A Dream Come True, chapter 1

Melody set out the fold up chair in the shade of the small tree. It gave enough so that she was in it all the way. She had been forced by her parents to watch her little sister outside. She protested, but when she heard 'Warning,' she hurried outside. She groaned at how hot it was and how she wished she were inside right now, playing her beloved guitar. Her father had given the guitar to her for her thirteenth birthday, so now she had been playing for about four years. She brought out her guitar and a book for entertainment. She sat the guitar on the newly cut grass and rested it against the arm of the chair. She sat down a picked up the book from the grass. She watched her sister crossing the street before opening the book to chapter eight, where she had left off. Halfway in the chapter, her cell phone rang 'Holiday,' a song from her favorite band. She sighed and found it in her pocket. She took it out and answered, not bothering to see who it was first," Hello...?" she said, a tad bit annoyed,"Hey," Guess what?" She heard a voice say on the other end. Heather, or Kitty, as she preferred to be called, "What?" Melody asked, dropping the book on the grass, knowing her ears were going to be hurting in an hour or two. "The radio is having a contest! All you have to do is answer a few trivia questions, and you get backstage passes! And knows Green Day better than you? Besides them of course," She added quickly, "Well, thanks, you make it sound like I'm a stalker..." Melody said, rolling her eyes. "Besides, we already have tickets for the concert next week, why would we need backstage passes," Melody asked, "Because, this is Green Day we're talking about here, is it not?" she asked, "Ooooooooh, that Green Day? I thought you talking about someone else," Melody said sarcasticly,"Who else would I be talking about?" Kitty asked. It's a wonder she wasn't a blonde, "No, no sarcasm at all, no," Melody said, shaking her head. There was a hesitation on the other end,"Oh, I get it now..." she said, laughing, "You are incredibly slow, you know that?" Melody asked,"Oh, shut up!" Kitty said, still laughing. Melody couldn't but laugh herself. "Soooooooooooo, then you'll do it?" she asked hopfully,"Yeah...I guess," Melody said and sighed. "Thank you kindly," Kitty said and hung up. Melody was surprised. She had been expecting a squeal or something.
Her little sister, Moira, Had gone to see if all of her close living friends to come out. Once they were all outside, they started to play, except for Caroline, who started to walk over, "What," Melody asked, annoyed by her just coming up out of the blue. "Want to come play?" she asked, "No, if you will recall, I didn't want to come out here in the first place, so please leave me alone," she pleaded, "If you want to be left alone, then go somewhere else," Caroline said, making Melody more angry. She was known around the neighbor by her anger. That and her band. "Why the hell do I have to leave my own damn lawn to get some peace? I know my yard is all fun to "play" in, but you and your fourth grader boyfriend can leave," she yelled, "He's not my boyfriend!" Caroline protested, "But you sure as hell wish she was!" Melody yelled back at her, "Fine! We'll leave, but you don't have to bite our heads off!" Caroline yelled.

*Later*
"Happy Birthday!" Melody exclaimed as her friend, Emily, came over. "Oh, thanks," She said, smiling. Melody offered one of her chips, still pissed at Caroline though, her mood showing it a little. Emily took the chip gratefully, "Thanks, did you see us making faces at you?" They had been making faces at Melody while she had been watching Moira play with them. She nodded a little. Emily was quite weird, another "Prep" friend of Melody's. She started laughing and took a bite of the chip,"Ew, is this the lime kind?" she asked. Melody nodded again, smiling. She took the piece she had bitten off the chip and tried to hand it back, "Here," she said. Melody refused. Emily sighed and finished the chip reluctdantly,"Caroline said you yelled at her," Emily said after the chip was gone, "I guess...," Melody said, "And whenever you would look at us, she would say 'Melody's looking at me'," Emily continued, "Like I would look at the goody-goody slut," Melody mumbled. Emily laughed

* The Next Day *
Melody was listening to the radio all day, waiting for the contest to start. Her cell phone rang. Heather again. She sighed and answered it, "What...?" she asked, "It's starting call hem now!" she said and hung up. Melody smiled a little to herself now, and called the station,"Helloooooooo, caller number nine, if you answer the question correctly, you win two backstage passes to the Green Day concert next week. Are you ready?" the announcer asked. Melody nodded, and then forgot she was on the phone,"Yeah," she said. "Okay, what is the drummer's name?" he asked. Melody gasped in disbelief,"Tre Cool," She said, "And now is real name?" the announcer asked. Melody began jumping up and down, excited, "Frank Edwin Write III!" She said, still bouncing around the room. "Coooooooooorect!" The announcer said, "You've won two backstage passes to the Green Day concert!" Melody stopped bouncing around when she heard her father yelling from down in the basement. Man, could he really project his voice!