A New Beginning, chapter 13
***Melissa's POV***
"Joey get up! Up up up up up up up! Uppieness!!" screamed Jakob while running into the room.
"Woh little dude. You're loud for your size." I said while slipping out of Joey's bed.
"I'm gonna go wake Joey up!" yelled Jakob about to leave the room.
"Wait." I said grabbing Jakob. "I have a better way to wake him up." I said while giggling.
*5 minutes later*
"Ok now just put your fingers there and that's the worst sounding chord ever." I said while placing Jakob's fingers along the finger board and turning the amp and guitar at maximum.
***Joey's POV***
"What the fuck!!" I screamed as I heard a horrible noise ringing in my ears. "Jakob!" I yelled while storming out of Melissa's room.
"Hey Joey, hope you're not planning on going to school in drag on Monday." dad said while laughing.
"Uh sure what ever." I said confused as hell. I stormed up to Jakob and Melissa was right beside him and they both started laughing.
"What's so funny?" I asked.
"Joey... .look... .in the... . the mirror." Melissa said between laughs. I walked over to the bathroom and looked in the mirror.
"What the hell Jakob! I'm gonna kill you!!" I screamed from the bathroom noticing that I had a hot pink bra on, bright red lip stick, black eyeliner, a blonde wig, and a skirt that was too short.
"Hey Joey, be nice to him. It was my idea and it was pretty fucking funny." she said. I gave her a dirty look and she started to run away. I chased after her. We landed with a loud thump on the floor. She started giggling uncontrollably. I slowly bent down and gave her a kiss on the nose. She kissed me back on the lips. Soon we were deepening the kiss and making out in the middle of the hallway. Nothing could ruin this, I thought to myself. But all of a sudden the shrill voice of Jakob rang through the hallway.
"Ewwww. I'm telling mom you're kissing!" Jakob sang out and ran off to find mom. We broke apart.
"Joey I better go get ready moms coming home today." Melissa said with a sad tone.
"Aww. Babe don't go." I pleaded.
"I have to. And besides it's just next door anyways." she said while going into the room to go get ready.
"I better go get this shit off." I said to myself walking towards the bathroom.
Melissa soon had to go home and even though she was just next door it felt like I was 2000 light years away from her. Now I know how dad felt when he was gone.
***Melissa's POV****
I got home and 5 minutes later mom got home.
"Hey mom." I called out running downstairs. "Who the hell is that?" I asked pointing to the man that was hanging off of my mom.
"Melissa! That's no way to talk to you new father." she said in a shrill voice.
"New father? What the hell? Dad just died like two weeks ago." I said giving the man an icy cold stair.
"Ya this is Greg. Me and him use to go out while we were younger and he was at the meeting and we just picked up were we left off when your father died." she said giving Greg a kiss on the cheek.
"Whatever." I mumbled and walked up to my room. I flopped down on my bed looking at the first guitar I got. The one my dad helped me pay for. I picked it up and cranked up the volume and started playing 'Stay together for the kids' by Blink-182. Half way through the song I heard a knock on the door. It was Greg.
"I take it you're the one that fancies herself as a musician." Greg said in a rather sarcastic tone.
"And I take it you're the fuck-whit that married my mother." I said in an equally sarcastic tone.
"You little bitch. Don't you ever use that tone one me. I'm you father!" he said quite outraged.
"You're not my fucking father. Your not even worthy to be one of his pieces of crap. You're a fucking ass!" I said really pissed off.
"What did you say!!!" he yelled. His face turning a deep shade of red.
"That's right! You fucking heard what I said!" I yelled back.
"You fucking littler bitch!" he said just before he swung his fist into my cheek, then into my stomach. He left me there cradling my cheek were he had hit me leaving a purple lump. I didn't know what to do. If I told mom she would just take his side. And I didn't want to tell Joey and have him worried. The only other people I knew I could trust were Estelle and Ramona. I finally decided to go to Ramona's because Estelle lived further away. I packed my backpack ready to live away from home for a while. I jumped out of the window and ran down the block. I finally arrived at Ramona's house. It was raining out and my eyeliner was running from the mixture of rain and my tears. I knocked on the door and Tre answered it.
"Oh my god Melissa! Who the hell did that to you!?" Tre exclaimed after looking at my large purple bump on my cheek.
