Black rose, white rose

[Pheonix791989]

just so you know fox and I are writing this together. were in cahots lol

I stuck my hands in my pockets as I looked out over the glazz flat ocean. There was an awesome set earlier today, but i had just barely missed it by a couple of minutes. My name is Mel, I live in Venice Beach, known to the locals as Dogtown, and I surf. I live here with my dad. I'm not a very social person but I do have a few friends that I hang out with. Like theres Di, he's the oldest of us, he owns a surf shop on the boardwalk, and his right hand man is a mexican imagrant named Chino, sometimes the dude reminds me of bigfoot with a mulette. My other friends include Shogo, Syd, and Adam. We're all the same age and have the same intrests. I sat down on the end of the old run down pier, known to us as either the Cove or P.O.P. I heard someone calling my name, I looked up to see my twin sister Fox and her old boyfriend Sully. He's like so way too old for her but if he makes her happy then I guess I can deal. Fox and I are two worlds apart with personalities, she has a more fiery personality, easily ticked off, hyper and outgoing, just like fire. I'm more mellow, shy and reserved, mostly calm and cool like my precious ocean. and as far as looks go, we're also different too. she has fiery red hair with loads of tattoos and pircings, I have dirty blond hair thats long, and curly with a grungy look to it and only one tattoo. I still live with my dad while she lives with her boyfriend.

"What are you doing out here? A bit far from the hills arnt you?"

"ha ha very funny sis. I came to see you."

Fox said as she sat down with me with sully at her heels.

"Thats nice to know, whats up?"

I said streatching my legs as I made sure my surfboard didnt fall off the pier.

"You wanna come have dinner with us or do you have homework?"

Fox said with a smirk. I rolled my eyes at her and gave her the finger before standing up to dust my legs off.

"Unlike you, I'm not a drop out has been who hangs around smokey bar clubs hoping to get a reccord deal."

"Ouch mel. I've trained you well in the art of sarcasim."

I s******ed as I followed her to the car with sully. I will admit though, Sully was the perfect guy for her, the rocker type who always looked rough around the edges. I rolled my eyes at my sister once more before her helping me put my board into the back of the truck.

"How's dad doing?"

She asked. I shrugged, compleatly honest. I didnt know where he was.

"If I knew I'd tell ya. hes always working late, comming home early in the morning sleeping all day. I swear I spend more time at Di's then at home."

"Mel you know I dont like you hanging out with Di, hes this drunk high idiot."

I snorted as I climbed into Fox's truck. She pulled out of the lot and edged the car in the direction of our favorite sushi place.

"well as far as drunk goes, he drinks only a little more then you do and he only gets high once a week. Di isnt that bad fox."

Sometimes its hard to tell people we're related. I frowned as we walked into the resturant. Sully excused himself to take a phone call while Fox and I ordered drinks.

"You cant blame me for looking out for my sister now can you?"

I snorted as fox was trying to act all sisterly.

"Where do you get off on the bad *** rockstar vibe with trying to be a sister?"

"You know you could be a little less emo."

I made a face and pretended to cut at my wrist with a chopstick. I stopped when Fox gave me a glare.

"Come on, you and I both know that little phase in life is over. I have better things to do then that."

Fox snorted, inhaling half her sake up her nose.

"yeah right like what? Surfing all day?"

I scowled at her once Sully came back in, snaking his arm around her waist.

"of course, surfing is my passion, all it is, its just you and the wave, a part of nature..."

"Yeah yeah shut up ms miyagi. Look I have a friend I want you to meet. Now before you say no, just come with me on friday to meet him. I'm not trying to hook you up with him and all I just think you and he should meet."

I rolled my eyes and took a drink of my green tea.

"Fine I'll come, just don't expect anything too good alright?"

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Fox had come over friday night to help me get ready for the club. I had found a nice pair of black pants and a great red and black striped shirt. Fox was cool with teh clothes but she kept trying to brush my hair. Trust me it was more pain then it was worth. Finally she just decided to pull it into a loose pony tail.

