She Even Poked The Holes So I Could Breathe
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*1 Week Later*
(Technically 6 days but whatever)
It was Monday again; It's been a whole week since I started school and it was probably the best week of my life. Even with last Tuesday's drama it was really great. The whole gang seemed to be doing great, Mikey and Pete seemed really happy. Jack and Alex showed up on Thursday and we all made fun of them. Ever since I met all of them I haven't been having any nightmares; which was possibly the best thing in the world. Ray came over to my house Friday to help me with guitar; Luckily he wasn't so close like last time so I actually learned stuff. Me and Ray have gotten along even better this past couple days and it wasn't awkward.
*Flashback*
"Okay so remember, put your finger on this fret" Ray said pointing to the spot. he was sitting on the bed while I sat on a chair in front of him. I placed my fingers on the fret and looked back to Ray for instructions.
"Now just play all the chords on all the strings" Ray commanded.
I took a breath and looked to the guitar, the strings were marked to help me remember easier, they read 'E A D G B E' I places my fingers on the first fret on the top E string and begin strumming. At a relaxed and steady pace I strummed each note carefully making the guitar erupt in a series of wonderful noise. I strummed the last chord and stared at the guitar in amazement, I didn't mess up. I looked to Ray who was grinning from ear to ear.
"I did it?" I questioned myself, Ray nods and I jump up placing the guitar at my feet.
"I DID IT!" I cheer, Ray stands up and I quickly hug him, He seems a little surprised but hugs back.
"Great job Christa, Soon enough you'll be as good as me." Ray says, I pull away and look to him.
"I think it's impossible to be as good as you" I joke, Ray laughs but gets a text, he looks at it and sighs.
"I got to get home, My aunt is coming over" I look to the clock and it's already 4:30 PM. I nod
"I'll walk you out" We walk to the door and step outside, The air is warm but has a nice breeze to it.
"Thanks for teaching me Ray" I say turning to him.
"No problem Christa, So I'll see you Monday?" he questions, I nod.
"Yep, See you then" We give a quick hug and he walks down the porch to the street. I head back inside and see my parents in the living room watching T.V. They still don't give a rat's ass that someone else is in there house. I brush it off like normal nad go into the kitchen to make myself dinner.
*End of flashback*
It's weird I didn't see my parents this morning but I figured they were asleep.So I still hate Mondays but it's all good when I see the school bus come into view from the street; It makes it's loud screeching noise when it stops and I hop on. I look around until I see a waving hand; It's Oli. I smile and quickly sit next to him.
"Hey Christa, How was your weekend?" he asks in that accent I love so much.
"Pretty boring, Friday after school with Ray was cool though"
At this point all I can think of is... Shit, Shit, Shit. Why the fuck did I say that? I forgot that Oli makes fun of me and Ray and now he is going to hang this over my head forever. FUCK. I never fucking think before I open my mouth do I?
Oli's confused face grows into a grin.
"You hung out with Ray on Friday?" he asks, I don't say anything. Then Oli starts poking my arm
"Tell me...Tell me...Tell me" I groan in defeat.
"NOTHING, He's teaching me how to play guitar that's it!' I snap at him but Oli continues to smile. I cross my arms and look straight ahead, After a couple moments I turn to him hoping to change the subject.
"What did you do over the weekend?" I asked
"Hung out with Ray and Brendon...Ray mentioned you"
"Can we please get off th...wait what? Ray mentioned me?"
"Ya he just said he was teaching you how to play guitar on Friday" I throw my hands up.
"Then why the fuck did you ask if you already know?" He just shrugs his shoulders
It's going to be a long week with you isn't it?" I joke, Oli nods and we finally get off that topic and start talking about other things.
We arrive at school and me and Oli head straight to the cafeteria for breakfast; Well I already had mine but the whole gang was there. Gerard,Frank, Mikey, Pete, Ray, Patrick, Alex, Jack, Brendon, Oli and me. I sit in between Oli and Brendon trying to catch up on the groups conversation.
