Hi guys! I hope you don't hate me too much for updating so late! But, high school makes you really busy when you're in grade eleven about to go into grade twelve; also…Math is killing me! UGH! Anyways, I DO NOT OWN "SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW" OR "SOMEBODY THAT HE USED TO KNOW" I hope you guys like this chapter and again, sorry for being late and sorry for any grammar mistakes.
Chapter seven:
*Aradia's POV*
It's been a week since school started, a week since Sollux has been ignoring me, and a week since I've been having those random flashbacks…Not sure how I started having those flashbacks and I'm not exactly sure I like having them or not but whatever.
"Hey Aradia, are you ready for music club today?" Vriska asked me when we were getting off the bus.
I smiled and nodded. "Yeah, and it feels good to look forward to something."
"You think Karkat is still going to join?"
I shrugged. "Well, he will if he wants to graduate next year."
"UGH! I can't wait until I graduate and never have to come back to this stupid place!"
I nodded. "Agreed."
We walked into school and saw John run up to us.
"Hey guys, have you started studying for the math test yet?"
Vriska and I froze.
"There's a math test?" Vriska demanded through her teeth.
John's eyes widened and he took a careful step back.
"Yes, there is."
"WHEN?!" Vriska shouted and grabbed John by the collar.
"Don't worry Vriska! It isn't until next week!" John cried.
"Oh." Vriska let go of him and turned to look at me.
"It may be next week but we're going to die anyway."
I sighed. "Can we please not talk about math right now?"
John nodded. "Alright, what do you want to talk about-"
John was cut off by the intercom.
"Hello everyone! This is Ms. Lalonde the grade nine English teacher!"
John, Vriska, and I all exchanged glances.
"I'm just here to let you all know that music club will be held today during lunch in the auditorium! I hope to see some grade nines there and returning members! See you there!"
She sounded really happy.
"She doesn't sound so hung over today." John commented.
I nodded. "Do you think that the principal knows that we don't actually do anything in that club?" Vriska asked.
I shook my head. "Probably not and let's keep it that way."
The bell suddenly run and Vriska groaned. "Come on guys! It's back to hell for about an hour."
The rest of the morning went by okay until I got to third period Biology…I was going to murder someone during third period Biology. I sit next to Terezi in Bio. She's awesome and she's my lab partner. But today that all changed when my teacher decided to be a douche muffin. He stood in front of the room and said:
"You're all getting new lab partners!"
Terezi and I exchanged glances even though she couldn't actually see.
"Terezi?"
"Yeah?"
"I don't want a new lab partner…"
She frowned. "Me neither."
"Okay," the teacher began. "Not everyone is going to get a new assign seat; only one of you is going to move and trade spots with someone."
I bit my lip and gulped nervously.
"Who do you think you'll get as a new lab partner?" Terezi asked.
I shrugged. "I hope it's at least someone decent."
"Okay I'm going to start calling people's names!" Our teacher shouted…Gosh I wanted to kill him. "I'm going to call out two people's names and you have to switch places with them!"
Terezi and I stayed out our table praying that we got a good lab partner. Then, after what seemed like forever Terezi's name got called.
"Terezi Pyrope and Equius Zahhak."
Terezi and I froze, and then she slowly turned to see who Equius was sitting by.
She sniffed the air.
"Shit."
"What? Who's your new lab partner?"
"Ampora." She spat.
"Oh."
She sighed heavily and got up.
"I'll see you later Aradia."
I nodded. "See you later Terezi."
I sighed heavily and started doodling in my notebook. I really didn't want to look up at Equius's face…He scares me…I heard him pull the chair out and sit down.
"Hello Aradia." He said in his deep manly voice.
I felt my face turn a bright shade of red. "Hello Equius." I said and lowered my head toward my notebook, trying to avoid eye contact.
"I took forward to being your lab partner."
I gulped and felt an uncomfortable shiver run down my spine. "Same."
It was a totally lie but I think he bought it.
Suddenly, just when I was beginning to feel like I was going through hell only ten times worse, the door flew open and Sollux walked in. I stared at him and kept my eyes on him as he walked over to my teacher.
Dang it Sollux! Can't we at least still be best friends?!
"Aradia Megido!" I snapped back to earth when my teacher called my name.
"Yeah!?" I shouted in surprise.
"Ms. Lalonde needs you in the auditorium."
"Ummm….Okay…?"
I slowly got up, grabbed my stuff, and cautiously walked up to my teacher.
