Hey, sorry for the short chapter!!!
Josh and I held each others hands tightly. My palms were sweaty, and so were his. My parents always didn't like Josh. As the car pulled up my driveway, Josh and I squeezed each others hands so tightly our knuckled were white.
Matt smiled. "Home sweet home." he said.
"You're telling me. I haven't been here in nearly four years." I chuckled.
I brushed my bang back over my scar I had earned from Gertrude, what felt like a million years ago. It meant I'd have to cover half of my face but my parents didn't know that happened.
Matt and I decided we wouldn't tell them, because I hated when mom 'took care of me', meaning she stayed around the house and did EVERYTHING for me, so we had just told them I ran away, I think.
Matt reached over and flipped my hair back over. I raised an eyebrow, and he smiled.
"Don't worry. It's not very noticeable, and if they DO see it I'll tell them." Matt said.
"Thanks." I said.
Josh put his arms around me, and squeezed my hand as the car stopped.
"The only thing I can't help you with is making them okay with you guys dating. Good luck you two." he said, getting out.
Josh and I took a breath like we were about to jump into the ocean, and got out of the car holding hands.
"MATT!!!" my mom screamed, running out and hugging him.
"She loved you or she hates you?" Josh whispered.
"She only hates me around gift giving holidays so we're good." I whispered back.
"LAUREN!!!" she exclaimed, running towards me. She tackled me with a hug.
I laughed, hugging her back. "It's good to see you mom." I said.
She smiled, released me from her bear hug, then looked down at my arms. She paled.
"What is this!?!?" she said, grabbing my wrists and pushing my sleeves up.
I looked at Matt and Josh desperately. I was so worried about my scar and what they'd think of me dating Josh, I completely forgot my arms were covered in tattoos.
Mom my continued to inspect my arms. I had two tattoos on my upper left arm, one on my left elbow, one on my left wrist, then I had a huge tattoo under that, then on the top of my left arm, by my wrist, I had another, then of course, the quotes running up and down both arms.
Then on my bottom of my right arm, I had a sword from my favorite video game the guys owned, and the jewel also it covered up a scar I got from my tuberculosis shot as a child.
Josh and Matt never really cared, because they always said it looked cool. I was like, one of the only female singers they knew that had tattoos. Also, my idol was Mitch Lucker, and he had plenty of tattoos. It made me feel better to have them.
"Tattoos..." I admitted.
My mom shot me a glare, then turned to Matt. "Matthew I swear, if you have a tattoo I'm disowning both of you." she said.
Matt held up his hands. "I'm clean." he said, going into the house.
"Any more news?" she asked me with a bitter tone, as we walked into the house.
Josh followed behind us, and we were still holding hands. My dad sat at the couch, and Matt hugged him before going to his room. Shai came out.
"Cool tattoos Laur." my dad and sister said. I smiled.
"Thank you." I said.
Josh sat down on one chair, and I sat on his lap. THAT got everybodys attention. I felt my cheeks burn.
"You... and... JOSH?!?" my mother screamed.
"Yessssssss.....?" I said, wincing as if she was about to slap me.
"No no no. You are not aloud to date him. He's a bad influence. I won't have this." my mom mumbled, gathering up my things I had set down.
That's it. Mom can hate me all she wants. She can hate the way I think, the way I dress, the way I speak, but if she hates Josh? That's going to far.
"You know what mom? Stop. Just stop. You have hated me throughout my whole fucking life, and I've just took it. But no. Josh is my boyfriend. I love him. And for once, I am not going to take your bullshit anymore. You love Shai because she's beautiful and basically rich, and you love Matt because he's famous, but this is who I am! I'm not changing anything, or breaking up with Josh just because you think he's a bad influence. Plus, Josh hasn't even used drugs in 14 fucking years! He's the most amazing, sweetest, caring guy I've ever met! He's the best thing that ever happened to me, and you are NOT taking that away from me. I'm surprised he has even stayed this long. But no, no need to kick me out, because I'm leaving. Matt?" I said.
The boys both followed me to the door, and we all went into the car. Matt drove, and I sat in the back seat.
Josh wrapped his arms around me and pressed his gently lips against my temple, and he just held me close to him. Hot tears burned their way down my face.
"I can't believe you finally stook up for yourself, Lauren. You're amazing." Matt said.
Josh rubbed my shoulder and I continued to cry. "Thanks, but I wish I could just throw away all my problems and start all over..." I said.
"Thanks for sticking up for me too, Laurey." Josh whispered into my temple. I smiled.
As we pulled up our long cobblestone driveway, I saw some mourners on the far left side. How sad. I know what it feels like to feel completely dead inside.
. . .
It's been four days and I haven't heard anything from mom. I was still upset about our whole argument, and I curled up on the sofa.
My face felt hot and my eyes stung from crying.
Josh came home, gently kissing my head. He had something in his hand, but my vision was kinda blurred from crying too much. I think it was a little box.
"How are you feeling?" he asked. Nobody else was home.
"Same as always. Miserable." I said. He gave me a small smile.
"Look, Lauren, I know you probably don't feel up to it, but I wanna show you something." he said.
I nodded slowly, and he took me by the hand and lead me up to the balcony in our room. /I raised an eyebrow at first, but then I looked down and gasped.
Tears weld up in my eyes, but this time they were good tears. Because written in the heads of black roses (my favorite) was...
Muaw hahaha! This is probably the worst cliff hanger ever, because you'll all probably figure it out before I post the next chapter. But anyway, if you don't, it's still worth a shot. If you figure out the cliff hanger, DON'T SAY ANYTHING. It might ruin the surprise for those people who don't figure it out. Sssshhhh!!!!
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