Goddess of Rock

Five

Time continued to pass, and Bobby continued to get to know–not to mention eliminate–each of the girls as he saw fit. He eliminated four almost immediately after Returning from the date won during the phone sex challenge, his reasons being almost identical. He just couldn't seem to connect with any of them, whether it was due to them getting lost in the shuffle, or there simply being no chemistry between them from the start. After thinking it over, he decided that keeping them around would just be leading them on, and he couldn't bring himself to do that to any woman.

With the conclusion of what'd become the third episode, he made another two eliminations, one based on a very solid argument. Regardless of who'd started it, Lacey'd gotten into a Cat-fight with one of the other girls, and he'd been forced to physically separate them before anyone got hurt. Given that he didn't have as strong a connection with her, one of his picks for elimination'd been the other girl involved in the fight–but he hadn't been expecting her to flip him off instead of giving him a hug before she left.

After that, the girls were subjected to playing a game of football in what amounted to a giant mud puddle, given his Love of sports. Granted, if he'd his choice, they wouldn't have been playing football since he actually preferred hockey more–despite living in Florida–but that was beside the point. Blaze wound up being the most valuable player of the team she was on, and therefore the one to win a solo date with him.

From there, the girls were put through challenges that more or less revolved around his Life on the road, not to mention just being a musician, in general. It started with what they were calling the Tour Bus Challenge, which was a series of stunts themed by his Life during a tour that each'd to perform as quick as they possibly could. After that, they were to pose for mock album covers, considering that album covers were a big part of his Life as a recording artist. In fact, the band had to pose for the covers of Look What the Cat Dragged In, Crack a Smile...and More!, and their live album Power to the People. Aside from that, they'd to pose for pictures that were often used as the back covers on just about every album they'd ever released. That meant that there could very well come a Day that he wanted any girl he was dating to be involved in such a shoot, and he wanted to test them.

The next challenge was posed by some hand-picked super fans, who were tasked with basically grilling the remaining girls into their graves. Outta the seven girls that remained at this point, there were only three that these super fans sang the praises of loud enough to be heard down the block. Blaze and Raven were two of those picks, 'cuz even though they were a bit bristly and stand-offish with them, they were nothing short of bluntly honest. The third girl was named Jess, and while she wasn't as bristly and stand-offish, she was equally honest as the two sisters that the bassist still didn't realize were related. The quartet who remained after that were the ones given the hardest Times by their interrogators, if only 'cuz they seemed to be hiding things.

"All right, ladies–listen up," Big John started one Morn toward the End of their Time to film.

By this point, the only ones who remained were Blaze, Raven, Lacey, and Jess, and their attention was almost immediately riveted on him.

"We're combining a couple different themes today," he announced.

"First and foremost is your challenge," Bobby said as he took over. "That's gonna be to write at least a partial song that knocks my socks off. You've your pick between ballad or rocker, and I don't particularly who picks what–that includes your teammate."

"Easy pick for us," Blaze said, wrapping an arm around her sister's shoulders.

"Looks like Lacey and Jess're making up the other team, then," he responded with a nod.