"Joey get up! Up up up up up up up! Uppieness!!" screamed Jakob while running into the room.
"Woh little dude. You're loud for your size." I said while slipping out of Joey's bed.
"I'm gonna go wake Joey up!" yelled Jakob about to leave the room.
"Wait." I said grabbing Jakob. "I have a better way to wake him up." I said while giggling.
*5 minutes later*
"Ok now just put your fingers there and that's the worst sounding chord ever." I said while placing Jakob's fingers along the finger board and turning the amp and guitar at maximum.
***Joey's POV***
"What the fuck!!" I screamed as I heard a horrible noise ringing in my ears. "Jakob!" I yelled while storming out of Melissa's room.
"Hey Joey, hope you're not planning on going to school in drag on Monday." dad said while laughing.
"Uh sure what ever." I said confused as hell. I stormed up to Jakob and Melissa was right beside him and they both started laughing.
"What's so funny?" I asked.
"Joey... .look... .in the... . the mirror." Melissa said between laughs. I walked over to the bathroom and looked in the mirror.
"What the hell Jakob! I'm gonna kill you!!" I screamed from the bathroom noticing that I had a hot pink bra on, bright red lip stick, black eyeliner, a blonde wig, and a skirt that was too short.
"Hey Joey, be nice to him. It was my idea and it was pretty fucking funny." she said. I gave her a dirty look and she started to run away. I chased after her. We landed with a loud thump on the floor. She started giggling uncontrollably. I slowly bent down and gave her a kiss on the nose. She kissed me back on the lips. Soon we were deepening the kiss and making out in the middle of the hallway. Nothing could ruin this, I thought to myself. But all of a sudden the shrill voice of Jakob rang through the hallway.
"Ewwww. I'm telling mom you're kissing!" Jakob sang out and ran off to find mom. We broke apart.
"Joey I better go get ready moms coming home today." Melissa said with a sad tone.
"Aww. Babe don't go." I pleaded.
"I have to. And besides it's just next door anyways." she said while going into the room to go get ready.
"I better go get this shit off." I said to myself walking towards the bathroom.
Melissa soon had to go home and even though she was just next door it felt like I was 2000 light years away from her. Now I know how dad felt when he was gone.
***Melissa's POV****
I got home and 5 minutes later mom got home.
"Hey mom." I called out running downstairs. "Who the hell is that?" I asked pointing to the man that was hanging off of my mom.
"Melissa! That's no way to talk to you new father." she said in a shrill voice.
"New father? What the hell? Dad just died like two weeks ago." I said giving the man an icy cold stair.
"Ya this is Greg. Me and him use to go out while we were younger and he was at the meeting and we just picked up were we left off when your father died." she said giving Greg a kiss on the cheek.
"Whatever." I mumbled and walked up to my room. I flopped down on my bed looking at the first guitar I got. The one my dad helped me pay for. I picked it up and cranked up the volume and started playing 'Stay together for the kids' by Blink-182. Half way through the song I heard a knock on the door. It was Greg.
"I take it you're the one that fancies herself as a musician." Greg said in a rather sarcastic tone.
"And I take it you're the fuck-whit that married my mother." I said in an equally sarcastic tone.
"You little bitch. Don't you ever use that tone one me. I'm you father!" he said quite outraged.
"You're not my fucking father. Your not even worthy to be one of his pieces of crap. You're a fucking ass!" I said really pissed off.
"What did you say!!!" he yelled. His face turning a deep shade of red.
"That's right! You fucking heard what I said!" I yelled back.
"You fucking littler bitch!" he said just before he swung his fist into my cheek, then into my stomach. He left me there cradling my cheek were he had hit me leaving a purple lump. I didn't know what to do. If I told mom she would just take his side. And I didn't want to tell Joey and have him worried. The only other people I knew I could trust were Estelle and Ramona. I finally decided to go to Ramona's because Estelle lived further away. I packed my backpack ready to live away from home for a while. I jumped out of the window and ran down the block. I finally arrived at Ramona's house. It was raining out and my eyeliner was running from the mixture of rain and my tears. I knocked on the door and Tre answered it.
"Oh my god Melissa! Who the hell did that to you!?" Tre exclaimed after looking at my large purple bump on my cheek.
