WARNING: This story is almost over, I swear. BUT this part has a little bit
of swearing in it, yes, they use the F bomb. Sorry if it offends you, but
I'm trying to keep the vocabulary they use just like a regular high school
students.
And on a lighter note, I know I never put an authors note in these because I just usually just directly upload each chapter from Microsoft when I have like, NO time (ie, right before a class, or right before sleep). But I want to thank each and every person who reads this. I really appreciate it, and I LOVE getting the messages in my e-mail ;). Oh, and also, I probably won't be updating til Monday night at the earliest...going home for Easter. And you guys are really going to hate me for it, I know....(wow, I never have authors notes, but I guess when I do, I REALLY do!) Enjoy!
MICHAEL
Christmas came and went. No Mia. I had a gift for her but she was in Genovia. It was kind of cute, a snowflake necklace. Kind of reminded me of our first almost kiss. But then again, friends don't buy friends gifts like that.
Mia was everything. She was beautiful, confident (even though no one else may have noticed it), smart, funny. She had these little faces she'd make when she was trying not to laugh. What the hell? I loved her. And she didn't love me. If she had she would have called me.
I was moping in the living room one day when Lilly bounded into the room. "Hi, Michael." She doesn't normally bound. What the hell does she want?
I glared at her.
"Look, I know how you feel about her. And I know you miss her."
I didn't change my expression, only the television. Lifetime. It made me think of Mia. I liked wallowing in self pity.
"But you have to understand where I am coming from. You have to move on. She's left for Genovia. I mean, her grandma probably wants her to meet some princes over there."
"Lilly, what the hell is your problem? She sat by while you went on with that sweater tucking loser. She let you have the guy. Even when you were hurting her. What the hell is wrong with you? I thought she was your friend."
With that I went into my room and looked into the background of the Genovian royal family. The homepage had a picture of Mia from the dinner in November, you could see my elbow because she was holding it. She looked amazing. I couldn't believe that I went to that dinner with her.
Then I got bored and looked up our compatibility for our birthdays. I am so pathetic. I then wrote two more songs for her. I had written Tall Drink of Water when she was still talking to me, but I never said anything about it.
I started practicing with my band more often over the winter break.
When I showed my band the songs, Denis laughed. "Dude, aren't these a little...morbid?"
"What do you mean?" I asked, changing a note on the music sheet.
"Well, look at this line here..." he said, pointing to a line. "It's not really us."
"Well it is now."
"You have got it bad man. Real bad. So does that chick Judith, about you."
"So?"
"So, go for it. Might as well score while you get a chance-"
"I don't want Judith. Drop it, okay? Just practice those songs."
My band got a gig at the Welcome Back dance in January. I didn't care about it because I didn't have a date so what difference would it make if I had to stand up on stage all night. We played a lot of the cover songs until I noticed that Mia had walked in with Tina and Tina's boyfriend Dave.
I looked at my band mate and we started playing a slow song. She didn't take her eyes off of me.
After we finished our first set I went into the bathroom to collect myself. Denis came with me. I didn't see where our fill in drummer, Chad, and the keyboardist Kyle were. "What are we, chicks?" I said with a laugh; trying to keep cool. Trying to pretend seeing her didn't affect me at all.
"When ya gotta piss..." Denis said before he walked over to the urinal. There were two guys in stalls. Probably sophomores who were too scared of someone seeing how small they were.
"Did you see the Princess?" one of them asked his friend.
"Hell ya. She's a f*cking freak man!"
Denis looked at me to see what I was going to do.
"So you wouldn't bang her just to say you f*cked a royal?" one said with a laugh. "She's decent, I'd screw her."
"That Moscovitz would flip on you man. He'd f*cking rip your head off."
This was getting interesting. They sounded familiar.
"Yeah, like he could do anything. He's a fucking pansy. Look at that song he wrote. What the hell is that shit? Tall Drink of Water? He's a fucking homo. I am not playing that shit."
