Almost got my iPod confiscated at school today, it really sucked cause I was shit scared. I'm also going to the movies with this kid I met at my nine year old friends party, if you read one of my stories at the start about me rejecting this guy well it's the same guy I'm going to the movies with. School is going okay I guess and my teachers are cool, you know what the coolest is…I'M THE ONLY GIRL IN MY ALTERNATIVE SPORT CLASS. But I better write this story.

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Chapter fourteen: Hitting it wear it hurts

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"I can't believe you actually talked me into this, what is going to happen to my reputation," Tyrone mumbled standing to the side of the stage holding his acoustic guitar. Tyrone had his blonde hair spiky and was wearing a silk blue button p shirt and baggy black jeans, next to him was Dash his hair was in the same hairstyle messy, he was wearing a silk button up shirt with blue baggy jeans.

"I'm good at talking people into doing things I've practiced on my brothers and sisters many times," Mirage grinned from the adrenaline rush she was receiving from the crowd as they stood off stage. She was wearing a green silk spaghetti strap dress with black formal pants and her white ballet like shoes, her hair was held back by a silver dragon clip and the top part of her hair that was layered hung around her head.

"I can see them," Dash said pointing to the crowd where Crystal and the other girls were sitting, "they look really excited and I'll run off stage if your girlfriend yells out something really unintelligent," Dash poked Tyrone in the shoulder and Tyrone cried out.

"Don't injure the talented arm, we need it to win," Tyrone stared moving his hands around in fake attempts to do karate, "hiya!"

"Hi ya to you to hon," Mirage mumbled, "oh, it's our turn lets go," she looked back and Dash and Tyrone nodded.

Walking out they smiled and picked up their instruments, Tyrone at the guitar and Dash at the piano, Mirage was standing up the front holing onto the microphone, "hey people," she greeted, her grey eyes roamed the audience and she could make out her friends, her enemies and her family, which was quite difficult with the bright lights, "tonight I'll be singing 'Gotta Tell You' by Samantha Mumba with Dash and Tyrone playing the instruments, hope you all enjoy," Mirage smiled one last time and held onto the microphone waiting for her friends to start playing.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Your love for me came as a waterfall
Flowin' inside me like never before
Your love for me, somethin' I didn't see
But baby, I know better now

When you walk in the room that very night
A special feelin' just burst inside
It was only you, nobody else
But baby, I know better now."

Mirage's eyes went over the crowd as she moved along the stage singing, her eyes than stopped on Kai who was just watching emotionlessly looking up at her,

"Don't wanna love you if you don't love me
Don't wanna need you when you won't need me too
Don't wanna tell you this now, but it wouldn't be
right
If I didn't tell you this tonight

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

And now you're back inside my house again
I'm tryin' deeper to explain
'Cause baby, I wanna get it on
And baby, you're the one for me

But now that I have got you all alone
After all this talkin' on the phone
I should be strong, there's nothing wrong
I'll tell you this is where you belong, where you
belong

Don't wanna love you if you don't love me
Don't wanna need you when you won't need me too
Don't wanna tell you this now, but it wouldn't be
right
If I didn't tell you this tonight

Don't wanna love you if you don't love me
Don't wanna need you when you won't need me too
Don't wanna tell you this now, but it wouldn't be
right
If I didn't tell you this tonight

It was just something in your eyes
That made me realize
But now I hear voices deep inside
Tellin' me, tellin' me."

Mirage then looked away and back at the crowd singing her heart out and leaving Kai feel slightly hurt, probably thinking if she chose the song on purpose.

Don't wanna love you if you don't love me
Don't wanna need you when you won't need me too
Don't wanna tell you this now, but it wouldn't be
right
If I didn't tell you this tonight

Don't wanna love you if you don't love me
Don't wanna need you when you won't need me too
Don't wanna tell you this now, but it wouldn't be
right
If I didn't tell you this tonight," the black haired girl finished and bowed with the rest of her friends, she could hear everyone cheering and she had a feeling that they might actually win the contest, or at least beat Delilah and her very weak attempt at dancing.

Leaving the stage she turned to face Tyrone and Dash who looked a little disgruntled, "what's wrong guys, we did it we finally don't need to practice any more," she said energetically.

"We saw the way you were looking at him, it was with loathing but because the thin line between love and hate got in the way your eyes were probably showing something different," Dash snapped glaring at Mirage who looked confused.

"Ah…say what?" she asked her black eyebrows furrowing together.

"Don't worry you'll figure it out on your own," Tyrone smiled reassuringly and glaring at Dash, "lets go get a drink, I'm sure you'll need one," still looking confused Mirage allowed Tyrone to lead her away.

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"Second place," Mirage breathed out as she and Dash walked home, she was holding a silver trophy that they won, one of the school students had a band and they won first prize while Delilah had got nothing.

"And we beat Delilah, the whole point in you entering the contest," Dash smiled having his hands in his pockets, "and what's even better in that Crystal said nothing embarrassing and that Maria gets to tease Tala about choosing a dumb girlfriend that can't dance for shit," they both laughed and then stopped as they saw two figures coming forwards.

"Kai, Tala," the black haired girl breathed out just staring at them through the dark, "our wonderful night has just been flushed down the loo," she mumbled continuing to walk.

