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A Place In This World
Chapter Three
When me and Tammy made our way from our lockers at the end of 5th period, which had been Chemistry for anyone who wants to know, towards the lunch hall, there was a yell of our names. We turned to see Elena Pierce, a girl who had befriended us earlier that day along with her other friends to, they had invited us to join them for lunch. Something we gladly accepted. She smiled as she got to us.
"Hey, just though I would tell you, we sit at the table near the wall on the left. You can't miss it." Tammy thanked her and I smiled appreciatively.
After picking a sandwich and a mountain dew, the three of us joined the others at the table. Kara Lana, Adele Jones, we had laughed at the sharing of our surnames saying we were twins separated at birth and the actual twins, Alex and Mathew.
All had certain qualities that made them stand apart from the others in the school. Kara was super smart, yet shy and reserved, she was also the nicest person ever, she had shoulder length light brown hair with a fringe and shocking green eyes. Adele was a fierce friend and was known for getting into fights, she was tough but it seemed as though she had a hard upbringing to make her that way, she was also very loyal. Adele had long dark purple hair, dyed of course, which she wished was natural and unusual grey eyes. Elena was the biggest flirt ever, she was going out with Mathew and they were totally in love. She was the most confident of the 3 girls and seemed very loyal, we had tonnes in common! Elena had long, wavy blonde hair down to her hips and bright blue eyes. She had a brother in sophomore year, the one above us freshman. The 5 of us were already extremely good friends and they all were very real people.
Mathew or Matt as he liked to be called, was the funniest person ever! He had curly hair similar to Nick's and had green eyes. Alex was very tall and lanky, he had blonder hair than his twin and was more reserved, he was the person to go to when you needed advice.
At the end of the lunch I swear I had never laughed so much in my life! The boys were so funny and the jokes came one after another in a continuous lope.
"Okay, so we've all swapped numbers and the 7 of us need to all have the same ring tone, so it's like a group thing." Ordered Elena, did I mention she was also very bossy?
"Ideas people." We sat in silence for a while when Kara let out a cry of triumph.
We stared at her in shock and she flushed crimson. She coughed self consciously as we looked at her, waiting for her idea.
"Spit it out already Kara!" Wailed Adele.
"Oh! Yeah, well, I was thinking, Jonas Brothers!" She squealed along with the other two girls.
Tammy and I exchanged exasperated looks. Of course they would love my brothers. Who didn't right?
"Okay, so it's decided, L.A Baby is our group ringtone, everyone set?" Elena bristled.
There was a murmur of agreement around our group, the boys merely grunted. They weren't particularly happy to have to have Jonas Brothers as a ring tone. I laughed lightly at their sullen expressions as we left the lunch hall, both boys shooting me an evil look.
"TWIN!" Called Adele from in front of me.
"Yeah?" I wondered, strolling to where she was stood.
"What do you have next?" I raised my eyebrows, looking at her beaming face.
"Urrr, double AP World History." I grimaced, I loved history but I just wasn't in the mood today.
She scoffed at me. "Damn, you're the clever twin."
I snorted with laughter, hiding my smirk behind my hand.
"Wow, attractive Leesh." Elena stated sarcastically, her and Tammy got on tremendously considering they were both always so full of energy and they loved to talk boys. I smiled at my new friends and we all walked out on to the field in to the humid April sun.
Once again, I was sat, bored, in my last class. I was absentmindedly tapping my pencil on my desk looking aimlessly around my class. I was in another AP class, Calculus this time, and I was once again the only freshman, next to Tammy, who sat beside me. I was looking for Elena's brother, she had told me he was in this class to. As my eyes swept across the room a small ball of paper landed on the desk in front of me. I frowned in confusion, nudging Tammy.
"What?" She hissed, she was not a good person to distract in Calculus, she loved it to a stupid extent. Her eyes lit up at the note I placed on her desk.
"Alisha, hey, it's Tom. :) I'm sat a few rows behind you and could recognise your curly hair anywhere. Who's your friend?"
Tammy looked over at me triumphantly. "I win." She teased, damn, I forgot about that stupid bet. I growled at her, I was going to have to get Nick to buy me a new one now! A few moments later she nudged me again.
"Are you going to reply or not?" My eyes widened, oops.
"Tom. Hello, nice to know I'm not hard to find then, is that good or bad? :) And her name is Tammy, best friend in the world."
I looked around before I located him and was able to smuggle the note on to his desk. I heard him laugh from behind me and froze as the teacher made his way over to his desk.
"Something amuse you Mr Pierce?"
I heard Tam gasp from beside me. I'm pretty sure I did to. Tom was Elena's brother! I shared a shocked look with Tammy as I turned to look at Tom again. Of course! Why hadn't I noticed before? I scrutinized Tom's face and he was actually quite similar looking to his sister. They had the same eyes, same mouth and same high cheek bones. I distinctly heard him say to the teacher he just thought of a memory that made him laugh.
At 4 o'clock I found myself stood by the door of my class, after sir had turned to the front to write on the board, Tom had chucked me a note telling me to wait for him at the end of the lesson. So here I was, waiting for a boy. Like my boys weren't going to kill me if they found out.
