Becca was new to LA. She was running from her past, well an ex-boyfriend to be precise, and she was hoping it would never catch up to her. Her Uncle Pete gave her a job at his cafe and she jumped at the chance. It's not where she expected to be at 2...
It didn't take me long to realise that watching Red Dwarf wasn't going to help me relax. I kept zoning out and that just made watching it a waste of time. Pongo and Otto seemed to be a little on edge due to how I was feeling. I hated that my mood affected them too but at the same time it reminds me that they really do love and care for me and that is so comforting it's actually ridiculous. I just turned the telly off and looked for my old portable CD player, so I could play some of my CD's, as a part of me will always prefer a CD to anything on my phone/iPod, just brings back fun memories as a kid.
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When I was like 6-7 I would ride my bike while using it, which was not as easy as it sounds, and I would scratch the shit out of all my CD's as they would skip when I went over a bump. My mum and dad took the piss out of me for it but I didn't care at all. It was the only way I could listen to music and ride my bike back then and it was great.
When I finally found it hidden away in the back of my closet, I have no idea how it ended up in there. I thanked the lord that I finally remembered to buy some double A batteries when I went shopping last week. I popped a couple in the thing and grabbed a random CD from the box of CD's that I kept under my bed, I don't know why I keep them there but that's where they are stored for some stupid reason. I didn't look at what I had grabbed as I just didn't care to be honest I just knew that whatever it was it was going to be one of my favourites as a kid. God, it sounds like I'm in my 30s or something, I can't even legally drink here, I still have to wait a month, which pisses me off because right now there is nothing I would love more than to have a pint in my hand. When it started to play through my headphones I knew that I the CD I had grabbed was Wonderland by Mcfly. I couldn't help but laugh at how much I needed to hear this song and I didn't even know it.
It's a funny thing really, you don't know you needed to hear a song or something from someone else until you actually hear it. this song was perfect right now though. I really needed to know that I'll be OK, even if it is just from a song that was released back in 2005. I remember when it first came out I would make sure that whenever it was played on TV I was there to hear it, my dad would even switch channels every now and then just to see if it was on and if he found it he would call me down. When the chorus started playing I couldn't help but sing along. I ended up just singing the rest of the song without realising.
When you're down and lost And you need a helping hand When you're down and lost Along the way Oh, just tell yourself, I'll, I'll be ok
Now things are only getting worse And you need someone to take the blame (Need someone to take the blame) When your lover's gone There's no one to share the pain
You're sleeping with the TV on And you're lying in an empty bed (Lying in an empty bed) All the alcohol in the world Would never help me to begin
When you're down and lost And you need a helping hand When you're down and lost Along the way
Just try a little harder And try your best to make it Through the day Oh, just tell yourself I'll, I'll be ok
