This Love Drives Me Into Madness, chapter 17
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-February 14, 2006-
-Lyzz's P.O.V.-
It was around noon. Erin was still asleep, Briana was...somewhere, and as you can see: I was just wandering around the house--enjoying myself. Well...not really. It was Valentine's Day--the most stupid, commercial holiday ever.
I wouldn't be surprised if Erin would sleep half the day--on purpose, I might add. Not because she could, even though she <emi>could[/i], but because of today. Yep. Erin despised Valentine's Day "with all her might and power", as she would put it. Atleast she wasn't alone. Bri hated it, too.
We all did. We...were the A.V.D.S.--the Anti-Valentine's Day Society. Or so I thought...
I sat on the couch in the livingroom and grabbed a Spin magazine from the coffee table. My Chemical Romance was on the cover. I turned to their article and read the comic of them.
The had the knowledge...
They had the power...
To put the world...
Out of...its...
MISERY!
The doorbell rang, making me jump.
Bri must've forgotten her key, I thought as I set the magazine down and skipped over to the front door.
I opened it, without thinking of actually looking through the peep-hole to check if it really was her. Instead, in was Tre--with a...bouquet of flowers?
"Hey, Tre...?" I was confused. Why would he be here, on Valentine's Day, with flowers? "What are you doing here?"
"Er...is Erin home?" he asked, seeming a little...fidgety.
"Yeah..." I said as I turned around, "ERIN! GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE!"
Right when I yelled her name. she came running downstairs--still in her pyjamas.
I gave her a confused and evil glare as she passed me when I walked into the other room.
"Happy Valentine's Day," I heard Tre say.
Yes. I was eavesdropping, and yes, it was wrong. I couldn't help it. I just...I just didn't understand.
"Aw...I feel so special," you could tell Erin was smiling from ear to ear. "But, really, you didn't have t--"
My eyes widened. Why was she cut off? I peaked into the livingroom to see the two parting from a kiss.
I gasped slightly, That!--oh my god. Keep calm, Elizabeth. She was bound to tell you sooner or later. Just ask her about it when he leaves. No yelling. No fights. Just a nice, mature chat.
-Erin's P.O.V.-
"I'll see you around," Tre said before stepping out to his car.
"Bye," I muttered, with happiness spreading throughout my body. But, when I closed that door, I knew there would be Hell to pay.
I turned around and clenched my teeth in a nervous-type of way. I slipped the flowers into a vase next to me, looking around for Lyzz.
"Erin..."
I jumped at the sound of her voice.
"Erin...explain to me why you didn't tell me about you and Tre," Lyzz came walking in from the other room.
"Uh...eh-I-I don't know..." I stammered. "It-it wasn't im-important."
"Wasn't important? YOU THOUGHT IT WASN'T IMPORTANT?!" she snapped.
I began shaking even more than before. Yeah. I was frightened. I thought she was going to kill me. Lyzz was that scary when she got mad.
"...Yes...?" I murmured.
"Tell me the damned fucking truth. Now."
"I...I didn't think you'd understand, okay?!" I retorted. "I thought you'd just nag at me about it!"
"ERIN! We're BEST FRIENDS! We're supposed to understand everything and each other!" Lyzz scolded. "You'd think all the fights we've had would've taught us that by now!"
The front door opened and Briana stumbled inside. "Hey guys!...what's going on?"
I screamed in frustration, pulling at my hair before running upstairs and into my room. I slammed the door behind me and threw myself onto my bed, crying.
-Briana's P.O.V.-
"What I miss?" I inquired to Lyzz.
She sighed, "That's it. I'm leaving. I give up." She stomped up the stairs.
Oh geeze...
I walked quietly up to Erin's room and knocked on her door.
"FUCK OFF OR I'LL STICK MY FOOT UP YOUR ASS AND POUND YOUR SKULL UNTIL YOU CHOKE ON YOUR OWN BLOOD AND DIE!" she yelled.
"Rinn, deary, it's Bri--"
"Come in."
I opened the door and walked inside, then shut it as quietly as possible.
Erin was laying on her back, staring at the ceiling with her glazed over, green eyes. She was very still, except for her steady breathing.
"What happened?" I asked, sitting on the edge of her bed.
"Lyzz is pissed off because I didn't tell her about me and Tre," Erin said in monotone.
