Free Boy Band by Jacqueline Smith Page A

haven’t done in far too long.”
    “Questions and answers!” All five shout out together.  
    “As you all hopefully know, we have a new album coming out soon,” Cory says.
    “But not soon enough!” Josh cuts in.
    “And that’s why we’re here today,” Oliver concludes.  “Why don’t we get started?” 
    “Alright, our first question is from Rochelle in Phoenix, Arizona,” Sam reads from the laptop that they’re sharing.  “Her question is, ‘If you could star in any television show or movie, what would it be and why?’”
    “ Star War s ,” Josh answers immediately.
    “Why would you pic k Star War s ?” Sam asks him.
    “The real question is wh y wouldn’ t I pic k Star War s ?” Josh rebuts.  
    “Okay then.  Oliver?” Sam asks.  
    “I want to be the next Sherlock Holmes.” 
    “Because you’re British?” Jesse asks.  
    “Yes.  That is the only reason,” Oliver deadpans.  
    “I’d like to play someone smart, like a doctor or a professor.  I can’t think of a name though,” Cory says.
    “That sounds so boring.  It’s so you,” Josh remarks.  
    “I’d be in a horror flick, lik e The Shinin g ,” Jesse answers, looking cool and confident.  
    “But you hate scary movies,” Sam reminds him.  Tha t is the understatement of the century.  Jesse might like to pretend he’s a badass or whatever, but the truth is he is a huge wimp. Last Halloween, we decided to have a classic horror movie night on the tour bus and Jesse flat-out refused to watc h The Exorcist.  According to him, he “accidentally” saw it as a child and it scarred him for life.  Now, I have no idea how you “accidentally” see a movie, but clearly, it was a traumatic experience.   
    “I know, but if I was in one, then maybe it wouldn’t be as scary,” Jesse explains.  
    Okay, so he’s not very good at being a bad boy either.
    “I’d be in zombie show, lik e The Walking Dea d ,” Sam finally answers.  “And I say that because zombies are cool.  Also, I really like the idea of being a survivalist.”
    “Says the guy who just bought a new pair of seven - hundre d -dollar shoes,” Cory comments. 
    “Um, excuse me, m y mo m bought them for me and they’re for the tour,” Sam says.  By this point, I have to bite my tongue to keep from laughing. 
    “Fair enough.”
    “Alright, what’s the next question?” Oliver asks.
    “Oh, this is a good one,” Jesse says.  “How did you guys come up with the name The Kind of September?  That’s from Lora in Edinburgh, Scotland.”  
    “That is a good question,” Cory agrees. “We actually got it from a musical that Sam and a few of our friends saw back in high school , The Fantastick s . One of the songs in it is called ‘Try to Remember ’ and it’s actually a quote from that song.  We all just really liked it.”
    “Both the name and the song,” Sam adds.  “It’s actually a great musical too.”  
    “Would you go so far to say that it’ s fantasti c ?”  Josh asks, nudging Sam’s arm with his elbow.  “Huh?”  He follows up with a huge wink and a cheesy grin.      
    Oh, Josh.  Aren’t you just so funny?       
    “Okay, our next question comes from Meagan in Hot Springs, Arkansas.  I love that place,” Oliver grins.  “The question is if you could switch places with any of your bandmates, who would it be?” 
    “You,” Sam answers.
    “Me?” Oliver sounds surprised to hear him say that.  “Why me?”  
    “Because all the girls just totally love your accent.”
    “It’s true,” Jesse says.
    “In that case, I want to be Oliver too,” Josh says.
    “Same here,” Cory agrees.
    “Okay, so we’d all be Oliver.  Oliver, who would you be?” Jesse asks.
    “Josh,” Oliver replies.
    “Really?” Josh looks like that one response just made his entire life.  
    “Yeah.  You’re just so happy all the time.  And I wish I could make people laugh like you.”
    “Oh, Ollie... I don’t know