Disclaimer: I don't own When You're Gone by Avril Lavigne, Burger King, Wal-Mart or MR
"Max, Samantha and Felix are coming over."
"Cool, why Felix though?"
"We are working on a project and he's drawing the picture thing."
"Okay I'll just be locked in my room." I shut the door and opened the window.
I sat on the window seat and looked out the window. Taking out my note book full of lyrics I started singing the first song that I flipped to.
Fang POV
So there I was standing outside the Martinez house listening to the girl sing out the window, no that doesn't make me a stalker. I looked into the window and saw the girl grab a guitar and start playing.
"I always needed time on my own
I never thought I'd need you there when I cry
And the days feel like years when I'm alone
And the bed where you lie is made up on your side
When you walk away I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now?
When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you're gone" I saw her wipe eyes then she continued and I walked toward the window
"The face I came to know is missing too
When you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through
The day and make it ok
I miss you
I've never felt this way before
Everything that I do reminds me of you
And the clothes you left, they lie on the floor
And they smell just like you, I love the things that you do
When you walk away I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now?
When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
And when you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
And when you're gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through
The day and make it ok
I miss you
We were made for each other
Out here forever
I know we were, yeah
And all I ever wanted was for you to know
Everything I'd do, I'd give my heart and soul
I can hardly breathe I need to feel you here with me, yeah
When you're gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
And when you're gone
The face I came to know is missing too
And when you're gone
All the words I need to hear will always get me through
The day and make it ok
I miss you" She looked out the window and I ducked into the shadows and held my breath.
"Nick, I know your hiding against the tree, I can see your shoe" She leaned out the window and pointed at me.
I reluctantly came out of my hiding spot against the tree and walked up to the window.
"You going to scream 'stalker' and run?" I asked her.
"No."
"Tell me how I know you. You obviously know, I can tell."
"Here," she handed me a yearbook open to the inside cover a pointed at a note "Read this."
I read it and I couldn't believe what I saw, then she flipped through the pages and found a class and handed it back to me.
"There's you" she pointed at me "myself" she pointed at herself "and Jeff" she pointed a boy and I smirked.
"That's Iggy." she looked up at me.
"Iggy as in the guy who broke my nose?"
"Yup." I looked at a picture frame that was sitting on the window seat, "What's that?"
"Oh, here" she handed it to me and I remembered it was Max, her two sisters, and her mom in the picture with Iggy and I.
"I have one just like this."
"Jeff should too."
"Iggy not Jeff."
"How did he get that nickname anyway!?"
"Long story." Max laughed and stepped away from the window.
"Come in here, my sisters friend and 'friend' are coming and they don't need to see a guy in all black with his head poked in my window."
"k." I climbed through the window and looked around the room "Hasn't changed."
"Yes it has, and how do you remember what it looked like when we were in fifth grade?" she laughed.
"I don't know. I felt like saying that." Max laughed again and sat down.
"You're the first person to make me laugh since my mom died." she said quietly looking at her hands in her lap.
"I feel special now!" She laughed at my fake excitement.
"You're an idiot."
"An idiot you were friends with."
"Who said we aren't friends anymore?"
"True…" I felt my phone buzz and I pulled it out of my pocket "Sorry, I got to check this."
"It's fine."
I flipped the phone open and read the text.
I'm quitting the band I can't take this anymore. See you at school Monday.
"Great." I sighed flopping on my back onto Max's bed.
"What?"
"I just lost my lead guitarist and other lead singer."
"So you lost two people?"
"No just one."
"Oh, what are you going to do?"
"Well," I sat up and pointed at the guitar, "You can play really well and sing amazingly, do you want to join?"
"I don't know…"
"Please?"
"Nick I-"
"Fang."
"Fang I don't know."
"Well I'm meeting Iggy at the diner tomorrow for breakfast and I'm going to take you with me, so you have the rest of the night to think on it, but in the mean time I have to go home."
"Ok, nice to see you again Fang." she smirked as I climbed out the window.
"Same goes to you Max, that doesn't have much effect does it?"
"Nope." She shook her head and closed the window waving good-bye to me. I waved back and headed home.
Max POV
I sighed, flopped onto my bed, and closed my eyes thinking about what Fang asked me.
After a few minutes I sat up and walked to my bedroom door. I opened the door and walked to the kitchen to get a snack.
"Hey Max."
"Hey Tara, you make anything for dinner?"
"Max it's 9 P.M. no, I didn't," I sighed and looked at her." Sorry, if I had it would have been awhile ago."
"Can I borrow your car and go get some food?"
"Sure." she handed me the keys and I headed out the door, over to her red Jeep Wrangler.
I climbed in and turned the key in the ignition and backed down the driveway and out onto the road.
It was about a five minute drive to the nearest Burger King. I pulled into the drive thru and waited in line.
