HEY DUDES! Okay, I know its been, like, a MONTH or something since I last updated and I am REALLY SORRY! Y'know my only excuse is that I've been snowed under coursework but thats not really an excuse as I did have some time to do this...I'm rambling aren't I?
Whoops. Anyways, on with the fic!
Disclaimer: I do not own beyblade but thanks for thinking I do ;) Imaginary belongs to Evanescence.
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Eye of the Storm
Chapter Fifteen: A Date With The Ex.
"I don't want you to go," Johnny grumbled.
"I don't have any choice babe," I replied, yanking off my school shirt.
"You shouldn't've fought him at all," he pointed out.
"Johnny, he was challenging me and I am NEVER one to decline a challenge. Anyways, which one? Blue or green?" I said, holding up a lime green t-shirt and a navy blue tank top.
"Blue," Johnny said automatically before groaning.
"Thanks," I grinned, tugging it over my head.
Being alone in the out-of-order boys toilets with Johnny sure isn't nice, especially when you're dying to jump him only you can't cos you gotta get ready for a bloody date with someone else entirely.
As Johnny sulked I stuffed my school shirt into my bag and decided to stick with my school skirt since people tell me it makes me look innocent.
"Johnny," I groaned. I clambered onto his lap and straddled him. "Aren't I even gonna get a kiss?"
"You don't deserve one," the redhead grumbled, not even looking at me.
I sighed, bringing my face closer to his.
"Johnny…I love you…"
That got his attention. He he…argh, damnit, violet eyes…uh…dizzy swirly violet eyes…with the tiniest green flecks…no, shagging now no good…date…date? What date?
My lips collided with his.
The whole world ceased to exist. Everything just…disappeared. Just me and Johnny.
Oh fuck. Oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck.
His hand was caressing my skin; mine were buried in his red mess of hair. His lips were so soft…
If I died now I'd die happy.
"Don't…you…have…to…go…?"
"Oh God," I groaned, as his lips began to make their way down my collarbone. "I don't…wanna…"
Damnit.
"Took you long enough," Jamie smirked, leaning against his motorbike as I ran up to him. I received loads of envious and weird looks as I approached him. I guess Jamie is very good looking and technically I'm meant to be in love Johnny so I guess its no surprise I'm getting looks.
"I was making sure my boyfriend knew this date doesn't mean anything," I snapped, a little miffed about having to leave said boyfriend.
"Whatever you say Sandy," Jamie replied, climbing onto his motorbike.
"Where we going anyway?"
"You'll see,"
Sighing in annoyance, I climbed onto the back of the motorbike and pulled on a helmet. As I waved to Holly, Kara and Mirror, Jamie took off so abruptly I shrieked and flung my arms his waist.
"Bloody hell," I growled. "A warning would be nice,"
"Never stopped you two years ago. You've lost most of that sharp edge Sandy," Jamie yelled over the wind. I didn't bother responding but let go of his waist anyway.
Ten minutes later and we were no longer in town, but at the edge of the woods that spread from the east of the town for almost thirty miles. It was well known for its hot springs and the lake at the centre.
"We going in there?" I asked as Jamie slowed down and began to ride down the path into the woods.
"Yep, got a surprise for you,"
Uh oh. Jamie and surprises are never…well, lets just say it takes me a while to recover from them.
Another five minutes later and we were finally stopping next to the clear beautiful lake. He led me to the hut was rented out often to tourists and stuff, and pushed the door open.
"This where you're staying?" I asked, looking around in interest.
"Yeah. Through here,"
I followed him through another door into a large empty room.
"Willow, so pleased to see you!"
"MASTER TAKASHI!"
Master Takashi sure complains a lot. I forgot about that.
"…all skin and bones you are. What happened, you on a diet?"
"No," I replied defensively.
"And you cut your hair! What did I tell you about cutting your hair Willow?"
"It brings bad luck," I recited.
"Exactly. But the moment you leave you cut your hair. Has nothing I've taught you sunk in that thick head of yours?" he rapped my head with a stick sharply, causing me to wince.
