If Only You Knew

Chapter 7

" You played the violin really well just now." I say after she's done keeping the violin back on the stand. She smiles a real smile and says " Thanks." Why can't she smile like this all the time? I say " So have you found anything that you want to buy?" She says " No." I say " Oh." then I say " How long do you intend to stay in this mall?" She laughs a real laugh and says " Half an hour more. I'll just go get a random T shirt and we'll get an ice cream okay?" I say " Alright. Hurry up."

She goes to another store while I stay at the music store. Then I realize that I haven't got Charity anything for Christmas. She might not consider me as a friend, but I'm pretty sure it would make her happy if she got something from someone else instead of her parents like every other year.

She comes back and says " I've got it. We can go get a scoop ice cream now." She has returned back to her poker face.

While we head to the food court she notices a poster and she stops. I say " What happened?" She says " Nothing. It's just a poster of Alexander Plier." I say " Who's he?" She says " Oh he's a famous musician from Ukraine known for playing the violin and the guitar." I say " Oh." then I say " Ever been to his shows?" She says " No. I wish I could go though." I say " Why don't you ask your parents?" She says " Because if I do they'll think I'm crazy to go for a show meant for older people. I asked them once if I could go to the ' Eagles ' concert and they asked if I was okay." I laugh and say " What's wrong with the ' Eagles '? They don't mention any thing about being a certain age to go to their concerts." She says " I know right." Then she says " My parents think that those shows are only meant for old people so I don't exactly bother asking." I say " Oh."

She looks at the poster for a while and then says " It would be nice if I could go though." And I instantly know what to get her for Christmas.

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" Oh so you won't be coming with us?" says Sam. I say " No. I'll be attending a music show." Ian says " Who is the musician?" I say " This guy called Alexander Plier." Ian says " I've never heard of him." and I say " I'm going for the first time too."

The last day of school ends pretty quickly. I'm not staying after school as there's no need to do anything for the newspaper.

I drive to my sister's school to pick her up and then we stop at Target. She wants to get gifts for her best friends. " Is this fine?" She says pointing to a necklace made of stars. I say " Are you sure she'll like that? Cause I've never seen girls your age wear that sort of stuff." She sighs and says " What do I get?" I say " You could look around a bit more. You never know what you might find." I walk around the jewelry section and I find this really pretty bracelet. It's silver and it's made of stars and hearts and it has a silver violin hanging on it. I could give this to Charity for Christmas.

My sister picks up a set of earrings for her best friend and we go and pay for our items.

Then I get back home and I play 'Lost In This World 2'. Its another video game and trust me when I first heard of it I was like that just sounds extremely stupid. Ian however had the game and forced me to play it and ever since then I have been addicted to it.

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" Hey Charity." I say and I stop by her locker. She replies saying " Hmm." I say " Are you going out on Christmas?" She says " No." I say " Okay." then I say " I'll pick you up on the 24th, at around 7:30pm." She says " Why?" With out turning around to face me." I smile and say " It's a secret." She stops her self from roughly moving her hand around and she says " I'm sorry then. I can't come." I say " You have to come." She says " No." I say " But why?" She says " You need to tell me where your taking me." I say " But it's a surprise." She says " No. I barely know you and I still don't trust you." What's with this girl?

She's wearing a hoodie for some reason and she still hasn't looked at me. I say " Why are you wearing that to school?" She says " Because I want to. Now if you'll excuse me." but I stop her and I turn her around to face me. " What the.." " Yes! Just let me go now." she breaks in and she walks away. Ooh that looks painful.

After school I meet Charity in the music room. She's playing the ukulele. I forgot to ask her how many instruments she plays. I lightly knock on the door and I say " May I?" She sighs and says " What is it now?" I say nothing and I pull a chair and sit opposite her.

Her nose is a little red and her eyes are puffy. Her right eye is purple and it has swollen a little and her lip has a bruise on her left side. That's why I reacted like that in the morning. I ask " Are you okay?" She says " Yeah I'm fine." I say " What happened to your face?" She says " Oh nothing." I give her a dead look and say " So you just punched your self?" She sighs and for the first time ever she tells me what happened. " I got into a fight before coming to school this morning." she continues saying " Because this guy wanted 10 dollars from me. I refused and he tried to touch me so I kicked his dick. Then his acquaintances tried hitting my back and I got a punch in my right eye. This other guy tried to shove his hand down my throat and I bit his hand so he punched my mouth and yes that's why my lip was bleeding this morning." I say " Why didn't you tell your parents." She sighs and says " They'll over react. Besides it wasn't such a big thing." I say " Are you kidding me? Those guys punched you and your saying that it isn't a big thing?! Are you crazy?!" She looks away and I quieten down.

After a long silence she says " I don't like you but you're a really nice guy." and she smiles that nice smile. I really don't know what to say.

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" Good evening Mr.Hart and Mrs.Hart." " Good evening Jason." says Mrs. Hart. " Good evening." says Mr.Hart.

Then he says " What brings you here?" I say " I actually came here to ask for your permission." Mrs.Hart says " Permission for what?" I say " Is Charity around?" Mrs.Hart says " No she's in the garage practicing." I say " She won't be able to hear me right?" Mr.Hart says " No."

I say " Great. I came here to ask you'll if I could take Charity out for a music show. It isn't a date. I just happen to know that she really likes this musician called Alexander Plier and he happens to be in town. So I thought of taking her for the show." Mrs.Hart smiles at me and says " Of course you can take her. In fact you should have directly asked her." I say " I did but I didn't tell her the details and so she wasn't willing to come." Mr.Hart says " Yeah. That's the thing with her. She won't go anywhere with another person unless she gets the details of the place and time." I say " Oh. Why is that?" Mr.Hart says " Because she's had a bad experience before." I say " Oh. Don't worry. I'll just be taking her for the concert and we'll be back by 12 midnight. Please make sure she's ready by 7:30pm and I'll come and pick her up." Mrs.Hart smiles and says " Okay Jason. Would you like to stay for dinner? We have dinner enough for all of us and you could call your mom and tell her." I say " Are you sure? Because I can get back home. It isn't extremely far away." Mrs.Hart says " Your doing a really nice thing for our daughter and it won't bother us if you stay for dinner." I say " Okay then. I'll call my mom and let her know."