Denis suppressed a laugh. The doors opened. Chad and Kyle walked out and they pretended they hadn't said anything. "Hey guys, what's going on?" Chad asked.
I decided to forget the whole incident. If they went anywhere near Mia I would confront them. I don't think violence is always the answer. Denis looked shocked that I didn't say anything.
We went and played our second and final set. We didn't flow as easily because of the tension. I think everyone could tell because we had shortened this set and started playing music on the loudspeakers.
I kept my eye on Chad. Denis followed me. "I got your back man."
I tried not to laugh. I did not believe someone actually just said that to me.
I saw Chad approach Mia. "Hey, how you doing?" he asked.
She stared up at him in shock. This wasn't the Mia I knew. The Mia I knew would have answered him with a sarcastic jab. She started stammering instead. God Mia, he's not good looking. Be confident.
"You know, I am in the band..."
Yeah, that'll impress her.
"I know. You were up on stage," she replied, looking at me. Her confidence was building. I noticed her rhythmic breathing. God did she look beautiful tonight.
"I'm sorry, see, I'm just nervous. I'm just not used to talking to a girl as pretty as you."
Her cheeks reddened. Mia, you are smarter than this. Don't fall for it.
"That's nice to know. But I've re-"
"Would you like to dance?" he asked. A slow song was coming on. Great. There goes my chance. Not that I had one to ask her. She would have probably run to the bathroom.
"Sure," she said, taking his hand.
"Tough break man," Denis said.
"Why is she dancing with him?"
I noticed him stepping on her feet every three seconds. Either he is really going for the nervous asshole, or he is a really sucky dancer.
Halfway through the dance he whispered something in her ear and she made a face and shook her head, no. He went in for the kiss.
MIA:
"I said NO!" I screamed, pushing Chad away. I walked off to the bathroom. I noticed Michael watched the whole scene go down. He was probably laughing at me right now. Then he would go make out with Judith underneath the bleachers. I know, cliché but I have seen way too many high school movies.
He must have fallen for Judith while I was away. Who else would he be singing about? Out of sight out of mind I guess....
I was by myself in the bathroom and almost crying. I held them back.
Someone opened the door. Chad. "What are you doing?" I demanded.
"Come on, Mia. No one has to know if we fool around a little bit."
Whoa, where the hell is this guy coming from? Why is he in Michael's band?
"No. I told you no-"
He came at me and grabbed at my dress, trying to pull the top off. Um, didn't he think someone would come in here for me? I mean, it is a PUBLIC bathroom. Lars was right outside.
Luckily someone did. Luckily it was Michael.
"Get the f*ck off her!" Michael screamed, in a voice that was definitely not his own. I have never heard him so angry. He pulled Chad off of me and threw him against a wall. Chad hit his head off of the paper towel dispenser.
Michael turned to me. "Are you okay Thermopolis?" He couldn't even look at me in the eye.
I have NEVER been so embarrassed. Not even when Grandmere outted me.
Michael brought me to Lilly. "I'm so sorry Mia," was all he could say to me.
Lilly looked at me and rubbed my back, "It's gonna be okay Mia." That's all she said about it. I never actually told her what happened. She changed the topic. "But who knew Michael could sing huh? Or play the guitar for that matter. I guess he picked it up after you left..."
He went up on stage with just his guitar and started playing a song all alone. None of his bandmates were there with him.
"Yeah, I guess so." I didn't recognize the song. "Who sings this song?"
"Michael does," Lilly replied matter of factly.
"It's not a cover?" I asked.
"No. He wrote it," she replied, sitting down at a table.
I couldn't stop staring at him. He had found a muse. Damn you Judith.
Nothing changed though. I still avoided him like the plague. We only talked in G&T. He helped me with math still. I still smelt the soapy scent of his skin. I still blushed when our knees would touch. We never mentioned what happened at the dance.
Sometimes I would look at him at lunch. He was gorgeous. I loved when he laughed because he almost squinted his eyes. That was his genuine laugh. When he only has a slight smile it's him being polite.