"Oww…"
Master Takashi is one of those types of guys that don't care what you think about them and will dedicate their whole lives to one thing. In this case, martial arts, but that just makes him more annoying. He's cool though, and back in America I considered him somewhat like a Grandpa.
"Hn. Slow reaction time. I expected better from one of my star pupils Willow," Master Takashi glowered at me, as I shifted uncomfortably on the straw mat. Jamie smirked.
"But never mind, I guess we can stay here a while and work on that…" Takashi sighed, sipping at his tea.
Two seconds later and what he had said sunk in.
"WHAT! What d'you mean you're staying here? Aren't you meant to be training Jamie? I gave up martial arts more than a year ago!"
"James can train perfectly well here," Master Takashi replied calmly, "And you will take up martial arts again. I don't care what I have to do, but I will see Willow Tate perform a Shadow Hand once more,"
The Shadow Hand. A move I've only mastered once. One of the most complicated, near impossible moves in martial arts.
HE WANTS ME TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AGAIN!
IS HE BLOODY INSANE?
Hang on, this is when I put my absolutely brilliant vocabulary range to use.
"Huh?"
"In short Willow, I expect you here six o'clock tomorrow morning to start your training,"
You must be kidding me!
"Now, you two don't want to hang out here all afternoon with a senile old man do you!"
We stared blankly at him.
"In other words, SCRAM!"
Senile indeed.
"That was hilarious!"
"Maybe to you!" I shot at the black haired teenager laughing his head off as we walked into Oliver's café.
"Your face though!"
"Hey, I was surprised!"
"Hey Cass!" Oliver greeted as we headed to the counter.
"Hey Ollie, just the guy I wanna see. I need a strawberry milkshake. Make it a double."
"Ohhhh, bringing out the big guns huh?" Oliver grinned, grabbing a glass and filling it up with the sweet creamy substance I was so addicted to.
"I need it. And chocolate ice cream for this idiot—hey, you still like chocolate ice cream right?" I asked Jamie, who licked his lips in anticipation. "I guess that's a yes,"
Damnit, his lips still look really kissable…NO! No way, I did not think that! I'm addicted to a different guy now…heck I'm even in love with said guy…
"Maybe if you hadn't spilt that ice cream all over my top I wouldn't've dropped my milkshake on you!" my fifteen year old self yelled, jabbing Jamie's chest with each word.
"If you hadn't of ran into me I might've not dropped the ice cream in the first place!" Jamie snapped.
"Argh! JERK!"
"Idiot!"
"Stupid bastard!"
"Insane wench!"
I blinked. He blinked. We had only just realised how close our faces were. Damn, those lips look really inviting right now…
"You're an idiot you know Sandy…" he murmured.
"And you're an impossible jerk Jamie…" I breathed in response.
Our lips collided in our first kiss.
Holy crap, where did that come from!
"Here you go Cass," Ollie said cheerfully, bringing me out of my daze. He leaned in closer as Jamie took the ice cream and headed over to the window booth. "Who's the hottie then?"
I've never mentioned that Oliver's gay, have I?
"Oh, Jamie? I mean, James. He's my ex."
Oliver raised an eyebrow. "Does Johnny know about him?" he asked sceptically. I gave him an affronted look.
"Yeah! Jeez, look, Ollie, he's just a mate I haven't seen in two years. We're just catching up okay?"
"Okay," Oliver sighed, "Sorry babe, but I don't wanna see you and Johnny breaking up. You're definitely the best couple around,"
I grinned, "Thanks Ollie," I said, kissing his cheek before heading over to where Jamie sat impatiently.
"I swear to God if you try anything do not blame me for the bruises you'll get afterwards," I grumbled as I sat opposite him.
"Huh?" came his intelligent response as he slurped on his ice cream.
"Everyone's asking who the hell you are. They keep insisting that Johnny and I are the IT couple…it never seems to stop them mentioning that you're a fine piece of eye candy," I explained with a small smile.
