Wicked Wishes, chapter 1
Chaddlynn Murry walked down the dark street. She avoided looking up at the people around her. She was lost in her music. She bumped off the shoulders of a few people around her but ignored it. She looked up when she saw she had reached her apartment building. She sighed knowing perfectly what it was her mother was doing up stairs.
She Climbed the Steps and opened the door to room 315. Sure enough there was her mother passed out on the couch. There was empty beer cans lying around her. Her mom had become an alcoholic after Chadd's father died in a car accident.
"wake up mom" Chadd said trying to shake her awake. She just rolled over. Chadd sighed. "Fine."
Chadd walked into the computer room. Her brother David was sitting at the desk clicking away. David was 25. He lived in Chicago but had come to Oakland After their dad died to help out. He didn't help much though. Most of the time he sat in the computer room working. He was business man. Work was very important to him. David didn't care that his mother sat on the couch everyday drinking her life away.
"David?" Chadd said standing in the doorway.
"Hmm?" He said not looking up from his papers.
"Mom passed out again." Chadd said. This was an everyday thing.
"Well, what do you want me to do about it?" David said looking up.
Chadd shrugged. "Never mind." She Turned and walk out of the room.
Chadd was 17. She was tall. Had brown hair with blue streaks and She had Blue eyes.
Chadd had lived in Oakland her entire life. She had lived her life surrounded by the Oakland music scene. Chadd was in a band called Wicked. Music was Chadd's life; it was the only thing she had. She also knew it would be the only thing that would ever get her out of this town. It was a one way ticket out and she need the ticket more then anything.
Chadd walked into her bedroom. She undressed and went to sleep.
***
The Next morning Chadd woke up to her cell phone ringing. It was Bayzer. Bayzer was Chadd's best friend and she played drums in Wicked.
"Hey." Bayzer said when Chadd picked up the phone. Chadd forced her self to wake up.
"Hi."
"Sony and Mark want us to meet them at the 7/11" Bayzer said. Sony and Mark were Chadd's other best friends, Sony played Bass in wicked and Mark played guitar. Chadd sang and played guitar.
"Why?" She asked Bayzer.
"I don't know, I just told them we would be there."
"Fine."
"I'm leaving right now." Bayzer said. "So Ill meet you there."
"I just woke up. Ill be there in a little bit."
"Ok Bye."
"Bye." Chadd said hanging up. Chadd dragged herself out of bed and got dressed.
She walked out the door ignoring the lifeless lump of a mother asleep on the couch.
***
When Chadd got there she saw Mark and Sony standing in the parking lot. They were fighting over a packet of cigarettes.
"Give em' back you Asshole!" Mark yelled at sony.
"No!" Sony yelled. Mark jumped on him. "Fine fine!" He yelled throwing the packet at his head.
"Thank you." Mark said getting off him. Chadd laughed.
"Where's Bayzer?" Sony Asked. Chadd shrugged.
Bayzer showed up a soon after.
The four of them walked to the side of the building and sat down against the brick wall. The passed around the cigarettes and lighter.
"Hey guys, did you know Jay killed himself the other day?" Sony said. Jay was a close friend of theirs. But he also had a drug problem.
"No." Bayzer and Mark said in union. Chadd looked at Sony. She had been very close to Jay. She felt something inside her.
"I think I better go." She said standing up.
"Wait!" Bayzer said.
Chadd ignored her and started to walk away.
Chadd watched her feet as she walked. She didn't look up. She almost was ran over by a car and hit by a bike.
She passed a boy who looked around her age sitting in a bus shelter reading a book.
"Wait!" The boy called out. "I think I know you!"
Chadd stopped and turned and looked at the boy. "What?"
She looked the boy over. He was tall, had black hair with red tips and the brightest green eyes she had ever seen. He was handsome but his face had a boyish look to it. He smiled at her.
"I don't know you." She said.
"Umm...I don't know you either." Chadd noticed he had a huge gash in the side of his forehead. Blood was pouring out of it.
"What the hell happened?" She asked him.
"Someone threw a rock at me."
"What's your name?"
"Riot. Well my names Jimmy, but everyone calls me riot. Why? I don't know."
"Umm...if you want..." Chadd said. "I could fix that cut for you."
"Would you do that?"
"Yeah." She nodded. She had no Idea who he was but she felt like she needed to help him. "You're going to have to come to my apartment though."
"That's fine."
They started to walk down the street together.
"My names Chaddlynn by the way. You can call me Chadd."
"That's a nice name."
"Thanks."
***
"Who's that?" Riot asked when they got to they apartment. He was pointing at her mom. She was asleep on the couch still.
"My mom ignore her." Chadd said pushing Riot down into one of the recliner chairs.
She went into the bathroom and got the first aid Kit.
She started to wipe the blood of his forehead.
"My dad was like that, that's why we moved." Riot said looking at Chadd's mom. "I just moved here. Im living with my uncle and his um...family."
"ohh." Chadd said. She put a cloth band-aid over the gash. "There. That's better." She smiled at him. He smiled back. She walked over and turned the radio on. At The Library was playing.
"Good song." Riot said. Chadd nodded.
"Do you want something to drink?" She asked him when the song went into Billie Joe playing a loud guitar solo.
"No thanks. I told my girlfriend Id call her. Thanks for your help though, See you around." He got up and walked out the door.
