Chapter 7: Here's To Our Friendship Bro!
Your name is Latula Pyrope! Yeah, your a radical girl, but you don't Take no Shit when someone is messing with your friends. You wear an awesome pair of red glasses and some sweet black lipstick. You made your own outfit, which was red and blue and had the Libra sign going across your chest. You skateboard and Shit, your Alistair's little tomboy and ex girlfriend. Which you have to say, he was the best boyfriend you ever had. He was sweet but had a temper, you were a bit sad when you two broke up, but hey at least you still do the things you used to do together. You two sing together skateboard, but its mostly you. Play guitars and drums. He's like a dad to you, your happy for that.
You walked into your class after Alistair put you down. You sat in The back and after you finished writing those Long ass notes the teacher always has up, you took out a notebook where you write your songs. You tapped your pen against your black lips and looked up to the ceiling and thought about lyrics. But first you found your melody, something fast and exciting! You smiled and thought of lyrics as you hummed the melody.
"Ooh this song is gonna be rad! I hope he likes it!" You smiled and began to write. You began to mumble the lyrics with the melody.
You look kind of cute when you're mad.
You thought about it and smiled as you decided to write them down. You continued to the next set of words.
Your eyes are pretty when you look sad, Nothing's like a salty kiss Tasting the tears, the tears on your lips.
You chuckled when you wrote those words. You then started the next verse.
We always forgive and forget, It's funny how we feel no regret.
You looked up n' around and fixed your glasses. You looked back down to your book and put your pen to the paper and continued to write.
Cats and dogs in black and white Picking a fight, we're feeling alright.
You tapped your lips again, then the next lyrics popped into your head, You continued to the chorus.
We should break up
'Cause baby I love when we kiss and make up
We should break up
'Cause baby I love when we kiss and make up
We should break up
'Cause baby I love when we kiss and make up
We should break up
'Cause baby I love when we kiss and make up
We should break up
You laughed and some students looked at you, but you shrugged the stares off.
Come on baby let it all out It's easy to get caught in a round-about Better to let off the steam Then blowing the fuse if you know what I mean.
You began to finish the song quickly because the teacher was finishing up the class. You didn't even know he was there, also you didn't get in trouble for that matter... Sweet.
We should break up 'Cause baby I love when we kiss and make up We should break up 'Cause baby I love when we kiss and make up
I know we are two of a kind I know we'll get through the bump and the grind And how I don't care if we build it up Just to tear it down
We should break up,
'Cause baby I love when we kiss and make up
We should break up,
'Cause baby I love when we kiss and make up
We should break up.
You smiled and raised a fist into the air and the bell rang "Hahaha! Sweet!" You got up with your things and left the room quickly. You threw your skateboard onto the floor and got on, you pushed yourself at a slow and steady pace. You see Sumner and he stops you for a second. "Yo Nitram what's up Bro!" You laughed and smiled to him, you stood still on your board, he looked upset though. "Somethin' biting at your ass dude?" He rubbed his neck and sighed.
"Tell Alistair to text me when you see him, I need to talk with him about somethin' thanks." Then he Just walked away. You watched him and shrugged as you pushed your leg and you see Alistair as you were going to Astronomy. You waved and smiled as he waited outside the class, he walked towards you and held out an arm and you felt his arm go across your stomach and lift you off your board. Your board rolls away and you laughed as you held onto his arm, "Broooo! My board let me Hahaha my board!" You laughed and reached for it and a girl stopped it with her Foot "hey you! Give me my board please?" You reached over Alistair's arm, he was Just laughing! That punk. She hands it to you and you grabbed it and used the nose of the board and jabbed Alistair. He winced and let go laughing. You chuckled and pat his cheek, you looked to the girl and smiled "hey, thanks so who are you? Never seen you around." She returned the smile.
"My Name is Latika Akaskuki." You looked her over she had the figure of an hourglass, long wavy and slightly straight hair with blue highlights and purple tips. You thought that style was fucking awesome, you grinned and she did look athletic. You shoved your hand out to her.
"My names Latula Pyrope. If you need a girl that can party and have a good time I'm here!" she shook your hand and laughed, you grinned and walked away with Alistair and held the notebook close to your heart and smiled.
After your class you remembered Sumner's request "Oooohh! Alistair!" You made him jump and he turned around.
"What!?" You laughed.
"Sumner said to text him later and that he needs to talk to you, or go on pesterchum broo!" You puckered your lips out and fixed your glasses as your lips then pulled into a smile.
"Whatever why would I want to associate with him."
"Weren't you guys tight?"
"Uhm.. not anymore."
"Hmm well Just talk to him Or some Shit I'm Sure he wants to apologize about SOMETHIN i dunno. Just do eeet" you chuckled and walked to your next class and Sumner enters after you.
You wonder Why the Fuck Sumner wants to talk to you. Wasn't he the one who said its over? You rolled your eyes when you saw him walk into Latula's class. You walked past him and he tried to get your attention, you began to sing to tune him out. You sang the words that best displayed your emotion.
