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Title: (i haven't thought of one, comment with your suggestions) (1/?)
Author: ben_wilson_trs
Pairing: freddy/ zack
Rating: M-ish byut might change later
Summary: freddy's journal yields secrets
Author's Note: this is my first story so please be patient
Warning(s): Slash, Under age drinking.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except the plot and a few of the original characters. I expect My friend would steal Caleb if she found out about him. The rest belong to the person who created S.O.R. I don't even make money out of this, so your praise will have to do (just kidding thanks to everyone who replies).
Chapter 1
The forest was deep, luscious and silent. Silent except for the wildlife. The birds, the frogs and the insects. And the continuous strumming of a guitar. On and on and on and on and on and...
"Play that one more time and I’ll..."
"No need to swear"
"Bite me, 'Zack attack'"
"Billy could do that, 'Spazzy McGee'"
At which point, Billy stuck his head between the two quarreling band members "Hey!"
Zack went red and rubbed the back of his neck. " Sorry, didn't see you there"
Freddy just sat back and chuckled to which Billy turned round and glared at Freddy, his eyes like ice. "One word, Sequins"
Freddy shuddered "Not cool, dude"
Billy's eye twitched. "'Dude'? You'll apologize or the only way you'll be able to say 'Dude' is with a voice synthesizer.
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The bus carrying ‘School Of Rock’ to it’s final destination moved quickly along the road. Occasionally it would bounce over a tree branch or bump but it was generally a smooth ride. It’s final destination was a grouping of wood cabins.
It was next to a large lake, a hill and many trees. The whole place looked almost untouched buy modern civilization. It seemed entirely displaced in time.
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Zack and Freddy fought the was to the front of the bus, to catch there first glimpse of the place that would be home for a couple of months. They stopped and stared in wonder, only to find themselves face first in the dirt as summer pushed past.
She turned and stared as the last few passengers disembarked. In the three years since the band’s formation she had grown a lot, though to the band still saw her as annoying and controlling busy body. She looked disapprovingly at the bus, before saying in a domineering fashion "Since Dewey is passed out, I’ll have give out the room allocations, no room switching" She pulled out a list quickly reading out the rooms, so that people ended up guessing what she said. She smiled shooing them away before stepping onto the bus to awaken Dewey.
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Zack sat on his bunk and sighed, so much for a peaceful first night. Freddy was perched on the end of Zack’s bed, face thunderous, as though Billy had committed a terrible crime that had defiled the very earth he walked upon. In fact, Billy was laid on a bed by the window, completely innocent. Zack sighed again. "Freddy, calm down"
Freddy turned to Zack with a pout that would have un-prepared people feeling so sorry for him that they’d have bought him an island. Freddy realized that it hadn’t worked on Zack, so he tensed up. "I called that bed, its mine." He said before leaping at Billy. The only thing that stopped Billy getting a fist in the face was the way that Freddy’s foot caught up in the bed sheets. It pulled taut, and for a second Zack thought, it’d spring back, but that dream was crushed when it tore in two with a might ripping sound.
Freddy fell flat on his face, and he slowly stood up and his entire frame shook with anger, as he reached around for items, throwing them and smashing them in a fury equal to a hurricane. The fatalities were a few photo frames, a lone drumstick and the rest of Zack’s bed.
Zack looked on numbly. He’d heard stories from people about Freddy losing his cool, but he’d never witnessed it first hand. He saw Freddy turn towards a window and leapt into action, pinning Freddy to the ground. Suddenly the door slammed open and summer and dewey walked in. Dewey looked around once, his eyes settling on the two bodies on the floor.
"Freddy!"
Freddy suddenly came to his senses enough to hide from the persecuting glare of Dewey. He leapt into the only bed that was not either occupied or damaged and hid under the covers. He tried to sound innocent muttering "What?"
"Okay, I won’t mention the meaningless destruction, but there is no way your having that bed, you ruined the other one" Dewey said looking tired, knowing he was fighting a losing a battle.
"I’m not getting out," Freddy said angrily, as though it was he who was suffered injustice.
Zack looked at Dewey who was making a fatale mistake, he was letting himself be drawn into an argument. "Fine! Whether your in there or not, Zack is still getting in that bed."
Freddy’s head poked out, with a look of both confusion and daring. "You wouldn’t"
Dewey looked victorious. "Don’t try me, Frederick Jones"
Freddy in turn also looked victorious, "But Zack won’t go through with it"
Zack made a split second decision that was likely to change his life forever. "I’m game, are you?" He said with an eyebrow raised, challenging Freddy to react. Freddy’s eyes flickered with an unknown emotion before settling in a challenging look.
