CHAPTER FOUR: THE RIVALS MEETS THE 8 RULES

January 8, 2005

 It’s been a few days since Erica joined No Rules, and already NR is about to premiere a new song, Okay. They’ve already filmed the music video for their new song, with Erica. They’ve already did the photo-shoot for the CD single.

 The members were in their dressing room, waiting to perform, when they got word that skate5 were scheduled to perform right after them. NR decided to confront them. Erica, not knowing what’s going on, followed the founding members.

 The NR members found skate5 in another dressing room. Ashley demanded, “Who’s bright idea is it to perform right after us?”

 When Kimmy saw Erica with NR, she asked suspiciously, “Who’s that blondie? I’ve never seen her before.”

 Edward said angrily, “Don’t avoid the question!”

 Kimmy smirked, “It was my idea, bitches. Honestly, I’m surprised that More Rules are still around. Now answer my question: Who’s that girl with you?”

 The NR members looked at each other, wondering if they should reveal that they’re now an eight-piece band. Erica rolled her eyes, and spoke up, “Look, I don’t know who you are, but I know who we are: We’re No Rules. There’s no ‘more,’ or whatever you said. I’m Erica, and I’m from the East End of London. You mess with me, I’ll beat your arse!’

 Kimmy tried to stifle her laugh, but she ended up laughing hard. None of the other skate5 members laughed, since they‘re on NR‘s side. NR glared at Kimmy.

 She laughed “No Rules as an 8-piece?! Wow, I guess having seven members wasn’t enough. Now they’re so desperate, they added a East End chav! Are you trying to be the next S Club 8 since they disappeared?”

 Erica retorted, “They weren’t desperate, I was!”

 Edward whispered to her, “Erica, don’t tell her about your past.”

 Kimmy taunted, “An eight-piece band won’t work in Britain, or anywhere else in the world. S Club 8 didn’t work, so why should you? You lot are lucky, but you won‘t be. I will destroy More Rules.”

 With that, Erica was about to punch Kimmy, but the boys of both bands pulled the two girls away. Then NR went back to their dressing room.

 Edward told Erica sternly “Erica, what the f*ck were you thinking? She could have sued us!”

 She asked, “Who is that bitch anyway?”

 Ashley replied, “That’s our rival band, skate5. That bitch is Kimmy Hudson. She hates us whilst the other members are on our side.”

 Edward added, “Kimmy can’t be trusted, so you can’t say anything about your old life. You need to be vague, like the rest of us.”

 Erica agreed. Now it was time to perform. Once again, NR had a live band; Edward and Alex were the guitarists; Alex is the solo singer in the song; and there’s not much choreography. For Erica, it was whirlwind of recording sessions, makeovers, filming the music video, photo-shoots, and now meeting the rival band and performing live on stage.

 Alex noticed that Erica was nervous, so he gave her a smile; reassuring her that the performance will go well. He was right: The 8-piece No Rules is now gaining more fans than they used to as a 7-piece. 

 It’s a few hours later, and skate had finished performing. Kimmy slipped away from her band, and went to a nearby Underground station. Soon came the two rival bands, BG6 and B.A.S.E. They glared at each other, and they met with Kimmy.

 Sean said irritated, “You better have a good reason why we’re here with BASE.”

 Kimmy said, “This morning I found out that our number one rival, No Rules, is now an 8-piece, like S Club 8 was. The new member is some bitch from the East End, and she’s a chav.”

 Marissa said “We know. We saw them this morning. But we don’t know who the new girl is.”

 Kimmy said, “Well, I think it’s a desperate attempt to save that band. You saw that an 8-piece will didn’t work in England. This is our chance to destroy them.”

 Sean asked “And how are we gonna destroy them? Do you have a plan?”

 Marissa said, “He’s right. We can’t just go after them right away.”

 Kimmy said “That’s why I brought you all here. We must discuss strategy.”

 The BG6 members grumbled, while the B.A.S.E. members weren’t impressed.

 Sean scoffed “So really, you got nothing?”

 Kimmy said, “Not necessarily.”

 With that, both bands walked away, leaving Kimmy frustrated.

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