The next two weeks the band does four gigs and head home. Even Lisa was worn out from the pace they had been keeping. She had to buy a new box of drum sticks from a music store after their third gig. One of her sticks had split right in half while she was performing. Luckily for her she had a spare on hand.

She looks over towards Lindsey and notices she was sound asleep on the sofa across from her. Kaja was sitting at the small table with her laptop opened working on inventory and sales. Jamie and Cindy were in the back of the bus asleep.

Jermaine had been dropped off at the nearest bus station so he could head to his next assignment. He told them he might not be available for a few months. Which was okay, because Lindsey and Tessa could cover for him. Especially, Lindsey, because she could play so many instruments.

Terry was looking over the next set of gigs they had been contracted for, which was in a few months. Brenda hired a new person to act as their band manager, to take some of the stress off Terry.

Angela, their full-time drummer wouldn’t be coming back to the band. There was some nerve damage done to her hand and it made it impossible for her to play for long. The good thing was, she had money their investor has been investing for each band member. Terry and
Brenda had felt it might be a good idea to set-up some sort of retirement fund for each band member.

“How are sales going, Kaja?” Tessa looks over towards Kaja.

“We made a good profit for once. With the way the economy is right now, I wasn’t expecting much.” Kaja looks over towards Tessa.

Tessa noticed Kaja looked tired. She knew Kaja has been keeping long hours, while the rest of them have been sleeping.

“What do you guys do when you’re not doing gigs?” Lisa looks at Terry for an answer.

“We write new material, put together a new album and practice a lot. Our record label wants us to put out another album by next month. So, we need to come up with some new material.” Terry was thinking about some of the songs Lindsey wrote and some Tessa wrote as well.

His creative juices has been drying up lately and the material Cindy wrote or wanted to sing wasn’t their style of music. It was more along with Taylor Swift and artist like her. They could take it and some how change it some, but he didn’t want to cause problems with her. She was already upset that Lindsey got most of the attention.

“Hey Lindsey, what did the doctor say about your headaches?”

Lindsey opens her eyes and look over at Terry “he said I needed to cut back on my activities some.”

“Have you decided what you are going to do?” Terry would hate to lose Lindsey.

“No, not yet. I might cut back on my courses after this semester. I want to finish the classes I’m taking now.” Lindsey didn’t like quitting anything.

“You could always take time off form the band.” Tessa looks at Lindsey as she laid on the sofa.

“You have to be kidding me, Tess. I love playing and singing.” Lindsey loved being a performer.

“Well, I for one hope you don’t.” Lisa liked playing in the band with Lindsey.

“Oh, she’ll never leave the band. She owns half of it.” Kaja looks at Lisa.

“You’re kidding, right?” Lisa didn’t know Lindsey owned half the band.

“Nope, she owns half of the band. Jamie and Terry own the other half.” Kaja knew the arrangement Lindsey had with them.

“It’s no big deal. Everyone contributes to the band. That’s what makes us so successful.”

Lindsey covers up a yawn as she watches everyone. She was tired and just wanted to get home and take a nice relaxing bath. She closes her eyes and slowly go back to sleep.

Few Days Later:
Lindsey was out walking in the neighborhood they were currently living in, when she hears terrible music coming from a house three houses down from where she was. She walks in that direction and notices that the garage door was opened. Inside the garage were five girls trying to play a song from Heart.

She stands there in the driveway listening to the teenage girls. They were about her age and were trying very hard to get the song right. When they come to the end of the song, she claps.

Vicky had spotted a young girl standing and listening to her and her sisters play. She didn’t know who the girl was, but she has seen her in the neighborhood.

“Thanks. I know we aren’t very good.”

“But you will be with more practice and someone to direct you.” Lindsey could tell these girls liked playing.

“Practice is something we really need right now. There’s a band competition coming up in a few months and we want to enter into it.” Vicky looks at her two sisters and her best friend.

“Well, if you don’t mind some help, I could help you. I’m pretty good on the guitar and keyboard.” Lindsey figures she could help prepare these girls.

“You want to join us?” Karen looks at the young girl.

“No, I don’t want to join you. I want to teach you and help you. I have some experience at performing.”

“What do you get out of it?” Brandi looks over her drum set towards the brown hair girl.

“Nothing, except helping a group of teenage girls how to play. Oh, by the way I’m Lindsey.”

“What can you teach us.” Heidi was curious.

“May I?” Lindsey walks over towards Heidi and motions to the bass guitar she was playing.

“Sure, but be careful. It’s my fathers.” Heidi hands the guitar to Lindsey.

Lindsey puts the guitar strap over her shoulder and pluck the strings. She adjust the knobs to tune it properly. Afterwards, she starts playing a song she wrote just for the bass guitar.

Diana, Vicky, Heidi, Molly and Brandi couldn’t believe how well Lindsey played. They could see she knew what she was doing, and the music sounded wonderful.

“Wow! You really do know what you are doing. Who wrote that music, you played?” Molly was curious.

“I did. I wrote it for my band.” Lindsey hands the guitar back to Heidi.

Heidi looks at the guitar and couldn’t believe that the music has come from it. She couldn’t wait to tell her father.

“So, are you girls willing to let me teach you?” Lindsey looks at all five girls.

“If you can make us sound like that, yes!” Brandi was excited.

“That makes two of us.” Vicky liked what she heard.

“I’m in sis. I want to sound like that.” Diana wanted to play like Lindsey.

“Okay, we’ll start tomorrow after you get home from school. I’ll print up some basic cords and rifts for you to learn.” Lindsey was going to start them off the same way she did things.

“Cool.” Diana couldn’t wait.

“Oh, by the way. What is the name of your band?” Lindsey looks at the girls for an answer.

“We don’t have one yet. We were going to wait until, we got better.” Heidi knew none of them could agree on a name.

“We’ll discuss it later then. Until then, you need to start practicing on your instruments for at least an hour or two hours a day, everyday after school. I will expect you all to follow that rule.”

“We will.” Diana and Heidi were going to practice till their finger bled.

“We’ll see.”