"Willow," Jamie said seriously, "Just because I loved you two years ago doesn't mean to say I still love you now. Clear?"
"Crystal," I said happily.
Okay, now that that's sorted…
Whoa, wait a sec! REWIND!"What d'ya mean you loved me! You made it perfectly clear that you didn't several times!"
But before he could respond two people dropped into the seats next to us.
"Hey, sorry to gatecrash," my lovely sister grinned, flipping her chestnut brown hair over her shoulder.
"Yeah, but we couldn't help it," Tala added, "Hey. Name's Tala," he said to the black haired nineteen year old.
"Hey, the name's James,"
"Funny, I thought it was Jamie,"
"No, only Willow and Sky ever got away with calling me that," Jamie grinned.
"Figures," Tala grinned, winking at me.
I smirked right back.
"So, c'mon on then, what are you guys doing here?"
"Oh, us?" Holly smiled, "Nothing really, we just wanted a cuppa. And I just wanted to tell you we have a gig at the Topaz Dragon on Wednesday. Should be great for Sky,"
"Okay, cool," I agreed happily.
"Has anyone seen…oh there you are!" chimed a voice that obviously belonged to Kara.
"Hey Kara, Maxie, sup?" I grinned at the two newcomers.
Hey, they're holding hands!
YEY!
"Dudettes, we need to practice. I mean, seriously, how long has it been since our last practice?" Kara said with a stubborn face.
"Uh…a week?" Holly offered, as she put down her coffee.
"Exactly! Anyway, how's the date going?" Kara asked, switching topics randomly like she usually does.
"Are you bloody kidding me!" I growled as Jamie burst out laughing again, "We went to see Master Takashi- my old martial arts teacher- and guess what! I HAVE TO START TRAINING AGAIN!"
My sister winced in sympathy but Max just started laughing.
And everyone thinks Max is just a sweet hyper eighteen year old…
If only they knew what torture he throws upon his little sisters…
"ITS NOT GODDAMN FUNNY! I HAVE TO GET UP AT FIVE IN THE MORNING TOMORROW!"
This only served to make the boys laugh harder.
"Oh shut up," Kara said hitting Max lightly, but wearing her own smirk of amusement.
Even Holly was twitching slightly, which meant she was trying to not show any signs of laughter.
Was it any wonder that Jamie ended up with my milkshake on his head?
"Man, that was priceless!" Kara roared with laughter, about half an hour later as me, Kara, Max, Mariah, Jamie, Holly and Tala all climbed the hill towards Johnny's house.
"Shut up already!" Jamie groaned.
"Hey, Jamie, I think there's something pink in your hair!" I giggled.
"It's called the milkshake you oh-so-kindly covered me in!"
"Oh yeah…damn, that was a waste of good milkshake,"
"It went to a good cause," Kara assured me.
I don't think she likes Jamie all that much.
"I wish I was there to see it," Mariah sighed, obviously imagining the whole scene in her head.
"Another time, hun, another time," Holly grinned.
"So c'mon then, tell me about the band," Jamie grumbled, obviously trying to move the topic of discussing away from the milkshake incident. I grinned, but let it go anyway.
"We're called the Twisted Angels," Holly quipped.
"Holly's the lead singer, Cass is the lead guitar and backing singer, I'm on the bass guitar and Kara is on the drums," Mariah continued.
"We play a lot of gothic rock music," I supplied.
"AND WE'RE THE BEST AROUND!" Kara yelled, punching the air. We laughed.
We reached Johnny's house at that point, and I pressed the doorbell. The butler answered it and informed us in a very annoyingly snotty voice that Johnny was in his bedroom.
"You guys head to the practice room," I told the others as I climbed up the marble staircase.
Damn, I need some alone time with Johnny and fast.
"ABOUT TIME!" Mirror yelled as we entered the practice room, all mused up and smiling in a maddening way. I'm talking about me and Johnny by the way, cos unless Mi's decided to execute her plan to take Kai for everything he's got early, I don't think she has a reason to be all mused up and smiling in a maddening way. Uh oh, I'm rambling aren't I?
