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Chicago, Illionis. That's where we were going to have to go to do this gig at Pete's party. No one was complaining, which was good. When we were getting on the plane we were all so excited. It was Max, the rest of Alibi, and I with Panic and their manager, Zack Hall. He was a cool guy, I had to give him that. We tried to get our sits togather, and we did the best we could. First it was Aio, Brendon, and Max. In the next seat it was Jon, Spencer, and Kair. In the aisle across from Aio was Zack and Ryan and behind them was Jill and me. It worked to a degree. Some people were please while others weren't. It didn't matter, the flight was only an hour or two long. It was that long of a flight from Nervada to Illionis. And of course Kair had to ask Zack why we couldn't take a private plane. He just looked at her, and with a very straight face said,"Cause I didn't want to take you on it. That's why." That had Ryan and me rolling in our seats as the girl stared at him, wide eyed. During the ride no one really said anything. Aio did her vocal exercises for a few minutes before she got bored and started to talk to Brendon and Max. Ryan and I talked over our seats, me sitting right behind him. Jon and Spencer were messing around, doing their thing. It was fun. Jill was content, being quiet and everything, just relaxing, getting ready for our performance to be later that night. As the plane flew in the air the kid behind me started to kick my seat as he sang 'Elmo's World', which irritated me. The song more then the kicking, seeing as I have a phobia of Elmo. I swear he was a Nazi death trap or something of that degree. It was a conspiracy of mine. Jill watched me, trying to make sure I did jump the seats and attack the innocent child,"He's a kid, just ignore him..." I raised an eyebrow and looked at her a long moment. She rolled her eyes and took out her cd player, handing it to me,"Listen to this...please." I took it, not knowing what was in it and put the headphones on, turning the volume all the way up and pushing play. Immediately 'Sugar, We're Going Down' blared into my ears. I had to hold myself still to not bust out laughing at the irony of listening to it, having to perform at a party for Pete Wentz. Not long after it started playing that I started to mouth the words to myself, tapping my foot, and playing my handy-dandy air guitar to it. The kid's kicking helped too, it managed to match to the beat. I think Jill must of said something or laughed because Zack and Ryan turned around and looked at me. I don't know how long they stared at me before I noticed them, but it must of been awhile, because they were laughing. I stopped, face blood red,"What?!",I took off the headphones and looked at them both. Zack shook his head and turned back around. "Nothing, just amusing is all.",Ryan grinned, turning back around in his seat. I rolled my ears, stuffing the headphones back on my head, continueing to listen.

"My guitar!!! Where is it?!",I rushed around from one carousel to the next looking for it. Everyone else had their stuff, I had my stuff, but no guitar. "Maybe it's on the next flight.",Max tried to cheer me up, following me around. I stopped, causing him to run into me. I turned around and grabbed him by his shirt collar, shaking him,"That's going to take forever!! The next flight doesn't come in until tomorrow morning!! I can't wait until tomorrow!! I need it tonight!! Oh!! My lovely guitar!!",I let him go, tears welling up in my eyes. It was the good one, the one that belonged to my dad. I had brought that one to perform with, and I didn't have it. "Hey, I'll let you borrow mine when you perform. Calm down. It'll be okay.",Ryan grabbed my by the shoulders, steering me back to where the others were waiting. "I can't make you do that Ry.",I wiped at my ears with the sleeve of my hoodie, traumatized. "It's fine Alice, don't worry. Let's just go.",he clapped me on the shoulder before grabbing his stuff and following the others. I picked my stuff up and went after them.