And then there was his hair. He always was pushing it out of his face, only for it to go back in front of his face. The school tried to make him cut it, but he found a loop hole in the dress code. I loved his hair....
"Earth to Mia!" Lilly said with a laugh.
"Yeah?"
"I have to do something about this non sense," she started.
"What are you talking about?"
"Leave the details up to me. I'll figure something out."
"What non sense?"
He caught me spacing out and staring at him again. He waved and smiled, but Judith brought him back to computer club world.
Back in G&T where he still tutored me....
"Michael, want to work on the Computer Club website?" Judith asked, interrupting us. What was she doing in here? She wasn't in this class. This was my only time with the boy I adored.
"Are you all set?" Michael asked me. He no longer looked at me in the eye. He hated me. Only being nice because I was Lilly's friend.
"Yeah, I guess. Thanks," I lied. Flared nostrils anyone?
He went off to a corner of the room with Judith. She was flirting with him. He was enjoying it. He was smiling. They were in love I bet.
Lilly sat next to me then. "Disgusting isn't it?"
"What?"
"How she throws herself at him."
"He doesn't seem to mind," I snapped. "Who wouldn't love a fruit fly cloning girl like her?
"Yes he does mind. God Mia. You know him better than that. He hates girls who flirt like that. And you know that he wouldn't fall in love like that."
After two minutes of silence I asked, "Did he get my birthday gift?"
She looked at me oddly. "Oh crap! I forgot to give it to him! Was that the package that came the first week of the year?"
"I guess."
"No, he didn't then."
That would explain why he never thanked me for it.
"I wonder who he wrote that song about..." I said out loud. I hadn't meant for it to be out loud.
Lilly just smiled and looked at Tina. "How about we go to his gig tonight? Maybe we can psychoanalyze him by his other songs."
I shrugged. I didn't want to see Judith and him flirting tonight. I had enough of it in school. "I dunno-"
"Come on Mia! It'll be fun, I promise. And I know how you can get things right again."
"Lilly, they won't ever be. He doesn't love me...or like me like that anymore."
"I'll help you get ready," Tina offered.
I could already tell they had something planned before I even opened my big fat mouth.
And on a lighter note, I know I never put an authors note in these because I just usually just directly upload each chapter from Microsoft when I have like, NO time (ie, right before a class, or right before sleep). But I want to thank each and every person who reads this. I really appreciate it, and I LOVE getting the messages in my e-mail ;). Oh, and also, I probably won't be updating til Monday night at the earliest...going home for Easter. And you guys are really going to hate me for it, I know....(wow, I never have authors notes, but I guess when I do, I REALLY do!) Enjoy!
MICHAEL
Christmas came and went. No Mia. I had a gift for her but she was in Genovia. It was kind of cute, a snowflake necklace. Kind of reminded me of our first almost kiss. But then again, friends don't buy friends gifts like that.
Mia was everything. She was beautiful, confident (even though no one else may have noticed it), smart, funny. She had these little faces she'd make when she was trying not to laugh. What the hell? I loved her. And she didn't love me. If she had she would have called me.
I was moping in the living room one day when Lilly bounded into the room. "Hi, Michael." She doesn't normally bound. What the hell does she want?
I glared at her.
"Look, I know how you feel about her. And I know you miss her."
I didn't change my expression, only the television. Lifetime. It made me think of Mia. I liked wallowing in self pity.
"But you have to understand where I am coming from. You have to move on. She's left for Genovia. I mean, her grandma probably wants her to meet some princes over there."
"Lilly, what the hell is your problem? She sat by while you went on with that sweater tucking loser. She let you have the guy. Even when you were hurting her. What the hell is wrong with you? I thought she was your friend."
With that I went into my room and looked into the background of the Genovian royal family. The homepage had a picture of Mia from the dinner in November, you could see my elbow because she was holding it. She looked amazing. I couldn't believe that I went to that dinner with her.
Then I got bored and looked up our compatibility for our birthdays. I am so pathetic. I then wrote two more songs for her. I had written Tall Drink of Water when she was still talking to me, but I never said anything about it.
