Storm sat on top of the roof listening to the boys laugh and mess about in the rom below her. She was all alone in life, her parents were dead, she had no siblings and her heart was broken from longing. The boy she longed for was downstairs in a game of poker.
And now I'm all alone again nowhere to turn, no one to go to
without a home without a friend without a face to say hello to
And now the night is near
Now I can make believe he's here
She started to hum to herself
Sometimes I walk alone at night
When everybody else is sleeping
I think of him and then I'm happy
With the company I'm keeping
The city goes to bed
And I can live inside my head
On my own
Pretending he's beside me
All alone
I walk with him till morning
Without him
I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way I close my eyes
And he has found me
In the rain the pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me forever and forever
And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say, there's a way for us
I love him
But when the night is over
He is gone
The river's just a river
Without him
The world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere
The streets are full of strangers
I love him
But every day I'm learning
All my life
I've only been pretending
Without me
His world would go on turning
A world that's full of happiness
That I have never known
I love him
I love him
I love him
But only on my own
Tears ran down her face as she finished, she loved that song, it spoke to her heart.
"who is he?" she span around and saw Blink standing behind her.
"why aren't you down stairs?"
"answer my question, anyone who can't see how much you love them is a idiot."
"Blink leave it."
"Storm, I'm your best friend, surly you can tell me. Does he know?"
"no he doesn't , he his a good friend and if I tell him he …he …I …. I don't want to loose him." Blink walked up behind me and wrapped his arms around me.
"have you told anyone?"
"Mush knows , he guessed , I cant hide anything from him." She giggled. "he promised not to tell anyone."
"right." He turned and disappeared down the stairs, she followed quickly behind. They climbed though the window.
"Mush!." Blink called. Mush appeared from behind one of the bunk beds
"you called." He grinned
"tell me who it is." Blink said walking up to him.
"tell you who who is?"
"the bastard she loves." He pointed at her.
"I wouldn't call him that if you know who he is."
"then tell me!"
"she forbade me." Mush muttered. "why do you want to know so badly?"
"so I can beat his face in for being so blind."
"she forbade me."
"Mush its ok, I forbade you from telling his name but you can describe him, but leave the obvious feature till last." She grinned at him winking.
"as you wish storm." He grinned back. " he is tall."
"Skittery?"
"he is blonde."
"Dutchy?"
"No," Storm interrupted. "he is good looking but he is like a brother, like most of the boys in here. He is strong and kind, loyal and funny. He is a true gentleman."
"No one round here then." Skittery called from his bunk. "you fallen for some rich toff then Storm?"
"No, he is in this room."
"Please tell me." He pled. Storm walked up next to him and whispered in his ear.
"He has a eye patch over his left eye." She then ran downstairs and walked outside.
"Storm wait." Blink called.
"what do you want?" she muttered.
"why didn't you tell me?"
"because I didn't want to."
"I know you did, if that singing was anything to go by then you did."
"just forget I said anything ok, I want it to go back to the way it was."
"you cant have that, storm." He raised his voice.
"I am afraid Ryan, I am afraid." Her voice faded to a whisper.
"of what?"
"my feelings, of losing you."
"you will never lose me. You are scared of your feelings?"
"of having my heart broke, falling to deep." Tears started to fall down her cheeks.
"oh my darling." He pulled her into his arms and held her until the tears had stopped. "I love you Alexandra, I think I have for years." She looked up at him and smiled.
"I love you too Ryan." He lent down and kissed her.