Falling to Pieces Chapter III
I need to do a quick disclaimer cuz I use a song in this chapter: Blink 182: I love you guys and your music but unfortunately I don't own you, but I would like to. I also don't own any of your songs. I don't know Blink 182, I am just their biggest fan. But I am not aloud to go to Big Day Out and I am seriously pissed about it.
"Hi James! Hi Devon! Ready to practise, I want to try a new song!" Dhani said when James and Devon arrived.
"What kind of song?" James asked he started to fiddle on the drums.
"I want to do another Blink 182 song. Something sad, like Adam's Song or Stay Together for the Kids."
The second song struck a nerve with Merton and he thought about the Blink CD that Dhani had lent him one day. " I've heard that one, it's the one about a kids perspective on their parent's divorce, right?"
"Yeah that's it!" Dhani said, excitedly.
"Well let's listen to it then and then we will have a go a sorting it out." Devon said while tuning his guitar.
They put the CD on and they all listened intently. They then attempted to play the song, having to refer back to the CD.
Eventually they got the instrumental down pat and then Merton came in with the vocals.
"It's hard to wake up,
When the shades have been pulled shut,
This house is haunted,
It's so pathetic,
It makes no sense at all.
I'm ripe with things to say,
The words rot and fall away,
What stupid poem,
Could fix this home I'd read it every day.
So here's your holiday,
Hope you enjoy it this time,
You gave it all away.
It was mine.
So when you're dead and gone,
Will you remember this night,
Twenty years now lost,
It's not right.
Their anger hurts my ears.
Been running strong for seven years.
Rather than fix the problems
They never solve them,
It makes no sense at all.
I see them every day,
We get along so why can't they,
If it's what he wants and
It's what she wants,
Then why is there so much pain.
Merton felt tears prick his eyes as he sang the chorus again. This song hit home hard. Merton managed to finish the song without him bursting into tears. But as soon as it finished he packed up his guitar and threw an excuse over his shoulders to the others and then left.
Two Days Later…
Tonight was his last night in his home. His father was not allowing him to take all his "Freaky Stuff" as his dad called it. He packed his clothes and his CDs and player, his guitar and amp and a few family photos. As Merton reached the stairs he took one last look at his room and trudged slowly up the staircase.
Becky had told Tommy and Lori about the divorce and they kept trying to comfort him. He would just shrug them off and walk away. He didn't need their pity.
2 months later…
Merton was actually quite content living with his dad, he had stopped drinking and actually took time off work to hang out with him.
But eventually the bills piled up and Merton's dad went back to working from 6am to 7pm. Soon after that the drinking started up again and one evening his dad came home, drunk and stumbling. Merton had been reading a book.
"What are you doing?" Mr. Dingle asked angrily.
"N-Nothing," Merton said quietly. He could smell the alcohol coming off his father in overpowering waves. Before he could stand up his father had grabbed him by the collar and was shaking him violently.
"Don't lie to me, you little son of a bitch!"
Merton tried to get away from his father but the shaking from the older man had begun to make him sick, he felt the need to vomit desperately and the stench of his father was not helping any. Merton was then thrown into a wall. He held back his cries, as his father kicked and punched him. He hoped to give the man no satisfaction.
Merton had the wind knocked out of him as his father kicked him in the stomach. "You good for nothing jackass, do you here me Merton?"
His father smiled as Merton gasped trying to regain his breath. His father continued to beat on his son as he yelled and verbally abused him. "You'll never amount to anything, do you hear me!?!?!?! You're a worthless piece of shit!!!!!"
His father continued his assault on the teenager, "You're always getting picked on! Your grades are pathetic and all you do is lie around all day. You're a lazy piece of shit!"
Merton knew the things he was saying were lies but that didn't make the words any less hurtful. He had been making A's in all of his classes. And the only people who picked on him any more were TnT, and their attacks were few and far between. When he got home he would clean the townhouse they were renting, he cooked, and one day a week he figured out the bills and other payments they had to make. He did everything.
Mr.Dingle picked Merton up punched him once more and then said,"Maybe you'll think next time you do something stupid, you little bastard." And he watched as Merton slumped to the floor.
Merton tried to hold the tears back, but a lone one escaped and anyway. Once his breath was under control, his vain attempt to stand, failed, so he slumped to the ground and let the darkness engulf him.
TBC…
Ain't I a stinker? I will try and have the next chapter up soon to satisfy all my loyal fans! Thankyou!!!!!
