Reality
Chapter 12

I yawned and looked at the clock in the corner of Chad's dressing room, where we all were. 12:30AM.

"Damn, where the hell is Jade at?" I asked myself, dialing our house number.

J: Hello?
S: Aunt Jade?
J: Hey, Sami. What's up? yawn
S: Is Bam asleep yet?
J: Yeah, I think. You're safe to come home now, I would suggest that you come home right now cause if he wakes up and sees you come in, he'll be pissed.
S: Yeah, I see. I sung, Keith played bass and Paul played the drums at the CKY concert!
J: Really? Why'd you sing? Wasn't Deron there?
S: Yeah, we took turns.
J: Oh shit, I think your dad is up. Hurry home! Quick. Meet me by the backdoor, okay?
S: Yeah, thanks, Aunt Jade.
J: See ya. Bye.
click

"We have to go home now." I said to the two CKY members.

"Okay, it was nice fucking having you here." Chad said, sipping his beer and taking a drag of his cigarette.

"Yeah, we'll see you soon." Deron said, before he yawned.

"Night." Keith waved as we walked out of the door. We walked down the hall and some people came up to us. Paul recognized them immediately.

"Remember us?" The blond headed boy in the front asked.

Paul rolled his eyes and said, "Are you following us?"

"Wait, you opened for CKY 5 years ago, right?" I said.

"Yep, so you think you're better than us?" the drummer spat.

"What the fuck, dude? We didn't say anything to you!" Keith yelled. Obviously, he was getting tired and crabby.

"Back off, jerkoffs." I pulled Paul and Keith away and we walked farther down the hall before we heard, "You don't just walk away from Queer Sequence!" Paul stopped in his tracks.

"What are you guys called?"

"You heard me! Queer Sequence!" The three of us exchanged looks and burst out laughing.

"What the fuck is a Queer Sequence?" Keith asked, laughing.

"Who cares? All I know is that they are queer and they wear sequences!" I said. We walked away laughing down the hall and toward the car.

When we got in and drove towards Castle Bam, Paul asked, "You guys never told me about why Sami has a bruise on her cheek."

"Oh yeah, I forgot." Keith said. He started to tell Paul about what happened and I told my side of the story. By the time we were done, Paul was speechless.

"Holy fucking shit." he managed to get out.

"And we have to live there until we turn 18...whoa, wait." I said. "Paul, you're 18. We could buy a house and the three of us could live there. I'll pay rent of course."

"Or we could get an apartment and the three of us take turns paying the rent." Keith said.

Paul slapped himself in the head. "You guys! Wake the hell up! We aren't poor, well Sami was never poor, anymore! We are in a band! Welcome to reality! We aren't kids anymore, remember?"

"I think we're just too tired to think about anything. At least I am." I said.

"Excuses." Paul mumbled. I snickered.

"Shut up." I mumbled back. We pulled into the driveway and walked around the house to go in the back. Aunt Jade was there waiting with Katie asleep in her arms.

"Hey." I whispered.

"Pull down the stairs to the attic and sleep up there. Dico isn't using that room anymore obviously." she whispered back.

"Okay, thanks." I gave her a hug and we started upstairs. Suddenly, my dad's door burst open and we fled into the closet. A guy came out and jumped down the stairs. He had all black on and carried a bag. He snuck out the front door. I stopped holding my breath and I opened the closet door slightly. The attic door was right infront of us.

"Keith," I whispered, "go over and pull that down, will you?" He nodded and slipped over and pulled the chain slowly. The celing quietly came down and he gave us the clear signal. Paul and I ran up the stairs and I pulled up the door.

"Damn, it's cold up here." I sighed. I spotted a small heater over by Paul and I reached over to turn it on. I was afraid it would be a loud heater, but luckily, it was as quiet as Mischeif and Trouble. Keith opened the drawer and grabbed a big blanket and we all slept on the floor with me in the middle.

Five minutes later, I heard the attic door open. I jumped up and ran into the dark corner next to the window. It was only Aunt Jade. She saw me and sat down on the stool by the window.

"Hey." she whispered. Paul was awake so he shut the attic door and lied back down.

"You scared me." I said, crawling out from the shadows.