First Meeting (Elisia, Renee, Devon, Gabe)

[Zac Stanson]

Zac arrived first. He carried his guitar case in one hand and a sheet of paper in the other with the notes he had made. Part of him worried that he had prepared too much, but the band had been his idea, so he could be excused for doing so. But he didn't want to seem arrogant and bossy around the other people that should be arriving soon.

Of those people, there was only one Zac actually knew, Ellie, who he had met on the Retreat. The other three, all members of staff, Zac hadn't actually met, so this should be fun.

Zac unzipped his guitar case and took his Fender out carefully. It was red, with a black pick guard. He found a suitable amp and plugged it in, before giving his bass a quick tune and playing a few notes, just waiting for the others to arrive.

[Elisia Lark]

Ellie was excited, a new band being formed was always interesting and it kept her busy. She'd been dwelling far too much about things between her and Guy and overall, she was just sick of it. When Zac, the boy she met on the retreat, suggested making a student/staff band, she felt like it was a great idea. A good way for the staff members to interact with a few of their students outside of a classroom setting and she knew that some staff members were really great musicians.

The first one that came to mind had been Mr. James because he was her music teacher and seriously one of her favorite teachers that she had. From there, he had spread the word to Mr. Wentsworth and Ms. Hendricks. She didn't know them quite as well, but she trusted that they were fair musicians seeing as how Mr. James was the one that recruited them.

Ellie was glad that the music room had a piano because it was less to carry for her. She was interested to see how this was going to go. A different variety of music that they all liked, it'd be interesting to see what they could come up with as a set list. She walked into the band room and could hear someone warming up and tuning. When she got further in, she spotted Zac plucking at his Fender and she smiled, "Someone was excited to start this up, huh?"

[Zac Stanson]

Ah, good. Ellie. Zac had actually hoped she would arrive first, so he could say hi and run things through with her. She was the co-founder of their new band anyway, and had been responsible for the members actually agreeing to take part. And perhaps there was a small part of him that just wanted to talk to her.

"Oh, hi." Zac grinned. "Yeah, I guess I was. I even made a list of possible song ideas." He got up and handed her the slip of paper. It contained bands like Passenger and Bastille, but also things like P!nk and Avril Lavigne. Zac tried to keep an open mind when it came to music.

[Elisia Lark]

Ever since the retreat, Ellie had been feeling a lot better about things. She wasn't so frazzled and crazy about everything and she was finally getting back into the same pattern as before. Sticking to the background unless given an opportunity to socialize with someone who actually tries socializing with her first. Until she was fully recovered, she wasn't planning on putting herself out there as much as she had before. It was a little too soon for her and she wasn't sure she could handle it if things ended poorly again.

Zac seemed innocent enough though. He'd been really nice to her and he was a fellow musician which she could appreciate. Not to mention, she couldn't deny the fact that he wasn't awful to look at. Over all, he seemed like a really nice person to be friends with. (And she would start there before getting into the ridiculous crushing matter.)

"Oo, that's awesome! I have a list of the songs that fit in my register so that works perfectly," She said as she took the sheet of paper from him. Passenger she could always take up an octave or rewrite it in her range, P!nk was always fitting and Avril Lavigne wasn't too bad either. To her own list she had Adele, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and even Amy Lee from Evanescence. She had quite the range this one.

Ellie did a little happy dance as she read over the list and looked up at him with a smile, "I can't even explain how excited I am to be singing with a band. Is that pathetic or what?"