I DO NOT OWN HOROTN HEARS A WHO, OR JOJO,
I DO OWN MY OC NATALIE!!
Both Natalie and Jojo and 14 years old, in case you wondered. I haven't decided if the whole Horton thing has happened yet, it's up to you. I've already done a JojoxNatalie story in the past, but I hated it, so I deleted it, so even if you've read that one still give this one a chance because it's a lot, LOT better!
Oh, yeah, the song Jojo sings is Beautiful Soul by Jesse McCartney, and I imagine Natalie played I Gorni by Ludivico Einaudi on the piano.
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The night was still and quiet. The only sound was the occasional chirp of a cricket in the distance. Jojo sat alone, staring out into the night at the stars, on a small platform in his observatory. You had a panoramic view of the whole of Whoville with the sides of the observatory open, it was really magical. The only other thing that would make it better for him would be if his new friend, Natalie, was there next to him. He couldn't get her out of her mind. He drifted into his memory of when they met, earlier that very day…
Jojo was at school. It was just after the summer holidays, and he had just entered the 9th Grade. It was quite a cold day, despite the fact the sun was out and very bright in the sky. He sat alone, like usual, at his normal table in the cafeteria, and opened his lunchbox to reveal a Chicken-Mayo sandwich. 'Damn, they switched my sandwiches with Holly again,' Jojo thought to himself, and looked around the canteen for Holly. Holly was one of his younger sisters, and the only one who liked Mayonnaise in the whole family. He often got one of his sister's packed lunches, but it's not surprising they got mixed up - his family had so many to sort out!
He spotted his sister in the distance, surrounded by her many friends. She was very popular, she always seemed to have a friend over at her house, almost a different one every time it seemed. Jojo got up and slowly walked over to the table, and tapped Holly on the shoulder. She jumped with surprise, and turned to see Jojo, who held up his packed lunch bag. She immediately knew what he wanted.
"What, they switched them again? Oh well, here you go Jojo," She said with a big smile on her face, swapping the two packed lunches over. He gave a small smile, as if to say thanks, and was about to walk away, when one of the girls on the table caught his eye. He had never seen her before; she had red and black striped fur, short blonde, straight hair, and wore a read bow in her hair. She had big green eyes and wore a small amount of black eyeliner, but you could only see one of her eyes as her fringe flopped over her right eye. He realized she was staring at him too - a boy with black and grey striped fur, and cute, black messy hair, with big hazel eyes. She blushed and smiled at him, and he did the same.
"…er, Jojo?" Holly said.
Jojo snapped back to reality with a jump.
"What? Hm?" He said. Holly looked at him and smirked. She knew what was going on.
"Hey, Jojo, why don't you sit over here with us? We won't mind. Look, there's a seat over there next to Natalie," Holly said, putting extra emphasis on her name. Jojo quickly scanned the table, and noticed the only space available was next the girl he was staring at before. He looked at Holly, catching on to her little plan, and they exchanged looks of confirmation.
"Ok, cool, thanks," Jojo mumbled, walking over to the seat and slumped down in it, giving a quick sideways look to Natalie. He could see she had gone bright red and was trying hard not to show it. He tucked into his Chicken sandwich (without the mayo). There was a long silence between him and Natalie. He finished his sandwich, and then decided to pluck up the courage to say something.
"…hey," Jojo said quietly. Natalie looked up. "Hey… so are you Holly's brother then?"
"Yeah, … so I've never seen you around school before, you new here?"
"Yeah, just started in 9th Grade, I used to go to Whichville High, before moving to Whoville High."
"You're in 9th Grade? Hey, so am I, I wonder if we have any lessons together," Jojo tried hard not to sound too eager. They both took out their timetables, and scanned over each other's timetables.
"Hey, we have Music together,… oh and Art,… looks like that's it" Natalie said, trying just as hard as Jojo not to sound too over excited. "Look, we have Music next… maybe you'd like to sit next to me?"
Jojo turned beetroot red. "Yeah, sure, I'd love to"
The bell went for last lesson. When they got up, Jojo noticed Natalie was slightly shorter than he was. Jojo and Natalie walked over to Music together in silence. Going into the classroom, they sat down together near the window, quite near the front. There was a range of musical instruments at the front of the class, everything from guitars, pianos and violins. The teacher, Mr Whosten, came in and stood at the front.
"Ok, everyone, quiet now," he said as a very bad effort to control the class, "Today, we will share with each other the musical talents each other have with the rest of the class, as a way of getting to know each other. I know all of you can do something, we just need to find it in you!" He looked around the class. He picked Jojo first off.