"*** why am I letting you do this?"

I growled as Fox finally was finished.

"because you trust me?"

"really? well why should I?"

I snorted making fox scowl.

"well when have I ever did anything?"

"well there was the time with the sharks, the bears, the last guy you tried to set me up with, that one time you told me you sold my surfboard just so you could scrape up enough money to see your dork of a boyfriend in concert...."

"ok ok I get it, just go with me on it alright?"

"Fine."

I said as fox led me out to the car where Sully was waiting. we drove to some small club in the hills, making me even more uncomfortable. I hated the hills for a good reason. It was **** on wheels for me. This was just probably one of Fox's half baked schemes to try and get something out of someone.

"I hope your right..."

I muttered as Sully parked the car and we got out and walked up to the club enterance. One look at sully and the big bouncer let us right in. there was the low throbbing bass of some wacked out techno ****, not my music really, I'm a big fan of bands like AFI, Fallout Boy, Avenged Sevenfold, HIM, the 69eyes, Hanoi Rocks, Taking Back Sunday bands like that. I saw fox wave at a guy with long feathery black hair and dark green eyes. I knew who he was and I immedeatly turned to walk out of the club if Fox hadnt caught me by my shirt collar stopping me in my tracks.

"Oh no you don't, just go talk to him."

"yea....no.... no I so don't think so."

"Come on Mel..."

I gave my sister a pleading look, but she wouldnt have it.

"You like might be used to all that rock star **** but I'm like not alright? He's Adam Lazzara, if I go talk to him I'm like gonna go all like teeny bopperish and like die."

"calm down mel."

"I am calm."

"No you arnt because you just used the word like about four, maybe five times in that one sentance. Besides if you don't talk to him, I'm gonna go tell him about that story you wrote about him."

I could bet my surfboard that I was so pale by that point in time.

"no! Fine, you're so dead. ****! here he comes!"

I wanted to give all the money in the world to dissapear on the spot as Adam came over to greet my sister.

"Adam, its good to see you. this is my sister, the one I was telling you about."

"Mel right?"

He asked me. I almost fainted. I just ended up nodding weakly at him. and when Fox said she and sully were going to dance, I wanted to kill her. Yeah I'm like totally stoked that Fox decided to introduce us but its my nerves that I'm ****** at, I can surf waves almost two stories high, I can surf in water like 10 below but I cant get up enough ***** to talk to a regular guy let alone a rock star. what the **** is fox thinking?

 

[Greyfoxx]

***My turn****

As Sully and me danced on the floor, we quietly made our way close to Mel and Adam to hear what they were saying. Both were just looking at each other. Sully gave me a disappointed look, but I knew any moment now Mel would burst out like a giddy school girl. She was shaking, she was fiddling with her thumbs, trying to hide it. Adam was looking at her, waiting for her to say something. I moved closer, while trying to maintain a dancing status. Sully was laughing his head off as we moved closer and closer. When we were around seven feet away from the two, Mel started, just as I suspected.

“Hi Adam. I’m like your biggest like fan. I listen to you like every freaking like day. I’m like happy to meet you. Am I like making a fool of myself?”

Me and sully had to cover our mouths from cracking up laughing. Adam glanced over to me, I nodded and pointed to Mel. “go on” I mouthed.

Adam grinned and said, “You don’t have to be nervous ya know. If anyone should be nervous it should be me being nervous to talk to you. After all that fox has told me about you, you’re one cool chick.”

Mel was shaking again, “What has she told you about me?”

I was dancing with sully and listening to my sister being paranoid about what I had told him about her.

“Well,” he said, “She told me that you love to surf, that you are in love with the ocean, and you hate techno music. She also said that you write stories, but she wouldn’t tell me what they were about. Will you tell me about them?”

Sully was laughing his head off as Mel nearly collapsed. I giggled and elbowed him in the side. “shush.” I muttered into his ear.

Mel managed to speak again. “did I hear you right? You like wanna like, READ my stories. Like, for real?”

