Categotry Archives: Suzie’s House
Suzie’s House 336 : Have a Cigar
John parked the van behind The Warehouse. By now the kids should have finished playing however many songs they could get away with and should be waiting. If he pushed it back too much more, Bruce would be calling, demanding a ride for their equipment, and maybe a chance to yell about the gig. No way John was going to submit to that.
Suzie’s House 335 : Where the Bass Belongs
This was great! Tracy windmilled her strumming arm and pushed out to the front of the stage. She’d never felt so good before. Could this really be her calling in life? Except she wasn’t supposed to be doing this, right? Usually it was the guitar that took the lead, right? That’s why they called it a lead guitar. But Gene must have stage fright or something because he spent the whole show looking down like he didn’t know how to […]
Suzie’s House 334 : Without Bunny Ears
Pink. And fluffy. With whiskers. Bruce had given her a flipping bunny mask! The only thing it was missing were the long ears. How was Emma supposed to sing in this thing? She’d planned on wearing her black dominatrix mask. That fit in a bar, didn’t it? No one would really notice her in something like that, right? But something so pink and childish?
Suzie’s House 333 : You Can’t Manipulate Every Bitter, Tight Spot
Just like he thought, the drums took forever to get set up. Bruce had his keyboard up and running almost as fast as Tracy and Gene had their guitars plugged in and tuned. Of course Emma hovered just off stage. She kept touching the mask he’d given her like maybe it didn’t fit right. He’d have to check it later. That just left the drums, and there goes Kate, chasing one right off the stage.
Suzie’s House 332 : Chasing Toms
Justin adjusted his snare drum, then looked up in time to see Kate chasing down a tom as it rolled off the tiny platform that The Warehouse considered a stage. She was two for two, now. Two drums lost while setting up for two performances. Part of him felt superior, but part reminded him she probably wouldn’t lose any of her kit if she didn’t have to fit hers around his. It was always when her tom bumped into his […]
Suzie’s House 331 : How to Not Bounce
Bruce stared into the eyes of the burly bouncer and dared him to keep them out. Uncle John really had set this gig up, hadn’t he? Even if they were all under age, they had a right to be here tonight. He didn’t have to pay a bribe this time. Did he?
Suzie’s House 330 : First Gig
They were together. Emma could hear the difference in the music, and it wasn’t just the practice room. They’d been in the room practicing every day for a couple of weeks now and it didn’t sound new anymore. No, this was different. Everyone knew their part and played it perfect. Emma reveled in it. She felt like she could really let her voice out when the band sounded like this. It wasn’t just her thinking it either. When they finished […]
Suzie’s House 328 : Garbage, Paint, and Shoes
Suzie’s mind wandered as she dumped the kitchen garbage into the trash can by the garage. The utility bills shouldn’t be too bad this time. Not like in winter when they could easily hit three hundred a month. Maybe more insulation in the attic would help, but that would require money she didn’t have.
Suzie’s House 327 : Dredgeful. Just Dredgeful
“Dredgeful. It’s just dredgeful,” Tracy said as they headed home. Home to Ben’s house, not to Emma’s. No one said anything about it, they all just kind of went that way. Ben noticed it, but only because he was trying to pay more attention to stuff like that. “Dredgeful?” Bruce grinned at Emma, who kind of smiled back with that smile that always flickered and always faced the ground. “What?” Tracy scowled at Bruce. “Nothing,” Bruce said, and everyone in […]
Suzie’s House 326 : Tracy to the Rescue
It was them! Emma saw them through the front window from the second floor of the abandoned house and shut up right then. She hadn’t done much singing today, but she’d gone to the abandoned house to sing every day since her brother moved back in, and maybe was overdoing it a little. She got up close to the window to see better and held her breath. The last thing she wanted was for them to find her here. Not […]
Suzie’s House 325 : Supposed to be Writing
Ben had just got his three words for the day when Lisa shoved her notebook aside and sighed. He tried not to get irritated with her, but it was like this all morning. It was like she didn’t really want to be writing. “Didn’t you just say you were going to outline?” Ben said. He could have said a lot worse. “All my ideas went away.” All right, so maybe Been could sympathize with that. His ideas turned into nothing […]
Suzie’s House 324 : Inspiration
“I thought Summer Vacation was supposed to be an easygoing time of the year.” Lisa shoved her laptop away, skidding it across Ben’s dining room table. “I’m working harder now than I did when we had school.” “Summer’s never been easygoing for me.” Ben kept on typing. At this rate he’d win the word war hands down, but Lisa told herself she didn’t care. Then he stopped typing. “Last summer Drew abandoned us.”
Suzie’s House 323 : Brother Blunder
It was such a simple mistake. Emma forgot she wasn’t allowed to sing. Not anywhere that her brother might hear, at any rate. She came home from the practice room rental audition feeling like someone special. She imagined herself a diva. Fans would scream and beg for autographs as soon as they saw her. Body guards would surround her and an agent would do everything he could to make her happy just so she would keep on singing.
Suzie’s House 322: Losing a Wad
Elton wasn’t quite sure what to make of the girl. When the kids first turned up in his office he had assumed she was a hangers-on. When everyone else picked up their instruments and she just stood there, he was sure of it. But they said she was the singer. And then Bruce handed her a mask.
