Songfic! I hope you all know who Taylor Swift is... I declare I will BLOCK anyone who doesn't! Nah, I'm just kidding... I wouldn't do that... but this is set to her "I'm Only Me When I'm With You"... It's not so much action as "thinking" and memories.
DISCLAIMER: If you think I own Ingo and Taylor Swift, it is purely your horrid Air thinking... 'cause I don't.

"Friday night beneath the stars, in a feild behind your yard,
You and I are painting pictures in the sky.
And sometimes we don't say a thing, just listen to the crickets sing.
Everything I need is right here by my side."

Whenever I hear him laughing, it's like... well, for one thing, it's a bit... annoying, especially if he just outsmarted me... but on the other hand, it's nice, too. Alot of the time, when I'm with Faro, even being near him seems like a blessing. Of course, if he heard that thought... well, I would never hear the end of it... that, of course, will never change.

"And I know everything about you; I don't want to live without you!
I'm only up when you're not down, I don't want to fly if you're still on the ground.
It's like no matter what I do... well, you drive me crazy half the time,
The other half I'm only trying to let you know that what I feel is true...
And I'm only me when I'm with you!"

Sharing thoughts feels like the most natural thing ever by now, and at times, whole conversations can go on without either of us saying a word. Sometimes, I think to myself that arguing with Faro is more like trying to convince a bird not to fly south in the winter than actually talking to a human being, and then, if he happens to break into my thoughts, he smirks and says: "That is your Air thinking, Sapphire... and remember, I'm not human!". Then, he laughs at me while I feel totally humiliated... and once again tell him to stay out of my thoughts. He just snorts and tells me to close them against him. As if I could forget.

"Just a smalltown boy and girl, livin' in the crazy world,
Trying to figure out what is and isn't true.
And I don't try to hide my tears; secrets are my deepest fears.
Through it all, nobody gets me like you do.
And you know everything about me... you say that you can't live without me!"

But talking to Faro is good, too. I like hearing his points of view... and sharing mine. It's true we understand each other quite well.

"I'm only up when you're not down, I don't want to fly if you're still on the ground.
It's like no matter what I do... well, you drive me crazy half the time,
The other half I'm only trying to let you know that what I feel is true...
And I'm only me when I'm with you!"

Except perhaps when I'm around Conor, I feel as if a part of me is hidden, constricted. I can't possibly be my complete self when I'm in the Air, of course, but Faro seems to bring out yet another part of me, one that doesn't even come out with everybody else in Ingo... which means that when I'm around him, I am my completest possible self.

"When I'm with anybody else, it's so hard to be myself, and only you can tell:
I'm only up when you're not down, I don't want to fly if you're still on the ground.
It's like no matter what I do... well, you drive me crazy half the time,
The other half I'm only trying to let you know that what I feel is true...
And I'm only me when I'm with you!"

The roar of the current in my ears... Faro's teasing grin... his hand in mine...

"Who I want to be... And I'm only me when I'm with you!"

Deep in a conversation... sharing thoughts, fears, memories, dreams...

"Sapphire...", he says.
"Hmmm?", I reply absentmindedly, turning to him. When I see Faro's expression, my heart skips a beat. I guess I should have seen it coming...

Faro bursts out laughing. In a voice strangled with mirth, he chokes out: "And I'm only me when I'm with you!", in a totally unflattering imitation of my voice. When he's finished poking fun at me, he straightens and just floats there, looking at me with his most annoying kind of I-caught-you grin. I smile tiredly.

"You'd better believe it."

"Don't worry... I trust you on that one, little sister..."

This time, it's my turn to laugh... what are friends for?

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~Curly ;D ;D ;DDDD