The Devil's Choice
Party Time?
"What does? The all in one piece part or the take it easy part?" I asked with my eyebrows raised.
"Maybe both, maybe neither. Wanna stick around and find out?" He held out his arm for me.
"Of course. What fun would it be to miss out?" He might be dangerous, but I was never one to back down from a challenge. And he was my current Ultimate Challenge. I took hold of his arm; we walked down the hall to my locker.
"I have lunch this period." He said. We missed a whole class...? I didn't think it took that long.
"Me too, walk with me?" I put the my bag in my locker, slammed the door, and spun the dial.
"Sure but... I don't know where it is." He said, as I turned back to him.
"It's cool. I'll show you." I grabbed his hand and pulled him down the hall with me. After a few short turns we started to hear loud music and voices from a shut door. He stopped walking.
"Come on." I pulled at him but he didn't budge. "Lunch is the best part of the day!" I reassured him.
"...Fine." I like seeing him nervous! At least it's not me who's fidgeting. I opened the doors to the cafe. Lunch, here, is like an every day sock-hop. We blast music, dance, chill, and relax a bit. Teachers don't step foot in here anymore. Even the lunch ladies got a little scared, so they quit and the school put in a line of Mickey D's, BK, and Subway quick stops for our lunch choices.
My eyes searched the cafe for a while, until I spotted Izzy at a table of jocks. Zayn Malik from earlier, and none other than the rest of the Fearsome Four Bad Boys: Harry Styles, Liam Payne, and Louis Tomlinson. Every girl's fantasy boyfriend. There's two seats left.
"Can I pick the spot?" He asked. I look up at him. Oh, well, let's hope it's somewhere normal.
"Oh, sure." He walked in front of me and led me to the danger zone. The table of the Fearsome Four... I guess... Five now, counting him...
"Took you long enough! Okay, proper intros. Dev, this is Liam, Louis, Harry, and Zayn." Izzy said, pointing to each intimidating boy while I tried not to cower in fear.
"Hey! I know you! You face planted into my boy, Niall over here, earlier." Zayn speaks up, and my face turns red from his first words and possibly the fact that these boys have been locked up more times than I can count on both hands.
".... awkward... new subject!" Iz tried to save me. Thank god, it distracted them.
"Can you girls hit some notes?" Harry put in, completely off topic.
"Us?" Iz looked at me, "Oh yeah."
"Give us a beat." Liam says, "we'll start off." We start the beat of "Rock You". You know, like
we will, we will rock you. Since everyone is into their own music and dancing, no-one gives us a second glance. I guess the boys aren't so intimidating when you're up close and personal with them.
Harry started off. That boy's got them vocals on him!
"Do you remember Summer '09?
Wanna go back there every night.
Just can't lie, it was the best time of my life.
Lying on the beach as the sun blew out,
playing this guitar by the fire too loud.
Oh my, my they could never shut us down."
People started to shut down their music and begin dancing as Lou took over, noting that their musical skills didn't make them any less scary.
"I used to think that I was better alone.
Why did I ever wanna let you go?
Under the moonlight as we stared at the sea,
the words you whispered
I will always believe."
Niall started his solo. I gaped as he sang... I never knew he could sing like that! When did they even learn this song?
"I want you to rock me, rock me, rock me, yeah.
I want you to rock me, rock me, rock me, yeah.
I want you to hit the pedal, heavy metal, show me you care.
I want you to rock me, rock me, rock me, yeah."
I'm pretty sure I'd let him rock me... Especially since he stared at me the entire time he sang, an action not unnoticed by the boys. Liam started his part.
"Yeah we were together Summer '09.
Wanna roll back like pressing rewind.
You were mine and we never said goodbye."
Lou repeated his part. Once they were finishing up, Izzy and I joined in singing r-o-c-k me again.
After we finished up the song, they stared at us.
"Now, you two have to do solo for us." Harry gave a cheeky smile.
"Yeah, show us what you got solo." Niall said, I'm sure he wanted to see that.
"Yes, I am?" I looked at Iz. The boys looked confused but she nodded her head. Iz and I have been singing since we met, signing up for choir together. Usually, we do some type of show at lunch, since we go to a Gifted and Talented school.
Izzy started singing.
"Sexy lady knows what she wants out of life
See she got her own means
Doing whatever she likes."
I turned, with my back to the boys and began belting, facing my now silent audience with a mug smile on my face.
"Feels good to have you
She don't need you
She can't depend on a man
After all that she's been through
She ain't running behind you
Trust me I know 'cause I am her."
Izzy stood up, grabbing my hand and pulling me up with her as we started the chorus, with me echoing her.
"And I got (I got)
What I need (what I need)
Right here (right here)
It's in me (in me)
I am (I am)
Everything (everything)
All that I need and I won't be defeated
I won't stop now
Got it all (got it all) figured out (figured out)
And I got (I got)
What I need (what I need)
Right here (right here)
I'm everything.
