TRY HARD

Chapter 1

"Bye dad!" I say before heading out the door.
"Hey Har" I say walking down my driveway.
"I'm here to!" Blaze says
"Hey blaze"
"Are you guys finally dropping out today?" he asks.
"Fuck yeah, my dad doesn't know, but he will soon" I laugh. Life was great, my hair was purple. My clothes dark, friends by my side. I walk into the school and hand them the papers.
"Bye bitches!" I say walking out.
"IM FUCKING FREE" I say throwing my arms up. Harlow laughs beside me.
"FUCK THE WORLD!" Harlow says.
"Nah you fuck him" I say pointing to Blaze.
"Fuck off" She says pushing my arm.
"He's probably done that to your picture" I laugh as she goes red. We walk down the street to a coffee shop. I notice a blonde haired boy walk in and look at me. He looks familiar but I can't put my finger on it. I continue to drink my iced coffee and forget about the world.
"Ya know what we should do?" I say biting the straw. 
"What?" Blaze asks.
"Go to the tattoo shop" I say smirking
"Finally!" Harlow says dragging us out of the store. I laugh and follow her.

I came home "after school"
"You're early" my dad says.
"Ya I dropped out" I respond.
"Did you really?!" He says. I nod.
"I guess you don't need grades" He sighs. I go up to my room and look at my tattoo. It's in between and kind of under my boobs, on my chest. I smile covering it back up and texting Harlow.
"Dad took it well, wanna hang?"
"I'm busy fucking Blaze right now" I close my eyes and throw on some music.

*seven years later"
"Cmon, the band is good!!" I say to Harlow. She had just finished dying our hair. Mine is a blonde and pink ombré, she redid the red In hers.
"Please go with me! It's not like Blaze would go with just us! We can even smoke before hand" I beg. I bought tickets see a band called 5 seconds of summer. I listen to their songs a lot. Especially broken home. They just came out with an album called Youngblood, ghost of you reminds me so much of my mom. I cry every time.
"Plus, they'll perform ghost of you...." I say. She sighs.
"Fine I'll go" I clap my hands and stand putting on my led zeppelin shirt.
"Where did you get that shirt?" She asks.
"It's my moms" I shrug. My mom died when I was 9, she was kind of like me. Tattoos, bands, dropped out. She's the reason I love music. I do my makeup as usual. Heavy eyeliner and bold lashes. My complexion is always blemish free, it's shocking. I pick up my phone and text my dad.
"Going to a concert be home late" I hit send and yell to Blaze.
"We're going to a concert tonight!!"
"What band?"
"5sos" respond looking up at him.
"Fun I guess" he leaves the room as we finish our makeup. I giggle standing up.
"What?" Harlow asks.
"Blaze is behind you smoking weed," Blaze puts the joint in front of Harlow's mouth. She wraps her lips around it and takes in the smoke.
"I guess I'm driving" I say grabbing the keys.

"This band is so good!" I say to Harlow beside me. The aces are on right now. 
"Harlow?" I ask. I check my phone.
"Went to the car for a joint, won't let us back in, we will wait though" I shake my head. I continue to jump around. Soon 5sos is on a I keep bopping.
"But now, who knew?
She's in the crowd of my show
Nothing to lose,
She's standing right in the front row
The perfect view,
She came alone on her own,
And there's something that you should know
You're so out of reach, and I'm finding it hard
'Cause you make me feel, you make me feel,
Yeah she makes me feel, she makes me feel
It's obvious" Luke sings. He came close to me to sing the first part and back away at the last part. I think about the song for a moment. Rose tattoo, coloured hair, dropped out. I remember back to the day I dropped out. The blonde boy in a cafe. My eyes widen, and mouth drops. I went to school with Luke Hemmings.