Disclaimer: The characters in this story belongs to Meg Cabot except Devin Shepard, and Hunter Ritcher. The song HAUNTING ME belongs to the band Stabbing Westward.
Summary: Takes place nearly a month after Michael and Mia's fight. Michael and Mia still haven't spoken. Mia is still dating Devin and she's really starting to care for him, but nothing compaired to the way that she cares for Michael. Michael promised Lilly that he would go with Devin to Hunter Ritcher's party so that Mia could come over and spend the night. Lilly and Mia have a 'girly-movie-night' (which is what me and my friends do...when I have my girl friends over, not that I have many).
A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed you guys are great! I'm sorry that I didn't get this chapter up sooner. I had a really bad day, and then I spent a bunch of time with my friends. I will explain the bad day, cause in a manner of speaking it's pretty funny.
I went into to town with my sister-in-law who has a three year old little boy and twin boys who are about 5 months. We were at Wal-mart. Even though I hate that store, it's the only department store around here. We were a the phyarmyce area of the store and I had Blake (one of the twins) in my buggy. This old cowboy came up to me and told me that I had a pretty baby. I tried to explain that it wasn't my baby that it was my nephew. Then he said, 'It's okay you shouldn't be a shamed of you baby. I understand that guys can have fun help you get into that situation and don't help once the baby comes.' I was so humilated. Luckly, Sara (my sister-in-law) realized what was going on and rescued me from the evil cowboy (I hate cowboys). If that wasn't bad enough, we were cleaning out Sara's car and some woman got mad because I got the valcume cleaner hoose thing before her and gave me a dirty look. I made sure to use the hoose for twice as long. Then when we pulled around to wash the car she yelled out that I was a 'Fuckin' punky slut!' She could have at least told her to my face. Then I would have had to get someone to bail me out of jail for kicking her ass but that's okay!
Evil_Jasna: Thanks for the review! You are great!
pRiNcEsS: Okay, playing the guitar until you bleed is like an out let of pain for a musician. Sometimes they get so depressed that they can't remember if they feel or not. This reminds them that they can. Playing guitar is like all emotion and playing until you bleed is an outlet to that emotion. It's a little strange but it's something that when your married to a guitarist you get use to seeing.
Caffeine: I'll make sure to keep my eye out for you, but you'll have fun trying to find where I live. I live in the middle of no where! The closets store is three miles. The nearest town in nearly fifteen miles (from the closest store.) I live in the boonies.
trickhayden: I know that Michael and Mia need to talk. I think that you'll some of the events in this chapter, and the next one.
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HAUNTING ME
everywhere I go I see your face
everysound I hear is the sound of you voice
why are you haunting me?
why can't I let you go?
why are you haunting me?
everything about me is a lie
at lest it seems that way when I look into your eyes
the truth scares the shit out of me
whoever said love is real and love is blood
has never felt the way that I do
what does it matter?
what's done is done and I should get on with me life
why are you haunting me?
well, I don't know what it means
but I can't seem to make myself for get
was it the guilt inside my head
why are you haunting me?
Chapter 6: Haunting Me
Mia's pov:
It's been nearly a month, Michael and I still aren't talking. What's worst is that I'm spending the night with Lilly. One good thing is Michael won't be there. Well, he will be later tonight, he and Devin are going to a party. Well, not really a party-persay, it's going to be a bunch of his punky type friends. They'll set around play music, maybe a little Dungeons and Dragons, watch movies, whatever. I'm just glad that I won't have to see Michael.
I apologized to Devin, he said everything was cool between us. I really like having him around. He makes me laugh, that's something that's hard to do right now. I was setting in sixth period watching the clock tick. The last minute of school is like the count down to freedom. Finally the bell rang and I almost ran to my locker. I switched out my books, unfortunitly I had algebra homework and had to read The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe. We started it in English, I would have to say that Poe is a freak. The whole storie is all creepy. Were suppose to finish it over the weekend so that when we come back to school. On Monday were suppose to go over it in class. To bad Michael and I aren't on speaking terms, he's into Edgar Allen Poe. I would ask Devin but he thinks that books are the root of all that's evil in the world.
