Chapter 1

Fame

It was a hot summer day. Peter had just been sitting in the shade, watching the clouds go by. He was locked out of his house yet again, his sister Sally who had the keys to the house was still in school. His friends had gone some were again, he didn't really care much of them at the moment, though. It was his house that was bothering him. He wanted to be inside it, where there was actually air conditioning. Peter turned his head towards the road and saw, Maria.

She was holding Arizona Green Tea.

"YOU!" He shouted as he got up. Maria, being slow, slowly looked up cluelessly, watching as Peter charged in front of her for the green tea.

"OMG! PETER!" She shouted and idiotacally smiled.

Peter quickly pushed her back and grabbed the green tea and started drinking it.

"Hey! That was mine, you could have asked." Maria said.

"Shut up, I'm thirsty." Peter answered.

Maria stared at him in shock, "Couldn't you have just gone to your house to get some?" Maria asked.

"Could you stop asking stupid questions?" Peter sneered.

Maria just stood there.

"I'm locked out." Peter construed.

"Oh, again?" Maria asked.

"Yep." Maria grabbed her Arizona Green Tea from Peter's hands.

"There's a carnival down the street." Maria suddenly said.

"Really? Well thats great!" Peter sarcastically scoffed. "And how is this carnival gonna help me get into my house?"

"Jesus Peter, whats wrong with you? I'm just saying that. Haven't you been wondering why Sally hasn't been home for so long? Or where all of us have been all day?"

"Sally yes, the rest.. no not really."

"Jesus, your such an ass, there all at the carnival." Maria explained.

"Well then off to the carnival we go!" Peter shouted.

Maria and Peter went to the carnival.

"So.. where are they?" Peter indignantly asked.

"Uh.. somehwere in there..."

"You mean we have to look through this entire carnival to fucking find Sally?" Peter bellowed.

"Yep." Maria answered vaguely.

Peter started running off searching for Sally, leaving Maria behind. He ran to the rollercoasters, and to the ferriss wheel. He ran North and South of the carnival.. with no luck of finding anyone.

"... you still haven't found em?" Maria came up behind Peter who was sitting outside the carnival now.

"...No." Peter answered.

He stared off into the parking lot of Target, until, he heard

"NOW WHERE'LL BE HAVING OUR KAREOKE CONTEST." Peter's eyes shot up.

"A... stage?" He asked while looking towards the huge stage and big crowd of people surrounding it.

"Yeah.. there was an open air contest for some band a couple minutes ago." Maria answered.

"No way." Peter shouted as he ran toward the stage.

Peter ran to the stage, the announcer turned to Peter who abruptly got on the stage and snatched the microphone from his hands. There was a loud screetch from the microphone, everyone clutched there ears.

"Peter?" The announcer called the name off the list..

"Huh?" Peter asked.

"Our first contestant is.. Peter.. from Dearborn, MI"the announcer read off the list of people.

"Wow." Peter thought. "The first contestants name was Peter? What a coincedance."

"You'll be singing.. uh.. Listen to your heart?" The announcer announced. "What? No-"

However, Peter was cut off by the music blasting through the speakers. Peter had no choice but to sing. He was soon done. Everyone was clapping, some of the audience even cried. Peter was annoyed. He frantically looked through the audience to see if he saw anyone he knew. Yury. He was crying. Peter pretended not to see him and looked on. Annoyed he shouted "SALLY!! GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE" over the microphone.