Chapter 15, I am on a roll so don't stop me now I'm having such a good time, I'm having a ball, don't stop me now if you want to have a good time just give Shay a call, don't stop me cos I'm having good time...
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Right sorry about that I seem to be SLIGHTLY HYPER at the moment, anyway
vamos amigos. Oh and same think for the singing as chapter 13. Oh and it's a bit fluffy, Immy/Rick!
Also sorry another note, I know I said that Rick is in year 11, but I'm changing it so he is in year 11 but he is a year ahead so he is actually meant to be the same school year as Immy. Sorry for any confusion.
Rick had spent all day in his room with the door locked and the curtains closed, all was going to plan. Tyler had managed to phone up Gus and find the information about Rick that we needed. Elektra had been writing the poems we needed, Johnny was putting up the lights and amazingly other members of the dumping ground had decided to help us. Jody was helping us by clearing the garden, Harry and Floss had been finding us useful stuff in the attic, Carmen grudgingly had decided to help and she was hanging the lights in the tree with Johnny. Tee was preparing the pudding in the kitchen meanwhile I was perfecting the song.
Mike and Gina had agreed to let me cheer up Rick, by the time it was 5 we were ready, fortunately he weather was on our side, it may have been getting dark but it was still warm. Basically the plan was to get Rick to come down and I would talk to him and hopefully he would listen.
"Ok," I announced, "thank you all for all helping, now you can get changed into your nice clothes and Tee will tell you when to come in,"
"it's a pleasure to be of service," Tyler said and everyone laughed,
"Jeff wants Rick to be happy," Harry said sweetly,
"he will be babes, Rick will be very happy," Gina said.
With that everyone departed, everyone apart from Verus and Beta (and Rick obviously) had helped.
I sat under Rick's window, I heard the window open, I looked up I saw Johnny and Tyler pulling it open, I grinned at them. Rick didn't notice his window had opened. After a minute I picked up his new guitar and started strumming.
"The images flash before my eyes
These make my world full of lies
Listen to me baby
I'm trying to apologise
I broke your heart
And I broke your guitar
I tried to depart
But didn't get very far
Your love for me
Is keeping me here
But I keep breaking your heart
So I have to leave I fear
Now I'm walking the streets
Trying to make it right
It might take forever
But I won't give up
I broke your heart
I broke mine too
I tried to depart
But I was holding onto you
We are looking for a fresh start
And I found it with you
This is our fresh start
And I want to live it with you
With you
Only you
I love you
I want to live it with you
I can not kiss you
Even though I want to
My past is ruining the love
Our love,"
I sung, then suddenly Rick joined in,
R "I understand
that I can't just take your hand"
I "I'm sorry about before
It was just I had been there before"
R "This time it wasn't the same,"
I "It wasn't the same,"
R "and I apologise
if all you want to do
is to shake my hand
I understand.
I love you,"
"Well then get down here," I shouted,
"um... can I get changed first?" he asked,
"go on... wear something nice," I shouted up to him.
I then walked over to the picnic blanket which was decorated with daisies, courtesy of Harry and Floss. I pushed my hair over the shoulder of my dress. I had decided to change and I was now wearing a leopard print print dress with a black belt and I was wearing a black shawl over my shoulders. About half an hour later Rick appeared, he had obviously decided to take a shower, he was wearing a new looking red checked shirt, with jeans, pretty normal for him but he looked better than usual.
"That was very nice guitar playing, I didn't know you owned a guitar," he said,
"I don't, that isn't my guitar. It's yours," I said,
"mine is in my room," he said,
"because I broke it so I bought you a new guitar," I told him,
"you bought me a new guitar," I nodded, he leant forwards to kiss me but then thought better of it.
"Um... after what happened last time I take it I can't kiss you," he said awkwardly,
"I don't think so," I said,
"what can I do?" he asked,
"you can't hold my wrists, it feels like you are capturing me, you can hold my hand, you can't kiss me on the lips but you could probably kiss me elsewhere... not in a dirty way though," I added after realising what that could be taken as. He laughed and kissed me on the cheek.
"I guess I might be able to kiss you though," I said after a second.
"What?" he asked,
"when you lead my brain panics, but if I am the one kissing you, if I'm the one who is leading, deciding what is happening it may be ok," I told him. He smiled,
"it's up to you then, I'll leave the kissing to you."
We talked for a bit when Mike turned up wearing a suit,
"good evening sir and madam, I am here to take your drink orders," he told us,
"what do you have?" I asked,
"coke, fanta, water, tea, coffee, orange juice, apple juice, lemonade," he recited,
"um... coke please," Rick said,
"fanta please," I said and Mike left and returned a few minutes later with a glass full of coke and a glass full of fanta upon a silver tray.
We sipped our drinks in silence, "I like what you did to the trees," Rick said after a moment, indicating towards the trees that were lit up with fairy lights and on the branches were hung poems written by Elektra.
"Johnny and Carmen did the lights, Elektra wrote the poems, I just organised it and wrote the song," I told him,
"thank you," he said,
"it isn't over yet," I told him.
"Delivery for Mr Barber, Miss Odissey," Tyler said with a pen moustache drawn onto his lip, he then went and handed us a pizza box, bowed and walked off.
"Hawaiian, my favourite. How did you know?" Rick asked,
"well it's my favourite pizza and Rick get phoning up Gus and get ringing and ringing to Gus finally told us," I told him. He grinned and we ate the pizza, just talking about random stuff.
After we had finished the pizza, Elektra turned up and took our rubbish of our hands and curtsied and walked off. Tee then turned up and handed us a bowl of ice cream to share. We looked at it, we had only been given one spoon, Rick went and grabbed the cherry that I had been eyeing up and then went and put it in my mouth much to my surprise.
I was a bit shocked but I decided to follow his example so I got the spoon and fed him some ice cream and we ate the whole bowl between us, feeding each other. Then the fairy lights went out, it was pitch black.
We heard the clock strike midnight.
I grabbed the guitar, the lights came back on and everyone was standing round us. Mike nodded to me, I played the first chord and we all sang together;
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Rick, happy birthday to you,"
we all sang and then we saw the cake, it was amazing. "Happy 15th birthday Rick," I said and he grinned at me, and I suddenly decided to go for it and went and kissed him and I pulled away after a second, but I knew I had done it. He grinned at me and pulled me into a tight hug.
"Thank you," he said, "thank you everyone,"
"you said you didn't want a party but everyone decided you needed cheering up so we decided this should be your party," Tee said.
"Jeff wants to know if you liked your party," Harry said,
"I did Jeff," Rick said, Harry beamed.
"Anyway there is only one last thing to do," Mike said,
"EAT THE CAKE!" Jody shouted,
"no cake babes, maybe in the morning," Gina said, Jody huffed loudly.
"What's the last thing we need to do?" Rick asked Mike,
"dance."
So we split up into pairs, I was with Rick,
Elektra and Johnny,
Tee and Tyler,
Frank and Carmen,
Harry and Floss,
Verus and Beta,
Gina and Mike, Jody was very put out about being the only one by herself but was fine when we let her dance with a chocolate chip cookie.
Everyone at this point was wearing their nice clothes and suddenly the music started and we all danced, at the end of the dance we all said goodnight and went upstairs. Rick and I were the last ones left, "thank you Immy," he said, and I could see he wanted to kiss me, I nodded slightly I could cope and I was focused, I kissed him. It was fine. No it wasn't fine... it was AMAZING.