Part I
Who the heck is that? What is that? I thought to myself as this totally goth looking girl walked by. She wasn't totally goth looking, but she was getting there. Her face was hidden behind her black hair (I'm guessing it was died, not natural), fingernails painted black, like a coal black, dark, dark make-up, and all black clothing. She was even wearing long sleeves, and it had to be 89 degrees outside today. Craziness.
But her eyes are what really got my attention. They were a beautiful blue, like the crystal blue ocean in Hawaii or Cozumel. I could swim in them, or stare into them forever and never get tired. If she'd smile, maybe she'd be more beautiful, and less gothy looking. I wouldn't be surprised if she was emo too. Somebody needs to check her wrists…
Still, no matter what her clothes, makeup, and hair looked like right then, her eyes where beautiful.
"Who ya looking at?" Kevin asked, obviously noticing me staring off in the direction of that girl. "Um, no one" I stuttered. "Those girls?" He asked pointing to some girls that went to this preppy private school in Beverly Hills. They were really rich, and they made sure to let everyone know it. They were pretty, but snobby. I'd known from friends who'd gone out with them. I shook my head 'no'. "Then who?" he asked again. "No one." I mumbled.
"Who are we looking at?" Nick asked walking over with a big pretzel. "I don't know. Joe won't tell" Kevin whined. "C'mon Joey. Tell" Nick demanded. "No" I said firmly. I didn't want them thinking I was into alterna-emo-goth people now. Even though there was nothing wrong with that, it's just not the type of person I usually first notice at the mall. "Are you looking at those private school chicks? Because I am. That one with the shoes, she's hot" Nick said. "Dude, they're all wearing shoes" I said. "Um, the one with the Cs" Nick said, pointing "on her shoes" "You mean the Coach shoes?" Kevin asked. "Yeah. I think" Nick said confused. He wasn't totally up with the fashions girls wore. "Wait, there's like four wearing Coach shoes" Kevin said. "Ok, then the one with the brown hair, green eyes, staring at us. Wait, staring at us. Crap" Nick said suddenly looking away. The girl looked away and started to chat with her friends again. "Ok she's not looking anymore" I said. Nick looked back up. "She's pretty cute" Kevin agreed. Nick nodded and started munching on his pretzel again.
"So Joe, c'mon. Tell" Kevin begged. "Wait, are you looking at that group of goth girls?" Nick asked pointing. Maybe I thought. Ok, yeah, I was. "What? Which one?" Kevin asked. I shrugged. "C'mon Joe. Tell" Nick whined. I rolled my eyes. "The one with the blue eyes. She's wearing the black shirt" I said, suddenly realizing that they were all wearing black shirts. "Oh real specific Joe" Nick joked. "Blue eyes? Which has the blue eyes?" Kevin asked. "She's turned around." I said. "Is there something on the back of her shirt?" Nick asked. "Yeah. The Toxic Vomit tour dates" I said, trying to make out what it was. The front of her shirt had said Toxic Vomit, a band that was actually pretty good. see author's note "She has pretty good taste in music. I approve" Kevin said, who was a fan of Toxic Vomit. We all were. "So she's pretty?" Nick questioned. "Her eyes are beautiful. A crystal blue. And I bet that without her black makeup, dark clothes, and black hair, she's really hot." I said. Nick nodded with approval. "Ask her out" Kevin nudged me. "What?!" I exclaimed. "Yeah, do it. She's probably really cool. I bet she's into music, and all the stuff you are. Maybe a few extra things, maybe a few less. But I bet you have a lot in common. You can't judge a book by it's cover" Nick told me. "Since when are you a fortune cookie?" I joked. Nick rolled his eyes. "Just go talk to her. C'mon. We'll got with you" Kevin said and grabbed my arm. He started to pull me over to the girl and her friends. Butterflies filled my stomach. We were pretty much total opposites, but I still liked her. How could this be?
Goth Girl's POV
"Did you do it?" Jade asked me. I showed her my arm. I'd cut myself last night on my arm, and was wearing a shirt to cover it from the public and my family. I don't know why I did it. I was crazy. It's not like I wanted to. I was kind of being threatened into it. Ever since me and my best friend Melody had joined this group with our friend Pete, we'd been doing things we totally didn't want to do. And we had no choice in it either. Pete had dropped out of the group since he moved to Florida, but Mel and I had no choice but to stay. We were being threatened by these people. I was scared. I wasn't normally like this. Yeah, I'd gone kinda goth, but not to this extreme. This was emo. One of the girls had died my hair black, giving my parents nearly a heart-attach, and now I was wearing all black always and black nails all the time.
"Good" Kyle, another member of the 'club' as the described it said. "Hey who's that?" Jade asked. "Isn't he that pretty-boy from that stupid boy band?" Bella asked. I turned around to see who they were talking about. Oh my gosh I thought That's the Jonas Brothers! Coming this way! Towards us! I was a huge Jonas fan, secretly of course. I could never let them know I was into them. They'd kill be, literately. No joke. Melody loved them too. Oh my gosh. Joe Jonas is coming this way. Stay calm. Play it cool. Don't let them know you're into the Jonas Brothers I thought. I had a crush on Joe, but they all thought I had a crush on the guy from Toxic Vomit, which he was pretty cool, but I didn't like, like him, even though the band was awesome. Everyone loved them. Anyways, back to what was happening.
