I know it has been a while since my last chapter was up… but hey I had exams and um ok, ok! It was Harry Potter too, lol. Anyway here is chapter 6!
Chapter 6- Confusion?
There was a sharp rap on the door, which awoke Faith from her unrestful sleep. The door creaked open after a moment and her brother Callum walked across the floor and sat on the edge of her bed. Groaning Faith settled back onto her sweat filled sheets.
"It's six, two hours till we leave. Oh yeah, forgot to tell you, MC called earlier she said she was going to come around- well right now and she's bringing a mate or something." Callum went on prodding Faith in the side to awaken her.
"Faith I'm really sorry about earlier, I never meant to be a jerk or anything" Callum spoke more seriously but then continued jokingly "but then again, never realised you actually had some potential"
Faith smiled, somehow when it was just her and Callum everything was great and she could really be herself.
"Ha-ha, so witty" Faith replied sourly.
"I heard about Tala asking you to Enrique's party" Callum sung in a teasing manner.
"What, there is nothing going on between us" Faith defended.
"Yet" Callum said smirking.
There was a murmur downstairs and soon footsteps came cluttering up the wooden steps. The door opened revealing two girls.
"Hi" MC called cheerfully.
"Ever heard of knocking?" Callum said sarcastically.
"Yeah, obviously. How dumb are you?" The other girl with MC asked mockingly, a grin plastered on her bright face.
The girl was about MC and Faith's age. A mop of messy, curly dark brown locks framed her friendly face and beneath a thicket of fringe were warm hazel eyes that stood out from her creamy skin. The girl was wearing a knee length denim skirt with a black top that had the words 'president of Loonyland population' printed in red. She had a few braids in her hair, a pair of sleek glasses that perfectly brought out her eyes and also had a pair of dangling smiley faced earrings hanging from her ears.
"Hello! You must be Faith, I'm Nicky" The girl greeted enthusiastically.
Faith felt a glow of happiness rush over her. From the instant she had met Nicky she already liked her. Nicky just had that welcoming aura surrounding her, unlike Courtney.
"Hey" Faith called back
"What are you still doing in your bed? Sleeping! You have a date in less than 2 hours!" MC spoke clearly amazed at Faith.
"Uhhh-"
"Ooh, Tala please don't be upset I turned up in my pyjamas" Callum teased, flouncing around the room, then smirked and continued, trying to mimic Tala, "Grrr, pyjamas, so sexy" He finished, whilst making kissing noises and motions in the air.
"GET OUT!" Faith screamed, pouncing out of the bed, throwing her pillow at Callum, which landed square on Callum's face. If that wasn't enough, Faith kicked him from behind sending him sprawling out of the room and onto the landing.
"Brothers…" Faith spoke turning around to MC and Nicky "…are a pain in the ass!"
The door swung open once more, with an unusual looking Callum standing there. His lips were bright red covered in lipstick, poised in a pout. "Oh Tala!" He said seductively before running down the stairs. The three girls looked at each other, making sure they had actually seen that, then burst into fits of laughter on the floor.
Two hours later and Faith was standing on Enrique's porch waiting for the door to open. After an hour of MC forcing her to try on what seemed like Faith's entire wardrobe, Faith was finally dressed in a pair of burgundy flared trousers with a tight black short-sleeved top. Her hair had been placed into two loose ponytails and her head crowned with a hat. Tala stood next to her, along with MC, Rei, Nicky, Kai and Callum.
Tala was in conversation with Kai about what they would be performing. Nicky was getting impatient that no one could be bothered to open the door and 'accidentally' knocked over a pot plant. It smashed with a soft thud to the ground.
"Oops" said Nicky sweetly.
"I told you she was a nutter" Tala stated softly.
"I heard that. And you think I'M A NUTCASE… I'm not the one with the red-double-spiked-birdlike-hair, mate"
"Shut up!" Tala weakly retaliated, his face had turned a shade matching his hair. Nicky was grinning, knowing she had provoked Tala, 'This would be fun' she thought. But before she had time to irritate him further the door opened and the group were sucked into the hallway with the deepening sound of blaring music coming from all areas of the house.
Streamers, balloons and glitter littered the floor and hung from the ceiling decorating the house. Tables were laid with a variety of snacks and drinks. Enrique ushered them into the back yard, where a mass of teenagers were gathered chatting, dancing and enjoying themselves. A stage had been set up at one end of the garden, where a microphone, drum kit and some amplifiers had already been kept ready.
"Come on" Tala shouted above the noise, indicating the dance floor.
"ohh no. I don't dance" Faith answered, a look of sheer horror etched on her face.
"Come on" Tala repeated.
Faith turned to look at the dance floor. Amongst the mass of moving bodies, she could make out Rei and MC dancing together. Nicky was sampling a bit of everyone, dancing with different partners every few minutes. Tala was now staring intently at her, taking her hand, he led her to a space on the patio. "Come on, it's fun!"
Faith glanced around quickly, looking for an escape route. Then she spotted the sullen looking Kai, sitting alone in the corner by the stage.
"Why is he always like that?" She asked, nodding her head in the direction of Kai. Tala pondered for a moment then shrugged, "Nobody really knows exactly"
"Are we going to dance or what?" Tala complained
"I guess… um…I could try" Faith said weakly. Just then a boy who Faith had never seen before bounded up to them.