Devin came up beside me. "Hey." he smiled.
"Hi," I zipped my back pack. "You looking forward to your party?" I smiled.
"I guess, are you sure that you don't want to come with me?" he asked.
"That's okay, I can't stand to be in extreamly crouded rooms, and people I don't know makes me nervous. That's one reason I'm not very good at this Princess stuff." I explained. Truth be known, I couldn't go because Michael would be there. There's still a really big akwardness there. "Besides, it's be a while since Lilly and I have had a 'girly-movie night.' Speaking of which I have to bring the tissues."
"Why?" he asked.
"Well, nearly every movie we watch with the exception of a few makes us cry." I said.
"Then why watch them?" Devin looked at me funny as he slipped his hand into mine.
"Because they are good." I said as we began towards the frount exit.
"I don't know about you girls." Devin shook his head.
"Well, we get tired of watching movies about people getting there head bashed in, a guy loosing his car, or a guy fucking a pie, or glueing themselves to themsevles. Sometimes we like to watch something with substance." I said.
"You watch your gay movies." he put this arm around my shoulder.
"They aren't gay!" I protested.
Michael's pov:
I feel so alone, more now than I ever have. Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that Devin and Mia have hit it off. I just miss her, I miss everything about her. I really miss her friendship, I shouldn't have told her that we couldn't be friends. I'm so stupid. The past 3 weeks haven't been easy. I can see Mia in everything I do. Everytime I play my guitar I remember that eshe bought it for me. Every song I sing is about her. Just laying on my bed reminds me of her. What I would do for one day of not thinking about her. Anything that I look at I can see her face in it. I want restitution, I want Mia back.
I started to walk out of the school when Hunter came up to me. "Hey Mikey! Looking forward to my party?" he asked.
"Yeah, how did you get Josh to agree to stay away?" I asked as I brushed my hair from my forehead.
"Lana's parents are out of town for the weekend. Josh is staying with her to protect her in case someone tries to break in." Hunter shook his head.
"I'm sure you happy about that. I pitty you for having him for an older brother."
"I pitty myself. Of course I think you have it worst. You have Lilly as a younger sister."
"Lilly's not that bad. It's Boris that I feel sorry for."
"Yeah, so how have you been holding up? I mean since Devin and Mia got together." Hunter asked concerned.
"I could be better. I know that I have screwed myself when it comes to her. I have stopped trying to put a curse on Devin, and on myself. I haven't spoke to her since the first day of school. Lilly told me that Mia's really starting to care for Devin."
"It hurts donesn't it?"
"Yeah, but it's like I told Lilly. I can't blame him for carrying for her. She's just so loveable." I said.
"Things are going to work out."
"I hope they do soon. I can't take much more of this. I mean I see her face everywere I go."
"That's not too hard, I mean considering she's on about every magizen and tabloid in New York City. After all, she is a princess."
"Funny, what I ment was that I can't play the guitar with out thinking about her, I can't sleep with out thinking about her, I can't-"
"Okay, I get the point! Besides I knew what you ment." he smiled. "I was just fucking with you."
"Here eyes and laugther are haunting me." I said.
Mia's pov
It feels so good to be hanging out with Lilly again. Since Michael and I had that fight I haven't been over. It's weird Michael actually suggested (to Lilly, not me) that he go to the party so I could spend the night. It thought it was nice of him. I know in someways he still cares about me, even if he doesn't love me anymore.
Devin walked me to Lilly and Michael's appartment. Michael answered the door.
"Hey Mike." Devin said. I kept my eyes glued to the floor.
"Hey Devin." Mcihael said not looking at me either. "I'll be ready in a few minutes." Michael walked away disappearing into his bedroom.
"Well, I'll see you tommorow." Devin said.
"I'm baby-sitting the twins for Mom and Frank. They are staying the night at the Plaza. Dad hooked them up with a really great suite." I said.
