In the story I used 'Save with Me' By Skillet. I don't own it just love the song. Don't own anyone, But Ara and Jonny. Enjoy!!
It was another day on the 88 acre land called 'Calheart' as Ara rode her quad around her home heading to the foam pit, where her friends Brain Deegan and Travis Pastrana along with Metal Mulisha were at warming up for an X game that night. She stopped on the dirt road by the pit. "Hey, Ara. How's your leg?" Brian asked pulling off his helmet. "It's good. Today was my last day in therapy and I start work again in 2 weeks." "Sweet! We could really use you. It ain't nothing without the greatest female Pro Athlete in the world." Brain teased. Ara blushed. "You know that Team Death and Metal Mulisha have a rivalry inside the world of Motocross for years that won't ever end as long as we both breath." Ara said getting serious for the first time in 11 months. Brain laughed. "Yeah." The walkie on Ara's waist band beeped and Seth Enslow came over it. "Hey, Ara. There is a bunch of guys here saying that they know you and they want in." Seth said. "Who are they?" Ara asked. "I don't know." Seth replied. "Alright, I'll be there in a second." "Okay." Brain put his helmet back on, gave Ara the peace sign and sped off. Ara started up the quad again and rode down to the gate.
When she arrived at the gate there were a bunch of guys. About 10 or 12 of them, making a shit load of noise. "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!" Ara yelled over them walking up. "What the hell is going on here?" She asked. "Ara! It's Bam. Let us in." Bam yelled. "You know the code, let yourself in." Ara barked at the skater. "I forgot it." Bam whined. Ara sighed, disappointingly. "Seth, let them in." She called to him getting back on the quad. The gate buzzed and raised, the group walked in. "Long time no see." Bam said hugging her. "Yeah. What are you here for?" She asked. Ara know all to well the trouble that Bam and his friends could get into and with her having to go back to work in 2 weeks she had a lot of stuff to think about and them destoying things is not what she wanted. "Ape kicked us out and HIM as a concert tonight. We were wondering if we could crash at your place till she lets us back in." Bam said. "Look, Bam, I'm more than happy to let you guys hang out here and all. But, I have to go back to Motocross and Fall of Death in 2 weeks on top of having Travis and the Metal Mulisha here for their week of motocross. Just don't destroy anything. If you do you're cooked." Ara warned them and road off. "Alright, guys! You all heard what Ara said. Stay away from her bad side and you can have all the fun you want." Bam said waving his hands in the air. "Ok!" They all yelled. "Ville! House is that way, ya hermit." Bam laughed pointing to the 2 story house on the west side of the land.
Ara sat on the floor in the living room, drumming on the floor, when Ville walked in. She had her head phones in, so she didn't hear him come in. He leaned down and tapped her on the shoulder and almost got his head knocked off. "Oh, sorry. You scared me. You alright?" She said helping him up. "Yeah...uh...yeah. Where's you're..um..bathroom?" He asked rubbing his head. "Down the hall, second door to the left." She said. "Thanks." Ville said going down the hall. "No problem." She said returning to her task.
Ville looked in the mirror. He was paler than normal and had dark circles under his eyes. The Dark Light tour was wearing him out and his break up with Jonna a month and a half ago was not helping. He hadn't realized how long he had been standing there till Ara knocked on the door. "Ville? Are you alright?" Her sweet, soothing voice called through the door. Ville opened the door and smiled at the Brit. "Yeah, Just worn out, ya know?" He said, his Finnish accent was thick with tiredness. "Do you want something to drink? I can get you something." Ara offered. "I don't drink alcohol anymore, sweetheart." Ville smiled again. Ara smiled back. She internally melted seeing Ville's eyes lighten and the beautiful smile appear on his handsome face. "Neither do I. I was leaning more towards soda, water, smoothie..." "Smoothie sounds great." Ville beamed. "Ok, What kind?" She asked. "What do you have?" "Let's go look." She said leading him into the huge kitchen. They entered the kitchen and Ara went into the walk in pantry. Ville followed her. "Here we go. Have at it." Ara said letting him look at the different flavors. Ville scanned through the bottles. He picked out the Carmel and coffee flavored ones. "Nice." Ara said going back into the kitchen. She pulled out the blender and everything else she needed. "Pick your glass." Ara said as the blender did it's thing. She opened a cabinet revealing different glasses. Ville pick the gothic style Fall of Death glass. Ara blushed.
