The Rockstar and The Graduate//L.A. Guns •Kelly Nickels•

Rumors Of A 'Christian's' Daughter

It was Saturday morning. I was sleeping relatively well even though I knew I was hungover.

And I got woken up in one of the worst ways possible.

"Laurie Jean Samston, what the hell is going on here?!" I heard my dad yell. I sat up and at the same time Kelly did t-wait what the hell, why the fuck was Kelly here?

"And who the hell are you!?" My dad yelled as he interrogated Kelly. Fucking shit.

"You've got it all wrong, man." Kelly said with a nervous chuckle, putting his hands up in defense from his place next to me on my bed.

How the fuck did I-did we end up here?

"I'm not your 'man', so get the hell out of my daughters bed!" My dad yelled. Both Kelly and I immediately stood up from the bed and glanced at each other.

"Get the hell out of my house!" My dad told him. Kelly didn't hesitate. "Wait, I'm like really fucking confused!" I stated as I put my hands on my head. "Confused about the rules of this house or why there's some random guy in bed with my daughter!?" He said pissed, now interrogating me instead.

I shook my head. "Jesus, no. Just-" I stopped what I was saying as I ran out of my room and out of the house just as Kelly was walking down the drive way.

"Kelly, wait!" I yelled. I needed to know what the fuck happened. "Laurie, what the hell are you doing?" My dad yelled at me as he stood on the front step.

I didn't answer him. I stood at the stop of the drive way waiting for Kelly to walk up to me so we could talk. Eventually he reached me.

"Yeah?" He asked. I looked at him with furrowed eyebrows. "How did I get home last night if I was with Janey and where the fuck did you come from?" I asked him genuinely confused.

My dad then yelled at me again. This time, people were coming out of their houses and watching what was happening.

"Janey was with you? She wasn't there when the guys and I got there." Kelly told me honestly. I furrowed my eyes and then it dawned on me.

"I forgot...she went home with some dude named Ronald or some shit like that...but how'd I get home?" I asked, still not connecting the dots with my hungover brain.

"I brought you here...I saw you and you were shit faced to the extreme and tried to drive home." Kelly explained. I hated that he did that. "Why'd you have to?" I asked.

"Because believe it or not Laurie, I still care about you." Is all he said.

I looked at him. He can't. Not after he pretty much told me he rather be with random girls all the time then me.

"You can't Kelly." I told him shaking my head. "And why not?" He replied. "Because you're the one who decided to fucking end this-whatever the fuck we were when you told me you were going to go see those girls!" I told him undoubtedly.

Here comes the argument. "And you think I meant it?" He said, using the tone I did.

I shook my head. "We both know you did." He stared at me. He shook his head. "I can't. I don't want to do this anymore!" I told him.

Ever since he and I met, he's been everywhere whether I wanted him to be or not. Now everywhere I look he's somehow there. "Then don't!" He said as he closed the space between us and put his hands on either side of my face.

I looked at his eyes and shook my head, putting my hands on his wrists. "This is toxic. All of- whatever this fucking is." I whispered.

He sighed. "I know."

I stared into his eyes. "You need to go, you gotta go." I told him softly. He nodded. He looks at me and didn't say anything. He just kissed my forehead softly and then we let go out each others hands, well he let go of my face and I let go of his wrists.

"Goodbye Laurie." He said as he looked at me and started to walk away. My heart broke again.

"Bye, Kelly." I hesitated. He then walked down the street and that was that.

"Can you please explain to me what the hell that was?!" My dad asked, still yelling at me. I wanted to punch him truthfully.

I rolled my eyes. "Dad stop. It happened it's over. It is what it fucking is." I told him tiredly.

"What? No, you messed up. We gotta talk about this!" He yelled again. Neighbors were still watching us.

"Dad, for he love of god, stop yelling at me! It's not like I died, drove home drunk, or did drugs! Be happy I'm actually here. I don't wanna talk to you if all your gunna fucking do is yell at me! It happened, there's no changing it! And I know I'm grounded till I move out or whatever, but you did stupid shit too when you were younger. I'm going to Janey's!" I yelled as I went to my car and got in.

Thankfully, Kelly left my keys in it.

I started it and pulled out of the driveway, then I drove to Janey's.

When I got there, I parked on the street and immediately turned my car off and practically ran to her front door. I knocked haphazardly, her mom answered.

"Oh, Laurie. Janey was just talking about you, come on in." She said. I thanked her and showed myself to Janey's room.

She was sitting on her bed and she too looked hungover. "Oh my god." We both said as we saw each other. I sat down across from her.

"Dude." We both said. "You first." I told her. "It's bad. You know my moms friend Christeena?" She asked. I nodded. "The one that lives on my street?" I questioned.

"Yeah, well apparently she's calling everybody she can about how Russell and Margie Samston's daughter got caught red handed with some guy and how there was a scene in your guys' drive way." Janey told me.

I looked at her, my eyes wide. "Fuck." I said. She nodded. "It was Kelly." I told her.

Her eyes went wide and then I told her everything I could remember from last night, what Kelly told me this morning, my dad, and then the talk that Kelly and I had.

"Shit. I'm sorry Laurie, I shouldn't have left you." Janey said. I shrugged.

"It is what it is, but this shit, is 100% about to  start rumors of me, the 'Christian's' daughter." I told her freaked out.

She hugged me and told me she'd stay by my side. I thanked her.

Even after all of this shit, the talk Kelly and I had earlier in my drive way, made me realize that I miss him. I miss him a fuck ton. And I hate myself for it.

Because Kelly's just a rockstar in band whose destined for great places, and me? I'm just finishing high school, I graduate Monday and I have no idea what the fuck I want to do with my life.