New Rose
A.N: I know it's been forever but Senior Year is crazy. Anyway, here's Ash and Pikachu from Pokemon to say the dis-claimer.
Ash: I'm Just Me2 doesn't own anything except the plot and Rose. Enjoy.
Pika: Pikachu. -sneezes and almost shocks Ash-
Ash: Pikachu.
Pika: -sorry- Pika.
Ash: Aw. It's okay.
Me: Okay, this is weird. To the chapter. -Snaps my fingers and Ash, Pika, and I disappear-
Nobody's P.O.V
-Lunch-
Rose sat down with Zig, Maya, Tristan, and Mo and put her bag and guitar case underneath her.
"Anything happen since Free Period?" Mo asked.
"I discovered an old song I used to love," Rose said.
"Let's hear it," Maya said.
Rose played a song on her Ipod and sang along.
(A.N: Lyrics in bold, everything else is Italics)
"Now I will tell you what I've done for you - I dive again"
50 thousand tears I've cried.
Screaming, deceiving and bleeding for you -
And you still won't hear me (going under)
Don't want your hand this time - I'll save myself.
Maybe I'll wake up for once (wake up for once)
Not tormented daily defeated by you
Just when I thought I'd reached the bottom
Rose saw people glance at her as she sang and Zig seemed to smile knowing who the band was.
"Who is that?" A guy asked.
"Drew Torres' ex-girlfriend," Someone answered.
"I know that. I meant the song and band," The first guy said.
Rose just smirked and focused on the song
"I'm going under (going under) Blurring and stirring the truth and the lies.
Drowning in you (drowning in you)
I'm falling forever (falling forever)
I've got to break through
I'm going under
(So I don't know what's real)
Always confusing the thoughts in my head
So I can't trust myself anymore"
Rose saw Riley make a face at her as he watched her.
"The song is called Going Under," Zig said starting to recognize it.
"Do you know the band?" Mo asked.
"I can't put my finger on it," Zig said.
Rose glanced at her friends then kept going
"I dive againI'm going under (going under) I... So go on and scream I dive I'm going under (going under)
Drowning in you (drowning in you)
I'm falling forever (falling forever)
I've got to break through
Scream at me I'm so far away (so far away)
I won't be broken again (again)
I've got to breathe - I can't keep going under
Drowning in you (drowning in you)
I'm falling forever (falling forever)
I've got to break through
I'm going under (going under)
I'm going under (drowning in you)
I'm going under"
"Going Under by Evanescence," Rose said closing her eyes for a moment after she finished the song.
She re-opened her eyes and looked at her friends.
"That's right," Zig said snapping his fingers.
Rose was suddenly aware of applause and she turned around to see the entire cafeteria cheering for her.
She blushed softly but had a soft smile on her lips as well.
"Do another song," She heard Holly J say.
"Okay," Rose said thinking for a moment.
Rose played music by Taylor Swift and the lucky one started.
(Lyrics in bold. Everything else is Italics)
"New to town with a made up name in the angel city, Another name goes up in lights, like diamonds in the sky. And they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one.
Chasing fortune and fame.
And the camera flashes, make it look like a dream.
You had it figured out since you were in school.
Everybody loves pretty, everybody loves cool.
So overnight you look like a sixties' queen.
Yeah, they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one.
Rose heard clapping and glancing around as she slowly stood up she saw everyone but Drew and Riley were clapping to the beat.
Riley seemed to realize his Football friends were clapping for Rose because he shot a glare at them.
They ignored him and Zane sent a smile at Rose.
Rose smiled back and felt confident in her voice.
"Now it's big black cars, and Riviera views, And they tell you that you're lucky. Another name goes up in lights. You wonder if you'll make it out alive."
And your lover in the foyer doesn't even know you
And your secrets end up splashed on the news front page.
But you're so confused,
And all the young things line up to take your place.
"You know maybe she could do vocals sometimes two," Zig mentioned to Mo.
"Would you rather be vocals or guitar?" Mo asked.
"Guitar. I think after all of what she's gone through lately, Rose deserves the spot-light as the singer," Zig said and Maya rubbed her boyfriend's shoulder causing Zig to smile at her.
