Hey! Lookie! Another chapter! This one will be happy! Read!
I woke up one the sofa in the T.V room. My dreams were just me looking through more memories. This time it was summer, I was sitting in my dad's office, playing with a stapler. The memory made me tear up a bit, I hate how horrible they were to me.
"Morning Jonah-san!" Noodle face was suddenly right next to mine. Except upside down. She was smiling at me from behind the couch. I yelped in surprise, almost hitting my forehead with hers. "C'mon! Get dressed! We're going to the maaaaaaalll!" she sang. She started did little twirls in the middle of the floor. I giggled and sat up running my fingers through my hair. We walked back to the hallway where our rooms were.
"Let me get dressed. I'll meet up with you down stairs." I said. She nodded and we both split up to our rooms. I showered and tried to find an outfit. "Maybe I do need clothes." I mumbled to myself. Finally, I decided to just pick the jeans I wore when I came and a shirt Noodle lent me.
I headed downstairs where Noodle was waiting, and bumped into 2D on the way. "Hey. You're up early." I mused. He looked up, like he didn't know I was standing there. "Hmm? Oh, I guess so. Where you going?" he asked.
"To the mall, with Noodle." I said.
"Why?" he asked it like I just said, "I'm going to eat you in your sleep."
"Because." I explained, and passed him. While I was walking down the corridor he called, "Can I come?"
"No!" I yelled quickly and ran. He didn't need to be in our presence while we talked about guys.
Noodle drove us to the mall. I became very worried on the way there, I was a criminal. Once somebody recognized me, I was a gonner. "Um, Noodle, there's something I should tell you..." I began. She smiled, still not taking her eyes off the road. Yes, she was driving, even though she was 14. But she was a very safe driver, and looked mature enough to be at least 20.
"Hmm?" she asked, turning down our music.
I took a deep breath, "Well, it might not be a good idea to go shopping here in Essex..." Noodle smiled.
"I know. First we're taking you to get your hair cut. Do you want to change the color? The police will have a hard time finding you that way." she said. I became confused. "How did you-"
"You don't think I watch the news? I don't really blame you, Jonah-san. I guess its really in your nature to be a little violent." she giggled.
"You're very calm about all this." I noticed.
She nodded her head, "You seem to be a very good person. Even if Satan's your dad. Plus, your my friend, and I trust you."
"Thank you. And actually, I was supposed to be evil like, take over the world evil. But whilst my dad was watching me grow up, he loved me. Or so my voice says." I explained.
"That's so sweet! So when are you seeing your dad?" She asked. We started to enter the city and Noodle slowed until we pulled up to a little boutique.
"Um, I don't know, actually. In a couple of days. I'm planning to stay for a week, and be back by your birthday." I smiled.
We went up to the counter and Noodle asked, "Hi, how long is the wait?" A woman with a very stylish haircut and a bored expression looked up from her Twilight book and smiled. "Actually, we can fit you in right now, if you know what you want."
"Thank you!" Noodle said. "It's for her, actually. Do you know what you want, Jonah-san?" she turned to me. "Um, no. Not really. I didn't think you could really do much with it. Its really short." I fingered the locks hanging next to my face. "Can you fix it though? Its been a while since I've had a real haircut."
"Oh, sure!" the lady giggled. "Your hair color's so pretty!" she brushed some hair out of my eyes. "Follow me." she took my hand and sat me down a chair. She put a cape around my neck and started combing my hair. "So, would you like some layers...or maybe bangs?" I thought about making it harder to recognize me.
"Could you just thin it out a bit? And get rid of the dead ends?" I asked her timidly. This situation was very uncomfortable. Noodle appeared by my side. She tapped her chin and studied me, which made me fidget more. "Highlights." she said finally. "Dark brown highlights would look good with your light brown hair."
"Um, okay then." I said. The hairdresser smiled and squealed, "Oh how come I didn't think about that! This is going to look perfect!" Then, she took out her scissors and began to snip my hair.
Even though my hair was only just above my shoulders, it took her almost an hour to cut and highlight it. I became very antsy sitting in that chair so long.
