3 Tainted Love 3
Chapter One
Mike was happy that he had friends, even though he couldn't show it. He really didn't need to do much to fit in. He just had to smoke, sit quietly, and say 'conformist' at the appropriate times. They had even given him a new name.
"Ebony," Thorn called, sure it was a bit girly but he didn't mind. "We're going over to Razor's house to read poetry. You coming?"
He nodded. He had tried several times to write a decent poem, but he would always get sidetracked and doodle on the side of his notebook, which was just a composition book colored in black sharpie and had the word poetry in silver sharpie. He tried to think of his dad when ever he wrote, but that never helped. It only made him get tears on the pages, which caused the words of the poems he actually managed to write blur.
He had to go though. Not to fit in, but the please Thorn. He found that he couldn't say no to him no matter how much he thought he should. He followed them down the street, hands shoved into his pockets as he walked. He hoped they wouldn't kick him out after they heard his poems.
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Mike sat on Razor's, who's name he now found out from her mom was Henrietta, floor. It was dark; the only lighting in the room was candles. It was different from the rest of the house. He didn't expect much, but he expected more then black on black. If the other goth's rooms were like this then he would have to do some redecorating in his before ever inviting them over.
Shadow had just finished reading his poem.
"Your turn," Henrietta said, turning to him.
He nodded and cleared his throat.
"Loneliness, a virus that grabs you and holds you under cold, black, unforgiving waters. You stood above me as I drowned. You could save me, but you didn't. Alone, that's what I am. Every breath draws me further under. I've lost control. I've lost you. I've lost me."
"It lacks flow," Ash said. "But it didn't completely suck."
Mike smiled. It was better then nothing at all.
Thorn's poem was about unconfessed love that burned through a tortured soul. It was the most beautiful think Mike had ever heard in his entire life. Of course he didn't tell him that. It would be inappropriate.
"Love, confessed or not, doesn't exist." Ash said when Thorn had finished.
Mike felt his heart break as Thorn tried to hide a look of disappointment.
"That's not true," Mike said.
"Oh yeah, if your so sure love exist then why did you dad leave you. Didn't he love you?" Ash asked.
He felt like Ash had just thrown the broken pieces of his heart into a fire.
"Just because love didn't work out for me doesn't mean it doesn't exist." He mumbled, not looking at anyone.
Shadow stood up. "I have to go. I have somewhere to be at 7." He told them.
"Where?" Thorn asked.
"It doesn't concern you." And with that he left.
"That was random." Mike thought to himself. He hadn't known Shadow that long, maybe he always left randomly like that.
Thorn rolled his eyes.
"I'm out too." Ash said.
"Same." Thorn said.
"Uh, me too, I guess." Mike followed the other guys outside. "Are we gonna do anything else."
"Yeah, we're going home." Ash said.
Thorn nodded.
"Okay, I guess I'll see you tomorrow." He said, with a sad tone.
Mike turned around and walked towards his house, staring at his feet the entire way.
When he got home he looked at his room. The walls we're a off while covered with posters of bands he used to like and pictures of the friends he used to have. He began tearing everything off the walls and throwing them away, along with all of his old CDs, bed sheets, and other things his new friends would consider conformist.
He grabbed his wallet off of his dresser and threw on a black hoddie with AFI in bleeding red letters across the chest.
"I'm going out." He called to his mom.
"Michel honey it's getting late. Are you sure it's safe to go out? What if something happens?" She asked worried.
"Don't worry mom. I'll be fine." He assured.
"Okay, but be back before dinner, and take your cell phone." She said kissing him on the cheek.
He grabbed his car keys and drove to South Park Mall do get some stuff for his room, among other things.
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Mike didn't know if Goths drank Strawberry Smoothies, but at this time he didn't really care. He sat at a table in the food court sipping his smoothie when he caught a glimpse of something he never thought he would see.
TBC
Mwahaha, I thought I would be evil, but hey if I want people on story alert and of DevianWatch then I have to do cliff hangers. Comment or review =].