"I hope my absence hits you. I hope it hits you so hard you can't get back up."
-
It was lunch and Alessia decided to buy a water then go to her usual stairwell. But someone had noticed her. Jack saw Alessia and called her over.
"Hey! Alessia, over here. Come sit with me." Jack yells. Jogging over to pull her towards the table. Robert looked at her with a puzzled look on his face.
"Jack, really. I just came to buy a water bottle. I have somewhere I have to go." She says. Doing her best to stay away from that table.
Alessia had a past with some of the people at that table. Especially Bella. Alessia and Bella were best friends until freshman year of high school when Bella became "popular". And Alessia was not interested in standing in the limelight.
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(Bella above)
"Oh, come on. Just a few minutes. Please." Jack whines.
"I really don't-" Alessia starts but gets cut off by someone.
"What does that thing think she's doing at my table?" Bella's unusually high pitched voice says. Alessia turns to see Bella flanked by to of her "minions". Alessia has no clue who either of these girls are and doesn't stay long enough to find out.
"Sorry Jack. I-I gotta go." Alessia says as she rushes out of the overcrowded cafeteria.
Once Alessia makes it to the hallway she breaks out into a full sprint. All she has on her mind right now is getting to her notebook she stashed under the stair case.
Once she gets the notebook and a pen in her hands she flips it open and writes down the words: We don't care what they say, no way. And we will leave our empty chairs for those who say we can't sit there. We're fine all by ourselves.
-Jack' p.o.v-
"Who does she even think she is? Walking into my territory. Stupid whore." Bella says setting her purse down on the table in front of her.
"Yeah, why are you hanging out with her anyway, Jack. Been there, done that. She's nothing but an ugly bitch. Inside and out."Nate says.
"Excuse me?" Jack says.
"I mean, she has an ass for days but no personality at all. It's like talking to a cardboard cutout of J-Lo." Nate says taking a bite of his sandwich.
"You don't know what the fuck your talking about." Robert screams from across the table. Everyone is taken aback by this statement. "Get to know someone before you talk shit about them asshole." He says as he stands from the table, grabbing his backpack as he storms out of the cafeteria.
"What the fuck was that? Since when does Robert talk to Alessia? Since when does anyone talk to that loser." Sammy buts in.
"I don't know. But I'm going to find out." Jack whispers to himself.
-Alessia's p.o.v-
She slides down the wall thinking, I never should have trusted Nate. Even Bella for that matter. She wipes the stray tears that trailed down her cheeks as she heard someone calling for her.
"Alessia! Oh, there you are." Robert says as he slides down the wall next to her. "So, how's the song been going?" He asks, trying to distract her from the situation at hand.
"I just finished Overdose last night." She sniffs, opening her phone to the recorded song. "Here, you wanna listen?" She says handing him a pair of headphones.
"Of course." Robert says taking the headphones and placing them in.
Robert and Alessia have been friends since they were ten years old. So she trusts him the most. He is the only one that Alessia has shared her songs with.
After the song finishes Robert takes out the headphones and turns to Alessia. "First off, that was amazing." Robert says as Alessia smiles. "And secondly, I know we have talked about this before but I really think you should perform."
"Robert you-" he cuts her off.
"Just hear me out. I did a bunch of research and there is a bar a town or so over I can drive you too and you can perform. No one else from school will go there be cause it's a school night and it's pretty far away." He says. Looking at Alessia with the biggest puppy dog eyes.
"Fine. When are we doing this?" Alessia asks, caving in.
"Tonight. I already told Olivia, Zippy, and Chantel to meet us there. But I didn't tell them that you where performing. It will be a surprise." Robert says standing and gathering his things. "I'll pick you up at four. See ya!" He yells as he disappears into the hallways.
"What did I just get myself into." Alessia mutters to herself as she heads to her next class.
-
At four o'clock sharpe Robert pulls up in his car. Everyone seems excited and for once pretty dressed up.
They pull into the packed parking lot and park. "Okay, I have something to tell you guys." Alessia says before they get out of the car.
"What?" Zippy asks.
"I'm performing here tonight." Alessia says as quick as she can.
"Wait, you sing?" Olivia asks.
"Yeah, she's really good." Robert says. "But if you want to hear her we have to get in there like now." He says as everyone makes there way in.
Alessia splits from the group to get ready to perform.
-
-Jack's p.o.v-
"Welcome to the Spot. Tonight we have an eighteen year old up and comer performing an original piece for us. Welcome her to the stage." The announcers voice booms over the speakers.
Nate, John, Sammy, and JJ dragged Jack to an open mic night thing a couple towns over. Sammy had a gig at this place. So Jack wandered over to an empty table where everyone but Sammy followed. He had to go and set up.
The girl who was performing walked onto the stage and I felt like I got punched in the gut.
"Um, hello. My name is Alessia Cara and tonight I will be performing my original song Overdose."
