Disclaimer: I do not own the fabulous story called Twilight, that would be Stephenie Meyer
Chapter Three:
I woke up in a cold sweat. I could feel the bile rising in the back of my throat and I rushed to the bathroom and disposed of the contents of my stomach. I lay on the ground for awhile, the cool tile floor soothing my head and fell asleep, curled up in the fetal position in the bathroom.
Time seemed to pass before I heard my cell phone start going off. I turned onto my back and just stared at the ceiling, choosing to ignore whoever was calling me. I gazed into the darkness, and just stared at it, finding some relief in the absence of thought. My ringer kept going off until I finally got so annoyed with it that I went to go deal with it.
My head felt like it was splitting and I answered my phone without glancing at the caller id.
"Hello?"
"Hey Bitch, do you ever answer your phone anymore? I have been trying to call you for like everrrr. Anyways, its Saturday andddd we're going shopping. Me, you, Angela in Port A. We'll be there in an hour to pick you up,"
Lauren. I could not deal with her right now and the thought of even doing anything but lie in bed sounded like a terrible idea.
"Lauren, I can't go. I really don't feel like it. I feel like crap," I moaned.
"Well then why did you answer the phone? Obviously you feel well enough to do that. Just get some clothes on, drink some juice, suck it up and be ready in an hour,"
"But-"I squeaked before I heard dial tone. I cannot believe that girl sometimes. Ugh. I knew there was no escaping it. Lauren would throw a fit if I didn't go after her little "pep talk". I shuffled (A/N: Everyday I'm shufflin' lol) over to the closet and put on a blue v-neck and my favorite pair of black sweats. I brushed my teeth and pulled my hair back into a loose pony tail before I grabbed a bottle of ginger ale from the fridge and collapsed onto the couch while I waited for Lauren and Angela to show up. It seemed like only minutes later that I heard several loud honks that signaled the start of my torture.
And what torture it was, there was really no point in me going on this trip. I didn't buy anything and the whole time, Lauren and Angela just kept making fun of me. Oh wait, I was needed. Someone had to carry their bags for them.
It was while they were looking at dresses in some store I had never even been in before that I decided to sneak away to keep my sanity. I walked over to the music store across the way and started looking through all the cds when I remembered that I still hadn't bought the new There For Tomorrow cd. I quickly found the "T" section and flipped through the selection before I found their new album, The Verge. I was reading the back when I heard a familiar voice behind me.
"Let me save you some pain and heart ache and stop you from buying that cd," I turned around to find Jared a couple of feet from me.
"Are you kidding me? Their last album was amazing. So was the EP of the remixes off that album! I've been looking forward to this for months,"
Jared walked over and grabbed the disc out of my hands as he looked it over.
"See that's what I thought too. But I bought this the day it came out and was totally disappointed. Sure, bands evolve, I get that. But this album just wasn't any good. Trust me," and he put the cd back in its slot. "Have you heard of a band called The Almost?"
I shook my head. He then proceeded to walk over to another section, comb through the selection and pull out a grey case. He came back to where I was watching and handed it to me.
"This is their first album, Southern Weather, If you like TFT's last cd then you'll like this one too, scout's honor," Jared grinned and gave me a salute.
I just stared at him smirking "Like you were ever a scout. So what you're trying to tell me is that one of my favorite bands ever just put out a lousy album and I'm gonna love this artist I've never even heard of? If you're wrong, I might have to kill you,"
"Hey I'll even pay for it myself," and he took a cd out of my hand for the second time and went up to the register and paid. I'll admit, I was speechless.
Jared was handed me back the cd and I was putting it in my purse when we got company.
"Oh Bella, you're into that kind of music?"
Lauren and Angela were blocking the exit, giving me such judging looks.
"I mean I wouldn't say I'm into it. I just kinda listen to it every once and awhile…"
"Ohh is that right? Oh Bella you're such a loser sometimes. We'll meet you at the car while you look at your kind of music. Bye Jared," Lauren smirked and they turned away and left.
I looked down at the floor. I couldn't even face Jared right now and didn't know what to say.
"Why do you put up with that crap?"
"They're my friends. They mean well. Lauren just can be a bit harsh sometimes. You don't know her,"
"Seriously? Don't be so ridiculous Bella," I looked up, irritated now.
"Oh and you know so much about my life? What you've been here TWO days maybe? Thanks but I don't need your help. Goodbye Jared," and stormed out to where the car was.
"That Jared has his good points. He looked pretty delicious today. What do you think Bella?" Lauren asked from the front seat.
"I don't see it. He's an ass and I don't like him," I vented and didn't say a word the rest of the trip home. I threw my purse on my bedroom floor and crawled back into bed, just wanting to sleep the rest of the day and weekend away.
Sadly I woke up long enough the next day to remember I had an English essay I hadn't even started on. I went to go grab a pencil out of my purse when I found the cd from yesterday. A part of me just wanted to throw it away but the other half wanted to listen to it just so I could realize how much I hated it and use it against Jared. Yeah it wasn't perfect logic but it made sense to me so I put the cd in and listened to it as I worked on my essay. Song by song, chorus by chorus, I kept mentally preparing myself to hate it and be done with it. That didn't happen. Damn that boy, this cd was good, really good. I hated to acknowledge the fact but I had no choice, he had good choice in music and this was a damn good cd.
Not like I would ever tell him. Yeah I know my friends can suck sometimes but who is he to waltz right in and tell me how to live my life? He didn't even know me. Wow, I've known this boy two days and I already hate him. This was going to be an interesting year…
Ok, so first I want apologize for it having been so long since my last update. My classes are killing me with the amount of work they are assigning and I haven't had a lot of time to work on the story. Alright, I also hope to get the next chapter up within the next couple of days! Keep your fingers crossed!
Oh and the opinions in the story about music are totally my own. I love There for Tomorrow, just not their latest cd and the album, Southern Weather, by The Almost is pretty legit.
