A/N-yes! Another chapter. I am on a roll! And, I'm listening to
Godspell("we all need help to feel fine-let's have some wine!") so
everything is awesome. Well, I decided to take Beth's idea and I'm gonna
focus more on the other characters for these next few chapters, so it's not
just "The Ellie and Beth Show" but it's actually a company, cause y'know,
it is titled "Misery's love COMPANY". Yeah. Just a warning, this story is
going to be VERY VERY VERY long, because if it took me like six chapters to
get through one day. . . eeps! So just hang in there. And unless I
absolutely need to, I don't think I'll be spending six chapters on one day
again. But I want to cover a lot in this story, so it will be long.
Alright, done rambling so now you can read. . .
Chapter Nine: Mush and Byrne-not quite a couple
The rest of the week, after the big first day, passed surprisingly quick, with few incidents and a small number of quarrels. The weekend flew by and pretty soon it was Monday, the beginning of a new school week.
Mush woke ups to the sound of his alarm and he rolled over, slamming his fist on the snooze button. Eight minutes later, the alarm went off again and he finally decided to get up. After turning off the alarm he sat up in his large, queen sized bed, stretching his arms. He rolled out of his bed, only in his boxers, and groggily made his way to his personal bathroom. The shower surprisingly woke him up, so after pulling on a pair of khaki shorts, a blue button down shirt, with the sleeves rolled up, over a white T-shirt, and his black and white Adidas, he headed down the marble staircase to the kitchen.
"Good morning Mr. Alex" the chef said, placing a plate in front of him. Mush mumbled a reply and shoveled the food into his mouth. He then chugged down the glass of orange juice and got up from the table. Without a word to the chef, he left to brush his teeth and then grab his backpack, bumping into Ariel on the way.
"Well Alex, this is a surprise" she said. "I hardly ever see you in the mornings."
"I'm not surprised" he replied with a small smile. "It's such a large house we could go for days without ever seeing each other" Ariel laughed at her step-son and moved aside as Mush headed to the garage. He pulled the door open and hit the middle button on the garage opener. The rising sun reflected off the FX45 and Mush smiled. Unlocking the door, he climbed into the drivers sear and started up the car. With precision, he backed out of the three car garage and into the large driveway, which he turned around in. He then drove down the long drive way, out of the gate at the end of the drive, and onto the main street of the Windsor Downs community. He passed several other gated driveways, similar to his, and plenty other very large mansions and reached the main gate, which opened as he approached. Then he turned left and headed in the direction of Byrne's house.
Byrne woke up to a quiet house, which was usual. She went about her business, throwing on a pair of black Dickies and an old Ramones T-shirt. She waited by the door for about five minutes until she saw a very unfamiliar SUV pull up into her driveway. For the past week, Specs had been driving her to school and it was the first day she had asked Mush for a ride. She could only assume that it was him, but she had never seen a car, or an SUV, like it. She stepped out of the house, locking the door behind her, and pulled the passenger side door open.
"What the hell is this thing?" she asked, climbing in.
"An FX45" he replies, pulling out of the driveway. "I got it this summer" she nodded and looked around the interior, her eyes practically bugging out of her head. Byrne wasn't a car person but she could recognize a nice car when she saw one and this was beyond nice.
"I won't even ask how much it was."
"But you want to know, don't you?" Mush chided to his loud mouthed friend.
"Only so I can lecture you on the better things you could have done with all this money instead of spending it on a big hunk of metal with dead cow seats" she retorted. Mush smiled and shook his head.
"How typical of you" she shrugged and began to fiddle with the radio, which was connected to the navigation system and the screen.
"How the hell do you work this thing?!?" she exclaimed after a minute of no success.
"Turn it off" Mush said with a smile and Byrne did as he said. "Now turn it back on, hit 1, 5, the blue button and then 5 again" soon after, the car was filled with the sounds of Aerosmith, coming out of the eight speakers.
"Too. . . complicated" Byrne let out with a sigh. For the rest of the ride to the school, they listened to the radio. Mush pulled onto the drive and pulled up behind a black Sentra, who's doors were just opening. Mush hopped down from the car and Ellie stared dumbly at him.
"You're fucking kidding me" she stammered as he closed the driver's side door.
"You like it?" he asked with a smile and Ellie's jaw dropped.
"Like it? That's gotta be one of the hottest cars" Byrne climbed out of the car and looked over at Ellie.