"When did you get here?" I asked her, ignoring her impatient yell.
And I honestly swear to God she wasn't here when we arrived.
She shrugged, "I called you on your mobile to ask how the date went and Kara answered it and told me you lot were here so I decided to come join you," she turned to Johnny, "Dude, you need a new butler. Seriously, he is soooo RUDE! And posh…I bet he's English,"
"Yeah, well, try saying that to my Dad. He doesn't seem to think there's anything wrong with Jeeves," Johnny said, rolling his eyes.
"Why is that butlers names always begin with 'J'?" I asked as we joined the others. Kara had a steady beat going on the drums and Mariah was messing around on the bass.
"Dunno. Weird though," Johnny commented with a semi-interested look.
Well, at least he TRIED to look interested!
"Hey, finally done with the make out session? Cos I'd really like to hear you play," Jamie grinned.
SEE! He's totally over me! I'm over him! WHY'S EVERYONE SO WORRIED!
"Yeah, let's get this ball rock and rollin'" Kara grinned, twirling her drumsticks in her hand.
"Okay, we set? How bout Imaginary to get us started?" Holly asked, picking up the microphone.
"Sure thing sis,"
"And one and two and three…"
Mariah and me started off the tune, our fingers strolling over the strings with experienced ease. Holly waited a few seconds before Kara joined in and a soft voice flowed over the notes.
I linger in the doorway
Of alarm clock screaming
Monsters calling my name
Let me stay
Where the wind will whisper to me
Where the raindrops
As they're falling tell a story
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me
Don't say I'm out of touch
With this rampant chaos- your reality
I know well what lies beyond my sleeping refuge
The nightmare I built my own world to escape
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me
Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming
Cannot cease for the fear of silent nights
Oh how I long for the deep sleep dreaming
The goddess of imaginary light
In my field of paper flowers
And candy clouds of lullaby
I lie inside myself for hours
And watch my purple sky fly over me
We stopped, smirking slightly at the looks of awe from Mi and Jamie.
"That was bloody amazing. Voice of a fallen angel, Aria," Jamie managed to say.
"Aria?" everyone looked confused, except for us Tates.
"Aria is one of Holly's middle names. Its what we always used to call her back in America," I said cheerfully.
"Guys, I'd like to say this now: when you're famous, can I be your manager?" Mirror asked seriously.
Laughter erupted.
"I'm being serious!"
"Hey, hate to ruin the magic moment of a great song, but…" Holly trailed off, frowning slightly.
"What?" Tala encouraged.
"We need more things for the song. It was great and everything but it seemed a little…"
"…empty?" I offered, understanding what my sister was on about. "Yeah Aria, I know,"
"Maybe we need a piano to accompany it, or even a keyboard. And a violin wouldn't go amiss either," Lollie suggested.
"Jesus, babe, do we know anyone that plays the keyboard or the violin?" Mariah asked.
"Sure, Ollie plays the keyboard," Max offered.
"Yeah, and Dest mentioned something about being a grade six violinist once," I quipped.
"Okay, all we need to do is give 'em a call and see if they're up to it," Tala grinned, taking out his mobile and throwing it to me. I speed dialled Ollie first.
Pretty soon I had both Oliver and Destiny agreeing to play with us.
"See?" Tala grinned, wrapping an arm around Holly's waist, "No problem. Just email them the notes, cram a little practice after school and you're all set," he kissed her cheek as well, but refrained from flirting further after the look I shot them.
"Okay," Holly sighed, staring at the floor. Suddenly a mischievous grin played on her face. "Johnny, Tala, get out the vodka. This bands gonna play a little song called Lady Marmalade,"
Yep, she's totally lost it.
But maybe that's a good thing.
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Next Chapter: Sky arrives, the girls get a little surprise from Amber, and a night at the club seems the best way to get drunk...
I promise to update a little sooner then last time. Since its the Easter hols, I got some spare time.
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Ciao dudes and dudettes
Chiya