Paige couldn't handle staying at home anymore. She decided it was time to have fun again. Or at least try to. Little did she know that all she was doing was fooling herself. After finding out that Dave was playing again in Bardell a shock of fear went through her. She ignored it. Be strong and shut up, she told herself. She was sick of playing the hurt, injured girl. Tonight she was going to grow up. She promised herself. She decided to walk to Bardell. It wasn't that far away and she wanted to get out in the air. As she walked many thoughts flew freely through her head. The biggest one was, What if Dean is here? She was terrified, but she also knew she had to get over it. She decided not to think of it when she saw a house with a lot of cars pulling in and out of the drive way. This must be it she thought.
"Hey, thanks for coming," a guy greeting his friends said to the girl in front of Paige. "Well… hello there beautiful.. I haven't seen you around here before? How are ya?"
"Hey. I'm Paige. Umm.. Is Innocent Bystanders playing here tonight?" Paige asked.
"Yeah they're just getting done setting up I think so, come on in."
"Haha thanks.. I remember when parties had set invitations," Paige said with a confident wink. Paige quickly scanned the area. She wasn't sure what she was looking for more: Dave or Dean. Then, she found Dave warming up his guitar.
"Dave!" Paige said excitedly. Yes, this was the night she was going to get back to normal and no one could stop her. She was going to prove to herself once and for all that Dean did not control her life.
"Oh my! Paige! Wow. Look at you! I'm so glad you came. I was hoping you were going to come. How I knew that, I don't know. Wow," Dave said eyeing Paige up and down.
"I'm happy to be here," Paige replied.
"Hey listen, we're just getting ready to play, but we're only playing for a little bit and then the rest of the night is ours. Sound good?" Dave asked.
"Better than good, perfect!" Paige said. Now what am I going to do with myself until they are done playing Paige asked herself. There was no one here she knew. And the only person she knew from Bardell she did not want to see. But luckily he was not to be found around here. Paige found a small table set up near the band. She sat down and listened to the awesome group playing before her. Song after song they played and although Paige was amazed, she was beginning to get impatient. Before she knew it she began listening to the lyrics of the song.
She felt Dave and the other lead singer were speaking right to her, "Pretty girl is suffering, while he confesses everything, pretty soon she'll figure out you can never get him out of her head. She's beautiful as usual with bruises on her ego and her killer instincts tell her to beware of evil men.." She knew it was a cover song from somewhere, but she felt tonight it was only for her.
"That's a wrap guys, keep it real and have a great party! Innocent Bystanders signing off….. ," the lead singer said. Paige was happy to hear.
"Paige, give me one minute and I'll be right there, okay?" asked Dave.
"Sure thing," she said.
"Spirit! What are you doing here?" an unforgettable voice said behind her. Paige spun around and as she expected Dean was standing right in front of her. Smiling. Smiling the same evil smile she saw before. The same smile that first attracted Paige to Dean.
"Dean…." was all that she could get out. Dave watched Paige as he was putting his amp away. She's perfect he thought. He saw her talking to Dean, but didn't think anything of it. When Dean put his arm around her he thought she looked scared, but once again didn't think anything of it. He saw Paige step away and heard Dean say something to her. Dave finished up and walked over to them.
"Dean, hey man how's it going?"
"Wonderful, me and Spirit here were just talking about how awesome of a time we had a few weekends ago and how we have to do it again, real soon."
"Spirit, ehh? Nice name. Oh so you two know each other?" He raped me that's how we know each other, Paige wanted to scream but she was too afraid.
"Yeah we know each other, we know a lot of each other acutally and if you don't mind Dave, we were just leaving."
"Uhhh no, we weren't," Paige said. She didn't know where this boost of boldness came from, but she was glad it happened.
"Well, Dean.. You see me and your lil "Spirit" here have plans already. So you'll have to come back some other time…." Dave was cut off by the chaos that was spreading through out the party. Paige turned her head to see Dylan and Spinner heading straight for her. Dean slowly stepped back leaving Paige standing alone with Dave.
"Spinner! Dylan! What are you doing here?" Paige asked worried.
"More importantly what are you doing here? Is this him Spin?" asked Dylan. Spinner was already up in Dave's face.
"Oh so it's ever so nice to meet the guy who raped my girl friend. Let me shake your hand!" Spinner said throwing a punch at Dave.
"Back off! What are you talking about? Who are you and what do you want?" Dave screamed. Spinner didn't bother answering his questions as Dylan stepped up to Dave too.
"How could you do that to someone? Answer me before I kill you," Dylan said ready to fight.
"Look I don't know what you two are talking about. And if you don't mind, the girl you've just scared to death and myself were just getting ready to go out for the night. So if you'd kindly leave, it'd be appreciated," Dave said as cocky as he could.
"Oh the girl we've scared to death? Is that it? The girl you've raped is scared to death by us!" Spinner said throwing some more punches at Dave. This time he hit back. Dylan, Spinner, and Dave starting fighting each other.
"Spinner! Dylan! Please no1 You don't understand!!!" Paige screamed as she started crying. "Please stop! No, this isn't what you think!" she chocked through the tears. Meanwhile, Dean watched from a distance slightly pleased with the situation.
"Come on. Let's take Paige home," Dylan suggested after all three of them were too beat up to fight anymore. Paige continued crying. She was terrified of the conversation that was bound to happen on the way home. What should she do? Tell everyone the truth, or continue hiding it? She looked back at Dave who looked at her with confusion as Dylan and Spinner walked her out to the car.