"I hate everything about you, Why do I love you?" You kept singing. "I hate, You hate, I hate, You love me" You sang the words loud as you walked away. You went down the stairs and stopped singing. "Motherfucker doesn't even know when I don't want to hear his Shit" you put your hood over your head and went to your last class. Since your a senior you get out way earlier than the grades, you walked into Algebra. Sat down and got to work.
You watched him tune you out completely, you sneered and gave up. You went inside and saw Latula sit down and begin to write her notes, you sat next to her for that was the only seat open. You pulled out your notebook and began to write, you heard Latula laughing and something had fallen. You looked over and saw her glasses on the floor, you reached down and picked them up placing them into Latula's hand, you looked at her eyes and they were foggy "are you...blind?" You see her frown and Take her glasses, she puts them on and quirked her lips.
"No. for your information, I'm half blind, I'm not completely useless.
I suffer from Leber's Hereditary Optic Neuropathy" you looked at her cluelessly, she groaned and looked frustrated. "IT'S AN EYE DISORDER I INHERITED FROM MY MOM SUMNER!" she said that kind of loud, the room got quiet and she Hung her head.
"Latula. What was the point of that?" The teacher looked to both of you and she sighed.
"Nothing, can I excuse myself from the class today?" You see her put her glasses on, the teacher allowed it seeing as how she was obviously upset. "Thanks I'll get the notes later" she got up and grabbed her things and left.
You felt kind of bad...you didn't know what it was! She didn't have to yell though. You rubbed your face and sighed as you continued to write the notes.
You frowned as you rode your skateboard in the empty quiet halls, You pushed your leg and picked up some speed. You looked for Alistair you really needed him, your glasses were making it harder to see now. You picked them up and rested them on your head, you looked around and the blur gave off no figure what's so ever. After riding around for a bit you saw a figure "is that him? I hope so..." You rolled over and you heard him, you smiled and got off your board. Though the guy leaving the room wasn't Alistair...the voice from inside the class was him, you called out to him and blinked when the cold air in the classroom touched your eyes. "Ow t-that burns a bit..." You blinked a lot and covered your eyes with your glasses, "Alistair?"
"Alistair?" You have been talking to the teacher and heard Latula, you turned and saw her peer into the room. You wonder Why she looked sad and everything you quickly finished your conversation with the teacher and went to Latula.
"Hey, what's wrong?" She held your hand and this signaled to walk with her. You walked with her and held her hand, you looked to her and she had a frown that never left. "Hey Latula. Hello, what's wrong?" She then began to talk about her class and you frowned. You put your hand to the back of her head and pushed it to your chest and she hugged you. Latula and you made motions to signal certain things kinda like this:
Tug on the hand = 'Walk with me'
Face is Pushed to the chest = 'Don't worry'
Both of your foreheads together = 'Close Friendship'
One hand with all the fingertips touched together = 'I depend on you'
Both hands with all the fingertips touched together = 'Never leave me alone'
If one chooses to squish your cheeks = 'I'm so happy'/'Oh my god I'm EXCITED!'
You feel her hug you with one arm as you two kept walking. You were then stopped by the music teacher "oh hey what's up?" After like 30 mintues of talking he has finally asked you the whole reason he stopped you in the hall.
"Can you and Latula put together the music list for the upcoming prom?" You smiled and Latula pulled away from you and jumped a bit. You already know she wanted to.
"Sure, we find that it will be an awesome experience for both of us"
"Great its gonna be a masquerade so make a good playlist" the teacher walks away, you chuckled when she squished your cheeks. You held Latula's hand and walked her to her house after 20 minutes you got there.
"Go on pesterchum I want to chat with you for a bit! Peace bro!" after she said goodbye and entered, you left to your house. You entered and saw your dad in the living room doing work on his laptop. He heard the door, how he knows was that he looked over to you.
"Hey dad, working on stocks?" He nodded and looked back to the screen and began typing. "Alright I'll be upstairs getting ready for work, I'll be back by like..." You looked at your phone 12:40 "I'll be back by around 4:30"
"Alright." You walked upstairs and went to your laptop on your computer desk and set it up to pesterchum for Latula to talk to you Or something. You see a pop up as soon as you logged in.
"Already?" You checked, it was Sumner.
bronzeRebel [BR] began pestering purpleTyrant [PT]
BR: Alistair we need to talk I'm serious.
You ponder on whether you should answer him Or not. You chose to talk to the hypocrite.
PT: What the Fuck do you want hypocrite I'm busy.
BR: Well First off, Why don't you answer my texts and phone calls?
PT: what do you mean? I didn't get- Hold on...
You checked your phone and got 7 new messages and 2 missed calls from Sumner. You scoffed and began typing again after you put your phone on the desk.
PT: Well would you look at that. I DID get messages and phone calls. Oh well.
BR: Your an ass did I ever tell you that?
PT: When haven't you told me that?
BR: ...whatever. anyway, I wanted to talk to you about "us"
PT: Aww look at that you put " "s around 'us'. Y'know that looks really nice. We should keep it that way. Well got to go to work and meet with Latula later. Bye hypocrite, that's gonna be your nickname for now till I find another one. Anyway, bye!
purpleTyrant [PT] ceased pestering bronzeRebel [BR].
