Battle Of The Bands

Chapter Nineteen

Bert walked into the house to find Chad, Aaron, and James fast asleep on the couch. He saw Cecily in the kitchen, making some food. "Where's Alex?" he asked, Tad right behind him.

"In his room," Tad replied.

"What happened to the other guys?"

"They got drunk," Cecily explained. She also explained what happened while he was gone.

"Wow," Bert said. "I didn't know they would do that. I didn't even know we had alcohol in the house."

"Maybe you should get some sleep," Cecily said. "You haven't slept in a while."

"I'm not tired," he said.

"But-"

"I said I'm not tired!" he yelled. "Just leave me alone!"

"Okay," Cecily said as she watched Bert walk away. "What are we going to do with him?"

"I have no idea," Tad said sighing.
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A week passed with nothing happening. Cecily and Tad stayed with them to make sure nothing happened to them because they knew how important music was to the boys. Then, another week passed. Again, nothing happened. Another week passed and finally, something happened. The boys watched Battle of the Bands each night it was on and Toby announced that polling was opening.

"Since there are only four bands left, the show has set up voting for choosing one band to come back. You, the audience will get to choose which band comes back. But, there is a catch," Toby said. The boys looked at each other. "When this band comes, one band will have leave so there is still four."

Total Warning sighed in relief. "Now, the bands that you can vote for is Kings of Crimson, Dolly Pop, Magma, and Total Warning. You will have until Friday to vote because that is when I will announce who is coming back."

The boys grinned. "You guys better vote for us," Aaron said to Tad and Cecily.

"I will only vote for you guys just to get you out of the house," Cecily said.

"Sister!" Chad said. "How rude!"

"What about you Tad?" Alexander asked.

"You know I'll vote for you," he said, grinning.

"Well, we better practice singing 'cause we haven't sang in weeks," James said.

"Yeah," Bert said as Aaron nodded.

"What should sing?" Aaron asked.

"Apologize," Bert said. "We can just use YouTube."

"Okay." Alexander got his phone and pulled YouTube up.

"I'm holdin' on a rope
Got me ten feet off the ground
I'm hearing what you say
But I just can't make a sound (Oh yea..)

They tell me that you mean it
Then you go and cut me down
But wait
You tell me that your sorry
Didn't think I'd turn around 
And say

That it's too late to apologize
It's too late
Said it's too late to apologize
It's too late

I take another chance, take a fall, take a shot from you
I need you like a heart needs a beat
It's not from you (Yeaaaa)
I loved you with a fire red and I was turnin' blue
And to say
Sorry like the angel
Heaven let me think was you
But I'm afraid

It's too late to apologize
It's too late
Said it's too late to apologize
It's too late

It's too late to apologize
It's too late
Said it's too late to apologize
It's too late