"Close your mouth" she said with a smile and a shake of her head. "He should have a gotten a different, less expensive car and used the rest of the money to give to a charity or something."
"But I didn't" Mush replied and Byrne rolled her eyes.
"I don't get why everyone's obsessing over a car" Beth said, as the four made their way to the school.
"That's ok" Ellie patted Beth playfully on the head. "It's a big kid thing, you wouldn't understand" Beth shot Ellie an annoyed look and Ellie laughed.
"So. . ." Byrne prompted. "Another week."
"It'll be a good one" the girls looked at Mush in shock.
"We're at school" Ellie pointed out. "How can it possibly be good?"
"They'll be announcing the musical" he said cheerfully as he pulled a door to the school open.
"I thought you already knew what it is" Beth stated as she walked through the door Mush was holding open. "Why are you excited?"
"Cause that means auditions are just around the corner."
"YES!" Ellie exclaimed with a smile.
"Drama freaks" Byrne mumbled playfully, receiving a small slap on the arm from Ellie.
"So Mushie" Ellie turned to Mush, making a puppy dog face. "Tell me what the show is" she pleaded. "Please? Pretty please?"
"No way" Mush grinned and Ellie scowled. "This is confidential. You'll just have wait, like everyone else, til this afternoon."
"Fine Mr. 'I'm such a suck up to Ms. O'Neill so I already know what it is'" Ellie retorted. "I will wait" Byrne let out a sigh.
"So glad I don't do the play" she remarked.
"Why don't you?" Beth asked. "You sing and it is a musical."
"Well you sing too, and you don't do the musical" Byrne pointed out. Beth opened her mouth to say something but Byrne carried on. "Besides, look at them" she pointed to Mush and Ellie who were now avidly discussing drama stuff. "The drama freaks I hang out with are enough. I can barely handle them, I couldn't handle a whole cast full."
"True" Beth laughed in agreement. "That's about my reasoning too" Ellie shot a look over at Beth and Byrne.
"You two weren't taking about us, now were you?" she asked suspiciously as she and Mush rejoined the girls.
"Of course not" Byrne said innocently.
"You should do the play" Mush said to her playfully. "You'd learn how to act, and then you'd be able to lie better" Byrne punched Mush playfully in the arm and Ellie smiled to herself, watching the two of them flirt, even though they both claimed they were 'just friends.'
"Mush and Byrne" she whispered to Beth, who was also observing the two. "Not quite a couple."
"Yet" Beth added and the girls smiled. This was how things were supposed to be.
Chapter Nine: Mush and Byrne-not quite a couple
The rest of the week, after the big first day, passed surprisingly quick, with few incidents and a small number of quarrels. The weekend flew by and pretty soon it was Monday, the beginning of a new school week.
Mush woke ups to the sound of his alarm and he rolled over, slamming his fist on the snooze button. Eight minutes later, the alarm went off again and he finally decided to get up. After turning off the alarm he sat up in his large, queen sized bed, stretching his arms. He rolled out of his bed, only in his boxers, and groggily made his way to his personal bathroom. The shower surprisingly woke him up, so after pulling on a pair of khaki shorts, a blue button down shirt, with the sleeves rolled up, over a white T-shirt, and his black and white Adidas, he headed down the marble staircase to the kitchen.
"Good morning Mr. Alex" the chef said, placing a plate in front of him. Mush mumbled a reply and shoveled the food into his mouth. He then chugged down the glass of orange juice and got up from the table. Without a word to the chef, he left to brush his teeth and then grab his backpack, bumping into Ariel on the way.
"Well Alex, this is a surprise" she said. "I hardly ever see you in the mornings."
"I'm not surprised" he replied with a small smile. "It's such a large house we could go for days without ever seeing each other" Ariel laughed at her step-son and moved aside as Mush headed to the garage. He pulled the door open and hit the middle button on the garage opener. The rising sun reflected off the FX45 and Mush smiled. Unlocking the door, he climbed into the drivers sear and started up the car. With precision, he backed out of the three car garage and into the large driveway, which he turned around in. He then drove down the long drive way, out of the gate at the end of the drive, and onto the main street of the Windsor Downs community. He passed several other gated driveways, similar to his, and plenty other very large mansions and reached the main gate, which opened as he approached. Then he turned left and headed in the direction of Byrne's house.
