Drumming up love

Drum roll

                            Jesse's P.O.V

    *Bang, bang, bang bang bang, boomboom*

    "What the fuck is that noise?!" I yelled down the hall, trying to figure out where the god awful stomping was coming from.

    "Hey, watch your mouth Jesse, and your sister is trying to sleep so can you lower your voice?" My dad was home from the hospital, where he works, and every time he walks up the stairs he sounds like an elephant.

    "Did you pull an all nighter at the hospital?" I walked over to him and could smell the all too familiar stench of the hospital.

    "Well son, we have to keep the money flowing in somehow in order to pay for Lily's chemotherapy." My dad always knew how to bring the conversations back to my little sister, who I love, and talk about her cancer. It's bad enough that our Mom left us after my brother died of cancer, but now my sister has cancer and we are barely paying the electricity bills.

    "How is that school of yours going? I didn't sell my car, to pay for those books to sit around and collect dust." He was always so grumpy when he was tired.

    "School is fine, you should go get some sleep."

    "Ok, remember to wake Lily up in 3 hours for her pills, and some girl named Alexandra was at the hospital today for her sister and she mentioned you two have a class together." My dad smirked and walked towards his room.

    "What? Did she say something about me?"

    "I don't remember son." But I know he does, he loves to fuck with my brain like that.

I should try and get at least some sleep because I have classes tomorrow. But I know that in 3 hours I have to give my sister her pills at 3 a.m to slow down the growth of the cancer cells. Then at 8 a.m my dad gives her more pills to keep her heart rate down. We got used to all of this when my brother got sick, and even after he died we would still get up at those times and just sit and talk to each other. That was when mom was still around.

But 5 weeks ago, we found out that my sister has the same cancer that her twin brother had, a brain tumor the size of a blueberry. All of the doctors say she's lucky they caught it early because there is a chance it can shrink and they can operate, but they've been saying that for the past 3 weeks.

8:30 in the morning came around the corner, Lily had her pills and I just had to wait for the nanny to come so I could go to my biology class. We live right next to the school which is good so I can stay at home to help dad with Lily and then I can drive over to campus and go to class.

Biology was my favorite subject in high school and I am majoring in it right now, but this class I'm in drives me crazy. It's all about a girl I got paired up with, who probably hates me because I blew her off when we were supposed to go to dinner. I was excited to go to dinner with the girl, Allie- well sometimes I call her Blondie, because of her hair- but my sister started coughing up blood and we had to rush to the hospital.

When I went to her sorority to apologize, I saw her with another guy who had just kissed her. I wasn't really jealous or anything because I just met her, but seeing her with someone else was weird. So I pretended like I didn't care and left her alone. But then we got paired up for a project and I was an ass to her when she came and talked to me, sometimes I can't control my attitude and I feel really bad about it because I could have seen myself with her. She was hot, smart, funny, and sassy. But I was surprised when she fired back at me, then it was awkward. But I was only acting like that cause I found out her and that guy are back together, kind of, and then she confirmed it by saying they are, it was like I hadn't even existed in her world. Oh I sound like such a girl.

Girls are just confusing, one minute they're all like "I'll go to dinner with you", and then the next day they are back with their ex and acting like you didn't even matter.
But something about this girl intrigues me and I don't want to let her go, I want to know her better inside and out. But then I remember what a fucking idiot I was in saying we had to be strictly professional, there was no way I could act 'strictly professional' around someone I wanted to sleep with.

I decided to let my anger out by going to our sound proof garage and playing my favorite instrument, the drums. I started learning how to play when I was about 5 and my love blossomed from there.
I even have a band but it's not a well-known band, we just play at small bars or festivals but I like to think we're pretty good. It's just me on the drums, my buddy Sam on the guitar, and our female rockstar singer/song writer, Ellie Glasgo. She's got an amazing voice, but she's not cute in my opinion so we don't have to worry about inter-relationships in the band.
I played some of our songs and then went back in the house to get some sleep.

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Since I got to campus earlier than my class was, I went to my usual spot next to the electricity boxes or whatever the hell those are called and pulled out my pack of cigarettes.
Before my brother got cancer and before my mother left, I never used to smoke. But now smoking gives me a small bit of stress reliever with each puff I take. I only smoke 1 cig a week maybe less, because I definitely know what cancer can do to a person.

I've been trying to cut back on smoking but something new always happens and I have to smoke so I don't break my hand punching walls.

I've always been alone in this corner while I smoked, but Allie found me one time. But I dismissed her and now she probably will never come back and there is nothing I can do about it.
When my dad said that he saw her at the hospital for her sister, all I could think about was if she said anything about me, then I wondered if her sister was ok.
I've never been like this about a girl before, and trust me I've been with a fair share of girls. I've never hurt them tho, one night stands aren't really my thing, I'm more of a date her for a week or two then she ends up hating me and we break up, I don't know why they always end up hating me. Maybe it's just because I knew they weren't the ones for me.

When I was done smoking I saw the time and went to Biology.
I went to sit in my usual spot at the top of the class, because the class has to have so many seats, it's designed like a stadium. As I was taking my books out, I saw Allie and her friends walk in.

Allie was wearing a black tank top that perfectly complements her straight blonde hair, with ripped dark jeans and sandals.
Shit, when did I spend time to notice what a girl was wearing other than her bra?

When Allie sat down and got her materials out, we made eye contact and she bit her lip just for a second, making my pants feel tight. Of course I don't show that she affects me, I just lean back in my chair and bite my pencil seductively, the chicks love it.
I comb my dark brown almost black hair with my fingers as I pay attention to what the teacher says.
Of course not even halfway through I've zoned out and focused on the back of Allie's head as she took notes. Look back, look back, look back. I kept chanting that to myself but she has yet to do it.

When she finally looks back, after she 'dropped her pencil', I wink at her and that totally catches her off guard because she almost falls out of her seat. So much for professional.
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A/N I was so happy while writing Jesse's chapter because I love showing the other side of situations and this was definitely an eye opener as to what Jesse is going through in his life, and why he smokes. And of course I had to explain why this book is called "drumming up love", maybe it's because he's a drummer, maybe. Idk😂
But did anyone catch that their lead singer is Allie's enemy? Eh eh 😉 some conflict might go on there, just keep on reading.
I'm still deciding if I want to show you all who I've based the characters off of, but until then I hope you like the outfit and the hair in the picture😂 don't forget to vote and comment (you can say anything, I don't care, just say something so I know if you like the book or not)😁😁