Pete had arranged a limo to pick us up and take us to where the party was going to be held at. It was some fancy hotel, so we had our rooms right there. It seemed like a good idea to me. The girls and I had fun looking out the windows, taking in everything. "Home sweet home...good to be back.",Jon said happily. Kair looked over at him,"Oh yeah!! You live here right?" I wanted to hit her. He just said it! He nodded, a smile on his face,"Yeap! I moved when i joined Panic. It's not a big deal, just good to see that it's still here is all." "Yeah, who knows. Godzilla might of turn it down.",Brendon laughed, doing an impersionation of the Japanese lizard. "I was thinking more along the lines of aliens.",Spencer spoke up, having a thoughtful look on his face. That had us laughing. Aliens or Gozilla, who will win. That was going to be the next summer Blockbuster hit. As we drove on we got nervous, the girls and I. THis was our moment. This would make us or break us. When we arrived at the hotel Panic and Zack went ahead of us to check the rooms while Max and us stayed back. "Okay girls, this is it. Don't be over come with nervousness. THis is just a regular gig, just think of that. Alright?",he spoke calmly, but we knew he was as nervous as we were. Nonetheless we nodded with smiles and went to our rooms. THe rooms were really expensive by the look of them. It was amazing. I felt the need to play with two hundred percent potential to thank Pete for the rooms and the offer that we might get a record deal with Decaydance. It was amazing. Alibi got their own suite and Max was right next door. Panic and Zack got their own suite as well. It was perfect and great.

When the party started down in the thearter area Panic, Zack, and Max went down ahead of us, letting us get ready in peace. It didn't take long for us to get ourselves ready and for Aio to grab her guitar and Jill to grab her bass. Ryan had taken his down for me and Kair's drums were already set up and ready. When we had our make up ready and outfits perfected we took a deep breath and headed down to the theater. As we headed down we noticed our Decaydance bands and some Fueled By Ramen bands. I nearly had a heart attack seeing William Beckett and Gabe Saporta for real. It was like I got hit with a wave that said,"Oh my god, they do exist!" I noticed Ryan and walked over, the girls following me,"Hey Ry." He stopped and smiled at me,"You guys look good..",he looked at each of us in turn, eyes lingering on me longer. I blushed, pretending to look around,"So, when do we start?" He cleared his throat, handing me his guitar,"In just a moment. Follow me.",he started to head off. We immediately started to follow him. We walked through groups of people, noticing other faces. Some looked friendly while others didn't. "Here we are.",he stopped infront Pete Wentz,"Pete, this is Alibi." He motioned to us all huddled behind him. Pete gave a wave,"Hey guys, glad you could make it." Aio was the brave one and held out her hand,"I'm Aio. This is Jill, Kair, and Alice." He shook her hand and went down the line, shaking each of our hands,"Pleasure to meet all of you. Not often you meet a full girl band." I shrugged,"Well, there is always a first. This might not be a first, but it can be counted as one.",he laughed at my lame joke, making me feel abit better. "Right. So, you guys can go one whenever you want. And we're go from there. When I saw the end of your concert the other night you guys were good, so, I wouldn't have any worries if I were you.",he motioned to the stage,"And your drums are set up too." Kair nodded,a contentful smile on her lips,"Alright, thanks." "C'mon, let's go on now, there's not much going on, this will help.",Jill spoke up quietly, nodding to the stage. "Sounds like a plan. Go at it.",Pete waved us on, like a bunch of kids going to a snack bar full of sugary sweets. We quickly got on the stage, playing in the guitars and doing a quick tuning session before we got everyone's attention and started.
"Hey people...HEY PEOPLE!! OVER HERE!!",Aio yelled into the mic. Everyone turned around to look at us, some laughing at the girl. "That's better. We are Blood Is My Alibi, I'm Aio, that's Alice, that's Jill, and this is Kair. We're going to play a few songs, and if you don't like it, oh well, you're stuck here, so you might as well fake that you're having a good time. Let's hit it girls.",she laughed as she sat her guitar by her, not using it. She used it for specific songs, and we had a few in mind.

