Keys of Disaster

*-Chapter 4-*

When I got home Friday, I hopped in the shower, got dressed in a little black dress that fit tight around the waist but then flows out. I straightened my hair and did my make-up. I never wear make-up, I don't know why I would tonight. I looked nice. I told my brother I was going to eat dinner at Page's. Page picked me up and took me Johnnie's - She's a year older than me.

"I'll let you know to come get me" I say when we parked outside of his house. "Okay" she says when I climbed out the car. I walked to the door and rang the doorbell. I heard voices. I felt a cramp in my stomach. "It's just dinner" I say to myself. Johnnie opens the door, "You look nice" he says as a greeting, letting me in. He leads me to the kitchen where both his mom and step dad are. "Mom, George, this is Alex" he introduces me. They looked surprised. I guess I'm the type of girl he usually brings home. "Hi Alex" they greeted.

The next moment, two boys entered the kitchen. "Guys, this is Alex, Alex this is my brothers, Luke and Skip" I admired their profiles for a split second. Luke is older than Johnnie. He has blond hair that covered half his face and a tattoo on his right wrist. It looked like a star. Skip is about 13, 14 years old. He was dressed in a red over sized shirt and denim shorts. His hat was placed backwards. They greeted me and we all sat at the dinner table.

We were having turkey. "So Alex, where you from?" Jordon, his mother, asks me to make small talk. "I'm from around here, I live a few blocks away from the school" I say trying to avoid awkwardness but failed. "What do your parents do?" George asks to move things along. "My parents past away a couple of years ago but both were successful businessmen" I say and take another bite from my turkey. "Oh, so with whom do you live with?" George asks, regretting his previous question. "I live with my older brother" I answer, keeping it short.

I looked over at Luke and Skip, who was too busy on their cellphones to pay any attention to what is going on around them "Johnnie tells me you play piano" Jordon says while continuing her meal. "Yes, I played exam on Monday" I say a little honored that he talks to his relatives about me. Johnnie just sat there in silence.

After dinner, I helped with the dishes where Jordon and I bonded. They insists on being called on their names. I then went with Johnnie to his room. "Sorry about my parents" he says embarrassed when we entered. "Nah its fine, they seem nice" I say and sat on his bed. His room was filled with posters of bands some I have and others I've never heard of: Green Day, Blink 182, All American Rejects, Boys Like Girls, Nirvana, Fall out boy, ext. "So tell me about yourself" he says while I was starring at his posters.

"Uhmm, what do you wanna know?" I ask. "To be honest, everything" he says. I think I might be attracted to this guy. "Well, I've been playing piano for my entire life and I plan to a career out of it." I say struggling a little with my dress. "You look uncomfortable" he says. "I'm sorry, it's not you, it's just this dress" I pull on the sides so that I can breath a little. "Then why do you wear it?" he asks. I then told him the whole story about my mother and her last wish and all that stuff.

He looked a little confused, "Alex, you are your own person. You don't have to be what your mother wanted. I'm sure that she really wants is for you to be happy" he says caring. I tear escapes my eye. I hate crying in front of people.

"I'm sorry" I say wiping my face, hoping my make-up not to spill. Johnnie is just so true to himself. He is who he wants to be and that made me feel like a fraud. "It's okay" he says. "So, tell me about your posters" I say trying to change the subject and absorbing them, "Who are these people?" Johnnie was stunned that I didn't know any of them. He played me some of their music and I liked it. Like really liked it. He told me all about them and how their music helped him through tough times, not getting into the details. He gave me some of his Cd's to take home and listen to. I then got a text.

Page: Hey, I'm outside. It's getting late

I realized that it was already 11 o'clock.

Me: Hey, sorry. I'm coming.

Johnnie walked me to the door after I greeted Jordan and George. His brothers  was obviously making fun of him. Page then took me home.

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