Brittany stared at Nick. "Well, He's obviously Lying" She said.
Nick smiled, "Of course he's lying. He's kidding, good ol'e Vash, It's kind of a....." Heidi's tongue stud danced between her lips. "A pre gig laugh?" she asked, sounding slightly intrigued. "Uh... Yeah..." Nick continued, "Yeah, see there was this big gay-bashing thing at our school yesterday." Heidi looked un-nerved, and looked at Brittany. "What side of it were you on Nicholas?" she asked, her lilac eyes studying Brittany's earring. "Well, I was actually off getting stoned in the janitor's closet...heh.." He looked about sheepishly. Heidi put her hand on nicks. "It's all good." She said, her nose ring glittering in the neon lights.
Vash greeted Midvalley calmly. "You ok?" He asked. Midvalley's eyes fell on the door. "Let's sit outside." he said, and wordlessly Vash followed. Once outside the two looked at each other. "So, is he gonna be at the show Saturday?" Midvalley asked, a bit shuffled sounding. The blonde of the two boys searched, the other's eyes. "Middie..." He whispered. Midvalley's heart winced at the mention of his former pet-name. "Vashu.." He whispered back, not losing the momentum of the moment. Vash took the older boy's hand. "He'll be there........Or I'll sic Knives on him." The two forced laughs. The tension was building.
Meryl pouted at the feet of a Reverend. "But father, I want to come back!" She whined. "I'm sorry Meryl, the school will not allow someone who's mind has been be fowled by the outside ideas. It would disgrace our reputation, and our lord above." He stood there motionless and emotionless. She peered up at him "You're wrong." She said softly. "Excuse me Ms. Strife?" "I said "You, father, are very wrong," her vocal volume increased as she continued. "Jesus would most certainly not frown upon someone coming back to enlighten the others. " She stood up. "So you think it's ok for Pigeons to flock with doves?" She picked up her things. "They're all god's creatures, father." The short young lady was out the door before the reverend could answer. The school church was right by a bus stop. She decided this was her bus, and got on.
"Someone once told me, that the thing that you expect will happen, will never happen." Knives said, sloshing some wine around in his glass. Legato watched him, and took a sip out of his glass. "Knives, you surprise me, most kids our age would get people to but them cheap vodka or something, you have someone buy you wine." Knives looked up. "Well, I don't drink it to get messed up, (most of the time). I like the taste." He grinned. Legato looked around the room. "Nice room knives." Knives bowed his head. "It's a place to hang my hat, and stash my wine." He giggled. Legato sighed. "Knives..." Knive's body froze. "I would do anything for you." Legato looked deeply into knive's eyes. "Anything........" Knives swallowed hard. "Legato...?" he managed to say, before his body took over, and went over and lay down on his bed. He was shaking, from the denial of the obvious tension, and because he was so scared that he might just enjoy this.
The ride back to the Salino house was uneventful. "God, I just wanted to scream out back there, scream out "Nicholas I fucking love you, you son of a bitch!!!!" " Midvalley began, once he and Vash were safely in his room. Vash sighed and plopped himself on the bed. Midvalley sat next to him. "So, do you want to go over the set list?" Asked vash. Midvalley inched closer. "Well..." He looked up at vash, his brown eyes looking deeper than an endless void. His mind and body were very vulnerable right now...he wanted.... "I'm not sure what we can play with only two people vash." Vash growled a little "Don't worry, Nick will be there." His aqua eyes glinted. He pulled a pocket sized note-pad out of his pocket and began to scribble things down. "I've got an Idea for a song....the only problem is...:" He paused. Midvalley looked over his shoulder "It's written for a girl to sing."
The black haired ex-Christian girl got off the bus and headed into a little purple painted store. She had all the money from her past two birthdays to spend, since she wasn't saving it for bible camp anymore. The door opened with ease, and the music deafened her for a moment. Suddenly a perky tall man, well built, yet lanky man, with pink hair bounced in front of her. "Hi!!! How are you!? Welcome to the store!!!! I'm Sebastian! If you need anything, yell!!!" He danced off, leaving Meryl to herself. She looked around bewildered. There were sequined halter tops. and bondage pants paired together. Hair dye and thongs on the same display case. She walked cautiously around the store, until she realized she needed serious help. "SEBASTION!!!!" She yelled. The bouncy man appeared suddenly..."Yyyyesss?" he spoke with a soft lisp. Meryl shouted "I have $600 and I need a total makeover!!!" The store went dark, and then the light returned, with a soft base whisper of a song in the background. "The store is locked now, so I can focus on your needs." He laughed a little. and so did she. "So what look are you going for?"
Nick looked across the table at Heidi . "So....what do you......eh like to do?" He asked, his mind elsewhere. "Fuck" She replied. Nick took a second and then realized she was serious. "Um..." Brittany looked a lil confused. Her phone wrang. Brittany looked nerovus,"Hey, I'm gonna go." she ran off quickly. Heidi shrugged, "So what do you wanna do?" Nick grinned, "Why don't you come over. she grinned back and the two of them ran outside without paying, to meet a taxi.