"Well, then I'll see you on Sunday." Devin smiled.
"Okay." I said just as Devin leaned forward to kiss me, Michael walked out of his room. I turned my head giving Devin a mouth full of hair. "I'll see you later." I quickly ran into Lilly's room.
Lilly was setting at her desk. She had a refrence book opend marked with a bunch of diffrent colored tabs. In her had was a highliter. I'm assuming she was working on her book. "Hey Mia." Lilly said looking up from her book. "Why did you rush in here?"
"Devin tried to kiss me so, I feed him a mouth full of hair, hair spray, and hair wax." I said.
"Okay, can we say De-ja vu?" Lilly asked.
"This isn't like when I dated Kenny. I don't mind it if Devin kisses me. Michael walked out of his room and I sorta freaked. I'm just not comfortable, kissing Devin in frount of Michael." I explained.
"Well, you don't have to worry about Michael tonight. he said he woudl stay out late. He said he doens't want his personal feelings to get in the way of our friendship."
"Okay, this is 'Girly-Movie Night' which means not talking about men and the evil that they do." I said.
Lilly and I went to a local movie rental hut and rented some movies. We got The Crow (a/n: my favorite movie!), City of Angels, A Walk to Remember, Save the Last Dance, and Sweet Home Alabama. We stopped by the local grocery store and got some junk food. This included 4 six packs of root beer and a bunch of chocolate.
When we got to the appartement we changed into our lounging cloths. Lilly put on a pair of plad boxers, a botton up dress shirt (I'm thinking that it's Boris's), tube socks, and a pair of Elmo house shoes. I put on a pair of black baggy jogging pants that say 'Bling-Bling' on the butt in silver sparkely letters, a white spaghetti strabed tank top with black and silver letters that say 'Play-Boy' (belive it or not, Grandmere picked it out), I also had on a red zip up hoodie with devil horns on the hood, and a pair of red and black furry looking house shoes that where made like flip flops.
One we got setteled in the living room Lilly ordered a pizza.
Summary: Takes place nearly a month after Michael and Mia's fight. Michael and Mia still haven't spoken. Mia is still dating Devin and she's really starting to care for him, but nothing compaired to the way that she cares for Michael. Michael promised Lilly that he would go with Devin to Hunter Ritcher's party so that Mia could come over and spend the night. Lilly and Mia have a 'girly-movie-night' (which is what me and my friends do...when I have my girl friends over, not that I have many).
A/N: Thanks to everyone who reviewed you guys are great! I'm sorry that I didn't get this chapter up sooner. I had a really bad day, and then I spent a bunch of time with my friends. I will explain the bad day, cause in a manner of speaking it's pretty funny.
I went into to town with my sister-in-law who has a three year old little boy and twin boys who are about 5 months. We were at Wal-mart. Even though I hate that store, it's the only department store around here. We were a the phyarmyce area of the store and I had Blake (one of the twins) in my buggy. This old cowboy came up to me and told me that I had a pretty baby. I tried to explain that it wasn't my baby that it was my nephew. Then he said, 'It's okay you shouldn't be a shamed of you baby. I understand that guys can have fun help you get into that situation and don't help once the baby comes.' I was so humilated. Luckly, Sara (my sister-in-law) realized what was going on and rescued me from the evil cowboy (I hate cowboys). If that wasn't bad enough, we were cleaning out Sara's car and some woman got mad because I got the valcume cleaner hoose thing before her and gave me a dirty look. I made sure to use the hoose for twice as long. Then when we pulled around to wash the car she yelled out that I was a 'Fuckin' punky slut!' She could have at least told her to my face. Then I would have had to get someone to bail me out of jail for kicking her ass but that's okay!
Evil_Jasna: Thanks for the review! You are great!
pRiNcEsS: Okay, playing the guitar until you bleed is like an out let of pain for a musician. Sometimes they get so depressed that they can't remember if they feel or not. This reminds them that they can. Playing guitar is like all emotion and playing until you bleed is an outlet to that emotion. It's a little strange but it's something that when your married to a guitarist you get use to seeing.