"Did you plan on telling her anytime soon?" I questioned.
"Yeah...if twenty-billion years is soon," she answered.
I chuckled and shook my head, "No, Erin. That definately not soon."
"Well, Lyzz knows now. And she hates me."
"No she doesn't," I said.
"Then, why is she leaving?" Erin asked, sitting up.
"Let's just go with: 'Lyzz needs time away for awhile'."
**
-Erin's P.O.V.-
It was late in the evening. Tre and I were sitting under a tree in the park. My head was laying on his lap as he leaned against the tree.
"I think I'm gonna change my name to Charlie. If not, then I think that'll be my stage name," I said.
"Charlie, eh?" Tre enquired, "Hmm...it suits you."
"It does?"
"Yeah," he smiled. "You'd make the perfect Charlie."
I laughed to myself, "Shut up."
"No. I'm serious."
"You are?"
"Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?" Tre wondered.
"Because...you're Tre Cool. You don't always act serious," I stated.
"HEY--well...wait...agh...I guess you're right..."
It fell silent. It wasn't the awkward kind of silent that I was used to, though. It was the nice kind. The kind that was use for thinking.
The sun was setting. It made the silence even nicer. I was still thinking about what happened earlier today with me and Lyzz. But as every second came closer, that worrying thought grew farther.
At that exact moment, I could care less about the conflict between us. It just wasn't a neccesary subject to think about at this time.
The song "I Caught Fire" by The Used kept replaying in my mind. Surprisingly, I wasn't annoyed by it.
Seemed to stop my breath
My head on your chest
Waiting to cave in
From the bottom of my...
Hear your voice again
Could we dim the sun
And wonder where we've been
Maybe you and me
So kiss me like you did
My heart stopped beating
Such a softer sin
"Hey, Charlie?" Tre said.
"Yeah?" I looked up at him out of the corner of my eye.
There was a pause.
"I love you."
Time stopped. I quit breathing. An awkward silence filled the space around and between us. I could sense the regret in his mind.
I'm not going to make the same mistake I made before, I thought before speaking up, "I love you, too."
In your eyes
I lost my place
Could stay a while
And I'm melting
In your eyes
Like my first time
That I caught fire
Just stay with me
Lay with me
Now...
-Lyzz's P.O.V.-
It was around noon. Erin was still asleep, Briana was...somewhere, and as you can see: I was just wandering around the house--enjoying myself. Well...not really. It was Valentine's Day--the most stupid, commercial holiday ever.
I wouldn't be surprised if Erin would sleep half the day--on purpose, I might add. Not because she could, even though she <emi>could[/i], but because of today. Yep. Erin despised Valentine's Day "with all her might and power", as she would put it. Atleast she wasn't alone. Bri hated it, too.
We all did. We...were the A.V.D.S.--the Anti-Valentine's Day Society. Or so I thought...
I sat on the couch in the livingroom and grabbed a Spin magazine from the coffee table. My Chemical Romance was on the cover. I turned to their article and read the comic of them.
The had the knowledge...
They had the power...
To put the world...
Out of...its...
MISERY!
The doorbell rang, making me jump.
Bri must've forgotten her key, I thought as I set the magazine down and skipped over to the front door.
I opened it, without thinking of actually looking through the peep-hole to check if it really was her. Instead, in was Tre--with a...bouquet of flowers?
"Hey, Tre...?" I was confused. Why would he be here, on Valentine's Day, with flowers? "What are you doing here?"
"Er...is Erin home?" he asked, seeming a little...fidgety.
"Yeah..." I said as I turned around, "ERIN! GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE!"
Right when I yelled her name. she came running downstairs--still in her pyjamas.
I gave her a confused and evil glare as she passed me when I walked into the other room.
"Happy Valentine's Day," I heard Tre say.
Yes. I was eavesdropping, and yes, it was wrong. I couldn't help it. I just...I just didn't understand.
"Aw...I feel so special," you could tell Erin was smiling from ear to ear. "But, really, you didn't have t--"
My eyes widened. Why was she cut off? I peaked into the livingroom to see the two parting from a kiss.
I gasped slightly, That!--oh my god. Keep calm, Elizabeth. She was bound to tell you sooner or later. Just ask her about it when he leaves. No yelling. No fights. Just a nice, mature chat.
-Erin's P.O.V.-
"I'll see you around," Tre said before stepping out to his car.
