I woke-up in my bed, by instinct I look out the window by my bed. I looked around my somewhat messy room and sighed. My redundant life continues to be reality. I lay back down in my bed and snuggled into my blankets again, not wanting relive a boring day. I picked-up my phone from the floor and removed the charger. I could barely make out my image on the black screen reflecting me. The image disappeared into bright colors that made me squint my eyes as I hit the home button. I pressed in a four-digit number, unlocking my phone to an assortment of squares with small pictures with letter underneath saying what they are. I tapped the one that had a music symbol on it and reached for my earphones on the floor. I plugged in my earphones and began to push the ear-buds in my ears. I flicked my finger on the screen searching for music that'll make me stop thinking-distract my mind from thinking. I went to a playlist that said 'Dead by April' and pressed on a song. The volume was loud as I closed my eyes and focused on the music. The singer was growling and screaming the lyrics, but the words he said sounded so sad. I wasn't sure how long I stayed that way, but soon I heard my door open quickly and shot my eyes open. Only seeing a silhouette of the figure, I knew it was my mom.
I pulled the ear-buds out and faked a groggy sound, hoping that it'll make her not talk so loud "Ma'am?"
She had a sarcastic attitude and a rude tone "You've been laying in bed all day. It's time to get up. We need your help putting tree limbs in the bonfire."
I moaned at the thought then sighed.
She left, leaving the door open, knowing that it irritates me and that I would get up and close it. Too many things were on my mind, even with the music drowning out most of the thoughts, I still had a sharp pang in my chest. 'I wish it would've ended differently…' I shook my head and redundantly said to myself "Whatever…"
Once I got done dressing I looked at myself in the mirror. A black shirt with red Japanese symbols on it meaning 'Hate'- though I would often lie, saying it meant 'Love'. I patted my dark pair of blue jeans down and stretched, still trying to wake up. I looked at myself again. This outfit always made me look paler, if that was even possible for me. I looked at my messy dark brown hair and looked for my brush. Once I bent over to pick it up, I began to brush my long hair. Once it started to look neat, I closed my eyes and felt my hair as I brushed. I always loved my long hair; though many would prefer to dye their hair I liked the more natural appeal and enjoyed the color and feel of my natural hair. I finally opened my bright blue eyes and stood straight in the mirror. Once I did, my hair fell in front of my right eye and dropped down where it almost reached my navel. I always liked the look but never has anyone told me they had. I shrugged my shoulders at the thought. I kneeled down in front of my mirror, to a basket that had many mismatched socks. Grabbing two, I quickly put them on and searched for my boots. I saw my plain old, dark brown, pair of Georgia Boots in a corner of my room and retrieved them, putting them on quickly. I wore these boots with everything, despite the outfit. Out of all shopping I hate shoe shopping the most, so I always just wore my boots that my grandfather gave me. I reached for my phone and earphones, shoving my phone into my back pocket and putting one ear-bud in my ear, leaving the other to dangle.
I walked outside to the vast yard; a few trees were in the front yard while the small forested rested in the back yard. I yawned loudly as I looked for my mother. I saw her dragging tree limbs from the backyard so I went towards the front yard to pick-up limbs there. I put the other ear-bud in my ear and began again listening to the playlist I've chosen before. I yawned again before I reached for a tree limb. 'This is the only thing I hate about these storms.' I sighed at my incompetence as I remembered I stayed up very late watching and listening to the storm. Every time a lightning struck, I would try and memorize the clouds lightning and coloring. I starred at the storm and as it began to past, I finally closed my eyes—not to sleep but to listen very closely to the rain fall. It was very soothing to me as it helped me forget about—
I snapped out of my daze then, shaking my head not wanting to think about memories. I leaned over and began to pick-up small tree limbs and carrying as many as I could so I would get done faster. I wasn't sure how long I was out there but my playlist repeated itself twice.
Once I got inside, I looked over at my mom as I kicked off my boots, "I'm going to take a shower."
My mom nodded at me as she said "Okay."
Once I started the shower, I slowly eased my body into the hot water pouring down. I sighed at the perfect temperature I hardly achieve. I reached for the shampoo and once again, my mind began to wander to people I don't want to think about. But this time I was calmer of the subject, as always when taking a shower. I sighed to myself as I began to think 'Why do I worry about him? He's a jerk!' As I continued to think of one subject, it led me to think of other subjects I wanted to be out of my head. I bit my lip out of the frustration of my mistakes and spoke to myself "Is it so wrong being content with loneliness?" At the thought of it I smiled. I was looking back at better memories. Towards people who saw me while I was invisible... And when the person I wanted to forget came to mind, I smiled broader. "Thanks, Dumbass."
I finally got out of the shower and put pajamas back on. I knew we weren't going anywhere and I felt very tired after the shower. I reached for a piece of bottled water in my room and began to drink it until it was completely gone.
I was breathing heavily and starred at my floor. I was lost in thought but I wasn't sure of what thought. I was blankly starring at the ground, slightly confused of what I was doing for a moment. Soon a sharp pain in my chest ached and I made a small noise of pain. 'So I'm still thinking of him?'
My life has become a playlist of its own. Same pattern, same pain, same conversations. I am completely tired of it. To stop this constant cycle of remembering and forgetting, I looked towards my phone. I unlocked it and pressed the small cube that showed to figure heads talking. I smiled as I saw all the people that I had favorite on my friends list were all on online. All of them were in a chat room and I decided to join. My phone made a jingle noise as it said 'MadHattersAce16 online'
UsagiDiamond08: HATTER! BOUT TIME YOU SHOWED UP!
