Well rematch time!
Mo
We arrived at the bowling alley around eight. We decided to go early since we had Jamie and we could leave a little bit earlier. Apparently there was karaoke again and we signed up… again. Karaoke is fun but yesterday with Janet whatever her name was, it was tense.
I was glad to see Olivia eat again but Wen said she only ate a biscuit this morning. Now she's eating pieces of a pretzel. She also was getting better at bowling. When I asked her what was her secret she said ' I will never tell.' I think her and Stella need to spend sometime apart…
Wen went to the bathroom and Olivia was about to come back to the table from bowling but her body froze. I followed her gaze to see Janet Rustenbutt. I think that's her name . Janet was smirking at her like she the Joker or something.
" Hello Olivia. It's nice to see you again."
Olivia continued to stay frozen in place but I saw her hands clench and her face was turning red.
Jamie was pulling my hair and I looked down to see his questioning gaze.
"Who that, mommy?"
" Uh. A person we went to school with. We don't like her," I whispered in his ear.
" I see that,' he whispered back looking at Scott's clenched fists and Charlie's expression. I don't really know what he's trying to do because in my opinion it looks like he's constipated.
I hear someone clear his throat and look up. Wen was standing behind Janet.
"What are you doing here?" he snarled at his ex.
"Wennie Pooh, it's a bowling alley and I came here to bowl."
" Okay. Why can't you do that without bothering us?" Stella said completely annoyed.
" Don't worry, I just came to tell Olivia it's our turn."
Olivia was holding her breath, trying to calm down. It wasn't really working.
" Ready for what?" Charlie asked.
" Karaoke!" Olivia said for the first time. Her voice sounded deathly.
" ALRIGHT PARTY PEOPLE. WE HAVE ANOTHER KAROAKE CHALLENGE! A REMATH BETWEEN JANET AND OLIVIA FROM LAST NIGHT AND THEY WILL SONG FREAK THE FREAK OUT BY VICTORIA JUSTICE!" the announcer yelled into the microphone.
Janet smirked at Olivia who was walking towards the announcer. He handed them the microphones.
( Olivia, Janet, Stage directions)
Are you listening?
Hear me talk, Hear me sing.
Open up the door,
Is it less, is it more?
Olivia points to her ear and rolls her eyes
When you tell me to beware,
Are you here? Are you there?
Is it something I should know?
Easy come, Easy go.
Nodding your head,
Don't hear a word I said
Can't communicate, when you wait
Don't relate.
I try to talk to you
But you never even knew, so,
What's it gonna be,
Tell me can you hear me?
(Hear me, can you hear me?)
I'm so sick of it,
Your attention deficit
Never listen, You never listen.
I'm so sick of it,
So I'm throwing on a fit
Never listen, You never listen.
I scream your name,
It always stays the same.
I scream and shout,
So what I'm gonna do now
Is freak the freak out, hey!
Woah oh oh, Woah oh oh,
Woah oh oh, Woah oh oh oh.
Olivia starts to run and then jumps on one of the tables.
Patience running thin
Running thin, come again
Tell me what I get
Opposite, opposite
Show me what is real
If it breaks does it heal
Open up your ear
Why you think that I'm here?
Janet tries to do what Olivia did but 2 guys helped her
Keep me in the dark
Are you even thinking of me?
Is someone else above me
Gotta know, gotta know
What am I gonna do?
Cause I can't get through to you
So what's it gonna be
Tell me can you hear me?
I'm so sick of it,
Your attention deficit
Never listen, You never listen.
I'm so sick of it,
So I'll throw another fit
Never listen, You never listen.
I scream your name,
It always stays the same.
I scream and shout,
So what I'm gonna do now
Is freak the freak out, Hey!
Olivia does a backflip and makes her way back to the announcer
Woah oh oh, Woah oh oh,
Woah oh oh, Woah oh oh ohhhhhh...
Easy come, easy go
Easy come, easy go
(Can you hear me?)
I scream your name,
It always stays the same.
I scream, and shout,
So what I'm gonna do now
Is freak the freak out, Hey!
Woah oh oh, Woah oh oh,
Woah oh oh, Woah oh oh oh.
I scream your name
But you never listen
No you never listen
But you never listen
" WELL, WE ALL KNOW HOW TO VOTE! FIRST OFF OLIVIA," the crowd went wild but Janet interrupted them.
" We all know Olivia White from Lemonade Mouth right?"
Olivia
The crowd nodded in agreement. Where was she going with this? I looked back at the band and they all looked confused too.
" Well she married Wen Gifford and got pregnant. But the slut she is got an abortion! She killed an innocent baby!"
My body went into lockdown. I wanted to run out of here but my body wouldn't obey. I looked at the band and they looked just as shocked. That's when people started to boo and throw things at me. I felt soda stain the front of my white shirt. Pizza staining my exposed skin. The only thing I could do was cry. Janet was laughing at me and that's when I could feel my body again.
I ran out of the god-awful place.
She planned to ruin my life, making it the deepest pit in hell and dragging the people I love with me.
Stella
That little shit head! What has Olivia done to deserve this? She ran out. Wen and Mo followed. That left Charlie, Scott, and me. My anger got the best of me and I stormed towards Janet.
"What the hell is wrong with?"
"Oh. Dear Stella, you didn't know that about your best friend? All well," she turned her back on me. NOBODY and I mean NOBODY does that to Stella Yamada!
I jumped on her back. She almost fell over but she caught herself. I got in a few punches before she slammed back into a wall. It didn't really hurt but let's just say if I did what I am going to do in high school I would have been expelled.
Charlie
Next thing I know Scott and Me are reluctantly pulling Stella off of a battered Janet. We ran out of there with me holding Stella over my shoulder. She was kicking and cussing me out…. I don't think she realized it was I. Scott was behind me carrying Jamie.
We got the car and I put Stella in, quickly closing the door before she can get out. Eventually she calmed down and knocked on the window. I opened the door and she spun so her feet were hanging out of the car.
"Did they find Olivia?"
"No…" Scott said still holding Jamie who fell asleep.
" Tell them to check her Gram's grave stone."
I pulled out my phone and called Wen.
"Hello?"
Wen
Charlie told me to check Gram's gravestone and he hung up.
" Mo we need to go cross town."
" Why woul- Oh."
She started to drive again. We reached the graveyard in five minutes. I ran out of the car and up the path to Gram's gravestone. I reached the White's row of gravestones and saw my wife sitting with her back towards me. I walked over to her slowly and sat down next to her. I heard Mo behind me. She sat down on Olivia's other side and put her hand on her shoulder. We stayed there for a long time; the only noise was Mo and I humming 'More than a Band.'
Finally, Olivia fell asleep with her shoulder on my head. I carried her back to the car with Mo in front. I held her in my lap as Mo drove us home.
Some magical voice from Above
What nobody saw was the guy in the corner taking pictures and recording at the bowling alley.
Janet's a real bitch! I promise things will get better in later chapters, maybe.