Blackmailed Into The Band

Rap 101

As I pulled into Josh's driveway, I parked between cars I've never seen before, guessing that everyone drove on their own today. I put on my coat and left the car before knocking on the door.

Phillip opened it. " How'd you like the cat?" He asked as we walked inside.

" He was the best Christmas present ever, thank you guys so much," I said as we walked into Josh's room.

Carter was sitting on the window ledge, typing away on his laptop with a blanket around him. Aidan was laying on the bed, watching Josh write. They all turned to look at us.

" Great, you're here!" Aidan said, making room for me on Josh's bed.

I sat close to the edge.

Josh pulled out a calendar we dedicated to the band. " Alright, let's start working on lyrics. We need to record and upload the Night Changes cover. I say we record today, upload tomorrow. Alexia, you're in charge of the song this week," He said, smiling sympathetically.

" Shoot. What if the song I choose kills our progress?" I asked.

" That's how we all feel but it ends up working out," Aidan said.

" Fine. How much time do I have?"

" Tomorrow." Josh said.

I nodded and started looking through the music on my phone.

" Let's record," Aidan said.

I put my phone down as we went to the garage and recorded outside. Hours later, we watched our video in Josh's room, all of us laying on his bed and trying to get warm. I tried to ignore the fact that Josh was basically leaning on me and I could feel him shaking.

" We should upload this today," Carter said once it was over.

Truth be told, I was in love with the punk-ified song. It was amazing, Aidan and I did a pretty good job with our screaming, Josh did amazing vocals too.

" Sure, just upload it," Aidan shrugged.

" Do you have a song in mind yet?" Phillip asked while uploading our video to YouTube.

" No this is harder than I thought," I said.

" What was the last band you listened to?" Aidan asked.

" My Chemical Romance," I said.

Moment of silence.

" Oh," He said.

" Maybe we should do another pop song," I said.

" Like what?" Carter asked, hugging a pillow towards him.

The more I thought about pop music, the more I lost ideas and brain cells.

" Never mind. Let's just do something satanic." I said.

" Like?" Aidan asked, getting impatient.

" Well... How good are your rapping skills?" I asked.