BR: ...dumbass, I was gonna tell you my parents already knew about us.
You logged out and text Latula:
Me: I'm sorry I can't meet up with you, I have work today. I totally forgot :o(
Latula: oh no problem bro! I can Just walk home with you, is that cool with you? B]
You chuckled and continued to tap the screen entering letters.
Me: Hehehe Sure Why not? I get out about 4:30
Latula: sweet, I'll see you later then Alistair! Oh yeah do you think The Prom is gonna be awesome this year?
Me: It's a Masquerade right?
Latula: Yeah wicked Shit right?
Me: I guess, I'm not dressing up special. I rather creep the Shit out of everyone.
Latula: Hahahahaha! Yes dude!
Me: Alright hehehe got to go now, see you later.
Latula: peace bro.
You put your phone in your jacket, grabbed your keys and walked out and went down stairs to the front door. "I'm leaving see you later, I have my keys so don't worry about locking the door." You walked out and walked down the block quickly and You get to the corner.
"Look out!" You hear a girl's voice and turned around, you weren't able to react as her bike collides into you. You fall back and wince when you felt something fall on you.
"Ah Fuck!" You shot your eyes open and looked down. You see a girl sit up and panic.
"Oh my god oh my god! Are you okay!? Are you hurt?" She panics and gets up, helping you up as well. You winced and looked over to her, she had Long black hair and you immediately stare into her blue eyes, they screamed worry.
"I'm fine, Just...caught by surprise...hit the floor pretty Hard but...overall I'm in one piece Hehe" you kept stopping Or Just zoning out when you looked at her, she smiled and your heart skipped so many beats.
"Hee hee hee are you Sure?" She giggles as she dusted off your shirt and jacket.
"Y-Yeah heh sorry. I got to go uh... bye." You left and soon made it to your job. You opened the door to the music shop, you took care of the instruments and tutorials. You entered and was greeted by a girl you worked with name Nicole "hey Nicole, sorry I'm a bit late had an accident on the way here..." You went to the counter and leaned on it and winced when you put pressure on you left arm.
"You okay there kid?" You nod.
"Yeah I'm good nothing to worry about" you see a girl come in and looked to you and Nicole.
"Hey, I booked a guitar tutorial for today" you stood up and tapped the glass with your hand and looked to Nicole.
"Guess I'm starting early see ya later" you looked to the girl "follow me" you walked to the back of the room and she followed. You go to a closet and looked at the assortment of guitars "you want to work on what kind? Acoustic or electric." You glanced over to her.
"Acoustic" she sat down in a chair by a table and you picked up two acoustic guitars and you winced at the sharp pain in your hand, you looked to your hand and then walked over to the table and sat on it.
"I work here so I get privileges" you hear her chuckle and so do you. You hand her the guitar and she takes it. You put your arm over the guitar and look at her RP the same, "okay, so each string plays a different chord obviously." You see her nod and she plays some chords "good you know about that so let's try this..." You start to play a simple set of chords and once you flexed your hand as you moved the pick in your hand you wince. "Fuck. Hold on..." You set the guitar on the table and looked at your wrist and lightly pressed on it, you winced and rubbed it.
"You okay? That looks swollen..." The girl glances over to your wrist and you looked up to her.
"Yeah, I'm good."
"That should really get checked. Let me see..." She puts the guitar down and holds her hand out, you placed your wrist in her hand and she looks at it for like 5 minutes. She pulls the sleeve of your sweater up and grazed her thumb over your forearm. You winced a bit and she looks up to you. "Looks like you sprained your arm, you should wrap it up and let it rest Or something" you looked at her, you got up and went to Nicole.
"Hey, where's the first aid kit you brought over the other day?"
"Oh. Right here" she goes to a drawer behind the counter and grabs a first aid kit. "What do you need?"
"Ace bandage" she nods and gives it to you with the butterfly stitches to secure the bandage. "Help me with it" you chuckled and she helps you wrap it. When you finished you heard the girl.
"I can come another day, that arm needs rest." She leaves and you looked to Nicole.
"She's right you need to go home and rest that arm" you sighed "don't worry I'll put today's pay into your check for Friday." You thanked her and walked out, you pulled out your phone and texted Latula.
Me: hey, I'm going over to your place I can't really go to work they sent me home.
Latula: Why did Something happen?
Me: got into a bike accident and sprained my arm, the important one...
Latula: Aww Fuck bro! Alright, I'll wait outside for you.
Me: Alright, thanks Latula.
Latula: no problem Alistair.
You put your phone away and continued to walk until you see Latula's short blue and red dress with her black leggings and red boots. She turns and sees you and runs to you. "You Okay? Lemme see your arm." You held your arm out to her and she looks at it and frowns. "Damn dude, this stranger must have done a number on you huh!" She pulled your head down to her chest and you listened to her heartbeat. "Don't worry..." You smiled and she let go of your head and you pulled your head away from the familiar beat, you feel her Hold your hand and walked with you to the door of her house.
