everlong ; sal fisher x reader

chapter 32

i laid in my bed staring up at the ceiling, processing everything that had been happening in my life.

i move from new york. find some cool ass friends. join a band. fall out with my cool ass friends. get.. sort of famous..? then i make up with my cool ass friends. and then....

sal fuckin' kissed me. and i did it back. 

ash used to always poke fun at me and claim we had a crush on each other or whatever. and i always denied it. and i wasn't lying! i don't have a crush on him. he probably just did that 'cause of the heat of the moment, right?

....right?

i just kept going back and forth about everything for what felt like hours. 

my train of thought was rudely interrupted by my mom knocking on my bedroom door. 

"yes?" i called out.

mom let herself in and threw a newspaper on my bed. it was the same one that was in larry's room. "you seen this yet?"

i smiled. "yeah. i'm still like, processing all of it."

and i was. so much was happening in so little time.

she sat on my bed next to me. "well, i'm really proud of you. i know it's been hard since your dad. he'd be super fuckin' proud. seeing you was like watching him play his ole' guitar all over again." 

well, now that i could smell the wine on her i knew why my usually closed off mother was being so... chatty. 

my mouth opened, but nothing came out. she really isn't usually like this. "thanks, mom. i... i just wish he could have been there too."

"he was! i know for damn sure your father's ghost was standing right next to you on that stage. he probably had some ghost guitar and was playing with you, and that's why y'all sounded so good." she laughed loudly. 

wow, she must have drank a lot of red wine.

all i could do was laugh with her. when she finally left the room, i was still laid on my bed pondering. it kind of felt like god was finally on my side for once.

i looked at my alarm clock. it was around 7pm. before sleeping, i plugged in my guitar and played for a bit until i was too tired to keep my eyes open. 

i knew that school was going to look much different for me now.

when i got ready that morning, i had a bit more energy than i usually did. i was kind of excited to see what was going to happen. 

(my pic)

as i finished up my makeup, my phone buzzed.

> hey r u ready rn ?