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Songs: Halifax – Under Fire and Halifax – Our Revolution
Chapter 2: Hell Yeah!
BPOVAnd now for the rest of me. I gently let my hair down from the ponytail keeping it out of my face, bending over and shaking it out. Now - the face. Black liquid eyeliner, mascara, black eye shadow, and bright red lipstick. Perfect. And now, throw on some black Vans, and I'm good to go. I calmly walked out the bathroom, and to the cafeteria. As I approached, I recognized the song they were singing.
Call me a doctor of defense
Maybe I'm a fix (Baby I'm a mess)
A diagnosis you'll forget
Call me baby call me crazy, yeah yeah yeah
Take these pills everyday to kill your apathy for living
Yeah for living, yeah yeah
(This is) This is the sound of your body under fire
(These are) These are my eyes finding you in the dark
We are the voices of an underground choir
Save your breath you won't be heard
I found the villain in your bed
A blanket full of lust (a pillow you can trust)
So is this what you call love?
Call me crazy, listen baby, yeah yeah yeah
Stop sniffing all your cocaine
I'll be your drug for the pain
For all the pain, yeah yeah
(This is) This is the sound of your body under fire
(These are) These are my eyes finding you in the dark
We are the voices of an underground choir
Save your breath you won't be heard
I blow open the doors with a wave of my hand and let them bang against the walls so every one turned to look at me. Gasps were heard, the loudest by far coming from the Cullen table. I ignored them all and sang the next part of the song:
And when you're falling for the stories I said and believe them
Nothing but the truth we wrote on the ceiling
I strode over to my family, taking my place, as we continued to sing.
Break out all your bullets it won't be enough for
Stopping all your jail mates from turning into
People on the sun reaching for a loaded gun for you
They will scream your name before I do
(This is) This is the sound of your body under fire
(These are) These are my eyes finding you in the dark
We are the voices of an underground choir
We are the voices of an underground choir
We are the voices of an underground choir
(This is) This is the sound of your body under fire
(These are) These are my eyes finding you in the dark
We are the voices of an underground choir
(This is) This is the sound of your body under fire
(These are) These are my eyes finding you in the dark
We are the voices of an underground choir
Save your breath you won't be heard
When we finished drawing out the last note, the cafeteria was quiet for a moment, then it erupted into a raucous roar of cheers, whistles, and applause, everyone standing up, giving us a standing ovation. Everyone that is, but the Cullens – they were still in shock.
"ENCORE! ENCORE! ENCORE!"
"Awwwww… That's not fair, how are we supposed to say no to that," I yelled before bursting out into another song.
We are famous faces
We are legends of the underground
The west coast is dying, but we're still getting down
Hollywood's got stilettos
Walking egos in skirts
Setting sunset on fire
We only do this cause it hurts
So sit back, waste your life away
Well I want to hear you say...
Hell yeah
Get up, get up, get up, do you believe in
Hollywood restart our revolution
Hell yeah
Get up, get up, get up, and sing it
If rock n' roll is dead, the dead will come undone
They say I kiss to kill
I just do it for fun
The stage girls shake to make my heart come undone
Glamour girls and whiskey
And Snow White's already kissed me
The sirens sound, the boys are out, take over this city
So get up, dance the night away
Well I want to hear you say...
Hell yeah
Get up, get up, get up, do you believe in
Hollywood restart our revolution
Hell yeah
Get up, get up, get up, and sing it
If rock n' roll is dead, the dead will come undone
Hell yeah
Get up, get up, get up, do you believe in
Hell yeah
Get up, get up, get up, get up
Hell yeah
Get up, get up, get up, do you believe in
Hollywood restart our revolution
Hell yeah
Get up, get up, get up, and sing it
If rock n' roll is dead, the dead will come undone
We walked out of the cafeteria, chased by applause, cheers, and whistles. Out into the rain, we sat down 'criss cross applesauce' in the middle of the field, waiting for the Cullens. After a few seconds, we could see them coming towards us.
"Would you like to sit down," I offered, gesturing the grass in front of us. Edward, Jasper, and Emmett sat down, and Alice and Rose settled themselves into their husbands' laps. When all of them were seated, they turned to me.
"So… I'm guessing all of you would like me to explain, huh?" Five nods. "Well, this is my real family. My sister Becca, and our cousins, Jason and Jacob – but not Jacob as in Jacob Black, this is Jacob Swan. Becca's real name is Rebecca, and she likes to be called that just as much as I like being called Isabella. Because of our family and our past, we come with many strings attached."
I had been talking to the ground between us, but now I looked up and meet Edward's eyes.
"Edward, I do love you, but I just can't do this. No matter how much I want to be with you I can't."
"Why not?"
"There are many, many reasons."
"What are they," he asked sadly.
"Well, I can give you five: Jake, Samm, Alex, Adam, and Scot – my five kids."
If he could be crying I knew he would be. The one thing he couldn't give me I already had – and they weren't his.
"Whose their father?"
"I don't know."
"How can you not know?"
I looked him in the eye and said, "Because I was raped."
Shock covered every one of their faces. If it weren't so serious, I probably would have laughed.
"Did you have quintuplets," burst out Alice.
"No – look, can we not talk about this."
"Okay, new subject – how come all of you are all Gothic like?"
I laughed looking down; I could hardly recognize my own outfit.
"Oh, these are just some of our stage clothes, we dress somewhat normally the rest of the time."
"Thank god!" Jasper was soon holding a very limp Alice, who had pretended to faint.
"Anyways, I want you – all of you to be a part of the kids' lives, they need a bit more of fun in their lives," addressing them as a whole.
"Really, you mean it?!"
"Yup, Rose, I really do mean it."
"YAY!" Alice and Rosalie started jumping around in circles, chanting "We're gonna be aunts!" over and over and over again.
"Go ahead," I said to my family, who was getting quite impatient.
"Finally, do you realize how long that took."
"No, but I'm betting 10 dollars to Becca and Jason each that you timed it."
"Deal."
"Deal."
"26 minutes, 58 seconds."
I didn't say anything, just stretched out my hands towards the losers, who grumblingly put 10 bucks into my hand.
"So… As long as we're out here, let's not waste a perfectly good battlefield now that the rain is letting up," said Becca. In fact, the rain was letting up, so Jason, Jacob and I readily agreed.
"Nope, sorry," said Emmett.
"What, afraid of losing," taunted Becca.
"No, I just wouldn't want to squish you."
"If I were you, I'd be a lot more worried about my own safety."
"And why is that?"
"Because our regular battles are females vs. males, and there is no way males will ever beat us, 'cuz we're just so much damn better that you are."
"It wouldn't be fair. You see, they are more of us than of you."
"That won't be an issue."
"And why not?"
"Because we're not human either," I said, breaking up their little rendezvous.