The Sounds Around Me- Emblem3 Fanfic.

Chapter 1 - The Meeting Part 1

Keaton's POV:

Beep beep beep… My alarm clock rang. I snoozed it and went back into the cozy blanket. "Come on, get up dude!" Wesley came and tore the blanket off of me. I tried to pull it back, but he didn’t budge. He started jumping on the bed too. I opened my eyes and he was right in front of me. "Rise and shine, sleeping beauty!" I hugged his legs, attempting to wrestle him. 'Why'd you have to do that?" I whined. He escaped, jumping off of the bed and whispered in my ear," 'Cause I'm your brother," he stood up, " Oh yeah, mom's making paninis."  I got out of bed immediately. Mom's paninis were to die for. "I'm coming!" Wes laughed. "Look at Keaton, always thinking about food. You better hurry or else I'll eat them all. I gasped. "Don't you even dare!" "Watch me! See ya Keat!"

Oh god. I got washed up, took Zuni, my cat, in my arms and ran to the kitchen. Wes won't be getting those paninis on my life. Over my dead body, he will. He was about to take a bite. I snatched it out of his hand and took a big bite. "Ha, dibs on all of them." I said with my mouth full. "No way little brother. Respect your elders." He laughed and stuck out his tongue.  My mom interrupted our little quarrel. "There's enough for everyone."  He gave me a little noogie and we settled our differences. Our father had already left for work. I sighed. It felt good not to go to school. The weekend was finally here. I ate three whole paninis and went skateboarding with Wes.

We just talked. We met up with our buds, Kyle, Kenny, and Drew. We usually had jam sessions on weekends. It was kind of hard to meet up sometimes because of all of the work and stuff, but we couldn’t hold back. The adrenaline of just performing is something magical.  

"Hey guys!" Wesley shouted as he walked into the band room.  "Waddup!" He gave everyone a high five and then sat down on a beanbag chair. I walked in, said hi to everyone, and sat down next to Kyle quietly. Everything got a little silent after that. I am the king of awkwardness; I don’t know if that is a good or bad thing, but it's me. Then we were a little separated; Kenny and Drew were jamming out, playing their instruments. I was talking to Kyle and Wes was checking something on his phone, probably texting.

After that break, we started to all work together and eventually practice. Drew shared one of his songs that he made up in a party in Long Beach: Sunset Boulevard. It was really good and we collaborated and created an awesome song. To be honest, I was a little shocked that he just made that song up. I mean he is one of the best songwriters I know, but wow.  If I were put on the spot, I wouldn't be able to say a word. He is a genius.

Then Wes stopped us. "Me and Drew were thinking about this. Guys, we are so damn good, we should perform and become a band instead of just sitting here, jamming in a garage. We sing, play instruments, and write our own music, and not to mention, we have a very handsome lead singer, don’t we?" he flexed his muscles and continued, "we deserve to be up there like blink182. So what do you guys think?"

We all looked at each other and agreed sort of. I eventually got a little bored of all of the serious talk so I went to play some video games and of course, eat. When I got back, they got the name: "Emblem3" That sounded pretty cool so I didn't argue against it. Drew and Wes were arguing about who came up with the name first. They could be so stupid sometimes, but their fights only lasted minutes. They would soon get bored and start to do something and they would barely remember what they were fighting about.

We started calling some local bars and restaurants around to see if we could get a gig. Thankfully, Kenny has many friends in the food business.  We finally got a place at this little restaurant around the corner, right next to Huntington Beach so that was awesome. And they sold cupcakes which was also awesome.  I was thinking of taking that girl I met yesterday. First, I wasn't thinking when I told her that I was taking her somewhere awesome. I wasn't thinking, but this was a good opportunity. I didn’t even get her name, that sucked. I, at least, hoped she would meet me today. Fingers crossed.

Well, as we were finishing up our rehearsals for tonight, I left home early  to go take a shower. Our jam sessions had a lot of hard work and sweat involved. When I came into our house, there were a tray of cupcakes. I looked to see if anyone was watching and took one. Who could resist cupcakes or any types of food anyway? After I was done, I got into the shower.  

Walking down the sidewalk, it was getting dark. I hope she was there. She just has to be. I got to the benches and………

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