Did You Come To Stare Or Wash Away The Blood? (My Chemical Romance Fanfic)

Wipe Off That Makeup What's In Is Despair

Title from The End

Chapter 6- Wipe Off That Makeup What's In Is Despair

"You're joking right? I mean you didn't even know my mother... Did you?" I was freaking out, this was just some kind of joke they decided to play on me. One look at Mikey's eyes told me otherwise. They were filled with pain and sorrow as well as the love I had seen before. They were my eyes. Silence filled the surrounding air. "This can't be possible. I'm in a coma and it's all just a dream. Wake up Elena!! Wake up!!" I pinched my arm in an attempt to try to wake myself up. I wasn't asleep, it was real. "No, no, no!" I shouted and rushed to stand. 

"Elena, please!" Mikey called out to me as I ran out of the room. Tears were streaking down my face as I sprinted past Frank and Ray in the living room. Basically falling down the steps leading to the outside world, I kept on running. I had no idea where I was going but I wasn't going to stop.

I eventually managed to arrive at some kind of shopping centre. Slowing to a normal pace I went inside to try  join to in with the masses. I had no money but I could pretend that I did while I was wondering through as to not draw attention to myself. Well that didn't work very well, I still had a slight problem with the fact my face had been used as a punching bag. As I walked people began to notice the purple mess on my face and my bloodshot eyes. My pace increased as more people began to stare. I reached the music shop and hurried inside. I hadn't planned on coming here but it was my only sanctuary, I'd spent way too much of my time in this shop over the last two years.

Jaimie was sitting behind the counter probably bored out of his mind, noticing me walking in he stood up and rushed over. Mouth open about to speak but I stopped him and we walked to the store room at the back of the shop. Jaimie closed the door behind us and pulled me into a tight embrace. I cried into his shoulder, we didn't speak for a while he just held me tight. 

"Elle, hey what happened?" he asked lifting my chin up so I was looking at him. I shook my head. "Elena Maria Knight, tell me what's wrong or I'll call Matt," That caught my attention, if Matt came then he would try to make me go back with him and I couldn't do that. Not then, not ever. 

"Please don't tell Matt, he can't know," I pleaded. 

"Okay, can you tell me what's going on?" he asked gently. I nodded and took a deep breath.

"I might have found him," the tears started falling again. 

"Who? Oh, your Dad?" I nodded again. Then Jaimie became angry. 'Did he do this too you? Did he hurt you?" I tried to tell him that Mikey had helped me but he wasn't listening. "I'll murder him, no one hurts you and gets away with it!" 

"JAIMIE!" I shouted at him to make the death threats stop. "You're like a brother to me and I know that you will always protect me but believe me, Mikey didn't hurt me. He saved me," 

I couldn't believe I had uttered those words but they were true. Mikey had saved me, not only from the guys who were beating me but also from slipping into the darkness. He took care of me for the short time I had known him for. Maybe he was my father, he cared for me like a father would a daughter.

"Then why did you run?" Jaimie questioned me something I was thinking myself. 

"B-because why didn't he come looking for me before?" I stuttered. 

"Maybe he was never told about you, maybe he completely lost contact with your mother. Did you think about that?" I shook my head, Jaimie could be right. "Why don't we go back and find him? I could talk to him if you like?" I was about to agree when something came into my mind. 

"I don't know how to get back there," I said "And you need to look after the shop, you can't lose this job," Jaimie sighed. 

"You're right like always, my shift finishes at three. Why don't you help me out in the shop until then? Once I'm done we can try to find him. Deal?" I nodded in agreement. 

"But only if I can borrow an acoustic," I gave him an innocent smile.

We headed back into the main shop, there was one woman looking at the vinyls in the corner but other than that it was empty. I grabbed a fender acoustic guitar from one of the walls as Jaimie went to see if the vinyl lady needed any help. I moved the stool from behind the counter and positioned it by the door, I sat with one foot on the floor and the other resting on the stool support to place the guitar on. I started to play.

'When the lights go out 

Will you take me with you? 

And carry all this broken bone, 

Through six years down on crowed rooms 

And highways I call home? 

Something I can't know 'til now. 

'til you pick me off the ground 

With a brick in hand, your lip gloss smile, 

Your scraped up knees...

And if you stay I will even wait all night, 

Or until my heart explodes. 

How long? 

'til we find our way in the dark and out of harm 

You can run away with me anytime you want.

Terrified of what I'd be 

As a kid from what I've seen, 

Every single day when people try 

And put the pieces back together 

Just to smash them down 

Turn my head phones up real loud 

I think I need them now 

Could you stop the noise?

If you stay I would even wait all night 

Or until my heart explodes 

How long? 

'til we find our way in the dark and out of harm 

You can run away with anytime you want

Anytime you want 

Anytime you want

Don't walk away 

Don't walk away 

Don't walk away

'Cause if you stay I could even wait all night 

Or until my heart explodes 

How long? 

Until we fall away in the dark and out of harm 

You can run away with me 

You can write it on your arm

You can run away with me anytime you want

I finished the song and noticed a small crowd had gathered around the entrance of the shop. They gave a round of applause when they realised I'd finished. I was dumbstruck, people actually enjoyed me performing. I gave a smile and a quick bow. That's when I noticed Mikey standing at the back smiling like a madman with a single tear rolling down his face.