"Okay. We'll tell her later," Mo said as the three of them stood up clapping for Rose.
"And they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one. It was a few years later, I showed up here. 'Cause now my name is up in lights, but I think you got it right,"
Yeah, they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one.
Can you tell me now, you're the lucky one, oh, oh, oh.
And they still tell the legend of how you disappeared,
How you took t
They say you bought a bunch of land somewhere,
Chose the Rose Garden over Madison Square,
And it took some time, but I understand it now.
"Dude you let her go?" K.C asked Drew.
"Shit up K.C," Drew said angrily looking at Rose.
K.C rolled his eyes at Drew before focusing on Rose.
Drew knew he had been an idiot to cheat on Rose but he was happier without her.
Plus, the fight was between her and Riley and although, he was the cause of it he wasn't going to be part of it.
He decided he wasn't ready to be tied down so he had picked Bianca to have some fun with although he knew Bianca and Rose were best friends pretty much sisters.
Drew silently cursed himself for being caught earlier that same day but then he wondered why he cared.
He was free and that's what he had wanted.
"If being free is what I wanted then why I do feel so horrible when I think of cheating on Rose?" he asked himself.
"Let me tell you now, you're the lucky one. Yeah they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one.
Let me tell you now, you're the lucky one.
Let me tell you now, you're the lucky one, oh, oh, oh.
Yeah, they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one.
And they'll tell you now, you're the lucky one, oh, oh, oh.
Oh, whoa, oh, oh"
As Rose finished singing she curtsied and everyone except the two boys that were on her bad side clapped for her.
Rose sat back down and so did her friends.
"Okay we decided that instead of guitar player you're going to be WhisperHug's new singer," Mo told her.
"What? What about Zig?" Rose asked shocked.
"I was the one who suggested it," Zig said and Rose looked at him shocked.
"I thought after all you've been going through you deserve some fun in the spot-light," Zig explained and Rose smiled.
"Is it cool with you?" Maya asked.
"Of course. I'm just happy to be with my friends," Rose said.
Mo, Zig, and Maya smiled and the four friends started eating Lunch.
-After Lunch-
Rose's P.O.V
"Rose wait up," I heard Drew yell as he ran towards me.
I shut my locker and turned to him.
"What?" I asked.
"I realized I've made a huge mistake and I still love you. I need you," Drew said taking my hand.
"You're just saying that Drew. You don't even mean it anymore," I said taking my hand out of his and wrapping it around the Math textbook I held.
"What about what we used to always say? Forever and Always," Drew reminded me as I turned to leave.
People were watching us to see how I would respond to his comment.
I turned back to Drew and asked, "Did you just say Forever and Always?"
Drew nodded and I got an idea.
"Here's what I have to say to that," I said.
I started to sing.
(A.N: Lyrics in bold, everything else is normal)
"Once upon a time, I believe it was a Tuesday when I caught your eye Were you just kidding? 'cause one second it was perfect, now you're halfway out the door And I stare at the phone, he still hasn't called
And we caught onto something
I hold onto the night, you looked me in the eye and told me you loved me
'cause it seems to me, this thing is breaking down
I don't feel welcome anymore
Baby what happened, please tell me?
And then you feel so low you cant feel nothing at all
And you flashback to when he said forever and always
Oh, and it rains in your bedroom
Everything is wrong
It rains when you're here and it rains when you're gone
Cause I was there when you said forever and always."
I pointed at myself as I did the next line.
"Was I out of line? So here's everything coming down to nothing
Did I say something way too honest, made you run and hide
Like a scared little boy
I looked into your eyes
Thought I knew you for a minute, now I'm not so sure
Here's to silence that cuts me to the core
Where is this going? Thought I knew for a minute, but I don't anymore.
I saw people nodding their heads since the song was pretty popular in Degrassi.
I glanced at Drew and he just looked at me.
