On The Other Side, chapter 1
~*~*Morgana's POV~*~*
People always told me that life was always greener on the other side. Now I wonder if that's true, or a mere lie I have been told. Here I was. Just some average 20 year old going to an average college with her average friends. That was me. Average.
I wanted to pursue my dream in becoming a famous musician. Just like some of my best friends, Mike, Billie Joe, and Tre Cool, who had a band that was going to go on tour after they finished about a year in college. My dream was to start my own band. I could sing and play guitar, both very well I was told, my friend Susan can play the drums, and one of my best friends, Lily, can play bass and do back up vocals. We were kind of like their band. They called themselves Green Day.
But one Friday, I couldn't practice with my friends.
I sat at the desk in the corner of the dorm room, waiting for inspiration to strike. So far.... nothing. Mid-term papers were such a pain in the ass. After drawing only a blank for 45 minutes straight, I decided to put it off to the side. It was only about a third done, but I needed a break.
I sighed and walked over to my guitar. I was going to play for a little bit before joining the party downstairs. There was a party every Friday; some tradition this college house has always had. I began strumming chords as they came into my head, and wrote them down. That's when my roomate, and best friend, Lily, walked into my room.
"Hey, Morgana," she said, sitting on her bed and looking at me.
"Hey," I said,"How's the party going? Any good guys?" I asked.
"There's that guy across the hall...." she mumbled.
"What?! Mike? Are you drunk? You never liked him!" I said. She had never liked Mike. I have, and do, but she never has.
"I'm just a little tipsy," she said, laying down on her side and resting her head in her right hand.
"He's down there talking to those 2 guys. What are their names?" she asked.
"Billie Joe and Tre?"
"Yeah," she said," Them. Are you gonna come down?"
"Seeing as I can hardly hear my guitar over the blasting music, and I'm stuck on my mid-term paper, I don't see why not."
Lily led me down the stairs and over to Mike. He was sitting on one of the couches chatting away with Billie Joe and Tre.
"Hey, Mike!" I said.
"Huh? Oh, Morgana! Joining us at last, I see. What were you doing?"
I sighed and said, "Homework."
"That sucks," he said, scooting over so that I was between him and Billie Joe. Billie Joe offered me a cigarette, and I said,
"Billie. How many times do I have to tell you that I don't smoke?"
"About a million," he said, lighting one for himself.
I rolled my eyes and said to Tre, "You're being kinda silent for once. What have you been up to?"
He looked at me and said," Ummmm.... Nothing much, I guess. Sleeping, eating, partying, drugs, failing. In that order."
I laughed and looked around for Lily, then saw her flirting with her ex boy friend, Derik.
"She's pretty outgoing, I guess," Mike said after seeing this.
"She's funny, too," I added.
Billie Joe inhaled some smoke, and blew it out while saying, "Not to mention that she's nice."
We all looked at Tre, awaiting his comment. "She's hot, too...." We all stared at him while he got a confused look on his face.
"What the fuck are you guys staring at?" he asked.
"You have a girlfriend...." Mike began.
"And it's not Lily," I finished.
"But if you don't want Stephanie, I'll take her," Billie Joe offered.
Tre gave him one of his 'don't even think about it or I'll beat your fucking ass to Kingdom Come' looks and turned his attention back to Lily.
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People always told me that life was always greener on the other side. Now I wonder if that's true, or a mere lie I have been told. Here I was. Just some average 20 year old going to an average college with her average friends. That was me. Average.
I wanted to pursue my dream in becoming a famous musician. Just like some of my best friends, Mike, Billie Joe, and Tre Cool, who had a band that was going to go on tour after they finished about a year in college. My dream was to start my own band. I could sing and play guitar, both very well I was told, my friend Susan can play the drums, and one of my best friends, Lily, can play bass and do back up vocals. We were kind of like their band. They called themselves Green Day.
But one Friday, I couldn't practice with my friends.
I sat at the desk in the corner of the dorm room, waiting for inspiration to strike. So far.... nothing. Mid-term papers were such a pain in the ass. After drawing only a blank for 45 minutes straight, I decided to put it off to the side. It was only about a third done, but I needed a break.
I sighed and walked over to my guitar. I was going to play for a little bit before joining the party downstairs. There was a party every Friday; some tradition this college house has always had. I began strumming chords as they came into my head, and wrote them down. That's when my roomate, and best friend, Lily, walked into my room.
"Hey, Morgana," she said, sitting on her bed and looking at me.
"Hey," I said,"How's the party going? Any good guys?" I asked.
"There's that guy across the hall...." she mumbled.
"What?! Mike? Are you drunk? You never liked him!" I said. She had never liked Mike. I have, and do, but she never has.
"I'm just a little tipsy," she said, laying down on her side and resting her head in her right hand.
"He's down there talking to those 2 guys. What are their names?" she asked.
"Billie Joe and Tre?"
"Yeah," she said," Them. Are you gonna come down?"
"Seeing as I can hardly hear my guitar over the blasting music, and I'm stuck on my mid-term paper, I don't see why not."
Lily led me down the stairs and over to Mike. He was sitting on one of the couches chatting away with Billie Joe and Tre.
"Hey, Mike!" I said.
"Huh? Oh, Morgana! Joining us at last, I see. What were you doing?"
I sighed and said, "Homework."
"That sucks," he said, scooting over so that I was between him and Billie Joe. Billie Joe offered me a cigarette, and I said,
"Billie. How many times do I have to tell you that I don't smoke?"
"About a million," he said, lighting one for himself.
I rolled my eyes and said to Tre, "You're being kinda silent for once. What have you been up to?"
He looked at me and said," Ummmm.... Nothing much, I guess. Sleeping, eating, partying, drugs, failing. In that order."
I laughed and looked around for Lily, then saw her flirting with her ex boy friend, Derik.
"She's pretty outgoing, I guess," Mike said after seeing this.
"She's funny, too," I added.
Billie Joe inhaled some smoke, and blew it out while saying, "Not to mention that she's nice."
We all looked at Tre, awaiting his comment. "She's hot, too...." We all stared at him while he got a confused look on his face.
"What the fuck are you guys staring at?" he asked.
"You have a girlfriend...." Mike began.
"And it's not Lily," I finished.
"But if you don't want Stephanie, I'll take her," Billie Joe offered.
Tre gave him one of his 'don't even think about it or I'll beat your fucking ass to Kingdom Come' looks and turned his attention back to Lily.
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