I am
Yes I am yes I am (I am)
Yes I am yes I am."
We sang the last few lines together. I started my second solo.
"So you can't be mad that
She had the strength to survive
Through the good and the bad
She's having the time of her life."
Izzy took over right after me, signalling for me to do the dance we'd choreographed for this moment.
"Feels so good to have you
She don't need you
She can't depend on a man
After all that she's been through
She ain't running behind you
Trust me I know 'cause I am her!"
We started teasing some of the boys if that's what you want to call it, pulling them close and pushing them away, and of course, the legendary grab his shirt bit was used on none other than Niall Horan. Izzy echoed me this time.
"And I got (I got)
What I need (what I need)
Right here (right here)
It's in me (in me)
I am (I am)
Everything (everything)
All that I need and I won't be defeated
I won't stop now (stop now)
Got it all (got it all) figured out (figured out)
And I got (I got)
What I need (what I need)
Right here (right here)
I'm everything.
I am
Yes I am, yes I am
Yes I am, yes I am
You are.
The dance team joined in, adding their own moves and throwing their hands in the air.
"If you are throw your hands up
(So put your hands up)
If you are let me see your hands up."
The upperclassmen girls' choir joined in and did back up vocals for us.
"And I got (I got)
What I need (what I need)
Right here (right here)
It's in me (in me)
I am (I am)
Everything (everything)
All that I need and I won't be defeated
I won't (I won't) stop now (stop now)
Got it all (got it all) figured out (figured out)
And I got (I got)
What I need (what I need)
Right here (right here)
I'm everything
I am
Yes I am, yes I am
Yes I am, yes I am
If you are throw your hands up
If you are let me see your hands up."
"That was... actually really good. How come we've never seen you perform like that?" Harry asked, smiling at Izzy quite obviously.
"Because you usually skip the rest of the day once lunch hits." She smiled back at him, batting her lashes. I started laughing and thanking the boys as they told us how good we were. Cocky, much? Yes, I know. It's a blessing and a curse.
As the conversation dwindled and everyone blasted their own tunes again, we slowly started to eat. Except Niall, who took a swipe at my milkshake. I can't believe I'm sitting with the Fearsome Four... Five? They're the hottest, meanest, most talented boys in the school and they know it. If they had a theme song, it'd be Bad by MJ.
"Devi? You home?" I felt a tapping on the side of my head.
"Huh? Oh. Yeah... fine." To tell the truth, I'm not fine. I haven't been since I saw my veins change in the bathroom. I looked down at my arm. My veins were the normal green-blue. Maybe it was a trick of the light...
"So who's gonna be at my party this weekend?" I shook out of my stupor to look at Louis.
"A party for what?"
"4-20, Love. National weed day." Did I mention their accents? OH MY GOD...'nough said.
"Oh, yeah." I've smoked. Once. I got so high I couldn't remember my own name. I haven't done it since but not cause I didn't want to. Just because it's hard to find and expensive as hell. I need to find a Please-Fund-Broke-Teens Foundation.
"If you go, I'll pick you up. Izzy, too." I turned my attention to Niall. God, I love his smile. He was the only guy I knew who could make braces look good.
"I'll go." I smiled back at him.
"What are you gonna tell Saint Mother?"
"I'll tell her I'm sleeping over at your house, Iz." I rolled my eyes at her. We've done this before. I "stay" at Izzy's house, we sneak out.
"Works for me." She got into a deep conversation about whether corsets are sexy or not with Harry while the rest of the boys talked about the upcoming 4-20 party. Niall slipped his hand under the table, noticing that I wasn't paying attention, and grabbed mine. I'm surprised that I don't even miss Josh a little. I couldn't help but smile, even though my pulse went double time. The bell rang too soon and we got up to leave. Niall held on to my hand as we exited the cafe. I felt someone staring at me. Hard. I looked through my peripherals and saw Josh staring at me and Niall with obvious jealousy in his eyes. That was unnecessary. I had obviously dumped Josh and Niall and I were just friends. He was too dangerous to be anything but.
I smiled at his pain but I didn't know why. My blood rushed cold, making me shiver in Niall's hold.
"Devi?"
"Yeah?" I looked at Izzy.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, why?" Niall swung our hands, peering at me a little.
"Your eyes are like... cobalt blue." I pulled away from his hold and looked at my wrist, careful to keep walking. If my eyes did it again, did my veins? I saw the familiar electric blue vein pulse. They started to move. My skin convulsed in only that spot. The visible part of my vein snapped back into place and covering it, is a winded up snake.
I shrugged my shoulders at Izzy, like it was normal. I turned my wrist so the design was no longer visible. I tilted my head up and kept walking like nothing happened.