I started practicing with my band more often over the winter break.
When I showed my band the songs, Denis laughed. "Dude, aren't these a little...morbid?"
"What do you mean?" I asked, changing a note on the music sheet.
"Well, look at this line here..." he said, pointing to a line. "It's not really us."
"Well it is now."
"You have got it bad man. Real bad. So does that chick Judith, about you."
"So?"
"So, go for it. Might as well score while you get a chance-"
"I don't want Judith. Drop it, okay? Just practice those songs."
My band got a gig at the Welcome Back dance in January. I didn't care about it because I didn't have a date so what difference would it make if I had to stand up on stage all night. We played a lot of the cover songs until I noticed that Mia had walked in with Tina and Tina's boyfriend Dave.
I looked at my band mate and we started playing a slow song. She didn't take her eyes off of me.
After we finished our first set I went into the bathroom to collect myself. Denis came with me. I didn't see where our fill in drummer, Chad, and the keyboardist Kyle were. "What are we, chicks?" I said with a laugh; trying to keep cool. Trying to pretend seeing her didn't affect me at all.
"When ya gotta piss..." Denis said before he walked over to the urinal. There were two guys in stalls. Probably sophomores who were too scared of someone seeing how small they were.
"Did you see the Princess?" one of them asked his friend.
"Hell ya. She's a f*cking freak man!"
Denis looked at me to see what I was going to do.
"So you wouldn't bang her just to say you f*cked a royal?" one said with a laugh. "She's decent, I'd screw her."
"That Moscovitz would flip on you man. He'd f*cking rip your head off."
This was getting interesting. They sounded familiar.
"Yeah, like he could do anything. He's a fucking pansy. Look at that song he wrote. What the hell is that shit? Tall Drink of Water? He's a fucking homo. I am not playing that shit."
Denis suppressed a laugh. The doors opened. Chad and Kyle walked out and they pretended they hadn't said anything. "Hey guys, what's going on?" Chad asked.
I decided to forget the whole incident. If they went anywhere near Mia I would confront them. I don't think violence is always the answer. Denis looked shocked that I didn't say anything.
We went and played our second and final set. We didn't flow as easily because of the tension. I think everyone could tell because we had shortened this set and started playing music on the loudspeakers.
I kept my eye on Chad. Denis followed me. "I got your back man."
I tried not to laugh. I did not believe someone actually just said that to me.
I saw Chad approach Mia. "Hey, how you doing?" he asked.
She stared up at him in shock. This wasn't the Mia I knew. The Mia I knew would have answered him with a sarcastic jab. She started stammering instead. God Mia, he's not good looking. Be confident.
"You know, I am in the band..."
Yeah, that'll impress her.
"I know. You were up on stage," she replied, looking at me. Her confidence was building. I noticed her rhythmic breathing. God did she look beautiful tonight.
"I'm sorry, see, I'm just nervous. I'm just not used to talking to a girl as pretty as you."
Her cheeks reddened. Mia, you are smarter than this. Don't fall for it.
"That's nice to know. But I've re-"
"Would you like to dance?" he asked. A slow song was coming on. Great. There goes my chance. Not that I had one to ask her. She would have probably run to the bathroom.
"Sure," she said, taking his hand.
"Tough break man," Denis said.
"Why is she dancing with him?"
I noticed him stepping on her feet every three seconds. Either he is really going for the nervous asshole, or he is a really sucky dancer.
Halfway through the dance he whispered something in her ear and she made a face and shook her head, no. He went in for the kiss.
MIA:
"I said NO!" I screamed, pushing Chad away. I walked off to the bathroom. I noticed Michael watched the whole scene go down. He was probably laughing at me right now. Then he would go make out with Judith underneath the bleachers. I know, cliché but I have seen way too many high school movies.
He must have fallen for Judith while I was away. Who else would he be singing about? Out of sight out of mind I guess....
I was by myself in the bathroom and almost crying. I held them back.
Someone opened the door. Chad. "What are you doing?" I demanded.
