Disclaimer: see first chapter
I'd like to thank all my readers, thank them for putting up with my spelling and poor grammer, because I really can't spell (It's called Dyslexia, and it Sucks!)
"What happens if I don't want to do a stupid report on George Washington?" Thorn asked to no one in particular. She was sitting in her room, staring at her computer, which was off. She had planned of starting, and finishing, her History report at the beginning of her vacation, but she just didn't want to. She sighed and wished she had something else to do. She had been friends with Will and the gang since August, which was like, seven months. They all go to some private school, so she had no idea what their schedule was. Ring Ring Ring/The Phone/
"I got it!" She yelled, diving for the phone, "Hello?"
"Thorn! Its good to hear your voice stranger" it was Layla.
"Ya. I was just thinking about all of you" Thorn said, excitedly, "I am so bored, I have a history project about George Washington" She stuck out her tongue, even though Layla can't see
"did you just stick out your tongue? He he I know you too well. What are doing right now?" Layla asked.
"Are you deaf? I have a history project" she said
"Oh, now?"
"I was gonna start, but if you have something else in mind. . . " Thorn trailed off
"Ya! That's why I called, we need you to come over to Wills house and help us"
"who's gonna be there?"
"The usual" the usually was Layla, Will, Zach Ethan and Magenta. Warren come every so often, when ever he wanted, he just showed up.
"Okay, let me clear it with my dad and I'll set out"
"See you soon" Layla said and hung up. Rosethorn hung up and went down stars.
"Dad, can I go over Wills?"
"Who's gonna be there" her dad asked. He took the whole 'Parents, The anti-Drug' thing way to seriously.
"I'm going to Wills house, Layla, Ethan, Zach and Maj are gonna be there"
"boys? I don't know, it's late, maybe you should. . . "
"DAD! You can't be serious. I'm Sixteen for crying out loud, I'm not a kid!" Thorn shouted
"Rosy..."
"DO NOT Call me that!"
"Give me a reason why I should let you go, after the way you just acted"
"Because today is the day Jason died, and I'm not sulking in my room, I want to go out with some friends, your always badgering me to be more friendly and now I am, and you say no!" Thorn shouted, really upset.
"Oh," was all he said. Then he looked at her, "fine, go, have fun, be back before noon, please"
"noon? Ya! I love you dad!" she said, grabbing her coat and heading for the door way. Suddenly their was a knock at door.
"Who could that be? Most people just ring through the Café." her dad said from the living room
"I'll get it" Thorn said, already at the door. When she opened it, and to her surprise, it was Warren
"Hay" he said
"hay, yourself, stranger," she said, smiling, "what brings you here?"
"Wills having a thing tonight, right? I thought I'd walk with you" he said
"Ah, the buddy system, my dad will be so pleased" she said, "dad I'm leaving now!"
"have Fun!" he shouted. As Thorn and Warren walked towards Wills house, it was silent.
"Your lucky" Thorn said suddenly, looking at warren, they were about a block away from Wills house.
"Why" Warren asked, completely confused
"You're an only child, right? That means you don't know what it's like to lose a brother" She said,
". . .and you do?"
"Would I be talking about it if I didn't" she said, "today's the day my brother died, three years ago"
"oh" was all he said
"Why thank you Dr. Phil" she said, "oh, and promise you wont tell anybody, about my brother, please?"
"Whatever" was all he said. They had arrived at Wills house, so their conversation was officially over. Thorn shrugged and walked up the door and knocks, Will immediately opened the door.
"Your Both here, good!" will said grabbing Thorns arm and dragging her into the house, Warren followed.
"Who! Where's the fire?" she asked, looking at Will
"Thorn, your never going to believe this" Layla began
"Layla, hun, I'm never gonna believe in a lot of things, try being more specific." Thorn said, exasperated
"Will's gonna be able to meet The Commander and Jetstream!" Layla said, excitedly
"What?" Thorn asked , in disbelief. She studied Layla, and decided that she was way to excited.
"Will's gonna-"Layla began
"I heard you. Why tell me this?" she asked, suddenly mad, "You know how I feel about them"
"Well, I know how much you like the truth, so I thought, if you had a chance to talk to them, you could figure out your whole robot theory." Thorn just stared at her, then looked at Will, then at everybody else.
"Why?" She asked, suddenly sounding small
"What's wrong?" Layla asked
"why? Why today!" Thorn said, suddenly in a rage, "So much for needing my help, I'm out of here" she said, walking out and into the rain /when did it start raining? Who cares/ she started walking in some random direction, not paying attention to anything.
Time elapse: unknown
She felt like she had been walking for hours. It was still raining, hard, and it was still dark.