"Pete you just had a party last week" Gerard comments
"Yes and I'm having one again tonight" Pete says excitedly, He sure likes his parties. Everyone agrees to go and Pete turns to me
"You coming Christa. This party starts right after school like at 4:00 PM and goes on all night" He explains, I just think 'Does this kid have any parents?' but I have nothing better to do.
"Sure I'll go" Everyone nods and we start a random conversation before the bell rings.
After the last bell rings I head out the door when Ray catches up.
"Christa do you mind if I come with you. It's a waste of time to go all the way to my place and then to Pete's when your house is closer?" he asks.
"That's fine" I say with a smile, We hop on the bus and start talking about music the whole way. Once were off the bus and in front of my place I head inside and Ray waits in the living room. I then furrow my eyebrows
"What's wrong?" Ray ask seeing my gesture.
"My parents aren't home. I'm not sure where they went" I say, I check the kitchen and there room but no ones home...That's weird.
I quickly get changed into a PTV shirt and skinny jeans,Its to warm for a jacket so I leave it here. Looking at the clock it's already 3:55 PM. I head back into the living room where Ray is waiting and look to him.
"You ready?" I ask with a smile, He nods and we start walking down the street. About half way there I turn to Ray.
"Is there a reason why Pete has his parties on Monday's?"
"Oh Sunday's and Monday's is when Pete's parents aren't home" Ray tells, Well that explains a lot.
"Why doesn't Pete have them on Sunday?"
"I think those are Pete's football games" Ray says. Now everything is making sense.
We arrive at the party and it's already filled with people, Apparently people get here faster when the party is right after school. we head in and see the gang in the back as always chatting away. When they us they call us over and Oli has a grin; I know it's because I walked in with Ray. While Ray talks to Gerard I walk to Oli who immediately starts a joke.
"So you walked in with Ray huh?" I sigh and shake my head refusing to answer his stupid question, All of a sudden Jack and Alex come in this time only a little buzzed but they still entertain us with their jokes.
It was about 7:00 PM still and the sun was setting when I get a call on my cell phone, I gesture towards the group that i'm going outside and they nod. Once outside I lean against the wall and look to my phone and become really confused; It's my mom.
"Hello mom?" I question, She never speaks to me much less call me.
"Christa, I wanted to tell you that we're in California" I freeze.
"What are you talking about?" I ask confused.
"Before you woke up we packed and took a trip to Cali" She responds with a cold tone.
"WHY THE HELL ARE YOU THERE?" I shout into the phone.
"We needed a break, We'll be gone for a week. We left $100 on the nightstand in our room; that should be enough to last.
"A BREAK FROM WHAT?" I yell again.
"Just a break, We will be back. You can take care of yourself"
"YOU DIDN'T THINK TO FUCKING TELL ME THIS?"
"Christa calm down."
"NO DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN. YOU NEVER FUCKING TALK TO ME AT HOME; YOU COMPLETELY FUCKING IGNORE ME LIKE I DON'T FUCKING EXIST. AND NOW THE ONLY TIME YOU TALK TO ME IS TO SAY YOUR'E IN FUCKING CALIFORNIA. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?"
"We will be back in a week"
That was the last thing she said before I hung up. I threw my phone to the ground the battery falling out in the process. I was so fucking pissed, They just fucking leave for nothing; The least they could have done was tell me before they fucking left. I end up kicking the metal trash can that's next to me sending a huge bang across the area. Obviously someone heard and Patrick comes rushing out.
"Are you okay Christa?" he says worried.
"Just peachy" I respond clenching my teeth while picking up my phone.
"What happened?" Patrick asks stepping closer. I sigh.
"Nothing you need to worry about Patrick" I say trying not to take my anger out on anyone. I head inside still fully pissed and the first thing I see is the gang looking at me.
"Jack!" I call, He freezes like he was in trouble "Get me a beer will you?" He relaxes and smiles heading across the room to the cooler. I see from the corner of my eye Patrick whispering to Oli, I'm guessing telling him what he saw. Jack brings me a beer and I take a quick swish of the cold beverage. I have to say it's not bad, After a couple sips it taste fine. Everyone stares at me cautiously but continue talking with one another. The only one who is still looking at me is obviously Ray; Who for some reason looks worried. Why is he worried?