Chapter 2
"Zack? Are you sure about this?" Dewey asked. "I mean it’s not like I’m against guys bunking with guys, I remember this time with Ned… Never mind, Zack, It’s Freddy. Are you sure? " He sounded really nervous, and he kept asking the same question over again. Zack thought it was stupid to threaten someone if your not going to go through with it.
"I’ll live. Besides, imagine what’d happen if you drag him out of the bed." Zack reasoned digging through his bag for some pyjamas. He disappeared into the toilet to get changed, and Dewey simply walked away shaking his head.
A few minuets later Zack emerged from the bathroom and tried to compose himself. He knew he was being stupid, it’s not as if he’d never bunked with another guy before, what was the difference? The answer was clear in his mind. It was Freddy. He screwed his eyes shut and shook his head. He thought he’d stopped those thoughts. He should just think of him as a best friend… A best friend who he wouldn’t mind spending the rest of his life with.
Freddy was already in bed, looking annoyed, but also slightly nervous. Zack sat on the edge of the bed, making a big deal of taking his slippers off. How was he supposed to do this? Should he just lie down? Should he ask first? The over whelming urge to run took over. He accidentally caught sight of Freddy, only to watch as he suddenly started smiling, then laughing. Zack looked confused for a second, before smiling and laughing as well. They ended up on the bed looking at each other. Zack was still laughing slightly, but he saw Freddy mouth something. It almost looked like he said cute.
Zack crawled under the covers suddenly exhausted. The problem suddenly became rather apparent. There were two of them, and no matter how skinny they were, it was still a single bed. It started innocently enough, with no maliciousness, Zack’s leg touched Freddy’s. Freddy twitched away, only to crack his arm of the wall. "Move up" he muttered, pushing Zack away. Zack was, unfortunately, on the edge of the bed and so he fell off.
A scuffle quick erupted, as both were sleep deprived from the long ride. Nobody was hurt, of course. They ended up falling asleep half way through the fight, with Zack all but laid on top of Freddy, with his legs holding Freddy’s to the bed. Even in there sleep, they slowly turned to a more comfortable position.
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Zack woke up and was almost instantly happier than he had been in forever. There was no school, no parents and no worries. That was when he noticed it. An arm was almost casually slung around his waist, pulling him close to a sleeping body. His shirt had ridden up in the night and the skin on skin contact was causing an embarrassing reaction. He closed his eyes and tried to calm down.
Freddy woke up and thought he was still asleep. He looked down and saw that Zack Mooneyham was in his arms; Zack wasn’t angry … or conscious from the looks of it. It was Freddy’s dream come true… not the unconscious bit, but beggars can’t be choosers. He didn’t like to admit it but he was gay. He’d been gay for as long as he could remember, whilst most boys want to play kissy cats with girls, he wanted to know why he couldn’t just play with the other boys. Freddy pulled his arm tighter and murmured sleepily. "Morning."
Zack’s mind took a few seconds to take in the information. Freddy was holding him, and Freddy knew about it, did that mean … no, he wouldn’t get his hopes up. Already hating his decision, he jumped out of bed dragging the covers with him. "Your awake? But with the arm and the…" He couldn’t think straight and so he ran into the toilet ashamed of himself.
The second Billy was sure that Zack was staying in the toilet he turned over and looked Freddy up and down. "You look happy with yourself" He joked.
Billy and Freddy were old friends. They’d met after Freddy’s parents had found out, about his gayness. His parents sent him to a group that was supposed to help him deal with this new turn in his life and make sure it wasn’t just a phase. They weren’t against it, but they knew how difficult it would be for him to change his mind later.
Freddy turned on his back staring at the ceiling. A wide grin split his face. "Why wouldn’t I be?" He asked still grinning, "I just woke up next to Zack… God I love saying that. You’d be happy as well" He finished pointedly only to draw a snort from the other boy.
"Please! You might but I prefer something a little less… brooding" Billy said with a grin. He quickly got dressed and upon noticing that Freddy wasn’t moving, he gathered Freddy some clothes before dumping them on his stomach. "Get dressed Romeo, or you’ll have Katie staring again"
Freddy quickly changed under the covers. "That was your fault, do you know what I had to persuade her to stop drooling at me!" He said half angry, half joking.
Billy shook his head "Why do you keep pretending that your straight, you know they might figure it out when you introduce them to your boyfriend." He said sensibly.
Freddy snorted. "That’s fixed, I’ll just never introduce them to my boyfriend" He said in a slightly singsong voice.
