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finishing my other fan fic and updating my website
crazybeautifulcelebrities.cjb.net.
- Lyrics used in this chapter are from Sum41's song 'Thanks for nothing'
Chapter 39 | Screw It / Suceeding
Eli slid his key into the lock and unlocked the front door to his house. Opening the door slowly he carried his guitar into the hallway and set it down on the floor, leaning up against the wall of the hallway.
He eased the door closed then stiffened as the door gave a resounding click.
It was three am on Saturday morning and Eli had only just gotten home from the gig at Remixx, three hours after his curfew.
Once the guys had finished their set the crowd had gone wild and Eli and the guys had decided to hang around for awhile. That was five hours ago and now all Eli wanted to do was get upstairs and crash out. Unfortunately for him that wasn't about to happen anytime soon.
Satisfied that no one had heard Eli picked his guitar back up and made his way quietly up the stairs, being careful on the fourth one which he knew would squeak, and stepping over the second last one which would let out a sort of moan.
He was just opening his door when his father Rick walked out of his bedroom.
[Rick - (Rubs eyes wearily) Eli?]
"Eli?" Rick asked, half asleep.
"Uh Yeah?"
[Eli - (Stares at camera with wide eyes) Busted!]
"Your mum rang earlier, call her back tomorrow okay?"
[Eli - (Stands alone in large empty room, head in hands) Maybe . . .]
"Yeah whatever"
"And Eli?" Rick tugged at the waist of his boxer shorts.
Just when Eli had thought he could relax. "I need you to look after Jessie tomorrow morning okay, I have to work"
Eli let out a sigh of relief; "Yeah sure" he'd agree to anything as long as he wasn't grounded.
"Thanks" Rick, seemingly to have forgotten what he had initially gotten up for in the first place went back into his bedroom.
* * * * * * * * * *
"So do you want to dance?" Grace smiled at the gorgeous guy standing in front of her, his jet - black hair spiked up, with his jeans that were just tight enough to show off his incredible ass.
"Sure" Grace agreed, and blushed when he noticed her staring.
"Did I tell you that you look good tonight?" he asked offering his arm and she took it happily.
Grace tilted her head at him, staring him straight in the eyes.
"Yeah you did"
"Well I was wrong," he laughed at the shocked look on her face.
"Girl you look hot!"
Grace rolled over, burrowing herself deeper into the softness of the doona.
Grace stopped still and looked at him warningly. She was flattered sure, but she thought they had worked this out already.
"Relax" Matt assured her with a smile, "from a friends point of view okay?"
"Okay" Grace forced a smile back on her face and followed him onto the crowded dance floor.
"Grace . . . hey Grace . . . time to wake up"
"Hmm . . . go away" Grace proceeded to ignore the voice calling to call and covered her head with a pillow.
"All right then, have it the hard way" Grace heard a familiar laugh.
[Grace - (rubs eyes wearily) what the hell . . . Matt?]
[Matt - She looks so cute lying there asleep (guilty smile)]
"What . . .Matt?" Grace mumbled but didn't move.
Grace felt the doona being whipped away from her, and jumped up suddenly cold. "Morning!" grace looked up into the familiar face of Matt.
"What the hell?"
"Get dressed, I'll explain downstairs" Grace wiped her hand across her eyes; shaking her head she pushed any thoughts of the night before from her mind.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"Come on, open the door!" Jessie muttered under her breath, she'd been banging on her brother Eli's door for the past few minutes but he hadn't heard her over his guitar. Either that or he was just choosing to ignore her.
"Eli!" Jessie yelled, banging on the door. Like expected she received no reply.
"Hi Kristy?" Jessie said into the phone she held,
"Yes" the girl on the other end of the phone answered.
"Sorry but it looks as if Eli has gone out" Jessie used the first excuse that came to her head; it wasn't the first time she'd had to lie to a girl for Eli.
"Okay, would you get him to give me a call? It's important okay"
"Sure. I'll let him know as soon as he gets back" clicking the phone off Jessie snorted, "Important? Yeah right, that's what they all say". Walking back down stairs she chucked the cordless phone on the kitchen table and slumped down on the couch in front of the TV.
