Sequel to Saved My Life. You should probably read that first if you come across this.
Dunno if I should rate it to M for language. I probably wont write anything worse than that.
This one just really shows the relationship with Skylar and Blaine. and how Skylar feels about her parents. And some other things.
The songs will be at the bottom.
I wont put a disclaimer on each chapter, but only the first. I don't own Glee, or any other references I make. This goes for the whole story. Skylar is mine though.
Chapter 1
It was the Sunday before Blaine and I were starting school at McKinley, and we were hanging out at his house.
"There's nothing to eat in the house, I'm about to go grocery shopping. You want to come?" Blaine asked when we were scouring his kitchen.
"Nah, I'll stay here. You won't be that long will you?" I asked.
"No, I won't. See you later babe," he kissed me on the cheek and took his keys to the car.
I leaned against the counter and sipped my glass of water. It was real quiet for a while. I peeked my head out of the doorway when I heard the ballroom piano being played in the living room. What was Skylar playing? The song wasn't familiar at all.
I tiptoed in there, and sat down on the couch near the edge.
I really don't think she knew I came in, because she groaned and stopped, and reached up to the sheet music folder sitting in front of her. She glanced through the different songs, and pulled one out in particular. I couldn't see her face, because her back was to mine. She set that one song aside, and sighed. I wandered what was going through her head right now.
The first thing she started to play, was a sweet, and in high key. After about 30 seconds, she stopped and then sighed again.
She must've just skipped the first verse, because the only thing she sang was the chorus, or that's what I think. The song just sounded off.
It surprised me that she started singing along, "I'm trying to forget that I'm addicted to you but I want it and I need it I'm addicted to you now it's over can't forget what you said and I never want to do this again Heartbreaker," the song went really quiet, and she pretty much whispered the next two words, "Heartbreaker, Heartbreaker." It ended softly, and quiet.
Did this song really mean anything?
Skylar changed her sheet music once again, and actually started singing from the beginning of the song this time.
"Hey, dad. Look at me, think back and talk to me, did I grow up according to plan?" I could totally tell what she meant by this one, just by the first few words.
"And do you think I'm wasting my time doing things I want to do? But it hurts when you disapprove all along." This song was pretty quiet, and she was singing it softly. I could barely hear some of the words.
"And now I try hard to make it
I just want to make you proud
I'm never gonna be good enough for you
I can't pretend that
I'm alright
and you can't change me"
Here's where it got loud. She sang like Rachel, so much emotion. I never did hear her voice, but she meant every word of this song. I almost cried.
"Cause we lost it all
nothing lasts forever
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect
now it's just too late and
we can't go back
I'm sorry
I can't be perfect,"
I think she skipped the second chorus and went to the bridge. It was loud, and forceful.
"Nothing's gonna change the things that you said
Nothing's gonna make this right again
Please don't turn your back
I can't believe its hard
Just to talk to you
But you don't understand,"
Skylar sang that same chorus again, and then made the song come to an end. I'm surprised I haven't made known of my presence, but if I did, she would stop singing. She was always so closed off, and never really talked to Blaine about anything. If it really gets her this bad, then she really should talk to someone, I sure know a hell of a lot about that.
She stopped and pulled out another group of papers. This song seemed soft, and powerful. The singing started right away.
"You look so beautiful today
When you're sitting there it's hard for me to look away
So I try to find the words that I could say
I know distance doesn't matter but you feel so far away
And I can't lie
Every time I leave my heart turns gray
And I want to come back home to see your face tonight
Cause I just can't take it
Another day without you with me
Is like a blade that cuts right through me
But I can wait
I can wait forever
When you call my heart stops beating
When you're gone it won't stop bleeding
But I can wait
I can wait forever,"
That song ended there, and then she smacked her head down on the keys, and groaned. I really thought I should say something. She's going to turn around and see me sitting here, and probably freak out. Blaine would find that hilarious, but not me. Scaring Finn is one thing, but Skylar, well I barely know her.
I saw her hand hesitate to grab the one song she set to the side in the beginning. I don't know what's up with it.
"Do you ever feel like breaking down?
Do you ever feel out of place,
Like somehow you just don't belong
And no one understands you?
Do you ever want to run away?
Do you lock yourself in your room
with the radio on turned up so loud
that no one hears you're screaming?
