Chapther 1:So it begins
Why tell you I wasnt a crazy for him?Why tell you I never think about him?Why tell you his eyes never cross my mind?Why tell you I hardly cared?..Why tell you I didnt fall???...Because if I did...I´ll be lying...not only to you but to myself .I´m Annelise and this is my story...
It seens like a while ago since it happen and perhaps the fact that every second feels like an hour,that ever minute feels like a day..that every day feels like weeks..and weeks like moths..and months like years...make it a way back when story..but the truth is..is only been a month..actually I think it´ll be a month temorrow or the next day maybe..sincerely I lost track of time..I deduce is one of the symptons that clearly indicate a broken heart..but what can I do?..there is no heavenly prescription that could possibly cure it...I know the illness yet not the cure..some will recommend time...others a new guy..possibly a new hobby..I dont know join the circus or something.I went with the first one...yeah turns out is not working out for me...I´m stuck in time.
Believe it or not not so long ago I was just a normal girl. Going to school, going to parties,talking about who´s hot and who´s not, freaking out about college and having those awkward conversations with mom that somehow came a little more natural at the lunch table with the friends...Yeah...life was a bless back them..and why not..I just didnt care...There were no rummors to worry about..or a boy to give explanations to..hell there was lots of freedom and quite the time to waste...Why will anything change right?...Well, the sphere of life spins a lot and sometimes one of those twists can affect you...or in this case it affected me...You are probably wondering..What happen??Did you discover you were the heiress to a big forture..or maybe the princess of some foreign country?...Nah..nothing like that..I discover something oh right..a feeling to be a little more specific..one I just knew by name yet my heart was nonchalant to it...To be honest I wish it had stayed that way...My whole life I had choosen to ignore it..everyone wanted it..everyone look for it..I simply wasnt interested....Oh yeah..when you dont want something..someway, somehow it just happens..and I got what I never even contemplate or even crave for...I discover it just like that and kinda got trap with it forever..what feeling I´m talkign about?..Well nothing big really...just LOVE!!!!
I remember how it all started. Back in the 11th grade..well it was more like the end of the of the year so I guess that made me a Senior already...but let´s stay with junior I like to keep me young... Anyways back to the story. It was perhaps two weeks before school was out that I decided to start looking for a Summer Job, after all the new Sidekick had come out and it had my name all over it...along with a pretty high price too so there was no options..if I wanted it I had to break a sweat or two...That was okay with me, it will mean much more if I had to work for it and I would probably take better care of it if I had to earn it..basically I will make sure this one didnt fell in the toilet like the last one ..a new phone was the goal and the plan was to get a job...Surprisinly I found one quickly.. I guess all those hours of working in the Office for free and doing community service at the Senior Center finally paid off...But no, it wasnt a office job that I got..my community service hours seen far more exclusive so I got stuck with hard work..break my back for the man was probably their motto. Still I was happy I got the job...It was at a Marriot Hotel, Downtown..not to far away from home...My best friend´s mom works there so she pulled some strings..but the rest was all me...With the school year almost over and a summer job secure, the months ahead were destined to be incredible..oh and they were alright..You have no idea.
Now I bet you want me to tell you more than that..oh let´s push foward to the day I met him...oh yeah there is a him..who in the blue hell will think this had nothing to do with a boy..it´s always about a damn boy..and this story is not different at back to that day..THE DAY..one I wish I could erase...along with the ones that followed.
Flashback
May 28,2009
It was just a normal day..Just a few days back I had got my Summer Job and today I was gonna check it out..some sorta of trainning I believe..The bell rang at 2:35 sharp and the halls filled with people for the last time that day...I got out of my class a few minutes later like always..I figure my Phyc tearcher´s clever lines are so memorable it was worth the extra minutes...I walked down the hall as the sound of lockers closing acompany the air like a melodious tune and for the past three years it had become kinda my theme song...Click Click Boom! Immediately after exiting I made my way to my car..an old school Mustang I called baby..even when I wasnt much into cars I had always had a thing for muscle cars so imagine my reaction the day I got such a cool ride..After unlocking the car I got in, droping my bag in the passenger seat ever so slightly it barely made any sounds.I turned the engine on and close the door..and as much as I love the sound of the motor I needed some music..so I turned on the radio and tunned in to a local station that offered about any kind of music which was pretty much what I was into..nothing very specific.