As we went on people started to pay more attention, watching us and dancing around to our music. We grew settled and more comfortable with it. It was fun, like a regular gig, but infront of alot of better and cool musicians. We performed Rock N'Roll Circus, Cambridge, We're All Mad, and Vampire Kisses. It was a good set I thought. When we finished the end of Vampire Kisses we were all full and running on pure adrenaline. "Thank you! Once again, we are Blood Is My Alibi!",Aio said into the mic, getting ready to go off the stage. But we were stopped. "Do a cover!! Do a cover!!",Zack called from somewhere. I was going to kill him. "Do a Panic cover!",Patrick called at us, laughing as Brendon shook his head. I looked at the girls and we all nodded,"Okay, sure. We can do that." Spencer stopped us,"Only if you do a FOB cover." Pete shrugged,"Sure. Let's have it! C'mon!!" People started to chant and we smiled,"Alright, hold on!",I walked over to Ryan,"Can Jill use your guitar for this song?" He nodded, confused,"Yeah, but isn't she the bassist?" I smiled and winked,"Not for this Fall Out Boy cover song.",I walked over and switched instruments with Jill as Aio took my hat off my head, putting it on hers. Everyone looked at each other, confused. I took my spot again, but with Jill's bass in my hands. Jill had Ryan's guitar, and Aio had her guitar and my hat on. She smiled,"Oh, we do impersonations...not covers...just watch.",she smiled as she started to play with Jill. Kair and I clapped alittle before starting to play, getting everyone to start to clap. We broke into "Don't You Know Who I Think I Am?" Aio started to sing the song and I sang the back up like always. Jill and I jumpped around, Aio dancing at the mike and Kair drummed away. It was funny, soon people saw what we were doing. I was Pete, Aio was Patrick, Jill was Joe, and Kair was Andy. People were dancing again, watching us with awe. It was great. It was fun. I don't think Fall Out Boy were upset that we thought we were performing their song badly. THey seemed to like it. It was great. At the end Jill joined me at my mic singing,"The broken down on memory lane..." part with me. We ended and everyone clapped. We bowed and I switched instruments with Jill, all of us smiling as I took my hat off of Aio's head. "Alright, now for the Panic cover!!",she smiled adn put her guitar down, running over to the piano. When she was ready she motioned to Kair and she started the song off and then Aio started to play the piano and started sining. Jill and I smirked when we started to play. "There's A Good Reason.." was the cover we were doing. It was perfect, she even impersnated Brendon's laugh to a degree and did it at the right moment. Pete pat Brendon on the back with a smile, saying something to him, making Brendon grin and shake his head. It wasn't hard to figure out who we were mimicing now. I was Ryan, Kair was Spencer, Jill was Jon, and Aio was Brendon. If no one got that, I had the right to throw my guitar pick at them. When we finished we got another applause and bowed again, now fully aware of how tired we were. I sat down on the stage, people walking over and shaking my hand. I think, that just maybe, we had made it...

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Chicago, Illionis. That's where we were going to have to go to do this gig at Pete's party. No one was complaining, which was good. When we were getting on the plane we were all so excited. It was Max, the rest of Alibi, and I with Panic and their manager, Zack Hall. He was a cool guy, I had to give him that. We tried to get our sits togather, and we did the best we could. First it was Aio, Brendon, and Max. In the next seat it was Jon, Spencer, and Kair. In the aisle across from Aio was Zack and Ryan and behind them was Jill and me. It worked to a degree. Some people were please while others weren't. It didn't matter, the flight was only an hour or two long. It was that long of a flight from Nervada to Illionis. And of course Kair had to ask Zack why we couldn't take a private plane. He just looked at her, and with a very straight face said,"Cause I didn't want to take you on it. That's why." That had Ryan and me rolling in our seats as the girl stared at him, wide eyed. During the ride no one really said anything. Aio did her vocal exercises for a few minutes before she got bored and started to talk to Brendon and Max. Ryan and I talked over our seats, me sitting right behind him. Jon and Spencer were messing around, doing their thing. It was fun. Jill was content, being quiet and everything, just relaxing, getting ready for our performance to be later that night. As the plane flew in the air the kid behind me started to kick my seat as he sang 'Elmo's World', which irritated me. The song more then the kicking, seeing as I have a phobia of Elmo. I swear he was a Nazi death trap or something of that degree. It was a conspiracy of mine. Jill watched me, trying to make sure I did jump the seats and attack the innocent child,"He's a kid, just ignore him..." I raised an eyebrow and looked at her a long moment. She rolled her eyes and took out her cd player, handing it to me,"Listen to this...please." I took it, not knowing what was in it and put the headphones on, turning the volume all the way up and pushing play. Immediately 'Sugar, We're Going Down' blared into my ears. I had to hold myself still to not bust out laughing at the irony of listening to it, having to perform at a party for Pete Wentz. Not long after it started playing that I started to mouth the words to myself, tapping my foot, and playing my handy-dandy air guitar to it. The kid's kicking helped too, it managed to match to the beat. I think Jill must of said something or laughed because Zack and Ryan turned around and looked at me. I don't know how long they stared at me before I noticed them, but it must of been awhile, because they were laughing. I stopped, face blood red,"What?!",I took off the headphones and looked at them both. Zack shook his head and turned back around. "Nothing, just amusing is all.",Ryan grinned, turning back around in his seat. I rolled my ears, stuffing the headphones back on my head, continueing to listen.

