Zayn parks is car in the driveway and turns to me
"Have a good time?" He asks
"Best ever!" I laugh "I don't want this to be over!"
"Yeah, me neither" Zayn agrees. At that moment, my foster mum, Sarah comes out of the front door. Shit. She has that I've-got-something-serious-to-talk-to-you-about-so-you-better-get-your-ass-inside-or-else look in her eyes. Zayn recognises it to.
"See you tomorrow," he says "you are coming to out rehearsal right?"
"As if I would miss it!" I say, punching him on the shoulder "later Malik" I get out of the car and Zayn drives off, way over the speed limit as usual. I turn reluctantly to Sarah. I've been with Sarah for as long as I can remember, so she is basically my mother. I call her Mum, and she calls me her daughter. She is my only family.
"Hi Mum-"
"We have serious stuff to discuss and you're out with that boy?" Mum looks hurt
"Well," I argue "it IS my birthday, and Zayn IS my best friend!" Mum shakes her head in confusion
"It's your birthday?" I can't believe she forgot. I'm her only daughter "I didn't know! And what's this about your friend? What happened to Sophie and Rebecca?" I groan
"Mum! Get with it! Sophie and I were friends in kindergarten and then she moved to Australia. And Rebecca got mad at me and I haven't seen her for five years!" Can someone really pay that little attention?
"Well I don't think that boy Zenith-"
"Zayn!" I correct
"Whatever! I don't think you should hang out with him! He's bad news!" I sigh in frustration
"Zayn has been my friend for two years Mum! I would know if he was trouble! And anyway, he's in a boy-band so he has to keep his image up!"
"A boy-band?" Mum looks shocked "don't you know those type do drugs? And alcohol?"
"Mum he's in One Direction-"
"WHAT?" Mum practically screams "why didn't you say so? That's brilliant! I've always admired those boys! So handsome and kind! You are such a lucky girl Miranna!" I swear my mother is from planet wired!
"So what did you want to talk about?" Mum stops dancing and ushers me inside to the living room.
Mum plops a whole stack of magazines onto the coffee table in front of me.
"It's collage time!" She says, and I groan
"Mum! I've told you! I'm going to London Music Arts Collage! I've applied already and gotten in!" Mum tsks me
"You are not going there," she says "there is no future in it! You need to do something worthwhile!"
"Music IS worthwhile Mum! It's what I want to do!"
"Miranna, you don't even play music!" My jaw drops. What? She's telling me she's never heard me play guitar, piano, drums, flute. She's never noticed the bills for my lessons, or heard me sing? Is this even my mother?
"I do play music!" I yell "everyday! You never listen! I've been doing it since I was five! What's gotten into you Mum?"
"I figured if I stopped caring you'd forget about music!" Mum shouts, and slumps into the couch "you can't get a good career in songwriting. You need to be a lawyer, or a teacher, or something else!" I am completely dumbfounded.
"This is total bullshit!" I yell, and stomp upstairs to my room. I slam the door, and fling myself onto my bed. My mobile bleeps. Wondering who it could be, I flip it open.
DJ MALIK: vas happnin?
I smile a little.
MIRA: am sad. Mum doesn't want me 2 play music! :(
DJ MALIK: that's crap! U rock!
MIRA: she wants me 2 b a lawyer or teacher
DJ MALIK: boring! May b I should come ova and talk 2 her?
MIRA: nah don't bother. She's in a mood 2 night. What about 2morrow?
DJ MALIK: sounds good. C u then! :)
I snap my phone shut. If anyone has the gift of the gab, it's Zayn. I close my eyes, and hope for the best.
(Hey dudes this chapter is dedicated to my friend Nicola coz she is awesome! Remember if you want a dedication STAND OUT! That's all!
Love Alix)
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