bionic besties 1 | lab rats

The One With the Concert in a Can

Zadie's POV:
I walked into school with Delta and Bree and saw Adam and Chase hanging out with some guy I'd never seen before. We walked up to them and Delta began with, "Hey guys, who's this?"

"Oh, I'm Marcus. You must be...Zadie?" Marcus asked her.

"Um, no. I'm Zadie." I said, waving my hand.

"I'm Delta. Nice to meet you." She said, shaking his hand.

"I was just showing Adam and Chase my guitar."

"Oooh, nice, I love guitar." I said, Delta nodding in agreement.

"You ever played guitar, Chase?" Marcus asked.

"No, but I've always wanted to."

"Well, I'm a jammer as well. My rocking is only eclipsed by my rolling."

"Leo, you played the clarinet for three weeks until you swallowed the reed." Delta reminded him.

"I passed it."

"Here, Chase. Want to give it a go?" Marcus asked, handing Chase his guitar.

"Uh-sure, yeah, why not?" Chase said, taking the guitar. Chase waited a minute and then started playing. And he played nicely. Woah. That sounded good. "Uh-what do you know...? Beginners luck."

Later on, we were at lunch and Marcus decided to sit with us.

"So me and my dad moved around a lot." Marcus said.

"Moved around? What does your dad do?" I asked, thinking it could be the same as mine.

"Different things. Why?"

"Oh, just curious." I said, looking down at my food.

"Well anyway, I was home schooled for most of my life." Marcus said.

"No way; so were we!" Adam said excitedly. "We are so similar. Do you have a third nipple too?"

Chase put his hand to his chest and continued, "Anyways...that's a pretty sweet guitar, Marcus."

"Yeah, and you're a natural, bro! Guys, we should start a band!"

"Ooh, that's a great idea!" Adam says, hitting pencils on the table like a drum. "But what would I play? Oh, I got it! No, I don't got it."

"I think you're gonna be their drummer, Adam." Delta told him, placing a hand on his arm.

"Hmm, interesting choice; I had been pondering the French horn."

"I am surprised you used the word pondering." I stated.

Leo then walked up and Chase said, "Hey, Leo, guess what. Marcus, Adam, and I are forming a band."

"Well, you guys just met. Don't you think it's a little soon?"

"A little soon for what? Taking the deeply committed step of jamming together?"

"Now, if we could just find some place to practice." Marcus began. "I live in a pretty small place so..."

"Oh, no, I know a place. The lab." Chase choked on his water and Leo, Delta, and I went wide-eyed as Adam said that. "Oh, lab-rador retriever park. Yeah, the dog park. Nice acoustics, plus they have dogs." Adam said before leaning into whisper to us, "Saved it."