"Mom I'm home" I set my guitar down next to the door and walk into the living room.
"Hi honey, how was Bobby's?" She says looking up from the blanket she was in the middle of crocheting
"It was great! I actually have something really big to tell you!" Instead of just looking up from the blanket she completely set it down so all her focus was on me. "I joined a band!"
"Excuse me?" She didn't seem nearly as happy as I was.
"A band, it was my idea. Reggie and Bobby are in it too, and that new guy, Alex, I was telling you about." She stands up and looks at me dead in the eye.
"I don't want you in a band, you should be focusing on school, not off playing Rockstar like a five year old." She walks into the kitchen, probably hoping that that would end the conversation, but I'm not giving up that quick.
"That's not fair! I- I know it's only the first couple weeks of school but I haven't gotten in trouble once! I've handed in all of my assignments! If this is about school, that's not something you need to worry about."
"I want you to do something more with you life then some stupid band! Join the football team, make new friends!"
"Are you saying Bobby and Reggie aren't good enough for me?" I ask, more frustrated this time.
"If they're in a stupid, no good, band then maybe not, you kids have your whole life to live. You know where people like them are going to end up? Dead, or poor. They won't go anywhere in life." Every word she said tore me apart piece by piece.
"You don't think I'll be successful?" I could feel the tears start to fill my eyes.
"This conversation is over Luke."
"But mom-"
"LUKAS PATTERSON I SAID THIS CONVERSATION WAS OVER" she yelled, pointing at the doorway as if she wanted me to leave the kitchen.
I quickly ran up to my room, slamming the door behind me. I grabbed my phone off my desk with every intention of calling Bobby but my finger dialed a new number, one that I didn't even know I memorized. "Hello?"
"Hey Alex, it's Luke." I say nervously
"Oh hey, I forgot I gave you my number. Um, uh, so what's up?" He is just as nervous as me.
"Just needed a distraction from reality, that's all. Good Job on the drums today. We have a really great sound."
"Yeah we do!" There was an awkward silence for a moment. "Sorry I ran out on you guys, I can't be late, my dad hates me enough as is."
"Because you're-"
Gay? Yeah... I actually have a question for you." He says with a confused tone in his voice.
"What's up?"
"Why was Bobby asking those questions about me? Do you think he knows I'm, you know?"
"Alex you don't need to worry about that, even if he does know, he wouldn't care. He literally asked me if I was the other day." We both laughed for a moment. "Thanks for being a good distraction."
"What am I being a distraction from exactly?"
"Reality. I thought I said that?" I know I'm being a smart ass, it's just funnier this way.
"Yeah I heard that, but what EXACTLY?" emphasis on the 'exactly'.
"Nothing you need to worry about."
"Luke, if you ever want to talk I'm always here for you. Well I'm almost always here for you, I just have to be off my phone before 9:00 and look at the time."
"9:01"
"9:01," he repeated what I said, "goodnight Luke, don't let reality hit you too hard."
"Goodnight Alex"
I woke up the next morning remembering everything that happened the night before. The fight with my mom, the phone call with Alex, and all my thoughts that circled my head while I was trying to sleep. Why does talking with Alex make me so happy? Why did I even call Alex in the first place? I thought about everything I had wished I said to my mom when we stood facing each other in the kitchen, why does she think so little of bands? Why does she think we aren't going to go anywhere? How do I convince her to let me continue hanging out with Reggie and Bobby? But above everything, how do I keep being in a band a secret? I'm not going to throw away my dream just because she told me too.
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Its been a while folks but I'm done school so hopefully I will be writing more often now. Here is a lalex phone call and a pre unsaid Emily moment for all of y'all to make up for my lack of posting. Hope everyone is having a great June! Speaking of June, it Madi's birthday on the 25!!! I'm thinking about making a cake...
Sorry for any spelling/grammar mistakes <3
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FanfictionIf you haven't watched Julie and the Phantoms, I highly recommend it. If you have then you have most likely seen the ship going around. Lalex is special though because both Charlie and Owen confirmed there character had something back in the 90s. Ob...
