Sorry I haven't updated. I've been real busy. I have a science test soon to get into honors science. Like I said. I'm not even 14 yet, so, I have more writing blocks than most people. But my humongous imagination more than makes up for that.
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I woke up at 4 this morning, since I didn't work too hard the day before. I noticed no one from D-Tent was in the tent or outside getting their shovels. I heard Pendanski tell Mr. Sir that he would escort me to the digging site himself. Mr. Sir and I gave the same confused face, but he snapped out of it, I kept it even after Pendanski came.
"Come on, Jordan. I'll take you to the D-Tent dig spot," I shrugged and followed him. He fell behind a little and felt him put a towel around my eyes.
"What the hell, Pendanski?" I yelled, kicking in every direction.
"Calm down," he said, and shoved me the rest of the way. He finally took the towel off my face revealing all the boys from D-Tent. They parted (Zig Zag, Squid, and X-Ray to the left, and Armpit, Magnet, and Twitch on the right), showing a small area of dirt that looked like it had been 'written' on. I walked closer and found 'Happy Birthday' imprinted in the dirt. But it wasn't sloppy. It was almost calligraphy. it looked like the boys had dented the ground pretty deep and filled the letters with water. The color of the water reflected the orange and pink of the rising sun.
"Oh my gosh, you guys!" I exclaimed. "This is amazing! Oh, thank you!" I was shocked that the guys would do such a great thing. Then I remembered that Zig Zag had said something about an 'idea.' I looked over at Zig Zag and smiled. he gave a small smirk and winked.
"You really like it?" asked Armpit. "But it's not the greatest thing ever!" I looked up at him.
"Simple things can sometimes bring more pleasure than extraordinary and expensive objects," I replied to his comment.
"Wow, that's deep. Did you get that off a bumper sticker?" everyone chuckled t Squids remark.
"Ok, that's enough. Dig your holes now. And, once again, happy birthday, Jordan," said Pendanski as he went inside the truck. "And don't forget," he yelled as he drove off. "Meeting tonight!" I turned to Zig Zag, who happened to be next to me.
"Meeting?" I asked curiously.
"You'll see," he said, starting his hole. That day we dug fast and we dug around the 'Happy Birthday.' After dinner, we all sat in chairs that had been placed in a circle around the porch light of the wreck room. It seemed that D-Tent was the only tent who did this every week. But I guess it helped them learn more about each other.
"So, tonight I want you to discuss the topic of music," said Pendanski.
"At least it isn't like last week," murmured Armpit next to me.
"Why? What was it last week?" I asked.
"Politics," he groaned. I rolled my eyes and put my attention on Twitch. Pendanski had asked him what genre he liked the most.
"W-well, I like r-r-rap and hip hop," he responded, twitching after every other word.
"Okay, and you, Armpit?" he asked, a little creeped out. But it was Twitch. Who wouldn't.
"Same," he responded.
"Alright, Jordan?" I looked up from my hands.
"Anything, really. But I guess it's a three way tie with emo, punk, and screamo," I said truthfully.
"Really? What bands?" asked X-Ray.
"Senses Fail, AFI, Simple Plan, The Used, Three Doors Down, and a lot more," I said, trying not to list all of the bands I loved.
"Wow, are you a cutter?" asked Squid grabbing my wrist to see if I was.
"No, I just like that music," I said, retreating my hand.
"Okay, Ricky?" Pendanski asked Zig Zag. Zig Zag got up and headed towards the tent.
"This fucked up," I heard him murmur.
"Watch your language, young man. Good night, boys. Jordan," he said, also getting up. We all headed to the tent where Zig had taken off to earlier. When we got there, Zig Zag was no where in sight.
"Where could he have gone?" asked Magnet.
"I don't know but it looks like Pendanski knows something we don't," Twitch observed.
"Well, let's just get to bed. He'll come back," reassured X-Ray.
I woke up, worried about Zig Zag. It was still night. Probably midnight or something, considering the position of the full moon. I looked at the cot next to me and found that Zig Zag still hadn't come back. I put on my boots and tried to grab my guitar from under my cot. It was gone! I frantically looked under all the other cots to see if one of the boys was trying to play a trick on me, but no luck. 'Maybe Zig Zag took it' I thought to myself. I ran out of the tent unnoticed. After about a half hour of searching I found Zig Zag inside a hole. I laid on the cold ground and pocked my head over the hole. Sure enough, he had my guitar. He was just plucking some strings while staring mindlessly at the wall of the hole. He suddenly began to play a tune.
