Note: This chapter is just kind of a filler until I get more time to write, it's not exactly the best, but I'm not feeling to well. So, I apologize if this chapter is well...bad, but yea.

I drank too much last night, got bills to pay
my head just feels in pain
I missed the bus and there'll be hell today
I'm late for work again
and even if I'm there, they'll all imply that I might not last the
day
and then you call me and it's not so bad
it's not so bad and

I want to thank you for giving me the best day of my life
Oh just to be with you is having the best day of my life
-Thank You by Dido-

"Bella...Belinda Dawn...wake up." I opened my eyes to look up at mom. "Don't you think you should get to school?"

"I'm hung over."

She sighed and crawled into bed next to me. "You drank to much last night? You normally know your limits."

I snuggled into her. "Limits? Please, I have no limits."

She laughed. "Why'd you drink so much?"

"Just wanted to."

She kissed my forehead. "Just try to relax for the day." She crawled out of my bed and walked out my room.

So I lied, I didn't have a hang over. I knew that I couldn't handle school today, I'm not in the right mind right now.

I curled back up into a ball and fell into a fitful sleep.

-4 Hours Later-

I woke up to hearing mom shutting the front door. It was 10:30, I might want to get up.

The subdivision we lived in was surrounded by woods, I normally found myself walking through them when I was alone. On the otherside of the woods was a busy highway. I tried to avoid going near it, there were always a few dead animals on the side of the road, which upset me.

I felt the thick brush start to thin out as I got closer to the highway, I stood on the outside of the trees and watched the cars with bored eyes. Right when I was about to turn around I noticed something curled up close to the road a few feet from me. I slowly walked over and found that it was a rather large rat snake.

"You are going to die out here on the side of the road." I bent down next to it with a smile. "Come on love, lets get you back in the woods."

It wasn't the first time I'd handled a snake, I knew how and where to grab it. I put my hand around the spot behind his head and lifted him slowly. He twisted in my grasp and ended up curled around my arm.

"Oh my, got some sass don't you?"

I started walking back into the woods, the snake was sensing the air around him. I wasn't watching how far I was walking into the woods, I was to preoccupied with watching the snake. He would tighten, then loosen around my arm, like he still wasn't sure of my intentions yet.

"Calm down love, I would never hurt a beautiful thing like you." I didn't realize I was out of the woods until I felt the bright sun shine down on me. "See now look what you did, you distracted me.

I started heading back into the woods, I was a few steps into it when I heard a car pull into the driveway. I knew mom was out, and shouldn't be home for a few hours. I walked back out and around the house, a red Ferrari sat in the driveway.

"Why in the hell are you holding a snake?" Josef asked as he shut the door.

I looked down at the snake in my hand. "He was going to die."

"So?"

"So I saved him...I didn't want him getting hit by a car...Anyway, what the hell are you doing here?"

"I saw a red haired girl bent down on the side of the highway, and something told me it was you."

I smiled and looked down at the snake on my arm. "He's a rat snake, I wasn't going to let him get hurt. It's not like he hurts anyone."

"Well then let it go."

"I was going to, but I lost track of where I was." He walked over and stood in front of me, looking down at the snake in disgust. "Oh please, don't tell me you don't like snakes."

"No, it's just...weird..."

I laughed and started walking back towards the woods, I heard him quickly walking behind me. "What's so weird about it?"

He shrugged and walked next to me as we started into the woods. "You're a girl, you're not supposed to fool with snakes and such."

I stopped and turned to him. He just looked down at me in confusion. "That is so stereotypical! Seriously, just because I'm a girl I'm not supposed to like snakes?"

He just stared down at me. "I didn't know that it would piss you off so much my saying that."

I sighed and continued to walk. I had lived my whole life under stereotypes, it tended to piss me off. My dad's family always yelled at me for not being 'lady like'.

We walked a little further in, I found the perfect tree and let the snake go on one of the many branches. "By love, stay safe." I heard Josef laughing next to me, I turned to him. "What?"

He smirked. "You just amaze me that's all."

I smirked up at him. "What can I say, I have a soft spot for things with fangs."

"Oh really?"

I nodded and walked past him out towards the sunlight again. He followed me out, I watched him in amusement as he put his hand up to shield his face.

"You want to come inside? I'm sure it would be more comfortable for you in there."

He nodded and followed me up the steps into the house.

"What are you doing home from school?"

I looked up at him from the sink where I was washing my hands. "I'm sick."

He crossed his arms and leaned against the counter. "Sick? You look well to me."

I dried my hands and walked over to him. "It's in the head."

He laughed. "Well admittence is the first step."

"Oh yea? What's the next?"

"Treatment."

I smiled. "And what do you suggest?"

"A few things." He put his arm around me and pulled me closer to him. He stared down at me in amusement. "You're not shaking."

"Should I be?"

He laughed. "I'd rather you not." He leaned down and kissed me, but it didn't last long. He quickly pulled back, a smirk on his face.

"What? What's wrong?"

He laughed again. "You smell like that snake."

I slapped his arm and he just laughed harder.

"It smells really bad."

"Bastard."

He laughed again. "Go take a shower, I'll be here when you get out."

I opened the cabinet next to him and pulled out a bottle of whiskey. "That should keep you busy until I get out." I turned to walk away but stopped when I heard his voice.

"Is that all you do? Drink and play piano?"

I shrugged. "What else is there?"