Wicked Wishes, chapter 12
Chadd's P.O.V
One week before graduation and two weeks before I left for tour I was walking up the steps to my apartment I had been at Bayzer's house for band practice. No one was home, my mom had gotten a job and was at work so was David. I opened the door to the apartment and saw Riot glaring at a small velvet box that sat on the counter.
"Riot? How did you get in here?"
"The window." He muttered not taking his eyes of the box. I walked over and picked the box up.
"Chadd no!" He yelled jumping up and falling over the coffee table. He landed in front of me. He rolled over and looked up at me. I opened the box, it was an engagement ring. Riot quickly stood up.
"I... I was planning on asking you a different way." He stammered.
My mouth hung open and I looked at him and the ring.
"Riot you're such an ass!" I punched him on the shoulder smiling.
"Ow! What?"
"You bought me an engagement ring you idiot!"
"I know I did Chadd!
"So your... umm... what?" I said confused. He looked around.
"You aren't too good at this are you?"
Riot laughed and shook his head. "No, I'm not."
Riots P.O.V
I knew exactly what I wanted to say to Chadd but the words were caught in my throat. I wanted to tell her that she was the only thing that kept me sane and that I lived for her. But... .
"You know what I'm asking right?"
Why couldn't I say what I wanted to!?
She nodded pulling the ring out of the box.
"And of course I say yes." She slipped the ring on her finger. I wrapped my arms around her and kissed her. She pulled away from me. She grabbed my hand and pulled me into her bedroom. She sat down on her bed. I stood over her and kissed her. She laid down. I could feel the ring she had put on her left hand Press into my back as she pulled me closer.
***
When I woke up she was still asleep. I pulled my jeans and t-shirt back on and looked out her bedroom door.
No one was home, good.
I turned and looked at Chadd.
I walked into the hallway and sat down on the couch and stared off into space. A little later Chadd sat down next to me.
I kissed her on the cheek.
"Um... you can't wear the ring right now. I don't want anyone else to see it. I think your brother might kill me if he knew."
"I know." She nodded. "I won't."
She took the ring off and put it in her pocket.
"My brother would kill you if he found out. I have to pack."
"Yeah I better go." I told her. I quickly kissed her and walked out the door.
***
"Where have you been?" Billie asked when I walked in the door.
"Chadd's."
"Oh well Ron called. He told me something but I couldn't hear him. It sounded like he was at a party."
"It's Saturday night. Knowing Ron he probably is at a party Billie."
I grabbed the phone and sat down on the couch. A girl answered. I could hear music blasting.
"Is Ron there?" I asked.
"Hey!" Ron said over the roar of the other people.
"I bought an apartment in Sacramento!"
"You did?"
"Hell yeah!"
The noise drifted away he must have walked into another room.
"I want you to come move out here with me!"
"I don't know Ron. How about you call me when you don't have 50 other people at your house?" Ron laughed.
"Whatever. Bye."
"Bye." I hung up the phone.
I hadn't noticed Tre was sitting at the counter. He was humming "Like a rat does cheese". I looked at him and shook my head.
"So how is everything with you and that Chadd girl?" He asked.
"Good."
He nodded. "I hope you know you beat the shit out of that boy the other night."
"Good."
"Why?" Tre asked.
"Because he was an ass."
"That's a real good reason to break someone's nose."
"He was looking at Chadd."
"Chadd's a pretty girl, lots of guys are gonna look at her. It doesn't mean you can bash their faces in." I rolled my eyes.
"He kissed her. He just like, went at her. But she pushed him off."
"Oh well, then you can bash his face in."
***
"I really don't want you to go" I told her. Her and the rest of the band mates were about to leave for tour.
She smiled.
"Well, I'll be back. I promise."
Chadd handed me a calendar.
"It's got where I'm going to be playing everyday."
"Cool." I said flipping the pages of it.
"We better get going."
"Yeah." I kissed her. She had the ring on.
"I love you." She said getting on the bus.
"I love you" to I told her.
