A/N-I DO NOT OWN THE NAKED BROTHERS BAND!

Hey guys!

I hope you guys like this chapter...except...I don't know if you'll like what happens in it...

But I DO NOT OWN "On The Run (From Real Life)" by Model Americans. It's my cousins' band and I thought I could use it in this chapter. (:

"Guys!" Rosalina called. "I'm back!" She walked into the living room to see Alex sitting in the egg chair watching T.V.

"Hey Rosalina," He said, glancing at her.

"Where's Nat?"

"Out on the roof."

"Okay…I'll be right back." She walked back out of the apartment, and down to the end of the hallway to the stairs to the roof. She walked up them and out onto the roof to see Nat, sitting near the edge of the roof, looking out over the city. "Hey."

Nat looked back at her, then faced forward. "Hey."

"What's up?"

"Just...thinking."

"Maybe you should take a break," She joked. "You've been thinking like this for two days."

He grinned, he couldn't help it. "Yeah…I know. How was shopping with Patrice?"

"I didn't get anything, but she did."

"Obviously," He joked, without thinking about it. He was supposed to be mad at her, but how could he? Maybe he should just…ask her about it. Maybe David heard wrong.

"It wasn't so bad though. I think Patrice might've changed."

"You do know we're talking about Patrice Johnson, right? The one who's tried to destroy your's and my friendship several times."

Rosalina laughed. "Yeah, I know that. But I don't know. It seemed normal today."

"Well…that's good." He felt like something was wrong, like Rosalina hanging out with Patrice was fake, like it shouldn't happen. But he pushed the feeling aside. It was nothing, right?

~NBB~

At school the next day, the band was trying to enjoy their last day at school without Jake around. They weren't sure what would happen after Jake came back. Only Nat and David knew about Rosalina's conversation with Jake's friend, but Nat planned on telling the guys at lunch before Rosalina got there.

When the lunch bell rang, the guys got to the cafeteria and sat down before Rosalina got there.

"So what is it you wanted to tell us, Nat?" Cooper asked.

"Yeah man, what's up?" Qaasim asked.

"David called me last night and told me that he heard Rosalina talking to one of Jake's friends. He wanted her to give Jake a second chance."

"And what'd Rosalina say? No, right?" Thomas asked.

"Actually…she said she would," David said.

"What?" Qaasim asked in shock.

"How could she give him a second chance after what she did to Nat?" Thomas asked.

"I don't know guys, that doesn't sound like Rosalina," Cooper said.

"I heard it myself," David said.

"Look, just don't tell Rosalina, okay? I'll tell her myself."

The guys nodded as Rosalina sat down at the table. "Hey guys, what's up?"

"Us? Nothing. Because we don't hide anything behind our friends' backs," Thomas said.

"What?" She asked, obviously confused, looking at the guys.

"Thomas!" Nat said, becoming irritated.

"What? We don't!"

"What are you guys talking about?" Rosalina asked, looking at Nat.

"Nothing," Nat said, shaking his head. "I have to go. I'll see you guys after school." He got up from the table and ran out of the cafeteria. He wasn't paying attention to where he was going, and ran into someone.

"Hey, watch where your going – oh hey, Nat!" Patrice said, as she fixed her hair.

"Hi Patrice," Nat sighed.

"What's wrong?" Patrice asked.

"Nothing…I just…nothing."

She shrugged it off. "Anyway, is Rosalina still in your band?"

"Yeah…why?"

"Oh!" She put her hand over her mouth. "Pretend I didn't say that."

"What? What is it? What did she say?" Nat asked.

"Well…when we were at the mall yesterday, she was talking about how she was thinking of quitting the band."

Nat's heart dropped to his stomach. "Did she say why?"

"I can't remember exactly…something about…you all being too young for her. You know, now that she's a senior. And she said she was thinking about talking to Jake."

So it was true. Not only did she say it to Jake's friend, she said it to Patrice. And Patrice couldn't be lying, because her story matched David's, and David would never lie.

Rosalina walked out of the cafeteria, but she didn't notice Nat yet.

"Thanks for telling me Patrice…but I have to go now," Nat said, turning and running in the opposite direction.

Rosalina walked up to Patrice. "Hey Patrice, have you seen Nat?"

"Yeah, he ran that way," Patrice said, and Rosalina didn't wait for anymore. She ran in the direction Patrice pointed to. She got to the end of the hallway and looked around, but didn't see Nat anywhere. She sighed and walked back to the cafeteria.

~NBB~

The rest of the day, the guys, with the exception of Cooper, practically ignored Rosalina. Not only was Nat's heart broken, but his hopes fell through his stomach. Rosalina was going to get back together with Jake, who he hated and she would ditch him and the band again.

After school, instead of going right to Rosalina's car, Nat waited by the middle school doors for Alex to come out. Alex was a little confused but accepted because he knew that Nat was upset, and wouldn't want to talk about it. They got to Rosalina's car and got inside. Nat looked out the window.

She sighed. "Can you at least tell me what I did wrong?"

Nat didn't respond.

"What happened?" Alex asked from the back seat.

"Nothing," Nat said quickly.

"Nat, please –"

"Not right now, Rosalina, please," Nat snapped.

All three of them remained quiet for the rest of the ride. When they got to the apartment, Alex put down his backpack. "Nat, can I go skate with Juanita?"

"Did you finish your homework?"

"I didn't have any."

"Alright fine, but be back before dinner."

"Okay, thanks Nat," Alex said grabbing his skateboard, his helmet and pads, and running out of the apartment.

"Now would you like to explain to me what I did wrong?" Rosalina asked as soon as the door shut.

"It's nothing, Rosalina," He said, walking into the kitchen.

She followed him. "Don't lie Nat, I know you guys are mad at me for something, and I'd love to explain it, if you tell me what I did."

"I'm not talking about this," Nat said, walking out of the kitchen and towards his room.

"Nat, please –"

He walked into his bedroom, shut the door and locked it. He walked over to the clock radio on one of the dressers and turned it on. A song was just starting.

Sweet Saturn take me away,

To a memory of only carefree days.

Relieve me, of this state of mind

It's hard to feel displaced in city lines

Electricity, gently manifesting inside of me,

Are we young, are we dumb, are just

On the run from real life (real life)

Nat turned up the volume and climbed up to his bed. He didn't recognize the song, but he was beginning to like it.

Intentions seem much worse than they are,

I'm just a man,

I've said that from the start

I live and love, and rise above the flames

I protect my heart, maybe someday that can change

Electricity, gently manifesting inside of me

Are we young, are we dumb, are we just

On the run from real life (real life)

The song had a music break and then ended, but Nat realized he could really relate to the song. He wanted to be relieved of this state of mind he was in. He wanted to get away from everything that way going on. He sat up on his bed. And there was only one way to do that. He jumped down from his bed, walked over to his desk, and got out his lyric notebook and began writing more lyrics down. He had a feeling this was going to be an important song.

A/N-Natalina doesn't even seem possible from this point. What do you guys think?

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~NatalinaFanForever~