"And I stare at the phone, he still hasn't called Back up, baby, back up
And then you feel so low you cant feel nothing at all
And you flashback to when he said forever and always
Oh, and it rains in your bedroom
Everything is wrong
It rains when you're here and it rains when you're gone
'cause I was there when you said forever and always
You didn't mean it baby, I don't think so
Did you forget everything
Back up, baby, back up 'cause it rains in your bedroom
Did you forget everything
Everything is wrong
It rains when you're here and it rains when you're gone
'cause I was there when you said forever and always."
I thought I saw regret flash in Drew's eyes but it turned out to be a mix of anger and shock.
"Oh, I stare at the phone, he still hasn't called And it rains in your bedroom
And then you feel so low you cant feel nothing at all
And you flashback to when we said forever and always
Everything is wrong
It rains when you're here and it rains when you're gone
'cause I was there when you said forever and always
You didn't mean it baby, you said forever and always... yeah."
I crossed my arms as I finished the song and the crowd that had gathered clapped.
I looked at Drew and said, "When we said forever and always you didn't mean it and I know it now,"
"I did mean it," Drew defended himself.
Suddenly all of the anger I had felt earlier in the day returned and I asked my voice suddenly full of anger and hate, "Then what happened earlier today? What caused you to cheat on me with my best friend pretty much my sister? Did I do something to you? How did it go from perfect and happiness yesterday to hate and anger today? What have I done to deserve this? Are you even sorry Drew? What happened? Tell me,"
"I can't," Drew said not meeting my eyes.
"You're not even sorry. I can just tell by how you're acting," I said.
"I don't know what to say," Drew said.
"Doesn't matter because this conversation is finished and so are we forever. Bye Drew," I said turning back around and walking to my next class.
-Class-
Riley's P.O.V (A.N: We finally get to see how he sees the situation)
I saw Rose sit down beside me in Science and I could tell she was angry.
I ripped some paper out of my notebook and wrote 'You Okay?' I slipped it to her.
Note conversation (M for me since this is Riley's point of View and R for Rose)
'Why do you care Riley?' -R
'Your face tells me you're pissed.' -M
'Just sick of drama around here' -R
'Oh." -M
'Why do you care anyway? You hate me.' -R
'True but you don't deserve what Torres did to you. I heard you screaming at him in the hallway.' -M
'Oh dear God. Was I really that loud?' -R
'Yeah. Drew's a jerk.' -M
'Wait are you actually on my side?' -R
'I think I am. Weird' -M
'Why?' -R
'You and I both have a common enemy. Torres' -M
'A common enemy? What are we in a war?' -R
'Cute. Anyway, how about instead of hating each other we team up to make Drew's life miserable?' -M
'I don't know. I'm not really an evil kind of person' -R
'Ignoring the evil part. I mean let's be friends and when Drew attacks one of us we back each other up.' -M
'Interesting. Okay, I'm in.' -R
'Sweet.' -M
'Since we're friends, what was tying him to the flag pole naked all about?' -R
'He was blackmailing me. Saying he would tell the whole school I'm gay if I didn't give up the QB position on the Football team to him.' -M
'What? You like guys?' -R
'You can't tell anyone' -M
'Hey, I can keep a secret and I don't betray friends even if I hated them like 10 minutes ago. Is it Zane?' -R
'Are you serious? No. Okay, how did you guess?' -M
'I kind of figured by the way you guys look at each other. Don't worry, your secret's safe with me.' -R
End of note conversation
I glanced at Rose and smiled.
She returned it then our teacher's voice snapped us back to reality.
"Mr. Stavros, Ms. Thorn are you paying attention?" Ms. Oh asked.
"Yeah," Rose and I said together.
"Okay. Mr. Stavros what are the main parts in an eyeball and how many are there?" Ms. Oh asked.
"There are five main parts and they are the Cornea, the Iris, the Lens, the Retina, and the Optic Nerve," I said.
"That's right. Ms. Thorn, what are the five main parts of the eyeball that Mr. Stavros just mentioned functions?" Ms. Oh asked Rose.
"The Cornea is the clear covering of the eye, the Iris is the colored opening in the eye, the Lens allows us to focus on things that are either close to us or far away from us, the Retina is the projection screen at the back of the eye, and the Optic Nerve is the nerve that carries the signal from the retina to the brain," Rose answered.