"Hi welcome to Burger King what can I get you?"
"Um, can I get a double cheese burger no mustard or onions, large fry and large coke icee"
"OK that'll be $6.99 at the second window."
I pulled around to the window and handed the girl the money, then I parked the car in front of the next window and waited for my food when I got a text.
Can you stop at Wal-Mart and get stuff for dinner tomorrow?
-Tara
I was handed the food and I pulled away from the window into a parking spot.
What do we need?
I pulled my fries out of the bag and ate a couple.
Chicken, Coco-Puffs (breakfast), salad stuff and whatever kind of cookies you want
-Tara
Kay
I set my phone down in the cup-holder and backed out of the parking spot. Once out of the parking lot I pulled out onto the road and drove over to Wal-Mart.
At Home After Wal-Mart and Burger King
I pushed the door open with my foot and stepped inside.
"Can I get a little help here Tara?" I called out and I heard footsteps running through the hall to me.
"Sorry, I was trying to find a college I could do online, or at night." Tara took some bags from my hands and took a sip of my icee.
"Hey now." I smirked at her and set the groceries down on the table.
"Hey now what?" I rolled my eyes and pulled a CD out of the bag and set it on the table "Who's CD did you buy?"
"A friends."
"Oh, you re-met Nick Ride did you?"
"Maybe." I said putting the chocolate cake in the fridge.
"I've seen Jeff's sister around; I've talked to her too. She said that Jeff goes to the same high school as you, so does Nick."
"Yeah, I found that out today."
"What really happened to your nose?" Tara sat down on the edge of the island and looked at me.
"I got hit with a football even ask Ella, I was waiting for her to get done with practice when it happened."
"Oh."
"Iggy's sister is the school nurse sometimes."
"Who's Iggy?"
"Jeff." I grabbed my CD and carried it into my room.
I set the CD on my night stand and flopped into bed not bothering to change. A thought hit me right away and I laid on my bed staring at the ceiling thinking.
Do I join the band? Maybe I could go to a rehearsal and then make my decision.
I closed my eyes and turned on my side.
Next Morning
I jumped awake at the sound of knocking. I rolled out of bed and walked to the door as the knocking grew faster. I pulled the door open and no one was standing there but the knocking continued, I looked out into the hall and saw Tara's bedroom door open and the kitchen light on. I sighed and turned around; I jumped when I saw Fang standing outside my window knocking. I shut my room door and walked over to the window.
"You forgot." He said climbing into my room after I opened the window.
"No, you never told me when I had to be up, and you know you could go to the front door right?"
"Yeah, but I don't feel like it." I pulled clothes out of my closet and turned to him.
"Don't break anything; I'm going to shower real quick."
"Kay." He sat down on my bed and I opened the door to my bathroom.
After showering I walked back into my room and saw Fang hadn't moved from since I went in the bathroom five minutes ago.
"Ready?" He sat up from lying on my bed.
"Yeah just you leave through the window; I have to tell my sister where I'm going."
"Ok." Fang climbed out of the window and I shut and I locked it after him.
"Tara, I'm going to the diner for breakfast."
"Okay."
I walked out the front door and off the front porch to where Fang was standing. He opened the car door for me; I got in his Hummer and shut the door.
Fang pulled out of the driveway and started off towards the diner.
"So are you going to join?" He asked, looking over at me when we stopped at a red light.
"Could I see you guys play before I make my decision?"
"Sure, and just so you know there's another girl in the band so you won't be the only girl if you do join."
"Ok."
The rest of the ride to the diner was silent but I didn't mind it.
We sat down at a booth and waited for Iggy to show up, he did not too long after.
"Hey Fang whose this? Oh, hey, I'm really sorry about your nose." Iggy said sliding in next to Fang.
"Ig, you do realize all of us met already before right?" Fang said to him.
"Yeah yesterday."
"No." I said "In first grade." Iggy's head turned towards me at that and he looked confused.
"See." Fang pulled a yearbook out of his backpack; he flipped it open to our class and showed it to Iggy then pointed at the note on the inside of the cover.
"You took my yearbook."
"You said not to break anything."
"Well did you take anything else?"
"Nope just this." he handed it to me and I set it next to me.
"So that's why Fang was going crazy yesterday looking through yearbooks." Fang rolled his eyes and I smirked at him.
"Anyways Iggy, did you look at the notebook I put in your locker?"
"Yeah it has great lyrics, now all we have to do is find someone how can play guitar and sing." Fang nodded towards me and Iggy looked over at me.
"She sings and plays guitar."
"Not well." I mentioned.
"Not well my ass." Fang said looking at me.
"Well might as well go to my house and have you play and sing us something." Iggy shrugged and a waitress came over to us. We ordered and went back to the task on hand.
"Who all would be this 'us'" I said adding air quotes.
"The band."
"Oh."