Tangled

Chapter Five

Chapter Five

Walking down the narrow corridor of her school, Tatum hurried towards the exit. While everyone else was excited for the last Friday before summer vacation, she was worried about getting to Parker's house in time. Apparently, their new music video had reached over 500,000 views on Youtube. Pure happiness flowed throughout her when she received the news via text message. Now all that was left to do was see it for herself. Just as Tatum was about to push open the door and walk out into the humid Australian air, a hand on her shoulder stopped her. She turned around urgently, ready to tell the person, whoever they were, that she was in a rush.

"Hey, Tatum," a blonde haired boy by the name of Jason greeted. "I'm glad I caught you before you left."

She returned his charming smile with one of her own that wasn't as charming. She liked Jason enough, actually, he had been her crush last year, but right now, she couldn't be bothered with anyone. Especially old crushes. "Uh, hi Jason. I'm really sorry, but I'm kind of in a hurry and I have to go--"

He put his hands up in the air, grinning. "Whoa, don't let me stop you. I just wanted to congratulate you and the band on the success. They sound better and better every passing day. You're doing a great job."

This time, Tatum did smile for real. No one passes up a chance to get appreciated. "Thank you. But it's not all me. They work really hard."

"I can tell," he replied, "now go on, I don't want you to be late for whatever it is that you're chasing."

Waving a quick goodbye in her direction, Jason turned around and walked back to where he had come from. Tatum shrugged and ran off towards Elliot's waiting car. He unlocked the doors and she hopped in. Within minutes, they arrived at Parker's house. Denver and Tommy were already present, strewn lazily across Parker's big bed. They seemed to be having a thumb war.

"Okay, we're here!" Elliot announced, running through the bedroom door with Tatum by his side.

Parker grinned and set everyone down at the edge of his bed where they all had a clear view of his old computer. He had been meaning to get a new one, but whenever he thought about it, the money situation made him trash that idea as soon as it surfaced. The screen flickered on and Parker typed in their band's name on the Youtube search. Sure enough, the first video was the one for Wake Up! It's Summer. They all leaned in closer, as if they didn't already have a good enough view. They were just really excited. Parker opened up the video and sure enough, right under it, was the big numbers that had them all in a twist for the past few hours.

"Oh my God," Tatum exclaimed, grinning wildly. "This is big. This is huge. This is massive!"

"This is amazing," Denver added, blinking a few times to make sure this was real. "We've never gotten that many views before. Ever."

"Check where the views are all from!" Elliot said, making Parker do just that.

They all leaned in a bit closer. Any more, and they were sure to fall off the edge. But it is not as if they would care. They were much to engrossed with the fact in front of them.

"A lot of them are from around Australia, some from the UK and...America, too." Parker recalled, reading off the screen. "Actually, there are a lot from America."

"Read the comments," Tommy began jumping up and down. "Read all of them."

Parker shook his head. "There are hundreds! We'll be here all afternoon reading them."

"That's okay, it's not like we have anything better to do." Tommy replied, glancing at his friends. "Right? You are all just going to go home. We might as well..."