Modern Love?
The Best Medicine
29th June 2002
“Winter wake up the phone is for you,” yelled my sister, standing at my door. I sat up slowly and looked over at my alarm clock ‘8:30 am’, I had only been asleep for 7 hours – not my normal.
“I’m up” I replied slightly groggy
“Good” Gabby said as she threw the phone at me
“Thanks” I mumbled as she left.
“Hello” I said down the receiver
“Oh my god you’re okay, I was so worried” came the oh so familiar voice of Angela
“Of course you were,” I said sarcastically remembering what happened last night
“What happened to you? When you didn’t come back from the toilets I started to get worried,” she said sounding completely innocent
“Oh I’m just fine, I meet My Chemical Romance thanks to you” I said still angry and trying to make her jealous
“You did? Oh my god, that’s so cool why didn’t you come and get me?” she asked, at this point I wanted to yell my lungs down the phone but I composed myself
“Because you were unavailable at the time” I said calmly hinting to her
“What… what do you mean?” she asked nervously
“You know what I mean. How could you do that to me?” I asked letting out some of my anger
“How could I do what to you?” her voice started to get very small and feeble
“You know what. I saw you kissing Dan, how could you do that to me? My best-friend in this whole world kissing the guy that she knows hurt me so much, how could you?” I yelled down the phone no longer composing myself. Tears of hurt and anger started streaming down my checks
“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry” she wept down the phone
“No you’re not! If you were sorry you wouldn’t have done it in the first place” I screamed at her, before she could say anything I continued
“I hate you and never want to see you again!” then I hung up and threw the phone on the floor, I hid my face in my pillow and cried, sobbing every second.
The phone started ringing 5 minutes after I had hung up, I didn’t answer it because I thought it would most probably be Angela.
“Winter answer the dam phone” Gabby shouted from down the hall, when the phone started ringing for the second time, I crawled to the edge of my bed and picked up the phone tears still streaming down my checks, I answered it
“Hello” I said clearly upset
“Winter?” someone who was not Angela asked
“Yeah” I sobbed
“It’s Mikey, are you crying?” I smiled when he said who he was, and the fact that he was so caring
“Hey Mikey, no I’m fine” I said trying to stifle the sobs
“No you're crying” he replied, then in the background I heard ‘Guys Winter’s crying’ Mikey told everyone around
“What? Why are you crying, is it because of your friend?” Gerard had stolen the phone
“Yeah it’s because of her but I’m fine” I replied trying to act as fine as possible, I mean I’m use to it by now
“No you’re not.” Gerard responded and then there was some whispering in the background
“We’re coming over” he responded, this shocked me
“No, seriously I’m fine” I tried to convince them
“No we’re coming over and there’s nothing you can do to stop us” he said and then hung up
“What the hell?” I said to myself. I needed to get ready I can’t have them seeing me like this. I jumped out of bed and went over towards my dresser; I don’t know why I did because all my clothes were on the floor. I picked up my favourite t-shirt and pair of jeans, I loved this t-shirt because it said ‘Don’t piss me off, I’m running out of places to hide the bodies’ it always lightened up my day. Next I ran out of my room and to the bathroom which was 3 steps from my door, I washed my face, reapplied my eyeliner and tied my hair back in a ponytail. I was in the middle of brushing my teeth when I heard a knock at the door
“I’ll get it” I yelled while spitting out the toothpaste, I ran to the door opening it when I got there to find my favourite three people wearing all black except the random patches of colour in their hair, Gerard, Frankie and Mikey stood there smiling at me.
“Winter!” they all shouted and pulled me outside for a group hug
“Hey guys,” I said happily
“I see you’re all better now” Frankie pointed out
“Yeah, I said I was fine” I replied smiling
“Well that’s good then because you’re coming with us” Mikey said and grabbed my hand and started leading me towards the van
“But... Wait I can’t just leave like this” I lied again, Gerard turned back around and ran to my house probably to tell someone they’re taking me, like they’d care anyway.
