Realistic or Modern Hollywood High

[PenguinFox]

Ally looked up from her journal at Danni. She gave her a thoughtful look before finally responding. "Yes I believe so. He knows a lot of people and is almost always willing to help, so I don't think he'll say no." she closed her journal carefully, as if it was extremely delicate and it was incredibly important to her. "So what now?" she asked, a small smile on her face as she tilted her head slightly. @McMajestic

 

[Soylent]

"You won't believe it," Lucas addressed his producer and long time friend, Jenny Seagull, a music student on campus. "I'm in a band." The glass doors were unlocked and he entered the recording booth, unloading his instrument.


"I can barely see it! Lucas Hastings, who managed to tie you down?" Jenny, a tall and sophisticated looking girl, sat at the control board on the other side of the glass.


"A Sophomore. Her name is Danni. She's persuasive," He pulled the guitar strap onto his shoulder.


"She must be pretty." Jenny switched on a couple buttons, and turned on his microphone.


"Shut up, Jenny."


"Okay Hastings, take 5 on Flowers in Her Hair."

 

[McMajestic]

"Alright, text him to swing by our dorm whenever he gets the chance. Until then we should swap band ideas. Like genres, songs, maybe even names. What should we call our self? It's got to be something deep like maybe, oh I don't know, 27 or White Lighters, but obviously it doesn't have to be either of those I'm just brainstorming out loud. I want us to have meaning, you know?" She looked over at Ally expectantly, expecting her to contribute and waiting in excitement for her to do so. @PenguinFox

 

[Amelia White]

Amelia walks with Travis through the hall, not even paying the slightest attention to the glares she's been getting from her peers. "Well, My full name is Amelia Grace White. Grace is my grandmother's name. I am 16, born on June 6. My favorite animal is a sloth and my favorite food is potato skins with cheese and bacon." She laughs, looking up at Travis. "What about you? What are you like behind that pretty face of yours?" She says, not really noticing the words she used.


@PenguinFox

 

[PenguinFox]

Ally pulled out her phone and sent a message to her cousin telling him to come as soon as he was able. "The name should probably also reflect the genre being played. Or at least correlate. I mean could you imagine if metal band names like Megadeth or Iron Maiden were the names of gospel bands? That would be ridiculous." she giggled a little at the thought. "So, I think first the genre needs to be established. I'm okay with anything really I suppose. Keep in mind though, just because I'm willing to sing anything, doesn't mean I'm able to." she pushed some hair behind her ear and bit her lip. Would she be able to actually sing in front of people? It was hard enough for just one person, let alone a crowd. What if she wasn't really good? What if she did something embarrassing? Hundreds of anxieties came flowing into her head. @McMajestic


Travis listened to Amelia, smiling a bit at her saying he was a pretty face. "Well with any luck my full name; Travis David Anderson, will be at the top of the credits for major films. I'm a movie guy." he said with a small shrug. "Filming, directing, acting, producing, you name it, I'll do it. I do some model work, but mostly just for the cash. I've....sort of got my own place, but that's a story for another time." he avoiding telling her that 'his own place' was a trailer in the backyard of his father's house. It's not really the coolest thing. "And I know being 17 and living on my own seems a little far fetched but it's true." he felt a buzz in his pocket but ignored it for now. "Oh, and did you say I have a pretty face, or did I mishear you?" a slight smirk crossed his lips. It was sort of a trap question. Either she would admit she thinks he's attractive or she deny's it and he can feign being hurt. It wasn't that he was doing this maliciously or to manipulate her, he was just playing around. @Amelia White

 

[Amelia White]

"..Or did I mishear you?" He asks. Amelia's cheeks become slightly flushed as she tries to find the right words. "Well, Um.. No- I mean yes, but- Oi vey, I'm such a mess" She stumbles on her words and tries to laugh it off. Completely trying to change the subject, she brings up "So you have your own place, thats cool, yeah?" She smiles a smile that says 'I'm going to pretend I didn't say that to your face' and waits for him to answer.


@PenguinFox

 

[McMajestic]

Danni watched as a strange expression came over Ally and furrowed her brow. "Hey, Ally Cat," she walked up and took the girl's hands in her own. "It's okay. We'll start with small gigs, alright? Get you used to being loved by the crowd, first." She smiled and ruffled Ally's hair before moving back over to her side of the bed. "I personally love alternative and pop-punk. But nothing with screaming in it. I can barely understand what they're saying. I'm thinking Sleeping With Sirens-esque, but their older stuff. That was nice. Maybe throw in a little Panic at the Disco flare, you know that band right? Or... person, but you get my point." @PenguinFox

 

[Garnet]

"Oh cool, I'll definitely join ensemble. Probably play a cello, they're always looking for cello players. Jazz club sounds grand as well. Maybe I'll see you there."


