I struggled to lift the window over Kathy's bed, grunting and making other sounds. My hand slipped and I banged my chin on the bed post. I screamed a really bad word. Selena sighed.
"I can't believe this! This is not fair!" I yelled, punching and thrashing around on Kathy's bed. "I wanna get out of here!" My voice was on the verge of hysteria. Shaggy barked and growled. I stopped and stared at the door. He had his eye to look under the door, glaring at me. I think he picked that up from Licorice. He was the only one keeping me sane at the moment. He howled. "What?"
He howled once more. holding it out longer, but it had a weird pattern. I think I knew what he was saying. "You want me to sing?"
Thump thump thump. His tail smacked the floor. I grinned. "Good boy! Maybe someone will hear me!" I pressed my ear to the door and listened for a song.
~According to you
I'm stupid,
I'm useless,
I can't do anything right.~
"Ha HA! Perfect! Turn it up Shaggy!" I started jumping up and down, smiling wide. Selena rolled her eyes. Shaggy was a smart dog so it didn't take him long to paw at a switch to turn the music up more.
~But according to him
I'm beautiful,
incredible,
he can't get me out of his head.
According to him
I'm funny,
irresistible,
everything he ever wanted.~
I continued singing as loud as I could, but still trying to keep my voice to the correct tone. When the song ended I had to stop and take a breather. A soft song started so I decided to wait it out.
"This isn't going to work. No one will hear you over the rain." Selena said.
"At least I'm actually trying to get us out of here."
~Made a wrong turn
Once or twice
Dug my way out
Blood and fire
Bad decisions
that's alright
Welcome to my silly life~
I slowly looked at the door. Could I sing this? I sure could try. I had only heard this song once or twice, but I'm sure I could get it.
~Mistreated this place
Misunderstood
Miss no it's all good
It didn't slow my down~
~Mistaken
Always second guessing
Underestimating
Look I'm still around~
I closed my eyes and swayed, singing out. This had to work. I had skipped breakfast and I was starving. It was getting harder to sing because of that.
What I didn't know was the person outside, walking around. Luke. He sighed, shoving his hands in his pockets. He and his dad had gotten into an argument. He was upset and just needed to simmer down. When he passed the bar he could hear the music. He blinked and walked inside. Shaggy looked up at him and wagged his tail. "Hey buddy. Where is Lily?"
~The whole world's scared so I swallow the fear
The only thing I should be drinking
is an ice cold beer
So cool in line
and we try try try
But we try too hard and it's a waste of my...time~
The last line came out a gasp as I tumbled to the floor, exhausted. Shaggy perked up and ran back to the door, clawing the crap out of it. Luke tilted his head to the side and opened the door. He saw me on the floor and someone under the covers on a bed. Shaggy ran in after Luke and licked my face. I groaned and looked up. My eyes got wide.
"LUKE!" I screamed, getting to my feet. "I LOVE-"
Click. The door closed. "I FREAKING HATE YOU!" I replied, slamming my fists against his chest. Selena looked up from the bed and at the lumberjack. I collapsed on the bed, sobbing dryly.
"What is going on?" He asked.
"Miss complain over there got us stuck in here. The doorknob got broken off and we couldn't get out."
"Bitch!" I screamed into my pillow. Luke chuckled.
He grabbed the door handle. "Ladies, watch and learn." He bent down and placed the knob on the door, twisting and trying to fix the door. We both stared at him, watching his face turn from hope to disbelief. "It's broke."
We clapped for him. "Thank you Sherlock." Selena hissed, lying back on the bed.
~~10 minutes later~~
"God I'm starving." I said, clutching my growling stomach. From Selena's bed hers did the same. Luke sighed. He was lying on the floor, his hands behind his head and Shaggy asleep on his chest. I was on Kathy's bed, wearing one of her cowboy hats.
Outside another song started.
~Riot Riot
turn off the lights
We gonna lose our minds tonight
What's the dealio?~
"How many songs do you have on your Ipod? That thing has been playing ever since you got here."
"It's got three hours of music on it. It's been at least an hour since we got in here."
Luke was quiet. I lied on my stomach by the feet of the bed and stared at him. "Hey! What's wrong?" He opened one eye at me. "Luke...you can talk to me." I said softly.
He sighed. "Well..."
Bo and I were standing in front of one of my new pieces of work. A table chair! It was perfect! People from all over the world would come and buy it. Bo scratched the back of his head. "I dunno Luke. This is a weird...whatever it is."
"I call it...a Chable! Or a Tair? No that doesn't sound right."
Pops came down the stairs and into the work room. I grinned and moved Bo out of the way to show him my work. "Yo Dad! Check it out!"
He squinted at it. Then frowned. "Son, that wouldn't happen to be the table and chair a customer ordered, would it?" He asked.
I nodded, quite proud of myself. "Yup! I joined them together for the person! They'll be happy."
He sighed and lifted my chable and carried it over to one of our saw machines. He placed it on the table, turned the saw on, and sliced it on half! "Nooo!" I whined, unplugging the saw machine. "Dad! What did you do that for!"
Pop roughly shoved the now destroyed chable in my hands. "Go make the table and chair again and do it right!" He yelled. I gritted my teeth.
"That's not fair! I did make the table and chair!"
"No Luke!" He shouted. "You just wasted wood! Now get to work and when you're done you can go upstairs and stay there! You're grounded!"
I dropped the wood. "I'm 21 years old! You can't ground me!"
"Don't back talk me boy!"
