Title: Bloody Nose
Summary: "I've seen your face before, / Though I didn't recognize / Till you walked out the door. / And I've seen that face before, / Now I'll always wonder why, Don't know me anymore." –sometimes you can't escape who you really are.
Disclaimer: I only claim Charlotte. The rest are too far above for my little brain to comprehend. The Avett Brothers are responsible for the music/chapter titles. Head over to their myspace and check them out, cause they are super.
Please read and review! This is my first fic and as lame as this sounds, I really need some encouragement! If you like it, let me know cause I have tons of story ideas for later fics. Thanks so much! ~Banjo
Tell me a lie, tell me a story.
Tell me anything, don't you worry.
Tell me about the booze and the Bowery,
And all about the drugs in the morning.
I've seen your face before,
Though I didn't recognize
Till you walked out the door.
And I've seen that face before,
Now I'll always wonder why,
Don't know me anymore.
We'll take the car down the highways,
We won't get fooled by the bad days.
And all the money we took from the last one,
Clean your bloody nose in the bathroom.
I've seen your face before,
Though I didn't recognize
Till you walked out the door.
And I've seen that face before,
Now I'll always wonder why,
Don't know me anymore.
This story had multiple points of inspiration. The main song that inspired me was Earlimart's "Bloody Nose" but as I was writing, I found songs by The Avett Brothers that really epitomized what I felt I was writing about. Each chapter took on the name of one of the songs and that's how I organized my thoughts.
I was sitting in my behavior modification class on the first day of the new semester when all the sudden we hear from the back of the classroom, "If you don't have a pen in your hand right now, you might as well slit your throat." My professor came bursting in from the back and waltzed down to the front and looked at us over his glasses "I'm serious."
I felt like we were being weeded out by Dr. House as the semester went on. A class that started with 50 people ended with only 26. We didn't have first names, just last names and they were shouted across the classroom as he called us out for being idiots. We select few were blessed to make it through the rigors of his impossible tests and were rewarded with endless amounts of knowledge. Well, his interpretation on knowledge. (There is actually a direct quote from my professor in "Find My Love")
So one night I'm studying (or not, as the case may be) for one of his tests and I was listening to music and I heard "Bloody Nose" and something just clicked. My professor was House… We were his team… Wow… this song is really cool…
And the idea just popped into my head and I ran with it. It's not perfect. I'm still trying to figure out who Charlotte is and I think I'm just going to keep writing until I hammer it out. So that being said, I really hope you enjoy "Bloody Nose"