Caffeine: I'll make sure to keep my eye out for you, but you'll have fun trying to find where I live. I live in the middle of no where! The closets store is three miles. The nearest town in nearly fifteen miles (from the closest store.) I live in the boonies.
trickhayden: I know that Michael and Mia need to talk. I think that you'll some of the events in this chapter, and the next one.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HAUNTING ME
everywhere I go I see your face
everysound I hear is the sound of you voice
why are you haunting me?
why can't I let you go?
why are you haunting me?
everything about me is a lie
at lest it seems that way when I look into your eyes
the truth scares the shit out of me
whoever said love is real and love is blood
has never felt the way that I do
what does it matter?
what's done is done and I should get on with me life
why are you haunting me?
well, I don't know what it means
but I can't seem to make myself for get
was it the guilt inside my head
why are you haunting me?
Chapter 6: Haunting Me
Mia's pov:
It's been nearly a month, Michael and I still aren't talking. What's worst is that I'm spending the night with Lilly. One good thing is Michael won't be there. Well, he will be later tonight, he and Devin are going to a party. Well, not really a party-persay, it's going to be a bunch of his punky type friends. They'll set around play music, maybe a little Dungeons and Dragons, watch movies, whatever. I'm just glad that I won't have to see Michael.
I apologized to Devin, he said everything was cool between us. I really like having him around. He makes me laugh, that's something that's hard to do right now. I was setting in sixth period watching the clock tick. The last minute of school is like the count down to freedom. Finally the bell rang and I almost ran to my locker. I switched out my books, unfortunitly I had algebra homework and had to read The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe. We started it in English, I would have to say that Poe is a freak. The whole storie is all creepy. Were suppose to finish it over the weekend so that when we come back to school. On Monday were suppose to go over it in class. To bad Michael and I aren't on speaking terms, he's into Edgar Allen Poe. I would ask Devin but he thinks that books are the root of all that's evil in the world.
Devin came up beside me. "Hey." he smiled.
"Hi," I zipped my back pack. "You looking forward to your party?" I smiled.
"I guess, are you sure that you don't want to come with me?" he asked.
"That's okay, I can't stand to be in extreamly crouded rooms, and people I don't know makes me nervous. That's one reason I'm not very good at this Princess stuff." I explained. Truth be known, I couldn't go because Michael would be there. There's still a really big akwardness there. "Besides, it's be a while since Lilly and I have had a 'girly-movie night.' Speaking of which I have to bring the tissues."
"Why?" he asked.
"Well, nearly every movie we watch with the exception of a few makes us cry." I said.
"Then why watch them?" Devin looked at me funny as he slipped his hand into mine.
"Because they are good." I said as we began towards the frount exit.
"I don't know about you girls." Devin shook his head.
"Well, we get tired of watching movies about people getting there head bashed in, a guy loosing his car, or a guy fucking a pie, or glueing themselves to themsevles. Sometimes we like to watch something with substance." I said.
"You watch your gay movies." he put this arm around my shoulder.
"They aren't gay!" I protested.
Michael's pov:
I feel so alone, more now than I ever have. Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that Devin and Mia have hit it off. I just miss her, I miss everything about her. I really miss her friendship, I shouldn't have told her that we couldn't be friends. I'm so stupid. The past 3 weeks haven't been easy. I can see Mia in everything I do. Everytime I play my guitar I remember that eshe bought it for me. Every song I sing is about her. Just laying on my bed reminds me of her. What I would do for one day of not thinking about her. Anything that I look at I can see her face in it. I want restitution, I want Mia back.
I started to walk out of the school when Hunter came up to me. "Hey Mikey! Looking forward to my party?" he asked.
"Yeah, how did you get Josh to agree to stay away?" I asked as I brushed my hair from my forehead.
