Act One, Scene One (Brendon & Braxton)

[Charlie Doucette]

Charlie carried her acoustic guitar case in her right hand as she headed to the band hall, where her and Brendon had agreed to meet for their first rehearsal. In her other hand was a notepad and a pen. She opened the doors to the empty room and set her guitar case down on the ground, bending down to open it with her back to the door.

[Brendon Wheeler]

Brendon pushed open the door, and burst through, guitar in tow. "Are you ready to rock tonight?" He yelled, grinning at Charlie.

[Charlie Doucette]

Charlie smiled and turned around to look at Brendon. She held up the rock symbol with two of her fingers and stuck out tongue. She laughed and leaned her guitar against the wall. "Hey."

[Brendon Wheeler]

He walked over to her, gave her a kiss on the cheek and walked to the music library to get an amplifier. He pulled one out and plugged in his guitar. "Okay. Do we have any music?" He asked, laughing.

[Charlie Doucette]

Charlie grabbed her guitar and pulled out a chair. She sat down and layed her guitar in her lap, resting her head against it. She laughed, "Hmm not yet." She said with a smile.

[Brendon Wheeler]

"Hey, how about this song?" Brendon asked handing her the music to one of his favorite songs, F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X. He started playing the guitar part to it and sang a few lyrics for her.

[Charlie Doucette]

Charlie read over the lyrics and chords while he sang it and shrugged. "I was thinking more along these lines." She said as she reached into her guitar case to pull out some lyrics she wrote the night before in her dorm. She handed them to Brendon and began to move her hands along the frets and strummed against the strings of her guitar, then started singing the words. Once she had finished, she looked up at Brendon for a response.

[Braxton McKenneth]

[/b] He asked.[/size][/ul][/color]

[Brendon Wheeler]

"Band practice," Brendon answered simply, looking at Charlie with a panicked expression. Braxton was his best friend and Charlie was his girlfriend, but the two of them didn't get along too well.

[Charlie Doucette]

Charlie looked up only to see Braxton McKenneth come inside. She rolled her eyes and looked over at Brendon. "Yeah, which means you can leave now." She replied.

[Braxton McKenneth]

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"Band? What band?" He asked. "And I don't have to leave so bite me." He said, turning his head towards Charlie.[/ul][/size][/color]

[Brendon Wheeler]

"Er - our band." Brendon shrugged and gestured to Charlie. This wasn't going to be pleasant. But, Braxton was a good bass player... Charlie wouldn't want him in the band, though. He sighed.

[Charlie Doucette]

Charlie rolled her eyes and set her guitar down, wishing Braxton would just leave them alone, but he always seemed to pop up at the worst times.

[Braxton McKenneth]

[/b] He asked Brendon.[/ul][/size][/color]

[Brendon Wheeler]

"Sure, that'd be awesome, man," Brendon said, without thinking. He frowned when he looked at Charlie and gave her a 'please don't shoot me' smile.