Welcome back my Ravens. There isn't much to say but hope yall enjoy chapter 3 of Luna's First Love XD (btw i have been practicing drawing so I might make an account to post the artwork). My instagram account is nerdiest_guyalive. Feel free to leave add any comments down below and thank you for the support.
Chapter 3: Live a little
"Where were you young lady!! You had your mother and I worried sick!!" Lynn sr. yelled. The veins stuck out from his neck like cords from a wire pushing out for freedom. "I told you to call for us to come pick you up!"
"I'm sorry Dad but my phone got broken...and we were almost mugged but this guy came and helped us. Even gave us a ride home."
Lynns stern look soften a bit. He sighs and puts his hand up to his face, squeezing the middle incline that connects the nose between the eyes. "I'm sorry for yelling..Its just you three had us worried. We didn't know how long you were gonna be gone, or when to pick you up. For all we know you could have been kidnapped or killed or worse."
"But Dad, you don't understand. When we were at the concert the crowd got so overwhelming that it split us apart. When i tried to get my phone out to call you It was knocked out of my hand and kicked and stomped on by the audience members."
"Yeah Dad, Clyde and I got separated from Luna and she helped us back onto the stage where we met this cool guy who drove us home." Lincoln and Clyde beamed at this. "Hey remember when he kicked the knife out of that guys hand?!"
"YEAH! He was all like Hi-yah!!! and the guy was all like Ahhhhh my hand!!" The boys continued to act out the scene. Lynn and Rita's eyes widen in shock. "BOYS! What do you mean a knife??!!"
They stopped dead in their tracks. The rest of the girls look toward the three. "What do you mean by a knife Clyde?" Lynn repeated.
"Well...we were walking out and this dude tried to mug us but the guy we/Luna were talking about saved us."
"Hhmmm. Does this mysterious hero have a name?" Rita chimed in. "Yeah his name is Marcus. He and Luna were making goo go eyes the whole ride back." The boys chuckled. Luna lighty swatted at them, red burning in her cheeks.
"Shut up!"
"Oooooooooooh" The girls perked up. "What does he look like?" Leni asked, nudging Luna with her elbow raising her eyebrows up and down several times. "Is he hot?" Luna's cheeks turned an even darker shade of red. A small smile starts to form around her mouth. Raising her arms up in defeat she decides to let on.
"He's tall, wears a longish black hoodie, dark blue jeans, and steel toed army boots." The look in her eyes explained it all. Luna Loud was definitely in love.
"He invited us to his band concert thingy. I think it might be for charity and it doesn't cost a thing." She chimed in. The girls and two boys all murmured amongst themselves. Lynn looked uneasy, the thought that his daughter, son and his sons friend were almost mugged didn't sit well in his stomach. He face felt hot, his hands were moist and clammy.
"Girls I don't think its in your best interest if you were to go tomorrow." This was followed by a wave upon wave of groans, and pleas. Holding up his arms and frantically shaking them like he was swatting a mosquito. "ALRIGHT ALRIGHT!!" Wiping his forehead and sighing rather loudly (no pun intended)"Fine you may all go BUT on two conditions. One If anything goes wrong or if one of you gets an uneasy feeling I don't care what the situation is you pick up and call us right away. Two you will all be doing the buddy system. Are we clear?"
All of the kids in the room muttered "yes sir." "Ok then." Sastified with the response Lynn sr. decided it was time for bed. For the girls have a big day ahead of them.
The Next day
Sitting in the van with the family is no easy task. Now sitting with 10 other kids plus two adults and three other kids is just plain evil. If you honestly thought waiting in line with a bunch of people was torture enough try being turned into a human sandwich.
The kids were squished , faces mushed together, every kid unable to move a muscle without accidentally elbowing or crushing the other person next to them. But nothing, not even a human sandwich could bring down Luna's mood.
If The butterflies in her stomach wasn't enough of a pain in the ass why did her sisters have to constantly braid her with annoying questions about Marcus. Finally they made it to the mall once again. Opening the doors to the metallic meat grinder the kids were all let out onto the dark pavement gasping, and wheezing for air.
