Wicked Wishes, chapter 9
"You know your mom does love you." Billie Joe told me as we drove back home. I bit my thumbnail and put my feet on the dashboard.
"When do I get this cast off?" I asked trying to change the subject.
"She doesn't know what she says and how much it affects you." He said ignoring my remark about my cast.
"Well she needs to know Billie because I'm getting sick of her shit, I moved here to get away from that not make it worse."
"I know Riot."
"She doesn't have my dad to nag all the time so she's going to pick on me again."
We pulled into the drive way. "I'm not going in." I told Billie.
"I know you aren't. Is it alright if you spend the night at Mike's house? I want to talk to your mom with out you being in the house."
I nodded.
"Go pack your stuff. I already called Mike."
I ran into the house, up the steps, and into my room. I shoved clothes inside a green knapsack I had. I slung it over my shoulder and walked out into the hall. Joey was standing in the middle of the hallway.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"I'll be back in the morning Joey." I walked past him and down the steps. Billie was standing by the door waiting for me. We got into the car and drove to Mike's house.
Mike was sitting on the couch when I walked in. I threw the knapsack on the couch and sat down.
"You ok?" Mike asked me.
"I'm fine."
I walked to school from Mike's house the next morning. It had started to rain after school. I was sitting on the steps when Chadd came out. The rain beat down on her and soaked her clothes. It made her clothes cling to her and her brown hair look black. She laughed and rubbed the rain out of her eyelashes. I smiled at her.
I walked over to her and pulled her hood up. She grabbed my hand and we walked down the street.
<Chadd's P.O.V>
We walked up the steps to my apartment. When we walked into the room he wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed my neck. I noticed my mom was sitting on the couch. I yelped and shook him off.
"Jesus mom! You scared the crap out of me!"
"Sorry Chadd, I'm just waiting for your brother. He went out with that Vikki girl."
"Oh." I said trying not to smile as I batted Riot off who was still trying to wrap his arms around my waist.
"Who is this?" My mom asked. Riots hands quickly dropped to his sides away from my waist.
"His name is James." I said pushing Riot in front of me so she could get a better look at him.
David walked into the room, Vikki behind him. They were holding hands and laughing. I had never seen my brother so happy.
"Chadd please tell your friend to leave."
I looked at Riot. He smiled hugged me and walked out the door.
I sat on the couch next to my mom. David and Vikki sat across from us. They were still holding hands. David smiled.
"This is Vikki. My girlfriend." I coughed and fell of the couch. My mom just sat there and smiled.
David gave me a disapproving
"I'm sorry!" I yelled sitting back on the couch. Vikki stuck out her hand but I didn't shake it.
"I heard you in a band. My little brother is too. He's around your age. He's the new drummer for a band called The Raging."
"Oh." I said looking at Vikki. She was very pretty. She looked like someone you might see in a magazine. Maybe that's why I didn't like her.
<Riot's P.O.V>
I wasn't sure where to go so I just walked around for awhile. I walked down to Christie road and hung out there. After joining them in whatever it was they were smoking this week I walked down to Rudy's. Mike was there; he saw me and told me I was supposed to go to Billie's.
When I walked into the house there were suitcases in front of the door. Ryan was sitting on the steps and my mom was leaning up against the counter glaring at Billie Joe who had his eyes on the suitcases.
"What's going on?" I said stepping over suitcases to get to Billie Joe.
"Your mom wants to move back to L.A." Billie said.
"What!? I can't go!" There was no way I was leaving Chadd.
"No Riot. You would stay here." Billie said looking up at me.
"Huh?" I looked over at the suitcases. Billie was right. Not one suitcase was mine.
"It would just be me and mom going back, not you." Ryan told me.
Billie coughed and nudged on of the suitcases with his foot. For awhile no one said anything. We all just looked at the suitcases. Ryan stood up and grabbed one of the bags. He stopped and looked at me and then walked out the door. My mom grabbed the remaining bags and didn't even look at me. Just walked out the door. I looked at Billie and walked up the steps.