"Maybe both, maybe neither. Wanna stick around and find out?" He held out his arm for me.
"Of course. What fun would it be to miss out?" He might be dangerous, but I was never one to back down from a challenge. And he was my current Ultimate Challenge. I took hold of his arm; we walked down the hall to my locker.
"I have lunch this period." He said. We missed a whole class...? I didn't think it took that long.
"Me too, walk with me?" I put the my bag in my locker, slammed the door, and spun the dial.
"Sure but... I don't know where it is." He said, as I turned back to him.
"It's cool. I'll show you." I grabbed his hand and pulled him down the hall with me. After a few short turns we started to hear loud music and voices from a shut door. He stopped walking.
"Come on." I pulled at him but he didn't budge. "Lunch is the best part of the day!" I reassured him.
"...Fine." I like seeing him nervous! At least it's not me who's fidgeting. I opened the doors to the cafe. Lunch, here, is like an every day sock-hop. We blast music, dance, chill, and relax a bit. Teachers don't step foot in here anymore. Even the lunch ladies got a little scared, so they quit and the school put in a line of Mickey D's, BK, and Subway quick stops for our lunch choices.
My eyes searched the cafe for a while, until I spotted Izzy at a table of jocks. Zayn Malik from earlier, and none other than the rest of the Fearsome Four Bad Boys: Harry Styles, Liam Payne, and Louis Tomlinson. Every girl's fantasy boyfriend. There's two seats left.
"Can I pick the spot?" He asked. I look up at him. Oh, well, let's hope it's somewhere normal.
"Oh, sure." He walked in front of me and led me to the danger zone. The table of the Fearsome Four... I guess... Five now, counting him...
"Took you long enough! Okay, proper intros. Dev, this is Liam, Louis, Harry, and Zayn." Izzy said, pointing to each intimidating boy while I tried not to cower in fear.
"Hey! I know you! You face planted into my boy, Niall over here, earlier." Zayn speaks up, and my face turns red from his first words and possibly the fact that these boys have been locked up more times than I can count on both hands.
".... awkward... new subject!" Iz tried to save me. Thank god, it distracted them.
"Can you girls hit some notes?" Harry put in, completely off topic.
"Us?" Iz looked at me, "Oh yeah."
"Give us a beat." Liam says, "we'll start off." We start the beat of "Rock You". You know, like
we will, we will rock you. Since everyone is into their own music and dancing, no-one gives us a second glance. I guess the boys aren't so intimidating when you're up close and personal with them.
Harry started off. That boy's got them vocals on him!
"Do you remember Summer '09?
Wanna go back there every night.
Just can't lie, it was the best time of my life.
Lying on the beach as the sun blew out,
playing this guitar by the fire too loud.
Oh my, my they could never shut us down."
People started to shut down their music and begin dancing as Lou took over, noting that their musical skills didn't make them any less scary.
"I used to think that I was better alone.
Why did I ever wanna let you go?
Under the moonlight as we stared at the sea,
the words you whispered
I will always believe."
Niall started his solo. I gaped as he sang... I never knew he could sing like that! When did they even learn this song?
"I want you to rock me, rock me, rock me, yeah.
I want you to rock me, rock me, rock me, yeah.
I want you to hit the pedal, heavy metal, show me you care.
I want you to rock me, rock me, rock me, yeah."
I'm pretty sure I'd let him rock me... Especially since he stared at me the entire time he sang, an action not unnoticed by the boys. Liam started his part.
"Yeah we were together Summer '09.
Wanna roll back like pressing rewind.
You were mine and we never said goodbye."
Lou repeated his part. Once they were finishing up, Izzy and I joined in singing r-o-c-k me again.
After we finished up the song, they stared at us.
"Now, you two have to do solo for us." Harry gave a cheeky smile.
"Yeah, show us what you got solo." Niall said, I'm sure he wanted to see that.
"Yes, I am?" I looked at Iz. The boys looked confused but she nodded her head. Iz and I have been singing since we met, signing up for choir together. Usually, we do some type of show at lunch, since we go to a Gifted and Talented school.
Izzy started singing.
"Sexy lady knows what she wants out of life
See she got her own means
Doing whatever she likes."
I turned, with my back to the boys and began belting, facing my now silent audience with a mug smile on my face.
"Feels good to have you
She don't need you
She can't depend on a man
After all that she's been through
She ain't running behind you
Trust me I know 'cause I am her."
Izzy stood up, grabbing my hand and pulling me up with her as we started the chorus, with me echoing her.
"And I got (I got)
What I need (what I need)
Right here (right here)
It's in me (in me)
I am (I am)
Everything (everything)
All that I need and I won't be defeated
I won't stop now
Got it all (got it all) figured out (figured out)
And I got (I got)
What I need (what I need)
Right here (right here)
I'm everything.
