Knock Knock

chapter 3

"Now, I don't know about you, but I haven't eaten and I'm hungry." I said pushing myself out from under the round table and standing. Evan stood too.

"I'll come with you." He said happily. I glanced at Lila to make sure it was okay and she nodded me off. I shrugged at Evan and we walked to the counter of the burger place.

"Chicken nuggets please, with a chocolate smoothie." I ordered. "Oh, make that a kid's meal, please." Smiled at the cashier and she gave me a drowsy look and nodded, punching in the codes. I handed her my money.

"Kid's meal?" Evan asked curiously. I nodded at him, smiling. "Not a big appetite?" he wondered and I shook my head smirking slightly. I pointed to the sign showing the kid's meal.

"It comes with a Batman toy." I answered, taking my food. Evan chuckled and ordered his food after me, following me back to the table after. I sat and dumped my food on my tray.

"Dude, you got a Batman toy?" Lila exclaimed. I grinned at her with a French fry in my mouth and nodded at her. She jumped up and went to the counter.

"Why did she go?" Paul asked, confused.

"Dude, it's Batman. He's epic." I answered, staring at him with a serious face on. He chuckled and nodded.

"So, Aurora, what school do you go to?" Evan asked.

"Crestwater. It's in the town off of Hollywood." I answered. He nodded lightly. "What school do you go to?" I asked.

"We go to Tracy Academy." He answered smugly, seeming to search my face for surprise. I nodded, not surprised at all. Of course, a rich preppy kid. I have to admit, I'm rich, but I don't walk around flaunting it. Many people in Crestwater are rich but didn't want to move to Hollywood because of the crowds. Evan seemed taken aback by me not saying "OMG ARE YOU UBER RICH AND JUNK? DO YOU HAVE PARTIES ON YACHTS AND HAVE GREMLINS DO YOUR LAUDRY?" like most girls would. Well maybe not the gremlin part. Lila came back and dumped her food out, searching for the toy. She held up the Batman flashlight with the symbol over it, the same I got.

"Oh yeah! I'm awesome! I can call Batman whenever I want!" she bragged to Paul, who laughed uncomfortably. I held back a laugh when I saw Evan and Paul give each other confused looks. They have no idea what they've gotten into.

"You do know Batman isn't real, right?" Paul said almost worriedly. Lila gave him a straight look.

"Of course I do. His name is Bruce Wayne. I'm not stupid." She said, glancing at me and winking. I could tell that she ended up not liking Paul and was trying to scare him off.

"You girls actually think he's a real guy? He was a comic!" Evan said. I looked at him with hurt on my face and bit my lip.

"I can't believe you just said that. Come one Lila, lets go call Batman and Robin." I said sadly, standing up with my purse in hand. Lila put on a hurt face too and we both stood and left. We heard the boys call after us and we hurried outside before bursting in laughter. "Nice thinking Lila! They were completely confused!" I said between laughs.

"I do what I do!" she laughed loudly. We got into her car and started driving home.

"Hey, how about we go over to Chester's?" I said after a minute or two in the car. Lila nodded happily and we headed toward his house. When we came to the large cream colored home, we took in the sight of four cars, three belonging to Drake, Thomas, and Eric. We got out of the car and ran up the long path to the door. We knocked and only waited for a second before we heard a chorus of "Come in". We walked into the house and I headed to the basement, hearing rock band playing. I ran down to the steps, Lila following behind. I walked down the steps more quietly, wanting to surprise them. I could hear an intense round of Rock Band just staring, the singer not singing yet. I waited and listened to the singer start, and he was extremely good. He sounded like the person. It was a U2 song. I walked down the rest of the steps and smiled at the back of everyone's head.

"CAUSE THE PARTY DON'T START TILL I WALK IN!" I sang loudly. Everyone's head turned around, Drake on the drums, Tyler on a guitar, probably Bass, Chester on another guitar, Eric watching silently, Thomas playing the piano. Surprisingly, Eamon was the singer. I held back a chuckle because he's Irish and so is Bono, the star of U2. I waved at all of them and they chuckled, except Eamon, who nodded at me, clutching the microphone tightly. Lila came down after me and groaned.

"I wanted to say that!" she whined loudly. We all laughed at her and I jumped over the couch and sat by the drums and Drake. They started playing again and they seemed to try harder now that we're here. I sang along quietly, trying not to disrupt Eamon. The song ended and I clapped loudly, whooping at them all.

"You guys should make a band!" I said smiling at them.

"Sleeping Beauty, just because we can play fake instruments does not mean we would be good a the real thing. I've tried." Drake said, patting my head like a dog. I scowled at him playfully, he's like my older brother.

"Fine, well I think Peter Pan should at least because he sounded like Bono during that song." I said simply. Eamon looked down and blushed.

"Peter Pan...?" Everyone said at the same time.

"Eamon, you idioms!" I yelled. The all plugged their ears jokingly and laughed at me.

"Why Peter Pan?" Chester asked.

"Because... I don't know. He's green I guess and Eamon's Irish... but now that I think about it I should name you Lucky Charms." I said rubbing my head. They all laughed.

"I think I like Peter Pan better, Aurora." Eamon said quietly. I smiled at him and nodded.

"You can call me Rory, or Roar, or Sleeping Beauty." I said, almost pleadingly. He nodded slightly.

"How did that date go, girls?" Thomas asked us. Chester's head darted to us and I saw a spark of something.

"Horrible. They thought we were weird and looked at us strangely." Lila said pouting.

"And we are not weird. We are perfectly average. They are the weird ones." I said and Lila agreed, nodding her head. The boys laughed and rolled their eyes at us.

"That's what you get for hanging out with Hollywood guys." Chester grumbled. I looked at him confused and then at Lila, who shrugged, not making eye contact. I'm going to have to ask her later.

"What instrument do you guys want?" Thomas asked us after a moment of quiet.

"DRUMS! Move drake!" I yelled as I shoved Drake off the couch. He growled but laughed when I held the drum sticks (apparently) wrong. He took my hands and moved them around the sticks how they're supposed to be. I smiled sheepishly. "Yeah, haha, whoops." I said quietly. Everyone laughed and Lila took a guitar, Eamon still on the microphone. I grinned at him when we picked a tougher song for the singer. He shrugged and sung it perfectly, me messing up a lot because I've never done this before.

"Rory, you suck at drums." Thomas said, chuckling. I glared at him and pouted.

"I've never played this, what do you expect! I'm not Eamon!" I said loudly, arms crossed. Eamon turned around and cocked his head at me.

"What do you mean your not me?" he asked. I felt a blush rise up my neck.

"Well, your just really good at this, and It's probably your first time playing, and your winning, and I suck..." I said, embarrassed fro a reason I'm not sure of. He raised an eyebrow under his hair and shrugged.

"Thank you, I guess, but I have been playing most of today." He said lightly. We played for the rest of the day, me being banned off the drums. I tried the guitar and sucked at that too, and then I tried the microphone and was even worse because I kept getting distracted. Lila and I got tired and we decided to go over to my house and have a sleepover. We waved to the boys, having given them hugs before we left. Eamon was still quiet and drawn back, but was talking to the others a bit more.