"Oh? What if you get Zack? You wouldn’t be able to hug him or be close to him in practice. You would have to come up with a reason why you’re always with him." Billy said, clearly winning the argument.
Freddy looked set to continue the argument, only to stop short when Zack walked through the door, looking ashamed of himself. He avoided looking at Freddy, Grabbing some clothes and quickly changed in the bathroom. Freddy stared at the door so hard that Billy was sure it would erupt into fire or Freddy would suddenly be able to look straight through it.
"Did he…?" Billy started, only for Freddy to cut him off.
"Shhh, You’ll ruin the moment."
Chapter three
Zack was trying to listen, he really was, but his eyes kept drifting over to Freddy and the world would melt around him. Then his heart would start beating like mad, his hands would get shaky and a certain part of his anatomy would respond. Then he’d hit a wrong note and the world would come crashing back in. Dewey was starting to babble, which showed how bad it had gotten.
Summer was confused, which was rare. The band as a whole was playing at it’s usual standard, except for Zack. It was as if he was distracted, but Zack always put his whole body and soul into the music. She saw the warning signs in Dewey, but was still shocked when he started shouting at Zack. And Zack wasn’t getting better, if anything he was getting worse.
Dewey forgot all about the secret and shouted at Zack. "For god sake, you better get better or we’ll never win. The music came to a shrieking stop, with one of Freddy’s drumsticks spiralling out of his hand and thumping heavily into the ground. Summer blinked for a second, and then her face grew dark as if a giant thundercloud had come to loom over her. Dewey swallowed a lump n his throat. "Oops"
Slowly, people started to step in behind Summer. Freddy, who had scrambled out for his drumstick, was at the forefront. He looked like he severely wanted to smash something. Summer glared, before saying in a quiet tone, "Win what Dewey?" She slowly took a step forward "You said no secrets"
Dewey gave the impression of a caged animal. His eyes darting from side to side as the band slowly surrounded him. "It wasn’t a secret, more of a hidden agenda" He said through dry lips. It felt like this was the last straw, that they were going to throw him out. "Look, there was a letter a week ago, about a music competition. Well at the time, I passed, but then I found out that there was this prize for the band that won. I don’t know what it is but…" He trailed off
Freddy quickly jumped in "So, you told us it was a holiday, I get that. But, how were you planning about getting around the whole competition bit? I might be a bit dense but I’m pretty sure someone would have cottoned on." Dewey simply shook his head in defeat. Suddenly his phone rang and he went to answer it, only to have Freddy snatch it out of his hand and throw it to Summer who quickly answered it
"Hello, this is Summer, band manager of school of rock … Oh? He did, did he? Well. I’ll have a word with him later. … Why thank you, you also sound very professional…" She listened contently for a second before nodding "Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. We here at school of rock, pride ourselves on our sense of fair play. Surely, we could find room… No, I wont hear of it! If people are already bunking together… Could you put him on the phone? … Hello, this is Summer… Wow, you’ve heard of me, I’m touched … oh? …" She gave a little girly laugh that completely undermined the soberness of the situation. She stopped after a second, looking serious again "Now, I’ve heard you think you’d be intruding here … Well, that’s normal, but you don’t have to be nervous… well, if you don’t mind bunking with him, then sure … No they’re not why would you..? …Oh, well we have a person of similar persuasions here … Is the guy your bringing your … oh right, that’s fine… Well of course, I can pick you up …Aww, I’ll be right over … Au
She shut the phone off and then sighed. She whispered something to Katie who squeaked in surprise and all of a sudden, all of the girls were in a big group whispering to each other. The boys all looked on confused, and Freddy tried not to lose his temper. He walked towards them taking deep calming breaths. Even so, when he talked, his voice was strained as he smiled and said. "Summer? Care to fill us in?"
She looked confused for a second before grinning. "Oh sorry, well you, Zack and Billy are getting a couple of new room mates"
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Billy and Freddy were sat in the toilet. Freddy looked like he was about to burst into tears. "The interfering busy body! She’ll ruin everything" He choked slightly before carrying on angrily "Me and Zack won’t be able to get close if we have two weirdoes looking over our shoulders"
Billy looked sympathetic, though not getting close. He knew about Freddy’s tendency to lash out when he was sad or angry. "I could distract them. Besides you’d get to sleep with zack again" It was slightly underhanded of him, but even mentioning that didn’t effect Freddy’s mood.
