After the last hours of the day- Art with Duo and Computers with Heero and
Trowa and their friend Catherine, (and the maximum number of insults and
teases I could possibly get) I was tired, embarrassed beyond all belief and
I still felt like a huge stranger in the school.
I trudged off the bus slowly and walked into my house, slamming the door behind me. I could just barely hear Duo calling 'goodbye' before it was shut and locked behind me.
I crawled up to my room and into my bed. I pulled the blankets up over my head and stuck on my headphones.
I think I know it all, but can I be sure of the things I've grown to know about, and can I say I know it all, when rules just guide me to blindly follow
and things -----
I paused the song as I faintly heard my little sister calling me from downstairs.
"Naomi, I'm hungry." Angel called from the foot of the stairs.
"Grab a snack and leave me alone!" I shouted back, turning the music back on.
-----Are automatic when you see them everyday is it the same routine or my fucked up dreams, that keep me walking mindless all the way? -----
I don't remember it completely, but I know somewhere in between the music and my thoughts I fell into a half sleep. The sleep where you're so lost in thought that you forget where you are and everything around you disappears.
-----I think, I think I know it all but is our beliefs just stringing us along and was there something wrong in what I heard, for every hour of the day?
I don't remember anything after that until my little sister woke me up, standing in front of my bed. I looked at her without any rage, now that I had slept a little bit.
" There's a person at the door, Nay." She said. I gave her a quizzical look. Anyone who would show up at our door would show up for mom, and they all knew she was working still. Maybe it was the FedEx man or something. I got out of bed and ran down the stairs. Coming around the corner, I saw who was at the door through the windows in it. Luckily, it wasn't any FedEx man and they brought a smile to my face.
"Duo, how nice of you to show up at my door, unannounced." I said sarcastically as I opened the door.
" Nice to see you too." He answered smiling. He had changed his clothes. He was now wearing a black tee shirt with a skull wrapped in yellow and orange flames on it. He had a pair of baggy blue JNCO jeans and a chain attached to the belt loops.
"C'mon in" I said letting him in through the door. He kicked off he converse shoes and stepped into the living room.
"Damn. Nice place you got here." He said looking around at the giant slanting roof.
"Yea. We thought so too, that's why we built it this way."
"Huh?" he looked at my questioning. I knew he wouldn't have believed me, no one ever did. They were always like 'nu-uh' or 'yea right'. But we really had. We spent 3 years building it, and it was still being painted inside.
"Yea, you heard me. We built it." I was more than half expecting him to argue, but instead he smiled.
"Nice work."
"Thanks."
I gave him a tour, from the living room around to the kitchen and dining room, to the bathroom and then the family room with the PS2 and DVD player. Then I took him upstairs and showed him the bedrooms. He walked into mine.
"This is... interesting." He said. I smiled. My room had been painted purple for one of the twins, but I had still decorated it with posters of bands and skateboard companies.
He walked around staring at all the posters until he got to my desk. I had left some pictures I'd drawn sitting on the top. I blushed immediately when he picked them up and looked at them.
"These are really good." He said flipping through the pile. "Are they the Gundams?"
"Uh yea, supposed to be. But I cant draw so they look horrible." I said looking at the pictures over his shoulder. They really weren't that bad at all. I just never liked to admit it.
"No they look perfect, just like them." He answered flipping through. "See, on Deathscythe, this wing is shorter than that one. In real life it actually really is."
I looked at him weird. "What did you call it?"
"Deathscythe?" he looked a scared for a brief moment. Then he smiled again " Oh, its just a name I gave to it cuz look at it, its got a scythe and it brings death."
"Oh ok." I knew he was lying but how could I prove that and what difference would that make? Even if I could prove it, what would that mean?
We sat in an awkward silence for minutes. Then I walked over to my CD player and turned on Less Than Jake again. Duo smiled and started bouncing his head to the music.