The next few days of school were un eventful for the crew. Nick was much happier, and hung with the preppy crowd. Vash and Midvalley were inseparable, Millie and Dominique were hanging out. Knives and legato glared at everyone, and Meryl, was the center of attention. She'd gone from smart school girl, to plaid pants, with a yellow halter. Her black hair now held blue light, and it was currently spiked up like a guys. And that didn't stop the guys from going after her. She seemed happier too.
"Hey vash right?!" she said, running up to the blonde in the hall. "Where is detention?" Vash turned around and there stood the new meryl. "Um... Why?" "Oh, because I got in trouble.....after noon detention....can you believe it?" She shrugged it off. "Hey, I have detention too....let's find it together." He replied cheerfully. They set off and found the room, with Millie, Midvalley, and knives already in it. The chalk board read "Detention will be unsupervised, however, you are to write a 5 page essay on why what you did was wrong , and leave it on the desk before you leave." Vash sighed, he really wasn't that great at writing essays. He looked around at his brother, the guy he wanted, the girl who'd always been there for him, and the new girl. "Hey, does this remind anyone else of the breakfast club? " asked Midvalley. Knives laughed. "Yeah a little." Meryl rolled her eyes and pulled her Cd player out. She popped in the 'Kuro' Cd. She paused, and looked around the room. "Who's going to the Kuro show tomorrow night?" She asked. Vash and Midvalley looked at each other and laughed. Knives spoke up "I'm going.." Meryl smiled "Me too, I love this band! You never know which one of them is singing, they share the singing parts equally, I'm going to try to meet some of the members at the show." Vash chimed in "Yo do know that they're local right?" She nodded. Millie grinned, "Meryl, you have detention with 2/3 of the group." Meryl 's mouth dropped. Vash and Midvalley grinned and waved. Meryl blushed. "So you're V. Savrem and M.Salino." The boys nodded. "Wow!" She gushed.
An hour later, the group was discussing the whole Vash, Midvalley, Nicholas, situation, when vash got an idea. He pulled midvalley off to the side. "What about that song I wrote, what if meryl could sing it?" Midvalley nodded, "We could ask her, but we'd need some time to work on it. I mean the show is tomorrow. " Vash looked at the clock. "We've got time." Millie peered over "What are you guys talking about?" The two band-mates looked at each other, and headed back to the group. "Hey, Meryl, Have you ever sung before?" Midvalley asked.
Meryl paused and looked at the two boys. "Well, I tried, in church choir but they told me that my voice was...too......raw." She looked ashamed for a minute, head down, metallic blue eyelids covering her eyes. Vash stood above her and patted her back "Well, it just so happens that we've made a song neither of us can sing, because it was written for a girl to sing...would you like to try it with us?" Meryl jumped up and hugged vash "I'd love to...but isn't the show tomorrow night?" Midvalley nodded "That's why we're starting practice now." Vash pulled two drumsticks out of his pocket and drummed on a desk. Midvalley pulled his bass out of the case, and set up his porta-amp. Vash looked around confused. "We need a guitar player....." He pouted. Knives sensed what his twin needed. and headed out to go get his fender, which was being stored in his locker. A few minutes later Meryl had the note-book in her hand and the makeshift band was beginning to play.
Knives was throwing in better guitar licks than nick would have ever done. The bassline mingled perfectly. Vash was doing well with his makeshift drums. Meryl stood before Millie and looked at the paper in front of her. She opened her mouth and began to sing
"all our feelin's and thoughts
expressed in ones and in oughts
in endless spiraling chains
you can't decode or explain"
Vash looked at midvalley mouth open. He didn't even have to ask if it was ok "Hey Mer and Knives, would you mind being our guests tomorrow night, on this song?"
Instead of writing an essay, they each wrote that they worked on a "Kuro" Song, and if they didn't believe them, to come to the show.
The next morning Vash woke up with another song in his head. This was a pre-existing song, however, it meant in a weird way, what he meant for midvalley. He headed down for breakfast and found Rem and his brother already sitting there. Rem looked serious. "Vash, Knives, Now that you're both up we need to have a talk." She paused for a second and then continued, "I'm working with a young adult who has just gotten thrown out of it's family, and disowned, forced into an orphanage." She looked at the boys who stared back. "I want to adopt it." The boys looked at each other. "It?" Knives asked. "She's a transgender male." Vash blinked, "I'm confused." "Formerly, Elliot, figured out that he was supposed to be a girl." "So, would we have a sister or a brother?" Vash asked. "A sister with a penis." Rem replied. "Well, I want you boys to meet her before you decide, so, I'm taking you boys down to the orphanage with me today."