Chadd looked out the door way trying to understand why the strangest thing just happened to her. She thought for a minute and she knew she really hoped she did see riot again.
She Climbed the Steps and opened the door to room 315. Sure enough there was her mother passed out on the couch. There was empty beer cans lying around her. Her mom had become an alcoholic after Chadd's father died in a car accident.
"wake up mom" Chadd said trying to shake her awake. She just rolled over. Chadd sighed. "Fine."
Chadd walked into the computer room. Her brother David was sitting at the desk clicking away. David was 25. He lived in Chicago but had come to Oakland After their dad died to help out. He didn't help much though. Most of the time he sat in the computer room working. He was business man. Work was very important to him. David didn't care that his mother sat on the couch everyday drinking her life away.
"David?" Chadd said standing in the doorway.
"Hmm?" He said not looking up from his papers.
"Mom passed out again." Chadd said. This was an everyday thing.
"Well, what do you want me to do about it?" David said looking up.
Chadd shrugged. "Never mind." She Turned and walk out of the room.
Chadd was 17. She was tall. Had brown hair with blue streaks and She had Blue eyes.
Chadd had lived in Oakland her entire life. She had lived her life surrounded by the Oakland music scene. Chadd was in a band called Wicked. Music was Chadd's life; it was the only thing she had. She also knew it would be the only thing that would ever get her out of this town. It was a one way ticket out and she need the ticket more then anything.
Chadd walked into her bedroom. She undressed and went to sleep.
***
The Next morning Chadd woke up to her cell phone ringing. It was Bayzer. Bayzer was Chadd's best friend and she played drums in Wicked.
"Hey." Bayzer said when Chadd picked up the phone. Chadd forced her self to wake up.
"Hi."
"Sony and Mark want us to meet them at the 7/11" Bayzer said. Sony and Mark were Chadd's other best friends, Sony played Bass in wicked and Mark played guitar. Chadd sang and played guitar.
"Why?" She asked Bayzer.
"I don't know, I just told them we would be there."
"Fine."
"I'm leaving right now." Bayzer said. "So Ill meet you there."
"I just woke up. Ill be there in a little bit."
"Ok Bye."
"Bye." Chadd said hanging up. Chadd dragged herself out of bed and got dressed.
She walked out the door ignoring the lifeless lump of a mother asleep on the couch.
***
When Chadd got there she saw Mark and Sony standing in the parking lot. They were fighting over a packet of cigarettes.
"Give em' back you Asshole!" Mark yelled at sony.
"No!" Sony yelled. Mark jumped on him. "Fine fine!" He yelled throwing the packet at his head.
"Thank you." Mark said getting off him. Chadd laughed.
"Where's Bayzer?" Sony Asked. Chadd shrugged.
Bayzer showed up a soon after.
The four of them walked to the side of the building and sat down against the brick wall. The passed around the cigarettes and lighter.
"Hey guys, did you know Jay killed himself the other day?" Sony said. Jay was a close friend of theirs. But he also had a drug problem.
"No." Bayzer and Mark said in union. Chadd looked at Sony. She had been very close to Jay. She felt something inside her.
"I think I better go." She said standing up.
"Wait!" Bayzer said.
Chadd ignored her and started to walk away.
Chadd watched her feet as she walked. She didn't look up. She almost was ran over by a car and hit by a bike.
She passed a boy who looked around her age sitting in a bus shelter reading a book.
"Wait!" The boy called out. "I think I know you!"
Chadd stopped and turned and looked at the boy. "What?"
She looked the boy over. He was tall, had black hair with red tips and the brightest green eyes she had ever seen. He was handsome but his face had a boyish look to it. He smiled at her.
"I don't know you." She said.
"Umm...I don't know you either." Chadd noticed he had a huge gash in the side of his forehead. Blood was pouring out of it.
"What the hell happened?" She asked him.
"Someone threw a rock at me."
"What's your name?"
"Riot. Well my names Jimmy, but everyone calls me riot. Why? I don't know."
"Umm...if you want..." Chadd said. "I could fix that cut for you."
"Would you do that?"
"Yeah." She nodded. She had no Idea who he was but she felt like she needed to help him. "You're going to have to come to my apartment though."
"That's fine."
They started to walk down the street together.
"My names Chaddlynn by the way. You can call me Chadd."
"That's a nice name."
"Thanks."
***
"Who's that?" Riot asked when they got to they apartment. He was pointing at her mom. She was asleep on the couch still.
"My mom ignore her." Chadd said pushing Riot down into one of the recliner chairs.
She went into the bathroom and got the first aid Kit.
She started to wipe the blood of his forehead.
"My dad was like that, that's why we moved." Riot said looking at Chadd's mom. "I just moved here. Im living with my uncle and his um...family."
"ohh." Chadd said. She put a cloth band-aid over the gash. "There. That's better." She smiled at him. He smiled back. She walked over and turned the radio on. At The Library was playing.
"Good song." Riot said. Chadd nodded.
"Do you want something to drink?" She asked him when the song went into Billie Joe playing a loud guitar solo.
"No thanks. I told my girlfriend Id call her. Thanks for your help though, See you around." He got up and walked out the door.
Chadd looked out the door way trying to understand why the strangest thing just happened to her. She thought for a minute and she knew she really hoped she did see riot again.
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