Here is chapter 8, for those of you who have been waiting. I am really sorry about not updating sooner, but evil writers block is to blame (I have suffered badly)
~Chapter 8 hostile feelings~
"Come on Nicky! We're going to be late" Kai growled from downstairs. Faith watched as Nicky winced, then continued frantically searching for her lost drum stick. "Shit, band practise starts in 30 seconds" Nicky muttered staring at her watch. Faith had decided to join Kai and Nicky to their practice in hope to have a chat with Tala and sort everything out. She felt a bit bad that she had just left him the night before. Tala really had been one of the only ones who she had considered to be a good friend since visiting Brunei.
Laughing Faith caught sight of the missing drum stick under a pile of clothes. Just as she was about to tell Nicky, Nicky opened one of the closet doors. The next thing Faith knew, Nicky was lying on the floor with an avalanche of items cascading on top of the helpless girl. Books, CDs, clothes and pens covered the girl.
"Hey Nicky, guess what I found?" Faith teased cheerfully.
By the time they had got downstairs Kai had gone, 'I really wanted to thank him as well' Faith thought. Kai had really boosted her confidence since the morning.
"What took you so long?" Johnny demanded furiously as soon as the two girls walked into the hall. "And where's that no good idiot?" Johnny continued. Kai rolled his eyes and Nicky glared at Johnny before answering back "Does it look like I have control over Tala or something, and who cares if he's a bit late!"
Nicky's mouth twisted into a frown, 'sometimes he could really get annoying. Why was he always so cocky? As if he had never been late before' she thought.
Just then the hall doors opened and a zombified looking Tala walked through them. One hand was pressed tightly against the side of his head, the other was dragging his guitar case across the polished floor, which was making loud scraping sounds, causing even Kai to grimace. The group's wincing was heightened by Tala's unusual appearance. His red hair hung down near his shoulders, un-brushed and messy compared to his usual gelled up hair. Tala's whole face was pale, with a slight tinge of green. His trademark wolfish smirk had been wiped off and was replaced by a frail tired look. As he neared sluggishly, Faith noticed that his normally sharp blue eyes were bloodshot and washed over with fatigue. Everyone stared at the lead vocalist.
"T…Tala?" Nicky managed to stutter.
"What?" He snapped back.
Johnny whistled, "Man, you look like shit run over backwards!"
Tala ignored the comment, his eyes wandering around the room. When they rested on Faith, he quickly turned back to Johnny, trying to avoid Faith's gaze. Nicky, now out of her trance spoke first, "Well we got a letter saying that we've been picked to perform for the town's 1st July celebrations. We don't have that much time to practise, what are we planning to play? We have a ten minute slot time"
I want to play going to sleep" Tala muttered sarcastically, clenching onto the side of his head. Johnny stood up to talk, and Kai rolled his eyes again. "I think we should play something we are comfortable with. Nothing too loud, too heavy, or that has too much swearing in it, cos the oldies will have our throats" He suggested.
"Let's just get this over with" Tala grunted.
Each of the band members began to play the introduction, Tala came in after the forth bar…
"Walked away heard them say, "Poisoned hearts will never change"
...and soon stopped. His voice was croaky and hoarse, completely out of tune.
"TALA, WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?" Johnny yelled.
"Johnny would you stop yelling at me, my head is already hurting without your help, thank you" Tala complained.
"THEN WHO THE HELL TOLD YOU TO GO AND GET FUCKING DRUNK, YOU KNOW IT FUCKS UP YOUR VOICE NOT TO MENTION YOUR HEAD!" Johnny continued, now shouting in Tala's face.
"YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T HAVE TO STAND HERE AND LISTEN TO THIS CRAP. BLOODY HELL JOHNNY I'M HAVING AN OFF DAY. DO I HAVE TO SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU, ARE YOU THAT DUMB?" Tala angrily retorted. Johnny seemed to flip at this and lunged at Tala, pulling him up by the shirt. Tala, in no mood for niceties threw a fist directly at Johnny's nose, causing the other boy to stumble backwards with his nose beginning to bleed. A voice broke through the tension in the room stopping the small fight between the two boys.
"Stop this fucking shit the two of you" Kai ordered.
"Whatever," Tala finished off. Carrying his guitar, he began to walk out of the hall. Faith could tell he was in a grouchy mood, but knew she needed to sort out the clear problem between herself and Tala.
"Tala wait" she called.
The boy stopped and turned around to face her. "What do you want?" He spat out.
"I just came to explain about what happened last night" She pleaded.
"Oh, so you think that you can just come and talk and everything will be fine after you ditched me when I was trying to help you" He said sarcastically.
"Help me! That's rich, especially after you saw what happened last night. After you heard what Mariah had to say, you just thought you could take advantage of me" She sniped back, anger boiling within.
Tala stopped and looked at Faith in confusion.
"What are you talking about?" He asked Faith in bewilderment.
"I'm talking about last night Tala. Fuck or were you that drunk you don't even remember. I'm talking about you hearing Mariah call me a slut and a whore and then thinking you could take advantage of me and get laid" she bit back furiously. Tala stood utterly puzzled, confusion clear in his expression. "Faith I never wanted to take advantage of you" He started slowly, "I mean I never even heard this Mariah girl, and I thought we were meant to be friends? I thought you could trust me Faith" Tala said quietly.
Faith sighed inwardly with exasperation. All that hassle just for a misunderstanding. Tala grinned for the first time that day and grabbed Faith's hand, "Come on" he told her enthusiastically, she followed him to his car and as he started the car she questioned him, "Where are we going?"
"You'll see it's a surprise" He replied, his wolfish smirk returning faintly at Faith's raised eyebrows.
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Sorry I think that was a bit of a short chapter. Anyway on to thank the reviews!
Nicky: thank you so much for all the support with this story (I didn't think I would last 7 chapters!) and thanks for letting me use your character too!
Elfy: you are also a great help with my fic, for keeping me laughing with our other fanfic in progress ^__^
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Tala: (dudems is apologetic) sorry for whacking you around the head, but see I let you beat up Johnny (bwahahahha, Johnny bashing) and yep this celluloid dream is the best song on the whole album, I agree.
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