Darrel remarked with perhaps a little too much enthusiasm.


"Have you considered joining a band? I heard the lower years have started getting together already." She asked him. Darrel had considered joining one when she first started school but she didn't really know that sort of music and couldn't play any band instruments apart from maybe the keyboard or the bass guitar. Even so, she wasn't very good at it.


"Though I don't think I'll join one, being a theatre student and all. Hell, going to the Tony's is higher on my bucket list than going to the Grammy's. It's unheard of."


Darrel frowned slightly as she watched Rufus write down his percussion rhythm. A thought dawned on her that she might be an inconvenience to his composing.


"Am I bothering you by talking? Sometimes I just kinda get carried away and I don't realise I should be quiet."


@Savagai

 

[Savagai]

"No, no problem at all, I am used to listen , think and write at the same moment while I am componating" he wrote down the last bits of part one. He was going to join the ensamble, probably taking on all melodic percussion roles. A band would be possible, however, a marimba wouldn't fit in most genres, however Tubalar Bells and a Vibraphone can works awesome with Soft rock and some other genres, and he could just write the music "I don't know yet if I join a band, could work out but there must be more of my age, I don't like a band with only half mature people" he smiled, the twins were already very matare for their age.


@Garnet

 

[PenguinFox]

Travis smiled gently. "Hey, don't worry too much. I was only teasing." he shrugged at her question. "I guess. The independence is nice. But the place itself and the reasons behind being on my own aren't that great." he looked away for a moment, slightly hoping she wouldn't ask further into it because he knew he would tell all if he did. @Amelia White


Ally smiled softly at being treated like she was a kid and having her hair rustled. She found that cute, granted slightly annoying if taken to far, but cute. "I like just about anything. Things that are currently popular generally pique my interest, but not for the reason you'd think. I can't do screaming. As you can probably tell I'm more of a...gentle type of person." she looked down slightly and blushed. She hated to admit those kind of things. Ally didn't like people thinking her weak, even if she often was. She liked being taken care of, but not people thinking she needed it. @McMajestic

 

[McMajestic]

"Okay, then how about a mix between pop and soul? I think you could pull it off really well." Danni laid back on her bed, looking up at the ceiling. "We should paint our room." She sat up again, then got to her feet. "What do you think will be a good name for our band that's pop-soul like? It's still got to be deep." Danni began to face, always full of energy and excitement. She looked over at Ally. "We could call ourselves Alley and the Cats," Danni laughed, as if her joke was funny, before shaking her head. "Sorry, that was bad. Okay, let's keep thinking,"

 

[Amelia White]

Seeing the look on his face made her regret bringing it up. "Sorry, I didn't mean to pry or anything." She says, adjusting her beanie. As the walk, she looks around at her peers, finally noticing all the stares they have been getting. "Wow, you seem pretty popular and I seem pretty not." She says, laughing and looking back at him. Although, she wasn't a first year, she was new to this school. She wasn't used to having this many people all involved with some form of art. At home, she was either thought of as really cool or really weird because of her passion for music. Here it's the norm.


@PenguinFox

 

[PenguinFox]

"Sure, that sounds nice." Ally said smiling. She giggled at Danni's suggestion. "That's a good name, but it's not very deep or meaningful." she said before putting her finger on her lips in thought. "Well, you're wild, spontaneous, bright, energetic and fun. I'm quiet and gentle. You're like the sun, and I'm like the moon." Ally said thoughtfully. She looked at Danni with a look of guilt. "Oh, sorry...I didn't mean to be presumptuous or anything....I was just thinking out loud... Anyway, Sun and Moon. Something like that seems fitting." she hoped she hadn't offended Danni with her adjective choices, that was just the impression she had. @McMajestic


"Nah, it's fine. You didn't know. Most people would do the same thing." Travis said with a reassuring smile. "Hey if I'm popular, then you must be too because we're walking together aren't we? Either we both are or we both aren't. Although I've been told that I'm part of the 'popular' crowd, whatever that means." as he finished speaking he came to a stop and gently unhooked his arm from hers. "Well, here we are." he bowed dramatically before laughing lightly. "Come find me sometime and we'll talk more Amelia. Or I could give you my number and you could text me if you'd prefer." he said with a shrug, not realizing that he was offering his phone number to a pretty girl and the implications that came with it. @Amelia White