No, you don't know what it's like
when nothing feels all right
you don't know what it's like
to be like me,"
No wonder she left this song aside, it was so heartbreaking. The actually chorus part was hard to understand because she was crying. I know Skylar didn't finish it before she threw the folder of paper across the piano, and papers flew everywhere. I'm still wondering how she doesn't know I'm sitting here, even when she stepped backwards and sat on the arm of the couch not three inches from me. My eyes widened. She sat there, wiping her tears before falling backwards onto my lap, thinking it was just the couch.
Once she realized I was there, she screamed and rolled off onto the ground. "Whoa there," I said, and tried to catch her from falling on the ground. It didn't really work though.
"What the hell are you doing?" she screamed at me, sitting on her hands and knees on the ground.
"Are you okay?" I asked, "I didn't expect you to do that."
"Well I didn't expect to get scared out of my mind, and then fall off the couch either!" she yelled at me, finally standing up. Her face was red, and blotchy still from crying, and I think she still was too. She had a lot of emotions just running free right now. Skylar didn't have her guard up.
"You Anderson's have something for throwing paper around," I said, glancing at the piano and the mess.
"Well, I thought I was alone! You should have left with Blaine!" she said, and went into the small bathroom in the corner to splash some cold water on her face.
"So who was that about? Is there a guy? Or maybe perhaps a girl?" I asked, once she came back.
"Nothing, no. What? No!" she said, and glanced at me, "Just because my brother is gay, does not mean I am, and does not run genetically. I'm totally supportive of him, and I even like you, but it does not mean I am following in his footsteps."
"You like me? Aww thanks!" I said. I was trying to get her to smile, but it really wasn't working, "But seriously, that emotion was pretty much pouring off of you in waves. I felt like I was hit in the face with a brick on that last song."
"You should have told me you were in here," she said.
"Well, then I wouldn't have been able to hear you sing anything," I said.
"That's the point,"
"No it isn't. You're voice is beautiful, you should sing more often. If you went to McKinley, I would force you to join Glee Club,"
"I am a freshman, maybe now that Blaine's going to McKinley, he'll force me to transfer too," she joked.
"That's a good idea actually,"
She frowned and looked at me, "No, it's not. I may get picked on at mine, but I really don't want to leave my only friend," and then she looked away and whispered something else. "And Chase."
"So that's his name eh? Chase? What happened with him?"
"I really don't want to talk about it,"
"It really looks like you need to,"
"Of course I do, I just don't want anyone to feel bad for me. I don't want your sympathy Kurt,"
"Well, duh. That's how people are. You're holding in all of this, anger, and hurt. You need to let it out. Maybe not with just talking to me, but go scream at something, or cry your eyes out. It helps,"
"Well fine, you want to know what's wrong with me. Sure, I have retards for parents, who think caring for their children is to give them money. Is it so weird, I just want people to love me? I don't even want their money; I just want them to be here for me." Skylar sat opposite on the couch, with her back on the arm, pulling her feet up to her chest and wrapping her arms around her knees. I turned and faced her, doing the same thing.
"That's not weird at all. Blaine loves you,"
"Well, I know that, and I'm thankful for it, but he's my brother. I want my mom to cook dinner with me every night. I want to go rock climbing with my dad again. I just want a family,"
"I'm really not saying I understand, because I really don't think I do. I grew up with my understanding father, and then my mom died. I have a totally different pain than you, but I'm quoting Blaine on this one. You're not alone. Blaine is the most caring man I've ever met. If you want to see him more often, then we'll come over here, and do things with you."
"It's not like that. Blaine's obviously told me that a lot. He even wrote a song about it, but he's like all brothers are. Over protective. I can't talk to him because he over steps things, and takes them too seriously. That's why I just don't even talk to him about my feelings anymore. If he knew I was heartbroken, he'd go beat the hell out of Chase. Just like you would if you had a little sibling. I would tell him I miss our parents, and he'd go down there now and scream at them. I don't want that,"
"I get that. He does like to make things way too dramatic. I can't believe he wrote a song about being not alone," I chuckled.
"Yeah, it was a nice song though,"
"Well, what about this Chase guy? What happened with him?"
"We grew up together. We were best friends. It's pretty cliché actually. You fall in love with your best friend. You know the story? We started dating when my blabbermouth friend told him I liked him. It was a Friday, and we were in last period art class," she smiled, remembering the thought.