:Zig: And if I never held
you In this world so full of fear And I'm so grateful to you :Jordan: I'm so grateful to you :Zig:
:Jordan: :Both: :Jordan: :Zig: :Both: :Jordan: :Both: :Zig: :Jordan: :Both:
"If
I never knew you
If I never felt this love
I would have no
inkling of
How precious life can be
I would never have a clue
How at last I'd find in you
The
missing part of me
Full of
rage and lies
I can see the truth so clear
In your eyes
So
dry your eyes
I'd have lived my
whole life through
Lost forever
If I never knew
you"
"If I never knew you
I'd be
safe but half as real
Never knowing I could feel
A love so
strong and true
I'd have lived my
whole life through
Lost forever
If I never knew you"
"I thought our love would be so
beautiful"
"Somehow we made the whole
world bright"
"I never knew that fear
and hate could be so strong
All they'd leave us where these
whispers in the night
But still my heart is singing
We were
right"
"If I never knew you
If I
never knew this love
I would have no inkling of
How precious
life can be"
"There's no moment I
regret
Since the moment that we met
If our time has gone too
fast
I've lived at last..."
"I
thought our love would be so beautiful
Somehow we'd make the whole
world bright"
"I thought our love
would be so beautiful
We'd turn the darkness into
light"
"And still my heart is singing
We
were right"
"We were right
And If I
never knew you
I'd have lived my whole life
through"
"Empty as the
sky"
"Never knowing why
Lost
forever
If I never knew you"
Zig Zag smiled and I smiled back.
"Can I join you?" I asked him, while getting up. He patted the dirt next to him to motion for me to jump in. I sat next to him, clutching my arms since it was so cold at night. I felt him move me closer to his body. I lay my head on his chest, listening to the rhythmic beating of his heart. My smile suddenly faded as I remembered why I had been looking for him. "Why'd you run out like that?" I asked, looking up into his blue eyes. His smile faded as well and he turned to look away.
"I've always hated my mother for always being drunk. I promised myself I would never be like her, but I love the same music she used to love to get high to," he said.
"Just because she did something like that to whatever music you listen to doesn't mean you can't like it anyway. I love go-karting, but so does my enemy, but I'm not quitting. Don't give up so easily. Not only in music, but other things too," he looked at me and smiled. "I'm gonna take a shower. I can't sleep after this," I said getting up. He lifted me out of the hole, as always, and got out himself.
"I can't sleep either. Come on," we headed towards the tent to grab my stuff. After the refreshing cod shower we headed to the wreck room. The digital clock in there said 2 AM. We sat on the couch and watched the now fixed TV. "Good job," he complimented and kissed my cheek. After about an hour or so we turned off the TV and started talking about everything. We laughed at each other's jokes or clumsiness. Ok, my clumsiness.
"Oh, wow, I don't know how I could have never noticed you," I said. Zig Zag got up and went to the radio and turned it to the only station that worked. "At the Begining" by Richard Marx and Donna Lewis began to play.
"May I have this dance?" he said, holding out a hand for me to take. I took it and shook my head 'yes.' I wrapped my arms around his neck and rested my head on his chest. His big hands held my tiny waist protectively, like he would never let go.
"We
were strangers, starting out on a journey No one told me I was
going to find you And
life is a road that I wanna keep going We were strangers on a crazy
adventure And life is a road that I wanna keep going Knew there was
somebody, somewhere And life is a road that I wanna keep going Yeah Life
is a road that I wanna keep going on Starting out on a journey Life is a road that I
wanna keep going
Never dreaming, what
we'd have to go through
Now here we are, I'm suddenly
standing
At the beginning with you
Unexpected, what you did to my heart
When I
lost hope, you were there to remind me
This is the start
Love is a river, I wanna
keep flowing
Life is a road, now and forever, wonderful
journey
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be
there when the storm is through
In the end I wanna be standing
At
the beginning with you
Never dreaming, how our dreams would come true
Now
here we stand, unafraid of the future
At the beginning with
you
Love is a
river, I wanna keep flowing
Life is a road, now and forever,
wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops
turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
In the end I
wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
A new love in the dark
Now I know my dream
will live on
I've been waiting so long
Nothing's gonna tear
us apart
Love is
a river, I wanna keep flowing
Life is a road, now and forever,
wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops
turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
In the end I
wanna be standing
At the beginning with you
Love is a river, I wanna keep
going
Love is a river, I wanna keep flowing
In the
end I wanna be standing
At the beginning with you"
"Dig time, lovebirds," We heard X-Ray say. I giggled and blushed that all of D-Tent had watched this.
"Yeah, let's go, Jordan," Zig Zag took my hand and dragged me to the 'library.' We got our breakfast and shovels and walked out to the digging spot together.
"You're one of my best friends, Zig," I said, beginning my hole. "Non of my other guy friends would ever dance with me. Or, at least, I don't think any of them would know how," I chuckled. He smiled at me and went back to his hole.