Chris and Xander went back to the apartment where they found Zach laying on the couch curled into a ball. Xander let go of Chris wrist ant they both slowly approached Zach.
Chris: Zach?
Xander: Whats wrong buddy
Zach: {depressed}I... I thought they would accept me... I thought I was cool
Xander: {sitting next to Zach} you are cool pal
Chris: Yeah, you keep reminding us every day...
Zach: {sits up} Yeah well, I was wrong {goes to the kitchen and dispenses candy from the candy dispenser directly into his mouth}
Tory: {Walks in} {notices a depressed Zach dispensing candy into his mouth} What happened to him?
Chris & Xander:{shrug their shoulders}
Zach: {with candy in his mouth} I talked to the Alphas that's what happened!
Chris: Huh?
Zach: {swallows the candy} I talked to the alphas, that's what happened {lies back down on the couch}
Tory: Why would you talk to them?
Chris: Who are the Alphas?
Tory: {rolls her eyes} they're this group of jocks and cheerleaders who probably think being tan is a personality trait, we saw them at the pool earlier {turns to Zach} What happened?
Zach: Well, {sniff} I walked up to them and introduced myself... I said I thought they were cool and I was gonna hang with them...
Tory: ...Didn't Jake say they only hang with 'their kind'
Chris: whose Jake?
Tory: some boy who jumped out of a trash can
Chris & Xander: what?
Tory: Yeah, this place is really strange. This Jake guy told us about everyone's status at the pool including the Alphas ... he said they only talk to their kind as if being chosen to be the antagonist in a high-school movie is such an achievement. I still don't understand why you would want to talk to them
Zach: You just don't appreciate the value of status
Tory: No, I don't ...it has no value
Zach: Anyway, after you left, I went to talk to them, Jake tried to warn me, but I went anyway. And they...
Xander & Chris: {listening intently} what did they do?
Zach: They said...
Flashback
Zach: My name is Zach, yall seem cool. I think Ill hang with you guys
Alpha female1: what did you just say?
Alpha male: Did he just say we seem cool
Alpha female2: I think he just did!
Alpha female1: We ARE cool sweetie, something you will never be!
Alpha male: {pushes Zach back} So take you LOSER aura back to your LOSER corner and stay there
Zach: But, Im one of you guys, Im a Jock
Alpha female1: Do you have a car?
Zach:No...
Alpha female2: Are you in any famous movies?
Zach: No, Im in a band.
Alpha female1: Do you have any hit songs?
Zach: Well, no, we just started
Alpha male2: And you think your one of us?
Alphas: {laugh in unison}
Alpha male1: Get out of our face bro {continues laughing}
Back to the present
Zach: {curled up on the couch hugging a pillow} No one has ever said Im not cool enough to hang out with them, even Ashlyn, who was the meanest person I know, used to ask me to come to her parties...
Tory: Okay {pulls Zach up} Get up, those guys are just people with zero personality and are really lame
Zach: you think they are lame?
Tory: Totally, they have to make other people feel inferior just so they can fell better about themselves... its pathetic
Xander: No offense Tory, but you don't know what its like to be on their target list
Tory: Oh yes, I do, Ashlyn used to bully and insult me all the time, mainly because she thought Chris and I were a thing, I mean can you believe that! Even the thought of it sound ridiculous
Chris: {laughs nervously} Yeah, totally ridiculous
Zach: So how did you get her to stop?
Tory: Oh, she didn't stop, every day at work I had to hear her talk about why Chris likes her more and how she looks so much better than I do and how she is so much cooler than I am... ugh, honestly it was exhausting
Xander: And none of that bothered you?
Tory: No
Zach: How?
Tory: Because I know the only reason, she did it was to reassure herself; she was insecure and tried to reflect her insecurities on me so that she would feel better
Zach: So, you're saying that the Alphas know that Im cooler than them and insulted me so that they wouldn't be so threatened by me?
Tory: Umm, sure, if it makes you feel better that's exactly what I was saying
Zach: {jumps up enthusiastically} That's is good enough for me!
There was a knock at the door and Tory went to open or
Tory: {opens the door} Kelly?
The boys: Kelly? {go to the door}
Chris; What are you doing here?
Kelly: {confused} Didn't your mom tell you Ill be coming to get you guys later?
Tory: No...
Xander: Then again, we all kind of went exploring around palmwoods after you left
Kelly: Well, we need to get to the studio and start your training, there is a car waiting for us downstairs
Zach: Lets go then...
Tory: {Shout} Hey mom! Were going to the studio withKelly!
Jace: {rushes downstairs} What! No!
Kelly: Why not?
Jace: Mom isnt here, she went job hunting, and left us here to babysit Max!
Tory: Pretty sure she left you here to babysit max
Jace: Come on, you cant leave me here with that Tasmanian devil!
Tory: {walking out the door} Pretty sure I can
The boys: {follow Tory out the door}
Kelly: {shuts the door}
Jace: NOT COOL GUYS!!
Tory: {from the hallway} Have fun!
Max: {Walks into the room} I'm hungry
Jace: {sigh} You want some candy
Max: {nods with excitement}
Jace: {carries max to the kitchen and serves him a bowl of candy}
YOU ARE READING
SWISH
FanfictionAfter one musical journey comes to an end, another begins! Big Time Rush want to take a break from being in the spotlight to live normal lives, so they set out on a journey to find their replacement. Was it a coincidence that they found Tory, Zach...
