"Tickets"
Honesty he couldn't remember a time that she wasn't in his life, even before they started school, she was always there, part of his world. Even when she was little she was snotty, and thought she was better than everyone else, everyone outside of their zip code that is. Then as they got older, it seemed like everyone was paired off. They all had someone they fit with, Logan and Lilly, the wild children, Casey and Darcy, Duncan and Veronica, so of course Dick and Madison just fit. They all ran in the same circles, and it was Neptune, there weren't many worthy circles.
She's got tickets to her own show
But nobody wants to go
And I'm stuck sitting in the front row
I'm singing along like there's no tomorrow
Madison didn't have real friends, people that actually cared about her. She had friends, the ones that showed up when they would benefit from it, but no one that would just be there because they wanted to be, no one but Dick that was. Half the time she was sure that he wouldn't be there if it wasn't for the promise of sex.
"Huge party at my place, rents are gone for the week, and they took the little twerp with them." Madison announced to her friends as they gathered around the large beach blanket.
"Sounds like fun." Shelly shrugged.
"Of course, it's a party." Kimmy rolled her eyes.
Madison hoped that getting the majority of the group to say they'd come would ensure that Lilly and Veronica would be there. She knew that without them, it wouldn't be a party.
"About time they leave babe." Dick added.
"I don't know if I can stay the whole time, but Cole and I will come by." Meg smiled.
Everyone sitting within three feet of her confirmed their attendance, and that's when Madison turned towards the others, the infamous fab 4 as Lilly called them.
"You're coming right?" she asked in almost a small voice, one a child would use.
Lilly Kane made no comment, just looked at her over the top of her sun glasses before pushing them back up her nose.
"If we're not grounded." Veronica supplied, no one else willing to speak from the group, Duncan and Logan both leaving it up to her.
But the day of the party came quickly, and Madison had a fully stocked kitchen, ready to throw the biggest party of the summer yet, only to be standing in the back yard with one guest, her boyfriend.
"Where is everyone?" she pouted, looking at the time.
"Ronnie's having a birthday party tonight, so I doubt anyone is going to come." Dick shrugged. He had gone by the Kane party before going over to his girlfriends, knowing it was the only way to stay out of the dog house.
It's funny how you say that you made it on your own
When you haven't worked for anyone your daddy didn't know
You say you got a job, but I don't know what you do
Such a fu-fu-fucking snob that you'll never know the truth
He cut off all communication with her after the Logan incident. He didn't need that in his life, he didn't need her in his life. She was bat shit crazy, as Veronica often told him.
But still they lived in Neptune, the world with no middle class, and few people worthy of spending time with. So it was bound to happen sooner or later, that they would be face to face at some function, trying to be civil.
Civil for Madison wasn't possible though, not a word that she understood.
Her annoying voice could cut through a crowd just about anywhere, always needing to be heard by everyone in the room.
"I'll have a corner office by the end of the quarter, I'm sure of it." Madison bragged to a group of people around her. Her voice rising when she saw Dick and another girl close by. "Ever since I dumped all the losers I hung out with, I've really started making a name for myself. I wouldn't be surprised if I get super promoted in the next year."
Dick couldn't help but roll her eyes as her comments. She had gotten a desk job from some friend of her days after college graduation, and from what Dick had heard, she had blown through more than a few of them in the three years they'd been out of school.
You're perfect on the outside, but nothing at the core
It's easy to forget when you show up at my door
Stop messing with my mind, cause you'll never have my heart
But your perfect little body makes me fall apart,
Your perfect little body makes me fall apart
He could blame it on the alcohol. He could always blame the alcohol. She had shown up at his apartment door, hips swaying in her tight little skirt, shirt cut just right to show enough cleavage to make any guy stare. God she looked so good on the outside, it was hard to imagine how evil she was on the inside.
"Miss me?" she purred, her hands traveling up his chest slowly, her perfume intoxicating.
He let her have her fun, but the second her turned around and wiggled her hips into his groin, he lost his will power. He was only a man after all, and she was an easy fuck. He wasted to time pulling her into the bedroom. There was one thing he enjoyed about the way he was rised. He learned not to love, or care about much of anything. He could fuck Madison anytime and in the morning, it wouldn't matter because she didn't matter.
She's got tickets to her own show
But nobody wants to go
And I'm stuck sitting in the front row
I'm singing along like there's no tomorrow
La la la la la la la laaaaaa
I know you wanna stay, but I think that you should go
Cause you got nothing to say, you just sit there on your phone
I try not to give in, but temptation has me lost
So I will do my best to get you off
The hangover was never the worse part of waking up after a night with Madison. It was the sound of her annoying voice, the smell of her perfume, and just the sight of her.
Dick groaned, throwing an arm over his face to try and block the sun light. "Fuck." He moaned at the sound of her laugh. He couldn't waist anymore time. He pushed himself off his bed, and pulled his boxers back on.
She said nothing to him when he walked into the living room, starching his stomach and taking in the sight of her in her bra and panty set.
That was fine for him, he didn't really want to talk to her anyway. He hoped if he ignored her she would get the message and just leave. But he knew it never worked. She was there for a reason, and it was obvious last night wasn't enough for her. Which he expected, he wouldn't lie. He was more concerned about get off himself than her.
It was a sick cycle he put up with. But he knew that the sooner he got her off, the sooner she would leave, and he could easily act like it never happened. It was just sex after all.
You're perfect on the outside but nothing at the core
It's easy to forget when you show up at my door
Stop messing with my mind, cause you'll never have my heart
But your perfect little body makes me fall apart,
Your perfect little body makes me fall apart
She's got tickets to her own show
But nobody wants to go
And I'm stuck sitting in the front row
I'm singing along like there's no tomorrow
La la la la la la la laaaaaa
[Girl singing]
La la la la la la la laaaaaa
La la la la la la la laaaaaa
Yeah...
She's got tickets to her own show
But nobody wants to go
And I'm stuck sitting in the front row
I'm singing along like there's no tomorrow
She's got tickets to her own show
But nobody wants to go
And I'm stuck sitting in the front row
I'm singing along like there's no tomorrow
La la la la la la la laaaaaa
La la la la la la la laaaaaa