"fine" I said holding my hands up.
"fine what?" matt asked looking st me.
"our budget isn't two grand" I said.
"how much is it?" Johnny asked.
"uh however much is in the bank" I pulled out my phone and took the back off pulling out my credit card.
"why do u have that? Is that ur dads? Did u steal it fro-" I cut Jimmy off.
"no it's not I didn't steal it. I have had this for 6 years. Kyle helped me open the account and he was in to some deep shit at the time. He would deposit money into a savings account every week with a 6.4% interest rate compounded semi annually. There's enough money on this card for me to do alot of things. I was just trying to do two grand because I figured that would leave us enough for transportation. I honestly have no clue EXACTLY how much is on here" i said.
"well then how much do u think is on there?" zacky asked.
"hold on and I can tell u" I called the credit card company to check the balance. When j heard the amount I drop went wide eyed and nearly dropped the phone.
"how much?" Matt asked.
"too much"
"how much?" Johnny asked.
"like enough for me to do what he wanted me to do with it"
"what did he want u to do with it?" Brian asked.
"go to harvard for law or UCLA for drama and live in NYC for my lifetime."
"how much!" they all said even frank Greg Alex and Seth who were around me yelled it.
"227 K" they were all shocked.
"what did he do for a living?" Brian practically yelled.
"well I never said I was in with the right crowd"
"don't avoid the question" Seth and Alex said in sync.
"damn freaky twin thing. He is the son of a drug lord..." I mumbled the last part.
"what!" Jimmy Brian and zacky yelled.
"damn you guitar plays with sensitive hearing!" I said.
"whatever answer the question helli" frank said.
"He was the Son if a drug lord. I didn't know when I first net him but he told me a week before I left Arizona to come to LA."
"well then we can just spend this all and have absolutly no guilt about it!" Jimmy said. He grabbed all the mikes the snare and the drumsticks and walked to the register.
"was he dropped on his head as a child?" frank asked.
"it's never that simple kid" Brian said.
4 HOURS LATER
"alright everything is tuned and ready to go" I said walking downstairs. We were all at brians house right now since he said we coukd keep our stuff here. Tomorrow I am goin out to get a truck or van and a trailer.
"alright and someone called Helli" Jimmy said from the couch holding up my phone.
"oh no! It was Taylor" I sighed. I wish I coukd see him more often.
"yeah and Alex Seth frank and Greg ur parents all called they want u home" everyones parents had brians number since we r always here.
"alright we can give you guys a ride home" Alex said to Greg and frank.
"yeah bye helli see u tomorrow" I waved as they all walked out the door I closed the door and ran back jumping over the the couch grabbing my phone in the process and landing on my back. I imediately started texting taylor knowing he was either asleep or EXTREMELY tired and not wanting to talk.
"well I don't think she wants to talk to him at all" zacky said. I flipped him off texting with one hand.
"u know I think u guys know how I feel" they all nodded as I stood up still texting but looking at each of their faces.
"she's such a teenager" matt said.
"well normally I would have some smartass reply but my brain died about an hour ago" I said walking into the kitchen.
"anyone want a drink?" I heard four beers and a rockstar. I grabbed two rockstars and four beers. I gave one rockstar to Brian and passed the beers around. Then u remebered what Taylor told me as I sat down.
"so since u guys r practically stalking Taylor I was just wondering what was goin on?" I asked. They all looked at Brian.
"gates?" I asked.
"he's a 19 year old in a bad touringte country. For all u know he has a different girl every night" he said.
"well as u know I'm sure trust is important in that kind of relationship" agreements went around as they thought it through.
"well I don't TRUST him so I had a reason to worry" I shook my head.
"whatever r u excited foe your first show?" Jimmy asked.
"yes Jimmy and it wouldn't have happened without u" he smiled and started crying.
"really?" matt asked.
"nope" Jimmy said sitting up straight and stopping his fake crying.
"yea" I said whm Jimmy said no. They guys all looked at ne.
"how so?" Jimmy said looking like some kind of psychologist.
"Jimmy I can't rake u serious whm u look at me like that" I said. He sighed before getting up and going upstairs.
"r u sure he's a guy? Because he seems to be PMSing" I said causing them all to laugh and Jimmy to cone barelling down the stairs.
"hey o am a guy and I can prove it!" the guys all dove at him.
