I was going to take a break from my multi-chapter stories for the month to pursue NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), but I felt like I was going to die if I didn't update soon. The song in the chapter is "Since You Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson.
Chapter 6
Maya's POV
Here's the thing we started off friends
It was cool but it was all pretend
Yeah yeah
Since you've been gone
You dedicated you took the time
Wasn't long till I called you mine
Yeah yeah
Since you've been gone
And all you'd ever hear me say
Is how I pictured me with you
That's all you'd ever hear me say
But since you've been gone
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so movin' on, yeah yeah
Thanks to you now I get what I want
Since you've been gone
How can I put it? You put me on
I even fell for that stupid love song
Yeah yeah
Since you've been gone
How come I'd never hear you say
"I just wanna be with you"
I guess you never felt that way
But since you've been gone
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so movin' on, yeah yeah
Thanks to you now I get, I get what I want
Since you've been gone
You had your chance you blew it
Out of sight, out of mind
Shut your mouth I just can't take it
Again and again and again and again
Since you've been gone
(Since you've been gone)
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so movin' on, yeah yeah
Thanks to you
(Thanks to you)
Now I get, I get what I want
I can breathe for the first time
I'm so movin' on, yeah yeah
Thanks to you
(Thanks to you)
Now I get
(I get)
You should know
(You should know)
That I get, I get what I want
Since you've been gone
Since you've been gone
Since you've been gone
Thanks to Bradley, I've completed yet another one of those stupid concerts. I wish I didn't have to do them, but I must for the sake of the mission. I found the song on the internet (no surprise, that's where I find every song).
What really sucks is that I can't even relate to the song. This song is about having a break-up and finally being able to breath, as if the boyfriend was restricting and holding you back. I had a break-up, that part is relatable. The difference is that without Nicolas, I feel like I can't breathe. Not because I like him, because trust me, I'm over him. It's because he made me feel safe. I'm all by myself in a sea of villains. Bradley is certainly no help in that area.
I walked back to my room and sat down. Milly and Marc were playing together. It was adorable. I wish I could be carefree like that. I can never be that way again. I have no innocence. Innocence is something that you can't get back after you lose it.
I envy Karen. She is untouched. She still looks at the world through young eyes. The fiasco with the gun doesn't mean anything. She's perfect, I'm not. It's so surprising to me that she agreed to give me songs for the concerts. Never again will I have to find meaningless songs on the internet.
"Oh, Maya!" Bradley called in a sing-song voice as he burst through my door. I'm so sick of him doing that!
"BRADLEY!" I practically exploded. "I told you hundreds of times NOT to burst in like that!"
"How do you want me to burst in, then?" he asked. Clearly seeing that I wasn't in the mood, he toned himself down. "I've brought gifts." He held up a bag and pulled two stones from it. One stone was red, and one was blue.
"A fire stone and a water stone?" I asked in astonishment. "What are these for?"
"For your eevees, of course!" he replied. I wasn't sure about this idea. They've been my eevees for a long time, and forcing them to evolve didn't really feel right. If they wanted to, however, I would let them.
"It's up to Marc and Milly to decide," I said.
"Fair enough," said Bradley. He set the two stones on the floor.
Marc, being the ever ambitious eevee, ran straight for the fire stone. Milly seemed unsure, but if Marc was going to change, then so was she. She moved slowly to the water stone.
There was a bright flash of light, and standing in the center of the room was a flareon and a vaporeon.
End of Chapter 6
A/N: Here's a nice little filler chapter. The paragraph about Karen gives us a window into future events of the storyline. Karen's innocence will come up again later. In the next chapter, we will meet a new character who changes everything. Stay tuned!