"My guitar!!! Where is it?!",I rushed around from one carousel to the next looking for it. Everyone else had their stuff, I had my stuff, but no guitar. "Maybe it's on the next flight.",Max tried to cheer me up, following me around. I stopped, causing him to run into me. I turned around and grabbed him by his shirt collar, shaking him,"That's going to take forever!! The next flight doesn't come in until tomorrow morning!! I can't wait until tomorrow!! I need it tonight!! Oh!! My lovely guitar!!",I let him go, tears welling up in my eyes. It was the good one, the one that belonged to my dad. I had brought that one to perform with, and I didn't have it. "Hey, I'll let you borrow mine when you perform. Calm down. It'll be okay.",Ryan grabbed my by the shoulders, steering me back to where the others were waiting. "I can't make you do that Ry.",I wiped at my ears with the sleeve of my hoodie, traumatized. "It's fine Alice, don't worry. Let's just go.",he clapped me on the shoulder before grabbing his stuff and following the others. I picked my stuff up and went after them.

Pete had arranged a limo to pick us up and take us to where the party was going to be held at. It was some fancy hotel, so we had our rooms right there. It seemed like a good idea to me. The girls and I had fun looking out the windows, taking in everything. "Home sweet home...good to be back.",Jon said happily. Kair looked over at him,"Oh yeah!! You live here right?" I wanted to hit her. He just said it! He nodded, a smile on his face,"Yeap! I moved when i joined Panic. It's not a big deal, just good to see that it's still here is all." "Yeah, who knows. Godzilla might of turn it down.",Brendon laughed, doing an impersionation of the Japanese lizard. "I was thinking more along the lines of aliens.",Spencer spoke up, having a thoughtful look on his face. That had us laughing. Aliens or Gozilla, who will win. That was going to be the next summer Blockbuster hit. As we drove on we got nervous, the girls and I. THis was our moment. This would make us or break us. When we arrived at the hotel Panic and Zack went ahead of us to check the rooms while Max and us stayed back. "Okay girls, this is it. Don't be over come with nervousness. THis is just a regular gig, just think of that. Alright?",he spoke calmly, but we knew he was as nervous as we were. Nonetheless we nodded with smiles and went to our rooms. THe rooms were really expensive by the look of them. It was amazing. I felt the need to play with two hundred percent potential to thank Pete for the rooms and the offer that we might get a record deal with Decaydance. It was amazing. Alibi got their own suite and Max was right next door. Panic and Zack got their own suite as well. It was perfect and great.

When the party started down in the thearter area Panic, Zack, and Max went down ahead of us, letting us get ready in peace. It didn't take long for us to get ourselves ready and for Aio to grab her guitar and Jill to grab her bass. Ryan had taken his down for me and Kair's drums were already set up and ready. When we had our make up ready and outfits perfected we took a deep breath and headed down to the theater. As we headed down we noticed our Decaydance bands and some Fueled By Ramen bands. I nearly had a heart attack seeing William Beckett and Gabe Saporta for real. It was like I got hit with a wave that said,"Oh my god, they do exist!" I noticed Ryan and walked over, the girls following me,"Hey Ry." He stopped and smiled at me,"You guys look good..",he looked at each of us in turn, eyes lingering on me longer. I blushed, pretending to look around,"So, when do we start?" He cleared his throat, handing me his guitar,"In just a moment. Follow me.",he started to head off. We immediately started to follow him. We walked through groups of people, noticing other faces. Some looked friendly while others didn't. "Here we are.",he stopped infront Pete Wentz,"Pete, this is Alibi." He motioned to us all huddled behind him. Pete gave a wave,"Hey guys, glad you could make it." Aio was the brave one and held out her hand,"I'm Aio. This is Jill, Kair, and Alice." He shook her hand and went down the line, shaking each of our hands,"Pleasure to meet all of you. Not often you meet a full girl band." I shrugged,"Well, there is always a first. This might not be a first, but it can be counted as one.",he laughed at my lame joke, making me feel abit better. "Right. So, you guys can go one whenever you want. And we're go from there. When I saw the end of your concert the other night you guys were good, so, I wouldn't have any worries if I were you.",he motioned to the stage,"And your drums are set up too." Kair nodded,a contentful smile on her lips,"Alright, thanks." "C'mon, let's go on now, there's not much going on, this will help.",Jill spoke up quietly, nodding to the stage. "Sounds like a plan. Go at it.",Pete waved us on, like a bunch of kids going to a snack bar full of sugary sweets. We quickly got on the stage, playing in the guitars and doing a quick tuning session before we got everyone's attention and started.
"Hey people...HEY PEOPLE!! OVER HERE!!",Aio yelled into the mic. Everyone turned around to look at us, some laughing at the girl. "That's better. We are Blood Is My Alibi, I'm Aio, that's Alice, that's Jill, and this is Kair. We're going to play a few songs, and if you don't like it, oh well, you're stuck here, so you might as well fake that you're having a good time. Let's hit it girls.",she laughed as she sat her guitar by her, not using it. She used it for specific songs, and we had a few in mind.