"You can get any notes you missed from a friend later. Right now Mr. Captor is taking you to Ms. Lalonde." He told me.
I didn't know whether to feel delighted or nervous. I haven't talked to Sollux in a week and I'm pretty sure that he didn't want to talk to me.
"Alright…" I said, turned, and walked out the door to try to avoid Sollux.
*Sollux's POV*
Okay, so she probably hates me and I get that…I seriously do, I mean, I treated her like an ass last week. She said hi to me and I didn't even have the decency to say "hi" back to her properly…Gosh I'm such an idiot!
Now, she's walking in front of me trying to get away from me…No, I gotta do something about this!
"Hey AA."
She stopped in her tracks as soon as those words left my mouth. She turned to look at me.
"What?"
"I thaid hey."
She looked at me as if I had grown two heads.
"Oh…" She stared blushing. "Hi?"
I couldn't help but let out a chuckle.
"What'th up?"
She tilted her head at me confused.
"Just going to see Ms. Lalonde…?"
I nodded. "Yep, she needth to thee you."
She nodded slowly, turned around and started walking again.
I couldn't help but admire her long waves that bounced with each step she took. Gosh she was beautiful…Wait! No! I didn't like her! I like Feferi…Right…?
"Tho, how'th thchool going for ya?" I asked to try to distract me from…Well…Her…
She sighed heavily. "I hate it."
"You hate it?" I raised my eyebrows.
She nodded and sighed again. "Okay well, I just hate math."
I laughed. Yep, that's good ol' Aradia!
"What are you doing in math?"
"Shit that doesn't make sense."
I chuckled. "Well, you know if you ever need help I'm here." I offered.
She gave me a very confused glance but then smiled.
"Thanks Sollux and yes I would love your help."
I gave her a mischievous smile. "I'll hold you to that AA."
She blushed and walked ahead of me as we reached the auditorium.
*Aradia's POV*
Okay…So maybe he doesn't hate me…? Gosh! Boys are so confusing! Why must they be so complicated?!
I walked ahead of him into the auditorium. I heard someone playing the piano when I entered the room. Then, I saw that John was sitting at the piano playing his favourite song.
"HOW DO I LIVE WITHOUT YOU?!" He sung at the top of his lungs which made me laugh.
He stopped playing, turned to me and gave me a playful scowl.
"Hi Aradia!" He laughed.
I laughed with him. "Hi John!"
That's when Ms. Lalonde came out from behind the curtain on the stage.
"Hi Aradia!"
I smiled and waved at her.
"I see that Sollux brought you here safe and sound."
"Yep I did." I jumped at Sollux's voice. I hadn't noticed that he was only standing about two inches behind me.
Ms. Lalonde smiled at him. "Thank you Sollux, are you sure you have to quit music club?"
I wrinkled my eyebrows and turned to look at his face. "You're quitting music club?" I almost demanded.
He locked eyes with me for half a second and then broke away.
"Yeah, I'm jutht too buthy."
"Oh…"
He nodded. "Yeah, tho I won't be in muthic club thith year…maybe next if I'm not tho buthy."
I nodded. "Yeah, I understand…Hey, just out of curiosity, is Feferi still in music club?"
He froze when I mentioned her name but then sighed.
He nodded. "Ath far ath I know."
I nodded. "That's good…How is she?"
He shrugged as if he didn't seem to care. "She'th fine I gueth."
I nodded and felt slightly uncomfortable. I hadn't talked to Feferi in such a long time too… It was almost as if we were drifting away…I guess in a way we were.
Ms. Lalonde cleared her throat. "Anyways, Aradia I was wondering if you wouldn't mind doing me a big favour?"
I turned back to look at her. "Sure, what kind of favour?"
She hesitated and bit her lip. "Well you see, Principal Scratch is onto us. He says he has been hearing things in the hallway about how you do nothing in music club. So, he wants to stop buy today at lunch to see for himself, so….I was wondering if you wouldn't mind singing a song for us?"
My eyes widened and my heart started to pick up its pace.
"M-me?" I stuttered.
She nodded. "Yes you! You're a great singer you know!"
I chuckled nervously and shook my head. "No, I'm not. I'm terrible! I only do it for fun in my room or in the shower!"
I heard Sollux laugh softly from behind me. "Don't forget all thothe timeth you played rock band."
Ms. Lalonde's face brightened up. "You play rock band?"
"Uh…Yeah?"
"And you sing on rock band?"
