When We We're Young

When We We're Young 1201

My flight was canceled to Pennsylvania and was moved to Cambodia, there was a sudden earth quake there and I'm not a geologist or anything but that rarely happens there. Usually earthquakes happen in Asia.

So here I am in my tank top and underwear in my apartment. This is a great day to relax and be lazy all day but I think I could do the people of Brazil some kind of surprise, some fans went to the airport to wait for my leaving but I guess they gave up when they didn't see me.

Teenagers should really watch the news or listen to the radio or something. As much as I want to stay in bed I needed to eat too. My stomach was rumbling. "April" Astird strides in my room. I roll my eyes seeing she's already dressed formally. She was -still is- always punctual, never late and sometimes much early.

"Good morning Astrid" I cheer as I make myself some coffee. We're both girls and its not like she hasn't seen me in my underwear before, especially my 'special' concert where I had to change my clothes dozen of times. She cares when my back is sweating cause then I'll start coughing and I can't sing.

Yeah, I know theres such a thing called lip sync, and I would do it, especially when I'm tired but she hates it, especially when theres some problems with the music or something. And besides, everyone who she dealt with never did lip sync and now she's dealing with me. "Get dressed. We're gonna eat with the staff. Wear something conservative will you? We want some peace for once" she said as she closes the door behind her.

Sure she could hang out when she wants to. She even laughs and talks with us but thats just once in a blue moon. So lets not waste the oppurtunity. And yes, I want some peace too. Not those fans and paparazzi chasing me around wherever I go. Sure, I'm not cranky with the fans and I don't ignore them but sometimes, I just need some space.

I  changed into my black ripped jeans, a purple V-neck shirt and cover it up with a hoodie, since my silver hair is pretty obvious, I put it in a bun, put a cap over and let my hoodie hide it even more. As usual I wear my sunglasses. I grab my purse and head out with the guys.

We ended up in Chipotle and its delicious, like it always is. "Excuse me? Do I know you?"  a girl taps my shoulder. She looks like a slut. Her clothes barely cover anything up. She might as well be wearing a bathing suit. I shrug and look at the crew. We all finished eating but I still want some peace. "Wait a second..." Oh shit! What the hell? How can she even tell its me? "Oh My Gosh!!!! Your April!!!!" and she just had to be so noisy.

Girls around start to squel and my body guards bolted up and Astrid frowns. "Stupid girls cant keep their mouth shut" She mutters rudely. I glare at her for a second until standing up. Flashed blind my eyes for a second until I bolt out to my limo. Sometimes I wish it was always dark, with just a little light. Like what Trevoe once said; Darkness can be your friend. As long as bogeyman aint around.

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I smile to myself in the mirror. Mom was right, dresses does look good on me. I wore my pink hippie dress that hang low in me, it had holes in my shoulder part and was open in my arms. It was freshy and floral.

"April. Trevor's downstairs" my mom calls out. I nod at her and head downstairs. But mid-way the stairs all the lights turned off and I can't see a thing. Oh hot damn. I hold on to the railings and squel. Stupid phobia of the dark.

"April? April?" Trevor's worried voice booms around the house. My hands tremble and sweat at the dark. I hear footsteps near me until a hand touches my stomach then up my shoulders. "April? Are you alright?" I bet he could feel the tremble in my body. "N-n-no. I hate the dark. Frack! I'm scared of the dark!" I squek even more.

I hear him chuckle and I glare at him even though I'm not sure where I'm looking at. "Come on. I'll carry you outside. The people had set up a bon fire and trust me, theres nothing to be scared of  the dark. Infact, its fun!" he cheers. His arms suddenly went down my legs and my arms flies up to his neck. "Trevor! Warn me sometime" I slap his shoulder. He laughs again and went downstairs.

He's right. The fire was warm in my skin and the stars we're much clearer in the sky. But my fear was still there. He wraps his arm around my shoulder and leans his head in the side of my head.

"Look, marsh mallows. Perks of light outs" he grins at me and gives me a stick of a slightly burned mallows. I take a bite and its meraculously delicious. "And, theres lots of fun here when its dark. Here let me show you" he says grabbing my hand like an enthusiastic child. I roll my eyes at that.

He leads me towards the kids who we're playing some kind of game. He grabs a tire and a stick and hands them to me. "Were gonna go on a race. Heres the thing, you roll my tire all the way to the line I'm gonna make using the stick and when it loses its balance you loose. Anyways, whoever wins will get to let the loser do anything he/she wants" he said. Thats fair.

He grabs another tire and stick to himself and draws a line. "Go!" he screams. I grin and try to keep up with him, with me following the direction of wherever my tire goes so it doesn't fall, but it kept going to the right, then more, then more, until it tumbled over a log. "Ha! I win!" he screams as he dramatically throws the stick to the ground and jump and I just hope to myself that he's not a prankster or a pervert like the cliché guys at my old school.

He grabs my hand and drag me back to the bon fire. Everyone was laughing and singing. Then he pulled me to the center and the 'teenage' crowd goes 'awe' or 'ooooh'. "As the winner I command you to dance with me" he bows down and offers me a hand and I can't help but grin. "Ofcourse" I say in a rather squeky voice. Too excited, my mind scolds.

We dance and we laugh and my fear of the dark is suddenly gone, like he's right there, shining so bright that it almost blinds me. And I won't have it any other way.

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Lesson learned, theres always a light in the end of the tunnel. And theres always something good in every situation.