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Summary: She was jogging her usual trail when she heard it. A rhythmic strum of a guitar accompanied by a sloppier and inconsistent strum. She recognized the song and for some unorthodox reason followed the music.
Strums
She was jogging her usual trail when she heard it. A rhythmic strum of a guitar accompanied by a sloppier and inconsistent strum. She recognized the song and for some unorthodox reason followed the music. She was nearing the source when a child's voice sang the first lines of the song
"Don't let me down!" the child squeaked
"Don't let me down!" followed a raspy male voice
And then she saw them. Two blonde heads sitting by a tree, both clutching a guitar in their hands. The little boy was looking up at his father, the look of utter concentration on his little face. The father's eyes were closed, his head swaying side by side, following the rhythm of the music.
"Nobody ever loved me like she do me,
Ooh she do me, yeah she does.
And if somebody ever really loved me,
Ooh she'd love me, yeah she does."
She was compelled and before she could stop herself, she walked towards them. The little boy noticed her first. He stopped sloppily strumming his little plastic guitar to look up at her. When his father realized the missing strums, he too opened his eyes.
She was met with the clearest blue eyes. The type of blue that reminds her of clear oceans and undisturbed skies. It's like time stood still and it was only her and those clear blue eyes.
"Uhm, may we help you?" Inquired the man with blue eyes
"Oh, Uh, I was, uhm, jogging when I heard your guitar, Beatles right?" she asked
"Yes, I was just teaching Aaron the song, he enjoys following along" he said with an easy smile.
"Aawon likes guitaws!" exclaimed the little boy. She gave Aaron a small smile. The kid is an exact replica of his father. His chubby fingers began to lazily strum his plastic guitar again.
"Well, that's nice, you're bonding over music" She said
"I barely spend time with him, so I make the best of it" He gave his son an adoring smile and turned to her "I'm Peeta by the way, and this is Aaron. You are?"
"Katniss.."
"Katniss" He repeated. She liked the way her names rolled on his tongue, and its sent jolts down her body. She mentally scolds herself for getting excited over a married man.
"Well, It's nice meeting you two, I guess I better start jogging back" she lamely replies.
"See you around Katniss, hey Aaron say bye to Katniss" Aaron looked up from his guitar and smiled:
"Buh-bye Kat-niss!"
"Uhm, bye" she uttered and jogged back to her trail. She deliberately jogged slowly to listen to Peeta's guitar resume the song.