QueenOfTheJokers30: Yeah! We've been waiting for you!
I smiled at the phone that shows people that care about me.
MadHatterAce16: Sorry guys, had to help my mom :P
AliceHearts13: Don't worry about them. They just want to keep writing the story XDD
UsagiDiamond08: CAN YOU BLAME US?! IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME! XD
MarchingHareClubs19: It was your turn, right Hatter?
MadHatterAce16: Yeah, this story is going to be a complete mess XDD
QueenOfTheJokers30: What makes you say that? D:
AliceHearts13: YEAH! A saucy love triangle between an adorable Rabbit, a feminine Hatter, and an innocent Alice? How can you not love that :DDD
UsagiDiamond08: correction: Feminine Hatter with big boobs ;))
I flinched at the comment and fairly sure I blushed from embarrassment. Though I knew he was joking, I did become to think these guys as my family. I snapped back in the conversation when I heard a ding noise that some replied.
QueenOfTheJokers30: DON'T BE GROSS RABBIT OR WE WON'T LET YOU WRITE ANY! D:
UsagiDiamond08: AW COME ON! Let me have some fun! Hatter doesn't mind right?! It's a compliment if anything!
I had no idea how to respond but I knew my face was flushing red so I that's what I sent.
MadHatterAce16: =O,O=…Lovely weather we have here.
UsagiDiamond08: AW JUST TELL ME! It's a yes or no question: boobs or no?
MarchingHareClub19: Knock it off, Usagi!
UsagiDiamond08: Fine, fine. I was only kidding…..
I laughed sheepishly. UsagiDiamond08 has always been known as the pervert in our group. But he does know how to transition a romance into an action story very well so we keep him around.
QueenOfTheJokers30: APOLOGIES TO HATTER NOW D:
MadHatterAce16: It's okay, I know he was joking ^^""". I'll email my part to MarchHare and then it'll be Usagi's turn right?
QueenOfTheJokers30: Correct! Hare, you're in charge of leading The Mad Hatter and Alice to talk of surprising things they have in common, but also the arguing of them over The White Rabbit. Usagi, you'll take care of when the knights storm in and capture them.
UsagiDiamond08: Yes my queen XD.
MadHatterAce16: HAHAHA XDD!
The Queen has always been our organizer. She makes sure that the story gets done right and that we all do our part. Before she joined us, we were always goofing around with the story so she practically is the Queen of the Jokers. Not to mention she's the oldest of us.
AliceHearts13: So when is school starting for you guys? I start the 11th.
UsagiDiamond08: WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY STARTING?! I'VE BEEN IN SCHOOL FOR A MONTH NOW!
MarchHareClubs19: Alice is still pretty young, Usagi. Of course she starts later. I start the 4th.
UsagiDiamond08: NO FAIR! DX
QueenOfTheJokers30: Stop complaining, it's annoying -_-". I start my senior year in a week.
UsagiDiamond08: Why's everyone mean to me? Anyway, what about you, Hatter?
MadHatter16: I start tomorrow.
UsagiDiamond08: All of you suck D:!
None of us know exactly how old the other is. Queen doesn't care about gloating how older she is than us, and we knew that Alice was youngest but she's both mature and shy for her age. By how Usagi act's I assume he's around my age. The March Hare has always been hard to figure out his age. He's the most mature and adult one of us, but comes up with the craziest ideas. He says he suffers from ADHD but from our conversation it doesn't sound like suffering. I guess I would be similar to The March Hare. I usually come up with on the spot ideas that lead to much bigger things and adding hints throughout the series. Alice was practically in charge of the funny romance moments. She is surprisingly very good at it.
All of us lived in different parts of the world but none of us have seen each other. We there's a line we all know not to cross. It's okay to say what country we're from but none of us would specify. Usagi lives in Japan, Alice lives in Hungry, March Hare lives in Canada, Queen lives in England, and I'm the only American. To us, it didn't matter if we were lying or not, as long as we're friends and we don't exchange pictures. For all I know they could be a bunch of forty year olds, but does it matter if we're only talking?
I snapped back into the conversation when I heard the bell noise, meaning someone has been added in our chat room. The name was similar to ours. –TheSpadedChesireCat is online—
MarchHareClubs19: Uh… Hey?
We waited for a couple minutes for a response.
AliceHearts13: It's okay! You don't have to be shy :D
-TheSpadedChesireCat is offline—
I flinched at the sudden action. I was surprised.
UsagiDiamon08: Well that was weird…
MarchHareClubs19: How did he get in? This is a private chat….
AliceHearts13: And his name….it looked like he was one of us?
QueenOfTheJokers30: Let's just forget it! It's nothing important!
Queen was right…but it was different…. The jump I got at the name made my heart beat hard.
UsagiDiamond08: OI! HATTER! You know him?
The ding from the message sounded differently… I was always happy to hear the dinging of people that actually want to talk to me… But now it seemed dull… Maybe it's just me. I haven't eaten yet.
MadHatterAce16: I gotta go. I'm hungry :P. text you guys later!
I locked my phone before I read all their good-byes and ignored the jingling noise of bells as fell back to my bed and closed my eyes. I squeezed my phone and breathed heavy. What was that?
A New Song Has Been Added To The Playlist
Promise Me by Dead by April
