go for it and hope it sounds good” Jon laughed.
“Wooooo go you guys!” The girls and Pete cheered. We laughed and Ryan started playing. We all joined in where we were supposed to and so far things were running smoothly. I cleared my throat quickly and started singing. I heard Ryan’s guitar glitch slightly and smugness flooded through me.
We managed to get all the way through it, with an absolute killer solo from Ryan. I was so proud of him, he’s an epic guitarist.
“That was awesome guys, we defiantly have some competition” Diane clapped.
“Pssh” Emma laughed. We put down our instruments and swapped positions with the girls.
“Show us what you’ve got then girls” Spencer grinned. We sat down on the sofa, Ryan next to Pete, me next to Ryan and Spencer and Jon on either arms of the sofa.
Emma picked up Ryan’s guitar, Gina picked up the bass, Lilly got behind the drums and Diane took the microphone off the stand.
“Right, what are we playing?” Lilly asked, taking a gulp of water. I put my hand on Ryan’s leg as the girls discussed. He smiled at me and laced our fingers together.
“Do you think they have anything on us?” Jon whispered to us.
“Pssh, no. Anyway we’ll ask Pete later who he thinks is better” I laughed.
“What if I lie?” Pete grinned.
“I’ll rape you”
“Is that a threat or a promise” He asked.
“Whatever you want it to be” I smirked.
“Excuse me” Ryan laughed, tightening his hold on my hand.
“I love yoooou” I sung to him.
“As you should” He said, kissing me.
“Once you guys have stopped gaying it up, we’re gunna play The Sharpest Lives by My Chemical Romance” Diane smiled. We all nodded, I gave Ryan a quick kiss before they started playing.
Emma came in with the guitar and they all kicked off. Admittedly they were awesome, of course they were. And they were all hot so that's a bonus. I could hear Ryan quietly singing to himself, he had quite a love for My Chem. They got all the way through without making mistakes, which is odd for the first time...
“Wait, you can’t be that good for first time you’ve played together” I said when they had finished. They all grinned.
“You’ve played before!” Ryan accused.
“Of course we have, we want to win, we’re not gunna leave it until late minute, we’ve practised like 3 times already” Gina laughed putting down her bass.
“Oh you’re sneaky” Jon grinned at her. She shrugged and winked at him.
“Well Pete, who do you think was better?” Spencer asked. Pete’s eyes widened.
“Oh my god, on the spot much?! Both bands were awesome!” He laughed.
“Okay okay, who do you think is most likely to win? You’ve been in a band before, you know the deal with it all” Diane asked. He pondered for a moment.
“Well, the girls were seriously really good, and you’re all totally hot, even though it’s about the music, but the guys had that killer solo and even though they gotta write their own things, I think they really have a knack for the whole band thing” Pete explained. We all nodded taking this in.
“Any advice for us?” I asked.
“Well, for more chance of winning you have to write your own material right? Well I’d say start writing it quite early, because it isn’t as easy as you want it to be. Don't bother covering bands for practise, go straight into writing your own shit” Pete said.
“Okay, who’s any good at writing lyrics?” Spencer asked us guys. I shook my head and so did Jon.
“I'm alright I guess” Ryan said, shrugging.
“Okay, well we will help each other out, but Ryan you’re main lyricist.” Spencer said, Ryan nodded and smiled. I squeezed his hand softly and kissed it.
“How about us?” Diane asked the girls.
“Err, I suck at lyrics personally, I just like hitting drums haha” Lilly grinned.
“Right on” Spencer said, high fiving her.
“Well I’m alright” Gina said. Emma nodded.
“Yeah I could give it a go” She said.
“And I'm alright as well, so basically we will all work together to write lyrics, Lilly you can just help when you feel you can” Diane laughed, Lilly grinned and nodded.
“Wow, this was such an awesome idea for music to do,” I said, “Look how focused we are on it!”
“They probably knew we would enjoy taking matters into our own hands and even though it’s quite a challenge, it’s different and fun” Ryan said.
