Ashleigh lay back on the bed, staring up at the ceiling. She knew she shouldn't worry about Kevin, but she couldn't help it. Everytime that she was around the "preppy" or "jock" type of guys, they always labeled her as one thing- a freak. Some people even went so far as to claim she was a druggie. All she was, in reality, was a normal girl with a creative streak about a mile long. She didn't just like hard rock and alternative music, she loved everything. In fact, she was proud to herself an oldies freak- her favorite band, for instance, is the Monkees. 'Their music kicks ass, the show was adorably hilarious, Head is so 'psychadelic', and Micky is just so damn cute!' She'd always explain.
Standing up, she walked over to the CD-player she had just set up. She flipped through her CDs and put 5 into the CD player- the Monkee's Headquarters, Head, Greatest Hits, and Missing Links 2, as well as Savage Garden's Affirmation. She put those CDs on random and took out a journal. In it were what she felt some of her best works- her songs and poetry. Pulling a metallic teal gel pen out of her purse, she began to write a song inspired very loosely by the Monkees song with the same name (that was pretty much all they had in common) and about her role in society and it's stereotypes.
**Chapter Seven**