Infatuation (Chase Davenport)✔︎

Half-Good, Half-Bad Half-Boy

"Well, you know, Marcus, we have a pretty big place. We can all just jam there." Chase suggested as I looked at him and slightly shook my head no. Leo was right, we just met Marcus today and barely knew anything about him. Plus we couldn't risk him finding the lab.

"That's okay, guys. We don't have to jam. Not everyone needs a bright spot in their otherwise horrible life." Marcus choked up as I slowly turned to him and smiled.

"No Marcus it's fine! As long as we only stay in the living room, Mr. Davenport won't kill us!" I said as Marcus raised a brow.

"You call you dad... Mr. Davenport?" He asked as I shook my head.

"He's not my dad. My real dad is dead-" I cut myself off as my eyes widened, Marcus giving me a sad look.

"Oh- I Uh- I'm sorry I didn't mean to.."

"Nope! It's fine... it's actually going to be a year in a few months and I should shut up." I said and shut my mouth as Chase laughed awkwardly. Holy shit it's really about to be a year since I got my bionics. I thought to myself.

"Don't worry, Marcus. We'll practice at our place later. Come on over." Chase said as we all nodded. Except for Leo, at least. Marcus stood up and grinned.

"Great! I'll see you all after school." He said and walked out.

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Marcus, Chase and I played our guitars as Adam, quite shockingly, played the drums very well. My guitar clicked as one of the strings snapped.

"Dammit! I knew I should have checked to see how old these strings were." I groaned as Marcus chuckled.

"It's fine, Vanessa. I have some extra in my ba-" Marcus cut himself off as he turned to Leo, who was dangerously close to him.

"Leo, what are you doing?" Chase asked as Leo shrugged.

"Just asking Marcus a few questions. Where were you born? What is your birthday? Who is the president of Venezuela?!" He asked aggressively as Marcus frowned.

"I don't know." He answered.

"A-ha! So he isn't from Venezuela." He muttered as Chase snapped.

"Alright. This practice just became band members only." Chase declared while Leo smirked.

"Well then I guess I'm joining the band." He mused as I scoffed.

"You don't even know how to play an instrument." I laughed, Leo pointing at me.

"That's where you're wrong." He ran off and came back a few moments later with several instruments, playing all of them terribly before doing the jazz hands.

"Like Vanessa said, you Don't even know how to play an instrument." Chase joked as Marcus smiled.

"You know what, guys? Let him in. He can play this." Marcus handed Leo a cowbell and stick, taking them hesitantly.

"Thank you. I've never played the cow bell before, but let's see what I got." Leo said, tapping it once before grinning. "Wow! I'm a natural!"

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We all started to play our instruments again,along with Leo, who seemed to really be enjoying this until Mr. Davenport walked in and unplugged my guitar.