Lost In Stereo {Sequel To LINLYAA}

Chapter Sixty-Tomlinson Law

"I wonder if killing yourself is the only thing you can control in your entire life, and that's why it's a sin. Because your beating god at his own game." - Pete Wentz

T E L L I E

They say god created the world in seven days and rested on the seventh. But if he rested on the seventh day then really he made the world in six days, not seven.

'Til now I hadn't really thought of it much since I was eight. It always used to bother me when I was younger that they say the world was made in seven days but he did shit on the seventh.

I don't really believe in god. Obviously there's some higher power, like the Greek gods or something. But the Christian god thing is a load of bullshit.

I drummed my fingers against the desk, dully watching the "motivational" speaker ramble on about god and Jesus. She wasn't the usual motivational speakers our school brought in. Usually the motivational speakers were young, energetic people. But this woman... She was old with wrinkles and bags under her eyes. She wore a baby blue dress suit with a pink broach on the left. Her hair was white and in that same weird Afro sorta thing that most old ladies had, but unlike most old people she had makeup covering her wrinkled face.

"...Eve was Adams first wife," The old lady continued. "And-"

I had my hand up in the air, the old lady and the rest of my English class as well as Mr Grey staring at me in confusion.

"Do you have a question dear?" The lady asked sweetly.

"Well its just, Eve wasn't Adams first wife." I replied with a shrug. I wasn't religious, but I'd read The Mortal Instruments enough times to be confident with what I was saying.

"Um, yes she was sweetie." The lady said her lips forming into a thin line.

"No she wasn't." I said bluntly. "Lilith was. You know, the evil mother of warlocks or whatever."

"Um... I... As I was saying, Eve and Adam lived in the garden of Eden-"

I rolled my eyes slouching in my seat as the class looked away from me.

"Never pegged you as the religious type." Xavier muttered.

"I'm not." I shrugged. "I just read a lot..."

"The bible?"

"No. It's in The Mortal Instruments if you must know."

"Tell me more about this Lilith."

"Dude all I know was she was Adams first wife but wouldn't obey Adam or god so she was sent to hell or whatever. But hey, it's all a load of shit anyway."

"My mums crazy for religion. She makes us go to church on Sundays, say grace before eating and worst of all pray before we go to bed. Absolute shit. So, your parents religious?"

"My mums...kinda um, yeah she's... She's dead... And my dad, yeah god knows. So yeah..."

"Oh... I'm sorry..."

I shook my head. "I was three, doesn't matter."

"Sure it doesn't." Xavier replied. "Sorry... Probably should my have said anything..."

"If you didn't you wouldn't know."

"I'm sorry."

"Don't be. No one else is..."

Practice was the same as usual. We went over a bunch of lines and movements and Mrs Corner watched us as if she were expecting us to be at a five star standard.