If You're Gone

Disclaimer: Don't own it, but if I did large objects would "accidentally" fall on Ray a lot. I don't own the song Boulevard of Broken Dreams either, Green Day does. I do however own the song The Edge of Life and the characters Garrett and Shadow.

Thanks tobrokenglass who's fic inspired me to write this one and the song The Edge of Life.

Italics denote the song.


Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Ally Barone sat alone at a table in the food court at the mall. She took a bit of her hamburger and looked at the tables of kids with their friends. Something she would never have at her high school.

There everybody hated her and her stupid dad refused to transfer her to the other school in her neighborhood because it was too dangerous a.k.a. to far to drive.

She stood up and walked to her favorite store, Hot Topic. She picked out a blue skirt with black lace over it, jeans with rips in them, and a Blondie tank top.

As Ally was reading the label on a bottle of blue hair dye people she knew from school walked by.

"Hey doesn't that chick go to our school," asked one boy.

"Who care, she's a freak," said a blonde girl.

Ally grabbed bottle of purple and red dye, and some makeup. She took her stuff to the checkout counter.

"You know if your going with multi-colored hair you should do it one color at a time so they don't mix together," said the cashier.

He was a cute boy about seventeen. He had on a Green Day t-shirt and baggy ripped up jeans. He was also wearing black Converse low-tops just like Ally's.

"Thanks, I'll remember that," said Ally.

"Hey, I get off in fifteen minutes, you want to go see a movie," asked the guy.

"Sure, and my name's Ally," she replied

"Garrett," he said.

Ally found the nearest bathroom and changed into her new clothes. She pulled her hair out of its ponytail and messed it up. She put on more of her dark red lip-gloss and waited outside the store for Garrett.

Ally was leaning against the wall when her ex-boyfriend, Kyle, walked up.

"Hey, look it's the little bitch," said Kyle.

"Why don't you just keep walking Kyle, I don't want to see your ugly face," retorted Ally.

"Who do you think you are," asked Kyle moving toward Ally.

"Who do you think you are you little punk bitch," said Garrett walking out of the store.

"Screw you," said Kyle.

"Well I think you need to leave the girl alone and go back home to your mommy," said Garrett stepping towards Kyle menacingly.

Since Garrett was about six feet tall and Kyle was only 5'5'' and even Ally towered over him, he looked a little intimidated.

"Whatever," said Kyle walking away.

"So the new Resident Evil movie came out today," said Garrett like nothing had happened.

"Thanks," said Ally.

"It was nothing, I just hate posers like that little bitch," said Garrett.

Ten minutes later they were sitting in the front row at Resident Evil: Apocalypse.

After the movie as Ally was getting ready to call her dad, Ashlee Abbers and her army of skanks walked up.

"Hey look it's that freak Ally," said Ashlee.

"And her freaky looking boyfriend," said Stephanie Calloway.

"What you couldn't get a normal looking guy," said Ashlee icily.

"Of course not how could she, I mean look at her," said Kimberly Hooker.

Garrett looked at the girls, grabbed Ally's arm and walked away.

"You want a ride home," asked Garrett.

"Sure," said Ally.

As Ally got out of Garrett's Talon he handed her his number.

"Call me," he said before driving away.

Ally looked at his messy writing and smiled. Somebody liked her and that was pure happiness to Ally.

"How did you get home," asked Ray as Ally walked in.

"Oh, my friend, uh, Ashlee Abbers' mom gave me a ride," lied Ally.

"Okay," said Ray as he stared at the TV.

Ally walked into the kitchen to grab a Coke then ran upstairs to her room.

Some time later the phone rang.

"Hello," said Ally.

"Hey honey, it's mom," said Debra on the other end.

"Hey mom, when are you coming home," asked Ally.

"Well that's what I called to tell you, I'm going to stay a few more days to help Helen out with the baby," said Debra.

"No mom, you have to come home so I can tell you about this guy I met today," said Ally.

"Well tell me now," said Debra.

"No, I'm not telling you over the phone, you'll just have to come home to find out," said Ally.

"Well fine then, I'll still be home in a few days," said Debra.

"Fine mom, bye," said Ally.

"Bye sweetie," said Debra.

"Bye Debra," said Ray.

"Oh my god dad you were on the phone the whole time," shouted Ally.

"Well…uh…" said Ray.

"I hate you," shouted Ally.

Ally clicked off the phone and tossed it in her chair before flopping on her bed and clicked on the stereo.

I walk a lonely road
The only one I that have ever known
Don't know were it goes
But its home and I walk alone

I walk this empty street
On the Blvd. of broken dreams
Were the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk alone

"Ally, can I come in," asked Ray.

"No, go away," shouted Ally.

My shadows the only one that walks beside me
My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find
Till then I'll walk alone

I'm walking down the line
that divides me somewhere in my mind
on the border line of the edge
and were I walk alone

Read between the lines of what's
Fucked up and every things all right

"Fine," said Ray walking away.

