Castaway, chapter 4
*A Week Later At Band Practice*
"I wrote a new song guys," I said, standing up and pulling the piece of paper with the lyrics on it, out of my pocket and handing it to Shanxy, who read it out loud.
"Wow, that's pretty good," she said, smiling and handing the piece of paper to the others.
"Yeah, that's awesome," Aimz said handing the piece of paper to Jemz.
"Yeah, it rocks," Jemz said and handed the piece of paper back to me.
"So we gonna put some music to it or what?" Shanxy said jumping up and down on the beat up sofa. We all smiled and nodded, I handed her back the piece of paper so she could learn the lyrics which didn't take her long. A couple of hours later we had added Drums, Bass, Keyboard and a guitar solo for Shanxy to the song.
"You guys ready to jam?" Jemz asked waiting for us all to respond. We all nodded and began to play our new song.
Feel the heat below my feet
I have to go, no time to sleep
Can't believe the things you say
I turn my head and walk away
You make me sick - you make me nervous
Times had gone when you would say
This is the one and seize the day
Times had gone for honesty
My victory is your defeat
Can't you see you've been mistaken
In my life I decide and it turns me on,
How I am, how I live, who I love
In my way I feel strong and it turns me on
In my life, I decide, I decide
All you do you can't deny
It's waste of time, waste of life
Can I suggest that you invest
In something more than hopelessness
Before you know the ride is over
In my life I decide and it turns me on,
How I am, how I live, who I love
In my way I feel strong and it turns my on
In my life, I decide, I decide
It's up to you if you give it up
It's up to you if you won't stop
It's up to you if you give it up
It's up to you if you won't stop
It's up to you if you give it up, give it up
It's up to you if you won't stop
It's up to you if you give it up, give it up
It's up to you
It's up to you...
The record shows that you're dead but you're still living
Every time you have died you have been given
Another chance to fix your bad attitude
And make a move, it's up to you
It's up to you if we give it up, give it up
It's up to you if we give it up, give it up
It's up to you
It's up to YOU!
We finished playing and a small clap came from the door way, we all looked over and saw Shanxy's mom, my brother and Jemz's boyfriend standing there, smiling and clapping.
*half an hour later*
Jack and I entered the house, which was silent as always, Jack made his way to the living room to watch TV like he always did. As I walked in I noticed some letters on the floor I bent down, picked them up and quickly flicked through them. Junk, Junk, Junk, Card from my sister, wow she actually remembered this year I walked into the kitchen and placed the other letters on the table.
I sat down, opened the envelope, pulled out the card and read the message she had written inside.
Hey sis!!
Long time no see!!! I have a few days of work and I'm not doing anything! Do you want to come visit for a few days? Just thought it would be something special for your 18th!
LOVE YOU
Emma
xoxox
P.S HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
Oh my God, I was finally was getting to see Emma! It had been ages!
I picked up the phone.
"Hello?" I could hear her voice over the phone.
"Of course I want to visit you!!!" I yelled into the phone.
"Wow, okay, calm down," she said chuckling to herself on the other end of the line.
"Sorry," I said still excited about the whole thing.
"S'ok, so you're gonna come then?" she asked down the phone knowing full well what the answer was.
"Hell yeah!" I nearly screamed down the phone. She chuckled again at my excitement.
"Sorry" I said again trying to hold in my excitement.
"S'ok look I have to go I'll ring you later to arrange everything ok?" she said
"Yeah, okay, bye," I said a little disappointed she had to go so soon.
"Bye," she said and we both hung up. A soon as we had hung up I dialed Shanxy's number; it rang a few times before she picked up.
"Howdy Ho," she said sounding half asleep.
"Shanxy guess what," I said excitedly down the phone.
"What?" she asked still sounding half asleep.
"I'm going to Cali for a week!" I nearly screamed down the phone.
"What? When?" she asked suddenly sounding more awake.
"I dunno, Emz sent me a letter asking if I wanted to go and I rang her and said yeah and we're sorting it all out later," I said rather quickly down the phone.
"Oh my god, you lucky bitch," she said rather excitedly.
"I know," I said back.
"Look, I got to go it's getting late and Jack's still up, I'll speak to you later okay?"
"Ok, later," she said and we both hung up.