The drive to what will be my home away from home for the entire summer took little time..Of course the hotel was near by and I always find a way to avoid the afternoon´s crazy traffic..I can always work my way out of rush hour which is weird considering I blowed up a few airbags before I learned to accelarate, slow down and park..I guess I learned from the bumps..When I finally got to the hotel I encounter myself with quite a hard task to achieve..finding a parking spot..somehow the area seen more crowded today..I deduced there was maybe a convention or something going on..After a few minutes that seen like forever I found a spot and got settle.I would have just gone in but I still have haft an hour to go and fixing my make-up wouldnt hurt..I secretly hope they didnt mind the smoky-eye look because there was nothing I could do to hide the brown pacthes adorning my eyes which matched my eye-shadow as well....brown on brown..a little risky..I have a thing for risks...After the make-up retouch I decided I was ready to go..and why not..the look was decent...some will have said I could have gone without the scarf, or possibly the single fingerless, lace glove in my right hand but I wasnt about to change..with me it´s simple..what you see is what you get and I might as well show you what you are getting.
Walking towards the hotel entrance I swear I could feel a weird vibe..like if there was a timing bomb about to explote..The place was more crowded than usual but I didnt bother to wonder why...I figured it was the nerves..only I wasnt nervious..For a moment I think I saw the floor vibrate, I looked up to see a big group of girls running..I seriously thought it was a marathon but I change that theory as soon as I felt them comming my a way...Liek a tsunami the huge group of girls went right through me before I could even move and if that wasnt an off they were screamming like crazy..which made me just a little dizzy..I figured it wasnt just the screamming but the combination of that and being thrown around like a footbal...After the wave of girls passed by, barely leaving me in one piece, I manage to retrive my quest and started to once again walk to the hotel but not before someone approach me.
´´Hey, you!´´.I heard someone shout from behind.I turned around to find a very sweet looking girl of about fourteen walking my way.
´´Yeah, What´s up?´´.I replay wondering what she had approach me for.
´´Is this the Marriot were Tokio Hotel is staying at?´´.She asked eagerly as if her life depended on my answer.
´´I´m sorry´´.I apologized.´´I dont know what you are talking about´´.
´´Oh, it´s okay´´.She reply sadly.´´I probably got the hotel wrong´´.
´´Yeah, maybe´´.I started walking again but just as I did so I was meet with an excruchating scream comming from the girl.I turned around almost automatically, asuming the worst only to watch the girl run pass me as fast as lighting.I stumble before regainning control once again.
´´Oh my God´´.The strange girl shouted as she approach the hotel´s entrance.´´Tom, you are so hot´´.
´´Bill, marry me´´.I heard someone ferther into the hotel scream.´´I love you!´´
I couldnt help but laugh while mouthing the word what? quite a few times to nobody but myself...Yet the -what- soon turned into an -oh no- when I saw the same group of girls exiting the building and once again approaching my way...I could have sustained the injuries the first time but a second one will have seriosuly put me in a hospital bed...so I panicked....But it was too late to move aside and the second haft of this agressive football game begun..I assume there was a touchdown cuz I remenber hitting the floor at some point...After what were probably the worst minutes of my life the amount of bumps I was taking diminished and my vision started to clear..soon the area did as well..After regainning what I assume were basic motor skills and conciousness I started to walk towards the entrance once more..hell getting there was starting to feel like Mission Impossible..you know, without Tom Cruise.
To my surprise I made to to the doors with no futher bumps and I was very glad about that.I made it through the entrance safetly which I appreciate, but as soon as I enter the hotel lobby I saw two huge guys walking towards me...the no-so-happy look pasted to their faces.I attemped to back down, even run, but they were by my side before I could make the sligtest move.I looked at them stunned..they just shot agravited looks my way..which had me confused..what had I done wrong?I knew there was no such thing as Human-Football but I had not ask to be the ball..so other than that, what crime had I commited?
´´What?´´.I asked curiously while a nervious smile adorned my face.
´´You cannot come in here miss.´´.Said the taller man.
´´What are you talking about?´´.I asked confused.´´I...I have something I need to do...
´´Oh no you dont´´.Just like that I had been cut off.
´´Yeah...I DO!´´I replied, a little bit of anger showing in my voice.
´´That is it..let´s go!´´.With those very words they lifted me up and started carring me out but not before I put up a front.
´´Let me go´´.I screamed.´´I worked here you idiots´´.
´´What´s going on here?´´.I heard someone shout in quite a thick accent.