"Thank heavens!!" Cried out Lisa. "I couldn't stay another minute in that gigantic metal shoebox on wheels!" The rest of the girls chuckled. Sticking his head out from the window Lynn Sr. yelled out toward the girls. "Have fun and remember what I said! Be careful girls!" Smiling and waving back the girls turned to the entrance and walked in.
Pushing through the double doors the girls sat down in the auditorium chairs. The four boys made their way onto the stage led by a tall man with a redish orange beard. He was a pretty large man, not as in fat more as wide as a wall. The bearded man stepped up to the microphone and spoke out into the crowd.
His voice struck out bouncing off the walls. "Welcome everybody, we appreciate the support you have shown us for these past 3 years. I can tell you my boys and I have been working very hard. Their blood, sweat, and my tears were put into this effort to have their voices heard."
The crowd laughed at the joke. "Who is that?" Luan asked Lori. "That's Samuel Atherson. He is that famous guy who is on the billboards. He runs the company that funds for beginning bands and musicians, such as Mike Swagger."
"I must thank you once again for showing up and supporting us. And now without further adieu Ladies and Gentlemen I give you SILENT RITUAL!!" The crowd began screaming their lungs out on full blast, bursting every eardrum in the auditorium.
James took the microphone and began singing "I see no, hear no evil! Black writing on the wall! Unleashed a million faces and one by one they fall!" Leni's eyes widen, her jaw dropped down in a cartoonish fashion. "Is that him?" she asked excitedly nudging Luna's arm.
Rubbing her now sore arm and glancing towards Leni with annoyance Luna replied "No Leni that's one of his band members." Looking more carefully at the boys on stage she locked her eyes on one specific boy. He was playing the guitar with fiery fingertips and scraping the pick up and down the strings.
"There he is." She smiled pointing at him. Lori perked up at this. Glancing at him and back at Luna she smiled. "Hey Luna I know him! He goes to our school, he is in Bobby and my 5th period with Ms. Pikley!" Luna smile grew even bigger, not only did he play in a band but he also went to their school.
Once the songs were over Samuel came on stage and once again thanked everyone for coming. The boys made their way off stage and into the crowd shaking hands and taking pictures. Marcus made his way through the crowd and spotted Luna. "You came." He said.
She replied with a sly smile "You make it seem like we weren't coming at all."
"Well Silent Ritual is a decent band but no where near as "Amazing" as SMOOCH."
A voice appeared from behind them. "And this coming from a guy who happens to despise everything to do with that...what was it you called it again??? Oh yeah one of the worst bands of all time!!"
Rolling his eyes Marcus formed a small smile. "This is my band member/ lead singer of Silent Ritual."
"You forgot best friend since 6th grade." James smiled. He held out his hand to Luna who then shook it. "James Telford is my name, and lead singing is my game." James turned his head and it was his turn for his eyes to widen and his jaw to drop in a cartoonish fashion. He laid his eyes upon the most beautiful creature in sight. Leni.
"Who might that exotic being be?" He asked. Luna and Marcus shared a smile."That would be my older sister Leni." She said. "Excuse me." He replied before trotting off to where she was standing.
Facing Luna Marcus turned to her and said "Why don't we have some fun."
"Fun? What do you mean by that?" She asked.
"I mean lets go someplace quieter, someplace were we can I don't know about you but I hate crowded areas." She slowly nodded her head in agreement. "There we go." The two head out of the auditorium doors and into the closed mall area.
Slowly walking around a sly smile formed onto Luna's face. "Race you to the tree!" She called out before lightly shoving him aside and rushing forward. "OH YOUR ON!!" He shouted and started taking off after her. The two were sprinting and giggling like madmen. They slowly came to stop with Marcus finally passing her and making it to tree first.
Both kids were out of breath, gasping for air. Marcus leaned on the tree while Luna sat down on the fake grass area. "How are you so fast in those boots?" She asked.