"Cheating on your boyfriend is very bad, Brooklyn's going to be heartbroken," Kai sneered smirking as they advanced nearer, Mirage looked into his mahogany eyes and thought she saw them flash in pain and anger. Mirage had been dating Brooklyn for a week and it was true he wasn't anything like the guys he hung out with.

"Dash and I won't work," Mirage wrinkled up her nose in disgust, "cause I have the perfect gentleman as a boyfriend already."

"Brooklyn and you won't work out either, he hates little brats formally known as your siblings," Tala smirked crossing his arms and looking down at the slightly shorter teen, "he's just going out with cause of pity, he has a heart and hates people getting hurt, like hell he'd actually go out with you."

Mirage just stared at Tala blankly and then turned to Kai, "so what'd you think of the show?" she asked holding onto the trophy.

Kai shrugged, "wasn't that great," he avoided looking in her eyes while shoving his hands in his pockets, "I reckon Jo and Joe could've done better and they can't even talk."

"No you're wrong, they can talk and you missed out on it now they say your name, Jerk," Mirage smiled and tilted her head to the side, "you should visit them."

"Wouldn't want to meet those brats, I hardly got any sleep on camp," Kai scowled.

"Have I told you never to insult my family?" Kai nodded his head and watched as Mirage calmly closed her eyes and breathed out deeply, "well heres some news you've turned from one of the most great people I know into a jerk that has started hating anyone under your status, I would very much love to kick you ass right now but can't, I'll probably rip the dress," Mirage pointed to her green dress.

"Yeh well you were one of the greatest people I knew also, then you entered my life here in this town and changed everything. I don't like change and I don't like your family, your father is an exception he's my coach," Kai looked down and Mirage narrowed her eyes.

"You don't know anything about my family," she snarled griping onto the trophy tightly for her knuckles to turn white.

"I know they can betray you, your not even related to them are you? Your mother left you on your 'parents' doorstep, a letter explaining why they didn't want you and wasn't it because they didn't want a pathetic daughter?" Kai was smiling triumphantly and Mirage turned to look at Tala who was also smiling in glee his blue eyes shining.

She felt Dash's hand on her arm squeezing tightly and she felt her eyes burn with tears, "she's not useless now, she's not pathetic," Dash growled leaving Mirage and grabbing Kai's shirt, "what are you doing you like her?" he hissed his face just inches away from his.

Kai shrugged his cousin off and stared at Mirage who was still standing there shocked, "who told you?" she snapped her eyes wide, "who told you Kai and don't lie?" her voice was starting to crack, she lunged at him and pushed him back into the fence they were standing next to.

"I'll tell you now, your brother in law is a dick," Kai stared into her glossy eyes.

Mirage stood up suddenly and shoved pass Tala in the direction of her home glaring darkly trying hard to stay composed, "oh look the baby's going to cry," Tala mocked in a baby voice, "where's mummy and daddy now?" he called after her. Dash punched Tala in the face before running after the black haired girl.

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Mirage was having trouble breathing, the words Kai said running through her head 'didn't want a pathetic daughter' no one was supposed to know about the adoption even her little brothers and sisters didn't know, only Keith and Nina, she heard Dash calling her name but didn't pay any attention to it, "Mirage," Dash grabbed her by the shoulders pulling her towards him, "you aren't pathetic' he kept on mumbling stroking her hair.

Mirage stared numbly pass his shoulder ignoring the comforting words he was saying and the way he was comforting her, "they've been trying to find something to use against me and they've found it, they found something that could hurt me," she said softly not looking at Dash, "it hurt, but not as much as it is to realize that he person hurting you is the one you like…maybe even love," she trailed looking down at the visible dark spot on the ground where she allowed a tear to drop.

"I don't think anything I say may help, but all I can do is say that Kai's a dick a big one if he hasn't realized his feelings for you, but we better get home our surprise party is waiting so at least act happy, for tonight," Dash smiled and hugged her tightly before grabbing her hand and pulling her towards their houses, "can I ask something about this, how come you look so much like your family?"

Mirage smiled, "my birth father is Coach's twin brother, and my birth mother was my adoptee mother's older sister, but soon my birth father died before I was born and my birth mother didn't want me. Things get difficult when I have family reunions cause it's this whole anxious and uncomfortable thing," Dash looked at Mirage smiling, she was happy sharing her secrets with him, "cause you see your real mother and then you compare her to the mother I have now you see how different they really are, mum and dad aren't talking to her and it's even more weird I have to refer to her as Auntie."

Mirage breathed out slowly the trophy held closely to her chest, she had bottled everything inside and now a huge weight had just been lifted and now she can just deal with the Kai problem. Thinking of Kai made her feel heartbroken but as much as she could try she won't be able to get over him.

And yet she won't be able to forgive him.

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I absolutely love BIOLOGY and then we get to do inline hockey, today we just did indoor hockey and I got hit in the toe with the puck and you know how much that hurt, I was jumping around yelling at the guy that did it, the guy that did it was one of my friends. Mr Spot Teacher said that I could bring my own rollerblades when we start inline hockey. I can't wait!

Anyway will you please review.

Irritainment: new description for senseless television programmes. (This is not a real word only made up)