"no Jimmy she was just kidding" matt yelled. I gave them all confused looks.
"don't ask he's already had like 6 beers today plus that one so he's drunk and can't think straight."
"don't forget the JD" zacky said. I rolled my eyes and laid down across the couch. Taylor and I have been texting during this entire time period.
"what does he mean see u tonight?" Brian asked.
"song referance u idiot. None the leas to ONE OF YOUR SONGS!" I snapped because of his suggesive tone.
"damn calm down and sorry technically it's a different song title so I was confused." Brian replied. I rolled my eyes and got up.
"I'm going to practice before I go to bed if u need me call my phone that way I might actually b paying attention to it." I ran up the stairs to the band room and picked up my new drumsticks and started practicing. After awhile I was done and moved to jimmy's drumset and played some avenged songs.
"BED TIME" Jimmy sang loudly coming into the room. I sighed and nodded. I put everything away and went to brians guest room. I laid on the bed staring st the ceiling.
"r u ok miniway?" he asked.
"I don't know" he sat down on the bed.
"what's wrong?" he asked.
"I miss Taylor"
"that's not the only thing bothering you" he said. I sat up and rested my head on his shoulder.
"uncle Jimmy do u ever get those feelings where u know something is gonna happen and then it happens and u want to yell I knew it but it's really a bad thing?" I asked.
"yeah"
"I'm getting one of those feelings and it's telling me to call my dad and ask him of there's something I haven't been told yet" Jimmy looked at ne. It was almost as if he knew.
"well maybe it's time u did call" he said handing me my phone. I must have left it in the music room.
"do u know?" I asked.
"even I I did I can't be the one to answer that question mini way. But just so u know I don't and I am getting a feeling that not even he knows and he will find out at the same time as u" I nodded an dialed his number.
"I'll wait in the hall" I nodded as he silently exited and closed the door.
"hey sweetheart how r u?" he was in Chicago right now no idea why really.
"ok but iv-"
"sorry hold that thought I have to take his call"
"ok" he switched over the call. After five minute I got bored so I started drawing.
"I'm back" something happened I could tell by the tone in his voice. I put down my drawing of Jimmy and his drums and grabbed my phone.
"dad what's wrong?" I aske.
"I don't want to tell u over the phone" he said.
"dad if u prolong it it just makes it worse" I heard him sigh.
"I'll b back in California in two days. Tomorrow I need u to go get some blood work done and bring it to the family doctor ok?" he asked.
"wait, why?" I asked.
"I don't want to tell you ov-"
"dad! Just tell me!" he sighed and there was a few moments of silence.
"that was the homeworkers assigned to u"
"and?" I asked getting frustrated.
"they don't think I'm your dad. Apparently there is a girl that crosses paths with u and u were given to the wrong home as a young child and since then u have been living under a different name" I was speechless.
"what's happens if I'm not?" I asked. He didn't answer.
"what r u gonna do just get rid of ne because I'm not ur daughter?" I yelled.
"helli I wo-"
"how donu know that's even my name! For all u know my name is Andrea or Missy or amorelle! Now I don't even know who I am anymore!" I started crying then.
"fine then I promise that nothing will happen to u. U will stay within our family, extended or not. "
"r u sure seems like it took u a long time to answer that one!" with that I hung up and threw my phone across the room hearing it crack and smash to the ground. Jimmy came in as the phone hit the wall.
"hey what happened?" he asked giving me a hug and trying to calm me down.
"the home wrecker called mikey and said I might not be his kid and when I asked him what would happen if I wasn't his kid he didn't answer meaning he would get rid of me" I cried.
"l just because he didn't answer doesn't mean that he wouldn't keep u. I know this is gonna be hard and I'm sorry how about tomorrow after school u come hang with leana and me k?" he asked.
"yeah but I need to go get blood work done so they can figure out if i am his kid."
"ok just go to sleep" he said but I started another round of tears.
"Jimmy I don't want to this is too hard I can't handle it anymore. School I need a job and the band and now I could b getting sent back to the home! It just too much for one person to handle!"
JIMMY
I looked at her crying. I sighed.
"then there's only one option" I said. She looke at me waiting for the answer.
"that is for u to decide what is important in life and drop everything else." when I said that her face dropped even more.
