I know what you're thinking; Cole! We waited two and a half weeks for you to make something that will take three weeks to read! what are you doing writing a short story!? Well... I'm sorry? I don't know... I spent a lot of time on this trying to tell the story I wanted and I still could've done more with it, but! I don't want to just leave you to wonder where I went, so here's something we consider our pride and joy so far, just because working on it was so much fun and I really hope you like it,

Disclaimer: I own nothing

"I can't believe you!" Her voice came from outside and rang through the garage on the summer day.

"I thought you'd be excited, this is like… A dream come true for us," He defended though just as stern in his tone as she.

"No Core! This is your dream come true, did you even stop for like… Three seconds and think about what I want? What Kin and Kon want?" She snapped at him.

Kin and Kon uncomfortably sat on the sofa in the garage. They didn't look at each other or try to pay any attention to their arguing band mates outside. They shared a glance from time to time and shuttered when they heard a particularly bad snap from one or the other.

"Everything will be fine Lanes,"

"No it won't! You always do these crazy things and just expect everything to go greatly, but this time… You really expect us to just, tour around America? Where will we get the money? Or enough songs with lyrics! You can't just decide these things without asking us first."

"We'll find a way, we always do, I think you're over reacting, big time." Corey said and shrugged.

"Corey, what am I supposed to tell my parents? 'Oh by the way, I'm leaving for the next year and a half, see ya!' It doesn't work that way! Why can't you just talk to us before signing us up for everything!"

"Why? Because of this, right here, you always have to second guess my plans, but they always work out, every single time, if I told you, we might have lost a killer opportunity because you were too busy worrying over nothing!" Corey finally snapped at her.

"I worry because you don't, I'm rational, this… This is the craziest thing you've ever put together!" She screeched back at him.

Kin and Kon didn't know what to do, their band mates had been fighting more often than not, and it reflected in their music. All the brothers could do is sit and hope one of them apologizes, calms down and everything goes back to normal.

"Maybe we shouldn't have pushed them into a relationship…" Kin said to his brother and Kon nodded.

"But everything we did, we did in the name of love," Kon tried as something crashed against the garage door.

"Laney!" Corey called from outside. "You busted my guitar!"

"I'm going home," Laney said cruelly and walked off down the street.

"Fine! Come back when you've calmed down!" After that, Corey walked back into the garage and tiredly sat down on the cushy chair next to Kin and Kon's sofa. The twins didn't know what to say their leader but rather, nervously stared at him. "What's her problem?" He asked without looking at them.

"Well, Core, it wouldn't have hurt to tell us about your plan before just… Going ahead and doing it." Kin offered. "Not that it's a bad plan, a tour would be, totally awesome."

"Yeah, Laney just wants to be clued in is all," Kon reaffirmed.

"Well, with me out of a guitar, and down a bass player, I guess the tour's cancelled anyway." Corey was still clearly exhausted. "You guys wanna play ping pong?"

"Let's just watch some T.V." Kon said and flipped it on. "Oh I love this show!" he clapped his hands quickly.

"Yeah! I hope there's a second season, or a third, or maybe even a forth!" Kin agreed but it was still painfully obvious Corey was still upset over Laney. "And uh… Stuff…"

"Why do we need her? It's not like she's the best bass player we've seen…" Corey grumbled more to himself. "And she's so…"

"Corey, we get it, you're angry, but don't ruin TDI time for Kon and me," Kin ordered and Corey quieted down.

"Hey! Dweebuses!" Trina called from her balcony above the garage. "I'm going to the mall to watch as Nick Mallory works behind a store counter, so don't bother me!" She said and got into her pink car.

"We won't…" Corey angrily said off to the side.

"Good, well, don't." She said again.

"We. Won't." he said slightly colder.

"Like, totally yeah right, you're like, planning something or whatever, don't ruin this for me." Trina kept at it as Corey just sat, unmoving and staring at the ground. "Uh, like hello or whatever? Corey, are you even like, listening to me?"

