There's One In Every Family, chapter 2
"Check one."
"Check two."
"Check three."
"Check four."
"Check five."
Everyone was ready to start. I heard Billie Joe counting down from five "5...4...3...2..." I didn't even remember hearing one as we all started yelling and running out the door towards the security guards going crazy with the silly string. We had trails of pink, green, blue, yellow and purple all around us. We ran straight to the fountain and took aim at everyone that came near us. "Spread out!" yelled Tré.
We all took off to different corners of the mall still spraying the string. I wasn't looking where I was going and ran into a man. "Oh my god...I'm so sorry...I wasn't looking where I was..." I looked up and realized who I had run into. "Oh shit," I turned to start running again but I felt a tight grip on my arm pulling me back. "Look, don't do this. Not here, not now."
"But it's been so long since I've seen you Madison. Okay I can see you're in a rush so I'll give you my number and you can call me sometime okay?" Absent-mindedly I pulled my phone out of my pocket and gave it to him. He flipped it open and pushed a few buttons and closed it again. "There you go. I hope you call. Bye."
"Bye Damien."
Wow that was weird. I dropped the can of silly string and walked to the nearest seat. I sat down and started crying. Before I knew it Billie Joe, Tré, Mike and Oli were sitting next to me comforting me. "Maddi, what happened? What's wrong?"
I looked up and said one word, "Damien."
"Fucking hell. What did that jerk want this time?" Oli asked.
"He...he gave me his...his number...told me to...to call him," I stuttered out.
Damien was an old love that broke my heart more than once. After I had actually caught him making out with my best friend at the time I decided it was enough...no more Damien no more pain.
I was wrong.
After I had blocked him from my life I found that things were just getting worse for me. My so called friends abandoned me because they were better friends with him than me. My family broke up and I didn't have a shoulder to cry on. My life turned to shit and I had no one to turn to. Until I met Oli. He turned my life around. He made me want to live again. He introduced me to Billie Joe and Mike who became my friends and then introduced me to Tré. They are the ones that are there for me now. And I hope the always will be. I told them about Damien when they first noticed the scars on my wrists. They promised to protect me from him.
Mike put his hand out and I handed him my phone. He showed Billie Joe the entry. He laughed. "What's so funny?" I asked. Mike handed me back my phone. 'Damien the sexy beast'. It made me gag. "Leave it there...but change it to 'Damien the asshole'."
"Are you sure?"
"Yep. I can use it and give it to people to annoy the hell out of him," I said smiling and wiping the last of my tears away.
"Ok then. Let's go get pizza, with lots of cheese."
I pulled Billie Joe aside. "I was wondering can I crash at your place tonight. Me and my mom aren't on speaking terms at the moment."
"Of course you can Maddi. You know that. I think Tré is staying as well. I could ask Oli and Mike and turn it into a movie night."
"Sounds good," I replied.
"Hey guys," Billie Joe said. "Movie night at my place tonight. Who's keen?"
The reply of 'me' was heard from Oli and Mike.
"Sweet. I'm gonna call into home and get some stuff first but I'll see you there."
"Okay. See you in an hour," Billie Joe replied.
I walked up the driveway preparing myself for the yelling I would get from my mother.
"Check two."
"Check three."
"Check four."
"Check five."
Everyone was ready to start. I heard Billie Joe counting down from five "5...4...3...2..." I didn't even remember hearing one as we all started yelling and running out the door towards the security guards going crazy with the silly string. We had trails of pink, green, blue, yellow and purple all around us. We ran straight to the fountain and took aim at everyone that came near us. "Spread out!" yelled Tré.
We all took off to different corners of the mall still spraying the string. I wasn't looking where I was going and ran into a man. "Oh my god...I'm so sorry...I wasn't looking where I was..." I looked up and realized who I had run into. "Oh shit," I turned to start running again but I felt a tight grip on my arm pulling me back. "Look, don't do this. Not here, not now."
"But it's been so long since I've seen you Madison. Okay I can see you're in a rush so I'll give you my number and you can call me sometime okay?" Absent-mindedly I pulled my phone out of my pocket and gave it to him. He flipped it open and pushed a few buttons and closed it again. "There you go. I hope you call. Bye."
"Bye Damien."
Wow that was weird. I dropped the can of silly string and walked to the nearest seat. I sat down and started crying. Before I knew it Billie Joe, Tré, Mike and Oli were sitting next to me comforting me. "Maddi, what happened? What's wrong?"
I looked up and said one word, "Damien."
"Fucking hell. What did that jerk want this time?" Oli asked.
"He...he gave me his...his number...told me to...to call him," I stuttered out.
Damien was an old love that broke my heart more than once. After I had actually caught him making out with my best friend at the time I decided it was enough...no more Damien no more pain.
I was wrong.
After I had blocked him from my life I found that things were just getting worse for me. My so called friends abandoned me because they were better friends with him than me. My family broke up and I didn't have a shoulder to cry on. My life turned to shit and I had no one to turn to. Until I met Oli. He turned my life around. He made me want to live again. He introduced me to Billie Joe and Mike who became my friends and then introduced me to Tré. They are the ones that are there for me now. And I hope the always will be. I told them about Damien when they first noticed the scars on my wrists. They promised to protect me from him.
Mike put his hand out and I handed him my phone. He showed Billie Joe the entry. He laughed. "What's so funny?" I asked. Mike handed me back my phone. 'Damien the sexy beast'. It made me gag. "Leave it there...but change it to 'Damien the asshole'."
"Are you sure?"
"Yep. I can use it and give it to people to annoy the hell out of him," I said smiling and wiping the last of my tears away.
"Ok then. Let's go get pizza, with lots of cheese."
I pulled Billie Joe aside. "I was wondering can I crash at your place tonight. Me and my mom aren't on speaking terms at the moment."
"Of course you can Maddi. You know that. I think Tré is staying as well. I could ask Oli and Mike and turn it into a movie night."
"Sounds good," I replied.
"Hey guys," Billie Joe said. "Movie night at my place tonight. Who's keen?"
The reply of 'me' was heard from Oli and Mike.
"Sweet. I'm gonna call into home and get some stuff first but I'll see you there."
"Okay. See you in an hour," Billie Joe replied.
I walked up the driveway preparing myself for the yelling I would get from my mother.
