Disclaimers: I do not own School Of Rock.
To my reviewers: Okay, since all you guys asked so nicely here's an update. But, (there always is one anyways...) more reviews. More, more, more! Okay, maybe a little power-hungry and all, but whatever...snicker snicker
Freddy had taken off his shirt, even though it was probably 14 degrees outside it was hot, since he was reading all the messages that Nattie had sent him. He was still wondering why, though.
He already had passed all those stages of school-boy crushes. He thought it was totally idiotic for someone to go for someone they don't know but is only attracted to their looks, that's what mostly Freddy got.
The girls don't seem to understand that he was way more deep than that. But considering he was dating Katherine for a few months, he could understand why they had thought of him as shallow.
Tap. Tap.
Freddy quickly spun around and saw...
Katie with some girl with shoulder-length brown hair, on the balcony. He never used his own anymore, not since Katie and Freddy's friendship had ended. He looked over towards Katie, and for the first time he actually saw her.
Well, of course he could see her, but it seems the golden light had made him really see her. Her long dark brown hair. The cute beauty-mark by her right eye. Those eyes. She had long lashes and swirls of chocolate brown eyes with golden flecks in the middle and with her dazzling smile... Sure he had known she was quite pretty for a quiet, geeky thing, as well as being a 'rock-chick.' But he never saw her like this. Right now she looked so...
"Beautiful." Freddy murmered.
Katie caught his gaze and stared at his eyes.
He was the first to pull away from the gaze and finally put his shirt on.
Freddy opened the balcony doors, while Katie's friend, unknown to him was Christine, headed back to her house.
It was getting late anyways.
"Hey.." he whispered, as though people were listening in to their conversation.
"Hey, Freddy." she quickly replied, as though deep in thought.
"Ummm, Katie." he asked, unsure.
"Yea." she said, still not quite paying attention.
"Remember when we were friends and all. What happened with that?" he asked, a hint of hurt in his voice.
"I really don't know, but I mean, I always liked you as my friend," she murmered, slightly confused. "I don't even remember the reason we started fighting, basically I don't even know the reason of the fight..."
"Yea, thanks for the talk, anyways..I got to go..." replied Freddy, turning around.
When he was just about to step back in to his room, he heard someone shout his name.
"Freddy!" he heard a strangled voice say.
He turned around and faced a tear-stained face of Katie.
"Katie, are you okay?" he asked worriedly. "What's wrong Katie?"
"I don't know what to do anymore." she whispered, tears slowly dripping down her face.
"Do what, Katie?" he asked.
'She looked fine to me a minute ago.' he thought.
Suddenly his stereo turned on and played in the background.
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
Hey dad
Look at me
Think back and talk to me
Did I grow up according to plan?
And do you think I've wasted my time
Doing things I wanna do
Cause it hurts when you disapprove all along
And now I try hard to make it
I just wanna make you proud
I'm never gonna be good enough for you
I can't pretend that
I'm all right
And you can't change me
Cause we lost it all
Nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be
Perfect
Now it's just too late and
We can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be
Perfect
Nothing's gonna change the things that you said
Nothing's gonna make this right again
Please don't turn your back
I can't believe it's hard
Just to talk to you
Cuase you don't understand
- - - - - - - - - - - - -
'Simple Plan' kept playing in the background, making the mood a bit lighter.
"My dad, he keeps calling us up, and telling my mum, she's an unfit mother. Telling her he's gonna sue her for keeping me unhealthy and more bunches of bullshit." she replied, knots of fear tied in her throat. "He keeps telling me that I was an accident, I wasn't meant for the world. That I'm just some worthless piece of shit that won't amount to anything."
"Bullshit, Katie." shouted Freddy, angered at the thought of Mr. Brown even speaking like that to Katie.
"Look at what you have achieved, you are a Grade-A student, nearly surpassing Summer. You are practically a rock-star bassist, a professional artist and the best atheletic runner in the whole of school, beating me. Now that is something." he said, proudly pointing towards the full shelves in Katie's room.
"But he's my dad..." she replied, her voice barely audible. "He's supposed to come over sometimes...hug me, tell me I'm his girl and tell me how proud of me, he is. Like before."
"He's a piece of filth, Katie." he shouted, outraged.
"Anyone, any dad who would treat and say to his daughter that they are nothing. Is not fit to be a father, anymore is he fit to be a person living in this world. That evil, manipualting scum-bag..." he spat.
Katie suddenly burst in to tears.
"I don't think I wanna live anymore...." she replied putting one leg on the railing and supporting her weight to stand up.
"What?!" replied Freddy, not hearing what Katie had said.
Katie was now standing on the railings, Freddy very close by, he could just touch her.
"You really are a good guy Freddy, and I hope some lucky girl out there will realise it. Bye, Freddy. Tell my mum it isn't her fault.."
With that she took one step and plunged down...