"l I can't say I've been in the same situation and I can't say that I know what to drop but I can say that somethings r more important than others and for now the only thing u can do is th-" she fell asleep on my shoulder. I laid her down and covered her before going downstairs.
"what the he'll just happened?" matt yelled. I quickly shushed him.
"they think that she isn't really mikey kid" I said quietly. They all gave me odd looks. I sighed this was gonna be a long night"
THE NEXT DAY
HELENA
I woke up to some blasting music, specifically guitar solos, in my room. I sat up and Brian and zacky were sitting there, guitars in hand, smiling. I gave them an emotionless look and got up. I walked out of the room into brian and michelles room and grabbed some of his belts and his sleeveless hoodie. I walked back into the room and grabbed my black skinny jeans and went into the bathroom to change. I came out grabbed my shoes, my bag, my iPod, and my phone and went downstairs.
"r u ok?" I heard zacky ask. I just grunted in responce. I looked at the clock.
"I need to go" Brian nodded kissing Michelle goodbye and saying goodbye to zacky and Gena. I waved and followed him out to his motorcycle.
"what happened?" he asked.
"can u please just bring me to school?" I asked putting my headphones in and blasting my playlist labeled as "depression to a max" and of course the first song is creep by radiohead. I watched as the scenery flew by. I felt like my life was offically over. What happens if the results come back as negative? Positive?
"helli?" I looked up we were at school. I got off brians bike abd started straightening my clothes out.
"helli I re-"
"my name is l"
"l I really am sorry. This I one of those things that u should just do and deal with. It's a brick for a foundation. That's what makes people successful. They use the bricks other people throw at them in life to make a strong foundation. I'm not saying u should just forget about but um saying that in the end it would end up so much better if u just didn't over think it and let it get to you" I nodded and hugged him goodbye.
"remeber Jimmy and leana r picking u up" he yelled after I got to the gate. I waved and then went to class.
AFTER PLAY PRACTICE
I sucked at practice today and I totally forgot our setlist. So today was not a good day. Frank and Greg were freaking out. I knew that Saturday morning I was going to say goodbye to Greg. I really didn't want him to leave but who knows. Righ now I was walking out to find Jimmy and leanas car. I saw it and ran over. I quickly sat in the back.
"hey kiddo how was school?" Jimmy asked. I just grunted.
"well leana has a doctors appointment so we r going to do your doctors thing right now and then we r gonna meet leana somewhere" well good thing I hadn't eaten to drank anything in the last 12 plus hours. He just sighed and turned back to drive. The ride was quiet and when we got to the doctor I went to get out but Jimmy locked the doors.
"I want u to know tht no matter what happens the guys and I will ALWAYS be there for you. I don't want I to worry about anything ok?" he said. I just nodded and he got out and walked inside forgetting to unlock the doors. I sat back locking at my phones timer seeing how long it would take him to remember. After about six minutes he popped his head out the door and unlocked the car with a smile. I just shook my head and went inside.
LATER THAT NIGHT
Jimmy and leana decided I needed a fun day so we went and hung out with some if his friends from HB. Like the berrys and some famous people. After that I went back to his house and just crashed. I was so tired from lack of sleep last night. I woke up and Jimmy drive me to gregs house. Frank was already there saying goodbye.
"we will never forget u man" I heard frank say to Greg as I got to them. I jumped on Greg.
"I love u man never stop playing cause u rule" he laughed at this is and I stood.
"I won't. I'm glad I made friends like u guys while I was here. I hope I make more in Australia"
"so do we now it's time to go" gregs dad said walking over with his mom.
"alright bye guys" we all hugged.
"before u go say something important that means alot to our friendship" I said as we left the hug.
"Sum 41"
"the days we have all been friends. I'll miss u Greg. " I said.
"yeah bye man" frank said. Greg finally got in the car and we watched as his parents pulled out. Greg and I chased the car as far as we could and then stopped waving.
"Sum 41 the next band to rule the world"frank and I said together smiling.
I didnt know that so many people liked this story but thank you everyone. I am sorry for all the misspellings and such, I havent had time to edit yet. Once again thank you everyone and this story is 40 chapters long and there is a sequel :) I will post everything within the next few days hopefully but only if I get comments soon. 5 and I will post everything up to the sequel, 7 and I will post the first chapter of the sequel :D