´´Put me down´´I continue to scream while kicking just as hard..unfortunaly all went unoticed.
´´This one is triying to sneak in´´.Said the smaller one of the bullies holding me captive.
´´Not..I´m not!´´.I shouted.
´´Whoa...wait...put her down guys´´.I heard another someone said this one with a thicker accent.
´´Are you sure?´´.Asked one of the man.
´´Yes´´.Was the simple replied and after such magic words they stopped the yanking and put me down and to be honest I had never been so glad to have my feet on the ground.
I immediately started to fix my hair and clothes after all the incident wasnt going to ruin my original plans for the day...though before I did any of that I was planning to get on the face of whoever was responsible for what they had just done to me and sure as hell give that jerk a piece of my mind and if I was gonna put someone down I was gonna look hot doing it.
´´Are you okay?´´.I heard the same someone who had pretty much save me, sounding kinda concerned
´´Does it look like I´m?´´.I replied and turn around to find two guys looking back at were like nothing I had ever much straight out of a teen magazine which unlike many others made me kinda sick.
´´We apologized for that miss...Tobi and Robert here are just looking out for us´´.Said a dark-haired guy who wore a peculiar pair of glases and carried a pair of drumsticks.
´´That´s ironic´´.I replied.´´You know, condidering that after what they just did they should be looking out for themselves´´.
´´Hey, now there is no need to get crazy here´´.Said the brown-haired guy next who I had decuded by now was probably a drummer.´´I´m sure we can solve this..somehow´´.
´´Let´s..see´´.I look down at my wrist as if checking the time, though there was no watch there.´´I´m late..and probably jobless now because of all this ..so tell me how you are gonna solve that one Einstein!´´.
´´Late?´´Asked the drummer.´´Late for what?´´
´´Didnt you just heard me!´´.I said growing more impacient by the second.´´I´m late to my job..well what will be my job..but that boat probably has sailed by now..thank you very much!´´
´´Where do you work at?´´.I heard the brown-haired guy asked.
´´Here´´.I replied.´´I´m suppose to start working here´´.
´´Oh please...they all say the same.´´.Protested the taller of the two who had harrass me a few minutes ago.´´I´m tired of hearing this story´´.
´´Excuse me?´´.I replied.´´Are you triying to imply that I´m liying?´´.
´´No.´´He answer.´´I saying you are´´.
´´I´m not liying!´´I almost scream out, to be honest the situation was puttign my blood to boil.´´I got a job here for the summer and I can prove it´´.
´´Gustav can we just take this one out?´´.Pleaded the shorter of the two man.´´You know how this goes..posibilities are she is liying like the rest of them´´.
´´If you lay a finger on my again I swear you will get hurt.´´I retorted.
´´Oh hell no!´´.Spat the taller one.´´We wont deal with these anymore...girl let´s go´´.
´´Annelise´´.I heard someone shout my name amd saw , my best friend´s mother comming my way.´´Where have you been..you were supposed to get here a lont time ago´´.
´´Oh I did´´.I replied camly.´´But this disrespectful pair of bullies decided to restrain me for going anywhere´´.
´´Wait!´´.Spoke up the brown-haired guy yet again.´´You know her´´.
´´Yes´´.Replied in a shopisticated manner.´´She is a friend of my daughter and also a future employee here´´.
´´So she does work here´´.Said Gustav in quite the surprised tone.´´Oh..I´m sorry...we mistake her for a fan´´.
´´Is quite okay ´´.Replied .´´I understand your predictment´´
´´Thank you´´.Gustav replied.
´´We apologize for all of this´´.Added the brown-haired muscular young man as he turn to me.
´´Yeah..I bet´´.I replied in a rather furious manner..sure I had win the confrontation but by the look of things my job was at stake considering ´s remarks.
´´Now..Annelise´´. adressed me.´´I afraid this incident may put your job in the line..yet I´m gonna see what I can do..so if you could stay here while I try to resolve things..´´
´´Okay´´.I replied crossing my arms over my chest as I watch my best friend´s mother walk away.
´´We are really sorry´´.I heard Gustav said.
´´Yeah..Yeah..like an apology is gonna give me my job back´´.I retorted.
´´Hey, she never said you had lost your job´´.Added his green-eyed friend.
´´I think is pretty evident, dont you think´´.I replied.
´´Well you gotta understand us´´.Explained Gustav.´´We thought you were a fan´´.