"Hey." I turned to see Tom stood behind Tammy and I, I had made her promise to stay with me, smiling in my direction.
"Hi, this is Tammy." I introduced. Tom grinned as he shook my friends hand.
"So, Elena told me you guys are all best friends now?" He smirked.
"Yes, I never realised she was your sister!" I told him honestly.
"Ahhaa, yeah, she can be annoying at times but she only has people's best intentions at heart." I smiled at the soft look Tom held when he talked about his sister. At least he cared.
Tom walked Tammy and I to the corner of the school drive where I, unfortunately, could see Nick's car.
"Thanks, Tom. Nice to meet you!" Beamed a happy Tammy as she left me on my own with him.
"Well, it was really nice to meet you Alisha, I hope we can talk more often." He smiled.
"Well, your sister has my number if that's what your wanting, I would give it to you myself, but I have my brother watching from the car." I grumbled, Tom however was amused and chortled.
"Okay, I'll be sure to get it from her later. I'll see you tomorrow, yeah?" He asked, once I nodded a yes, he placed his hand on my arm as a sort of affectionate goodbye and turned to walk to his car, where Elena was waiting. I waved over at her before walking to my own ride home.
As I slipped in to the back seat of my brothers mustang, I felt their glares boring a whole through the front window, directly at Tom. Upon hearing me shut the door their heads snapped to the back seat and looked at me.
"Hi?" I stuttered, Nick looked at me disapprovingly.
"Who was that?" He demanded.
"Tom, he's..." I began, when Tammy cut me off.
"He's the boy who likes Leesh!" She grinned, my eyes widened as the boys hardened.
"What?" Joe growled, I frantically shook my head as I replied.
"NO! He's the brother of our new friend Elena, he stop me from falling and hurting myself." My brothers postures relaxed, but they still looked sceptical.
The ride home was mostly made up of Tammy telling them about our new friends. They weren't happy when we mentioned Matt and Alex, but cheered up again at the fact our ring tone was them.
"I bet you loved that!" Joe chuckled at me.
"Oh yes, it was a dream come true!" I exclaimed sarcastically, whilst Tam giggled from my right.
Joe rolled his eyes at my comment, Nick chose to ignore it. I grinned happily and hugged Tammy goodbye as we dropped her off, relaxing into my seat looking at the view outside as we headed to our home.
A few hours later, I yelled downstairs to my brothers, telling them to meet me in the basement, or as Nick liked to call it the Beat lab. There was a thundering of footsteps from different points in the house as the three boys plus Frankie ran to the basement. All of the family knew that when I called them to the lab it meant only one thing. A new song.
Skipping into the room I could see all the boys sat impatiently on the sofa on the far side of the room. Kevin got up when I entered and grabbed me into a tight hug.
"Is it the one I heard you humming yesterday?" He asked into my hair.
I nodded excitedly.
"So, who wants to hear it?" Almost instantly there was simultaneous cries of "Yes!" from the boys.
I grinned and motioned for the famous brothers to get up, I handed each of them a sheet of music and they got ready to play my new piece. I flopped down on the couch next to Frankie and waited for them to start.
"Oh! By the way, it's for the show." I write many of the songs for the TV show they star in, JONAS.
The boys began playing their instruments and getting a feel for the music, then they began singing.
There's a storm coming up
and I gotta prepare myself
'Cause this feeling's
getting stronger everyday
Something's creeping inside
Everything is about to change
Gotta face the fact
That I can't walk away
This is critical
I'm feeling helpless
So hysterical, this can't be healthy
I can't eat or sleep
When you're not with me
Baby, you're the air i breath
This is critical, yeah
So stuck on you
Used to have everything figured out
But it's different now
When you came, you saw
You conquered my heart
It's your laugh and your smile
wanna stay for a little while
I don't wanna go
I just want you in my arms
This is critical
I'm feeling helpless
So hysterical, and this can't be healthy
I can't eat or sleep
When you're not with me
Baby, you're the air I breath
This is critical, yeah
So stuck on you
Used to run and hide
Used to bend our love
But I can't escape this time
Oh no
This is critical
I am feeling helpless
So hysterical, and this can't be healthy
I can't eat or sleep
When you're not with me
You're the air I breath
This is critical, yeah
Baby it's so critical
(It's so critical, yeah)
It's so critical
(So critical, yeah)
And I like it
It's so critical
(So critical, yeah)
It's so critical
(So critical, yeah)
So stuck on you.
The music faded out and Kevin, Nick and Joe joined me on the sofa, immediately enveloping me in a hug.
"ALI!" Kevin yelled.
"Oh, sweetie that was great! I can't wait to record it! Please can we tell people it was you this time, I can't take credit for it?" Nick implored me.
I shook my head. " 'Afraid not Nicky, I'm not ready."
I smiled to show I meant my words, even if I didn't. I didn't want Nick to take credit again, but I would have to tell people who I was, yes I was already known, but there were very few photo's of me and certainly not good enough to see it was mein them. I sighed. I was surrounded by people who would support me, maybe I should come clean to the world? Maybe after the school production, I decided.