Musical Undertones
Musical Undertones
ATaintedStarsNightmare
Disclaimer: Only the plot.
"Science"
Make you up.
Take you out.
Play it up to bring you down.
Take the time to make this last.
Spin the wheel.
Watch it crash.
Turn the dress to broken glass.
Strike a pose and the hold the flash.
I'm not the only one who's bleeding
Before the past is done repeating.
Gets underneath my skin.
It won't die.
This time, if I can't win,
Then I won't try to carry on.
I'll play it satirical.
Tonight won't be so long.
I'll pray for a miracle.
Wake you up.
Pull you out.
Talk you up to calm you down.
Turn it up to scream and shout.
Make you tired.
Wear you out.
Shut you up and turn you off.
Clean you up and take you home.
I'm not the only one who's bleeding
Before the past is done repeating.
Gets underneath my skin.
It won't die.
This time, if I can't win,
Then I won't try to carry on.
I'll play it satirical.
Tonight won't be so long.
I'll pray for a miracle.
-The Birthday Massacre
"But, I don't want to." She ended up falling asleep in Emma's lap.
JT walked to his locker, which was right next to Mia's. He heard the rumors that she was pregnant and no matter how he thought about it, it didn't bother him that much. He still really liked her and images of her were constantly on his mind. He started walking to the court yard, and saw Jimmy walking around with Ashley. Even though the police stopped Rick from shooting him, he was still careful about whom he had as friends. He looked over to Liberty who was all over Damien. His heart gave a lurch; he shook his head at the thoughts appearing of them. He was an empty bench and walked over to it, taking his time. Letting the sun heat up his back, he was almost there when Mia came walking briskly, and sat on the edge separate from his. His heart beat hard in his chest as he saw her brown eyes slowly drift up to his. A smile on her face as she patted the spot next to her, silently asking him to sit beside her.
"Hey there pretty lady. How are you?" JT gave Mia a smile which made her slightly blush as she started going through her bag to get her binder. This was a free period for them, so he was going to try and enjoy it.
"Oh, I'm just fine. How are you?" Her voice slightly rough, then he could tell she had been crying in the last hour. She started working on random pieces of paper as JT continued to try and start conversation, slowly becoming more focused on JT then her work. They laughed and smiled, making the ninety-minutes seem to fly by.
Mia focused her attention solely on JT. "It doesn't bother you that I'm pregnant?" Her voice small and filled with emotions and her eyes were not on him, but on the floor. She slowly turned to look at him, her eyes filled with tears that would be shed at his answer. He left out a strangled sound, a noise which Mia didn't know how to place. He came closer to her and pulled her gently closer to him.
"Of course not Mia, you are on my mind every second of the day. I never cared about it, why start now? Besides, I have a son, though I'm not sure where he is." He looked down in shame, and smiled when he felt Mia close her arms around him. She let her arms fall to her side as she looked up at him, a serious look in her face.
"Do you miss her sometimes? I miss him a lot of the time, but I keep telling myself it's for the best. Maybe there is someone better for me out there." She looked out onto the courtyard, letting her gaze wonder and finally settling on JT. "But I don't know if I can let someone get close right now, its just too soon. No matter how much he makes me laugh." She let a smile appear on her face as he contemplated the message she was trying to send to him. She let her self lean into him, focusing on his eyes and his lips. She started to stop, almost teasing him as she lightly bit her lips, and she hovered dangerously close to his lips. She looked up at him with innocence in her eyes, her eyes fluttering down to his lips once more. The sounds of the outside world seemed to disappear.
Just as she started to come closer, the bell rung, making them wake from their trance. Mia quickly grabbed her things and bolted from the garden, leaving a very confused JT. She rushed towards the door as fast as she could, running forwards to her class. JT just got up and sighed, picking up his bag and walking slowly to his class, letting people rush by him as they hurried to class. He rolled his eyes as he saw Alex and Emma walking hand in hand while Jay walked with Sean, he would have to talk to them to see why she ran. He watched as Manny ran up to Sean, and a pang of jealously went through him as he saw him pick her up and spin her in circles while capturing her lips. Her laughter ringing in his ears, wishing he could do that with Mia sometime soon.
He slowly went up to Emma, and waved with a neutral look on his face. She turned her head slightly, as she had a questioning look on her face. He waved her to come over and to talk to him. She waved off to Alex, who watched him with a fierce look on her face while Jay slyly watched him while waiting for Sean to get things out of his locker.