* * * * * * * * * *
"What do you mean she had to work?" Grace questioned when Matt explained his sister's absence.
"Your dad rang. Apparently some girl called Cara rang in sick this morning . . . Flick didn't want to work but he offered her double time so she went in"
Noticing the disappointment on her face he smiled, "Hey, don't look so disappointed"
Grace swallowed her mouthful of toast, "it's not that, It's just that we had the whole day planned out but that's cool, it's been awhile since I had a day to just relax in front on the TV, me and Felicity can go shopping anytime"
"Hey, no way! I talked to Flick, we're going to meet her for lunch at the restaurant at 1:00pm, so hurry up and eat. We are going shopping!"
* * * * * * * * * * * "All I know is I heard this all before
Reality's a bore
You ask me to believe in something fake
Well I can't bring myself to
Do what you want me to
This is who we are and nothings gonna change. Nothings gonna change" Once Eli was sure that he hadn't been busted coming in late by his father he had crashed out on his bed almost immediately. Considering he felt so tired though he slept restlessly, bit and pieces of song lyrics tossing around in his head. "I can't take part in the businessman illusion
I'll take my chance in the real world confusion,
Don't blame us who do we trust when they're so dishonest
No patience this nations obsessed with exploitation
Lying denying surrounds me" So after about 6 hours of restless sleep he had finally gotten up. It was now 2pm and Eli had been working on one song for ages, trying to get it perfect. "Dont think you can ignore us
Dont tell me that we're to blame
don't pick our future for us
Or act like were the same" The gig had been great last night, the crowd had loved them. It was totally unreal. It was like something Eli had never experienced before. Sure he'd played other gigs before, but he felt like so much had been riding on the past night, if they got the interview it would be great exposure. It made him feel as if he wasn't a total idiot, as if he could succeed at something if he really wanted to. He could do it on his own without the help of anyone else, especially not his father and he didn't need Grace there to hold his hand. The band was going to get that interview, he could just feel it. 'Things are looking up' Eli thought to himself with a smile. He was going to prove his father wrong, "Screw school!" Eli yelled, flopping back on his bed. "Its not as if I'll ever be a doctor or anything. Who'd want to when I could be doing what I love everyday".
- Lyrics used in this chapter are from Sum41's song 'Thanks for nothing'
Chapter 39 | Screw It / Suceeding
Eli slid his key into the lock and unlocked the front door to his house. Opening the door slowly he carried his guitar into the hallway and set it down on the floor, leaning up against the wall of the hallway.
He eased the door closed then stiffened as the door gave a resounding click.
It was three am on Saturday morning and Eli had only just gotten home from the gig at Remixx, three hours after his curfew.
Once the guys had finished their set the crowd had gone wild and Eli and the guys had decided to hang around for awhile. That was five hours ago and now all Eli wanted to do was get upstairs and crash out. Unfortunately for him that wasn't about to happen anytime soon.
Satisfied that no one had heard Eli picked his guitar back up and made his way quietly up the stairs, being careful on the fourth one which he knew would squeak, and stepping over the second last one which would let out a sort of moan.
He was just opening his door when his father Rick walked out of his bedroom.
[Rick - (Rubs eyes wearily) Eli?]
"Eli?" Rick asked, half asleep.
"Uh Yeah?"
[Eli - (Stares at camera with wide eyes) Busted!]
"Your mum rang earlier, call her back tomorrow okay?"
[Eli - (Stands alone in large empty room, head in hands) Maybe . . .]
"Yeah whatever"
"And Eli?" Rick tugged at the waist of his boxer shorts.
Just when Eli had thought he could relax. "I need you to look after Jessie tomorrow morning okay, I have to work"
Eli let out a sigh of relief; "Yeah sure" he'd agree to anything as long as he wasn't grounded.
"Thanks" Rick, seemingly to have forgotten what he had initially gotten up for in the first place went back into his bedroom.
* * * * * * * * * *
"So do you want to dance?" Grace smiled at the gorgeous guy standing in front of her, his jet - black hair spiked up, with his jeans that were just tight enough to show off his incredible ass.
"Sure" Grace agreed, and blushed when he noticed her staring.
"Did I tell you that you look good tonight?" he asked offering his arm and she took it happily.