"Jojo? Ah, yes, the mayor's son. Do you play anything?" Jojo thought for a moment. He could play almost everything, but he didn't want to seem like a show-off.
"Guitar, mainly, and I can sing…" He said quietly.
"Well, come up here then and play for us!" Mr Whosten said excitedly. Jojo got up slowly and picked up the guitar. He gave a deep breath and started to play, and sing;
I don't want another pretty face
I don't want just anyone to hold
I don't want my love to go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul
I know that you are something special
To you I'd be always faithful
I want to be what you always needed
Then I hope you'll see the heart in me
I don't want another pretty face
I don't want just anyone to hold
I don't want my love to go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul
You're the one I wanna chase
You're the one I wanna hold
I wont let another minute go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul
Your beautiful soul, yeaaaah
Natalie couldn't believe what an amazing voice he had. He had such a talent, not just singing but playing guitar as well. He seemed so relaxed playing it, so happy. She thought it was so cute how he kept having to flick his fringe out of his eyes now and again. He continued to sing;
You might need time to think it over
But I'm just fine moving forward
I'll ease your mind
If you give me the chance
I will never make you cry c`mon let's try
I don't want another pretty face
I don't want just anyone to hold
I don't want my love to go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul
You're the one I want to chase
You're the one i want to hold
I won't let another minute go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soooouuuuul
Am I crazy for wanting you?
Maybe do you think you could want me too?
I don't wanna waste your time
Do you see things the way I do?
I just wanna know that you feel it too
There is nothing left to hide
I don't want another pretty face
I don't want just anyone to hold
I don't want my love to go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul
You're the one I wanna chase
You're the one I wanna hold
I won't let another minute go to waste
I want you and your soul
I don't want another pretty face
I don't want just anyone to hold
I don't want my love to go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul
Ooooooo
Beautiful Soul, yeaaaah
Oooooo, yeah
Your beautiful soul
Yeaaaaaaaaah
He finished, and looked up, putting the guitar down. The whole class clapped and cheered. Everyone loved it.
"Bravo Jojo!" Mr Whoshen exclaimed, "Who's that song by?"
"Actually, Sir, I wrote it myself,"
"Really? You write songs?" Jojo was still standing at the front of the class, trying to shuffle over to his seat. He didn't like having all the attention.
"Er, yeah, I have a few…", He quickly sat back down before he could be asked anymore questions.
"Well, I look forward to hearing more of those in the future! Anyway, carrying on, we might as well go clockwise around the room… Natalie? Do you play anything?"
She looked up, really wishing she didn't have to follow THAT. It was incredible.
"Erm, I play piano mainly…" Natalie said, almost even quieter than Jojo had answered the question.
"Oh lovely, another talented musician! Up you come, and show us what you can do!"
She got up and walked over to the piano, sat down, and stared at the keys. Slowly, nervously, she placed her hands on it and began to play. She played a beautiful, haunting piano piece, starting off quietly then building up. Jojo just stared. She was amazing. He could tell she loved playing it, she seemed like she didn't care about the rest of the world when she was playing, as if nothing else mattered. She paused, then continued with the piece. 'Such… depth to it, such beauty" Jojo thought, in awe. It was a fairly long piece, and she finished with a slow, quiet chord. She looked up, got up from the stool, and again the whole class cheered.
"That was beautiful, Natalie. Is that an original too?"
"Yeah, yeah it is."
'She writes songs too? Wow.' Jojo thought to himself.
Natalie sat back down, and looked at Jojo and smiled, and Jojo did the same.
The bell went for the end of school. Jojo and Natalie walked out to the front of school. Jojo turned to Natalie.
"You were amazing today, you're really talented on piano."
"Aw thanks," she said, going bright red, "I loved the song you wrote, and you're an amazing singer. I'm really glad I'm in your music class,"
"Yeah… same here," Jojo said, staring into her eyes. They were interrupted by Holly running over to Natalie and almost bundling her. "Hey Natalie!! Are you still coming over for dinner?"
"Yeah, of course I am!"
'Dinner? She coming to our house tonight?' Jojo thought to himself. The three of them walked home together. Natalie and Holly talked about everything girls talk about, and Jojo half-heartedly listened in.
"So Natalie, how was your day at school today? Anything interesting happen?"
"Yeah, Music especially was brilliant…" She said, glancing at Jojo and smiling. He looked at the ground while he was walking, but he was smiling, he know exactly what she was talking about.