Chapter 2

It was low at first.

I could barely hear it, but I still could, at the same time. The song was so impossibly low, and yet I could still hear it.

The keys of the piano sounded like it was feathers playing, so drift like and drowsy like I was taking a sip of alcohol and feeling myself drown in something and ty still afloat.

It was soothing and slow, possibly a lullaby, and though it sounded so incredibly familiar, I could not actually figure out where.

The sound kept me up all night.

When I got down from the bed, I met Pops who was already dressed for work "Whoa, you look like a mess"

A part of me grins at the fact were back to our usual normal state as I walk down the stairs "Six months and no make up or mirrors, I can definetely not remember how it works anymore"

He smiles "You were always so forgetful"

When I reach the floor where he is, I hug him, taking in his manly scent and aftershave, pulling away to stare at him while he suddenly smiles and ruffles my hair that I had suffered to arrange.

I pout "Pops"

"It looked horrible anyway" He says "I don't think it's okay if you go to school today though"

I walk to the kitchen, of course meeting pancakes like the tower of babylon waiting for me, but I don't feel hungry at the moment so I walk to the kitchen and take a glass of orange juice instead "Is it cause I look like a dead rat?"

"I didn't say that though" He calls out from the sitting room and I join him, drinking the juice.

"You thinking it" I say. I know I liked a mess though, due to the fact I tumbled and tossed repeatedly, unable to sleep, making my hair tangle more and my eyes that were already sunken before, look worse and due to the fact I was already slim before, I had considerably thinned down, looking like sticks and bones with my pale skin and exceedingly pale hair.

"I just think it's too early for me to let you out into the wild" He says "I know how high school is"

"That's sweet but I'm still like, top bitch, suicidal or not so it's fine"

"I don't mean it like..."

"It's fine Pops"

I know that it hurt him when I talked about it. Mum died in a car accident when I was five, with me in it. Pops had been so scared thinking he had lost me but when he heard I was okay, he treated me like an egg, being so perfectly careful with me and trying to make me not remember mum even though I can barely even recall how she looks like, and here I am, torturing him by reminding him how I had tried to end the life he had tried to cherish so much.

"You know, you never told me...."

When I hear a horn in the background, I quickly give him a kiss on his cheeks, setting down the glass on our coffee table and head outside, grateful to the girl infront of me for saving me from an awkward situation.

"Whoa" She said "You look like death"

"Death is probably very beautiful but you probably won't know that cause you too busy being alive and not trying to kill yourself" I say sarcastically, passing her and entering her Jeep into the front seat while I saw her roll her eyes and move to the driver's seat.

"I didn't mean it like that" She says pouting while she starts her vars engine "I haven't seen you in months Lily, can you atleast try not to like be a mean queen right now?"

Something in me snapped at her tone, at how casual she sounded, because I know that yes, I was being stupidly rude, as usual, but I just didn't want to talk to the feline, there was nothing wrong if she had given me a good morning and not tried to test my ability to be a snake.

Still, I smiled at the girl that has been my best friend since sixth grade "Just cause you're my friend doesn't mean you don't get bullets for going outta line"

She did not reply, just pursed her lips and drove

Dana Greene, a six feet four inches female, with beautiful golden kicks that stopped at her shoulder and bounced with the sun, shooting off rays whenever it could, cool blue eyes like the sky when she was happy and a dangerously dark blue when pissed. Sort of my second in command in our little group, though I can tell with the few months that I had been away, she got busy.

Dana usually never spoke back to me, sure sometimes we parred but never with her rolling her eyes or giving me some sort of dumb attitude like right now.

To be honest, I' didn't even actually want to be in this car, I would have weather walked the whole thing to school but she texted me, saying she'd gladly pick me up and not to go give her some sort of sick joy, I agreed.

I had been hearing alot of things at the facility, about how she had suddenly began to take my throne as most popular and rubbing herself on Tyler, who was my boyfriend, thank you. Made sense now as I saw her wearing a super tight crop top and high waist jean skirt that complimented her figure. Though she wasn't horridly thin like I was or fat, she had enough meat on her body to be called thick and a drop dead gorgeous being.

More beautiful than I could be anyway.

I had this plain homely cute girl look, though with enough makeup and enough attitude, I had my games stepping up.

But today, I had only the latter.

When we picked up the other duo in our group, Chaos, real name being Catarina and Fire, real name, Fans, both twins that were party freaks and fashion moguls.

"Oh mi God, What are you wearing?"

"No makeup, nah, I can't let that happen"

Today I had my whole I just rolled outta bed look, and thanks to Pops evil mission with my hair, my hair looks like a hornets nest, my face was sickly pale, as usual and I had a huge turtle neck sweater and sweatpants.

What can I say?

That crazy people.hokw had rubbed me in the worst ways possible starting with my dressing.

"I feel lazy today is all" I say "And we already got our Barbie here so I'm on break at the moment"

I saw Dana's grasp on the steering wheel tighten as Chaos and Fire looked between two of us "Y'all mad at each other or some?"

"Nah, I'm just having post crazy home syndrome" I say, flashing them a smile "It'd go away"

The good thing about those ones at the passenger seat was that they, unlike the evil witch next to me, did not really care about people, and were honest about it, just as I am. But Dana was the sort to worship you, and kiss your butt then when you outta the way, stab you in the head like some psychotic bitch that I'm supposed to be.

When we got to school, Chaos and Fire got out first and I woulda followed suit if Miss Pretty did not lock the doors.

I face her "I don't think kidnapping me could possibly work. Chaos and Fire are witnesses"

"Why you tryna shoot your venom at me and not the other people?" She asks.

I stare at her long and say "Is that way you became friends with me? To not get caught in between the beautiful arrows of my evil?"

She rolls her eyes now "We were friends long before you became the Belle of Winter lake, I'm just saying. You been shooting out snarky comments at me all day, like you mad at me or something"

Yes, yes I am very mad at you.

You could take anything else, absolutely anything but touching Tyler was unforgivable.

"Or you heard the shitty rumours about me? Look, if it makes me you feel any better, I know that yes, I kinda took your seat and all, but it was to make sure no one took it"

"Same way you were protecting Tyler huh?"

Her face became ghastly there as she says "Tyler.... What.. why would you think that for heavens sake?!"

For some reason, I saw myself believing the act laid infront of me and I am not sure why, I just watched her rant about how jocks were not her type and she had this new college boyfriend that was hot and way hotter than my Ty(she apologised after saying this but I still sent her a glare) and ended with "Even if you heard rumours like that, cool, but I don't think you should let him come between us, we have been BFF'S for like forever, we can't let some male with a weird sexual organ come in between us"

I made a face "How'd you know his sexual organ?"

She laughs "You know what I mean, come on, look, I know.. I know that... Okay I don't know anything, but can atleast make us work, I don't want you mad at me, it's the worst thing after a bad hair day"

I roll my eyes at her and watch her give me puppy dog eyes before I say "Okay, okay, chill before your foundation breaks from your skin or something"

A smile breaks on her face as I continue "And Tyler is the hottest thing after the sun. Argue with me on this and when you driving, imma push you outta your seat and blame it on my insanity"

I saw her blue eyes twitch, probably because she knew I wasn't actually joking before she gave an actual smile "Deal then"