Hey guys and gals, first off, this is my first story on FanFic, so soz if its trashy. Please enjoy.
BTW I don't own Coraline or any of the characters. All rights reserved to the guys who made it.
But I did make up 'BASIC CHORD MAGAZINE'.
Mel Jones sat at her laptop, typing away like there was no tomorrow. Ever since the publishing of her first gardening catalogue, her and Charlie had been working non-stop to make their second one twice as good. She was halfway down the page when she suddenly heard the door slam, there was only one human being on earth that could make the house shake like that.
"Hello Coraline, how was school?" she asked in her usual annoyed tone.
Coraline just ignored her and laid her head down on the table across from where her mother was working.
"Hmm, I guess not" Mel answered herself.
"Grrr, don't blame me for my bad mood, blame the school" Coraline grumbled, her head slightly lifted up a bit.
Mel sighed and took a sip of her coffee before talking again.
"What happened this time?" she asked, glancing up from her laptop.
"Its that jerk-wad music teacher at school" Coraline answered whilst walking over to the fridge, after pushing a few of her fathers so-called "vegetables" out of the way, she finally reached the 6-pack of soda at the back.
"What about him?" Mel asked, this time she gave her daughter a confused look.
"I asked him if I could have guitar lessons at school today and he said that I was banned from all musical activities. And I have no idea why" Coraline answered before opening the can and taking a big gulp.
"Hmm, maybe its because you said, "Music is a big waste of time" and threw a tambourine at him" Mel said sarcastically.
"Ugh, I already told him it was an accident. Besides, I NEED to have guitar lessons" Coraline pleaded.
Mel stared at her daughter with confusion, Coraline only begged for things when she wanted them the most. And out of everything Coraline has ever asked for, why guitar lessons?
Mel took another sip of coffee before asking, "So, why do you want guitar lessons all of a sudden, young lady?"
"Look at this" Coraline answered, tossing a magazine on her mothers' laptop.
Mel read the cover, in bright metal letters, the words 'BASIC CHORD MAGAZINE' hung above a photo of a rock guitarist playing a Gibson SG in front of a wall of fire.
"Basic chord magazine? This is the reason that you want to get guitar lessons?" Mel asked, dangling the magazine in front of her daughters face.
"Of course it is" answered Coraline, snatching away the magazine from her mothers grip.
"How did you buy that anyway?" asked Mel. Because the last time she checked, Coraline wasn't getting any allowance until she paid for the damages done when she "accidentally" broke her favourite snow globe (little connection between the film, good right?)
"FYI mom, I paid for this magazine with my own mon…" but before she could finish her sentence, her mother gave her the 'tell me the truth' look.
"Okay, I used most of my own mon…" Coraline tried to finish the sentence, but her mother kept on giving her 'the look'.
"Ugh, fine, I borrowed some money from Wybie on the way home from scho…" Coraline was amazed, how could her mother keep it going for so long?
"Okay, I took it out of his pocket when he wasn't looking. That's the truth, happy now?" Coraline begged, she just wanted 'the look' to stop.
Mel smiled with satisfaction and said "Thank you, but I don't think you should have taken any of that money from Wybie, he's a nice boy and your best friend. You should treat him with more respect".
Coraline rolled her eyes.
"Hey, if it wasn't for me, them bullies at school would wedgied all the respect out of him days ago" she answered her mother before taking another sip of soda.
After finishing the last drop from inside the bottle, she threw it in the trash and turned to her mother and asked "By the way, could I go over to Wybie's house today? I wanted to give him his CD back. He said I could borrow it".
Mel re-opened her laptop and started typing again before answering with "Sure honey, but be back before 6pm. Your fathers making his "famous" green chilli tonight".
Coraline shivered at the thought, she quickly ran back into the kitchen.
"Mom, PLEASE let me have dinner over at Wybie's" she begged, giving her the puppy dog eyes that always got her what she wanted.
Mel smirked before answering, "I thought you'd never ask".
Coraline grabbed her raincoat and swampers before running out of the door to her best friends house.
Well, that's it. My first chapter is complete. Please review if you want to see who her new guitar teacher will be. Man your computers and may the force be with you.