Rocking Out! by AJ Stern

Author:AJ Stern
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group US
Published: 2012-06-07T16:00:00+00:00

On Monday during gym, while I was waiting my turn to climb the rope ladder, a bad day worry dropped on my skin. What if we never heard back from Aimee Chapman? Or what if she said no?! And then, what if the battle of the bands got sick and couldn’t do it, either? Then what? And that is when I knew exactly what! We could start our own band and be rock stars!

I wondered how hard it actually was to play an instrument. Maybe it was really easy, and I could learn how to play the guitar like Aimee Chapman. I ran over to Elliott, Millicent, and Elizabeth, who were all digging through the athletic bag looking for a ball.

“We need to start a band,” I told them.

They all looked up, and at the same time they all said, “Okay.”

“Because what if Aimee Chapman says no? Then what?” I asked.

“Battle of the bands,” Elliott said.

“Or maybe just our band because we’ll be so good!” I said.

“I’ll be in a band,” Millicent said.

“Me too!” Elliott played the clarinet, so we were already in good shape.

“I’ll do it, too,” Elizabeth said.

“Great! I’ll see if Mrs. Glass will let us use her music room during lunch.” Then I ran back to my spot in line for the rope ladder.

After gym, I got permission from Mrs. Glass and then quickly ran back to my classroom.

I was so excited about playing an instrument, especially because I didn’t know how to play anything. But I worried that everyone else would want to play the guitar and I’d have to play something else. The tuba was good, but it was too heavy. The piano was good, but it seemed too concentratey for me. Besides, when pianists play, you can really only see the side of them.

I decided I would just have to run really fast toward the guitar when we got to the music room. I worried all throughout reading class and all throughout math and finally, when it was lunchtime, I ran as fastly as possible to the music room. But the music class hadn’t even finished and I had to wait outside.

Elliott plays a lot of instruments, so I wasn’t sure which one he’d want to play. But he showed up with his clarinet. Millicent came, then Elizabeth, and I was nearly sweating. Finally, the music class finished, and when the last kid walked out of the room, I ran as fast as possible to the guitar. Mrs. Glass was there and told us to treat everything with care.

“We will!” I yelled as I reached the guitar. You will not even believe your ears about this: I was the only one who wanted to play the guitar! The others ran to different instruments.

Elliott put together his clarinet, Millicent went to the piano, and Elizabeth picked up the tambourine. I put the strap around my neck and then turned to the others.

“Hey!” I said, realizing something very important. “We need a band name!”

“Oh, yeah!” everyone chimed in, very excited about this.

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