(Technically 6 days but whatever)
It was Monday again; It's been a whole week since I started school and it was probably the best week of my life. Even with last Tuesday's drama it was really great. The whole gang seemed to be doing great, Mikey and Pete seemed really happy. Jack and Alex showed up on Thursday and we all made fun of them. Ever since I met all of them I haven't been having any nightmares; which was possibly the best thing in the world. Ray came over to my house Friday to help me with guitar; Luckily he wasn't so close like last time so I actually learned stuff. Me and Ray have gotten along even better this past couple days and it wasn't awkward.
*Flashback*
"Okay so remember, put your finger on this fret" Ray said pointing to the spot. he was sitting on the bed while I sat on a chair in front of him. I placed my fingers on the fret and looked back to Ray for instructions.
"Now just play all the chords on all the strings" Ray commanded.
I took a breath and looked to the guitar, the strings were marked to help me remember easier, they read 'E A D G B E' I places my fingers on the first fret on the top E string and begin strumming. At a relaxed and steady pace I strummed each note carefully making the guitar erupt in a series of wonderful noise. I strummed the last chord and stared at the guitar in amazement, I didn't mess up. I looked to Ray who was grinning from ear to ear.
"I did it?" I questioned myself, Ray nods and I jump up placing the guitar at my feet.
"I DID IT!" I cheer, Ray stands up and I quickly hug him, He seems a little surprised but hugs back.
"Great job Christa, Soon enough you'll be as good as me." Ray says, I pull away and look to him.
"I think it's impossible to be as good as you" I joke, Ray laughs but gets a text, he looks at it and sighs.
"I got to get home, My aunt is coming over" I look to the clock and it's already 4:30 PM. I nod
"I'll walk you out" We walk to the door and step outside, The air is warm but has a nice breeze to it.
"Thanks for teaching me Ray" I say turning to him.
"No problem Christa, So I'll see you Monday?" he questions, I nod.
"Yep, See you then" We give a quick hug and he walks down the porch to the street. I head back inside and see my parents in the living room watching T.V. They still don't give a rat's ass that someone else is in there house. I brush it off like normal nad go into the kitchen to make myself dinner.
*End of flashback*
It's weird I didn't see my parents this morning but I figured they were asleep.So I still hate Mondays but it's all good when I see the school bus come into view from the street; It makes it's loud screeching noise when it stops and I hop on. I look around until I see a waving hand; It's Oli. I smile and quickly sit next to him.
"Hey Christa, How was your weekend?" he asks in that accent I love so much.
"Pretty boring, Friday after school with Ray was cool though"
At this point all I can think of is... Shit, Shit, Shit. Why the fuck did I say that? I forgot that Oli makes fun of me and Ray and now he is going to hang this over my head forever. FUCK. I never fucking think before I open my mouth do I?
Oli's confused face grows into a grin.
"You hung out with Ray on Friday?" he asks, I don't say anything. Then Oli starts poking my arm
"Tell me...Tell me...Tell me" I groan in defeat.
"NOTHING, He's teaching me how to play guitar that's it!' I snap at him but Oli continues to smile. I cross my arms and look straight ahead, After a couple moments I turn to him hoping to change the subject.
"What did you do over the weekend?" I asked
"Hung out with Ray and Brendon...Ray mentioned you"
"Can we please get off th...wait what? Ray mentioned me?"
"Ya he just said he was teaching you how to play guitar on Friday" I throw my hands up.
"Then why the fuck did you ask if you already know?" He just shrugs his shoulders
It's going to be a long week with you isn't it?" I joke, Oli nods and we finally get off that topic and start talking about other things.
We arrive at school and me and Oli head straight to the cafeteria for breakfast; Well I already had mine but the whole gang was there. Gerard,Frank, Mikey, Pete, Ray, Patrick, Alex, Jack, Brendon, Oli and me. I sit in between Oli and Brendon trying to catch up on the groups conversation.