I need to do a quick disclaimer cuz I use a song in this chapter: Blink 182: I love you guys and your music but unfortunately I don't own you, but I would like to. I also don't own any of your songs. I don't know Blink 182, I am just their biggest fan. But I am not aloud to go to Big Day Out and I am seriously pissed about it.
"Hi James! Hi Devon! Ready to practise, I want to try a new song!" Dhani said when James and Devon arrived.
"What kind of song?" James asked he started to fiddle on the drums.
"I want to do another Blink 182 song. Something sad, like Adam's Song or Stay Together for the Kids."
The second song struck a nerve with Merton and he thought about the Blink CD that Dhani had lent him one day. " I've heard that one, it's the one about a kids perspective on their parent's divorce, right?"
"Yeah that's it!" Dhani said, excitedly.
"Well let's listen to it then and then we will have a go a sorting it out." Devon said while tuning his guitar.
They put the CD on and they all listened intently. They then attempted to play the song, having to refer back to the CD.
Eventually they got the instrumental down pat and then Merton came in with the vocals.
"It's hard to wake up,
When the shades have been pulled shut,
This house is haunted,
It's so pathetic,
It makes no sense at all.
I'm ripe with things to say,
The words rot and fall away,
What stupid poem,
Could fix this home I'd read it every day.
So here's your holiday,
Hope you enjoy it this time,
You gave it all away.
It was mine.
So when you're dead and gone,
Will you remember this night,
Twenty years now lost,
It's not right.
Their anger hurts my ears.
Been running strong for seven years.
Rather than fix the problems
They never solve them,
It makes no sense at all.
I see them every day,
We get along so why can't they,
If it's what he wants and
It's what she wants,
Then why is there so much pain.
Merton felt tears prick his eyes as he sang the chorus again. This song hit home hard. Merton managed to finish the song without him bursting into tears. But as soon as it finished he packed up his guitar and threw an excuse over his shoulders to the others and then left.
Two Days Later…
Tonight was his last night in his home. His father was not allowing him to take all his "Freaky Stuff" as his dad called it. He packed his clothes and his CDs and player, his guitar and amp and a few family photos. As Merton reached the stairs he took one last look at his room and trudged slowly up the staircase.
Becky had told Tommy and Lori about the divorce and they kept trying to comfort him. He would just shrug them off and walk away. He didn't need their pity.
2 months later…
Merton was actually quite content living with his dad, he had stopped drinking and actually took time off work to hang out with him.
But eventually the bills piled up and Merton's dad went back to working from 6am to 7pm. Soon after that the drinking started up again and one evening his dad came home, drunk and stumbling. Merton had been reading a book.
"What are you doing?" Mr. Dingle asked angrily.
"N-Nothing," Merton said quietly. He could smell the alcohol coming off his father in overpowering waves. Before he could stand up his father had grabbed him by the collar and was shaking him violently.
"Don't lie to me, you little son of a bitch!"
Merton tried to get away from his father but the shaking from the older man had begun to make him sick, he felt the need to vomit desperately and the stench of his father was not helping any. Merton was then thrown into a wall. He held back his cries, as his father kicked and punched him. He hoped to give the man no satisfaction.
Merton had the wind knocked out of him as his father kicked him in the stomach. "You good for nothing jackass, do you here me Merton?"
His father smiled as Merton gasped trying to regain his breath. His father continued to beat on his son as he yelled and verbally abused him. "You'll never amount to anything, do you hear me!?!?!?! You're a worthless piece of shit!!!!!"
His father continued his assault on the teenager, "You're always getting picked on! Your grades are pathetic and all you do is lie around all day. You're a lazy piece of shit!"
Merton knew the things he was saying were lies but that didn't make the words any less hurtful. He had been making A's in all of his classes. And the only people who picked on him any more were TnT, and their attacks were few and far between. When he got home he would clean the townhouse they were renting, he cooked, and one day a week he figured out the bills and other payments they had to make. He did everything.
Mr.Dingle picked Merton up punched him once more and then said,"Maybe you'll think next time you do something stupid, you little bastard." And he watched as Merton slumped to the floor.
Merton tried to hold the tears back, but a lone one escaped and anyway. Once his breath was under control, his vain attempt to stand, failed, so he slumped to the ground and let the darkness engulf him.
TBC…
Ain't I a stinker? I will try and have the next chapter up soon to satisfy all my loyal fans! Thankyou!!!!!