"Bye," I muttered, with happiness spreading throughout my body. But, when I closed that door, I knew there would be Hell to pay.
I turned around and clenched my teeth in a nervous-type of way. I slipped the flowers into a vase next to me, looking around for Lyzz.
"Erin..."
I jumped at the sound of her voice.
"Erin...explain to me why you didn't tell me about you and Tre," Lyzz came walking in from the other room.
"Uh...eh-I-I don't know..." I stammered. "It-it wasn't im-important."
"Wasn't important? YOU THOUGHT IT WASN'T IMPORTANT?!" she snapped.
I began shaking even more than before. Yeah. I was frightened. I thought she was going to kill me. Lyzz was that scary when she got mad.
"...Yes...?" I murmured.
"Tell me the damned fucking truth. Now."
"I...I didn't think you'd understand, okay?!" I retorted. "I thought you'd just nag at me about it!"
"ERIN! We're BEST FRIENDS! We're supposed to understand everything and each other!" Lyzz scolded. "You'd think all the fights we've had would've taught us that by now!"
The front door opened and Briana stumbled inside. "Hey guys!...what's going on?"
I screamed in frustration, pulling at my hair before running upstairs and into my room. I slammed the door behind me and threw myself onto my bed, crying.
-Briana's P.O.V.-
"What I miss?" I inquired to Lyzz.
She sighed, "That's it. I'm leaving. I give up." She stomped up the stairs.
Oh geeze...
I walked quietly up to Erin's room and knocked on her door.
"FUCK OFF OR I'LL STICK MY FOOT UP YOUR ASS AND POUND YOUR SKULL UNTIL YOU CHOKE ON YOUR OWN BLOOD AND DIE!" she yelled.
"Rinn, deary, it's Bri--"
"Come in."
I opened the door and walked inside, then shut it as quietly as possible.
Erin was laying on her back, staring at the ceiling with her glazed over, green eyes. She was very still, except for her steady breathing.
"What happened?" I asked, sitting on the edge of her bed.
"Lyzz is pissed off because I didn't tell her about me and Tre," Erin said in monotone.
"Did you plan on telling her anytime soon?" I questioned.
"Yeah...if twenty-billion years is soon," she answered.
I chuckled and shook my head, "No, Erin. That definately not soon."
"Well, Lyzz knows now. And she hates me."
"No she doesn't," I said.
"Then, why is she leaving?" Erin asked, sitting up.
"Let's just go with: 'Lyzz needs time away for awhile'."
**
-Erin's P.O.V.-
It was late in the evening. Tre and I were sitting under a tree in the park. My head was laying on his lap as he leaned against the tree.
"I think I'm gonna change my name to Charlie. If not, then I think that'll be my stage name," I said.
"Charlie, eh?" Tre enquired, "Hmm...it suits you."
"It does?"
"Yeah," he smiled. "You'd make the perfect Charlie."
I laughed to myself, "Shut up."
"No. I'm serious."
"You are?"
"Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?" Tre wondered.
"Because...you're Tre Cool. You don't always act serious," I stated.
"HEY--well...wait...agh...I guess you're right..."
It fell silent. It wasn't the awkward kind of silent that I was used to, though. It was the nice kind. The kind that was use for thinking.
The sun was setting. It made the silence even nicer. I was still thinking about what happened earlier today with me and Lyzz. But as every second came closer, that worrying thought grew farther.
At that exact moment, I could care less about the conflict between us. It just wasn't a neccesary subject to think about at this time.
The song "I Caught Fire" by The Used kept replaying in my mind. Surprisingly, I wasn't annoyed by it.
Seemed to stop my breath
My head on your chest
Waiting to cave in
From the bottom of my...
Hear your voice again
Could we dim the sun
And wonder where we've been
Maybe you and me
So kiss me like you did
My heart stopped beating
Such a softer sin
"Hey, Charlie?" Tre said.
"Yeah?" I looked up at him out of the corner of my eye.
There was a pause.
"I love you."
Time stopped. I quit breathing. An awkward silence filled the space around and between us. I could sense the regret in his mind.
I'm not going to make the same mistake I made before, I thought before speaking up, "I love you, too."
In your eyes
I lost my place
Could stay a while
And I'm melting
In your eyes
Like my first time
That I caught fire
Just stay with me
Lay with me
Now...