*Meanwhile in California/Emma's P.O.V*
I was watching TV in silence when my phone broke it with that annoying ringing sound. I got up and answered it.
"Hello?" I asked.
"Of course I want to visit you!" she yelled into the phone making me hold it away from my ear.
"Wow, okay, calm down," I said chuckling at her excitement.
"Sorry," she apologized.
"S'ok, so you're gonna come then?" I asked as I herd my front door open, I turned round to see none other than Tre walk through it.
"Hell yeah!" she screamed again. Jeez I forgot how insane she was I thought as I chuckled again.
"Sorry," she said again as Tré walked into my living room, a few second laters, I heard the channel change to some random cartoon, god that man needs a hobby I thought.
"S'ok, look, I have to go I'll ring you later to arrange everything, okay?" I said as I saw Tré walk into my kitchen and back out with my stash of wine gums.
"Yeah okay, bye," she said I could tell she was a little disappointed that I had to go but Tre was eating my wine gums and they come before everything.
"Bye," I said and we both hung up. I quickly ran into the living room to see Tré helping himself to my wine gums, I ran and jumped onto the sofa next to him and grabbed the bag from him.
"Hey," he said in a whiny voice.
"What?" I said smirking as I shoved a few into my mouth.
"You're mean," he said sticking his tongue out, pouting.
"I know," I said and stuck my tongue out at him.
"So who was on the phone?" he asked completely changing the subject.
"My sister, she's coming down for a bit," I said watching the random cartoon Tre had found.
"Cool," he said and we both sat in silence as we watched the cartoon.
*End P.O.V.*
Three weeks later, I found myself sitting on a plane, bored out of my ass, with only my iPod and the fat snoring dude beside me, for company. I smiled to myself as a familiar song blasted into my ears through my head phones. I would usually scream the lyrics out but right now I wasn't in the mood to make an ass of myself. So I sat and listened to Like A Rat Does Cheese in silence, well almost silence if it wasn't for the fat dude beside me snoring.
About an hour later, the pilot came over the intercom, telling us we would be landing shortly and to buckle up. I gripped the arm rests of my seat and closed my eyes as the plane landed, the jerk of it, waking the fat dude beside me up. I shoved my iPod into the pocket of my ripped jeans and grabbed my bag from above me, as I waited for the guy to move, so I could get of this hell hole.
He finally moved,so I barged past him and made my way as quickly as possible off the plane. I took the steps two by two and skipped and jumped the last three. I looked around in search of my sister and saw her leaning against her car with a pair of sunglasses on, I ran over to her and when I finally got there, I pulled her into a huge bear hug, man you gotta love bear hugs.
"Aly...can't...breath," she managed to get out.
"Sorry," I said pulling away and smiling stupidly at her.
"Come on, let's go," she said smiling at me and walking round to the drivers side.
I climbed into the passenger's side, put my bag by my feet and put my belt on as she put they key into the ignition, started the car up and pulled out of the airport.
We had been driving for about 15 to 20 minutes before she pulled into a road with huge houses on either side. I looked out of the window and my mouth dropped open at the size of some of them.
"H...how...the hell did you afford a house like this?" I asked still in shock at the size of them.
"Ze joba paysa wella," she said in a dodgy voice, making me smile. A few minutes later she pulled into the driveway of a huge white house. We got out of the car and made our way towards the house. She unlocked the door and walked inside I followed behind like a little lost sheep but soon stopped as I looked around in amazement.
"Your room's first door on the right, if you want to check it out," she said knocking me out of my daydream. I smiled, nodded and made my way up the stairs. I walked towards the room that Emma had told me I was staying in; I grabbed the handle, pushed the door open and walked inside. My mouth dropped open at the sight that met my eyes.
The walls were painted a sort of dark reddish color; the bed spread was cream and the pillow cases had a stripe down the middle of them which was the same reddish color as the walls. In the corner there was a small chest of draws with a mirror hanging slightly above it, next to that was a huge window which let out onto a small balcony, the window was surrounded by huge cream curtains with red ties to hold them open. I turned my head away from the window and towards the wall beside me where there was a door. I walked over towards the door and pushed it open. I looked inside and was met by a small ensuite bathroom, which contained a shower, toilet and a sink with a mirror above it.
I closed the door to the ensuite and took another look around the room before dumping my bag next to the bed and making my way back down the stairs.
