The Anklebiters

The Anklebiters were shocked when they realized Ash was the opening act for such a big local band like BMTH. Let alone she was also performing at the 8x10 club, the famous 8x10 club on Cross street. The girls got there just in time to grab spots in the front and watch Ash’s killer performance. Taylor was practically screaming and dancing the whole time, which was something completely alien for the rest of the Anklebiters to see.

“Thank you, Baltimore!” The red and blacked haired beauty hollered to the almost packed club and left the stage.

The Anklebiters clapped and shrieked her name, which Ash caught and blew them a kiss. Hayley chuckled at the friend’s gesture and put a hand on Tay’s shoulder. “Want a drink? I’m heading to the bar to get a water.”

The brunette shook her head with a smile as Hayley left. She pushed through the numerous amounts of people, catching sweat but not minding. She’s been through worse at some of the places Ash has played.

She took a seat at one of the bar stools and hit the table. “Can I get a bottle of water over here?” She put two fingers up to wave the bar tender over.

“Be right there!” A voice replied. She noticed it was a tall man crouching down below the bar to unload some of the bottles. A red beanie was secured around his head, and Hayley could’ve sworn she knew that hat from somewhere.

He stood back up and grabbed a water from beside him, turning around to hand it to her. “That’ll be two bucks,” he answered gruffly.

She widened her eyes. “Alex?” He glanced up at the call of his name. “What are you doing here?”

“Hand me my two dollars and then I’ll talk,” he chuckled, and Hayley did as he asked. “I work here.” He explained as he put the cash in the register.

“Are you even old enough to serve alcohol?”

He laughed. “Not at all, but my father owns the club and the last thing he cares about is the rules.”

She furrowed her brow, taking a sip of her water. “So he isn’t afraid you’re going to sell booze to a minor?”

He shrugged. “Money is money, right?”

“Right,” she grinned. Maybe this Alex guy wasn’t all that bad.

He went back to attending a couple guys and handed them their drinks before going back to the register to collect their money. Hayley played with her fingers as she leaned across the bar so she wouldn’t have to speak up. “Listen, I’m sorry for how I acted this afternoon.”

He glanced at her eyes, confused. “You mean―?”

“You know, how I kind of―I guess you could call it―”

“Threatened me?” A part of his mouth tugged upwards.

She bit down on her lips. “Yeah, that. I’m not really like that all the time. I was just protecting my rep, you know? Jack and his buddies usually try to crush it, and I guess I just overreacted while thinking you were like them.”

He shrugged. “Doesn’t matter anymore; I guess I would’ve acted the same if I was in your situation.” He then looked to her, noticing the way she still was looking at anything but him. “You know, high school doesn’t last forever, Hayley. What are you gonna do after the Anklebiters?”

She viewed up, realizing she had never really thought about that before. As soon as the Anklebiters were formed, they had become her life, and she never really thought about anything but them. “Like, have you thought about colleges?” He continued.

She bit on her bottom lip. “Not really …”

“I know I’m just the new kid and you probably think of me as this annoying kid, but maybe you should start thinking about it.” He shot his hands up. “Not that I’m trying to dictate your life. Just the new kid, don’t forget.”

She left out a soft chuckle. “I’ll take that into―”

“GET AWAY FROM US!”

Hayley could recognize Taylor’s voice from a mile away. “Sorry, must go,” she said quickly to Alex before running off to the direction where she last left the Anklebiters. She pushed again through the sweaty bodies of numerous teens, the beat of Bring Me the Horizon’s opening song hurting her ears.

She finally got to the scene before her. She could just hear Taylor’s screaming at Jack and his crew over the music, also noticing the rest of the Anklebiters right behind her. “Aw, c’mon, Taylor! Why can’t we just go back to freshmen year?!” Jack complained with a smirk.

“LEAVE US, JACK!” The Anklebiter leader gritted her teeth.

Rian cackled. “As much as we’d like to, we also like BMTH too.”

Jenna approached Rian face-to-face, raising her fist. “You’re just asking for a beating, aren’t you?”

The shaved-head boy’s cheeks flushed red at her closeness, but he quickly recovered. “Do your worst, McDougall.”

Jack was still continuing with his rant: “Now you see, this is the exact reason why Tay should be given the name as the ‘Nice Anklebiter!’” He said, pointing to the brunette with widened brown eyes in the back.

Zack, who stayed in the back of the scene, sighed. “Jack, let’s just leave―”

Hayley managed to get close to the groups of teens, shoving Taylor and Jack back from each other. She stood in front of Taylor, protecting the Anklebiter leader. “Get out of here, Jack. You’re going to start something.”

“He already started something two years ago,” Taylor muttered under her breath.

“Excuse me, Hayles,” the skunk-haired boy pretended to be offended, “but this is our friend’s club, so we won’t leave.”

Hayley pushed Taylor back when the leader almost tried to go at him with her long nails. “Fine, but can you at least leave us alone? We’re all here to enjoy the music.”

He put his hands up in surrender. “Whatever, let’s go, guys.” He then looked in the back to Taylor’s form, waving to her. “Bye-bye, Taylor. See ya later, Anklebiters.”

“FUCK YOU, BARAKAT!” Taylor tried to get in front of Hayley again, but the girl wouldn’t budge.

“C’mon,” she said, motioning her back to their spots, “it’s not worth it.”

Notes

So I'm planning out the story and I hope you guys will like it because it will get good soon ^w^ Right now it's just getting into the characters and how the groups act around each other. It will pick up, I promise!
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