The Sound Of Your Voice, Only Really Far Away

Marylin knows that, as a middle school cheerleader, she has certain obligations. She has to smile as she walks down the hall, be friends with the right people, and keep her manicure in tip-top shape. But Marylin is surprised to learn there are also rules about whom sheâÈçs allowed to likeâÈ'and Benjamin, the student body president, is deemed unnacceptable. But maybe there is a way to convince the cheerleaders that her interest in Benjamin is for their own goodâÈ'maybe sheâÈçll pretend that sheâÈçs using him to get new cheerleading uniforms! Kate, of course, finds this ludicrous. She is going to like whom she likes, thank you very much. And she just so happens to be spending more time than ever with Matthew Holler. But even a girl who marches to the beat of her own guitar strings can play the wrong notesâÈ'and are she and Matthew even playing the same song? SheâÈçs just not sure. So when Matthew tells Kate that the schoolâÈçs Audio Lab needs funding from the student government, she decides to do what she can to help him get it. But there isnâÈçt enough money to go around, and it soon becomes clear that only one of the two girls can get her way. Ultimately, though, is it even her way? Or are both girls pushing for something they never really wanted in the first place?