I dragged sully away to the bar, so Mel and Adam could have some “alone” time. We were laughing our ***’s off when my twin came over and ordered a pineapple vodka on the rocks. Adam came up behind her and said “make that two”. My twin tensed herself, still nervous as all ****. She wasn’t the type to go after rock stars. She didn’t even go out with ‘normal’ guys. She hung around guys all the time, but none of em ever made a move on her, so it was my job to hook her up…..gotta love my evil plans.

“me and Mel were talking and we decided that we four should go out to dinner some night. Just us four.”

Sully grinned at Mel and said, “Sure. We know this awesome sushi place. How bout tomorrow night?”

Adam nodded and said, “See ya’ll tomorrow night.” And as he left, he gave Mel a kiss on the cheek.

I was laughing my *** off when she turned to me with her face fully blushed. “So, Mel. How’d it go?”

She didn’t answer me. We strolled out of the small club and climbed into my truck. Sully on his phone again, Mel was silent as the wind. I turned down the street towards Di’s house.

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At the sushi restaurant, Mel and Adam was seated next to each other. Sully was ordering everything we all liked, even Adam. He didn’t complain at all. He was quiet, sitting watching Mel. Sully was now digging into the appetizer sushi rolls on the table, eating at an ungodly Pace. It didn’t even look like he was chewing, but I had bigger fish to fry.

“So Adam. How long are you gonna be staying in town?” I asked, trying to start up some sort of talk amongst us.

He blinked and look at me. “Oh, yeah. I’ll be staying as long as I feel like it. Longer if I see a reason to stay.” He glanced at Mel.

She was nervously picking at the food placed in front of her. Her gaze was on her drink and nothing else. She wouldn’t look at Adam, most likely for fear that she’d say something stupid.

Suddenly, Mel turned to Adam and started talking really fast.

“Whoa, Mel. Slow down. I can’t understand you when you talk like that.” He said with a slight grin.

She took a deep breath then said, “I have a surfing contest in two days, do ya wanna like come and watch me? They’ll have like hot dogs, and like stuff like that. So wanna come?” she blushed heavily after she asked the question. I myself was amazed she was even talking to him. Three sentences with only three ‘likes’ in it. I was shocked.

Adam beamed. “sure I’ll come. I’d love to.”

“good. Fox and sully will give you directions.” She said, looking over to me.

“I’m doing what? Since when have I been your secretary? Give him the **** directions yourself.”

The rest of the dinner was okay, Mel and Adam were ogling over each other. They both were too shy to speak up. It drove me crazy. How the **** can my twin be sitting less than two feet from the guy of her dreams and not do a thing!?

 

[Pheonix791989]

awesome update foxy i'll head it up and put it up tomorrow.

 

[Pheonix791989]

My POV

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Fox shot me a glare from across the table as I watched Adam. Fox and I shared another look, she frowned and in an instant i knew that if I didnt say something, She would kick my *** and embarrass me.

"So you guys like just got off tour with Angels and Airwaves, like how was it?"

I said nervously, casting my glance over at Fox before returning it to Adam, I was in amazement, star-struck even. I couldnt ever guess that a quiet shy guy like him would ever be the same force that I had seen on stage.

"It was pretty cool, even more so when we found out we got a bunch of nominations for the VMA's comming up in a couple of weeks. Are you going, Sully?"

Sully shook his head and turned back to my sister.

"Are you doing anything tomorrow Mel?"

"I have school, I'm not a drop out like fox over there is..."

I said with a semi anoying smirk that usuauly ticked fox off in no time flat. She raised an eyebrow at me before taking a sip of her Sake.

"Atleast I have bigger ambitions in life."

She said under her breath. Adam gave a small smile at me.

"Schooling is important. You always want to have choices."

Adam said softly. We finished up eating and exited the building, not before both Sully and Adam got detained by a couple of fans for a brief moment. Fox and I went on outside while the two boys were busy signing autographs.

"Do something already!"