"Okay you two were paying attention," Ms. Oh said turning around and continuing on with her lesson.
The bell rang and we got up grabbing our bags.
"How did you know that?" I asked Rose as we exited the class-room and walked down the halls to our lockers.
"I think she forgot our homework assignment last night was to read about the human eye and write down the main parts and their functions so it helped to have my homework in front of me," Rose said.
"It was also written on the board so we could have just read it off of there as well," Rose added as we reached my locker.
I nodded and Rose waved at me before heading off to her own locker.
I smiled and dialed my combination before pulling off the lock and opening my locker.
"Hey. I saw you talking to Rose," Owen said as he came up to me.
"Yeah we decided to focus on hating Torres instead of hating each other," I told him putting my Science book away.
"The younger one or Drew?" Owen asked a little slow.
"Are you really tired today or are you just not thinking right?" I asked.
"I'm really tired," Owen said.
"Drew. His brother's done nothing wrong to me and I know that he and Rose are really good friends," I told Owen looking at him.
Owen nodded and I shut my locker.
We headed to Football practice laughing and joking the entire time.
Nobody's P.O.V
-After school-
"Hey guys," Rose said as she entered the music room for WhisperHug band practice.
"Hey Rose," Maya, Zig, Mo, Adam, and Imogen said.
Imogen's girlfriend Fiona was there as well and she smiled at Rose.
"Hi Rose," she said.
"Hey Fiona," Rose said.
"We're just warming up for right now," Maya told Rose.
"Do you have a song in mind to practice?" Mo asked.
"I do actually," Rose said and told her friends what the song was.
"Sweet," Maya said since she was a fan of the song.
"We'll follow you with the beat," Zig said.
"We can see how we sound together. Fiona, you tell us at the end what you think," Mo said.
"Okay," Fiona said.
Rose played the beat on her phone and took her place at the microphone. She gripped it ready to sing.
Maya, Zig, Mo, Adam, and Imogen started playing the beat.
Rose started singing,
"You know the bed feels warmer You think you got the best of me
Sleeping here alone
You know I dream in colour
And do the things I want
Think you've had the last laugh
Bet you think that everything good is gone
Think you left me broken down
Think that I'd come running back
Baby you don't know me, cause you're dead wrong."
Drew was passing by outside on his way to practice when he heard Rose singing.
He stopped by the door and listened.
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stronger You heard that I was starting over with someone
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over cause you're gone
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
They told you I was moving on over you."
Drew peeked into the room and saw his brother, Zig, Maya, Fiona, Imogen, Mo, and Rose.
Fiona was dancing to the song and Adam, Zig, Maya, Mo, and Imogen were playing the beat of the song.
Drew focused on Rose and he felt angry that she was so happy after their break-up it felt like she hadn't actually cared about him.
"You are unbelievable," Drew yelled coming into the room.
The band stopped and stared at him.
"What?" Rose asked.
"You're all happy and it's making me mad," Drew said.
"I get it. You think I should be upset, crying, wanting you back because we broke up," Rose said.
Drew nodded.
"This reminds me of Mr. Know It All," Maya said.
Rose giggled knowing what Maya was talking about.
"There is the old Rose I loved. You changed. That's why our relationship failed," Drew said.
"I didn't change Drew. You did and our relationship was ruined by cheating. I'm still the same but I don't know who you are anymore," Rose said.
'I haven't changed at all. I'm still the same old Rose' Rose thought.
"I don't know who you are," Drew said.
"Rose Thorn your ex-girlfriend," Rose said.
"You've changed Rose Thorn. You've changed," Drew said backing up.
"I'm still me. Just more confident and I've realized I don't need a boyfriend to be happy. All I need are friends," Rose said.
Drew left and Rose turned to her friends.
"Have I changed?" she asked.
"No," Adam said.
"You said it yourself Rose. You're more confident and more happy. You're the real you," Zig said.
Rose smiled happy to have her friends.
A.N: At last this chapter is done. It is 36 and a half pages long and I have been writing it for days. I kind of went off in weird directions here but I like how it turned out. I think I'm getting better at writing. Anyway, tell me what you think. See you later.
-I'm Just Me2