“Yeeeeah. I love music” Jon grinned.
“Don't we all” Emma laughed.
“Wow, sorry Pete we’re talking about school, we’re leaving you out like a bitch” Lilly said. Pete smiled and shook his head.
“I don't mind at all, this is important, I just like helping where I can” He said.
“Awesome, just tell us if you feel left out at all or if you get bored of us” Lilly smiled.
“Haha will do” He smirked.
3 hours of writing lyrics and practising later, Gabe and William walked through the basement door.
“Hey guys, how’s practise going?” Gabe smiled, sitting down next to Lilly and putting his arm around her, which she shrugged off with a smirk.
“Really good actually” I smiled, looking at the guys.
“Yeah we got some lyrics going at the moment” Jon said gesturing to Ryan who was sitting in the corner, pencil to paper. Gabe walked over to him and sat down whilst Spencer Jon and I jammed a little.
“Hey Gabey baby” Ryan said, using his pet name for Gabe.
“Sup, how are the lyrics going?” Gabe asked.
“They’re alright actually, I'm better at this then I thought” Ryan laughed. Gabe grinned and held out his hand.
“Let’s have a look then”
“They aren’t finished, but here you go” Ryan said, passing Gabe the sheet he was working on.
Watch your mouth, oh oh oh because your speech is slurred enough,
that you just might swallow your tongue,
I’m sure you’d want, want to give up the ghost with just a little more poise then that.
Or was it God who chokes in these situations, running late?
No, no he called in
Or was it God who chokes in these situations
No, no he called in
The hospice is a relaxing get away-
“Ryan...these are really good, and I mean REALLY good.” Gabe said, handing the sheet back.
“Thanks, for the next line I'm thinking of something like ‘where you’re a cut above all the rest, sick and sad patients on first name basis with all the top physicians’” Ryan said, beginning to write that down.
“Ry...who are these lyrics about?” Gabe asked. Ryan looked up at him, a hint of sadness in his eyes.
“My dad” Ryan said bluntly. Gabe nodded and put a hand on his shoulder.
“Keep at it Ryro, they’re awesome” He said before standing up and coming back over to us.
“Is Ryan alright?” I asked him. Gabe smiled and nodded.
“Yeah, I didn’t realise he was such a good lyricist man” Gabe said. I nodded.
“Me neither, but ya know. Some people are naturals I guess” I said.
“Yeah” Gabe agreed.
“So how did your band go?” I asked whilst putting Ryan’s guitar away for him, we were calling it a day. Gabe shrugged as he helped put the microphones away.
“It was good, it’s kinda weird not hanging with you guys like every moment of the day, but it was fun and we’re quite good if I say so myself. We have a keytarist man, and she’s hot!” Gabe laughed. I grinned and zipped up Ryan’s case.
“Not as hot as Lilly though?” I asked him.
“Oh of course not, no one is as hot as Lilly. She wants me, she just doesn’t realise it” Gabe sighed. I put a comforting hand on his shoulder.
“Dude, just go tell her how you feel, it’s worth a shot” I suggested. Gabe smiled and looked up at me. Well I say look up but he’s about 3 inches taller than me.
“I show her every day, she doesn’t care” He said.
“Yeah because you kinda make it look like a joke Gabe. You’re all flirty and funny, but have you ever actually been serious about the way you feel about her?” I asked him. He was silent. Haha I was on top of things here.
“No I haven’t” He finally said. I smiled and shoved him slightly.
“Go for it...now” I said. Gabe grinned and slapped his cheeks a bit.
“Okay, Gabey Baby is in action” He smirked, spun round and walked up to Lilly. She looked at him and smiled.
“Alright Gabe?” She asked.
“Hey, Lils can I talk to you please, like, upstairs or something?” He asked, not sounding as confidant as when he was talking to me. Emma nudged her softly.
“Yeah sure” She said, getting off the sofa and following Gabe up the stairs.