How We Became Rockstars

Last Day Of School...

It was the last day of school before summer break. Thank God.

I had just left my last class of the day, maths, and I was waiting outside the school for Matti. Every day after school we would meet in the same place, behind the school where we parked our bikes. Today was no different, except that my mom (who will later be referred to as Äiskä, just a heads up for my readers that don't know Finnish) was planning to let Matti stay over with us since it wasn't a school night.

On queue, Matti came around the corner with a defeated expression. "Mrs. Heikkinen made me stay after. For FIVE minutes." After that was an overly dramatic sigh, which I'd been expecting. This entire week Mrs. Heikkinen had kept Matti after, just by a few minutes purely because she saw him as a nuisance. Yeah, everyone saw us as that except for our own mothers.

I spoke up after Matti had finished his grumbling, "Somehow you always get caught in her class." I chuckled a bit before swinging my leg over my bike, Matti clambering clumsily onto his. "Don't you and the guys have a gig tonight?" I asked as we started pedaling.

I should probably explain. Matti and his friend Andy started a band a few months ago and have played a few small gigs, I've only met the guys a couple times, so I hardly know their names. I think their band name is Nymphomaniac? I don't know, Matti brought it up that he was thinking about changing it or something.

But after a moment of pondering, Matti shrugged faintly. "I dunno, I think we do. Andy will tell me about it." Matti said, not really caring if they did or not especially since they'd rock like fuck regardless if he knew or not. Matti had always been a try-hard.

"Alright, well if you do I've gotta tell Äiskä." I said as we skidded to a stop outside my parents' house. Iskä would be home from work soon and Äiskä was probably starting dinner. I always thought it was odd how early we ate but never put much thought into it. I was tempted to ask Matti if his parents would be coming over for supper, something they often did since our families were very close. But I figured they wouldn't since Matti's grandparents were visiting.

As we went inside, Äiskä greeted us with her sweet voice; I loved my mother and how kind she was. The smell of meatloaf wafted through the house which was comforting, it's one of my favorite foods ever. "Does Äiskä put tomato sauce on her meatloaf?" Matti asked shyly, which was really out of character. But regardless, I answered, "Yeah, she does." I wouldn't question him, especially since recently he'd seemed a bit off. This wasn't anything like the "off" he'd been though, I dunno, there's a lot to it.

Soon, Iskä was home. As he came through the door, he took his coat off and hung it on the rack, his usual routine. "Hey, Iskä," Matti and I said simultaneously. Something I would always remember is how much Matti looked up to my father, and how Iskä saw him as his son. Iskä greeted us in return and shuffled into the kitchen to talk to Äiskä, probably tell her that he loved her and missed her.

Supper was done and Matti, my parents, and I gathered at the table, putting together our plates of meatloaf along with a couple side dishes. "Äiskä, your cooking is delicious as always," Matti said with a grin, I nodded and agreed, which Äiskä was very grateful that we enjoyed her supper.

After supper, which was shockingly quiet, Matti rang Andy using our telephone. "Hello?" Came from Andy's end. "Hey.. it's Matti, I wasn't sure if we've got a gig tonight?" The conversation continued for a while, Matti coming to the conclusion that they, in fact, do not have a show tonight. Which I was ever so thankful for. Matti was as well, mostly because it basically meant we got to stay up all night binge watching tapes.

A/N: Hi!! So this is the very first chapter and I'm hoping to write a LOT more, I made this one a little shorter than the chapters I plan to write in the future purely for my sake because... phew, who would've thought writing was this exhausting? Certainly not me. Anyways, hope you all enjoy what is to come! :D