Is It Really Just a Dream? l.h

Chapter I: Mad Dope

Jade's POV (SET AT SOME RANDOM COLLEGE IN AUSTRALIA)

"I've been obsessed with this band called Five Sauce, their music is amazing!! I don't know what it is about it!" Said my friend, Jamie. It's some new obsession every week. At least she doesn't get boring, something new to talk about.

"What is it this time, Jamie? JJ has that look on her face again." And that's my other friend, Alexis. She's the mom of our little friend group. She always has the best advice, whether it's boys, or girls, food, parents (or in my case, the lack thereof), or just anything there is.

"This band!! Dude, I've gotta show you some of their songs! It's mad dope." Jamie said to Alexis, giving me the side eye.

"What's going on in that empty head of yours JJ?" She said looking at me.

"Nothing, it's nothing to sweat about." I say, changing my song and avoiding eye contact.

"We all know that's a lie. Now, talk to momma Jamie." Said Jamie leaning in.

"OKAY! First off all, it's momma Alexis, not Jamie. And second off, Jamie, show me the damn song." Alexis said, shoving Jamie her phone.

"What's going on chick?" Alexis said, turning her head to face me.

"It's just the usual, mom's off with her boyfriend somewhere. Dad's on the road. Nothing new." I say looking down.

"Wait, but you and your mom were supposed to have dinner last night." Kyle said plopping down on the ground beside me.

"Dude I know. I should be used to it by now but I'm not. It stings. But it's cool, I ate the dinner I made and binge watched TVD all night." I say looking at Kyle.

Something you should know about me is that my mom and dad divorced when I got into college. They were separated my whole middle school and high school career. So this isn't anything new.

My dad is a truck driver and makes pretty good money, and my mom works in the bridal industry, mainly doing make up and such. So neither of them are around much.

"That doesn't excuse her skipping out on dinner again. Did she at least call or text this time?" Jamie asked me.

"When does she ever?" I said to her.

Mom has a bad habit of making plans and then forgetting about them, especially with me.

"Did you call her? Try to see what she was doing? Or at least where she was?" Kyle asked me.

"Yeah, she said the usual 'work ran late, then James took me to eat. I'm sorry honey, I was so tired.'" I said in a mocking tone.

"Well, here listen to this band, maybe it will take your mind off of it." Jamie said smiling at me sadly.

She types in the name of the band, and what I'm guessing is one of their songs into my phone, and presses play. It called Ghost of You. It's actually really beautiful. I can see why Jamie likes them.

I look at the name of the band. Hmmm, 5 Seconds Of Summer. I wonder how they came up with that. It's original. I dig it. I have to listen to more of their stuff.

"So what do you think? You like them?" Jamie asks me enthusiastically.

"Yeah I actually really like them. It's a distinct sound and doesn't really fit with the basic-ness of pop. It'd say it's, mad dope." I say dramatically, laughing at the end. Jamie and Alexis laugh with me, then Kyle's looking at us lost.

"What did I miss?" He asked looking concerned.

"You had to be there dude." Jamie said. "I'm hilarious."

"Oh my god, guys what time is it?" Alexis yells at us.

We all check our phones to see it's 4:20pm. Fucking Alexis. We all slowly look up at her and frown.

"When are you gonna grow out of that Alexis?" Kyle said smiling and shaking his head.

"I'll grow out of it as soon as you grow out of that backpack." She comments back. "Nah, seriously you've had that same bag for like, what 3 years?"

"Hey! We're not talking about me!" Kyle said walking toward his class. Jamie starts packing up to go to her last class of the day, and Alexis starts heading to our dorm room.

I go to my car and start heading to work. I text my mom to see if she wants to make up for dinner and get it tonight. She reads it and doesn't reply, like always.

I huff and walk into my work. Pancakes On The Rocks, I actually hate this place. It's gross and really bad for you. But I just work here, I don't eat the crap.

I'm there for about 3 hours and the sun is setting. It's so pretty outside. I tell my manager, Sid, that I'm gonna take a smoke break. I grab my phone and my ear buds and play some more 5 Seconds of Summer.

I downloaded some of their older songs and let me tell you, I'm really into them. A song called Voodoo doll came on. This is definitely more pop-punky. Why have I not heard of them before?

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Sooo what do y'all think?

I think it's alright ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Word Count: 884 words total
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