Great Big White World

Chapter 3 - Dried Up, Tied And Dead To The World

Chapter 3 - Dried Up, Tied And Dead To The World

{1996 - Ten Years Later…}

I lit the single candle on the cupcake in my hand as i looked out the window of my LA apartment and sighed. My brother was busy and my folks were too far away…

“Happy twenty-fourth Lily…” I murmured to myself as I blew out the candle. “Maybe this year will be better.” I smiled sadly as a recurring thought I had each year occurred to me once again. ‘Maybe I’ll see Brian this year...’  I let myself fall back onto my comfy sofa. ‘More than likely...not...’

***

{Three weeks later…}

I slammed into someone, apologising profusely as I stumbled backwards. “Oh, God, I’m so sorry…” I looked up and my eyes widened. “B...Brian?!”

His eyes, one now white, widened in shock. “Lily!”

I threw my arms around him, hugging him tightly. “It’s been so long! I was starting to wonder if I’d ever see you again!”

“Yeah...wow...Lily...you look great!” he beamed. “Twiggy’s gonna be sorry he missed you…”

“That bastards around and he didn’t tell me!” I felt a little hurt that my own brother wouldn’t tell me he was in town. “Not that I expect any different.”

“Um...Who’s this?” I turned to look at the young woman now slipping her hand into Brian’s.

“Oh, I’m so sorry, how rude of me.” I smiled, but I knew the ping of jealousy I felt prevented that smile from reaching my eyes. “I’m Lily White...Twiggy’s baby sister. Brian and I are old friends.”

“You never told me Twiggy had a sister…” the young woman gave Brian a playful shove before turning back to me. “I’m Missy.”

“Lovely to meet you.” I smiled...but I knew it was false.

“Well, we’re actually on the way to our final recording.” Brian cut in awkwardly.

My face fell. “Oh, of course...you’re busy, I’m sorry.” I looked at the ground.

“That’s fine, it was good to see you…” he smiled at me.

“Well, oh, hey, could I get your number? It’d be nice to talk to you more between the years at a time that I actually see you.”

“Ah, yeah…” he fumbled in his pockets for a moment before scribbling his name and number down on a scrap of paper. “Call me sometime,” he smirked. “I’ll make sure your brother comes to the phone too.”

“Thanks, well, see ya.” I smiled as we began walking in the opposite direction of each other. A thought occurred to me. Turning to face him i called out. “What’s the name of the new record?!”

“Antichrist Superstar!” He yelled over his shoulder with a smile.

“I’ll be waiting for it!” I called back with a smile. I didn’t realise just how little time I would have to wait for it.

“By the way!” He called out again. “Happy birthday for three weeks ago!”

***

I smiled and shook my head as I watched MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball being aired live. Some of these videos were insane! But I was loving them all the same. And that was when I saw them. Jeordie and Brian...or Twiggy and Marilyn as the music world knew them. They were sitting behind the presenter whispering to each other.

I saw Brian stand and walk away from Jeordie for a moment. He came back on screen as the presenter spoke again. “I have a feeling you’ll see lots of things that you’ve never seen before in your lives.” He looked over his shoulder as Brian and Jeordie started making out behind him, and I laughed at his ‘I don’t know what to do so I’m going to just keep going’ expression. “See you soon, when the Headbanger’s Ball continues.”

As Jeordie and Brian nearly fell off where they’d been sitting I smiled and shook my head, turning off the television. Well, I certainly wouldn’t be able to get that image out of my head for a while...

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