Chapter One

Joe Gray, My Teacher?

Joe Gray was your typical bad boy. He was in a band, the Gray Brother's, with obviously, his brothers. While the others had kept their pure image, Joe didn't. His parents had caught him smoking pot, although he only tried it twice, and his mom caught him drunk three times. She had tried grounding him, but since he always had to attend parties for publicity and do all his concerts, that punishment clearly wasn't working. After putting some thought into it, she decided to make him get a job. He was going to give guitar lessons.

"Mom, this is ridiculous. I don't have time for a job! We practice like everyday, and I need time to sleep and stuff!" Joe fought with his mother. No way was Joe Gray going to get a job.

"Joe, this isn't something you can argue. I've already decided for you. You need to start learning some responsibility." Denise Jonas said sternly.

"You can't just decide things for me. I'm eighteen years old, Mother." Joe rolled his eyes.

"I don't care if you eighteen or forty, Joe! As long as you're living under my roof, you'll do as I say." Mrs. Gray laid down the law. "And right now, I'm saying that tomorrow at 1:00 you're going to you're first day of work at John's Guitars, giving some excited kid lessons, and you're going to be pleasant. Understood?"

Joe rolled his eyes and sighed. "Yes. I understand, and I am SO thrilled, you don't even know!" Joe added sarcastically, then went up to his room to sulk. So what if he had made a few mistakes? He was just a teenager after all. What could they expect from him? Sorry that the rocks star life got stressful sometimes, and he needed a release. Sorry that he wasn't perfect like his brothers.

The door dinged as a natural blond, known as Lilly Truscott, walked through going straight to the front desk. The smell of this store was familiar to her. Lilly's mom, Vivian Truscott, was a strong believer that being able to read and play music helped kids learn better, and get better grades. Since Lilly was six, she had been forced to play. She'd done violin, piano, flute, viola, and cello, but had rejected them all. Learning to play wasn't fun for her. It was more of a chore. The day after Lilly told her mom she was quitting cello, Vivian came home with a new acoustic guitar.

"Hi, I'm here for a guitar lesson… Lilly Truscott." She told the woman behind the front desk.

"Ah, yes, just go into room 7, I'm sure you know where it is." The woman smiled. Lilly smiled back snidely. Most of the people here knew her because she had been coming since she was six.

Lilly walked down the hall to a room she had been in so many times before. Once she got there she wondered if the woman had told her the wrong room. Some one was in there, and she could hear them playing softly. She slowly pushed the door open. A shaggy dark haired boy with a leather jacket and skinny jeans was sitting strumming his guitar with his head down, his hair falling into his eyes.

"Sorry… I guess I have the wrong room." Lilly apologized, slowly backing out of the room. Suddenly the boy looked up.

"Lilly Truscott?" The boy looked up, reading my name off a paper now in his hands. This boy just so happened to be Joe Fray. Joe fucking gray is my guitar teacher? I felt myself blush. I had never been obsessed with him or his brothers, but I always thought Joe was extremely cute.

"Uh, yeah, that's me." I said, standing in the doorway, feeling awkward, with my guitar hanging from my left hand.

"Alright, then you don't have the wrong room." He smiled, but it didn't reach his eyes. The smile didn't seem too happy. "You're here for a guitar lesson, right?"

She walked further into the small room, and lifted up her guitar for him to see. "Yup,"

"Well, okay then. Let's get started. You can have a seat here," He said, patting the stool next to him. Lilly obeyed. Although Joe Gray was her teacher, and she was sitting so close to him that she could smell him, Lilly couldn't help but be angry that she was wasting a perfect summer afternoon learning how to play another dumb instrument when she could be skate boarding. She frowned.

"Well, I guess I should introduce myself," Joe said, extending his hand. "I'm Joe, but you probably know that."

Lilly shook it, "And I'm Lilly… but you know that." She added laughing, slightly embarrassed. Oh wow… this would be a long hour.

Hey guys. I've wanted to do a Loe, and Im bored and can't sleep so I did this. I'll add more soon.

SHERRIE.

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