"Lana's parents are out of town for the weekend. Josh is staying with her to protect her in case someone tries to break in." Hunter shook his head.
"I'm sure you happy about that. I pitty you for having him for an older brother."
"I pitty myself. Of course I think you have it worst. You have Lilly as a younger sister."
"Lilly's not that bad. It's Boris that I feel sorry for."
"Yeah, so how have you been holding up? I mean since Devin and Mia got together." Hunter asked concerned.
"I could be better. I know that I have screwed myself when it comes to her. I have stopped trying to put a curse on Devin, and on myself. I haven't spoke to her since the first day of school. Lilly told me that Mia's really starting to care for Devin."
"It hurts donesn't it?"
"Yeah, but it's like I told Lilly. I can't blame him for carrying for her. She's just so loveable." I said.
"Things are going to work out."
"I hope they do soon. I can't take much more of this. I mean I see her face everywere I go."
"That's not too hard, I mean considering she's on about every magizen and tabloid in New York City. After all, she is a princess."
"Funny, what I ment was that I can't play the guitar with out thinking about her, I can't sleep with out thinking about her, I can't-"
"Okay, I get the point! Besides I knew what you ment." he smiled. "I was just fucking with you."
"Here eyes and laugther are haunting me." I said.
Mia's pov
It feels so good to be hanging out with Lilly again. Since Michael and I had that fight I haven't been over. It's weird Michael actually suggested (to Lilly, not me) that he go to the party so I could spend the night. It thought it was nice of him. I know in someways he still cares about me, even if he doesn't love me anymore.
Devin walked me to Lilly and Michael's appartment. Michael answered the door.
"Hey Mike." Devin said. I kept my eyes glued to the floor.
"Hey Devin." Mcihael said not looking at me either. "I'll be ready in a few minutes." Michael walked away disappearing into his bedroom.
"Well, I'll see you tommorow." Devin said.
"I'm baby-sitting the twins for Mom and Frank. They are staying the night at the Plaza. Dad hooked them up with a really great suite." I said.
"Well, then I'll see you on Sunday." Devin smiled.
"Okay." I said just as Devin leaned forward to kiss me, Michael walked out of his room. I turned my head giving Devin a mouth full of hair. "I'll see you later." I quickly ran into Lilly's room.
Lilly was setting at her desk. She had a refrence book opend marked with a bunch of diffrent colored tabs. In her had was a highliter. I'm assuming she was working on her book. "Hey Mia." Lilly said looking up from her book. "Why did you rush in here?"
"Devin tried to kiss me so, I feed him a mouth full of hair, hair spray, and hair wax." I said.
"Okay, can we say De-ja vu?" Lilly asked.
"This isn't like when I dated Kenny. I don't mind it if Devin kisses me. Michael walked out of his room and I sorta freaked. I'm just not comfortable, kissing Devin in frount of Michael." I explained.
"Well, you don't have to worry about Michael tonight. he said he woudl stay out late. He said he doens't want his personal feelings to get in the way of our friendship."
"Okay, this is 'Girly-Movie Night' which means not talking about men and the evil that they do." I said.
Lilly and I went to a local movie rental hut and rented some movies. We got The Crow (a/n: my favorite movie!), City of Angels, A Walk to Remember, Save the Last Dance, and Sweet Home Alabama. We stopped by the local grocery store and got some junk food. This included 4 six packs of root beer and a bunch of chocolate.
When we got to the appartement we changed into our lounging cloths. Lilly put on a pair of plad boxers, a botton up dress shirt (I'm thinking that it's Boris's), tube socks, and a pair of Elmo house shoes. I put on a pair of black baggy jogging pants that say 'Bling-Bling' on the butt in silver sparkely letters, a white spaghetti strabed tank top with black and silver letters that say 'Play-Boy' (belive it or not, Grandmere picked it out), I also had on a red zip up hoodie with devil horns on the hood, and a pair of red and black furry looking house shoes that where made like flip flops.
One we got setteled in the living room Lilly ordered a pizza.