Freddy furiously stomped his feet. He looked twice as angry as summer had been. "Yeah, but you’ve seen him. He won’t look at me! He won’t want me near him, never mind cuddling him"
Billy was out of ideas; he couldn’t help what came next. He laughed. After that one, he couldn’t stop himself. "Freddy Jones wants to cuddle," He snorted. Seeing the hurt look on Freddy’s face, he couldn’t himself. He lent down and cuddled him. "Remember what we promised each other?"
Freddy glared at him "That we’d never laugh at each others misfortune? Because I’m pretty sure we’ve broken that one."
Billy smiled slightly "No, that we’d help each other no matter who the other person had a crush on"
Freddy nodded and sniffed. He pulled out his backpack. "In that case, you’ll come up with a fool proof way for me to get Zack. I think we’re on attempt number 510" He said, pulling out a pad of paper. The first page was a detailed sketch of Zack, which showed that each line had been drawn with love. That was followed by a couple of songs, a short story and a written account of all 510 attempts so far.
Billy looked thoughtful for a moment. "Truth or dare?" He suggested only to be laughed into silence. "What?" He asked angrily after a few seconds.
Freddy composed himself. "That was attempts… 18, 76, 119, 231 and 475" He quickly counted before waiting for Billy to justify this idea.
Billy was quick to defend his idea. "This time it’ll work, trust me. We have alcohol, there’s no one around, and Zack won’t want to look like a chicken in front of the other guys. Besides, what happens on holiday stays on holiday."
Freddy was starting to agree with Billy but still wasn’t sure. "What if Zack doesn’t want to? I mean I don’t want to force him into it."
Billy cocked an eyebrow. "We know he’s gay. Have you seen his room recently? Half naked band posters are on the wall. He Dvd Collection is basically in two catergories: Action films where at some point a guy is topless ,or , Soppy romances. " Freddy still didn’t look convinced. "Just trust me" Billy said, trying desperately not to divulge Zack’s privacy.
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One-Year Ago
"I’m not" A slurred voice came from the stairs as Billy struggled to get Zack to bed.
"Yes, You are drunk, Zack. I found the bottles, if your not drunk then I’m taking you for medical testing. How did you manage to get to the couch after that many?" Billy was getting angry. Luckily, depending on how you looked at it, Zack’s parents were out of town again. Billy had seen Zack through his living room window, as they lived next door.
Zack sighed as if he was trying to explain something to a two year old. "If ii were drunk, I’d tell you all my secrets. Like, how I didn’t lose hat outfit you made me, it’s at the back of the closet…Heh, closet, imagine me, the closet gay, talking about a closet."
Billy looked at Zack strangely. "Zack, I’ll ignore you said that as your drunk."
Zack looked wounded and as he collapsed on the bed, he closed his eyes and folded his arms. "I’m gay… And there is a slight chance I’m drunk."
Billy sighed and shook his head. "Zack your drunk. I’m not going to listen to your confessions as a few minuets ago, you told me you were going to go solo and sing to 5 year olds about sex ed."
Zack pouted. "I am! I’ll prove it! I’ll …" He trailed off, and for a second Billy thought he’d fallen asleep, so he lent in and put the covers over Zack. Zack suddenly sprung up and kissed Billy on the lips sloppily. "Nice" He murmured before he fell asleep, not bothering to get undressed.
Billy suddenly was attacked by several emotions. Anger. Confusion. Hurt. He quickly ran home and told his mom that Zack was sad and that he was going to keep an eye on him. His mom instantly agreed. So, that night, Billy slept in a chair beside Zack’s bed.
The Next Day
Billy was the first to wake up. HE quickly started breakfast, put on some Saturday morning cartoons and waited for Zack to make his way down the stairs. Zack ate in silence, before sitting with Billy, laughing at the idiotic cartoons. They did routine stuff as though both were in shock. When it came time for Billy to go, Zack hugged him on the doorstep, leaning in and whispering in his ears words that’d haunt Billy forever, making him Zack’s confident.
"I remember it all, and I meant it all"
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revoir"
Please be forewarned. I have written this much because I’ve been of school ill. It’s likely to slow dramatically. I have a few more chapters wrote, but I end up changing things when I type it up. I think a chapter a week should be about right. So any comments or anything you’d like to point out, review and let me know. The first 5 nice reviewers (to which I mean, not telling me I’m wasting my life or ridiculing me) will get a dedication. Sorry if that sounds a bit snappy but it’s happened before, and basically if I get a lot of very negative comments … well you’d be lucky to get a chapter a year.
… Wow, that was only supposed to be a few words o.0;
Ben
(p.s. If anyone wants to read my na-no-wri-mo …. Well I’m still finishing it, but drop me a line and I’ll show it you so far)