Fox hissed at me. I scowled and turned to her as she clicked open the doors to her truck. I crossed my arms as I looked her in the eyes.

"Guys like him dont go for chicks like me remember? They want the hot blonds with more silicon then the hills have. I'm not rockstar material ok. I dont even know why I invited him to the contest."

Fox rolled her eyes and growled at me. She does that a lot now, started it when she met sully.

"You like him, he likes you, what bigger signs do you want?! What do you want me to do, dress in drag and paint a picture for you? **** woman, you got more then all those girls out there do!"

Fox said with an exasperated cry. Adam and Sully finally came out of the resturant and met us at the car. Adam opened up the door for me in a chilverous manner. I smiled at him and our eyes met, I quickly looked away, feeling the blush rise to my cheeks. Fox started up the car and we were off. Fox parked in the driveway of Di's rundown house where all of us lived. I could see Syd and Shogo through the screen door, Di had never bothered to get the door fixed. there was one light on in the kitchen as Adam walked me up to the porch.

"You live here? I thought you lived with Fox."

"I used to, i know this aint a five star hotel but, Di welcomes almost anyone here. its a place to call home. My friends and I have been living here for almost a year and a half. We get free food and room, Di gets free labor for his shop."

There was silence as Di's drunken slurr could be heard through the house, looking for some random bottle of alcohol.

"I guess I'll see you then."

Adam finally said as he gave my hand a quick kiss. He then turned and headed down the steps of the small porch, when he was almost down the sidewalk I called his name and he turned to look at me.

"I had fun tonight with you. Thanks."

"I had fun with you too."

Adam jogged back up the stairs, giving me a quick peck on the cheek before climbing back into Fox's truck. I was in heaven. Behind me I could hear Shogo and Syd cat calling. I made my way through the screen door, settleing down in the room that I had to myself since I was the only girl. Shogo poked his head around my door frame.

"I take it you had fun? Who was the dude?"

"Go away Shogo, and that dude is the greatest guy to walk the earth."

"You're into guys?"

"I am a girl you know."

I said crossly as I was still dwelling on the kiss from Adam.

"you are?"

"Go Away!"

I said as I threw the nearest thing at him, in this case it was my hair brush. I leaned back on the pillows of my bed and stared up at the ceiling where I had my only Taking Back Sunday poster. My eyes then traveled to the pile of notebooks in the corner that held my stories, all about my favorite bands, most about taking back sunday and half of them super embarrassing. As ****** off as I was about fox's latest hook up attempt, I was glad she introduced me to Adam. He wasnt anything like I imagened. he was shy and quiet and reserved, but still polite and friendly with a tiny southern twang to his politeness. After all, all Taking Back Sunday fans knew that adam was from North Carolina. I really liked him, I dont know why fox put him up for it but I guess even she has good judgement in guys for me even if Sully wouldnt be my first pick for her. I remember I couldnt be around those two for long under fear of being embarrassed by them shoving their tongues down their throats. It was just gross. I hit play on the CD player and Adam's voice filled the room, It was my favorite song, "I know you know". Fox and Sully never apreciated my taste in music, they said all my bands were emo bands, I dont care. I like them anyways.

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the next day I woke up at 4:30, the normal time for surfing but seeing Shogo and Syd still lying around, I figured that the waves were non existant once more. Ignoring them, I quickly got dressed. nothing specail, just the usual black band tee-shirt and pants. I pulled on a hoodie. Even if it was california, sometimes durring the winter it got frosty enough to need a hoodie in the morning and not need it later. I noticed that Di was already gone, he probably went out to surf and then went to his shop if there were no waves. I grabbed my skateboard and pushed off. I'm not a great skateboarder, I can ollie and kickflip but not too much other then that. I kicked up my board and walked into the shop. I was right, Di was already here, drinking his usuaul orange juice and whiskey mix, slurring around like a drunken sailor.

"Hey Di, I got some hours before school."

"Thats great, head on back and see if you can put the touches on the board."

