Alex's P.O.V
I woke up the next morning feeling surprisingly not tired which never happens. I took a shower last night so I just had to do my hair today I felt like straightening it. I straightened my hair which took about twenty minutes which is shorter than usual. I don't exactly want to go to school but it's the only place that I can not be bothered by an asshole of a Stepfather.
I decided to dress nicely today because why not? I have nice clothes and barely wear them so might as well try this year. I put on a white sleeveless lace skater dress with a little brown belt, a cropped denim jacket, a silver infinite bracelet, and tan ankle boots.
I look at myself in the mirror and give myself a nod of approval. I went downstairs quickly to grab a granola bar and pack my lunch. After that I run back upstairs and grab my backpack and phone. I go back downstairs and walk out the door heading towards school. Like usual it doesn't take long so I'm there pretty early. There isn't anyone out front so I go inside to the library. I go head over to my normal corner and set my bags down.
This time instead of playing on my phone I decided to read my book that I had recently got. I was reading The Mortal Instrument series and I was on the third book which was City of Glass. Normally, if I read a book that's part of a series I get bored by the second book but this one was actually really good.
I was focused on my book until I heard someone come up up and stand in front of me. I look up to see that it was Mr. Stump. I put my book away and smile at him. He sits down on the floor in front of me .
"Okay so I went home last night and got some songs for you. You probably know most of them but I thought they would be good for you to sing which is what we'll be doing today. I know it isn't our class yet but I thought i would let you know." He explains
"That's awesome. I guess we'll have to wait till the end of the day."
"Yep you are correct. Oh, and one more thing I forgot to tell you, If you want to you can call me Patrick. I prefer Patrick in all honesty. Being called Mr. Stump, it makes me feel kinda old to be honest."
I laugh a little bit and nod to let him know I agree. Then something hit me.
"Patrick why are you here so early? You only have me to teach and that's at the end of the day."
"I don't know. I guess I could go couldn't I? Eh oh well I've already checked in so I'm not going back."
"Ummm... okay," I say
"Well I should go to my designated room. See you later Alex," He says standing up and walking away.
I read a little bit more until the bell rings. I quickly put my book up then head to my locker to get everything I would need for my class. I have a feeling this is going to be a long day already.
*Last hour*
It was last hour and like yesterday I headed all the way across the school to get to the room. I walk in and Patrick had a little bit of a different set up today. He still had the stools out but he had a fold table out with papers spread across it. I walk up to them and examine them.
"So these are all the songs you chose?" I asked in amazement.
"Yep and you can choose whichever one you want to do today just so I can see if you need to work on anything."
I nod and scan across them. The first one was This Is Gospel by Panic! At The Disco which is one of my favorites. I kept running across them until one catches my eyes. I pick it up immediately and go over to Patrick.
"This one. Millennia by Crown The Empire," I say smiling while handing it to him.
"I'm guessing you already know this one?"
I laugh a little and nod, "Yep, I sure do."
"Then let's do this thing!" He exclaims.
He strums the strings and I wait until it's my cue to sing. (A/N: you can skip through this part if you want)
Hey there shadow,
You didn't seem to care at all
When you watched me go
I know young love is just a dream,
We were only seventeen
But you're the only love I've known
So please just let me go
If you're done
'Cause it's hope that kills this heart
So please set me free
kill the spark
I've been gone
From this for what seems like Millennia
Looking for nothing short of a miracle
I only ever wanted to come home
Please won't you let me go
When I have nowhere left I can runaway
Will you lie to me tell me I'll be okay
Close my eyes and lay me in my tomb
Then pull the trigger and send me home
So how did I so far from my yesterdays
Another broken heart now just a memory
I should've left you in the dark
I should've left this awful town
And never found out how to love
So I don't wanna know
About the things that you regret
Now that we're dead and over and done
Get away from me an leave me heart under the rug
I've been gone
From this world for seems like millennia
Looking for nothing short of a miracle
I only ever wanted to come home
Please won't you let me go
When I have no where left I can runaway
Will you lie to me tell me I'll be okay
Close my eyes and lay me in my tomb
Then pull the trigger and send me home
I've been gone from this world for what seems like millennia
Looking for nothing short of a miracle
I only ever wanted to come home, so won't you let me go?
When I have no where left I can run away, will you lie to me
Tell me I'll be okay
Close my eyes and lay me in my tomb
Then pull the trigger and send me...
I finish singing feeling happy for once. I haven't been able to sing like that for a while. With my Stepfather around I can hardly do anything. But in this room I guess i feel comfortable with singing like myself again.
I hear clapping and I look at Patrick. Did he really like it that much? I'm honestly not even the greatest. I raise my eyebrow at him.
"That was just... oh my god. I have no words to explain how great that was."
I start laughing. He furrows in eyebrows in confusion.
"There's no way I was that good."
"Why don't you believe me?" His voice slightly raising up an octave.
"Because I'm honestly not all that good."
"Of course you are! If you weren't that great then why am I here? I Believe in you. I believe you can become something great someday. I know from experience that if you try hard enough and are determined great things will come out of it. Do you believe in me to help you?"
"I don't know Patrick. Do you know how hard it is to believe in someone else when you don't even believe in yourself?"
"Yes, I do actually." He replies quietly.
"I would like to know how exactly."
"Okay first of all what I'm about to tell you may or may not believe me but I'm going to tell you anyway. Well I'm the lead singer of Fall Out Boy."
I stare at him shocked but yet I wasn't too shocked, "I knew you looked familiar!"
"Yeah. " he said sheepishly.
"Okay you can continue."
"Well when we first started the band I was so afraid of actually using my real singing voice. I barely believed in myself. I was so scared of my self and of what people would think of me. The first time I listened to the first album my voice sounded completely different. Some friends said that I had gotten more mature and I had gotten better. The thing that is weird to me was that I don't think my voice got better. I had just stopped being scared of it. I was so terrified of my own voice that I would Impersonate other singers or something. So yeah that's me."
"Oh Patrick I'm sorry I didn't know. I shouldn't have been so rude."
"It's fine. As I've gotten older I tend not to worry about it as much. Now I just sing how I want to sing."
"This may sound like really Cliche but that's honestly really inspirational."
"Oh..Um thank you?" He said more like a question.
Before I could reply the bell rang I frowned. I really didn't want to go home. I wanted to stay here and talk to Patrick longer. I get up from my seat and walk slowly towards Patrick. I did something I usually don't do. I hugged him. He wasn't expecting it at first but he then hugged me back.
He didn't say anything as I walked out the door. He only waved with a smile on his face. I walked out with a smile on my face too. This is the first time in a very long time that I've been truly happy.
A/N: Hey everyone! I really hope you're enjoying this so far. I know there may be some grammar or spelling mistakes but I will go through and edit the next chapters coming up because I want to put more effort into this. So yeah I hope you like it and see ya!
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