Author's Note: I'm back with a set of drabbles/oneshots. They are all inspired by A Great Big World's new album "Is There Anybody Out There." Each chapter is a song title, in order of the album tracks. Hope you enjoy! Reviews are love!
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee. Or "Is There Anybody Out There?"
I.
Her daddy let her turn the backyard into her own stage. She's piled up all the boxes from the garage and set her stuffed animals in front. The drum in her hands is the only instrument she has, she doesn't remember where it came from, maybe Christmas two years ago.
But she's a kid, and that's a whole lot of imagination. In her head she hears a guitar, maybe even a tambourine, and a voice.
It won't be until she's eight that she realizes it was hers.
She bangs out her solo.
The crowd goes wild.
II.
His mom's station wagon is louder in the backseat. He knows this because he begged her to let him sit upfront, but he couldn't hear it.
Today they're in the car and his mom is playing the same station she always does. He sings along because it's fun, he hears her say he has a good voice. But he doesn't, he likes beats better. Tapping and thumping his head up and down.
Years later he'll realize she wasn't lying.
III.
She finds herself up in her tree more often. Her sixteenth birthday is tomorrow and no one is coming.
So she's up here with the stars, who understand her, she thinks.
And someday she'll shine just as bright, but right now, she wonders if anyone on Earth notices.
IV.
He's only picked up guitar recently. But she inspires him, even if she doesn't know it.
Too bad he's the idiot who let her leave, without her knowing.
So he plays for the stars and whoever's hiding in the Universe.
V.
She made it. Mostly. There are crowds there every night and a working microphone in her hand.
But like everything, there's something missing. She wishes she still dreamt the same.
VI.
He's finally playing to a packed house. His guitar skills improved and people care about his music.
Still, he wonders about her.
VII.
She see's the flyer outside a coffee shop. Yellow with the usual black type. The show is that night and she guesses she'll go.
The band looks interesting.
VIII.
He's where he's supposed to be, singing that song her wrote for her, when he was lost and didn't know how to say the right anything.
She's there, standing in the front watching him and remembering what it was like to dream when you were young.
Everything is there and nothing's missing.
AN/2: Hope you enjoyed! The first seven are finished and the rest will be out tomorrow!