They wouldn’t tell me where they were taking me; I was almost beginning to wonder if they knew where they were taking me themselves. Just them we stopped outside an ihop
“Come on” Frankie shouted at me as he grabbed my hand leading me out of the car
“You guys know I’m not 5 right?” I asked smiling from one to the other
“You’re not?” Gerard said looking stunned, he was a good actor. I laughed
“Nope and I haven’t been for 12 years” I replied in a matter-of-fact tone, Frankie stopped in his traces
“So you’re only 17?” he asked me surprised
“Yeah, well I’m 18 in 3 months” I replied looked at him confused, everyone who meets me always thinks I’m older
“Wow I thought you were as old as me,” he admitted
“And how old is that?” I questioned looking at him, I knew he was older than me but I always find it interesting how much older people think I am
“20 but like you I’m 21 in 3 months” he said grinning
“Cool, October baby?” I asked him
“Halloween baby” he said playfully, Halloween would be a cool day to have your birthday on
“Awesome, we could have a joined birthday” I smiled at him as he continued to grin back
“That’s an awesome idea, we should so do it. We could drive you to where ever we are” he replied full of excitement
“Oh god you didn’t give him sugar did you?” Mikey said as he stood next to me
“No” I said and looked at him confused
“What ever he says never give him sugar” Mikey whispered into my ear
“Mikey what are you telling her?” Frank said defensively
“Nothing, nothing at all Frank” Mikey said as he backed away from Frankie, I stood in front of Frankie stopping his evil glares
“So are we going to stand out her or are we going to go in?” I questioned them
“Well if you would like to take my arm m’lady we could go right in,” Gerard said as he slid gracefully next to me
“Oh well aren’t we the gentleman” I replied as I slid my arm under his and started to walk with him
“Show off” I heard Frankie and Mikey, say from behind me.
~
Breakfast was awesome, I had so much fun I don’t think there was a minute in there where we weren’t laughing. After that we roamed the streets for an hour or so and then went back to the guys house, it was pretty small and rather messy though they had just gotten back. They blamed it on the ghost that supposedly lived there. By 1 I knew I should be getting home but I didn’t want to, it was just lucky that they had a few interviews to do so I had to go home, though they did say I could come.
The first thing I did once I got home was go on the internet to check if Venom was on but he didn’t get on until 10 or so.
“Winter wake up the phone is for you,” yelled my sister, standing at my door. I sat up slowly and looked over at my alarm clock ‘8:30 am’, I had only been asleep for 7 hours – not my normal.
“I’m up” I replied slightly groggy
“Good” Gabby said as she threw the phone at me
“Thanks” I mumbled as she left.
“Hello” I said down the receiver
“Oh my god you’re okay, I was so worried” came the oh so familiar voice of Angela
“Of course you were,” I said sarcastically remembering what happened last night
“What happened to you? When you didn’t come back from the toilets I started to get worried,” she said sounding completely innocent
“Oh I’m just fine, I meet My Chemical Romance thanks to you” I said still angry and trying to make her jealous
“You did? Oh my god, that’s so cool why didn’t you come and get me?” she asked, at this point I wanted to yell my lungs down the phone but I composed myself
“Because you were unavailable at the time” I said calmly hinting to her
“What… what do you mean?” she asked nervously
“You know what I mean. How could you do that to me?” I asked letting out some of my anger
“How could I do what to you?” her voice started to get very small and feeble
“You know what. I saw you kissing Dan, how could you do that to me? My best-friend in this whole world kissing the guy that she knows hurt me so much, how could you?” I yelled down the phone no longer composing myself. Tears of hurt and anger started streaming down my checks
“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry” she wept down the phone
“No you’re not! If you were sorry you wouldn’t have done it in the first place” I screamed at her, before she could say anything I continued
“I hate you and never want to see you again!” then I hung up and threw the phone on the floor, I hid my face in my pillow and cried, sobbing every second.
The phone started ringing 5 minutes after I had hung up, I didn’t answer it because I thought it would most probably be Angela.