"Well, we were young; it was like a year and a half ago. We fought a lot though. We dated for like five months, and we've broken up a few times and gotten back together a few times in between. He even dated two other girls for like a week. It was stupid. I've done a whole lot of stupid things. Right now we've been apart for like three months. Then in the summer we dated again for like two weeks. I was desperate, because I love him. He was diagnosed with Leukemia too. He broke up with me because of that in the summer. He doesn't have it anymore, but still gets chemo and things. Chase said we would never be able to see each other, and it would suck. Halloween time, he started dating this other girl that I've never liked since the beginning, and they still are. I know he still loves me. I just cry myself to sleep every night because I am alone. No one in my school likes me. I'm a smart ass, and always correct people. They say I think I'm better then everyone, but I don't think that. I just think I'm smarter than a lot of them. I know, I'm a bitch," Skylar sat and explained everything.
"No you aren't,"
"Blaine hates when I correct him. He always says the word ain't. Well, ain't isn't a word. It's a contraction of A and not. That doesn't work. It's not like people going around saying a not," now she was just ranting.
"I agree. People can be stupid with grammar at times," I said, nodding my head.
"Well Chase is an asshole. He was mean, and I think he was the one that hated it the most when I corrected him. I don't care though; he's the only one that made me feel happy. You know how in books it says that heartbreak really hurt your heart? Well, I never really thought it actually hurt. I was naïve, but it really does hurt. It feels like my heart is just swelled up in my chest, and I can't do anything about it. I sit here, and sing those songs, and cry about it, but nothing helps. He writes on his Facebook status the other day, like 'Five months ago today I fell in love,' and I totally lost it. I seriously sat here bawling. You know why I read so much? Why I write stories? Because I imagine myself in them, getting my happily ever after, even murder stories are better than my own. And don't even say anything about suicide. I've thought about it, yes, but I would never, ever do that. I'm not stupid,"
"Oh thank god. That's never the way out of anything. At all! Don't even think about cutting yourself either," I said, pointing at her.
"Oh god no, I'm a coward. I could never purposely hurt myself. I hurt myself on a daily basis, and it's terrible. I don't know how people cut themselves like that. I've broken bones. Many of them, and it's seriously awful, I have a very low tolerance for pain. I scream and scream when I actually break them. Ask Blaine,"
"He has told me about you falling all the time,"
"One time, I was going through this phase, and I purposely walked by sketchy people, just to see if I would get kidnapped, and if my parents would even come looking for me. After what happened with you and Blaine, I don't do it. It proved me right. They don't care, it's not even worth it anymore,"
"You are worth it Skylar. You just need to see things differently. If Chase doesn't see how wonderful you are, then that's his loss,"
"Yeah, Blaine said that too. I just don't think it like that. I can't get over him. I've tried. It's been like a half of a year. I've tried, believe me there. It's way harder than it looks,"
"I know,"
"No you don't. You have Blaine. You don't know anything about heartbreak. I know he's your first boyfriend," she was crying again.
"I know about giving someone up. First, my mom died. How do you think that made me feel? I had to get over it eventually. I know it isn't the same thing, but I'm just referencing. Second, I had a major crush on a straight guy. I had to get over him too. It took less time for that than it did for my mom, but I did it. It's achievable. Don't let other people bring you down,"
"Thanks Kurt. I guess you were right. This did make me feel better. Although it's kind of weird, seeing as you're my brother's boyfriend, and I barely know you,"
"That can change, if you want it. I see myself a lot in Blaine's future, and being with Blaine means I've just got myself a little sister. I've always wanted someone younger that me to take care of,"
Skylar smiled and stood up. I followed her action and smiled too. it surprised me when she reached out and pulled me into a hug. I stood there stupidly, for a few seconds, and then I returned the favor. She was only a little bit shorter than me, her head just passing my shoulders, and she leaned her head on my shoulders, her fluffy brown curly hair, reminding me of Blaine's. At least she didn't slick it up with bunches of gel.
"Come on, maybe when Blaine gets back, we can go shopping or something. Let me give you a facial. You seem to be in need of one,"
"I have terrible skin. Go right ahead,"
"Good thing I forced Blaine to let keep some of my things here, for emergencies," I said, and then we ran upstairs to their shared bathroom.
It was a good forty five minutes before Blaine came back. He walked upstairs and said, "What the hell? I come home to find papers everywhere. Did I, did I miss something?"
Both Skylar and I just burst out laughing.
"Seriously guys, knock it off," he whined.
In order of how I used them. None of them belong to me, they belong to the amazing writers who wrote them.
Addicted - Simple Plan
Perfect - Simple Plan
I Can Wait Forever - Simple Plan
Welcome To My Life - Simple Plan
Seriously, these songs are amazing. Old, but amazing. They really get at you, cause of how well they're written. It's like Simple Plan totally stole my diary.