I sat down next to him and listened to the remainder of the song.
"Any idea what's gunna happen to Quatre?" I asked him.
"Yep." He answered "he's gunna get an in-school suspention for a week or so. Nothing big, our school is really dumb when it comes to fights. I mean Quatre should go to jail for that but he's not."
He laughed. " That guy had it coming though didn't he?"
"Yea I guess."
" Oh wait you weren't here then..." he started and I looked at him quizzically. Then I remember what Quatre had said about my name.
" What happened?" I asked, hoping that Duo would tell me.
" o man it's a long story." He said leaning back on his elbows.
" I got time. Why did Quatre say he almost named his daughter Naomi?" I decided to be blunt, maybe it would be easier for him to answer if I was.
He laughed again. "That subject huh? Well I guess I can tell you his secret, not too much of a secret anymore anyways. Stupid bitch told everyone and then some."
"Who?"
"Dorothy Catolonia."
" That scary girl with the eyebrows?!" I asked in shock. God Quatre could do better than her.
" Yea, well one night Quatre went a party and got drunk, and saw her and yea, you know the rest."
"Okay, go on"
"Well ends up she got pregnant, buts she's got a boyfriend, who just happened to be Myles. So ever since then, Quatre and Myles have been in this all out war."
That explained a lot. Well actually that explained everything. I wasn't very much surprised, but still. It was a little weird.
" What happened to the baby?" I asked. He looked at me, kinda sad, I think.
" She killed it. Abortion."
Again I wasn't shocked. I was beginning to learn a lot about this girl and I didn't even know her. And I wasn't liking her very much at all.
"Hey," Duo called. I looked at him. "Don't tell Quatre I told you?"
"Secrets don't make friends, Duo." I smiled. " Don't worry though, he was gunna tell me anyways. Otherwise he wouldn't have started the conversation."
Well that's all I can think of for right now. I'm not too motivated right now. I just found out bout this appointment I'm not really supposed to have cuz the guy didn't talk to me about it and stuff so I'm pissed off. Plus I just got over being sick. Review though and give mee some ideas please. XP
I trudged off the bus slowly and walked into my house, slamming the door behind me. I could just barely hear Duo calling 'goodbye' before it was shut and locked behind me.
I crawled up to my room and into my bed. I pulled the blankets up over my head and stuck on my headphones.
I think I know it all, but can I be sure of the things I've grown to know about, and can I say I know it all, when rules just guide me to blindly follow
and things -----
I paused the song as I faintly heard my little sister calling me from downstairs.
"Naomi, I'm hungry." Angel called from the foot of the stairs.
"Grab a snack and leave me alone!" I shouted back, turning the music back on.
-----Are automatic when you see them everyday is it the same routine or my fucked up dreams, that keep me walking mindless all the way? -----
I don't remember it completely, but I know somewhere in between the music and my thoughts I fell into a half sleep. The sleep where you're so lost in thought that you forget where you are and everything around you disappears.
-----I think, I think I know it all but is our beliefs just stringing us along and was there something wrong in what I heard, for every hour of the day?
I don't remember anything after that until my little sister woke me up, standing in front of my bed. I looked at her without any rage, now that I had slept a little bit.
" There's a person at the door, Nay." She said. I gave her a quizzical look. Anyone who would show up at our door would show up for mom, and they all knew she was working still. Maybe it was the FedEx man or something. I got out of bed and ran down the stairs. Coming around the corner, I saw who was at the door through the windows in it. Luckily, it wasn't any FedEx man and they brought a smile to my face.
"Duo, how nice of you to show up at my door, unannounced." I said sarcastically as I opened the door.
" Nice to see you too." He answered smiling. He had changed his clothes. He was now wearing a black tee shirt with a skull wrapped in yellow and orange flames on it. He had a pair of baggy blue JNCO jeans and a chain attached to the belt loops.
"C'mon in" I said letting him in through the door. He kicked off he converse shoes and stepped into the living room.