"I wrote a new song guys," I said, standing up and pulling the piece of paper with the lyrics on it, out of my pocket and handing it to Shanxy, who read it out loud.
"Wow, that's pretty good," she said, smiling and handing the piece of paper to the others.
"Yeah, that's awesome," Aimz said handing the piece of paper to Jemz.
"Yeah, it rocks," Jemz said and handed the piece of paper back to me.
"So we gonna put some music to it or what?" Shanxy said jumping up and down on the beat up sofa. We all smiled and nodded, I handed her back the piece of paper so she could learn the lyrics which didn't take her long. A couple of hours later we had added Drums, Bass, Keyboard and a guitar solo for Shanxy to the song.
"You guys ready to jam?" Jemz asked waiting for us all to respond. We all nodded and began to play our new song.
Feel the heat below my feet
I have to go, no time to sleep
Can't believe the things you say
I turn my head and walk away
You make me sick - you make me nervous
Times had gone when you would say
This is the one and seize the day
Times had gone for honesty
My victory is your defeat
Can't you see you've been mistaken
In my life I decide and it turns me on,
How I am, how I live, who I love
In my way I feel strong and it turns me on
In my life, I decide, I decide
All you do you can't deny
It's waste of time, waste of life
Can I suggest that you invest
In something more than hopelessness
Before you know the ride is over
In my life I decide and it turns me on,
How I am, how I live, who I love
In my way I feel strong and it turns my on
In my life, I decide, I decide
It's up to you if you give it up
It's up to you if you won't stop
It's up to you if you give it up
It's up to you if you won't stop
It's up to you if you give it up, give it up
It's up to you if you won't stop
It's up to you if you give it up, give it up
It's up to you
It's up to you...
The record shows that you're dead but you're still living
Every time you have died you have been given
Another chance to fix your bad attitude
And make a move, it's up to you
It's up to you if we give it up, give it up
It's up to you if we give it up, give it up
It's up to you
It's up to YOU!
We finished playing and a small clap came from the door way, we all looked over and saw Shanxy's mom, my brother and Jemz's boyfriend standing there, smiling and clapping.
*half an hour later*
Jack and I entered the house, which was silent as always, Jack made his way to the living room to watch TV like he always did. As I walked in I noticed some letters on the floor I bent down, picked them up and quickly flicked through them. Junk, Junk, Junk, Card from my sister, wow she actually remembered this year I walked into the kitchen and placed the other letters on the table.
I sat down, opened the envelope, pulled out the card and read the message she had written inside.
Hey sis!!
Long time no see!!! I have a few days of work and I'm not doing anything! Do you want to come visit for a few days? Just thought it would be something special for your 18th!
LOVE YOU
Emma
xoxox
P.S HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
Oh my God, I was finally was getting to see Emma! It had been ages!
I picked up the phone.
"Hello?" I could hear her voice over the phone.
"Of course I want to visit you!!!" I yelled into the phone.
"Wow, okay, calm down," she said chuckling to herself on the other end of the line.
"Sorry," I said still excited about the whole thing.
"S'ok, so you're gonna come then?" she asked down the phone knowing full well what the answer was.
"Hell yeah!" I nearly screamed down the phone. She chuckled again at my excitement.
"Sorry" I said again trying to hold in my excitement.
"S'ok look I have to go I'll ring you later to arrange everything ok?" she said
"Yeah, okay, bye," I said a little disappointed she had to go so soon.
"Bye," she said and we both hung up. A soon as we had hung up I dialed Shanxy's number; it rang a few times before she picked up.
"Howdy Ho," she said sounding half asleep.
"Shanxy guess what," I said excitedly down the phone.
"What?" she asked still sounding half asleep.
"I'm going to Cali for a week!" I nearly screamed down the phone.
"What? When?" she asked suddenly sounding more awake.
"I dunno, Emz sent me a letter asking if I wanted to go and I rang her and said yeah and we're sorting it all out later," I said rather quickly down the phone.
"Oh my god, you lucky bitch," she said rather excitedly.
"I know," I said back.
"Look, I got to go it's getting late and Jack's still up, I'll speak to you later okay?"
"Ok, later," she said and we both hung up.
*Meanwhile in California/Emma's P.O.V*
I was watching TV in silence when my phone broke it with that annoying ringing sound. I got up and answered it.