Byrne woke up to a quiet house, which was usual. She went about her business, throwing on a pair of black Dickies and an old Ramones T-shirt. She waited by the door for about five minutes until she saw a very unfamiliar SUV pull up into her driveway. For the past week, Specs had been driving her to school and it was the first day she had asked Mush for a ride. She could only assume that it was him, but she had never seen a car, or an SUV, like it. She stepped out of the house, locking the door behind her, and pulled the passenger side door open.
"What the hell is this thing?" she asked, climbing in.
"An FX45" he replies, pulling out of the driveway. "I got it this summer" she nodded and looked around the interior, her eyes practically bugging out of her head. Byrne wasn't a car person but she could recognize a nice car when she saw one and this was beyond nice.
"I won't even ask how much it was."
"But you want to know, don't you?" Mush chided to his loud mouthed friend.
"Only so I can lecture you on the better things you could have done with all this money instead of spending it on a big hunk of metal with dead cow seats" she retorted. Mush smiled and shook his head.
"How typical of you" she shrugged and began to fiddle with the radio, which was connected to the navigation system and the screen.
"How the hell do you work this thing?!?" she exclaimed after a minute of no success.
"Turn it off" Mush said with a smile and Byrne did as he said. "Now turn it back on, hit 1, 5, the blue button and then 5 again" soon after, the car was filled with the sounds of Aerosmith, coming out of the eight speakers.
"Too. . . complicated" Byrne let out with a sigh. For the rest of the ride to the school, they listened to the radio. Mush pulled onto the drive and pulled up behind a black Sentra, who's doors were just opening. Mush hopped down from the car and Ellie stared dumbly at him.
"You're fucking kidding me" she stammered as he closed the driver's side door.
"You like it?" he asked with a smile and Ellie's jaw dropped.
"Like it? That's gotta be one of the hottest cars" Byrne climbed out of the car and looked over at Ellie.
"Close your mouth" she said with a smile and a shake of her head. "He should have a gotten a different, less expensive car and used the rest of the money to give to a charity or something."
"But I didn't" Mush replied and Byrne rolled her eyes.
"I don't get why everyone's obsessing over a car" Beth said, as the four made their way to the school.
"That's ok" Ellie patted Beth playfully on the head. "It's a big kid thing, you wouldn't understand" Beth shot Ellie an annoyed look and Ellie laughed.
"So. . ." Byrne prompted. "Another week."
"It'll be a good one" the girls looked at Mush in shock.
"We're at school" Ellie pointed out. "How can it possibly be good?"
"They'll be announcing the musical" he said cheerfully as he pulled a door to the school open.
"I thought you already knew what it is" Beth stated as she walked through the door Mush was holding open. "Why are you excited?"
"Cause that means auditions are just around the corner."
"YES!" Ellie exclaimed with a smile.
"Drama freaks" Byrne mumbled playfully, receiving a small slap on the arm from Ellie.
"So Mushie" Ellie turned to Mush, making a puppy dog face. "Tell me what the show is" she pleaded. "Please? Pretty please?"
"No way" Mush grinned and Ellie scowled. "This is confidential. You'll just have wait, like everyone else, til this afternoon."
"Fine Mr. 'I'm such a suck up to Ms. O'Neill so I already know what it is'" Ellie retorted. "I will wait" Byrne let out a sigh.
"So glad I don't do the play" she remarked.
"Why don't you?" Beth asked. "You sing and it is a musical."
"Well you sing too, and you don't do the musical" Byrne pointed out. Beth opened her mouth to say something but Byrne carried on. "Besides, look at them" she pointed to Mush and Ellie who were now avidly discussing drama stuff. "The drama freaks I hang out with are enough. I can barely handle them, I couldn't handle a whole cast full."
"True" Beth laughed in agreement. "That's about my reasoning too" Ellie shot a look over at Beth and Byrne.
"You two weren't taking about us, now were you?" she asked suspiciously as she and Mush rejoined the girls.
"Of course not" Byrne said innocently.
"You should do the play" Mush said to her playfully. "You'd learn how to act, and then you'd be able to lie better" Byrne punched Mush playfully in the arm and Ellie smiled to herself, watching the two of them flirt, even though they both claimed they were 'just friends.'
"Mush and Byrne" she whispered to Beth, who was also observing the two. "Not quite a couple."
"Yet" Beth added and the girls smiled. This was how things were supposed to be.
