Chapter Seven

Parker's POV

Lily was upstairs getting me a drink while I sat in her basement tuning my bass. Meagan was silently tightening her cymbals and I was getting a little anxious. I had decided that today was the day that I had to talk to Lily about Eric. Was it that she didn't like him? The Lily I know would have just come out and told me if she thought there was anything wrong with him.

Lily came slowly down the stairs and handed me a cup. I took a sip and although Randy said it was cream soda it tasted bitter.

"Let's get to it then," Lily said picking up her guitar.

We played a few songs before I managed to make myself say, "Randy, I've got this concept for a song, and I've written the chorus already…I call it 'What You Really Think'".

The look on Lily's face was really hard to read. It seemed to take forever for her to finally say, "Oh? And what inspired this?"

"Um…just some stuff that's been going on with me lately. I guess some could classify it as teen angst, you know? It's just personal junk that's been going on," I said kind of quietly.

"Parker, do you have something to say to me?" Lily asked coldly. When I didn't respond she said, "Well either say it or get out of my face!"

"Lily!" Meagan said completely shocked.

"You know, you do a really good job staying quiet, why don't you put that into practice like…now?" Lily's voice dripped with attitude.

"Lily, you've got no reason to snap at Meagan. This is between us. What do you have against my boyfriend?" I asked.

"Nothing! I have absolutely nothing against Eric," Lily said.

"Then why is it every time he's around you act so unnatural? You've been acting like a completely different person around me ever since I started seeing him, what's the deal?" I asked. I was really starting to get frustrated with her.

"Actually, she's been acting weird since you introduced him to us," Meagan said just above a whisper, earning her a deathly stare from Lily.

"Alright, fine, but you've still been acting weird. I think I deserve to know what's so bad about Eric that you have to be someone else every time someone so much as mentions his name," I crossed my arms in what I hoped was a demanding way.

"I see absolutely nothing wrong with him! I wish you would just stop accusing me of looking at his faults! I do not have anything against Eric Johnston!" Lily practically screamed.

She took off her guitar and stormed upstairs, slamming the door at the top of the stairs on the way.

"Maybe that's the problem?" Meagan suggested.

"What are you talking about?" I asked. Things were getting more confusing by the second.

"Maybe the problem isn't that she doesn't like Eric is the problem. Maybe the problem is that she does like him. Maybe she likes him a little too much," Meagan said.

Sometimes I wish Meagan would just stay silent all the time. It keeps her from pointing out the blatantly obvious.