Finally, she was done. And we set out to do some shopping. We walked down the aisles and stopped at almost every store, Noodle throwing numerous shirts and skinny jeans at me. "Wow that looks great on you! Let's get it!" she squealed after seeing me in another pair of pants. "Don't you think we're spending a bit too much?" I asked. Noodle carried the clothes to the check out counter and the guy started ringing them up. The total came over 600 bucks. I gasped, "Noodle!"
"What!" she jumped.
"Can we really pay for all this?" I asked. Noodle laughed and raised an eyebrow at me, "Of course silly, your a rockstar now, remember?" I gulped at the thought of everybody knowing my name, studying my face, soon somebody would recognize me. And it would be all over.
"Maybe we should go home now..." I said timidly.
"No no no!" Noodle shook her finger. "We still haven't done the most important thing!"
"We already got shoes." I said. Noodle sighed, "Not that! Let's go find us some hot guys!" Noodle dragged us and our bags out of the store. She put the bags in the trunk of the car and we went to the food court.
"Oh! What about him? He's adorable!" Noodle whispered and pointed to my right. I sighed, don't get me wrong, these guys were nice looking and all. I just wasn't really interested. They all either tons of piercings and tattoos, or they looked like they cared way to much about looks. I knew those types of guys, they used to come up to me. They would make me play, say they could do better, sometimes they would play whatever instrument they were carrying. Then they laughed and teased me with their friends and didn't give any change. They were self-absorbed, mean, and thick in the head. Most of those guys cared about sports more than anything.
Couldn't I just find, a caring, cute, yet cool guy that liked music and wasn't selfish? Or...wait a second...
"Noodle? I'm getting tired. And we haven't made any progress." I gave a fake yawn.
"Oh, maybe your right. Maybe we're not looking in the right place..." she said. "I mean, I've thought about going out with somebody from our concerts, but their either after our money, just in it to have their 15 minutes of fame, or over obsessed stalkers."
"So, can we go home then?" I asked. Noodle sighed and said yes. We threw our food away and headed back to Kong. The drive back we talked about things besides boys. Noodle's birthday party was going to be at Kong. And if I left tomorrow, I would be back from my dad in time for it.
We came back to Murdoc watching T.V. He told us he got it fixed today, and we could stop watching T.V in the 2nd floor. Which I was glad for, I was too lazy to walk to the 2nd floor. Noodle and I took our bags to our rooms, and on the way back to the carpark for my 2nd trip, I ran into 2D. Literally.
"Oops, sorry." 2D said as he got up from the asphalt. "No problem." I said. I got up to and noticed 2D staring at me.
"Um, what?" I asked, feeling a bit uncomfortable.
"J-jonah?" he stuttered. I raised and eyebrow and said, "Yes, that's me."
"Uh...um, I-I got to g-go." he said quickly and scurried to his room. Like a mouse.
"Well that was weird." I muttered to myself as I took the rest of my bags to my room and tried to get to sleep.
My dream was...different. This time it wasn't memories. It was like my head was a movie, and I was the star. I was sitting outside on the roof of Kong. I turned my head and noticed 2D next to me, smoking. He was singing quietly.
Some kind of nature, some kind of soul
some kind of mixture, some kind of goal
some kind of majesty some, chemical low
some kind of nature,
some form thats in us
so lost I can't breathe
its gonna come and find us
all we are, is stars.
I jolted awake and looked at my clock, it was only 2:00 am, but I still couldn't get back to sleep. The lyrics played in my head over and over again. I decided to just write them down. I didn't want to forget them, and after I wrote them I could finally get to sleep.
Ok then. I'm really sorry this took so long. I had a bit of writers block for this chapter (not good at writing happy stuff) so to keep my infinite writers mind busy I wrote Pokemon and Of Doves and Crows. Go read them, if you want. I guess Pokemon shows you that I can think-happy-thoughts as long as its like 1 in the morning. But it's not right now. I'm sorry if I got the lyrics wrong, but my internets down and I couldn't go search them up, so I just listened to the song and wrote down what I heard. Now go review, silly!