"Hello?" I asked.
"Of course I want to visit you!" she yelled into the phone making me hold it away from my ear.
"Wow, okay, calm down," I said chuckling at her excitement.
"Sorry," she apologized.
"S'ok, so you're gonna come then?" I asked as I herd my front door open, I turned round to see none other than Tre walk through it.
"Hell yeah!" she screamed again. Jeez I forgot how insane she was I thought as I chuckled again.
"Sorry," she said again as Tré walked into my living room, a few second laters, I heard the channel change to some random cartoon, god that man needs a hobby I thought.
"S'ok, look, I have to go I'll ring you later to arrange everything, okay?" I said as I saw Tré walk into my kitchen and back out with my stash of wine gums.
"Yeah okay, bye," she said I could tell she was a little disappointed that I had to go but Tre was eating my wine gums and they come before everything.
"Bye," I said and we both hung up. I quickly ran into the living room to see Tré helping himself to my wine gums, I ran and jumped onto the sofa next to him and grabbed the bag from him.
"Hey," he said in a whiny voice.
"What?" I said smirking as I shoved a few into my mouth.
"You're mean," he said sticking his tongue out, pouting.
"I know," I said and stuck my tongue out at him.
"So who was on the phone?" he asked completely changing the subject.
"My sister, she's coming down for a bit," I said watching the random cartoon Tre had found.
"Cool," he said and we both sat in silence as we watched the cartoon.
*End P.O.V.*
Three weeks later, I found myself sitting on a plane, bored out of my ass, with only my iPod and the fat snoring dude beside me, for company. I smiled to myself as a familiar song blasted into my ears through my head phones. I would usually scream the lyrics out but right now I wasn't in the mood to make an ass of myself. So I sat and listened to Like A Rat Does Cheese in silence, well almost silence if it wasn't for the fat dude beside me snoring.
About an hour later, the pilot came over the intercom, telling us we would be landing shortly and to buckle up. I gripped the arm rests of my seat and closed my eyes as the plane landed, the jerk of it, waking the fat dude beside me up. I shoved my iPod into the pocket of my ripped jeans and grabbed my bag from above me, as I waited for the guy to move, so I could get of this hell hole.
He finally moved,so I barged past him and made my way as quickly as possible off the plane. I took the steps two by two and skipped and jumped the last three. I looked around in search of my sister and saw her leaning against her car with a pair of sunglasses on, I ran over to her and when I finally got there, I pulled her into a huge bear hug, man you gotta love bear hugs.
"Aly...can't...breath," she managed to get out.
"Sorry," I said pulling away and smiling stupidly at her.
"Come on, let's go," she said smiling at me and walking round to the drivers side.
I climbed into the passenger's side, put my bag by my feet and put my belt on as she put they key into the ignition, started the car up and pulled out of the airport.
We had been driving for about 15 to 20 minutes before she pulled into a road with huge houses on either side. I looked out of the window and my mouth dropped open at the size of some of them.
"H...how...the hell did you afford a house like this?" I asked still in shock at the size of them.
"Ze joba paysa wella," she said in a dodgy voice, making me smile. A few minutes later she pulled into the driveway of a huge white house. We got out of the car and made our way towards the house. She unlocked the door and walked inside I followed behind like a little lost sheep but soon stopped as I looked around in amazement.
"Your room's first door on the right, if you want to check it out," she said knocking me out of my daydream. I smiled, nodded and made my way up the stairs. I walked towards the room that Emma had told me I was staying in; I grabbed the handle, pushed the door open and walked inside. My mouth dropped open at the sight that met my eyes.
The walls were painted a sort of dark reddish color; the bed spread was cream and the pillow cases had a stripe down the middle of them which was the same reddish color as the walls. In the corner there was a small chest of draws with a mirror hanging slightly above it, next to that was a huge window which let out onto a small balcony, the window was surrounded by huge cream curtains with red ties to hold them open. I turned my head away from the window and towards the wall beside me where there was a door. I walked over towards the door and pushed it open. I looked inside and was met by a small ensuite bathroom, which contained a shower, toilet and a sink with a mirror above it.
I closed the door to the ensuite and took another look around the room before dumping my bag next to the bed and making my way back down the stairs.
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