Di slurred as he went back to cleaning up the shop. I headed in the small back room. It was painted blue, even the lockers on the wall. there was a board sitting between two saw horses, I took off my hoodie and pulled out the note book that I kept the drawings for my new surfboard in. All my school stuff was here at the shop. I flipped through the pages, then I stopped. I found the perfect one. I slid the drawing out and ran it though the scanner as I turned on the radio. I put on a mask and grabbed the sand paper, smoothing out a spot on the nose as the drawing printed out as a high grade sticker. I got the air brush ready, spraying down the middle part with a bright orange and the sides a candy blue color. I put the sticker on it, smoothing out the air bubbles before spraying the finishing coat of sealant onto my board. Di called me upfront, saying there was someone there to see me. I wiped at the smudge of blue spray paint on my cheek and went to go see. It was fox, what was she doing here?

 

[Greyfoxx]

**My Turn**

I paced back and forth in the surf shop, waiting for my sister to come out of the **** back room. She came out from the back of the store with paint smudged all over her face. She had her normal annoyed look on her face, but I knew that what I was about to say to her would either make her day, or make her have a breakdown….lets hope for the first one for now.

“What the **** are you doing here? You’re Goth, you’re way out of place in a surf shop with your trench on.” Said my twin.

I grinned. “Its that how you treat your twin sister?”

She scoffed. “Yeah, whatever.”

“I just wanted to come by and see how you were doing today, and to tell you that you are gonna take after me and skip school today.” I said while looking at some surf boards.

“And what makes you think that I’d want to do that?”

“Oh, because Adam wanted you to teach him how to surf today. I told him to meet you at the Cove and you’d be there.”

Mel’s face turned five different shades of red all at one time. I’m guessing she was both ****** off at me, that’s a given, and nervous to teach the man of her dreams how to surf.

“Why did you tell him that?” she managed to mumble.

“Because I know how much you want to be alone with him so I just figured I’d give you a gentle shove in the right direction!”

She was now fully red. She didn’t say a word and turned around to go back to her designing or whatever she was doing.

“So you are gonna stand up the one guy who honestly likes you? *** Mel, you must be more messed up in the head than I am.” I turned around, messing with my keys, waiting for my sister to say something, like I knew she would.

“Fox. Call in for me and I’ll go.” Came my twins’ voice. I grinned. Worked every time. She was so predictable at times it was scary, even to me.

“alright then. Get your **** and come on. Sully is in the truck waiting for us.” I said as I messed with my cell phone, looking for the school attendance number. Mel would never just skip school in the old fashion way. Nope, not Mel. She always had to be the complicated one and always needed to be called in.

Di turned to Mel and said, “So, your skipping school to teach some guy to surf? Nice one Mel. Though I want you to put in some hours this weekend okay? I’m gonna be short with people and the tourist are starting to come. They are gonna try to surf. That’s gonna be a good laugh.”

Mel nodded, “Alright. That’s not problem. Atleast I’ll have an excuse for fox if she has any evil plans for the weekend.” She gave me a rare sly glance and grin before walking to the back room to fetch her gear.

I was on the phone with the school secretary telling them that Mel is sick today, with a bad cold, and wouldn’t be going to school today. I made my voice higher so they wouldn’t know it was me, because *** knows I spent a lot of time in that office.

Mel came back just when I hung up the phone. “Ya got everything?” I asked dumbly.

“No, I just have a bag full of stuff for no reason. You gonna stop by Di’s house to get my board?”

“Nope.”

Mel glared at me. “And why not??”

I laughed. “Because I already have it in the back of the truck!”

Mel looked down. “Oh.”

We walked out of the surf shop and headed to the truck where sully was singing to a cd of himself. One of their old cds. He looked funny. Kinda like an old dubbed Hong Kong movie.

We got into the truck and sped off to the Cove, about three miles down the street. Mel was nervous still. That I could tell.

”Chill Mel. Remember, he asked for YOU to teach HIM. It’s not like you’re dating him yet.”

