Part 12: Complicated
(please don't get mad if you don't like Avril. just ignore the Avril part. Thanks! I've just been listening to Avril since Wed. and I can't help but put it in a fanfic lol! I donno why this happens to me so much lol! I love music way too much I guess ;))
Squid just started to drift off when he started to hear music from another room. It slowly started to get lower until he couldn't hear it anymore. He opened his door, straining to hear, and then he finally could hear a tiny tune of music, coming from Becky's room.
"Figures." He muttered. He knocked softly on the door and heard moving around. Finally, the door opened, and Becky peeped out.
"I'm sorry. Did I wake you?" she said worriedly.
"Nah. I was already awake. So, what are you listening to now?"
"Avril Lavigne."
"Never heard of her."
"You were at camp for WAY too long." She said, smiling. Squid went and sat on her bed.
"You know, I agree with this song."
"Which part of it?" she asked, sitting against her pillow.
"Well, I agree that they made life too complicated."
"That's not all the song is about."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah. Listen to it." She started her travelable stereo back over and the song started over again.
Squid sat listening for a long time, then he started to go off again. Becky's grin disappeared when she saw the look on his face. She looked away sadly, and he seemed to be gone. When the song ended, she changed it to I'm With You, seeing how he'd react. At first he didn't seem to notice, but then a new look came on his face that made her feel even worse......
/music is still playing..../
Thoughts passed through his head in black and white. First came the memory of his father leaving. Then came when he was first sent to camp. Memory of Caveman came too. Zero popped in there too. When it finally rained at camp showed up. Then the bus rolling in with Becky on it. Memories of the dancing ghosts came too. What a crazy night that was. Visions of the funeral lasted a long time. Then came the moment when his dad was in his kitchen. Visions of him with his new friends haunted him too.
Suddenly he felt something on his hand. He snapped out of it and saw Becky's face full of sorrow, and her hand over his. She was now sitting right next to him. Her hair looked a little messy and was almost draped over her face. She smiled a little when Squid put his hand over hers, then she looked a little frightened. Then she reached behind her, still staring at Squid, and turned off the music.
"Squid," she said, looking up at him, then away. "I have to tell you something."
Squid looked at her surprised. "What is it?"
"I....Ever since we had that...erm... "talk" during that spin the bottle game... I did kind of like you....... but I still liked Magnet too. And ever since we left I've been so confused about it. I've spent more time with Magnet, but I missed you a lot.....I don't know what to do." Becky still looked away from him.
Squid stared at her, almost in amazement, then he smiled a little, and made a small laughing sound. "I guess they did make things too complicated."
She looked over sideways at him, then she rested her head on his shoulder, and it took him a while to realize she was crying.
*
Becky lay on the couch, with her headphones on.
"Come on, Becky! Get up. You've been listening to that same song for hours! Aren't you tired of it yet?" Zigzag said.
"Leave me alone." She groaned. "I didn't get any sleep last night."
"Same with Magnet." Armpit sniggered. "He's been sleeping for a long time now...."
"And I think I know why." Zigzag said, nudging Becky and grinning. She just turned away from him. Squid hadn't looked at Becky at all that morning, and kept all his attention on the video game he was playing against the others. No one else seemed to really notice this. Except maybe Squid's father....
(please don't get mad if you don't like Avril. just ignore the Avril part. Thanks! I've just been listening to Avril since Wed. and I can't help but put it in a fanfic lol! I donno why this happens to me so much lol! I love music way too much I guess ;))
Squid just started to drift off when he started to hear music from another room. It slowly started to get lower until he couldn't hear it anymore. He opened his door, straining to hear, and then he finally could hear a tiny tune of music, coming from Becky's room.
"Figures." He muttered. He knocked softly on the door and heard moving around. Finally, the door opened, and Becky peeped out.
"I'm sorry. Did I wake you?" she said worriedly.
"Nah. I was already awake. So, what are you listening to now?"
"Avril Lavigne."
"Never heard of her."
"You were at camp for WAY too long." She said, smiling. Squid went and sat on her bed.
"You know, I agree with this song."
"Which part of it?" she asked, sitting against her pillow.
"Well, I agree that they made life too complicated."
"That's not all the song is about."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah. Listen to it." She started her travelable stereo back over and the song started over again.
Squid sat listening for a long time, then he started to go off again. Becky's grin disappeared when she saw the look on his face. She looked away sadly, and he seemed to be gone. When the song ended, she changed it to I'm With You, seeing how he'd react. At first he didn't seem to notice, but then a new look came on his face that made her feel even worse......
/music is still playing..../
Thoughts passed through his head in black and white. First came the memory of his father leaving. Then came when he was first sent to camp. Memory of Caveman came too. Zero popped in there too. When it finally rained at camp showed up. Then the bus rolling in with Becky on it. Memories of the dancing ghosts came too. What a crazy night that was. Visions of the funeral lasted a long time. Then came the moment when his dad was in his kitchen. Visions of him with his new friends haunted him too.
Suddenly he felt something on his hand. He snapped out of it and saw Becky's face full of sorrow, and her hand over his. She was now sitting right next to him. Her hair looked a little messy and was almost draped over her face. She smiled a little when Squid put his hand over hers, then she looked a little frightened. Then she reached behind her, still staring at Squid, and turned off the music.
"Squid," she said, looking up at him, then away. "I have to tell you something."
Squid looked at her surprised. "What is it?"
"I....Ever since we had that...erm... "talk" during that spin the bottle game... I did kind of like you....... but I still liked Magnet too. And ever since we left I've been so confused about it. I've spent more time with Magnet, but I missed you a lot.....I don't know what to do." Becky still looked away from him.
Squid stared at her, almost in amazement, then he smiled a little, and made a small laughing sound. "I guess they did make things too complicated."
She looked over sideways at him, then she rested her head on his shoulder, and it took him a while to realize she was crying.
*
Becky lay on the couch, with her headphones on.
"Come on, Becky! Get up. You've been listening to that same song for hours! Aren't you tired of it yet?" Zigzag said.
"Leave me alone." She groaned. "I didn't get any sleep last night."
"Same with Magnet." Armpit sniggered. "He's been sleeping for a long time now...."
"And I think I know why." Zigzag said, nudging Becky and grinning. She just turned away from him. Squid hadn't looked at Becky at all that morning, and kept all his attention on the video game he was playing against the others. No one else seemed to really notice this. Except maybe Squid's father....