Hollywood Arts, Here I Am

Chapter 6: The Start Of Something New

"So, Skyla, I had a question for you." Andre said, wiping the crumbs from his cookie on his pants.

"Hm?" I hummed.

"I have to write a song for my creative writing class, do you wanna help me write it?"

Shocked by his offer, I quickly nodded my head, "Of course! I'd love to! When?"

"Tomorrow after school."

"Meet me at my locker then?" I asked.

"Deal." he smiled.

The bell rang and we all made our way to our first class.

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Lunch came around and we all sat together, I sat by Jade and Andre, chicken sandwich in hand.

"The fries are a bit soggy today." Jade pouted.

"Yeah, I agree." I made a face.

"Hey!" Trina's voice shouted.

Tori groaned, "Trina! Why are you still here?"

"I have a bone to pick with Skyla."

"Why me?" I asked, turning around.

"You got Nadia kicked out!" she shouted, clearly angry.

"She did that herself." I turned back around.

"Yeah, Trina," Andre sighed, "Dia was given too many chances to change, she clearly won't. Her attacking Sky out of jealousy and rage was proof enough that she'll never mature."

"How could you say that?! You're her boyfriend!"

"Not anymore." Andre huffed.

Trina stormed off, clearly pissed off that Nadia was suspended, but I didn't really care. Though I did find it odd that Andre talked down about Nadia.

"Hey, Skyla." Jade nudged me.

"Yeah?"

"Didn't you show me those opposite lyrics for Monsters?" she asked.

I clapped my hands, "I did! Why do you ask?"

"Opposite lyrics?" Tori asked.

"It's what I call my responses to certain songs that I like. Monsters is a song by Shinedown, it resonated with me so I wrote lyrics in response to what Brent was saying."

"Oooo! Can we hear?" Tori eagerly asked.

I nodded and cleared my throat, drumming on the table to make the beat.

"Bad for me, I fooled everybody
Bad for me, I fooled everyone
Bad for her, now she's somebody
But is that really what we want

I left my weapon on the table
Bloodied in burlap, so unstable
I'm not angry, promise I'm not
I refuse this courage in a liquid shot

Our monsters are real!
They know how to kill
And there's no coming back and they all laugh at how we feel!
Our monsters can fight!
We'll never say die!
And there's no going back and back
We're trapped, we'll never heal!
Our monsters are real

You say, good for me, I hurt everybody
Good for me, I hurt everyone
No for you, you love nobody
Yeah for you, you owe no one

I left my weapon on the table
Bloodied in burlap, so unstable
I called the doctor, said a prayer
But I know no god is there

Our monsters are real!
They know how to kill
And there's no coming back and they all laugh at how we feel!
Our monsters can fight!
We'll never say die!
And there's no going back and back
We're trapped, we'll never heal!
Our monsters are real