"Yeah but-THAT'S NOT THE POINT!"
Ms. Lalonde frowned. "Please Aradia; you would be doing all of us in music club a favour."
I bit my lip and felt my ears grow hot. Then, I felt Sollux put his hand on my shoulder and squeeze.
I gasped and looked up to see him giving me a reassuring smile. I couldn't help but smile back and blush.
I looked down at my feet and then back at Ms. Lalonde.
"Alright," I sighed in defeat. "I-I'll do it."
"Yes!" Ms. Lalonde, John, and Sollux exclaimed at the same time.
I wrinkled my eyebrows in confusion but then just rolled my eyes.
"So, what song do you want me to sing?"
Ms. Lalonde shrugged. "I don't know. You pick one."
"WHAT?! You can't just ask me to sing a song and then not give me an idea on what song to sing!"
She smiled at me. "Well, you have one hour until lunch so you have one hour to pick a song."
"But-"
"Anyways, I have to go. I'm supposed to be teaching Romeo and Juliet right now to the grade nines. I kind of ditched them so I probably should get back before Scratch notices. Have fun!"
"But-"
"Bye!" She shouted and then ran out of the auditorium.
She left me standing there, looking like an idiot, with my mouth and eyes wide open.
I was snapped out of my panic attack when I heard John laugh.
"Don't worry Aradia I'll help you pick a song."
I looked up at him and gave him a nervous smile. "Alright."
I turned back to Sollux. "Are you going to help me pick a song too?"
He shook his head. "I can't right now. I have to go back to class."
I frowned. "Oh, okay."
His face fell. "I'm sorry AA."
I felt shocked for some reason and then shook my head. "No, it's okay Sollux I understand. Going to class is important."
To my surprise, he laughed. "Yeah, good one."
"Uhhh…Okay?"
"I'll text you and then we'll thet up a time to thtudy math."
I nodded and blushed. "Sounds good."
He smiled at me. "I'll thee you later."
I watched him as he turned around and walked out of the auditorium.
I sighed and then turned back to John who was still sitting at his piano.
"So, I see you and him are getting along."
I nodded and walked up to the stage.
"Yeah, it was kind of weird. Last week he was completely ignoring me but now he's talking to me."
John nodded. "Yeah, that is weird."
I sat on the stage, swung my legs around so that they were touching the stage, and then I stood up and walked over to John.
"So, what song should I sing John?"
John rubbed his chin and thought about it for a minute, and then his face lit up.
"Somebody that He Used to Know!"
"WHAT?! I can't sing that!"
"Why not?"
"Because! I just can't!"
"Well, I think it's good. Plus, I think it's cool how you took an original song and made it into your own."
"Thanks I guess."
"Yeah, and we worked on it the last week of summer. I can play the piano very well to it."
I sighed and sat down on the floor beside John's feet.
"I mean, I won't lie to you I am very proud of how I sung that song but…"
"Buuuuuut…?"
"But, I can't sing that!"
"But you can."
"No, I can't."
"Yes, you can."
"No, I can't."
"Yes, you can."
"No, I can't!"
"Yes, you can!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"NO!"
"YES!"
"UGH! FINE! YOU WIN!"
John's face lit up and he smiled ear to ear.
"Really? It was that easy?! YEAH!"
I rolled my eyes. "Watch it Egbert, I'll refuse again."
He snapped his mouth shut. "Alright, let's practice…"
*one hour later*
Once the lunch bell ring the whole auditorium was packed! Okay, that's an exaggeration it wasn't packed. Only the first five rows were, and Principal Scratch was standing at the door, and I was on the stage…looking at everyone…About to faint…Gosh, Ms. Lalonde, Sollux, and John owe me!
"Okay everybody welcome to music club!" Ms. Lalonde exclaimed from the middle of the stage. "I see a couple new faces here but I think it's because you are all grade nines!"
Nepeta's hand shot up from the fourth row.
"Oooo! Ms. Lalonde! We have a new member in grade eleven!" She squealed.
"Nepeta what are you doing?! Shut up!" Karkat growled.
Ms. Lalonde laughed. "Who is our new member Nepeta?"
"Karkat Vantas!"
"UGH!" Karkat groaned. "Shut up Nepeta!"
Ms. Lalonde laughed again. "Yeah, I remember you from grade nine Karkat."
Karkat mumbled something under his breath and sunk down in his seat.
"Alright everyone!" Ms. Lalonde called out. "Since we have a lot of new members today I have decided to show all of you what music club is really about!"