 

[McMajestic]

"Oh don't worry, Babe. Nothing gets to me." Danni rubbed her hands together and thought. "Sun and Moon? I'm thinking definitely something space related although we do have our guitarist. His name is... well I don't remember so let's just call him Malik for now because he reminds me of Zayn. He's all snobby and thinks he's the shit because he's one grade ahead of us. We can call ourselves Sun, Moon, and Malik," Danni chuckled. "No but what if we threw copyright infringement out the window and named ourself after one of the constellations? Because you twinkle like a star, girl, and I'm the blackness that consumes everything and Malik is like... well he can be the lines that connect the picture!" She said excitedly, obviously very pumped by the idea. @Vicander (you were mentioned lol)

 

[Amelia White]

Laughing at his dramatic bow, she tried to curtsy but, due to the guitar on her back, only looked strange. She laughed some more at her failed attempt. Once they arrive at the class room, she glances inside, not seeing anyone she even remotely recognizes. When Travis offered his number, Amelia's stomach starts doing some serious parkour. Backflipping, cartwheeling, summersaulting, all of it. Just don't sound like a dork and this will be fine.. She thinks. Repositioning herself up against the outside wall of the class room, looking like a greaser from the 50's, she says, "Yes.." Following with, "To the number thing.. I'm not cool at all, wow, and I tried so hard." Laughing at herself. "I'm not gonna get beat up behind the bleachers for having your number am I?" She jokes, thinking of all the old movies she's watched.


@PenguinFox

 

[Soylent]

(lol thankssss)


(lets just pretend dani gave lucas her number ;P)


After a few successful recordings, Lucas said his goodbyes to Jenny. "Thanks for everything," he thanked her brightly, hugging the girl. "I guess I better text my boss," he said with a snicker, entering Dani's number into a new message: Hi, where are you? I want to meet the band.





"Lucas, don't go around crushing on sophomore girls, now." Jenny punched his arm and shut down the studio. "I'm kidding of course, but still. These girls probably don't know how to write a decent song. Be more of a mentor figure to them. I'll see you soon! Ya girl's got a mean date with a jazz guitarist." She skipped away with a wave.


Lucas laughed and exited the music building, making his way across the quad, waiting for a response.


@McMajestic

 

[PenguinFox]

Ally smirked. "Why do I get the feeling that you two will get close?" She said with a chuckle. "I don't think there are copyrights on the constellations." She giggled. "I think if we go with a constellation it shouldn't be one of the zodiac signs. Maybe The Dippers? Nah, that's not good..." she trailed off thinking of the constellations. @McMajestic


"You're plenty cool." Travis assured with a laugh. He pulled out his wallet and gave her a card from it. It was a business card for his modeling career, but it had his number on it. "This is all I have right now, sorry. Use it wisely. " he said with a wink. @Amelia White


(Sorry for the shite post, I'm on my phone)

 

[McMajestic]

Danni was just about to respond when her phone buzzed. She smiled slightly when she realized it was Malik, and she gave him their dorm number. You can either come through the door or hop through the window. Whatever suits you She sent him, before looking back up at Ally. "Oh come on, there are rules, you know. And on the top of that list is to never date anybody that's in the band. Keep things professional, you know?" She stretched a bit, hearing her back pop in two different places. "And of course not the zodiacs. That's too obvious. Something cool, something that screams we're awesome." Danni looked up a list on her bed, plopping down on her stomach on the bed and searching through them. @Vicander @PenguinFox (You good, Bae)

 

[Amelia White]

"I feel so official, and don't worry, I won't sell it" she laughs, putting the card in her pocket. "See you when ever." She waves. Upon walking into the class room, she could already feel the stares and looks in her direction, but she was having a good day and no one could take that from her. The teacher calls roll as she takes her seat and pulls out a notebook.


@PenguinFox (it's all good, I'm on my phone too lol)

 

[Soylent]

Lucas read her text and didn't respond, but headed towards the window that he had seen the girl enter and exit out of. "Hi Darius," he said, addressing the strawberry haired roommate, climbing through the hole with his guitar in tow. He held in a scoff as he looked around the girls room, eyeing the decor. Then he noticed another girl, standing across from Dani. "I'm Lucas," he said, extending his hand to the stranger.