I kicked the wood as hard as I could. The flying wood almost hit Bo in the face. I threw open the door and dashed out, cursing under my breath as I ran in no real direction.
I nodded as he finished. He looked upset so I tried to think of something to make him feel better. "I would have bought your chable." I smiled. He looked up at me and grinned.
"Really?"
"Of course! A chable is so bad ass! I'm sure your dad would have gotten use to the idea sooner or later."
Luke's grin got bigger as he tackled me on the bed, hugging me and laughing. My face had gone completely red. He was laying on top of me and I couldn't move. It felt so wrong yet so right. Selena was fuming in the bed beside us.
"If you two lovers don't mind getting frisky while I'm in here."
I slyly smiled. "Your just jealous you can't get a man."
"Say that one more time." She said through clenched teeth.
"You, that's you Selena can't. Get. A. Ma-"
A pillow smacked my face, leaving a slight tingle. I laughed at her.
~~later~~
I groaned, rubbing my stomach. I raised my shirt to the bottom of my chest and gawked at my flat belly. My ribs showing. "I have to eat or I'm gonna die!"
Selena shook her head. "We have to get out of here. I'm going crazy listening to your complaining. I hope someone finds us before I commit suicide..." She looked over at me. "Or commit homicide."
I stuck my tongue out and slammed my head back on the bed. Luke had passed out on the floor. I was still thinking from his tackle hug. It was nothing really, but the thought just never left. Shaggy whined and pawed at the door. Just then the sweet scent of fruit filled the room. I sniffed, looking everywhere. Kathy couldn't be back and no one besides us were here. Luke was asleep so that would mean...
My head darted in Selena's direction. She had her blanket over her head. I stepped off Kathy's bed and slowly tiptoed to her. When I was close enough I swiftly swiped the blanket off of her. She had a banana in her mouth. "Oh I'm going to murder you." I hissed.
She lunged off the bed with the fruit in her hands. I chased after her, jumping and grabbing her by the ankles. She fell and the banana flew out of her hands. "MINE!" I screamed. I reached to it, but Selena crawled over me and grabbed one of the peels. I squirmed and rolled so that my back was on top of hers. She cried out, but still tried to grab the fruit.
Shaggy trotted over to us, cocking his head to the side and staring at us with curious eyes. He looked over and saw the banana. His tail wagged.
"NOOOO!" We screamed, both placing our hands on the yellow fruit and pulling on it. "Let go Lily! I had it first!"
"Sharing is caring!" I yelled.
"Fine! Then take it!" She ripped a hunk off and threw it at me. I gasped and did the same to her. I tackled her and the whole fight started over again.
When we had stopped we looked to our side to see Luke staring at us. "Well that was...interesting..."
~~30 minutes later~~
Selena and I had taken turns using the shower, cleaning off fruit from ourselves. I stared sadly at the faint yellow swirling down the shower drain as I turned the water off. I dried off and walked out with the clothes I was wearing earlier on. Luke was slightly blushing when I came out. I did too, remembering the last shower I took. Selena was brushing her long crimson hair with her back turned to me.
~I wanna lock you up in my closet
when no ones around~
I hummed along as I layed back down on Kathy's bed, tapping my foot against the headboard. When the song ended and I waited for the next one...nothing came. I lifted my head, straining to hear for some kind of beat, but I couldn't hear anything. "Looks like it's been three hours since we've been in here." I said sadly. Luke nodded, stroking Shaggy.
"Where is Hayden?"
"He has a cold so he's sleeping in the back. He was given some strong medicine. Dr. Jin said it would be at least three hours before he woke up. Be as loud as you want."
"Holy-" I groaned as I sat up fully. Luke and Selena looked at me.
"What is it?"
I started bouncing up and down."Hayden is sick! He's sleeping in the bar!"
Selena continued to brush her hair. "Yeah, but he's out cold with medicine. Kathy said it'd be at least a few hours till it wore off."
"Yeah three! Three hours! My Ipod has three hours and forty five minutes worth of songs on it so the medicine Hayden took wore off forty five minutes ago! He can get us out of here!" I couldn't help but jumping off the bed and start pounding on the door. The two just blinked at me. "Don't just stand there! Make some noise!" Luke joined me by the door, hitting it over and over. Shaggy howled and Selena decided to hit the wall next to us too.
"SHUT UP!" A gruff voice yelled. Luke and I jumped back as the door opened and Hayden stood there, his eyes bloodshot and his beard all crazy looking. Selena and I screamed as we pushed the man away and ran into the kitchen, grabbing anything edible. Luke, Hayden, and Shaggy walked in and watched us devour food in a very unlady-like manor. We couldn't help it. After a while I patted my full stomach. Hayden had gone back to his room, a bottle of aspirin and Tylenol in his hand. Luke unhooked my Ipod from the stereo and tossed it in my rucksack.
Selena had left too, saying she needed a walk. It was just us. "Are you all good?"
"Mmhmmm." I hummed lazily.
"Well! Let's go!" He declared happily, lifting me off my seat and carrying me towards my farm. I buried my face in the crook of his neck, sighing with content as he carried me home. I really needed a nap.
~~Meanwhile~~
"Hello?" Kathy opened and closed the bar door, scanning the room. She walked into the back and placed her stuff away. "Jeez this room is a mess...and why do I smell bananas and dogs?"
Click.
"And where is the doorknob!"
All right here are these songs in order:
According to you by Orianthi
Fucking perfect by Pink
Raise your glass by Pink
Hot by Avril Lavigne
*sigh* I'm sorry if you see any mistakes. Grey was busy and I just wanted to get this out of the way.
