Beat To My Drums | C. Delgado

Lets Start A Band

(Y/n) POV

I ended up the next day getting a text from Stella while I was in class 'Fluke or destiny? We need to talk' after school everyone met us at a pizza place close by. "We talked about this, It's not gonna happen," Mo tells Stella shaking her head.

"Sure it is. I signed us up for Rising Star this morning." Stella tells everyone as we start to dig into the pizza that was just brought over to the table.

"Oh, we're not experienced enough." Charlie comment

"Which is why I also signed us up for Halloween Bash." Stella says as she digs into her slice of pizza

Everyone looks at Stella in disbelief, Wen being the first to speak up " What? Well, how'd you pull that off?"

"It's amazing what a principal will agree to if he thinks his new 'problem student' is channeling her energy into something productive," Stella tells everyone

"Stella, goofing around in detention does not make us a band," Mo tells her proving a point.

"So, we'll practice." She tell everyone before turning over to Charlie "You have real drums, right?"

Charlie looks at her and nods his head "Yeah."

Stella smiles and turn to everyone else "See? I didn't even know that."

Mo laughs at her comment while I look over at Stella "Okay, so what are we gonna play?"

"You could write our songs," Wen says to me and Olivia, I shrug my shoulders and nod my head I always have song idea's that my brother won't listen to.

Olivia looks over at us all in disbelief "Me?"

Wen nods his head "Yeah, that one you did the other day was pretty amazing."

"That was nothing, I...I think I'm gonna be sick." Oliva says before hunching over a little bit in her chair.

Mo sets down her pizza and looks at Stella "Wait. We can't play the Bash, Mudslide Crush is playing."

Stella responds to Mo "And we are opening for them."

"Yeah!" Wen and Stella high-five

"I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I don't want to be some random face in a yearbook or a kid people vaguely recall passing in the halls. I want to be heard." Stella tells everyone "Wen, and I are in, who's with us?"

Mo sighs "I'll give it a shot."

Stella smiles "Really?"

Mo nods her head "But only if everyone else agrees, just one practice, if it works, great. If not, I'm out."

"All right." Wen nods his head

"Okay." Stella cheers silently to herself

We then look back at Olivia as she sips on her drink, Olivia looks at us a Wen leans over to her "Come on, say you'll try, please."

"It'll be so much fun" Stella say before she starts to beg "Pretty, pretty please.Sugar on top!"

"You will have so much fun!" Wen smiles over at Olivia

Olivia looks over at us begging and finally gives in "Oh! Okay, okay.I'll do it."

"Yes! Yes!" Stella throws her hands up in the air feeling accomplished

"It'll be great." Mo pats Olivia on the shoulder

They then look at me "Sure what do I have to lose" the group smiles

We then turn over to Charlie waiting for his response, he sighs and pulls out a quarter "You know what? Heads, we do it. Tails, we don't." he flips the coin over and we all lean in and smile at what we see.