"Hey JT, what's up?" Her smile made him think of Mia and how much he truly liked her. He blinked and shook his head as if to get rid of his thoughts of Mia. Emma's bright eyes regarded his expression and her eyes instantly dimmed with worry as he gently grabbed her forearm and pulled her towards the alleyway. In the rush they caught random couples making out or random people smoking before class.
"What's up? I think I'm falling for Mia!" He leaned back on the tree, his long bangs covering his eyes, staring down at his shoes. "I don't care if she's pregnant, she won't get off my mind!" He sighed and turned towards Emma, his eyes showing just how confused and hurt he was. "She almost kissed me today, but the bell rung and she ran off. Anything I should know about?" He looked over to her, he knew what they did and never complained about it, and in fact supported Emma's decision, even if only because he knew her family.
Emma looked off to the side, making a face as she thought about the recent things that happened to Mia throughout the weeks. "She misses him, JT. She doesn't really have the strength to be on her own; we never let her out of our sites. We heard he might be coming after her; Grassi is always with her now. She is going to leave month eight, we already talked it over with Ms. H."
JT gave a sigh as he ran his hand through his hair. He started to walk around, kicking a random rock around. "Who's with her now?"
"Marco, Darcy and Spinner, everyone got their classes switched to have at least one class with her and a girl to watch her in the bathroom. Always in twos, we know what Hurst is capable of. Sean, Rachael, Ryan and Jay have her next class. Me, Alex, and Johnny have her last one. Her first class is with everyone, and her lunch, which is second, has Spinner, Danny, Rachael and Derek. We take care of our own JT, even if it's something small, we have her back. But she needs something else, which we can't give her. She needs to know somebody loves her, and I know you are absolutely in love with her JT." She turned to him with a smile on her face as JT blushed a small bit. They both laughed as Emma gave JT a hug, they both sat down knowing they couldn't walk in without a pass.
They started talking about different things that had happened to them when Jimmy ran up with little beads on his face and slightly out of breath. "You know Hurst is getting pissed, right? Lucas doesn't want her to have that baby. I just heard him talking with Amy, to get her in the bathroom. I know we aren't really cool, but I wanted to let you know Em. Towerz is after you and probably Alex. Ashley is trying to find Marco or Jay, but I thought I would let you know. The hit came out today, he's getting revenge, its on her or her not having the kid. By all means necessary, force included and however long it takes to make a plan. But today, the hit is in for today and more money for completed today. I let Snake know, he's letting Spike know and they are making calls to your family Em. She's like my sister Nelson; you better hope she doesn't get hurt. And apparently Craig joined Hurst too."
"Fuck!" Emma ran out of the alley, flipping her phone to the keyboard it had. She started texting people the same message, leaving the JT in the alley with Jimmy. She turned back and yelled at them to wait and to get in the black van that would show up. She called her mom and got everything straightened out.
With Spinner, Marco and Darcy
Spinner was sitting on the left side of Mia while Marco sat behind her and Darcy on her right. They had their own corner but Heather Sinclair was watching them closely. They knew she was Hurst since she had become one of Towerz's sluts. Spinner's, Marco's and Darcy's phones went off, letting them know they had a text message. They looked towards each other as they checked the message, not knowing that everyone associated with Grassi got one.
LUCAS PUT A HIT ON MIA.
WE ARE LEAVING; TEXT YOUR PLANS.
WE HAVE TO BE READY.
EVERYONE MEET IN THE ALLEY.
I HAVE A PLAN AND I LET EVERYBODY KNOW
GET YOUR CAR AND LOAD UP
-Emma
They started texting their rides for leaving, quickly following premade plans. Since some people got rides from their parents, they didn't have any ride back. Emma let them know as she quickly ran through the hallway to let Snake know and to get Toby, who was skilled at hacking and better at it than Snake. As she ran through the school, she went to the basement and to the janitor. As they talked, they both got a smile on their face and ended up walking out the room together as the janitor picked up the keys to the lockers.
Darcy, Marco and Spinner looked towards each other, wondering how they would get out of class without letting Hurst on. Darcy wrote Mia a note telling her what was going on and not to worry. As soon as they started to put their things away, they heard the fire bell ring, sprinklers coming on and announcements come on. Most of the girls screamed as the cold water hit them.
Snake's voice ranged over the intercom. "G-911. G-911. In the alley."
Darcy let a laugh, knowing Toby the technology geek just saved everyone, with Emma's help of course. They waited for Heather Sinclair to leave, not knowing that G-911 was Grassi 911, an emergency code they had made and never thought it would be put to use. They helped Mia, grabbing her bags and sneaking her out the quickly flooding classroom. They didn't have to wait as they met up with Johnny, Sean and Jay who were looking for Mia.