Chadd came over later. We sat on the front porch and watched Joey and Jakob play in the leaves. I told her about how my mom had left.
"Did you want to go with them?" she asked me.
"I wouldn't go Chadd." I said shaking my head. "You know that. I couldn't leave you."
I looked up and saw Joey push Jakob into a pile of leaves. She ran her fingers down the back of my hand. I gave her a weak smile and watched the leaves blow around the yard. She fingered the hem of my sweatshirt and kissed me on the cheek.
"I'm getting my cast of soon." I said trying to lighten up the subject.
"You do? That's good." She kissed me again.
"I'm sorry but I have to go." She stood up.
"Wait, why?" I grabbed her hand.
"My brother is making me have dinner with his Barbie doll."
I gave her a funny look.
"He has a new girlfriend."
"Oh." I let her hand slip from mine. I stood up and kissed her.
"Ill see you later ok?" She squeezed my hand.
"Alright." I hugged her and watched her get into her car and drive away. I called Joey and Jakob into the house.
"Riot can I talk to you?" Billie Joe said stepping in front of me.
"Not right now, I want to go to bed." I headed for the steps.
"Don't do anything stupid while you're upstairs ok Riot?"
I acted like I couldn't hear him.
<Chadd's P.O.V>
All of us sat around the table. Vikki tried her best to make conversation with me but I just ignored her. I didn't eat much. Vikki kept smiling at David and David kept smiling at her. They laughed when nothing was funny. I finally stood up and walked out the door.
I got into my car and drove back to Riots house. Billie told me he was upstairs.
I walked into his bedroom and then into the bathroom. Riot was sitting on floor with a small piece of glass. I dropped down to my knees next to him. I grabbed the glass from him and looked at his arm. He had cut himself.
"I can't keep doing this riot! I can't be with you if you're going to hurt yourself!" I screamed.
"Well then maybe we shouldn't be together!" He yelled back.
"Maybe we shouldn't!"
We both looked at each other, unsure what to do. I turned around and ran down the steps out of the house. I pulled out of the drive way as fast as I could.
"When do I get this cast off?" I asked trying to change the subject.
"She doesn't know what she says and how much it affects you." He said ignoring my remark about my cast.
"Well she needs to know Billie because I'm getting sick of her shit, I moved here to get away from that not make it worse."
"I know Riot."
"She doesn't have my dad to nag all the time so she's going to pick on me again."
We pulled into the drive way. "I'm not going in." I told Billie.
"I know you aren't. Is it alright if you spend the night at Mike's house? I want to talk to your mom with out you being in the house."
I nodded.
"Go pack your stuff. I already called Mike."
I ran into the house, up the steps, and into my room. I shoved clothes inside a green knapsack I had. I slung it over my shoulder and walked out into the hall. Joey was standing in the middle of the hallway.
"Where are you going?" he asked.
"I'll be back in the morning Joey." I walked past him and down the steps. Billie was standing by the door waiting for me. We got into the car and drove to Mike's house.
Mike was sitting on the couch when I walked in. I threw the knapsack on the couch and sat down.
"You ok?" Mike asked me.
"I'm fine."
I walked to school from Mike's house the next morning. It had started to rain after school. I was sitting on the steps when Chadd came out. The rain beat down on her and soaked her clothes. It made her clothes cling to her and her brown hair look black. She laughed and rubbed the rain out of her eyelashes. I smiled at her.
I walked over to her and pulled her hood up. She grabbed my hand and we walked down the street.
<Chadd's P.O.V>
We walked up the steps to my apartment. When we walked into the room he wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed my neck. I noticed my mom was sitting on the couch. I yelped and shook him off.
"Jesus mom! You scared the crap out of me!"
"Sorry Chadd, I'm just waiting for your brother. He went out with that Vikki girl."
"Oh." I said trying not to smile as I batted Riot off who was still trying to wrap his arms around my waist.
"Who is this?" My mom asked. Riots hands quickly dropped to his sides away from my waist.