After, the smoothie was blended she poured it into Ville and her glasses. Ville sat at the table and took a sip. He had a sudden burst of energy. "Wow! That's good." He complimented. "Yeah, the base has energy busting suppliants. It's really good when you been working in over drive." Ara said sitting in front of him. "Which I do a lot of." She laughed. "You have a sweet laugh." He complimented. "Thanks. You have a great smile." She complimented back. Ville blushed. "Thanks. So...um...Why are you not getting ready for that X game tonight?" "I blow out my knee doing an Indian flip." She explained. "How so?" "When I landed, I landed on my feet and my body twisted to the left, but my knee twisted to the right. Ripping my ACL and breaking my knee." She said looking out the window. "That must have hurt." Ville said. "Like a bitch." She laughed. "So, you got any new stuff for F.O.D?" He asked changing the subject. "Yeah, I do. I've already been out to London and got a producer arranged and everything. So, we start recording in 3 months." She told him. "Sweet...sweet." His foot grazed Ara's shin. Ara flinched. "Sorry, foot slipped." Ville blushed. Ara only smiled. "Can I hear one of your new songs?" He blurted out. She played with her empty glass. "Sure. Let's go into the studio though." She said putting her and Ville's empty glasses in the sink.
They walked down the hall and entered the studio. They sat on the large leather sofa and Ara picked up her guitar. She hesitated. "Close your eyes," Ville said to her, "And sing." His hand lightly touched her arm, in attempt to comfort her. She lightly strummed the guitar.
Locked inside...Your creative being...Whirling about Your unfailing truth...Attacked with power by ferocious love...Salvation alone belongs to You...I'm safe with you...
Her voice trailed off. "That it?" Ville asked, a smile pulling at the corner of his lips. "No." Ara replied softly. "Then..." He smiled.
Chaos in my head...The whole universe is at rest...When I'm in Your arms...Is when I feel the best...Locked inside...Your creative being...Whirling about...Your unfailing truth...Attacked with power by ferocious love...Salvation alone belongs to You...Safe with You...Safe with You...Lifting up my voice...To the God who really sees...The God who is consumed...With loving thoughts of me...The screaming wind...And the crashing of the oceans...Shifting sands and the changing of the seasons...As I stand in awe and wonder...Nothing in the world has prepared me for You!
Ara finished the song and put down the guitar. "That was beautiful." Ville said sitting forward to look into her eyes. "Thanks." Ara blushed. "I heard awhile back you stopped singing for 2 years, what was that about?" "It's when Fall of Death had just got going and I was still sore about my friend's death. One of our fans brought a CD, that we released for no real reason, to a sighing we were doing and gave it to me. There was only one song on it. The girl said that it was one of the first songs that I had written and it helped her through her brother's death. When I heard the song, it was the song i had written about my friend, Jonny, who died of an overdose." Ara explained. Ville nodded for her to go on. "Well...I listened to the song over and over again, each time crying more about my friend. It got to the point were it depressed me so much I didn't want to sing ever again. So, for 2 years I didn't until I realized I was not only hurting myself, friends, family, but the followers too. Which is not right and here I am singing again." She said. "I'm glad that you are. I love hearing your voice. This is going to make me sound like an obsessed freak or something, but...um...I have every song you ever sang, in my...on my Ipod." Ville said. Ara blushed. "Same here. When you hit you're full vocal range I just melt." She confessed. "Seems we have an obsession with each other's voices, Ara." "It does indeed, Ville." Ara agreed.
A loud crash rang out in the air. "What the hell?" Ara said getting up and looking out the window. The huge dumpster in the large side yard was tipped over. Motocross riders, skaters, lazy ass' and retards were scattering in several different directions. "Oh, that blue eyed brat." Ara growled referring to Bam, naturally. She stormed out of the house, Ville following to make sure she didn't kill the daredevil. "Bam!" She yelled across the yard. The skater froze, instinctively. He knew that running from the singing athlete would only worsen things for him. "Run, Bam, Run!" Ryan and Novak yelled to him. "Oh, no. Bam knows better then to do that." Travis laughed. "How the fuck did you manage to tip over the damn dumpster?" She hissed stopping within feet of him. "I...I hit it with the Hummer." He whispered. Ara sighed long and hard. "I don't care how the hell you guys do it. But, you're going to right the dumpster and clean up the mess it made and I don't care how long it takes just do it and do it now." She said calmly for a second. "Now!" She barked. Everyone came back to life to find the Tractor to pick up the dumpster and the trash. Ara turned on her heels and went back inside.