“Winter answer the dam phone” Gabby shouted from down the hall, when the phone started ringing for the second time, I crawled to the edge of my bed and picked up the phone tears still streaming down my checks, I answered it
“Hello” I said clearly upset
“Winter?” someone who was not Angela asked
“Yeah” I sobbed
“It’s Mikey, are you crying?” I smiled when he said who he was, and the fact that he was so caring
“Hey Mikey, no I’m fine” I said trying to stifle the sobs
“No you're crying” he replied, then in the background I heard ‘Guys Winter’s crying’ Mikey told everyone around
“What? Why are you crying, is it because of your friend?” Gerard had stolen the phone
“Yeah it’s because of her but I’m fine” I replied trying to act as fine as possible, I mean I’m use to it by now
“No you’re not.” Gerard responded and then there was some whispering in the background
“We’re coming over” he responded, this shocked me
“No, seriously I’m fine” I tried to convince them
“No we’re coming over and there’s nothing you can do to stop us” he said and then hung up
“What the hell?” I said to myself. I needed to get ready I can’t have them seeing me like this. I jumped out of bed and went over towards my dresser; I don’t know why I did because all my clothes were on the floor. I picked up my favourite t-shirt and pair of jeans, I loved this t-shirt because it said ‘Don’t piss me off, I’m running out of places to hide the bodies’ it always lightened up my day. Next I ran out of my room and to the bathroom which was 3 steps from my door, I washed my face, reapplied my eyeliner and tied my hair back in a ponytail. I was in the middle of brushing my teeth when I heard a knock at the door
“I’ll get it” I yelled while spitting out the toothpaste, I ran to the door opening it when I got there to find my favourite three people wearing all black except the random patches of colour in their hair, Gerard, Frankie and Mikey stood there smiling at me.
“Winter!” they all shouted and pulled me outside for a group hug
“Hey guys,” I said happily
“I see you’re all better now” Frankie pointed out
“Yeah, I said I was fine” I replied smiling
“Well that’s good then because you’re coming with us” Mikey said and grabbed my hand and started leading me towards the van
“But... Wait I can’t just leave like this” I lied again, Gerard turned back around and ran to my house probably to tell someone they’re taking me, like they’d care anyway.
They wouldn’t tell me where they were taking me; I was almost beginning to wonder if they knew where they were taking me themselves. Just them we stopped outside an ihop
“Come on” Frankie shouted at me as he grabbed my hand leading me out of the car
“You guys know I’m not 5 right?” I asked smiling from one to the other
“You’re not?” Gerard said looking stunned, he was a good actor. I laughed
“Nope and I haven’t been for 12 years” I replied in a matter-of-fact tone, Frankie stopped in his traces
“So you’re only 17?” he asked me surprised
“Yeah, well I’m 18 in 3 months” I replied looked at him confused, everyone who meets me always thinks I’m older
“Wow I thought you were as old as me,” he admitted
“And how old is that?” I questioned looking at him, I knew he was older than me but I always find it interesting how much older people think I am
“20 but like you I’m 21 in 3 months” he said grinning
“Cool, October baby?” I asked him
“Halloween baby” he said playfully, Halloween would be a cool day to have your birthday on
“Awesome, we could have a joined birthday” I smiled at him as he continued to grin back
“That’s an awesome idea, we should so do it. We could drive you to where ever we are” he replied full of excitement
“Oh god you didn’t give him sugar did you?” Mikey said as he stood next to me
“No” I said and looked at him confused
“What ever he says never give him sugar” Mikey whispered into my ear
“Mikey what are you telling her?” Frank said defensively
“Nothing, nothing at all Frank” Mikey said as he backed away from Frankie, I stood in front of Frankie stopping his evil glares
“So are we going to stand out her or are we going to go in?” I questioned them
“Well if you would like to take my arm m’lady we could go right in,” Gerard said as he slid gracefully next to me
“Oh well aren’t we the gentleman” I replied as I slid my arm under his and started to walk with him
“Show off” I heard Frankie and Mikey, say from behind me.
~
Breakfast was awesome, I had so much fun I don’t think there was a minute in there where we weren’t laughing. After that we roamed the streets for an hour or so and then went back to the guys house, it was pretty small and rather messy though they had just gotten back. They blamed it on the ghost that supposedly lived there. By 1 I knew I should be getting home but I didn’t want to, it was just lucky that they had a few interviews to do so I had to go home, though they did say I could come.
The first thing I did once I got home was go on the internet to check if Venom was on but he didn’t get on until 10 or so.