I am
Yes I am yes I am (I am)
Yes I am yes I am."
We sang the last few lines together. I started my second solo.
"So you can't be mad that
She had the strength to survive
Through the good and the bad
She's having the time of her life."
Izzy took over right after me, signalling for me to do the dance we'd choreographed for this moment.
"Feels so good to have you
She don't need you
She can't depend on a man
After all that she's been through
She ain't running behind you
Trust me I know 'cause I am her!"
We started teasing some of the boys if that's what you want to call it, pulling them close and pushing them away, and of course, the legendary grab his shirt bit was used on none other than Niall Horan. Izzy echoed me this time.
"And I got (I got)
What I need (what I need)
Right here (right here)
It's in me (in me)
I am (I am)
Everything (everything)
All that I need and I won't be defeated
I won't stop now (stop now)
Got it all (got it all) figured out (figured out)
And I got (I got)
What I need (what I need)
Right here (right here)
I'm everything.
I am
Yes I am, yes I am
Yes I am, yes I am
You are.
The dance team joined in, adding their own moves and throwing their hands in the air.
"If you are throw your hands up
(So put your hands up)
If you are let me see your hands up."
The upperclassmen girls' choir joined in and did back up vocals for us.
"And I got (I got)
What I need (what I need)
Right here (right here)
It's in me (in me)
I am (I am)
Everything (everything)
All that I need and I won't be defeated
I won't (I won't) stop now (stop now)
Got it all (got it all) figured out (figured out)
And I got (I got)
What I need (what I need)
Right here (right here)
I'm everything
I am
Yes I am, yes I am
Yes I am, yes I am
If you are throw your hands up
If you are let me see your hands up."
"That was... actually really good. How come we've never seen you perform like that?" Harry asked, smiling at Izzy quite obviously.
"Because you usually skip the rest of the day once lunch hits." She smiled back at him, batting her lashes. I started laughing and thanking the boys as they told us how good we were. Cocky, much? Yes, I know. It's a blessing and a curse.
As the conversation dwindled and everyone blasted their own tunes again, we slowly started to eat. Except Niall, who took a swipe at my milkshake. I can't believe I'm sitting with the Fearsome Four... Five? They're the hottest, meanest, most talented boys in the school and they know it. If they had a theme song, it'd be Bad by MJ.
"Devi? You home?" I felt a tapping on the side of my head.
"Huh? Oh. Yeah... fine." To tell the truth, I'm not fine. I haven't been since I saw my veins change in the bathroom. I looked down at my arm. My veins were the normal green-blue. Maybe it was a trick of the light...
"So who's gonna be at my party this weekend?" I shook out of my stupor to look at Louis.
"A party for what?"
"4-20, Love. National weed day." Did I mention their accents? OH MY GOD...'nough said.
"Oh, yeah." I've smoked. Once. I got so high I couldn't remember my own name. I haven't done it since but not cause I didn't want to. Just because it's hard to find and expensive as hell. I need to find a Please-Fund-Broke-Teens Foundation.
"If you go, I'll pick you up. Izzy, too." I turned my attention to Niall. God, I love his smile. He was the only guy I knew who could make braces look good.
"I'll go." I smiled back at him.
"What are you gonna tell Saint Mother?"
"I'll tell her I'm sleeping over at your house, Iz." I rolled my eyes at her. We've done this before. I "stay" at Izzy's house, we sneak out.
"Works for me." She got into a deep conversation about whether corsets are sexy or not with Harry while the rest of the boys talked about the upcoming 4-20 party. Niall slipped his hand under the table, noticing that I wasn't paying attention, and grabbed mine. I'm surprised that I don't even miss Josh a little. I couldn't help but smile, even though my pulse went double time. The bell rang too soon and we got up to leave. Niall held on to my hand as we exited the cafe. I felt someone staring at me. Hard. I looked through my peripherals and saw Josh staring at me and Niall with obvious jealousy in his eyes. That was unnecessary. I had obviously dumped Josh and Niall and I were just friends. He was too dangerous to be anything but.
I smiled at his pain but I didn't know why. My blood rushed cold, making me shiver in Niall's hold.
"Devi?"
"Yeah?" I looked at Izzy.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, why?" Niall swung our hands, peering at me a little.
"Your eyes are like... cobalt blue." I pulled away from his hold and looked at my wrist, careful to keep walking. If my eyes did it again, did my veins? I saw the familiar electric blue vein pulse. They started to move. My skin convulsed in only that spot. The visible part of my vein snapped back into place and covering it, is a winded up snake.
I shrugged my shoulders at Izzy, like it was normal. I turned my wrist so the design was no longer visible. I tilted my head up and kept walking like nothing happened.
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12/24/13