Sunday, September 25, 1994. Kris woke up late (11 AM) from a dream. In it, they just won a band contest for the first time… and Kim was kissing him onstage! However, that was no dream at all (except for the kissing onstage part hehehe…), they really did win the Let Them Smile Battle of the Bands the night before.
I still can’t believe it… just almost four months ago, I was only dreaming of something like that… and now…
God I hope this luck would last… and I thank You!!
He stirred in bed, still sleepy, and he’s sure the others are still in bed or just woke up, what from the ‘party’ they held at the event’s backstage. He remembered exchanging telephone numbers with the leaders of Fatale and Apple Season… and he also remembered Kim sleeping beside him on Paolo’s dad’s van. If that was not a van but a bed instead…
Anyway, his reverie was destroyed when Thea suddenly entered the room.
“What the…?!” he said, “You used to knock!”
“Sorry Kuya…” Thea said, dressed in Sunday best, “but a girl called looking for you…”
A girl?
“Oh, Kim of course!”, Kris said after thinking, “Alright I’ll be down!”
Thea’s dressed up… for sure they already went to church and just let me sleep hehehe…
He went down and answered the phone, expecting to hear Kim’s sweet early (?) morning voice, but it wasn’t her… and he was a bit surprised.
“Kris”, said the girl, “sorry for waking you up!”
“Wh-who are you?”
“Oh sorry… it’s me, Lui… remember, Fatale’s vocalist? Sorry for not introducing myself first hehehe…”
“Oh… Lui!!”, Kris said, “What’s up?!”
“Oh… Martin from Apple Season and I were talking earlier and thought… umm… it would be good for our three bands to record a compilation album… just for fun, not a real album of course!”
“Hmm… yeah, it’s a good idea!” said Kris, “It would make us like… hehehe… allies.”
“Ha ha ha”, said Lui, “but… where would we record…?”
“Have you forgotten? MASGIM is also a recording studio, we can all go there this weekend”, said Kris.
“Oh! Okay, I’ll pass it around! I’ll tell Martin too!!”
“Okay, I’ll do the same here, bye”, said Kris.
He hanged up and noticed how different Lui sounded from last night’s ‘riot grrrl’. It’s like a cross between Kim and Tina’s lively voices.
Tony then called him. “Time for lunch, Kris and we’ll be going to the bar this afternoon to celebrate hehehe… The others know it already.”
“Oh… so we’ll be performing…?” said Kris.
“Yes, Robbie and Kim would know once they wake up”, said Tony, “but we don’t know how to contact Noy and Ernie…”
“I’ll take care of that Dad”
After lunch, Kris called the two. Noy said he can go, but Ernie couldn’t. He said his parents would be having a ‘tea party’ celebrating last night’s victory… even though they didn’t watch anyway. He said he’ll be at the middle of a great table in the middle of their spacious garden to be worshipped like a shrine. Ernie didn’t sound happy at all, and Kris wished he could do something to change all that…
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BANDED 2 (JUNIOR JAM!)
Teen FictionThey've conquered their school... now they're set for the outside world. This is the story of BANDED's journey and the obstacles they encounter, musically and otherwise... The first romances and heartbreaks....