"Come on, Mia. No one has to know if we fool around a little bit."
Whoa, where the hell is this guy coming from? Why is he in Michael's band?
"No. I told you no-"
He came at me and grabbed at my dress, trying to pull the top off. Um, didn't he think someone would come in here for me? I mean, it is a PUBLIC bathroom. Lars was right outside.
Luckily someone did. Luckily it was Michael.
"Get the f*ck off her!" Michael screamed, in a voice that was definitely not his own. I have never heard him so angry. He pulled Chad off of me and threw him against a wall. Chad hit his head off of the paper towel dispenser.
Michael turned to me. "Are you okay Thermopolis?" He couldn't even look at me in the eye.
I have NEVER been so embarrassed. Not even when Grandmere outted me.
Michael brought me to Lilly. "I'm so sorry Mia," was all he could say to me.
Lilly looked at me and rubbed my back, "It's gonna be okay Mia." That's all she said about it. I never actually told her what happened. She changed the topic. "But who knew Michael could sing huh? Or play the guitar for that matter. I guess he picked it up after you left..."
He went up on stage with just his guitar and started playing a song all alone. None of his bandmates were there with him.
"Yeah, I guess so." I didn't recognize the song. "Who sings this song?"
"Michael does," Lilly replied matter of factly.
"It's not a cover?" I asked.
"No. He wrote it," she replied, sitting down at a table.
I couldn't stop staring at him. He had found a muse. Damn you Judith.
Nothing changed though. I still avoided him like the plague. We only talked in G&T. He helped me with math still. I still smelt the soapy scent of his skin. I still blushed when our knees would touch. We never mentioned what happened at the dance.
Sometimes I would look at him at lunch. He was gorgeous. I loved when he laughed because he almost squinted his eyes. That was his genuine laugh. When he only has a slight smile it's him being polite.
And then there was his hair. He always was pushing it out of his face, only for it to go back in front of his face. The school tried to make him cut it, but he found a loop hole in the dress code. I loved his hair....
"Earth to Mia!" Lilly said with a laugh.
"Yeah?"
"I have to do something about this non sense," she started.
"What are you talking about?"
"Leave the details up to me. I'll figure something out."
"What non sense?"
He caught me spacing out and staring at him again. He waved and smiled, but Judith brought him back to computer club world.
Back in G&T where he still tutored me....
"Michael, want to work on the Computer Club website?" Judith asked, interrupting us. What was she doing in here? She wasn't in this class. This was my only time with the boy I adored.
"Are you all set?" Michael asked me. He no longer looked at me in the eye. He hated me. Only being nice because I was Lilly's friend.
"Yeah, I guess. Thanks," I lied. Flared nostrils anyone?
He went off to a corner of the room with Judith. She was flirting with him. He was enjoying it. He was smiling. They were in love I bet.
Lilly sat next to me then. "Disgusting isn't it?"
"What?"
"How she throws herself at him."
"He doesn't seem to mind," I snapped. "Who wouldn't love a fruit fly cloning girl like her?
"Yes he does mind. God Mia. You know him better than that. He hates girls who flirt like that. And you know that he wouldn't fall in love like that."
After two minutes of silence I asked, "Did he get my birthday gift?"
She looked at me oddly. "Oh crap! I forgot to give it to him! Was that the package that came the first week of the year?"
"I guess."
"No, he didn't then."
That would explain why he never thanked me for it.
"I wonder who he wrote that song about..." I said out loud. I hadn't meant for it to be out loud.
Lilly just smiled and looked at Tina. "How about we go to his gig tonight? Maybe we can psychoanalyze him by his other songs."
I shrugged. I didn't want to see Judith and him flirting tonight. I had enough of it in school. "I dunno-"
"Come on Mia! It'll be fun, I promise. And I know how you can get things right again."
"Lilly, they won't ever be. He doesn't love me...or like me like that anymore."
"I'll help you get ready," Tina offered.
I could already tell they had something planned before I even opened my big fat mouth.
