Music Is Me

<Chapter 3>

I sat on a bench that I found near the lake. It was really peaceful. The birds chirping and the sun setting with it's pretty orange color on the water.

I sat there for about a couple of hours before heading home. "Dad? You sober or still drunk?" I asked closing the front door. "My head hurts...." He mumbled. I went to the kitchen and got a cold ice pack for him. "Here..." I said handing it to him. He grabbed it and put it on his head. "What did I say?" He asked. "You wanted to drive,I told you no and you acted like a two year old because I wouldn't let you drive around town. I finnaly got you in bed but only if I gave you a cookie." I explained. "Alright girl. That's all." He said motioning his hand for me to leave. I left and went to my room and fell asleep.

Beep.Beep.Beep
I turned my alarm off and got ready for school. I ate a waffle and covered my arm with bandages, hiding my cuts. "I'm off." I said openeing the door. "Whatever." Dad mumbled as I closed it. I started heading to school but stopped when I heard gossip around the corner, from a very familar voice.

"Cole Smith is coming into town and he's staying at my house and going to our school!" I heard Elizabeth say to her servants,I mean friends. "What?! The famouse Cole Smith??" Asked one of the girls. "Yep." Elizabeth bragged. "You so lucky!!" Exclaimed one other girl.

I turned around and headed the opposite way, I don't want to deal with her right now. I'm pretty sure that she's just saying that for attention, but then again you never know.

I took out my phone and listened  to 'mad hatter' on my route to school. (The vid!!)

'My friends dont walk they run,skinny dip in rabbit holes for fun...Poppin,popping,balloons with guns. Getting high off helium. We paint white roses red,each shade from a diffrent person's head. This dream, dream is a killer,getting drunk with a blue catipillar.

I'm peeling the skin off my face,because I really hate being safe. The normals,they make me afraid. The crazies, they make me feel sane.

I'm nuts,baby I'm mad, the craziest friend that you've ever had. You think I'm phyco you think I'm gone. Tell the phychiatrist something is wrong.

Over the bend entirely bonkers,you like me best when I'm off my rockers. Tell you a scecret I'm not alarmed. So what if I'm crazy? The best people are...'

I sang along as I got to school. I went to my locker and saw two students running down the hall. "C'mon! He's here!" Shouted one of them. "Slow down!" Replied the other. All the female students ran down the hall and to the entrance. I ignored them and continued walking to class when I bumped into Elizabeth.

"Hey watch where your going twerp!" She said as she turned to look at me. "Sorry Elizabeth. I didn't mean to." I apologized. "Ya,sure you didnt" She said. She walked closer and shoved me to the ground. "Maybe you should stay on the floor since that's where dirt belongs! I dont-"

"That wasn't very nice Lizz." Said a boy with black hair and a grey jacket. "C-Cole! I-I was...just helping her up...yea!" Elizabeth lied and reached out her hand. "Liar. I dont need your help." I said swatting her hand away. "But Illis- I mean Alliso-" she tried saying but I cut her off. "Say it. Say what you call me. Go on,I dare you." I said glaring daggars. "Allis-" she started but I cut her off again. "Wrong. You know,you shouldn't be nice to me just because Cole's around." I said. Cole reached his hand out to me. "Then let me be nice and help you up." He said with a warm smile. I smiled a little bit at his generosity and took his hand. "Thanks Cole." I said and walked off before he could say anything. I noticed everyone was looking at us...I heard people whispering things like, "who is she?","isn't she the 16 year old who drinks??", and "she comes to this school?"

I looked back a bit to find Elizabeth was glarring at me. 'Should've seen that coming.' I thought to myself and continued walking.

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I grabbed my tray and went outside to find Elizabeth and her gang waiting for me. She grabbed my tray and smaked me with it spilling food all over me. "You have some nerve doing that to me and in front of Cole,Illison Gay! Stay away from Cole, he's mine! Just because he was nice doesn't mean he'll fall for you Illison! Your a pathetic loser who drinks and has no purpose in this world! Why don't you do us all the favor and kill yourself already?!" Elizabeth scoled as he punched me,making me fall. Her friends kicked me as they walked by.

"My name is Allison Grey. Not Illison Gay. I dont drink either." I mumbled to myself as I got up. I walked to the swings and sat there looking at the floor until I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up and saw Cole. "Hey,I saw what she did. I'm sorry." He apologized. "You have nothing to be sorry about. You did nothing." I said. "I'm amazed. She smacked you,punched you,and her friends kicked you and you didn't shed one tear. Your eyes arn't evan puffy red." He said. "I can't cry anymore." I semi-lied. I don't cry in front of people but I do cry myself to sleep or cry on my bed listening to music. "How can someone not cry?" He asked. "I just...don't cry." I answered. "Well, I'm sure Elizabeth's waiting for so" I started but he cut me off. "But you'll be alone."

"Its fine. I'm always alone. Besides a famouse singer such as you shouldn't be hanging around with a low life like me." I said. "I'm not leaving." He said sitting in the other swing that was next to me. I sighed in defeat. "OK." I said.

"Hey,since you already know me,may I know you?" He asked. "My names Allison Grey. I'm 16 and live with my dad." I answered leaving everything bad out...which is my about whole life.

"Hobbies?" He asked. "I listen to music and play the guitar and piano." I said. I took secret lessons using my allowance money I got from helping my neighbor when I was small. "I love music. I treasure it for its the only thing I have." I said. "That's amazing. I love music to." He said. I giggled. "What happened here?" He asked holding my arm with the bandages. "Uh...I um...I accidentally cut myself while I was cooking." I lied. "You can see the blood,let me clean it up." He said unravaling the bandages. I pulled my arm away so he wouldn't see my cuts. "I-Its alright. I can handle a little blood." I said. "But Allis-" Cole was cut off by a walking trash can with make up and high heels.

"Cole! I've been wondering where you were! C'mon, let's go sit where you belong." Elizabeth said grabbing his arm and pulling. "But Eliza-" Elizabeth covered his mouth with her hand. "You don't have to thank me,your welcome!" She says with a smile. And with that they left.

'He's really nice...the only nice person I know' I smiled at my thought.