All the older kids giggled.
"So, I have asked one of our grade eleven members to sing a song for us!"
Everyone clapped and I stood in the corner of the stage blushing my face off.
"Everyone let's give a hand to Aradia Megido!"
"I-uh-I-I-c-c-can't-t-t." I stuttered.
"Yes you can!" John shouted at me in a whisper from his piano.
"Uhhh…."
"Come on you can do it! I believe in you so do the rest of your friends!" He smiled at me and gave me two thumbs up.
There wasn't much I could really do at that point so I just walked to the centre of the stage and took a deep breath. My heart was beating like a hammer against my chest and I mentally face palmed when I saw that Feferi was sitting in the third row! Gosh, I'm stupid! But, the music had started and I needed to start singing.
"Now and then I think of when we were together
who would have known that i would be the first to die?"
I looked out into the audience and smiled to myself when I saw Vriska smiling up at me.
"Told myself that he would stay with me
He said I'm not the girl I used to be
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember."
I continued to scan the audience and suddenly stopped when I locked eyes with Feferi and saw that she was glaring at me.
"I've become addicted to a certain kind of sadness.
My resignation to the end always the end."
I looked down at my feet and felt my ears burn.
"When he found out we could not make sense
He found solace in another friend."
I looked back up and saw that Feferi wasn't in her seat anymore. I looked around but I couldn't find her.
"Now I'm alone and I cannot believe it's over."
John continued to play the piano and I was about to open my mouth to continue singing when suddenly:
"But you didn't have to cut us off!"
Feferi appears from the side of the stage and starts singing.
"We'll make out like it never happened and that you were nothing!"
My eyes grew wide and I had no idea what to do at that point. I mean, I was already nervous about singing but that had to happen?! Why do I always get myself into stupid situations?!
"And he doesn't even need your love!
You might wish we were strangers but I say tough luck!"
She started walking toward me and I started to cowardly take steps away from her.
"No you didn't have to stoop so low!
Have your friends collect your metals and then quit your flarping!
I guess you didn't need them though!
Now you're just somebody that he used to know!
Now you're just somebody that he used to know!"
I don't know why, but when she said that I was just somebody that he used to know, I felt a knife slicing through my chest.
I awkwardly scratched my arm and backed away to the corner of the stage and left her in the middle. She was still facing me though.
"Now and then I think of how we shared a lover…
Part of me believing that you were already gone…"
I gulped and tried to keep my tears inside my eyes.
"But Sollux was the perfect fit…
Excited to be my matespirt…"
I clenched my teeth and bawled my hands into fits.
"I thought that he would let you go
Didn't realise you were more than just somebody that he used to know!"
I stomped up to her and stood five inches away from her face.
"But you didn't have to cut me off!
Make out like it never happened and treat me like I'm nothing!"
Her eyes widened and I could tell she was shocked, but then she just rolled her eyes and looked annoyed at me.
"and I don't even need his love!
But he treats me like a stranger and it feels so rough!"
She folded her arms across her chest and let out an annoyed sigh.
"NO you didn't have to stoop so low!
What makes you think that you can act like you are so much better?!
I guess he doesn't need me though! Now I'm just somebody that he used to know!
I'M SOMEBODY!"
Feferi rolled her eyes again and walked closer to me.
"That he used to know…" She whispered in my ear.
"I'M SOMEBODY!"
"That he used to know…"
I felt my heart shatter into tiny pieces and I couldn't stop my tears from rolling down my cheeks.
"Now you're just somebody that he used to know…
He used to know…
That he used to know…"
I think what was really pissing me off was the fact that she was whispering it in my ear.
"used to know…"
I couldn't take it anymore! She can't talk to me like that just because she's dating my ex-boyfriend! I bawled my fists and then shouted:
"I'M SOMEBODY!"
The music stopped and everyone clapped, I wondered if they knew that it wasn't planned. Feferi and I didn't move an inch. We stood there glaring at each other while tears still spilled out my eye lids. After a while I couldn't take it anymore, I ran off the stage, out of the auditorium, and into the washroom. At that point I was sobbing…I didn't really know what was going on with me. I didn't know what was going on with anything actually, but there was one thing I was positive about…Feferi and I were no longer friends…
Kay, I know the song "somebody that he used to know" may not fit exactly with this story because it's a humanstuck fanfic but at the same time I think it fits perfectly…Anyways, I hope you liked it! Take care and I'll see ya later! :D