/why did I have to flip?/ she had asked herself over and over again/it's not like they know, Warrens the only one who knows about my brother, but he doesn't know/ she sighed and continued to walk. A police car pulled up beside her
"Umm, what are you doing miss" one of them asked from the car
"What does it look like, I'm walking" she retorted
"Do you want a ride home?" he asked
"I'm not in the mood for home, thanks anyway" she said, walking faster
"are you sure" he asked. Thorn stopped and looked at him.
"Yes I'm sure. Did I give off the impression that I was lying when I said I didn't want to go home?" she said, getting annoyed, "please leave me alone"
"Fine" he said, ans they drove off, leaving her, once again, alone. /not like I didn't ask for it? She thought, as she entered a park./oh, ya this must be a safe place to be at, like, 1 in the morning/ she walked to the Gazebo in the center of the park, and stared at it. /well, at least I'm close to home/ and walked into it. She sat down on her favorite bench and sighed. /I've always been alone since Jason died/ she thought/sure I've had friends, but it's just not the same/ It was then that she realized that even though she was sheltered from the rain, water was still running down her face. She looked up to see if there was a leak when she realized she was crying. She started to laugh at the irony of the situation. /the day after Jason died, I ran away to the gazebo in the park near where we lived and cried/
"Oh, and here I'd hope to find you when you were still sane" a voice said from the entrance.
Thorn looked up and saw Warren and Layla standing there, "what are you doing here?" she asked
"looking for you, silly" Layla said, and sat down next to her
"Oh, don't mind me, Warren, make yourself comfortable. I'm fine, really" Thorn said through gritted teeth.
"Whatever" he said, but took a seat next to her also.
"How come you're stuck with the resident Sourpuss?" Thorn asked Layla, "you loose rock, paper, scissors?"
"He's not that bad, "she said, "no worse than you were tonight, though. Wanna tell me what brought that on?"
"Is it about your brother" Warren said, absently
"ya," she said, "Your great Commander and Jetstream are the reason he's dead." she said bitterly, and tried to stand up, but Layla grabbed her arm and forced her back down
"What? Why? What happened" Layla asked, now Warren was looking at her too
"fine. Three years ago, my brother was working at a fireworks factory," she began, "there was a supervillain, or a Giant robot, or something," she stopped. She was crying again, this was harder than she though. Thorn hadn't talked about Jason's death to anyone, "and it fell down, like the usually do, and it landed on his factory, or the evil guy blew up the factory. I don't know what happened exactly, but he died in that factory, and it was all their fault"
"oh" was all that Layla.
"Well if that's all I'd rather sit with the Sourpuss" Thorn said coldly. She got up, Layla's grip had grown week during the story, and walked away "I'm going home, come bother me when you have something to say" and left, leaving layla staring after her.
"Hay!" Warren yelled and ran after her. He grabbed her by arm and turned her around "you think you're the only on they hurt" He said "You think you're the only one who lost someone because of them?"
"Because you would know? Huh? You lost someone to them?" Thorn yelled
"They locked up my father" he said quietly
"your. . .who are you?" she said, yanking her are away from him and backing away, " the only people they lock up are Supervillains, which would make your father a Supervillain." Thorn glared at him, still backing up.
"Stay away from my, alright? All of you, just stay away from me!" she yelled at both Warren and Layla, then turn and ran for her house. Warren looked back alt Layla, and sighed. Thorn Ran all the way to her room and slammed the door. She slid down the wall and cried. She wished she could just die. Thorn started humming a song:
LONELY TEARDROPS
Lonely teardrops, you been crying
I hear them fall
In the night the empty night
I hear your song
It goes right through me
It used to move me
(lonely, lonely)
Lonely paris, met a dancer
We did the stroll
Through the night the empty night
Four years ago
I thought you know me
She gave it to me
(lonely, lonely)
Chorus:
I seem to see a rose
I reach out then it goes
Now in it's thorns I roam
The sky is grey and I am cold
Lord I tell you, lord I tell you
All I want to do is get back home
Lonely teardrops, we did shoot them
They came on strong
Vials of rain to kill the pain
So far from home
I thought you knew me
You did it to me
(lonely, lonely)
Lonely teardrops, I've been cryin'
All week long
Love is willing but the bed is cold
Goodbye, Laurence
I thought I knew you
What good did that do
(lonely, lonely)
Chorus:
I seem to see a rose
I reach out then it goes
Now in it's thorns I roam
You never know until you know
Lord I ask you, lord I beg you
All I want to do is get back home
Lonely teardrops
Lonely teardrops
By: Blue Oyster Cult