Dark Angel // Alex Gaskarth

Chapter Eleven: Hometown Heroes

Filler chapter /.\ Sorry guys.

Song & Title Credit: Hometown Heroes, National Nobodies by All Time Low.

~Alex~  

I press the side of my cheek on my closed fist, my elbow propped up on the wooden desk as I continue staring blankly at Ms. Ramirez. She was rambling on about how the media is destroying this generations way of thinking, or something like that, I have no fucking clue, though. My thoughts are somewhere else and I could care less what Ms. Ramirez thinks of our 'disappointing' generation.  

My eyes wander over to Angel who was sitting a couple of rows away from me. Her back was facing me but I could practically see her doodling in her notebook. I see her do that a lot, she's always either drawing in her notebook or reading either Edgar Allan Poe or some romance book. I've always wandered what she's drawing in her notebook, I only caught glimpse of one of her drawings and it seemed pretty good. I want to ask her what she's drawing but I know I can't do that anymore.  

A couple of days have passed since I saw Angel at the cemetery. I was visiting my brother's grave at the time when I saw her crouched down in front of her brother's grave.  

Honestly, I wish I had never kissed her. It's not that I didn't want to because I definitely did but, it seems like Angel isn't interested in me. I guess I was just being a cocky bastard because I was sure Angel had feelings for me. Yeah, it was probably just me being an egoistical prick.  

It just sucks because I really like Angel. She's so different and intriguing. I've only known her for a week and a half and I'm already developing feelings for her! Normally, I would stay away from relationships. My last relationship was with this girl named Kathy. We were really happy together but I found out that Kathy had been sleeping with other guys behind my back so I broke it off with her.  

Even though Angel doesn't want to be in a relationship with me, that doesn't mean we can't be friends, right? I still want to get to know her better because she seems like a genuinely cool person but, how am I supposed to approach her? I know it's going to be awkward at first but.... maybe if I ask her to watch us practice after school, she'll agree. We were supposed to practice last week but seeing as I didn't even come to school, we couldn't get it done.  

Yeah, I think I'll just apologies to her and ask her to watch us practice after school.  

~*~  

I pushed past the people that were crowding around the hallway and hurried towards the lockers. Mrs. Ramirez had be stay behind and scolded me for three minutes on why it's important to pay attention in class. I honestly wasn't listening to her, my mind was to caught up in leaving the class before Angel left to her next period.  

I sighed in relief once I saw Angel putting her books away in her locker. I quickly walked towards her and ignored the questioning looks I was receiving from the other students in the hallway.  

"Angel, can I talk to you for a second?" I asked once I was only a few feet away from her. Angel looks up at me with.... hurt? in her eyes. She slowly nods her head and I lead her towards an area away from all the other people.  

I nervously bit my bottom lip before I began to speak, "Angel, I'm really sorry about yesterday. I shouldn't have kissed you, I'm sorry but.... can we still be friends?" I asked, hoping she would say yes.

Angel looked hesitant at first but soon gave in, "Sure, that would be..... fine." She sighed.  

"Cool," I beamed, happily, "Do you want to come over to Jack's house after school? We're going to practice today and this time, we want someone other than Jack's mom watching us." I stated, chuckling slightly.  

Angel nodded, "Sure, sounds fun." She agreed.  

"Alright, meet me out front after school, or you can just tag along with Jack. He usually waits around there with our friend, Zack." I stated. Angel nodded in understanding. We said our goodbyes and both went to our next class.  

Well, that went better than expected.  

~*~  

"Mom, we're going to go practice!" Jack announced, we passed by the living room and headed downstairs into Jack's basement. Angel sat down on the beat up couch in the middle of the room, Rian walked towards his drum stand, Jack and I picked up our guitars and Zack picked up his bass.  

"What song should we practice first?" Jack asked as quickly began tuning his guitar.  

"How about 'Hometown Heroes'?" Zack suggested.  

We all look at each other and nod in agreement. I look over at Angel and smiled widely before I begin to sing the song into the mic stand. 

"They've had chances to make this big city seem so small, Under stage lights, in rooms packed from window to wall, Like the sound of a smile, or the distance of song, only measured in time as the kids sing along. 

They are the ones who make a difference, get these people on their feet. They say let us be heard... Hear us out..  

Can you hear the crowd is calling, "Hey, sing louder now," You've got to show them what it means to be alive... Dancing through the night has never been so rock n' roll, You've got a good thing and it's time to let them know.  

Win their hearts with words unlike the pages left at home, Secrets kept from critics no one ever wants to know... 

Can you hear the crowd is calling, "Hey, sing louder now," You've got to show them what it means to be alive... Dancing through the night has never been so rock n' roll, You've got a good thing and it's time to let them know. 

Sing louder now... 

Lets dance the night away... "  

We finished off the song, smiling widely in satisfaction. Not to sound cocky but I think we sounded fucking amazing. I'm not going to lie, I tried my best to preform the song better just because Angel was watching us. It's weird, we've played at smalls gigs before and I've never felt nervous but when Angel's watching us, all I want to do is make her proud. Weird.  

"How did we do?" Jack asked, looking over at Angel.  

She smiled widely, "Honestly? You guys sounded amazing!" She exclaimed, it was clear that she wasn't just saying that and that she honestly felt that way. Knowing that she thought we sounded amazing made me feel extremely happy.