Well After All We'll Lie Another Day.
Chapter Eight
Cherise POV:
*Voice 1: Why are you even THINKING about telling him?
LIE GIRL, LIE!
Voice 2: He deserves to know the truth; it's not as bad as you think...
Voice 3: How come he looks cute in glasses and I just look stupid and geeky? *
It was finally sunny again. Mikey and I were in the backyard on a pair of swings left by a previous owner.
I had decided to lie.
"My mum and dad, well, they're divorced." It wasn't really lying, more a half truth.
"Oh." Mikey looked a bit sheepish about why my mum didn't live with my dad and I.
"It's ok," I said to him quietly "I’ve dealt with it now. But I still miss her."
"Why don't you go and see her?" I thought about it for a moment. Why didn't I?
I'd stayed silent for a little too long.
"I don't know." He knew that was all he was getting out of me, so he changed the subject.
"So you been out and about yet?"
"Yeah I went to that comic book place, um, down by the corner,"
"I know the one you mean."
"I made a friend. Her name's Luciana, the till girl that works there. She said she knew you."
"Really? Oh yeah, I see her at school sometimes."
"Yeah," I thought of something she'd said, " she also told me something about you that you didn't."
Mikey POV:
I couldn't help but look away. She knew. But what did she know? There's so much I want to tell Cherise myself. That Gerard and I were brothers, that we lived across the street. Or how I felt. I braced myself.
"You never told me you played bass!" *Thank God* "that is so cool!" I didn't let my relief show...much
"Oh? Oh yeah, yeah. I could show you if you like."
"Sounds good. Say, four tomorrow, back here?"
"Sure." *shit is that the TIME???* "I gotta go just now, band practice."
"You have a BAND!" I'd gotten out of my swing to leave
"Yeah. Do you wanna come to tomorrows practice instead? I’m sure the guys wont mind."
"Alright what time's it start?"
"Three thirty- here," I scrambled around in my pockets for a pen and a scrap of paper, finding it I scrawled down Rays address, "I'll see you then." I left.
*Shit, what I have I just done? *
Gerard POV:
I could hear something. Something ringing... the phone!
"Hello?"
"Hi, is this Gerard?" I recognised the voice
"Cherise?"
"Oh thank God it's you! I was worried I was gonna get the local pizza place or something!" I smiled, she has a way of making me do that.
"Cherise what are you doing tomorrow?" Why I asked? I honestly couldn't tell you!
"Um, nothing until the afternoon, why?"
"Do you wanna meet me for lunch or something?" *what am I doing! *
"Sure. What time?" *Really?! GO ME!!!*
"Uh, 11:30? I'll pick you up from yours."
"Ok. See you then. Bye Gee." She hung up.
"Bye Cherise."
*Voice 1: Why are you even THINKING about telling him?
LIE GIRL, LIE!
Voice 2: He deserves to know the truth; it's not as bad as you think...
Voice 3: How come he looks cute in glasses and I just look stupid and geeky? *
It was finally sunny again. Mikey and I were in the backyard on a pair of swings left by a previous owner.
I had decided to lie.
"My mum and dad, well, they're divorced." It wasn't really lying, more a half truth.
"Oh." Mikey looked a bit sheepish about why my mum didn't live with my dad and I.
"It's ok," I said to him quietly "I’ve dealt with it now. But I still miss her."
"Why don't you go and see her?" I thought about it for a moment. Why didn't I?
I'd stayed silent for a little too long.
"I don't know." He knew that was all he was getting out of me, so he changed the subject.
"So you been out and about yet?"
"Yeah I went to that comic book place, um, down by the corner,"
"I know the one you mean."
"I made a friend. Her name's Luciana, the till girl that works there. She said she knew you."
"Really? Oh yeah, I see her at school sometimes."
"Yeah," I thought of something she'd said, " she also told me something about you that you didn't."
Mikey POV:
I couldn't help but look away. She knew. But what did she know? There's so much I want to tell Cherise myself. That Gerard and I were brothers, that we lived across the street. Or how I felt. I braced myself.
"You never told me you played bass!" *Thank God* "that is so cool!" I didn't let my relief show...much
"Oh? Oh yeah, yeah. I could show you if you like."
"Sounds good. Say, four tomorrow, back here?"
"Sure." *shit is that the TIME???* "I gotta go just now, band practice."
"You have a BAND!" I'd gotten out of my swing to leave
"Yeah. Do you wanna come to tomorrows practice instead? I’m sure the guys wont mind."
"Alright what time's it start?"
"Three thirty- here," I scrambled around in my pockets for a pen and a scrap of paper, finding it I scrawled down Rays address, "I'll see you then." I left.
*Shit, what I have I just done? *
Gerard POV:
I could hear something. Something ringing... the phone!
"Hello?"
"Hi, is this Gerard?" I recognised the voice
"Cherise?"
"Oh thank God it's you! I was worried I was gonna get the local pizza place or something!" I smiled, she has a way of making me do that.
"Cherise what are you doing tomorrow?" Why I asked? I honestly couldn't tell you!
"Um, nothing until the afternoon, why?"
"Do you wanna meet me for lunch or something?" *what am I doing! *
"Sure. What time?" *Really?! GO ME!!!*
"Uh, 11:30? I'll pick you up from yours."
"Ok. See you then. Bye Gee." She hung up.
"Bye Cherise."