Meryl woke up and got out of bed, she danced around. She was very excited. She couldn't wait to get down to "Pangea" to tell Sebastian. She hopped down the stairs two at a time. She ran into the kitchen and right in front of her two parents. "Meryl we need to talk." her mother said. "We know you went back to St.Mary's and they wouldn't take you back, but this rebellion of yours is too much." Her father finished. She grinned wickedly. "Mom, You're so sweet, you act like you give a damn," She hugged her mother, and then moved onto her father "Dad, I know you're having an affair and all, but you know what, that doesn't give you the right to lie about it. She hugged him too, and then ran halfway up the stairs. "I've got a concert to get ready for, I'll be out late, don't wait up for me!" Her stunned parents looked at each other and went in separate directions.
Knives kissed him again, this time deeper. They were in a pool of water, with a waterfall, and there was this wonderful feeling of serenity. Knives smiled and whispered "I want you legato" , his voice soft and lush. a hand gripped his manhood and stroked it gently. The next thing legato knew knives was hovering over his bed. "Hon, it's time to get up." His eyes opened quickly to find his mother standing above the bed. "Eww!" His little sister, Taia was patting the wet sheets. "You wet the bed again legato!!!" He growled. His left hand came out from his boxers and he groaned. His mother guided Taia out of the room and left him to sit alone, wet, and confused.
The orphanage was crowded and very grim, even though the sun was out and the sky was clear. Vash and Knives followed Rem into the office. "Hi rem." The woman behind the desk said, "Are you here to see Elendira?" rem nodded and the woman disappeared. The boys looked at each other "I thought you said Elliot." knives said pointedly. Just then a gorgeous blonde haired girl in a pair of busted up over-alls and a red shirt came in and sat next to rem. "Hey Rem." said, her voice deep, and very sexy. Knives almost fell out of his chair. Vash smiled "are you Glendora?" He asked. She nodded and held a hand of deep red nails out to shake Vash's. Knives gasped. Rem smiled. "Do you mind if I leave you guys here with Ellie?" Vash spoke for both of them when he said "No."
Millie was sitting perfectly still while her sisters braided her hair into tiny little box-braids. "I wanna look really cool tonight." She said. "I kind of have a crush on someone." Her sisters nodded knowingly. She sat patiently while the last one was being banded. She looked at her watch -1:30pm- the show started at 7:00pm, rehearsal was at 5:00pm. Kuro was a big deal. Millie's Brother Matt was even getting ready this early. Matt had on a pair of baggy black pants and a tight blue tee-shirt with "Kuro" Scrawled across it in marker. "Check it out mils. It's a Kuro Shirt!" He said, stating the obvious and then he disappeared into the kitchen. She shook her head at her sister Meg. Meg laughed. "Millie, What do you think of this jacket?" Matt called from the hall closet.
Nick sat on the couch, thinking to himself about Heidi. Wow, he thought to himself what a girl. He had wanted to call vash at least nine times since he'd met her, and tell him all about her, but since he'd seen vash and Middie out together, he decided against it. He headed upstairs, and pulled one of his guitars out. This was the one named Angelina, after a girl in the group home , whom he'd grown close to. Tonight would be a personal milestone, a night he'd remember forever. He could feel it.
Meryl stood in front of the 6 bags of clothes she had. She was pulling out all kinds of clothes. She was clueless about what to wear. A part of her wanted to run to Sebastian, and use the money she was saving for a summer flute clinic, to get something worthwhile for the show, but she was trying to do this all alone. Another part of her knew that silver lace up pants and a black halter were the way to go.
Vash and Knives stared at another the whole ride back to their house. It was 2:30 by the time they got back. Vash headed upstairs to take a shower, leaving Knives and Rem downstairs to themselves. "So....Are you going to your brother's concert tonight?" She asked, as she boiled some water in the tea kettle. Knives looked at rem. "He wants me to play tonight." Rem almost dropped her cup. "Knives....are you replacing Nicholas?" Knives now let his chin drop. "I...don't know, I think it's only a one song shot." Rem nodded. "How's Midvalley doing?" Knives shrugged. "You've been awfully nice to him and vash lately." Rem hugged knives. "You're being a good kid....you must have met a nice girl." Knives took a deep breath in. "What If I've met a nice guy?" Rem smiled, and hugged her son tighter. "Well, that's fine.....I think your brother has too..."
Vash was out of the shower at three. He ran naked to his room, and slammed his door shut. Knives headed up to his bathroom, and began to shower. Vash was looking at his closet. A black tee-shirt with red lips stood out. He hummed the song he'd had in his head. He pulled on a baggy pair of green camo army pants. He stood in the doorway, spaced out. He had to sing this song for Midvalley. He would. He'd finally know how vash felt about him.
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S-S: Before we get into the fun stuff........a few things. The song that Vash "Wrote" For a girl to sing, is a song by Steven Trask, it's from the stage recording of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The SSA winners are up...not at the site yet, but the next "Chapter" is them. The next story Chapter will be literally Chapter 12 on their site, but chapter 11 to the story.
S-S: I don't know what else to say. Sorry it took so long for this chapter to come out. I've been sick. And really depressed. Alot's happened to me since the last chapter. I've broken up with two guys. Well, the most recent one dumped me. I really loved him, so now I know how Midvalley feels.