"I could ask you the same thing Ms.Loud." He replied. She chuckled a mix between a cough and laugh.
"HEY WHAT ARE YOU TWO KIDS DOING OVER THERE?!"
"Oh crap coffee and donuts!!" Luna muttered. Marcus shot her a confused look before shaking his head. He pulled her to her feet. "Come on follow me, we can lose him!" Dragging her away from the tree. "I know this mall like the back of my hand!"
The potbelly security guard soon raced after them, his veins stuck out from his neck, his nostrils flaring open and close like a bull. They turned a right corner, then a left. "Where are you headed?" Luna screeched.
"To the unfinished section!" He yelled quickly. They ran faster, jumping over steps to avoid tripping. The security guard started to pick up speed, from a light trot to breaking out into a sprint. "Jokes on you punks! I was quarterback back in my college years!!" The pudgy cop taunted.
"Damn this guy's fast!" Marcus muttered under his breath. They finally turned to the right corner facing the unfinished section. It had a ladder leading to a long stretched out wooden plank for the first level followed by several other levels above.
"Quick through here!" Marcus whispered sharply. He and Luna quietly but quickly trotted over to the ladder and climbed the ladder. Reaching the third level Marcus pulled up Luna and they stood in silence catching their breaths. "How are we gonna lose him?" Luna asked.
Looking around Marcus saw a couple of buckets of paint sitting. "I think I know how." He said with an evil grin.
The cop ran around the corner slowly stopping and bending down forwards, grasping his knees. "I'm...I'm...I'm g..gonna get you punks...You hear me?! I'm an effing SUPERSTAR!!"
"Hey Asshole!!! Up here!!" Looking above where he was standing the cop's eyes bulged out of their sockets and a big bellowing scream bursts from his gut. Just as he opened his mouth a huge waterfall of paint splashed down on top of him.
With the distraction The two teens make their escape climbing up the levels onto the roof laughing. "Did you see his face when we poured the paint on him?!" Marcus cried out while grasping his stomach.
"Yeah! What about when he said I'M AN EFFING SUPERSTAR?!!" They continued laughing until they couldn't any longer. Collecting himself Marcus sat down, pulling out a pack of cigarettes and taking one out. Luna looks at him with concern.
"You want one?" He asked. "Um..no thanks I...I can't stand the smell of smoke."
"Oh.." He replied. Putting it back into the pack and setting it aside he stood up and stretched. "Why do you smoke?" She asked.
"It makes life easier to deal with, After all I been through this is really the only thing that keeps me going. Well this and music."
"No one in your life?, Family, friends?"
"Family isn't a topic I like talking about. Besides I've been living by myself for the past 5 years just fine."
Scooting closer to him, she sat down wanting to hear the rest. "You havn't had any role models or family figures in your life?"
"I guess the two closest things I got as family are Jim and Samuel."
"Samuel?"
"Samuel is the bearded man who came on stage before the we played. He runs the funding for our band. He looked after me for 5 years and so on. He is the closet thing I've got to a father." He basically took care of me after-" He stopped midway. Looking down and frowning, his fist tighten. "I rather not talk about it...if thats cool with you."
She nods her head in response. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have pryed dude." She lighty touched his hand which caused him to flinch and yank his hand away. Feeling as she did someyhing wrong Luna turned her head. The red hot feeling returned to their faces.
Turning back around Marcus smismiled and said. "You know for SMOOCH fan you aint half bad." Smiling back she replied "Yeah...your band wasn't that bad at all." The same feeling as before locked them in. They leaned closer and closer until thier lips touched. They pulled back slowly, looking onto each others eyes they smiled. Putting his arm around her shoulder the two teen sat quietly lolooking out at the pale moonlight over the dark city.
Well that concludes chapter 3 I hope yall enjoyed sorry for taking so long to deliver. Btw the last name Telford belongs to my gf and she is the one who came up with the name Silent Ritual. Thanks for tuning in my Ravens and until next time XD