***
3 weeks passed. Ron came up.
"I'm bored out of my fucking mind." I told Ron one day while we sat in front of the high school smoking cigarettes. Ron laughed and took a puff.
"Christ, I wish there was something we could do."
"I know what you're thinking about." He said to me. "You're thinking about Chadd."
I nodded.
"I just can't help wondering if she's in some guy's arms."
"Or his bed." I heard Ron mutter.
I let out a long sigh. Ron pulled the cigarette out of my mouth.
"What the fuck dude!?"
He pulled two joints out of the pocket of his worn leather jacket.
"This will help you keep your mind off her."
I didn't understand Ron some times. It was 98 degrees out and he was wearing a leather jacket.
"Aren't you on probation for possession though?" He nodded and handed me the lighter.
"But what they don't know wont hurt em' right?"
"True." I said lighten the joint.
"How about we go to The Gilman tonight?" Ron asked.
"Whatever." I mumbled closing my eyes.
***
While we were at The Gilman these two girls were watching us the whole time. Finally the blonde one came up to me.
"Hey."
"Hey." I said back not taking my eyes of the stage.
"You got a name?"
"Yeah."
"Well what is it?"
"Well what's yours?"
"Reggie."
"Ok Reggie. Mine's Riot."
I turned and looked at her. She was extremely pretty. I saw her friend standing next to Ron.
"Riot? What kind of name is that?"
"My kind." I told her. She laughed.
"So how old are you?"
"How old are you?"
"20."
"I'm 21." I lied.
"You know me and my friend have an apartment. Why don't you and your friend come over?" She looked at Ron.
"I can't."
"Why?"
"I have a girlfriend."
"Really? Where is she?" Reggie looked around.
"I... I don't know." I told her.
"So you coming or not?"
"We'll come."
I looked at Ron he had the biggest smile on his face.
"Great work dude!" he said slapping me on the back. "You can have the blonde." He whispered. I nodded and followed them out of the ware house. I knew this wasn't a good Idea but Chadd would never find out so it didn't matter.
One week before graduation and two weeks before I left for tour I was walking up the steps to my apartment I had been at Bayzer's house for band practice. No one was home, my mom had gotten a job and was at work so was David. I opened the door to the apartment and saw Riot glaring at a small velvet box that sat on the counter.
"Riot? How did you get in here?"
"The window." He muttered not taking his eyes of the box. I walked over and picked the box up.
"Chadd no!" He yelled jumping up and falling over the coffee table. He landed in front of me. He rolled over and looked up at me. I opened the box, it was an engagement ring. Riot quickly stood up.
"I... I was planning on asking you a different way." He stammered.
My mouth hung open and I looked at him and the ring.
"Riot you're such an ass!" I punched him on the shoulder smiling.
"Ow! What?"
"You bought me an engagement ring you idiot!"
"I know I did Chadd!
"So your... umm... what?" I said confused. He looked around.
"You aren't too good at this are you?"
Riot laughed and shook his head. "No, I'm not."
Riots P.O.V
I knew exactly what I wanted to say to Chadd but the words were caught in my throat. I wanted to tell her that she was the only thing that kept me sane and that I lived for her. But... .
"You know what I'm asking right?"
Why couldn't I say what I wanted to!?
She nodded pulling the ring out of the box.
"And of course I say yes." She slipped the ring on her finger. I wrapped my arms around her and kissed her. She pulled away from me. She grabbed my hand and pulled me into her bedroom. She sat down on her bed. I stood over her and kissed her. She laid down. I could feel the ring she had put on her left hand Press into my back as she pulled me closer.
***
When I woke up she was still asleep. I pulled my jeans and t-shirt back on and looked out her bedroom door.
No one was home, good.
I turned and looked at Chadd.
I walked into the hallway and sat down on the couch and stared off into space. A little later Chadd sat down next to me.
I kissed her on the cheek.
"Um... you can't wear the ring right now. I don't want anyone else to see it. I think your brother might kill me if he knew."
