You'd Better Hide the Bullets

I ran into music class, not really noticing how late I was. Turns out I was very late because everyone stopped what they were doing to look at me burst through the door. I looked at Mr Haynes and he stopped what he was doing. "Sorry I'm late." I mumbled. He nodded and I did the walk of shame over to my seat. I noticed that Pete was sitting next to Jaime, Tony and Vic. I sat in between Pete and Jaime.

"I was beginning to think you weren't coming in today." Pete mumbled to me. I just nodded and looked away.

"Oh my God, you missed Tony dropping an amp on his foot." Jaime began laughing.

"Hey it really hurt." Tony whined from beside Jaime. I smiled a little at the thought but ultimately I still felt like shit.

Pete leaned in and whispered in my ear. "Are you okay kid?" I looked at him and nodded as convincingly as possible.

"I'm fine." I whispered back. He nodded and dropped it.

I'm far from fine. The worst I've ever been and it's all because of Vic. Or maybe it's really because of myself but either way, I'm still feeling terrible. After Vic left last night I literally stayed there all night, sobbing and crying. When the sun came up I went home and go changed. My eyes look puffy and bloodshot but there's nothing I can do about that, I just tried cover it with makeup but I kinda failed. "Where did you go last night? You just sorta left mines before we even really finished." Pete asked me. I looked at him and tried to find a good lie but lying to Pete is almost impossible. It's like he has a radar for it.

"I just didn't feel good anymore, wanted to go home." I sighed. He decided to drop it and it made me feel so much better.

I got up and went over the piano. I wasn't sure which song I was going to be doing for my exams but I had to choose. I flicked through the books and found a good song that I learned a few years ago. I began playing the song. "Close enough to start a war, all that I have is on the floor. God only knows what we're fighting for. All that I say you always say more. I can't keep up with your turning tables. Under your thumb I can't breathe." I could feel my voice almost break. It was so shaky. "So I won't let you close enough to hurt me, no I won't ask you, you to just desert me. I can't give you, what you think you gave me. No it's time to say goodbye to turning tables." I looked towards Vic and noticed he was laughing and joking with his friends. He looked up and we locked eyes for a second but I looked away towards the piano book to make sure I had the right notes.

Mr Haynes came over to me and listened to me, I made a mistake and he smiled at me. "You're doing really good." He told me. I looked up at him and I tried to force a smile.

"Thank you, I don't know what song to do for my finals but I do really like this one." I smiled at him.

"It suits your voice, definitely." He walked away. I love how supportive Mr Haynes is, he just wants to make everyone feel good about themselves.

The bell indicating the end of first period rang out. So I got my stuff together as quickly as possible and left. I walked to my locker to put my books away after music since I didn't have the chance to before school started. I opened my locker and a piece of paper fell out. I bent down to pick it up and unfolded it. I warned you. was written on the paper. I looked around to see if there was anyone watching but there was no one in sight. I shoved everything into my locker, including the note and then slammed it shut and ran towards English.

-

I didn't wanna go to lunch with everyone else today, I was completely broken. So I decided to go and hide behind the bleachers on my own.

What I don't understand is why he's suddenly all about Ali, I mean he acted like he liked me much more than her and now he's all over my sister? Nah. I don't like that at all. And whoever is sending me these notes needs to fuck off. It's not a game, it's just stupid and immature.

"Why didn't you come to lunch." I looked up to see Jaime standing about a foot away from me. I sighed and looked away.

"I needed some time away." I mumbled to myself.

He sat down next to me and pulled me into his arms, hugging me tightly. "Vic told me what happened last night." He said softly. I looked up and him and I could feel the tears begin to well up in my eyes again. I honestly don't know how I could have any form of moisture in my body anymore because I'm pretty sure I cried it all out last night.

"What did he say?" I asked. Jaime just let out a loud sigh.

"He told me that you followed him to the mausoleum and then you guys just talked for hours, then he was going to kiss you and Ali called him, he came back to reality and realised he didn't wanna hurt your sister so he left." Jaime explained.

"Is that all?" I questioned, pulling back. Jaime just nodded in reply. "So he didn't tell you that I told him I love him?" I asked. He shook his head no.

"No he failed to mention that actually. I dunno what's going on in his head but he needs to get things straightened out because he's being totally unfair to you." I could see Jaime beginning to get angry.

"It's okay, I'll get over it." I tried to swallow the lump in my throat. "Everything will be fine." I lied to him.

Jaime didn't believe it, of course he didn't. But he just nodded along and hugged me. Being the friend that I needed right now.

Notes

Short but just a filler really!