I push myself through the small groups of people sitting idle in the
hall. At a half running pace I cant afford to miss any time with Eric.
He's been my best friend for about three years now, and since our
classes got switched last year we have been meeting in the exact same
place. Of course this madness wouldn't have to happen if my parents
would accept that their daughter, so "sweet" and "innocent" is best
friends with a rebel. Then maybe we could see each other outside of
school. I turn the corner and am surprised to see little people in the
main stream hall. And there, at the end, is where my destination is.
That small turn that leads into an empty room where im sure Eric is
waiting. I hold my bag close to me as I make my way down the hall and
zoom into the room I know im not supposed to be in. You'd think after a
year and a half of doing this someone would find out. Or at least be
suspicious of where I went every lunch hour. As I walk into the room
its unusually silent. Am I early? I feel arms wrap me into a hug from
behind and I cant help but let out a scream. "Geese, you would think
that by now little miss Mia Smith would know that im the only one in
here..." He says with a touch of sarcasm in his voice "You scared me!"
I say before playfully hitting him. "Oh lighten up short stuff, this is
our only hour together for the day." Its Eric's thing to call me short
stuff, well, I guess he has the right to call everybody that, he's 6'1,
and we're only 16. I smile and sit on the only table in the room, and
get out my lunch. "You know we need to figure out another time to meet
up, you cant keep skipping English 3 times a week." I say while giving
him a water. He leans against the table and looks at me "Are you
kidding? Its worth it for my best friend!" He lets a smile show through
his seriousness. "You know you might start to fail!" I say arguing with
him "Don't you think failing high school would only give my parents more
reason to hate you?" I say half giggling. "Yeah, why do they hate me?
Im just too amazing right?" As if on cue we laugh at the same time. My
parents hate Eric for a lot of reasons. He knows them too. I guess its
mostly his over all appearance. His black hair that dips low into his
face, that contrasts beautifully with his blue eyes. His lip piercing,
that he got a few weeks back. And worst of all his tattoo on his right
arm. He was so young when he got it, it makes him look older than he
actually is. But it means a lot to both him and I. Just three simple
words. Written in cursive that says." Never Give In". A tribute to our
favorite band, Black Veil Brides. Which is the reason we are so close.
Brought together by music. "Yes, your too amazing for their taste Eric,
now would you sit down and eat with me!" I say. He sits down close to
me obediently and gets out his ipod. He starts playing some music as I
lay out what I brought for us. "Oh awesome!" He exclaims and grabs a
packet of princess fruit snacks from off the table. " YES! You knew!"
He said half shrieking with excitement. "Don't I always know?" I say,
with arrogance in my voice. Eric's the kind of guy that has weird
tendencies, its cute. He rips open the bag and starts to eat the pink
crowns and dresses as I say "You know Black Veil Brides is coming to
Houston..." "Of course I know Mia!" He says cutting me off "Would
you expect anything less of me? I was thinking maybe we could sneak you
out that night...where they're playing isn't too far from your house!"
He says excitedly. "Same thing I was thinking. Do you think we could
walk there?" I say "Yeah definitely!" He jumps up off the table and
starts to walk around the room "Man! This will be the best night of our
lives Mia! The music playing, the crowds going insane! I've never seen
Black Veil Brides live before!" Eric exclaims excitedly "Now I cant
wait till next Thursday night!" I say "So is Kelly coming with?" I say,
half hoping that she doesn't. Kelly is Eric's girlfriend. She's really
pretty, short, thin, and with long black hair. And she's actually really
nice, I just hate when she interferes with Eric and my alone time. "No,
you know how she hates Black Veil Brides, she had a cow when I got
this." He says pointing at the spot on his arm that has been
permanently dyed with black ink. "Cool, then its best friends day out"
I say smiling at the thought of that night. I hand Eric a sandwich and
he scarfs it down within a few minutes as I just nibble at mine while
mostly sipping at my water. There were always small silences between us
but we got comfortable with them, both of us being socially awkward and
all. The bell rang shortly after and I hugged Eric a good five minutes
before leaving the room. I hated the short lunch periods we had
together, when we should be able to spend a lot more time together, but
my ignorant parents were bent on keeping us apart.