Fabulous Five 031 - The Fabulous Five Together Again by Betsy Haynes

to let them through.
    As they worked their way through the crowd, Christie looked
in every direction for the London girls. Phoebe, Eleanore, and Nicki were
nowhere to be seen.
    "How's this spot?" asked Beth with a big grin when
The Fabulous Five had reached a place not far from the bandstand. "Did I
do good, or what?"
    "You did fantastic," said Christie with a worried
look. "But I just wish we could find the others." She didn't want her
British friends to think they hadn't tried.
    "We'll all keep looking," promised Katie.
    They still hadn't found the others when the warmup band came
on. As the music started playing, the audience began clapping and swaying, and
it became harder and harder for Christie to see through the crowd. Finding
Nicki, Phoebe, and Eleanore seemed hopeless.
    When the band finished and the audience was waiting for
Brain Damage to come on, Christie saw Davey's head bobbing toward them. He had
spotted them and had a grin on his face. Christie could see Connie and Charlie
behind him.
    "Thought we'd find you birds right about here,"
said Davey. "How's the lump on the noggin, Melanie?"
    "How'd you ever find us?" asked Christie.
    "If it hadn't been for Davey's being six feet taller
than everyone else, we might not have," teased Connie.
    "Here they come! Here they come!" screamed Beth as
Trevor Morgan led the members of Brain Damage onto the stage.
    The Fabulous Five started jumping up and down, trying to get
Trevor's attention. But with the shouting, waving crowd, it was impossible.
    "Have you seen Phoebe and the others?" Christie
asked Connie as Trevor introduced the band. "I'm worried that they'll feel
left out if we don't find them."
    "We've been looking but haven't spotted them,"
answered Connie.
    Christie made a face. She hated it that they weren't all
together, but at this point there wasn't much she could do about it.
    Brain Damage started their first song, and the crowd got
right into it—swaying, clapping, and singing along. Trevor pranced across the
stage singing the lyrics and teasing the kids nearest the stage.
    "I wish Trevor would see us," Beth yelled above
the noise.
    "He always gets kids from the audience to go up onstage
and sing with the band," said Melanie. "If he saw us, he might ask us
to come up again."
    "Hey, Mel," shouted Davey. "They're about to
play the song we both like."
    "Yea!" screamed Melanie, grabbing his arm and
jumping up and down.
    Davey put his arm around Melanie's shoulder, and the two
started singing at the tops of their voices. The others joined in.
    As the band played on, Christie forgot all about Phoebe,
Nicki, and Eleanore. Connie took her hand, and the two of them looked at each
other as they sang.
    The band played song after song, and the excitement in the
crowd lifted to a fever pitch. Finally Trevor Morgan started pacing back and
forth across the stage, pointing to different people in the audience.
    "He's going to ask kids to come up!" shouted
Beth. "Oh, I wish he would see us!"
    Everyone in the audience knew what Trevor was about to do,
and the screaming and shouting grew louder and louder as he teased the crowd.
    Beth and Melanie started jumping up and down and waving with
both hands. "We're here! We're here!" they yelled.
    Trevor was looking over their heads.
    "We'll help!" shouted Charlie, grabbing one of
Beth's arms and legs. "Get her other side," he ordered Davey.
    Davey did, and the two of them hoisted Beth above their
heads.
    "Trevor! Here! Here!" she screamed.
    Trevor saw her and looked as if he couldn't believe his
eyes. He threw up his arms, then blew Beth a kiss. He motioned that he wanted
Beth and her friends to come up onstage.
    The fans standing near The Fabulous Five groaned with disappointment
and shouted "Lucky!" as they cleared a path for Beth, Melanie,
Katie, Christie, and Jana. The girls pulled Charlie, Davey, and Connie along
with them.
    "Dudes and dudesses!" Trevor shouted into
his microphone. The cheering and shouting subsided to a dull