As we went on people started to pay more attention, watching us and dancing around to our music. We grew settled and more comfortable with it. It was fun, like a regular gig, but infront of alot of better and cool musicians. We performed Rock N'Roll Circus, Cambridge, We're All Mad, and Vampire Kisses. It was a good set I thought. When we finished the end of Vampire Kisses we were all full and running on pure adrenaline. "Thank you! Once again, we are Blood Is My Alibi!",Aio said into the mic, getting ready to go off the stage. But we were stopped. "Do a cover!! Do a cover!!",Zack called from somewhere. I was going to kill him. "Do a Panic cover!",Patrick called at us, laughing as Brendon shook his head. I looked at the girls and we all nodded,"Okay, sure. We can do that." Spencer stopped us,"Only if you do a FOB cover." Pete shrugged,"Sure. Let's have it! C'mon!!" People started to chant and we smiled,"Alright, hold on!",I walked over to Ryan,"Can Jill use your guitar for this song?" He nodded, confused,"Yeah, but isn't she the bassist?" I smiled and winked,"Not for this Fall Out Boy cover song.",I walked over and switched instruments with Jill as Aio took my hat off my head, putting it on hers. Everyone looked at each other, confused. I took my spot again, but with Jill's bass in my hands. Jill had Ryan's guitar, and Aio had her guitar and my hat on. She smiled,"Oh, we do impersonations...not covers...just watch.",she smiled as she started to play with Jill. Kair and I clapped alittle before starting to play, getting everyone to start to clap. We broke into "Don't You Know Who I Think I Am?" Aio started to sing the song and I sang the back up like always. Jill and I jumpped around, Aio dancing at the mike and Kair drummed away. It was funny, soon people saw what we were doing. I was Pete, Aio was Patrick, Jill was Joe, and Kair was Andy. People were dancing again, watching us with awe. It was great. It was fun. I don't think Fall Out Boy were upset that we thought we were performing their song badly. THey seemed to like it. It was great. At the end Jill joined me at my mic singing,"The broken down on memory lane..." part with me. We ended and everyone clapped. We bowed and I switched instruments with Jill, all of us smiling as I took my hat off of Aio's head. "Alright, now for the Panic cover!!",she smiled adn put her guitar down, running over to the piano. When she was ready she motioned to Kair and she started the song off and then Aio started to play the piano and started sining. Jill and I smirked when we started to play. "There's A Good Reason.." was the cover we were doing. It was perfect, she even impersnated Brendon's laugh to a degree and did it at the right moment. Pete pat Brendon on the back with a smile, saying something to him, making Brendon grin and shake his head. It wasn't hard to figure out who we were mimicing now. I was Ryan, Kair was Spencer, Jill was Jon, and Aio was Brendon. If no one got that, I had the right to throw my guitar pick at them. When we finished we got another applause and bowed again, now fully aware of how tired we were. I sat down on the stage, people walking over and shaking my hand. I think, that just maybe, we had made it...