Why Scream, It's Over

Okay, this story is going to be pretty short. Maybe a little over ten chapters. I hope everyone enjoys this chapter and please review!

Lyrics: Torn between the lover and the love you leave behind

Chapter Four

It seemed as though it was going to be a tough day today. Max was refusing to talk to me and Ronnie was bemused by the situation. Is it only this hard for me to stop pissing my friends off?

"Max, would you cut it out?" I snapped when he ignored me for the billionth time. "I didn't mean what I said." He simply turned further in his seat and looked out of the window.

"Dude, what's his problem?" Robert asked as he took his seat.

"He's pissed at me because I said a pretty bitter thing to him yesterday, but I didn't mean it" I explained.

"You obviously did mean it otherwise you wouldn't have said it" Max shouted as he turned to face me for the first time this morning with hard anger in his eyes.

"Wow, he speaks" Ronnie laughed. "Lay off her, man. She was just angry yesterday." Max soon whirled on Ronnie with a hard glare.

"It wasn't that when you were annoyed with her" He reminded. Just then Mrs Fenwick stepped in and glared at Max before her eyes fell on me.

"If I remember rightly, you two aren't allowed in my classroom anymore" She sneered. "Go sit out in the hallway." Ah, man, I was hoping she had forgotten about that. Now I was faced with an hour of having to try and make conversation with Max without him biting my head off.

"You were being serious about that?" Max asked before mumbling incoherent things about her being a bitch. He snatched his bag up and stormed out with me following suit. He led me over to one of the benches outside the class and sat with me.

"I'm really sorry for saying what I did" I whispered. "It's just that the thought of me leaving you guys scares me too." For a moment, Max still looked mad at me, but his gaze soon softened and he pulled me into a half armed hug.

"Hey, there'll come a time when we'll all separate" He reminded. "Yeah, it'll be a tough thing to deal with, but we'll get over it. We'll always keep in touch with each other, Monica"

"Aw, you love me again" I laughed as I wrapped my arms around him.

"Who said I stopped?" He questioned with that sloppy grin that never failed to make me laugh.

…

As soon as the lesson was over, Ronnie hurried to come over to us. He took my hand like he normally did and led me to the lunch room.

"Hey, Mon, I have to talk to you" He whispered in my ear. It was unlike Ronnie, but it didn't surprise me.

"Sure, what do you need?" I asked once we were sitting down with the other guys. He soon turned humble and squirmed in his seat. Okay, that was very unlike Ronnie. Whatever happened to that loud and boisterous boy that got irritating after a while?

"Ah, I need to talk to you in private" He mumbled as the eyes of the others fell on him and a few sniggers met my ears.

"What's up with you, Ronnie?" Monte asked. "Getting a little tongue-tied?"

"Shut up, dude" Ronnie growled. Did they know something I didn't? It was times like this when I got paranoid and felt as though someone had pinned a sign to my back. It took all of my strength to not grope around my back to check.

"Hey, you can come to mine after school if you really need to say it privately." I laughed. "God, you guys are weird sometimes. Hey, I don't have anything on my back do I?"

"No, you're good" Ronnie laughed.

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Ronnie's words stuck with me for that day. Every single lesson I was in, I was thinking about what it was that he could possibly have to say to me that the others couldn't listen to. All I could think about was how agitated it had gotten him. Well, I could also think about my craving for cigarettes, but I was determined to stay away from them.

By the end of the day, Ronnie met me outside of my class. "Are you ready to tell me yet?" I asked. He simply shook his head and grinned at me.

"No, you'll run away" He chuckled. Although it was said in a light-hearted tone, it still worried me slightly. What the hell was he going to tell me that would make me run away? Oh, god, he was probably going to kill me or something like they do in all of those horror movies.

"Ronnie, if you don't tell me now, I'll turn right around and I won't speak to you again" I demanded as I pulled hard on my arm, so he would stop dragging me in the direction of my house.

"Are you honestly that stupid?" He questioned as he took a few steps closer to me. "I know that you'd talk to me again. If you run away, I won't tell you what I had to tell you and you can't last if you don't something. You're just that ignorant."

"Hey, shut up, man" I snapped. "I'm nothing like that. Tell me now, Ronnie"

"Mon, would you just let me do this my way?" He asked. With on firm shake of my head, he sighed in frustration. "Okay, I didn't want to have to do this, but you know that I'm stronger than you." Before I had a chance to ask what he was doing or what he meant, he wrapped his arms around my waist and continued to drag my away.