"Shut up Trina," He said lowly and faced her.

"Like, excuse me?"

"Stop talking," He said forcefully. "I'm not going to try anything, I'm not going to ruin this for you, so just go! Go, and leave us alone, go and fail at getting the guy that, every. Single. Girl. Wants, girls who are prettier than you, girls who are nicer than you, there are so many better choices than you, it's not even funny!" And leaned back into his chair, Trina was speechless for a moment before simply driving off and leaving the garage quiet again.

"Gee Core, that was kinda harsh man," Kin said turning from the T.V. show.

"I don't care…" Corey got up from his chair. "I'm going to bed,"

"At five in the afternoon?" Kon asked as they watched him go without another word. Kin and Kon faced each other with a certain amount of concern for their band, but put it off and returned to their television show. "If Heather wins this I'm going cry," Kon said to his brother.

"Yeah me too, me too," Kin nodded in agreement.

The sun shined on a sleeping Kon's face as the new day started. The twins had fallen asleep on the couch, but both of their band mates were absent from the garage, which was unusual, they were usually here by the time Kon woke up. Kin awoke shortly after and they surveyed the empty garage with great concern, there was the sound of heavy lifting outside, and a truck horn went off. The morning seemed to be starting off as anything but calm. Kin and Kon quickly scrambled up into their clothes from yesterday and bolted out to the scene of a moving truck backing out of a nearby driveway. Corey was already observing the scene with a great amount of worry on his face and Laney's bass slung over his shoulder.

"Who's moving?" Kin asked but Corey didn't give an answer and simply continued to stare as it pulled onto the street, followed by a red van, loaded with boxes and packages strapped to the roof.

"Laney…" He finally said and the van drove right passed them with a very sullen Laney clearly visible in the back seat. "Laney!" Corey cried out and ran after the car.

"Corey!" Kin and Kon said in unison and quickly ran after him. Sadly neither was quiet as fast as Corey, but in one epic leap, they tackled him down onto the hot pavement.

"Get off guys! We have to catch up to her!"

"We can't catch a car Core!" Kin said on top of him. "Besides, didn't you say we didn't need her?"

"No! Well, yes, but I didn't mean it! I was angry and stupid and… Kin, can't you make something to catch up to that car?"

"That'd take too long; we don't even know where she's going… She didn't mention moving? Not once?" Kin lectured back and they all stood up as Corey watched the car fade in the distance. His mouth was quivering, and it was the first time Kin and Kon saw Corey genuinely saddened or disappointed in something. The first time things didn't go how he'd planned them out.

"Laney…" He whispered to the wind and just seemed to leave it at that, the three stood silently as the light breeze blew past their faces, it seemed to happen so fast. One moment she was there and the next, she wasn't. "… I didn't even say goodbye… I'm so sorry"

"Maybe she'll be back for her bass?" Kon tried to be hopeful. "Or we could call her."

"She didn't have a phone, and I get the feeling she won't be back for this…" Corey said and went back inside the garage to a cackling Trina,

"Like O.M.G!' She said between her laughs. "Corey's super annoying bass dude left? Life is like totally fantabulous right now! You can't be a band without a bassist," She smugly rubbed Corey's face in the fact Laney was gone. Corey had one hundred different insults back for her, but couldn't think of one, Laney was gone and his thoughts seemed to be stuck on that fact. Kin and Kon approached their depressed leader with mixed feelings, yesterday they were at each other's throats, now Corey looked more broken than ever.

"I gotta say, I'm a bit surprised that you're this upset she's gone," Kon said.

"Kon, have you ever heard the expression you don't know what you have until it's gone?" Corey sat up, slightly offended.

"Well, it only happened ten seconds ago, I'm sure you'll be back to the old Corey before you know it!" Kin and Kon both tried cheering him on, and it was difficult to stay depressed with around their cheerful spirits.

"I'm going to miss her… I know that…"

Future chapters will be longer, this is simply the introduction, I mean, look at that word count, I couldn't write that much in five chapters this long!