"Pete you just had a party last week" Gerard comments
"Yes and I'm having one again tonight" Pete says excitedly, He sure likes his parties. Everyone agrees to go and Pete turns to me
"You coming Christa. This party starts right after school like at 4:00 PM and goes on all night" He explains, I just think 'Does this kid have any parents?' but I have nothing better to do.
"Sure I'll go" Everyone nods and we start a random conversation before the bell rings.
After the last bell rings I head out the door when Ray catches up.
"Christa do you mind if I come with you. It's a waste of time to go all the way to my place and then to Pete's when your house is closer?" he asks.
"That's fine" I say with a smile, We hop on the bus and start talking about music the whole way. Once were off the bus and in front of my place I head inside and Ray waits in the living room. I then furrow my eyebrows
"What's wrong?" Ray ask seeing my gesture.
"My parents aren't home. I'm not sure where they went" I say, I check the kitchen and there room but no ones home...That's weird.
I quickly get changed into a PTV shirt and skinny jeans,Its to warm for a jacket so I leave it here. Looking at the clock it's already 3:55 PM. I head back into the living room where Ray is waiting and look to him.
"You ready?" I ask with a smile, He nods and we start walking down the street. About half way there I turn to Ray.
"Is there a reason why Pete has his parties on Monday's?"
"Oh Sunday's and Monday's is when Pete's parents aren't home" Ray tells, Well that explains a lot.
"Why doesn't Pete have them on Sunday?"
"I think those are Pete's football games" Ray says. Now everything is making sense.
We arrive at the party and it's already filled with people, Apparently people get here faster when the party is right after school. we head in and see the gang in the back as always chatting away. When they us they call us over and Oli has a grin; I know it's because I walked in with Ray. While Ray talks to Gerard I walk to Oli who immediately starts a joke.
"So you walked in with Ray huh?" I sigh and shake my head refusing to answer his stupid question, All of a sudden Jack and Alex come in this time only a little buzzed but they still entertain us with their jokes.
It was about 7:00 PM still and the sun was setting when I get a call on my cell phone, I gesture towards the group that i'm going outside and they nod. Once outside I lean against the wall and look to my phone and become really confused; It's my mom.
"Hello mom?" I question, She never speaks to me much less call me.
"Christa, I wanted to tell you that we're in California" I freeze.
"What are you talking about?" I ask confused.
"Before you woke up we packed and took a trip to Cali" She responds with a cold tone.
"WHY THE HELL ARE YOU THERE?" I shout into the phone.
"We needed a break, We'll be gone for a week. We left $100 on the nightstand in our room; that should be enough to last.
"A BREAK FROM WHAT?" I yell again.
"Just a break, We will be back. You can take care of yourself"
"YOU DIDN'T THINK TO FUCKING TELL ME THIS?"
"Christa calm down."
"NO DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN. YOU NEVER FUCKING TALK TO ME AT HOME; YOU COMPLETELY FUCKING IGNORE ME LIKE I DON'T FUCKING EXIST. AND NOW THE ONLY TIME YOU TALK TO ME IS TO SAY YOUR'E IN FUCKING CALIFORNIA. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?"
"We will be back in a week"
That was the last thing she said before I hung up. I threw my phone to the ground the battery falling out in the process. I was so fucking pissed, They just fucking leave for nothing; The least they could have done was tell me before they fucking left. I end up kicking the metal trash can that's next to me sending a huge bang across the area. Obviously someone heard and Patrick comes rushing out.
"Are you okay Christa?" he says worried.
"Just peachy" I respond clenching my teeth while picking up my phone.
"What happened?" Patrick asks stepping closer. I sigh.
"Nothing you need to worry about Patrick" I say trying not to take my anger out on anyone. I head inside still fully pissed and the first thing I see is the gang looking at me.
"Jack!" I call, He freezes like he was in trouble "Get me a beer will you?" He relaxes and smiles heading across the room to the cooler. I see from the corner of my eye Patrick whispering to Oli, I'm guessing telling him what he saw. Jack brings me a beer and I take a quick swish of the cold beverage. I have to say it's not bad, After a couple sips it taste fine. Everyone stares at me cautiously but continue talking with one another. The only one who is still looking at me is obviously Ray; Who for some reason looks worried. Why is he worried?
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