Mel whispered. “Yeah….right.”

 

[Pheonix791989]

my pov

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I struggeled under my rash gaurd as I grabbed my board from the back of Fox's truck. For once there was a nice swell comming from the cove. I saw adam wave at me from down near the shore. I headed down there only to be accosted by Chino, one of Di's right hand men, the mexican immagrant who thought he was better then me.

"What's that scrag doing here?"

He said as he gave me a swift jerk upwards from my rash gaurd.

"I'm teaching him how to surf. Hes good, ok he's with me."

There was a snort as Chino dropped me.

"You may be the best shaper we have but dont think for a minute I'll still let you off the hook. Bone yard after this."

"I've already worked off my debt chino."

"What ever you little punk get lost."

I scrambeled to my feet and ran to meet Adam, who was sitting in the water in a pair of swim trunks, making me laugh as he shivered. He probably wasnt used to the water.

"You alright? Who was the mexican big foot?"

"Its just chino, he's one of Di's men. alright, lets get to work."

I said turning another shade of pink as I saw Fox and sully watching from their car, it was hard to tell if they were looking at me or if they were just absorbing the atmosphere. I kindda wished they would dissapear. I showed Adam how to paddle out and then how to get up on his board.

"Now for the real test. Lets get out into the water."

I paddeled out into the line up, Adam only a few feet behind me People had started flocking to the beach now so i didnt have too much time to teach him anything other then how to ride the wave out. I headed into the little cove where I saw Di and the others congregating.

"**** kooks crowding at the beach this early in the season? its like a conspiricy."

I said as I greeted Di with a high five. Adam followed me into the small cove, gaining strange looks from some of the older, more experienced surfers, chino included.

"and that's why this kid is on our surfing team! You cant get any better then her!"

Di slurred as he took a beer out of the cooler. I made a motion as if I was tipping the brim of an invisible hat towards the guys.

"Just dont tell me that you left Shogo or Syd in charge of the shop."

I said to Di. He nodded, confirming the worst.

"Well your skinny *** wasnt there to ask. you were busy giving this scrag surfing lessons. which might I add were pretty good but he'll probably get them by the time hes 90."

A laugh tore through the ring of guys. I took adam by the hand and pulled him out of the cove.

"Dont worry about them, You were fine. Besides its not your fault all of those valley kooks decided to flood us."

I said as we walked with our boards to the board walk. To my relief Fox and Sully were no where in sight.

"Wonder where tweedle dumb and tweedle dipshit got to."

I mused as I walked into the shop to find it in almost shambles. Shogo was bouncing off the walls while Syd was thrashing around, knocking over displays and everything in general. I brought my fingers to my lips and gave a shrill whistle. They both stopped in mid bounce as I then gave them some sense of directions.

"Syd pick this **** up or Di will have both our heads, Shogo, go find Randy and get him to come in here to keep an eye on the register while I head back to finish up my board orders."

I took adam back into the work shop where I set the boards against the lockers and I surveyed the damage. Apparently someone didnt go through the boneyard like I thought they would, my board was covered in dings and scratches. There was even almost a whole chunk taken out of the tail. Its a good thing I was just waiting for the sealant to dry on my new board. I checked the sealant on the board between the two saw horses and since it was dry, I set it up against the lockers.

"Did you make this? Its really amazing."

Adam asked in amazement. I nodded as I grabbed the list of orders from the wall and checked off a couple of boards I had already finished. I went to the rack of boards that I had made durring last week, it was now time for sanding and adding the fins and detailing.

"Yeah, I'm glad I'm finally done with that one, it took me forever to find the perfect colors and graphic for it. I went through so many sketches before I could get it just right."

I said as I motioned for adam to hand me the sand paper. I smirked as I could tell what fox was thinking at the moment. its the wonders of twin telepathy. I couldnt help but snort at what she was thinking, wondering if adam and I were going out yet. thats a funny thought. I may be a girl but im still at the shallow end of the dating pool and she knows that.