Chapter Three - Teague
Wondering why I had such rapid update for a story that I didn't even have posted yet? Well, I had way too much fun writing this story - it's possibly one of my favorites - so I just had to get it posted!
I hope you guys enjoy some cute Teague here!
I recline back slightly in the seat of the car, one hand on the steering wheel and the other hand scrolling through my iPod for a song.
"You have an iPod?" I look through the rear view mirror to see that Nan is asking.
"Yes, I do."
None of them wanted to sit in the passenger's seat, so the girls all crammed in the back, and the two boys sat in the front row.
"Where are we going?" That's the annoying male human - Brody, an absolutely ridiculous name if you ask me - asking this time.
"Somewhere."
"To where you hid the mirror?" He asks, and I chuckle.
"I wouldn't hide the mirror somewhere! No, I have it right here."
"Then why are we still driving?" He demands angrily.
"Because we're going to talk in a more humane place."
"And where might tha-" I cut him off by starting a song.
"Frozen!" Nan squeals in the back as the song starts, and the nixie - Nix, since his parents were so creative - looks a bit excited. Ever, on the other hand, groans while Brody looks disturbed that I'm playing Disney songs. Mina isn't paying attention, so she doesn't react.
"The snow glows white on the mountain tonight. Not a footprint to be seen." Nan, Nix, and I are all singing, and Ever just rolls her eyes, while Brody looks even more disturbed than before. "A kingdom of isolation, and it looks like? I'm the queen. The wind is howling like the swirling storm inside! Couldn't keep it in, heaven knows I tried. Don't let them in, don't let them see. Be the good girl you always have to be. Conceal, don't feel. Don't let them know! Well now they know! Let it go, let it go! Can't hold it back anymore!" We're slightly off key, but none of us care. "Let it go, let it go! Turn away and slam the door! I don't care what they're going to say! Let the storm rage on. The cold never bothered me anywa-"
"Why are we singing Frozen?" Man, this Brody child is so picky! I hit pause, and glance back at him.
"Do you not like my song selection? How about this one?" I skip to the next song and to its first time at the chorus, and begin to sing. "I've got a dream! I've got a dream! See I ain't as cruel and vicious as I seem! Though I may like breaking femurs, you can count me with the dreamers. Cause way down deep inside I've got a dream! I've got a dream! I've got a-"
"This is just as bad." Grumbles Brody.
I don't even bother playing music now. I just pick a song at random from my head and sing. "I put my hands up!" I throw my hands in the air, directing the car with Fae magic. "They're playing my song! The butterflies fly away! Moving my-"
"No!" It's a battle, and this boy has to lose.
"I knew you were trouble when you walked in!" I glance back and point at him. "Shame on me, ya! Taking me to places I've never been! Now I'm lying on the cold, hard ground. Oooooh! Oooooh! Trouble, trouble, trouble! Oooooh! Ooooo-"
"Ugh! Do you ever shut up?"
"Cause the players gonna play play play play play. And the haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate." I turn back around and begin to shake my head. "I'm just gonna shake shake shake shake shake. Shake it off! Shake it-"
"Just shut up!"
"Hey, I just met you. And this is crazy! But here's my number! So call me maybe! It's hard to look right at you, baby! But here's my number! So call me-"
"I will not call you!"
"You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess! It's a love story. Baby, just say-"
"No!" He's getting angrier and angrier by the minute. What fun! Ever seems bored, Mina still seems to not be paying attention, and Nix seems to be trying to identify each song. Nan's reaction is my favorite though, trying to root me on.
"Cause she wears short skirts. I wear t-shirts. She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers. Dreaming 'bout the day when you wake up and find that what you're looking for has been here the whole time. If you could see that I'm the one who understands you. Been here all along, so why can't you see? You belong with me. You belong with me."
He's given up and resigns to just a sigh, and I pull into a parking lot triumphantly.
"Did we just drive around this parking lot about a billion times?" Mina speaks up, frowning.
"Well, I wasn't going to let him win." I say, as if it's totally logical.
Brody slumps down further in the seat.