´´Yeah..I heard you the first time you said it´´.I replied.´´But did it ever cross your mind that maybe I wasnt..you know considering the fact I wasnt screaming like a maniac and the fact that I dont know who the hell you are´´.
´´Oh..yeah...I guess we didnt think about that´´.Admitted Gustav kinda embarassed.
´´Yup..I know.I replied and was about to add something else when I heard someone shout.
I turned my head to see a tall man walking towards the group..He was wearing baggy pants and a t-shirt eight sizes too big, his hair was braided and, his lower lip pierced..He approach the group and was ready to said something but all of a sudden turn to me and look me up and down as if inspecting me. To be honest I felt exposed as his eyes scan me...something about him just screamed bad intentions, and I was quite uncomfortable as he stared....Luckly he stopped, yet the stare was replace by a dirty smirk which to be honest I wasnt feeling very much.
´´Well hello´´.He stated in a flirtatious way.´´I´m Tom´´.
´´Oh put a sock in it..´´I replied just say he was being too obvious and it disgusted me to a level I wasnt able to describe.
´´Fiesty´´.He grinned confidently.´´I like that´´
I rolled my eyes at his comment...Being in High School for the past three years had made me an expert in all types of boys and the one standing before me at the moment was definatly a type I have deeply studied...I couldnt denied that he was extremedly handsome and why not even sexy in some strange way, but that didnt cover up his cocky personality and superficial traits...Not even the most amazing physical apperance could stop his behavior from being a complete turn off...Yet, I didnt care...I was far too mad to deal with someone like him so I honestly try ignore him no matter the circuntances....Unfortunatly that didnt work out for me.
I watched as a confident Tom turn to Gustav.´´Now Gustav, do you mind introducing me to your friend here.´´
´´Well...´´Replied Gustav in an uncorfortable tone.´´She is not really a friend..we just met...´´
´´Her name is Annelise´´.Interrupt the green-eyed guy out of nowhere.
Tom confidently turn to me with a slight smily in his face.´´Annelise..that´s a sweet, beautiful name..for someone so fiery´´.
´´Well that´s me´´.I retorted in a sarcastic tone while flashing a fake smile.
´´Oh common´´.Protested Tom.´´You are in the precense of an International Rockstar..the lead guitarist to Tokio Hotel..not to mention a lady killer..and you are gonna be like that?´´.
´´I´m sorry´´.I apologize in quite a sarcastic manner then regain the serious tone.´´Is that supposed to impress me..what do you want me to do,crawl to you..wrap myself around your finger or put you up in a pedestal?´´
´´No..you dont have to do all of that´´.He retorted but a grin was quick to adorn his face.´´Just the crawling part´´.
´´Ah, you are sick´´.I spat and turn to leave but was stopped by the sound of ´s voice calling me name.
I turned around yet again and watch her approach me..She didnt look at all happy..in fact she look rather upset which could probably mean one thing..
´´Annelise..I´m so sorry´´.She apologized.´´
There...I had lost my Summer Job...
´´I lost my job didnt I ´´.I replied in an stressed manner.
´´I´m afraid so´´.She said sadly.
´´Oh, thanks anyways for trying to help me ´´.I thanked her but it was pretty obvious I was upset.
´´Yes..I´m sorry again Annelise´´.She replied.´´Now if you excuse me I have some thing I need to attend´´.
´´Okay..take care ´´.I shout as she walked away from the group.
I swear at that moment my world came crashing down..All my hopes for the summer were gone.I had to kiss my SideKick goodbye before I even got to have it...It really sucked for me and I truly felt devistated.I turned my head to see the group of three boys looking at me...Gustav and his Brown-Haired friend were shooting apologenic looks my way..while Tom..well who knew what Tom´s look was all about.
´´Oh mein gott´´.Gustav exclaimed.´´We are terribly sorry about all of this´´.
´´Save it´´.I retorted as I started to walk away.
Were I was goigg I wasnt sure...It wasnt the exit to the hotel I knew that..yet I lost all sense of direction as dissapointed started watching over me, so I embark myself in a quest to nowhere...As I walk I started to lose myself in a millions thoughts and The path ahead suddenly became a blur...Yet, I didnt care..my day had gone from bad to worst..there was nothing else that could make matters worse at these point...I walked and walked without much sense..and for a moment there I was ready to shot down reality for a few seconds not matter the place I was in but that wasnt possible as I found myself hitting something or actually someone...
