Chapter 36
(Fang's POV)
The next day in drama Mrs. Dillwyn ran up to our group and said, "Do you guys have an idea?"
We looked at each other, "No, not really," Jim said.
"Well I have this idea, but I think only you guys could pull it off," She said with a grin.
We all looked at each other. Casey grinned, "What it is?"
"Well you see I have this idea that you could all do Seasons of Love from Rent. You know the musical, right?" She asked us expectantly.
Max, Iggy, Jim and I gave her a blank look, but Casey grinned and hopped up and down from where she sat. "I love that play, movie, whatever! I love it!" Jim sighed and shook his head at his girlfriend.
Mrs. Dillwyn looked pleased that at least one of knew what we she was talking about, "Well i was thinking that maybe you all could do a thing for Seasons of Love, or one of the other songs. I have a few ideas for some of them, but they don't all involve the whole group so that's why I was wondering if you want to do a bunch of songs all at once, like a medley of songs!" Mrs. Dillwyn was definitely more excited then we were about this. Okay, maybe not Casey, she was flipping out, but otherwise we were just staring at them.
She walked away and Casey looked at us, "We have to do it."
"How? None of us have seen rent or heard the songs," Jim said.
"Then we'll watch the movie!" Casey said and ran off to talk to Mrs. Dillwyn. That teacher probably had every musical movie ever made in the cupboard behind her desk at the back of the room.
Casey came back and told us to meet here after school to watch the movie. Mrs. Dillwyn told the whole class that she was setting up the room to watch the movie Rent after school and anyone could come and watch if they wanted.
So here we were, after school watching Rent. There were a few people from our class here. It was a decent movie, the characters really get to you.
Casey was evaluating every song during the movie; it was actually kind of funny.
(Iggy's POV) (A/N: this is kind of a story in its own, but it's important and adds loads of drama and is really sad, which as you can probably tell I like. Plus you know… it's a whole knew twist :D)
As we watched the movie, I was distracted by a girl I'd only seen a few times before. She is in my Drama and English class. Her brown hair, that had a hint of red, and blue eyes were captivating. Her smile made me grin and Greek Gods must have hand crafted her voice. She had the cutest freckles across her nose and upper cheeks. I loved the way her eyes kind of squinted and her nose squished up when she laughed.
I knew it was ridiculous that I could be falling for a girl I'd never spoken to and only seen a few times, but I was falling head over heels for this girl.
She wasn't wearing makeup or girly clothes. She wore loose jeans and a loose long sleeve t-shirt and stopped just below the waist of her jeans. The shirt was black with a white design on it. She had tomboy written all over her, but I didn't care.
My heart soared as I watched her. I wasn't in her league; she was out of everyone's league. She was in a league of beauty all to herself. I wrapped my long arms around my legs. All my life I'd been told I was below everyone else. I glanced at this mysterious girl and I sighed, she would never like someone like me. Plus I had the freak with wings thing against me. I hid a little more inside myself.
I was forever thankful I was here, with Fang and Max. They wouldn't let anything happen to the flock, and I knew that. They wouldn't let anything happen to me, but stuff had already happened. My parents were exactly as they always were; since they couldn't get money out of me they were mean to me. They kept saying that they loved me and wanted to make a profit out of me. Those were two entirely different things, but not in their eyes.
My father was constantly mean to me and sometimes hit me, usually when he was short on money. In the short time that I had to stay with them he kept telling me that if I would allow them to make money off me that he'd stop hurting me.
When the flock met up again I was constantly trying to think up a way to get away from my horrid family, and I felt ashamed that I didn't fight back and that I couldn't tell the flock. I had hid it from Angel and didn't tell another living soul.
Although, I knew it was my fault that they didn't have money, there was no way to win though. They couldn't support another person in their family. If I let them make a circus freak out of me I'd lose, if I let them hurt me for not having enough money I'd lose. That's when I started to listen to rap music and becoming depressed and stuff. So the only way to get out was to get away, hence that's why I'm here.
I tried not to think about how I was a waste of space, like my father always told me. I tried not to think about how this amazing girl would never, in a million years like me.
She was interested in the movie so I tried to watch it, just so that I could have something to talk to her about after.
After the movie I jumped up and disappeared from our group. She saw me walking over and watched me as I walked over.
"Hey," I said lightly.
"Hi," She said smiling politely at me, another reason why I suddenly liked his girl. She had a beautiful smile.
"I'm Iggy," I said holding out my hand.
She smiled slightly, "I know, I'm Kari, you're Nick's friend right?" (A/N: It's pronounced 'KAR-ee')
I nodded, smiling but only slightly. What a beautiful name for such an angel. Realization dawned on me, Dang it Fang! I'm probably going to be talking about him for the next ten minutes. She probably won't even be thinking about me, her mind with be on Fang the whole time. I thought sadly.
"How do you like Forks?" She asked but I got the feeling she was trying to leave.
"It's okay." I said looking down, better than at my old town. I thought and smiled lightly at her.
She nodded, "Lots of rain."
I smiled lightly, "I like rain though, so it's okay."
She looked up at me; she was average height for her age so she was really short compared to me. "So… why are you in Forks? Just to be with your friend?" She asked.
I was surprised by the question, I feared it a little. My walls slowly started to go up. I shrugged, "I don't really know. I guess." She nodded and looked like she was going to say something to that.
"Kari!" Someone called and I turned to see a man walking towards us. He gave her a look that made me freeze; I'd seen that one before.
"Hey dad, sorry, I was just watching a movie in class," She said in a rush and he nodded, he didn't seem so patient. She rushed over to him and she looked back at me, waving slightly before leaving. She watched me for a second as she walked after her dad. She could see something in my eyes, and I stared at her.
She couldn't be… could she?
I ran into the forest and took off for Kari's house, I didn't know why I was interested, and I shouldn't be. I had enough problems, but I had to know, I had to be sure.
I followed their car from the air and I waited for them to park and go inside before landing in their huge tree outside their house. The blinds were positioned so that you couldn't see in them unless you were above the blinds, like me.
I could see in through her huge living room window and I watched her, I felt kind of like a creep but I reasoned that I was doing this for her own good. I could hear them too; I could hear him yelling at her.
"What the hell have I told you? You do not participate in out of school programs and crap like that, you go, you learn and you come home. Then you cook dinner and do your jobs and go to sleep." He yelled at her.
"I'm sorry Dad," She said quietly as she was pressed against the wall.
"Sorry is not good enough! And who was that boy that you were with? What have I told you? You aren't allowed friends much less a boyfriend you waste of space!" He yelled at her.
I wrapped my arms around my torso as I watched the scene before me. It reminded me so much of my life at my parent's house it was scary. I wanted to help the beautiful girl. I closed my eyes, keeping the tears at bay. I wished so badly that I could help.
I heard her yelp and I opened my eyes to see her getting up from the floor holding her torso like I had just been. "Get out of my sight," her father hissed and she took off up the stairs.
I breathed evenly for a few seconds, trying to get the pain out of my mind. I couldn't imagine why her dad would hurt such a perfectly beautiful girl.
I mean me? I deserved what I got; it took too much money for my parents to take care of me.
I shook off that feeling and took off from the tree. I didn't have the heart to care if anyone saw me.