"His name is James." I said pushing Riot in front of me so she could get a better look at him.
David walked into the room, Vikki behind him. They were holding hands and laughing. I had never seen my brother so happy.
"Chadd please tell your friend to leave."
I looked at Riot. He smiled hugged me and walked out the door.
I sat on the couch next to my mom. David and Vikki sat across from us. They were still holding hands. David smiled.
"This is Vikki. My girlfriend." I coughed and fell of the couch. My mom just sat there and smiled.
David gave me a disapproving
"I'm sorry!" I yelled sitting back on the couch. Vikki stuck out her hand but I didn't shake it.
"I heard you in a band. My little brother is too. He's around your age. He's the new drummer for a band called The Raging."
"Oh." I said looking at Vikki. She was very pretty. She looked like someone you might see in a magazine. Maybe that's why I didn't like her.
<Riot's P.O.V>
I wasn't sure where to go so I just walked around for awhile. I walked down to Christie road and hung out there. After joining them in whatever it was they were smoking this week I walked down to Rudy's. Mike was there; he saw me and told me I was supposed to go to Billie's.
When I walked into the house there were suitcases in front of the door. Ryan was sitting on the steps and my mom was leaning up against the counter glaring at Billie Joe who had his eyes on the suitcases.
"What's going on?" I said stepping over suitcases to get to Billie Joe.
"Your mom wants to move back to L.A." Billie said.
"What!? I can't go!" There was no way I was leaving Chadd.
"No Riot. You would stay here." Billie said looking up at me.
"Huh?" I looked over at the suitcases. Billie was right. Not one suitcase was mine.
"It would just be me and mom going back, not you." Ryan told me.
Billie coughed and nudged on of the suitcases with his foot. For awhile no one said anything. We all just looked at the suitcases. Ryan stood up and grabbed one of the bags. He stopped and looked at me and then walked out the door. My mom grabbed the remaining bags and didn't even look at me. Just walked out the door. I looked at Billie and walked up the steps.
Chadd came over later. We sat on the front porch and watched Joey and Jakob play in the leaves. I told her about how my mom had left.
"Did you want to go with them?" she asked me.
"I wouldn't go Chadd." I said shaking my head. "You know that. I couldn't leave you."
I looked up and saw Joey push Jakob into a pile of leaves. She ran her fingers down the back of my hand. I gave her a weak smile and watched the leaves blow around the yard. She fingered the hem of my sweatshirt and kissed me on the cheek.
"I'm getting my cast of soon." I said trying to lighten up the subject.
"You do? That's good." She kissed me again.
"I'm sorry but I have to go." She stood up.
"Wait, why?" I grabbed her hand.
"My brother is making me have dinner with his Barbie doll."
I gave her a funny look.
"He has a new girlfriend."
"Oh." I let her hand slip from mine. I stood up and kissed her.
"Ill see you later ok?" She squeezed my hand.
"Alright." I hugged her and watched her get into her car and drive away. I called Joey and Jakob into the house.
"Riot can I talk to you?" Billie Joe said stepping in front of me.
"Not right now, I want to go to bed." I headed for the steps.
"Don't do anything stupid while you're upstairs ok Riot?"
I acted like I couldn't hear him.
<Chadd's P.O.V>
All of us sat around the table. Vikki tried her best to make conversation with me but I just ignored her. I didn't eat much. Vikki kept smiling at David and David kept smiling at her. They laughed when nothing was funny. I finally stood up and walked out the door.
I got into my car and drove back to Riots house. Billie told me he was upstairs.
I walked into his bedroom and then into the bathroom. Riot was sitting on floor with a small piece of glass. I dropped down to my knees next to him. I grabbed the glass from him and looked at his arm. He had cut himself.
"I can't keep doing this riot! I can't be with you if you're going to hurt yourself!" I screamed.
"Well then maybe we shouldn't be together!" He yelled back.
"Maybe we shouldn't!"
We both looked at each other, unsure what to do. I turned around and ran down the steps out of the house. I pulled out of the drive way as fast as I could.