"Damn. Nice place you got here." He said looking around at the giant slanting roof.
"Yea. We thought so too, that's why we built it this way."
"Huh?" he looked at my questioning. I knew he wouldn't have believed me, no one ever did. They were always like 'nu-uh' or 'yea right'. But we really had. We spent 3 years building it, and it was still being painted inside.
"Yea, you heard me. We built it." I was more than half expecting him to argue, but instead he smiled.
"Nice work."
"Thanks."
I gave him a tour, from the living room around to the kitchen and dining room, to the bathroom and then the family room with the PS2 and DVD player. Then I took him upstairs and showed him the bedrooms. He walked into mine.
"This is... interesting." He said. I smiled. My room had been painted purple for one of the twins, but I had still decorated it with posters of bands and skateboard companies.
He walked around staring at all the posters until he got to my desk. I had left some pictures I'd drawn sitting on the top. I blushed immediately when he picked them up and looked at them.
"These are really good." He said flipping through the pile. "Are they the Gundams?"
"Uh yea, supposed to be. But I cant draw so they look horrible." I said looking at the pictures over his shoulder. They really weren't that bad at all. I just never liked to admit it.
"No they look perfect, just like them." He answered flipping through. "See, on Deathscythe, this wing is shorter than that one. In real life it actually really is."
I looked at him weird. "What did you call it?"
"Deathscythe?" he looked a scared for a brief moment. Then he smiled again " Oh, its just a name I gave to it cuz look at it, its got a scythe and it brings death."
"Oh ok." I knew he was lying but how could I prove that and what difference would that make? Even if I could prove it, what would that mean?
We sat in an awkward silence for minutes. Then I walked over to my CD player and turned on Less Than Jake again. Duo smiled and started bouncing his head to the music.
I sat down next to him and listened to the remainder of the song.
"Any idea what's gunna happen to Quatre?" I asked him.
"Yep." He answered "he's gunna get an in-school suspention for a week or so. Nothing big, our school is really dumb when it comes to fights. I mean Quatre should go to jail for that but he's not."
He laughed. " That guy had it coming though didn't he?"
"Yea I guess."
" Oh wait you weren't here then..." he started and I looked at him quizzically. Then I remember what Quatre had said about my name.
" What happened?" I asked, hoping that Duo would tell me.
" o man it's a long story." He said leaning back on his elbows.
" I got time. Why did Quatre say he almost named his daughter Naomi?" I decided to be blunt, maybe it would be easier for him to answer if I was.
He laughed again. "That subject huh? Well I guess I can tell you his secret, not too much of a secret anymore anyways. Stupid bitch told everyone and then some."
"Who?"
"Dorothy Catolonia."
" That scary girl with the eyebrows?!" I asked in shock. God Quatre could do better than her.
" Yea, well one night Quatre went a party and got drunk, and saw her and yea, you know the rest."
"Okay, go on"
"Well ends up she got pregnant, buts she's got a boyfriend, who just happened to be Myles. So ever since then, Quatre and Myles have been in this all out war."
That explained a lot. Well actually that explained everything. I wasn't very much surprised, but still. It was a little weird.
" What happened to the baby?" I asked. He looked at me, kinda sad, I think.
" She killed it. Abortion."
Again I wasn't shocked. I was beginning to learn a lot about this girl and I didn't even know her. And I wasn't liking her very much at all.
"Hey," Duo called. I looked at him. "Don't tell Quatre I told you?"
"Secrets don't make friends, Duo." I smiled. " Don't worry though, he was gunna tell me anyways. Otherwise he wouldn't have started the conversation."
Well that's all I can think of for right now. I'm not too motivated right now. I just found out bout this appointment I'm not really supposed to have cuz the guy didn't talk to me about it and stuff so I'm pissed off. Plus I just got over being sick. Review though and give mee some ideas please. XP
