Chapter 8 Valued Gateway Client Normal Valued Gateway Client 3 224 2001-11-10T20:51:00Z 2001-11-10T20:52:00Z 4 776 4428 36 8 5437 9.3821 Disclaimer: I don't own My Life from TLC, TLC owns that one. Chapter 8: Bus Ride From Hell III

 "Where's mom, daddy," a four-year-old Gaz asked her dad.

 "She's gone," Professor Membrane said crying into his hands.

"Where'd she go," Gaz asked softly as she climbed up on the couch next to here dad and Dib.

"She died," the three-year-old Dib answered flatly.

"How," Gaz asked curious.

"You'll find out someday," Professor Membrane said before going down to his lab to start the project that would one day take up his entire life.

Gaz looked around. Nobody noticed the tears that were streaming down her face. That was a good thing. If those kids ahead of her saw that they'd think that she couldn't kick their buts.

*Ha ha ha ha

Whoa whoa whoa

Whoa whoa whoa

Whoa whooa whoa

Whoa whoa whoa whoa (oww)

Whoa whoa whoa

Whoa whoa whoa

Whoa whoa whoa whoa

Whoa whoa whoa

Whoa whoa whoa

Whoa whoa whoa whoa*

"Hey, Gaz look at this," Dib called from inside of their dad's closet.

*And I believe it don't affect

Nobody else but me

Ya'll been telling me what to do

Since I was old enough to walk

Old enough to talk

Never let me speak or move

Do my own thang

But now I'm growin' wiser now

Brighter now

A little bit tighter now

Now ya'll can't hold me down

I know you hate to hear

But things have changed in*

"Dib, why are you going through dad's stuff?" Gaz asked annoyed as she came over to the closet.

*My life

It's been a while but

Me and my style stuck

Now everybody and they

Momma tryna do it

My life

I've done that been through that

So there ain't nothin

That you can tell me

My life

On a good night if I feel like

Me and my girls hit the club and tell

It's my life

It's my life*

"Because he's dead, and we need to figure out what we're going to do with his stuff," Dib explained coming out with some old newspaper clippings.

* And I believe that it don't effect

Nobody else but me me me me

Being sick and tired of folks

Who wanna come around

Claim they gon get down

But all they wanna do is

See me make a wrong move (yeah)

I don't care what you hear in the news

To see who I choose to do the late night creep wit

I'm gonna do just what I wanna do

It's my life*

"Whatever," Gaz said heading out the door.

*My life

It's been a while but

Me and my style stuck

Now everybody and they

Momma tryna do it

My life

I've done that been through that

So there ain't nothin

That you can tell me

My life

On a good night if I feel like

Me and my girls hit the club and tell

It's my life

It's my life*

"Gaz, wait," Dib said chasing her out the door.

* Whoa whoa whoa

Whoa whoa whoa

Whoa whoa whoa

Whoa whoa whoa whoa

Whoa whoa whoa

Whoa whoa whoa

Whoa whoa whoa whoa

Whoa whoa whoa

Whoa whoa whoa

Whoa whoa whoa whoa *

"What?" Gaz asked super annoyed.

* And I believe that it don't effect nobody else but me

Sometimes I might get a little crazy

And sometimes I might seem

Out of hand but I'm sayin

Life's too short for me to let you dictate

What I say and the moves I make

Sick of people tryna tell me what to do

It's my life and I'ma live it like I want to

Check it*

"Read this," Dib said shoving the clippings into her hand.

*Another day another dolla

Is the reality of my mentality

Otherwise don't even botha

You see my father was a wise old man

Always creatin the plan

For me to conquer this land

He said I am what I am

So be the best that I can

And if them others don't like it

Then why should I give a damn (huh)

Maybe so cause when his life wasn't right

My mother picked up them pieces

And continued on with the fight

So now it's plain to me*

"Killer Unknown," Gaz read aloud as she read the title of the newspaper clipping on top. "Yesterday, local woman Mrs. Gaz Membrane (last name??) was found dead in the kitchen of her home. She was found by her husband, when he got home with their kids, Gaz and Dib. Police are searching for clues. But non have been found yet."

*It ain't no game to me

See mom and dad corrected math

1 and 1 equal 3

4 and 5 I count my sister and brother

Stay alive till we die

And don't you ever be worried

Cuz I'm down with a ride

Through peaks and valleys to Cresent Hills

Tumble down I'll set a new ground for Jack and Jill

Ever wonder what put the thunder deeply in my eyes

Take a look and you'll find a sunshine

My life my life my life*

"So?" Dib asked five minutes later  trying to get her to say something.

*My life

It's been a while but

Me and my style stuck

Now everybody and they

Momma tryna do it

My life

I've done that been through that

So there ain't nothin

That you can tell me

My life

On a good night if I feel like

Me and my girls hit the club and tell

It's my life

It's my life*

"Why didn't he tell us?" Gaz asked angrily. "And I think he could have taken time to tell me I was named after mom."

*My life

It's been a while but

Me and my style stuck

Now everybody and they

Momma tryna do it

My life

I've done that been through that

So there ain't nothin

That you can tell me

My life

On a good night if I feel like

Me and my girls hit the club and tell

It's my life

It's my life*

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Annoying Authors Note: yeah, I know I ended at the end of a flashback but I totally couldn't think of anything else. The "Bus Ride From Hell" chapters will continue. Yes, I totally know that this song didn't really fit with it's flashback, but it did fit with the whole "my life" thing seeing as it "My Life" from TLC.