Ally slid off her bed and grabbed the shoebox underneath it. She pulled out the blood stained washrag and the gleaming metal razor.

"I hate my stupid dad," mumbled Ally as she slid the blade across her pale skin.

Blood trickled down her arm as she grabbed the rag and wiped up the blood.

The Next Day At School

Ally hated going to school. Knowing that everyone was staring at her and calling her a freak when they thought she wasn't listening. The only thing that kept her from jumping on that preppy blonde cheerleader that had pushed her in the hall was knowing that her dad would never let her go out with Garrett tonight if she got detention.

"Ally can I speak with you," asked Mrs. Phillips, the school guidance counselor.

"Sure," said Ally following her into her office.

"Ally, I'm worried about, you don't talk to anyone, you aren't the same little chatterbox from a few years ago," said Mrs. Phillips.

"I know, and I'm glad," said Ally.

"Why, that little chatterbox had so many friends and people who liked her," said Mrs. Phillips.

"No offense, but you teachers are pretty oblivious sometimes," said Ally. "Those people last year weren't my friends, they didn't give a shit about me, pardon my French."

"Why do you say that Ally," asked Mrs. Phillips

"Because of the things they did, when I wouldn't sleep with Damien, he broke up with me, when spoke for myself and didn't do everything Ashlee Abbers told me to do, she dumped me too, no one else likes me because of thing I said or did to them when I was friends with Ashlee," said Ally.

"Well, if things are that bad for you here why didn't you transfer over the summer," asked Mrs. Phillips.

"My dad refuses to transfer me," said Ally.

"Have you told him any of the things you just told me," asked Mrs. Phillips.

"No, he wouldn't understand, he's such an idiot sometimes, he doesn't get being a teenager and I guess that's grandma's fault," said Ally.

"Okay, well you can get back to class," said Mrs. Phillips. "If you need to talk you can always come talk to me."

"Okay thanks," said Ally.

As Ally left the guidance counselors office they both knew she had no intention of going back to class.

Ally walked down the empty hall listening to her footsteps echo in the silence.

"Hey Barone, shouldn't you be in class like a good little girl," said Shadow.

"Leave me alone," said Ally as she sped up.

"Give me one good reason why I should," asked Shadow.

"Look, I'm sorry for all the things I did to you when I was friends with Ashlee, but I'm not her friend anymore, and now you're not being any better than her by not leaving me alone," said Ally.

"Okay, so I guess you've changed, so where are you going," asked Shadow.

"I don't know," said Ally as she walked in to the teacher's parking lot.

"Come on I know a place where we can hang," said Shadow.

Ally followed Shadow to a brick building. It had a huge sign hanging on it that said La Maquis.

Inside were the local burnouts. On stage was a band practicing.

"Hey Skid, how's it going," asked Shadow.

"Not so great, listen and tell us what it needs," said Skid.

Shadow sat down at one of the hand painted tables and motioned for Ally to sit with her.

Skid picked up his guitar and the rest of the band prepared to play.

I'm on the edge

The edge of life

Silence in death

Go quietly in to the night

But I won't

Go without a fight

I'm on the edge of life

Fighting for survival

Light in the darkness ahead

Creatures in the shadows

Minions of the dark

The edge of life

The line between

The darkness and the light

Slipping back and forth

Don't know where I want to be

A thorny rose inside

Grows like a twisted vine

Ripping and bleeding

On the edge of life

The band stopped playing as Shadow stood up. They looked at her waiting for her to tell them what they needed to make it good.

"You need a better singer," said Shadow. "You, can you sing."

It took Ally a moment to realize that Shadow was talking to her.

"Uh, yeah, I guess," said Ally.

"Great, get up there, here's the words," said Shadow handing her some crumpled notebook paper.

Ally took her position behind the microphone and unfolded the paper.

Ally started to feel nervous as the band started playing but once she started singing Ally felt all her lost confidence come back.

"That was bitchin'," shouted Shadow as they stopped playing again.

"So Ally, whaddya say, wanna join Alkemy," asked Skid.

"Yeah," said Ally happily.

"Cool, so then let me introduce you to the rest of the band," said Skid.

He helped Ally offstage to the table where the rest of the band had gathered with Shadow.

"This is Dirt, he's the bass, and that's Skye the drummer," said Skid pointing to a guy with long messy brown hair covering his face and a guy with jet-black hair with orange streaks.

"So you'll be needing a nickname too," said Skye.

"You can pick one, if it's cool that's your new nickname, if not, then we get to pick for you," said Skid.

"Zero," said Ally.

"Hmmm, okay, Zero," said Skid.

"It's perfect," said Shadow.

"Yeah, perfect," mumbled Ally thinking about how much someone' life could change in only a few days. She had friends and a boyfriend.


Everybody R&R or this is then end mwa ha ha ha!!!

Just kidding. Hope you liked it. I'll post more soon.

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