"I know." She nodded. "I won't."
She took the ring off and put it in her pocket.
"My brother would kill you if he found out. I have to pack."
"Yeah I better go." I told her. I quickly kissed her and walked out the door.
***
"Where have you been?" Billie asked when I walked in the door.
"Chadd's."
"Oh well Ron called. He told me something but I couldn't hear him. It sounded like he was at a party."
"It's Saturday night. Knowing Ron he probably is at a party Billie."
I grabbed the phone and sat down on the couch. A girl answered. I could hear music blasting.
"Is Ron there?" I asked.
"Hey!" Ron said over the roar of the other people.
"I bought an apartment in Sacramento!"
"You did?"
"Hell yeah!"
The noise drifted away he must have walked into another room.
"I want you to come move out here with me!"
"I don't know Ron. How about you call me when you don't have 50 other people at your house?" Ron laughed.
"Whatever. Bye."
"Bye." I hung up the phone.
I hadn't noticed Tre was sitting at the counter. He was humming "Like a rat does cheese". I looked at him and shook my head.
"So how is everything with you and that Chadd girl?" He asked.
"Good."
He nodded. "I hope you know you beat the shit out of that boy the other night."
"Good."
"Why?" Tre asked.
"Because he was an ass."
"That's a real good reason to break someone's nose."
"He was looking at Chadd."
"Chadd's a pretty girl, lots of guys are gonna look at her. It doesn't mean you can bash their faces in." I rolled my eyes.
"He kissed her. He just like, went at her. But she pushed him off."
"Oh well, then you can bash his face in."
***
"I really don't want you to go" I told her. Her and the rest of the band mates were about to leave for tour.
She smiled.
"Well, I'll be back. I promise."
Chadd handed me a calendar.
"It's got where I'm going to be playing everyday."
"Cool." I said flipping the pages of it.
"We better get going."
"Yeah." I kissed her. She had the ring on.
"I love you." She said getting on the bus.
"I love you" to I told her.
***
3 weeks passed. Ron came up.
"I'm bored out of my fucking mind." I told Ron one day while we sat in front of the high school smoking cigarettes. Ron laughed and took a puff.
"Christ, I wish there was something we could do."
"I know what you're thinking about." He said to me. "You're thinking about Chadd."
I nodded.
"I just can't help wondering if she's in some guy's arms."
"Or his bed." I heard Ron mutter.
I let out a long sigh. Ron pulled the cigarette out of my mouth.
"What the fuck dude!?"
He pulled two joints out of the pocket of his worn leather jacket.
"This will help you keep your mind off her."
I didn't understand Ron some times. It was 98 degrees out and he was wearing a leather jacket.
"Aren't you on probation for possession though?" He nodded and handed me the lighter.
"But what they don't know wont hurt em' right?"
"True." I said lighten the joint.
"How about we go to The Gilman tonight?" Ron asked.
"Whatever." I mumbled closing my eyes.
***
While we were at The Gilman these two girls were watching us the whole time. Finally the blonde one came up to me.
"Hey."
"Hey." I said back not taking my eyes of the stage.
"You got a name?"
"Yeah."
"Well what is it?"
"Well what's yours?"
"Reggie."
"Ok Reggie. Mine's Riot."
I turned and looked at her. She was extremely pretty. I saw her friend standing next to Ron.
"Riot? What kind of name is that?"
"My kind." I told her. She laughed.
"So how old are you?"
"How old are you?"
"20."
"I'm 21." I lied.
"You know me and my friend have an apartment. Why don't you and your friend come over?" She looked at Ron.
"I can't."
"Why?"
"I have a girlfriend."
"Really? Where is she?" Reggie looked around.
"I... I don't know." I told her.
"So you coming or not?"
"We'll come."
I looked at Ron he had the biggest smile on his face.
"Great work dude!" he said slapping me on the back. "You can have the blonde." He whispered. I nodded and followed them out of the ware house. I knew this wasn't a good Idea but Chadd would never find out so it didn't matter.
