Courtesy Of Blurryface

We've Expired For More

  I step back onto the dance floor.                   

Jenna isn't there, neither are Josh or Debby.

I look around the gym for them, they aren't h-"Ty!" William yells in my ear behind me.

"Ow."

"What are you doing?"

"Looking for Jenna, Josh and Debby."

"Oh, I know where they are."

"You do?"

"Yeah, follow me." He waves his hand for me to follow him.

So, I do follow him.

He leads me to the alley behind the gym.

"They should be around here, I saw Josh smoking a cigarette a few minutes ago."

"What? Josh doesn't s-Get him." William says.

I feel a hard metal thing hit the back of my leg.

"That freaking hurts!" I fall to the ground. My leg hurts so bad.

"Good for you." Ryan throws around his bat. So, that was the bat? He hit me with the bat?

"What the- What was that?" I correct myself before cursing.

"Look, Tyler, we don't trust you and we sort of thought, 'He probably doesn't trust us much either.'" Ryan states.

"And I stuck with those words, I'm never going to doubt my beliefs."

"You shouldn't but in this case, you probably should've kept your beliefs to yourself."

"I can't."

"Oh, yeah, he's a Christian, dude," William continues.

"yeah, THEY'RE known for NOT thinking before speaking.. And the Jesus fixation too."

 "It's not a Jesus fixation, we have to respect the lord and-Oh my god, do you ever have an off switch?" Alex groans.

"What is this sh-Shut. Up. Damn, you never get it by that logic." Thank god, Ryan interrupted me, I didn't want to say that word.

"Now, Tyler. We don't expect good things coming from you, Alex knew from the start and-Yeah, I would know, you've been PICKING on me from the start." I interrupt.

"I'm never going to doubt my beliefs either. You be quiet about this shit or I-More specifically, WE'LL kick your ass even more than we did tonight." Alex warns.

"That's my courtesy, isn't it?"

"Your courtesy?"

"Yeah,  maybe, I don't even matter and I'm just a blur in this sick world."

"You're right for once... See you at school next week." Alex, Ryan, William walk back into the gym, leaving me in the alley with my injured leg.

I limp into the front of the school and don't see Josh, Jenna or Debby.

I sit on the table Jesse Rutherford is sitting on, smoking.

"Don't mind me."

"What the hell happened to you?"

"Nothing, I fell down the stairs on the way here."

"Hm." He holds an unsmoked cigarette by me.

"What?"

"Try it."

"Do I have to smoke from now on so you won't pick on me anymore?"

"Tyler, don't question, just do."

I groan and take the cigarette.

"What do I do with it?"

"Inhale the fire then-I'll die if I do that." I interrupt him.

"From inhaling the fire or from me beating you to death?"

"Possibly both."

He scoffs, "Inhale the fire.. Then exhale the desire."

"Exhale the desire to do what?" I inhale the fire.

"To do.. SOMETHING in my life."

"Why don't you want to do something in your life?" I exhale desire.

"I'm just.. Afraid somebody will take my place and do better in something I specialize in."

"Think of it this way.. These cigarettes expire, I think."

"Yeah, they do."

"Okay but do you throw the cigarettes away even though they're expired?"

"No, I'm not rich so I gotta make the best out of everything."

"So, just because they're expired doesn't mean they're not useful for the future. Like you, I'm sure. You're hypothetically expired but you're sure to do SOMETHING in both general or big in the future." 

"What are you trying to say?"

"We've expired.. But, for more than a life without making a deal of yourself, not that you or anybody isn't a deal but I'm just trying to make a point."

"Got ya.."

"I'll see you at school next week, I guess."

"Yeah, you too.. Ya know, Tyler.. I apologize for picking on you in the past."

"It's fine." I walk back into the gym.

We of all people, rich and poor may be expired but we are desired for something later in life whether we know it or not. I sure hope he believes so.