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Narissa- Narissa is a senior in highschool.Originally from Waldorf,Maryland;her family moved to Massachusetts when she was only 11 years old. Now 17 she is faced with moving back to Maryland and getting back to her old life. Will this punk chick survive?
Natalie- Narissa's identical twin.Dealing with being a twin can be very stressful and annoying.Desprete to change that she died her hair and tried to become her own person.All she wants in life is for someone to truely love her. Will she get everything that she wants?
Meyghan- Meg is a senior at Waldorf High.A popular cheerleader she usually thinks of no one but her self. When her friend Shelby invies her to a Good Charlotte concert and she befriends the guys,will that be enough to change her snobbish ways?
Shelby- Meyghan's best friend.She usually does everything that Meg wants, no matter what her feelings are on the subject.She despretly wants to be heard, rather than just seen, but is too shy and afarid to do anything about it.Will the GC boys be able to help her stand up to Meyghan for what she believes in??
Author's Note : This story first takes place before Good Charlotte even got their record deal. Therefore they are younger in this story. Also Aaron will be in the fan fic for awhile, due to the fact that he was in the group when they boys first started.
"We're here!" Natalie Webster cried with excitement. Jake shot his head up from Narissa's shoulder and his eyelids quickly opened.
"YES FINALLY...MY ASS HURTS SOOOO BAD!" Jake screamed making Natalie cry out in a fit of laughter. Narissa could only fake a small laugh. 'Back in Waldorf...yayyy great.' she sarcastically thought to herself. All of those painful memories that haunted for all these years were now flowing back into her brain. She didn't want to go back there. To that night. That incredibly painful night. She didn't want to see her face again either. Narissa could only hope that her family had moved out of town.
The car stopped, snapping Narissa back into reality. She shook her head and let those thoughts leave her mind...for the moment at least.
"Rissy isn't it great to be back home?!" Jake asked his little sister,pinching her cheeks. He always seemed to be doing that.
"Oh ya....wonderful."She put on a fake smile.
"Can you believe that we're moving into the SAME exact house we lived in before??...how crazy is that!"Natalie laughed.
It was true. By some miracle her dad had managed to find out that their old home was once again being sold. You see the Websters originally grew up in Waldorf, Maryland. Both parents were born and raised there. They met in highschool and became "highschool sweethearts". They got married when they were only 19 years old and had Jake a year later. They moved into Mark's (Mr. Webster) parents home (they died in a horrible car wreck the year before the couple married).
When the twins were just 11 Mark got an incredible offer from his company. He would be given a promotion and was even set up with a house and new car for his family. The only downside to all of this was that they'd have to leave Waldorf. Something that none of them wanted...none of them except for Narissa atleast,althought no one new of her thoughts. However, this offer was just too good to pass up. They had suffered financial troubles the whole year and despretly needed the money. So Mark and Claudia (Mrs. Webster) packed up everything they owned and moved all the way to Boston,Massachusetts. Quite a big change for small town folk. But now they were back. Unfortunatly Mark's company fell through and the couple was faced with a desicion. Should they stay in Boston or return to their beloved Waldorf? The answer was pretty simple. As you can imagine (for I have already told you) they chose to move back to Maryland.
Jake, Narissa, and Natalie all walked up the stairs and took a minute before walking inside.
"Here goes nothing." Jake said as he turned the doorknob. The two girls sighed. It was just as they had remebered it. It looked the same...smelt the same...and even felt the same as it had before...those 6 1/2 years didn't seem to change a thing. Narissa walked up the staircase. She wanted to check out her old room, and claim it before Jake or Natalie could. It was the biggest room in the whole house. She had always loved living in there, knowing her brother and sister were extremly mad that she got the best room. As she opened the door, taking in its sent, she had a flash back to a day that she had never truely forgotten.
::Flashback::
Natalie, Narissa and their two "friends" sat inside Narissa's bedroom laughing and having a good time. They heard a knock on the door.
"Hey duckie its me Joel...open up."He called for Narissa. She shuddered. Man did she hate that kiddish nickname. Afterall she was 11 years old. Joel and Benji had given it to her after a swimming "incident"...lonnnggg story.
She sighed before answering,"Its open already." In walked a 14 year old Joel, his twin Benji, and a 15 year old Jake.
"Hey listen...we don't normally do this or anything, but do you know Ryan Peterson?" Joel asked.
"Yeah..he goes to our church right?" Narissa responded.
"Right...well...he's having a party tonight and for some reason he invited you guys to come along too."Benji responded.
"For some reason?" Natalie said, pretending to sound hurt.
"Aww come on..we didn't mean it like that...its just normally higschool guys don't invite 11 year olds to their parties.." Joel responded, giving her a smile.
"Well...I think we should go." Narissa said to her sister.
"What about us?" Asked one of their friends snobbishly.
"I...I..uh..dunno..I mean he said we could go." Narissa said pointing to her and her sister.
"FINE...be that way...I see how it is girls....c'mon we don't need them." The girl said motioning to the other girl in the room.
"But...but..I..." She sighed and followed her friend out the room. Narissa was really upset. Those two girls were supposed to be her best friends. Her eyes became watery, but she refused to cry infront of the boys. She thought they would laugh at her. Benji and Jake left the room hoarsing around. Natalie went downstairs to get a soda, and Rissa just couldn't hold it in any longer. She started crying. She didn't even realize that Joel haddn't left the room yet.
"Listen duckie...that girl seems like a bitch anyways...you can do sooo much better. She doesn't deserve a friend like you." Joel said walking over to her bed. He sat down and started rubbing her back. She took her head off of her pillow and wrapped her arms around his neck, letting the tears flow down as he continued to rub her back. Afterall she was like another sister to Joel.
"Thanks Joel...it's just...well....I mean they're the only friends I've got. I'm not exactly popular or anything...I just want to be liked..is that so wrong? And they've been acting so differently lately too. Just cause some guys are starting to notice them in school..I don't get what the big deal is. I've lost so many friends already, I just don't want to be alone." She cried.
"Shhh..duckie its okay...even if they do leave you...you'll always have Natalie...thats the benefit of having a twin..there is someone to always hang out with...and besides...you have Jake, and Benji...and even me too..."Joel smiled at her. She unwrapped her arms from his neck and sat across from him smiling back. He wiped the few tears comming down her face.
"But still.....I'm never going to get a boy to like me...I've never even been kissed. All the other girls have...even Natalie....is there something wrong with me or something?" Tears started flowing near her eyes again.
"No...there is nothing wrong with you duckie..." He said moving in closer to her. He planted a light kiss on her lips and left the room. She was now beaming with excitement.Did that actually happen to her? Did Joel Madden really just kiss her on the lips? She pondered the thought before smiling again. It HAD happened...and it was at that very moment that Narissa new that Joel was the one for her...
::End of Flashback::
She sighed."Joel could never love me." She thought to herself.
"Hey Rissy...guess what?!" Jake yelled, running up the stairs to find her.
"What?!" She hollared back.
"Well....remember Benji and Joel?" He asked, now standing by her side.
"Of course...how could I not?"Rissa answered.
"Well..they're on their way over. They're bringing 3 friends of theirs." Jake responded.
"On their way over?! But we just got here...we're not even unpacked or anythinng." She laughed.
"Yeah well..they're going to help I gues...you know us strong men." He flexed his muscles. She laughed even harder.
"Right..well..okay then...tell Joel and Benji to come find me to say hi." She replied walking downstairs. She was just about to turn and go check out the kitchen when she heard familiar voices.
"DUCKIE?! Is that you?!"