As they walked, they heard Ms H's angry voice over the intercom. "Lucas, Drake, Towerz, Heather Sinclair, Holly J, Hazel, Craig, Jane, Ellie Nash, Anya, Rick, Terri, Sav. The so-called 'Hurst' gang, report to my office immediately."
Everyone in Grassi laughed as they saw Hurst look up with questioning looks in on their faces. They glared at Grassi as the soaked gang members walked towards her office.
They started calmly walking in the water, towards the exit closest to the alley which was being held open by Emma as she stood dripping wet. They rushed towards their cars as a black van pulled up and the ride less people got in. Emma got in with Jay, Alex and whoever they brought in that morning. As Emma started calling people, she only said one thing. "Follow the van."
"Where are we going Em? This is pretty big for a hit." Alex looked over towards her, as Emma made sure everyone followed the van.
"It's a pretty big amount on her head. I got the janitor to plant some heavy drugs in their lockers and more evidence to keep them out of school for about three months and they have to go to 'reform school'. She is basically in her third month today, so that will only be about two months that they have to try something. They called in my family, they just told me. They called my family to kill her, they won't do it of course, but they must be pretty stupid. And we are going to visit my new house, thanks to my uncle worrying about her. It's a three story house, since they don't want to leave anyone without protection. I got the tip off from Jimmy, and brought some unneeded people in, its going to be crowded. About eight bedrooms for everyone, four per floor. Food already there and a good amount of money in credit cards. I love mob bosses as family."
Spinner looked behind him as they drove with Mia in the car.
"I wonder what's going on, they must know more than they are telling." Marco looked over towards Mia, who was covered in blankets that the nameless van had supplied for everyone. They drove from the school for about fifteen minutes and they slowly pulled into a huge driveway with an equally huge house belonging to it. It was a close to Jay's house, a three minute drive. Though Jay's three story house it only had about 4 rooms total.
As the van started unloading the people and more food, Emma's uncle finally stepped out, arms wide open. As Emma and her uncle embraced, everyone in the cars finally stepped out.
"Now, this is for sometime, or until they stop the hit. There are eight rooms. But the furniture needs to be moved in, I'll leave it up to you. One master and every bedroom is connected to a bathroom. It will be packed, but Emma has the credit cards if you need money, but I didn't give a lot of money, just about a thousand on all eight. Emma is legally the owner now, so no wild parties. Now, lets see the hotel." As her uncle kindly smiled at the teenagers getting out of the cars and waited for them to pull into a group and unlocked the door.
The huge kitchen sparkled as it took up about a third of the first floor. The teenagers spread out and laid claims to the rooms, but smartly the master was given to the bunk beds. As a moving van pulled up, her uncle told them the plans. As everything calmed down more, Emma told everything that happened to her uncle. As everyone steadily got more hungry, they ordered pizzas and ate in the huge living room. JT and Jimmy, who were brought along, were advised to stay. Jimmy ended up having to share a room with Marco, not that he minded much. When her uncle finally left, he gave everyone a hug letting them know he wasn't stuck up.
"Any problems, don't hesitate to call." He kissed Emma, Alex, and Mia on the forehead. As they got more tired, couples retired from the room. Alex, Emma and Jay shared a room, while Manny and Sean shared one, they also shared a bed. Rachael and Ryan shared a bed, so did Johnny and Darcy. The bunk bed and two twins were left to Derek, Danny, Toby and Peter. Spinner and Paige shared a room and bed, since Paige would be hurt if they caught her alone. The second to last room was JT and Mia, leaving the last room to Jimmy and Marco, who got the last two twin beds.
At dinner, they collectively decided to miss the next day of school, in favor of going Wednesday. As the night wore on, Emma ended up getting up and walking around the house, favoring the living room to settle in. As the show she was watching went on, she felt a weight sit on the couch beside her.
"Hey Em. Dylan just broke up with me." Marco's tear-streaked eyes were red and puffy. "And Jimmy really stinks at calming people down." As he gave a slightly forced laugh, Emma let him lay in her lap. "But I'm guessing it was coming, he cheated on me lots of time." She rubbed his back, as they both laughed at shows they ended up watching.
"This is all a form of science, it has to get better!" Emma hoped for the best.
Okay, I know this took awhile but I had writer's block REALLY bad. I'm sorry, but I'm working on the next one.
-atsn