Bittersweet

I woke up the next day to the sun shining and the smell of bacon. I smiled knowing she made a classic Jane breakfast, Pork roll with bacon. I got up and put on my dog slippers and ran to the kitchen.
“ Bacon!” I screamed jumping onto the counter.
“HOLY SHIT” she almost pissed herself from fright.
“ Morning sunshine” I smiled. She flipped me off and I got off the counter. I grabbed a piece of bacon and ate it.
“Soooooo” I said look bumping her “ Anything exciting for today?”.
“ Well your gonna meet my friends Sandra and Justin today” She smiled.
“When” I said through a mouth full of food. A knock suddenly came at the door.
“ Now” She smirked running towards the door. I swallowed quickly and combed my hair with my fingers.
“ Janie!” I heard a high pitched female voice. I guessed she was Sandra. I looked into Jane’s phone screen and wiped off any make up from under my eyes.
“ Guys! Skye’s finally here” I could hear the devil in her voice as I quickened my face and tried fixing myself even quicker.
“SKYEEEEEEEEEEEEEE” I was pounced on by a short girl I didn’t even know. She would be considered a ginger with bright orange hair, which i was jealous of, and tan freckles that dotted her pale face.
“Sorry about her” A tall boy came behind her a dragged her off me. He was adorable. He had light brown hair that covered his face and a small part at the top was bleached blonde.
“ I’m Justin” He reached out his skinny arm and I grabbed his hand to shake it.
“Skye”I half smiled. He smiled down at me released my hand.
“Well Skye these are my friends.”
I looked at the two strangers in front of me and the face I knew to well. I knew they would be my new life. They were going to be Skye’s best friends not Jamie’s.
“Well” I said grabbing a piece of bacon, “I’m going to get dressed.”. I got up and walked to my new room to start the day.
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At about twelve Both Jane and I were dressed for the day and sitting on the couch.
“ I have to go to a gig at four so we have most of the day” Jane said.
“Well we can go down to Ocean Plaza and kill the time” Sandra smiled. I learned a lot about her in a half hour while she helped me pick out an outfit. She was energetic and hilarious. She was a big fan of indie music. She nineteen and Justin was her brother. They were both adopted and now live together in an apartment downtown with their cat jinks. Oh and she also loved to talk.
“Ughhhh” Justin smacked his head against the wall.
“Come on”Jane grabbed my hand and we all ran out the door, expect for Justin who Jane had to go back and drag out the door. I sat in the of back Sandra’s car. We blasted some skid row and rolled the windows. Jane and I stuck our hands out the window making them surf. We both giggled as the hot wind pushed out hands up and down. We stopped at a red and Justin reached into his pocket grabbing a cigarette. My body tensed as he lit up. Fuck I thought to myself. A small tiny part of my past approached me again as I remember the first time a one was forced into my lips by a so called friend back in middle school. I took little breathes the whole time he smoked. I pretended to zone out and stare out the window as I forced myself not to ask for one. He ran a hand through his hair and flicked the terrible thing out the window.
“Ugh Justin you made the car smell terrible” Sandra scolded him as she took breaths from her mouth. We pulled into the shopping center and parked. It was the most beautiful one I ever seen. Ocean Plaza was decorated with palm treed and red flowers. The stores were lined in a ‘v’ formation and in the center a perfect sitting place. Sandra and Jane dashed to a girly store right in the front i began to drag myself to the that terrible store until Justin grabbed my arm.
“No, you’re coming with me” Justin smiled letting his hand slide from my arm to my hand.
“Where we going” I asked. He pulled me along as if I was fighting him.
“Here.” Justin pointed up to an old fashion wooden store sign. ‘Music shoppe’. I laughed at they way the spelled it as Justin pushed the door open. The wall were painted a bright read and I was surrounded in instruments. The man behind the counter looked like he was in his early twenties. He looked up from his magazine and smile at me with a wave.I notice his arms were covered in tattoos.
“Skye!” Justin called my name from the far end of the store. I skipped over to him to see what he was looking at. In his hands he a bass. The body was cherry red and the neck’s wood had a black finish.
“Woah” I smiled running my fingers over the strings. “ Use to have just like this a few years ago.”
“really you play?” He asked. His eyes lit up and he had a small smile creeping onto his lips.
“Yeah, I stopped though.” i paused a second remembering that stupid band I was in freshman year. My old habits destroyed what ever talent I had.
“What happen” His bright eyes turned to sorrow. I couldn't’t respond so I just shrugged my shoulders. This story was to long and not meant for here. He went back to admiring the guitars that lined the racks. I wandered away to the section where they had cds. I picked up the old records they had admiring them one by one as I recalled the lyrics to various Beatles songs. I remember exactly where they are too. In my parents house,in the basement, inside a cabinet, all the way in the back.
“JUSTIN MAN!” the door opened and a male came in. I could barely see him. On my tippy toes I could only see a someone with dyed black hair in need of a root touch up.
“Danny” Justin said. I could hear his feet run over to the unknown person. They both suddenly got into a conversation and I blocked it out. I refused to go over there because I get way to shy around new people most o the time. My cd and record browsing was quite for a few more minutes.
“Slip knot fan, eh?” .
I looked over to see a boy with long dirty blonde hair look at me. He had a British accent and chocolate brown eyes. I gave him a blank expression as I bathed in his breath taking look.
“Sam” he smiled extending his hand.
“Oh, I'm Skye” I smiled quickly snapping out or my trance.
“Are you new here?”
“ Yeah” I said looking down. I examined my rainbow vans as I played with my toes.
“You’re shy aren’t you?” He chuckled picking my head up.
“ Um yeah” I couldn’t help but blush.
“SAM YOU FUCK TARD” I heard then mans voice from before come towards us.
“ Come get you skinny ass out....” The boy that was the voice from the door looked like he fell from heaven. we both just stared at each other until a playful smirk appeared in his face.
“Excuse me love, but I must take fucktard here home. We have a show later.”
“ Sorry” I smiled looking down. The boy who’s name I did not know began pushing Sam out the door. Before he left he left he leaned down to my ear “ My names Danny. See you around babe”.
When I looked up at him he winked and with that Danny pushed Same out the door. Not much long later Justin and I found our way out the door.
“Wait miss! You dropped your dollar” The man from behind the counter held up a dollar that was clearly not mine. I gave Justin the one minute sign and went to the man.
“ Don’t trust Danny” He said as he handed me the dollar.
“thanks....” I didn’t know his name.
“ Rob” He smiled. I waved and ran back to Justin. Justin gave the Rob a glare but I ignored it.