@PenguinFox @McMajestic

 

[The Awakened Moon]

Arianna Ramírez
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Arianna ran to the trunk of her car, running slightly late because of traffic. She managed to get her suitcase out, followed by her guitar case but now she also needed to take out her bass guitar case. She set everything on the ground before putting her bass case on her back since it had backpack straps. Then her suitcase went in her right hand. Her guitar didn't have a case with the straps, only the handle, so she had to carry that in her left. She trudged inside of the school building, cutting through it. She was glad she had already missed the principal's speech, but now she was trapped in the sea of freshmen, newbies to the school. Arianna was already accustomed to the school and the people, saying cordial hellos to many familiar faces and a few hellos to faces that she knew but couldn't remember their names.


Ari was able to finally get through all the excited new students in the hallways and walked down a mostly empty one before she pushed through an exit of double doors to the residential quadrant. She was able to quickly make her way to her assigned dorm, already excited for her junior year. She put all her stuff down at once next to the bed, deciding to decorate her dorm later. She wanted to head to the orchestra room which wasn't too far from the dorms. Arianna wanted to play with some of the instruments there, especially the grand piano. She always got excited when she used it because she doesn't have her own grand piano at home, only a keyboard that's up in her room.


On her way to the orchestra room, Arianna turned her head and caught a glimpse of someone climbing up into a window of someone's dorm. She could only see the legs then the guitar that followed. "That's totally normal" she mumbled sarcastically to herself, shaking her head lightly as she walked over to the window. She wondered if the person would respond if she called up to the window. She thought maybe that the person was locked out of their dorm, but she was positive it was a guy that climbed through. And this building is a girl's dorm building. "Hello?" she called out to the window, not able to see inside it.




@Vicander

 

[McMajestic]

"Hey Malik," she shot back, a grin on her features. She was glad he had showed up. "Alright, so we're talking about what to name the band. And thinking about naming us after a constellation. Got any suggestions?" She asked, rolling off the bed to go close the window. As she pressed her palms against the glass to push it shut a voice called out towards Lucas but Danni poked her head instead. "Hey, Malik, you have an admirer," she called out, loud enough for the girl to hear her as she pushed the window open more instead of closed. @Vicander @The Awakened Moon

 

[Soylent]

Lucas pulled his hand back, apologizing to the stranger before running to the window, pushing Dani out of the way. "Move, strawberry." A big smile erupted on his face, and he waved down to the girl, a junior he recognized. "Arianna," he laughed, before jumping out of the window, relieving her of one of the instrument cases. He hugged his friend, the case on her back making it a little awkward. "How are you?" Lucas hadn't seen her since Sophomore year, when they almost had all of their classes together. They had grown close during that time, but due to his absence during the Summer, they'd had to wait till Junior year to meet again.


@The Awakened Moon @McMajestic

 

[The Awakened Moon]

"I'm not an admirer" Arianna told the girl with a light laugh, not really embarrassed by what she said. She never saw the girl's face before so she figured that she must be new to the school. "I thought I saw..." Arianna started, looking around, but her sentence was cut off once she heard a familiar voice calling her name. She raised one of her eyebrows then looked up again, seeing Lucas at the window now instead of the girl. "Lucas?" she laughed, her face lighting up excitedly once she saw her good friend. She returned the hug with a smile then brushed her curly hair from her face. "I just got here not too long ago. I was headed toward the orchestra room but... I caught you climbing through that window." Arianna crossed her arms over her chest after she pointed to the window, playfully giving the boy a stern look. Then she let out a soft laugh, finding it amusing that he was climbing into some girl's dorm. "How are you?" she asked him now. "I see you already found yourself a girlfriend on the first day" she teased.




@Vicander

 

[Soylent]

"It's great to see you! We should get coffee and crank out some songs soon." Lucas then looked to the window and caught a flash of pink hair. He turned back to his friend, his jaw open, feigning hurt. "What kind of a man do you think I am, Ari? I would never climb into a woman's window and profess my love for her." In reality, Lucas had actually done that, and Arianna had been there to witness the giant fail.


"Want to meet the girl who I'm jumping into windows for?" Lucas joked, flashing Ari a big smile and pulling her to the window, peeping his head through it. "Freshie, I have a visitor for you!" He helped his friend climb over the sill, and soon they were standing in the crowded dorm.


@McMajestic @The Awakened Moon