"Tala, we have to go, it's time" He said coolly.
"What! Now!" Tala cried out in exasperation, "Sorry Faith, time to get on stage" He mumbled to her. Faith sighed relief as the two boys headed to the stage.
Faith had made her way to the side, as MC pulled her back onto the patio nearest to the stage. Four people were on stage, three of whom Faith knew- Tala who was standing behind the microphone at the front with a guitar strapped around his shoulder. Nicky was seated behind a drum kit looking happier then ever. Kai was clutching a guitar but was stationed almost completely off stage in the shadows. The last boy was the one who had called Tala away from Faith. His hair was a reddish shade, styled in a flame like shape, above his small face. The boy had a mean expression pasted across his sharp features. MC pointed at the boy and said, "His name's Johnny"
Tala had begun to talk into the microphone, "There's not much to say, except we're called Fierce and Everybody Rock on tonight!!!" with that each band member began to play their instruments. The atmosphere created was warmth to Faith. The sound of the music was resounding causing Faith's blood to pump faster. Tala's voice rose perfectly above the music, and the rest of the band played with amazing energy. Callum had joined Faith and was bobbing up and down with a beer in one hand. After a few songs, Faith was beginning to need air. Pushing past a few groups of people she made her way out of the side door in the garden. Faith smiled, she could still here Tala's voice singing out the words,
What follows me as the whitest lace of light just begs to be imbrued?
What follows will swallow whole.
What follows has lead me to this place where I belong, with all erased.
… This definitely was turning out to be a fun night.
Meanwhile, on stage Kai had had enough. He removed his guitar off his shoulder and began to walk off stage. Johnny had cornered him and threateningly attempted to force Kai in staying. Kai however wasn't the least bit intimidated, he prominently snorted in Johnny's face and walked off.
"You can't just leave" Johnny was shouting, his temper rising.
"Oh? Is little Johnny going to stop me" Kai asked menacingly. He knew he could be a pain sometimes and smirked, whatever annoyed Johnny McGregor had to be worthwhile. It wasn't as if Kai had actually wanted to come to these dumb parties, but he was dragged into them by his stupid band commitment. Deep in thought he walked to the side of the house and stopped in his tracks, due to a commotion coming from a few girls. He recognised one of the girls as Faith. Her face was set in a horrified expression, her eyes glazed with tears. The other girl was pink haired, Kai had not seen her before, and she also had a few friends around her. 'Should I go or watch?' Kai asked himself. He decided to watch.
Faith could barely see, her eyesight was blinded with furiously shame filled tears. Faith had been walking around when she had spotted Mariah, at the same time Mariah had noticed her. Mariah had laughed hysterically in Faith's face, turning to her friends and loudly saying, "Oh my god! It's that slut from school! My god she is such a whore! I wouldn't even touch her, she's probably diseased or something" and had swiftly turned on her heel laughing and talking about not wasting her time on crap. Faith's head was aching. This time she had been completely off guard. What was Mariah doing in Brunei? Questions swarmed through Faith's brain. Shame filled, Faith remained stuck to a spot, watching Mariah walk away. Why could she not just stand up for herself? She was always going to be 'the slut' that Mariah made her out to be, now even here, where she had actually made friends. Her heart raced as she caught sight of Tala coming out of the front door. Quickly she ran past him, but he caught hold of her shoulder.
"Faith, where are you going?" He asked completely puzzled, then seeing her watery eyes, soothingly attempted to comfort her. Pulling her close to himself, he ran his fingers through her dark silky hair. He then cautiously asked, "What's wrong Faith?" Faith pulled back and pushed past Tala. 'This was wrong, he thought she was a slut! He had probably seen Mariah, heard her nasty taunts and was now using this to his own advantage' Faith thought, facts and emotions mixed together swimming around her brain, which felt as though it was going to burst. She ran through the front gate, and out of sight, leaving a bewildered Tala utterly puzzled standing at the front of Enrique's house.
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YEAH! Chapter 6 done. So review! You know what to do!! (hey that rhymes!) lol.
I have people to thank!
Nicky: thanks for letting me use your character and thanks for all the help, you're a great person!
Mystical Elf: hope you like this chapter.
Adreill: I think you are on holiday- so you might have to read this after a while-wahhh.
Keira: see I updated- although not as fast as you!
Everyone else from fierce
Crazy Rei luva: Thanks again for MC, and tala with a guitar ^__^
Miekkie: cheers for reviewing- make sure you hurry and update your fic- can't wait!
Silver hope forever: So happy that you liked it- yaaaaay! (hope you like this chappie too)
Keket: thanks aswell, yeah I dunno how I thought of the idea of connection of the blades- I think Tyson was talking about it though in one of the episodes?
Coppellia: thanks for reviewing, yeah sometimes Kai scares me too!
Tala: here's an update, and haha, dunno if you noticed but I fitted like 2 lines of AFI in, I need to buy their album!!!
Ryoki: really glad that you like the fic! Yay you make me happy ^___^
Mira: thanks for reviewing and thanks for the help
Finally, Soza: my best mate, cheers and for the thing in the future chapter too!