Grace tilted her head at him, staring him straight in the eyes.
"Yeah you did"
"Well I was wrong," he laughed at the shocked look on her face.
"Girl you look hot!"
Grace rolled over, burrowing herself deeper into the softness of the doona.
Grace stopped still and looked at him warningly. She was flattered sure, but she thought they had worked this out already.
"Relax" Matt assured her with a smile, "from a friends point of view okay?"
"Okay" Grace forced a smile back on her face and followed him onto the crowded dance floor.
"Grace . . . hey Grace . . . time to wake up"
"Hmm . . . go away" Grace proceeded to ignore the voice calling to call and covered her head with a pillow.
"All right then, have it the hard way" Grace heard a familiar laugh.
[Grace - (rubs eyes wearily) what the hell . . . Matt?]
[Matt - She looks so cute lying there asleep (guilty smile)]
"What . . .Matt?" Grace mumbled but didn't move.
Grace felt the doona being whipped away from her, and jumped up suddenly cold. "Morning!" grace looked up into the familiar face of Matt.
"What the hell?"
"Get dressed, I'll explain downstairs" Grace wiped her hand across her eyes; shaking her head she pushed any thoughts of the night before from her mind.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"Come on, open the door!" Jessie muttered under her breath, she'd been banging on her brother Eli's door for the past few minutes but he hadn't heard her over his guitar. Either that or he was just choosing to ignore her.
"Eli!" Jessie yelled, banging on the door. Like expected she received no reply.
"Hi Kristy?" Jessie said into the phone she held,
"Yes" the girl on the other end of the phone answered.
"Sorry but it looks as if Eli has gone out" Jessie used the first excuse that came to her head; it wasn't the first time she'd had to lie to a girl for Eli.
"Okay, would you get him to give me a call? It's important okay"
"Sure. I'll let him know as soon as he gets back" clicking the phone off Jessie snorted, "Important? Yeah right, that's what they all say". Walking back down stairs she chucked the cordless phone on the kitchen table and slumped down on the couch in front of the TV.
* * * * * * * * * *
"What do you mean she had to work?" Grace questioned when Matt explained his sister's absence.
"Your dad rang. Apparently some girl called Cara rang in sick this morning . . . Flick didn't want to work but he offered her double time so she went in"
Noticing the disappointment on her face he smiled, "Hey, don't look so disappointed"
Grace swallowed her mouthful of toast, "it's not that, It's just that we had the whole day planned out but that's cool, it's been awhile since I had a day to just relax in front on the TV, me and Felicity can go shopping anytime"
"Hey, no way! I talked to Flick, we're going to meet her for lunch at the restaurant at 1:00pm, so hurry up and eat. We are going shopping!"
* * * * * * * * * * * "All I know is I heard this all before
Reality's a bore
You ask me to believe in something fake
Well I can't bring myself to
Do what you want me to
This is who we are and nothings gonna change. Nothings gonna change" Once Eli was sure that he hadn't been busted coming in late by his father he had crashed out on his bed almost immediately. Considering he felt so tired though he slept restlessly, bit and pieces of song lyrics tossing around in his head. "I can't take part in the businessman illusion
I'll take my chance in the real world confusion,
Don't blame us who do we trust when they're so dishonest
No patience this nations obsessed with exploitation
Lying denying surrounds me" So after about 6 hours of restless sleep he had finally gotten up. It was now 2pm and Eli had been working on one song for ages, trying to get it perfect. "Dont think you can ignore us
Dont tell me that we're to blame
don't pick our future for us
Or act like were the same" The gig had been great last night, the crowd had loved them. It was totally unreal. It was like something Eli had never experienced before. Sure he'd played other gigs before, but he felt like so much had been riding on the past night, if they got the interview it would be great exposure. It made him feel as if he wasn't a total idiot, as if he could succeed at something if he really wanted to. He could do it on his own without the help of anyone else, especially not his father and he didn't need Grace there to hold his hand. The band was going to get that interview, he could just feel it. 'Things are looking up' Eli thought to himself with a smile. He was going to prove his father wrong, "Screw school!" Eli yelled, flopping back on his bed. "Its not as if I'll ever be a doctor or anything. Who'd want to when I could be doing what I love everyday".