I walked into science, one of my last classes thankfully. I crashed in my seat in the back. One of the people to walk in was Wendy.
"Yo Wend!" I called out to her. She looked up and smiled. I motioned her to come over, she seemed hesitant, but eventually came and joined me.
"Hey Jace, why are you sitting in the back?" She asked. Oh how I forgot how innocent Wendy could be.
"Helpful hint, if you want to get away with things, but actually get some work done: sit in the back. How's your day been?" I asked her, she shrugged.
"Could be worst, haven't made any enemies yet. Well, except Jane." She replied. I chuckled at the comment.
"Well you and Jane have been enemies for as long as I can remember." Wendy smiled, knowing it was true. The teacher strode in and looked at Wendy, then at me.
"Miss. Darling, is it better that you sit up front?" She said. Wendy laughed, along with me.
"It's okay, Jace's my cousin, she's already functionally corrupted me already. If that's what you're worried about." Wendy answered politely. I smirked ever so slightly. The teacher nodded and started the lesson. Wendy obediently listened in, but since it was the first day, I gave up on listening to the same rules in different voice. So I threaded my headphones through my shirt and turned on my music. Coincidently, the first song to start playing was Reckless And The Brave by All Time Low. I grinned and silently sang along. Wendy raised her eyebrows at me until she saw that my hair was down. Then she just nodded and ignored it. I glanced at the clock and saw we had about one more songs worth of time left. So the next song to play was The End. By My Chemical Romance. I sang quietly and as soon as the song ended, I put it on pause and unplugged myself. The bell rang and I tied my hair back up.
"Jace, can I come over to your place?" Wendy asked. I nodded and went to my locker to be greeted by Killian.
"Are you having Ruby over?" He asked slightly like he didn't want her over.
"No, but I'm having Wendy over. Why? You and Liam having the team over?" He nodded and I sighed.
"Alright, but if it turns into a giant ass party, I'm not helping clean up vomit." Killian hugged me.
"Thanks Jace. I owe ya."
"Again with the owing me, your up to six Kill. Does this mean I need to get a ride home with someone else?" I replied. Killian nodded as he walked to the gym to go to the locker room. I groaned and went to find Emma. She was leaning against her car having a heated argument with someone who looked vaugley familiar, but I couldn't place him for the life of me. As I got closer, he left and Emma remained standing there fuming.
"Hi Emma, is this a bad time?" I asked. Emma looked up and faked a smile for me.
"No Jace, what can I help you with?" I looked at my feet.
"Killian and Liam have practice, and I missed the buses forgetting that minor detail." Emma smiled at me.
"Hop in Jace, I've been in your shoes more than once." I smiled and got in the other door. Emma put the key in the ignition and pulled out.
"You can play your music. You seem to have decent taste." Emma commented. I nodded and pulled out my iPod and started playing Low by Sleeping With Sirens. We both started singing along as loud as possible.
"You make me feel low. You make me feel low. 'Cause I tried so hard to convince myself it's okay that I feel this way. You make me feel low. Don't make me feel low. If I can't have you I'd be by myself 'cause you know that I need you so." We belted the chorus, laughing along. Then the song ended and we were laughing our asses off.
"I didn't peg you for a Sleeping With Sirens fan." I mentioned. Emma shrugged.
"My ex introduced me to them." She said.
"Lemme guess, via If I'm James Dean?" I proposed. She laughed but nodded.
"Yeah, is that cliché or what?" I laughed and nodded as well. Too soon, we pulled up to my house.
"Thanks for the ride Emma." I said gathering my things.
"Thanks again for the laugh Jace. You seem to be good at doing that." Emma smiled.
"It must be in the genes." I replied with a mock bow. Emma laughed and drove off. I made my way inside and waited for Wendy's parents to drop her off. I put my iPod on my dock and let the music play. The first song to come up was slowly but surely, Mama. I smiled and hummed along as I forged my parents signatures on the various rule sheets I'd been given that day. As the song came to an end, the doorbell rang. I lowered the volume ever so slightly to go answer the door. Waiting for me was Wendy and her mom.
"Hello Jacelyn," she said like it was a bitter taste on her tongue. I smiled sickly sweet.
"Hello Mrs. Darling. I'll have Liam drive her back before nine." Yes, I lost the right to call her my aunt when my mom died. Wendy's mom nodded and left. Wendy walked into the house and followed me to my room. Somewhere in Neverland had started playing over the speakers. Wendy was kind of swaying to the tune so I turned it up.
"What song is this?" She asked. I smiled at her.
"I'm so happy you asked. This little gem is called Somewhere in Neverland by All Time Low. A band I seriously need to get you into." She smiled and quietly hummed to the end of the chorus.
"Wendy we can get away, I promise if your with me say the words and we'll find away. And I can be your lost boy, your last chance your "everything better" plan. Oh, somewhere in Neverland." She was smiling at it.
"I assume it's one giant Peter Pan reference." I nodded.
"Kinda yeah. I forgot to mention, Killian's holding a party here tonight with the rest of the team. Do you want to stay here for that?" She nodded.
"Sure, why not." I smiled ever so slightly.
"Awesome." We sat in a comfortable silence when the song changed over to Polaroids and Postcards by Sleeping With Sirens. Wendy laughed.
"Do you only have two bands on your iPod?" I shook my head.
"Nah, more like twenty but this is my All Time Faves playlist. So these bands show up a lot." Wendy nodded when suddenly, downstairs got very noisy.
"Fuck they're here."
A/N: YAY CHAPTER THREE! I'm sorry it took a little while but at least it didn't take that long. I don't own any of the songs in the chapter, though I highly recommend you check them all out. Also, if you have any guesses on who the mystery dude is, leave me a guess in the reviews! And yes Luna, I am using Jane XD.