"Ronnie, get the fuck off" I shouted, slapping the tops of his arms as I squirmed to get out of them. "This is like kidnap."

"I thought you'd know that I really don't care" He laughed as we turned the corner onto my street. "See? In a few minutes, you'll find out what I wanted to tell you. God, would you stop being so violent?" As soon as we were in the house, I whirled on him with my arms crossed firmly over my chest.

"What the hell do you think you're playing at?" I questioned, taking on the stern tone of voice that my mother had used on me all those years ago. Nothing was worse than the time when I blundered into the road and almost got smeared into the road by a truck. She was pissed that time.

"Jeez, you sound like your Mom" Ronnie complained. "God, I only had to tell you one thing" Was he really going to act this stupid around me? He knew that I could be an impatient bitch most of the time.

"Stop trying to get out of telling me what you wanted to" I accused.

"Fine, you're right" he sighed. "Well, when I told you yesterday why I was upset because you done well in the exam, I missed some pretty vital information out." Oh, great, Ronnie's been lying to me now. What more can happen on this day?

"Ronnie, why would you do that?" I asked. "You know that we're best friends and that you can tell me anything."

"I know that" He agreed. "But there are some things that you just can't tell anyone, especially the person that it's about."

"Ronnie, what have I done?" I asked. When you're like me and keep screwing up friendships, you learn to just accept that when someone's angry or upset, it's usually your fault.

"Mon, you haven't done anything" He assured before his face turned bitter. "Well, except for being born" Well, I can safely say that I wasn't expecting that. My eyes went wide and I stuttered an apology.

"What do you mean?" I asked. "Do you just like hate me or something?"

"No, I love you" He finally shouted. "Ever since you first came back into school and you'd changed so much. Your hair was long and brown. Your eyes were sharper and man you had curves to die for." I was too stunned to even comprehend what to say to this. Was Ronnie Joseph Radke really saying this to me?

"Are you being for real?" I questioned, not thinking about how horrible my tone sounded. Ronnie's face fell as he gave a tiny chuckle that sounded forced.

"Yeah, I am" He answered "This is why I wanted to tell you here, so you wouldn't run from me. You're obviously not happy that I told you, though" He made to leave just as I was able to move for the first time since he revealed what he did.

"Hey, don't you dare think you're entitled to leave after what you've just decided to tell me" I warned as I grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the hallway. "That's a cowards way out."

"Well, what more do you want me to say?" He asked. "I've said what I had to say"

"This isn't a ploy to get me to stay in Nevada, is it?" I questioned. It sounded horrible and petty, but I didn't put it past Ronnie. If he really didn't want me to leave, it wouldn't surprise me if he pulled a stunt like this.

"No way, Monica" He shouted. "Do you honestly think I'm that much of a dick? I wouldn't dare make something up as meaningful as this to get you to stay away from your dream."

"Sorry, Ronnie, I just had to make sure" I defended as I took his hands in mine. "I didn't want to say anything about this until I knew that."

"Well, are you going to say anything about what I told you?" He asked as he shifted from foot to foot. "This is getting a little awkward."

"No, I don't have anything to say about it" I laughed. His face fell for the second time today and he gave a hopeless shake of his head.

"Fine, I've got to go now" He sighed, turning again to leave until I stopped him with a hand to his shoulder.

"I don't have anything to say to you because I've got something for you" I whispered as he turned around. I pushed up on my toes, so I could reach his lips with my own. He bent down a little to make it easier for me and kissed back with a force and passion that ran deeper than my own. The only thing I could smell was whatever hair product he had used this morning and the cologne he was wearing.

"Hmm, you're gorgeous" He finally mumbled into my lips before pulling away from me. "And you're an amazing kisser." A blush rose to my cheeks as I giggled.

"You're not too bad yourself" I complimented.

"I do actually have to go" Ronnie finally whispered as he stepped out of my arms. "I'll see you tomorrow, though." He planted one last kiss on my cheek before successfully getting out of the house.

Although I was ecstatic about what had just gone down, I couldn't help but feel regret linger around me. What the hell was I playing at? Starting something with Ronnie was just going to make it harder for me to leave him when we go our separate ways, but there was no way that I could sacrifice my dream for a relationship. God, I was leading him on. He didn't know that I would definitely choose to have a business. It's official: I'm a class A bitch.

Ah, well I suppose it was a quicker update than last time ;) Thanks for the reviews and I hope you enjoy this chapter and please do keep the reviews coming. I'll try and get the next chapter up a little quicker, but exams are on, so I apologise if I don't.