"Ok guys. Don't talk to them much. Scare them or something" Chris said. Melody and I exchanged glances. "Got it girls?" Jade asked. We nodded. They knew we were totally not into this, which is why they were putting us through this. They were actually thinking about doing those dangerous at-home tattoos on us and them. I was really scared. If I ever got a tattoo, I wanted it professionally done, and I didn't want it big. I was a good girl. It was the situation that I was involved in that wasn't good.
"Hi" Nick Jonas said perkily as they came over. "Sup" Chris said trying to act cool. I rolled my eyes. He was so not cool. At all. "I'm Kevin. This is Nick, and this is Joe" Kevin introduced them. I tried not to make eye contact, fearing that if I did I'd crack a smile or start blushing or freak out or something. I knew Melody was doing the same. "And you guys are?" Nick asked. I didn't say anything. "You guys are… Toxic Vomit fans?" Joe randomly said, looking at my shirt. I looked down at it and back up. I nodded. Nick stared at me. He wouldn't look away. He knew something, and I think that he knew that it was that I was scared. "They're awesome" I said quietly. "Yeah they are" Kevin agreed. No one spoke.
"So, do you guys have names?" Kevin asked, breaking the silence. Mel nodded. "Do we get to know them, or are they secret?" Nick joked. "I'm Chris" Chris said smoothly. "Kyle" Kyle told them. Joe nodded, and diverted his eyes to Jade and Bella. Oh my gosh. I don't think he likes me. Don't tell me he likes Jade or Bell. Oh God please don't. I'm a good girl. Really. I'm not like this. I'm a good person, not like this, not scary. Please like me. Please, please like me I thought to myself. "I'm Jade, and this is Bella" Jade said. She so thought that they were freaks, and when she said that once when we were watching TRL, I wanted to slap her. They were artists. Joe nodded and looked at Melody and I. My heart skipped a beat. "And you girls are?" Nick asked. "Oh, um, I'm Mia" I stuttered. "And I'm Melody" Mel said.
Joe was staring at me, and I couldn't tell if it was a good kind or not. I was never good in the boy department. I was 18 and I'd only kissed one guy. And it was on a dare.
"Hey, me and Jade are gonna run to the bathroom real quick" Bella said as she and Jade started to walk away. "Us too" Chris said, leaving me and Melody alone with the Jonas Brothers.
"So" Kevin said. "So" I said, rocking back and forth on my heels. "How old are you guys?" Nick asked. "18" we said together. Joe's face lit up. "Really?" he asked. Melody nodded. "You guys don't have to be scared of us" Kevin told us. "We're not scared of you. Just scared of…" I mumbled, not finishing my sentence. "Scared of what?" Nick asked curiously, eyebrow raised. "Nothing. Forget I mentioned it. Really" I said. "O-k" Nick said slowly. "Are you busy tonight?" Joe asked out of the blue quickly. Apparently, he was talking to me, because Melody nudged me. "Wh-what?" I stuttered, not exactly knowing what had just happened. Joe took a deep breath. "If you're not busy tonight, I have Toxic Vomit tickets. Backstage passes too. If you want to go, I'd love to take you. And maybe, we could go to dinner" He said. I stared at him, unbelieving of what had just happened. "Uh, yeah, sure. I'd, I'd like that" I said. I could feel a smile growing on my face. Boy was I glad the others weren't here. Joe grinned. "Awesome. Uh, where do you live?" he asked. I gave him my address and cell phone number, and he gave me his. "So, I'll pick you up at 6:30?" he asked. I nodded. "Awesome" he said.
Nick's cell phone started to go off, blasting the new Toxic Vomit song. These guys had good taste in music. That was my ringtone too. "Hey, that's Mia's ringtone" Melody blurted out. "Really?" Nick asked. She nodded. Mel had a crush on Nick, and the way Nick was looking at her seemed like he was starting to like her too. "Uh, um, I better answer…" he said looking at his phone. "Yeah, you better" Mel said.
"Hey dad" he said. "Yeah. Ok. We're leaving. Bye" he hung up. "Um, not to just leave on you ladies, but we've got to get home" Nick said. "It's cool" Melody said. Nick smiled at her. "So, I'll see you tonight" Joe said. I nodded. "Bye girls" Kevin said as they walked away. Mel and I looked at eachother. "Oh My Gosh" I said as we watched them walk away.
Authors Note I know Toxic Vomit isn't a real band. Yes, there's a Suite Life Of Zack And Cody episode with a band called Toxic Vomit. I liked the name of the band, so I'm using it in here. Just clearing that up, so like, nobody's like, wow, she thinks that was a real band, because I know that it's not.