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(After School)
Tomika's POV
"So which song should we do?" Freddy asked me. I was in a trouble picking.
"I don't know. What do you think?" I asked. He looked up for a minute.
"How about One Last Time by Ariana Grande?" I winced.
"I'm not really a fan of her, her voice makes me cover my ears." He slightly chuckled.
"Well, what about Beautiful Thing by Grace Vanderwaal?" Nope.
"Nope." I bluntly concluded. "Too mushy for me. Ever heard of Evanescence?"
"Yeah. Bring Me To Life?" He asked.
"Sure." I said.
Song : (Click the video)
Tomika :
Verse 1
How can you see into my eyes, like open doors,
Leading you down into my core,
Where I've become so numb, without a soul,
My spirit's sleeping somewhere cold,
Until you find it there and lead it back home,
Chorus
F : Wake me up
T : Wake me up inside
F : I can't wake up
T: Wake me up inside
F: Save me
T : Call my name and save me from the dark.
F : Wake me up
T: Bid my blood to run
F : I can't wake up
T : Before I come undone
F : Save me
T : Save me from the nothing I've become
Freddy :
Verse 2
Now that I know what I'm without,
You can't just leave me,
Breathe into me and make me real, bring me to life,
Chorus
F : Wake me up
T : Wake me up inside
F : I can't wake up
T: Wake me up inside
F: Save me
T : Call my name and save me from the dark.
F : Wake me up
T: Bid my blood to run
F : I can't wake up
T : Before I come undone
F : Save me
T : Save me from the nothing I've become
Tomika :
Bridge
Bring me to life, I've been living a lie
There's nothing inside, bring me to life
Frozen inside without your touch
Without your love, darling
Only you are the life among the dead
Freddy :
Bridge
All this time, I can't believe I couldn't see,
Kept in the dark, but you were there in front of me,
I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems,
I've got to open my eyes to everything,
Without a thought, without a voice, without a soul,
Both :
Bridge
Don't let me die here,
There must be something wrong, bring me to life,
Chorus:
F : Wake me up
T : Wake me up inside
F : I can't wake up
T: Wake me up inside
F: Save me
T : Call my name and save me from the dark.
F : Wake me up
T: Bid my blood to run
F : I can't wake up
T : Before I come undone
F : Save me
T : Save me from the nothing I've become
(Song over)
I felt my heart rip. The words were sad, lonely. The singer must've been so, hurt. Like glass, she shattered. But the song was so...
Relatable.
I looked over at the only boy here, who was smiling to himself.
"Wow Tomika, that was great!" He said causing butterflies to fly around my stomach.
"Thanks, you were great too." I said. He faltered for a minute.
"Your dad lets you listen to those songs?" He asked. I panicked.
"Well of course not!" I rushed, stopping and then going back to my calm composure. "I listen to in secret, don't tell." We looked at the clock. It was 5:30. My expression was screaming fear, but Freddy didn't notice it, thank god.
"So I'll see you tomorrow?" I said packing my things up. It takes 30 minutes to walk home, and he wanted dinner as soon as he came in the door.
"Yeah! Bye!" I waved at him before grabbing my skateboard and helmet. I took off.
Freddy POV
Is it me or is Tomika... lying? Does she not trust me with whatever is happening at her house. I decided to follow her. Don't worry, I don't plan on stalking her. It was raining and dark, in the middle of winter, so why wasn't her dad here to pick her up? It took her 30 minutes to get to her house. Is he at work or something? I noticed that her supposed brothers weren't here. I saw a picture of them, but they didn't seem to live here. She shut the door, walking into her house. Her expression changed from calm, to panic. I looked in through the window, but Tomika didn't notice since she had just ran into the kitchen suddenly. I went around to the back of her house, there was also a window there, but half of the curtain was torn.
She seemed to be putting pizza into the oven, with fries. She was... making dinner. She grabbed some chicken out of the freezer. It was labelled as 'EMERGENCY FOOD', which was strange. She defrosted it and cooked it in the microwave. Why wasn't her dad here yet?
As if on cue, her father came in rather.. drunk. What the hell was wrong with her family. He walked in to see his daughter with a plate of food. She had a smaller portion of this. He carried a glass bottle of vodka. He put his hand over her shoulder. She flinched.
"You haven't been sleeping around have you?" He asked with a weird smile. She gulped.
"No daddy." She said.
"Good." The man said pushing her and grabbing the plate. He sat down on a couch. He had eaten like and animal, food flying everywhere. Tomika was just sat there, until I caught her gaze. She panicked, running over to the window. She closed the tattered curtains so that I couldn't see. I decided to leave it at that.
The last thing I heard was the sound of glass smashing.