Song is by The Modern Electric. Called Somewhere I belong. Good band and good song. I own nothing.
He was getting ready to retire. I didn't want him to go. Was it fair to me if he just packed up and left? I cared what happened to him. He was one of the few people who understood me. I loved him. Did it not matter that I wanted to be with him? I would go anywhere for him.
"You know I have to go Maria." He looked just as much upset as I was.
"Why retire now?" I asked him.
"It is taking too much of a toll on my body." He looked pain. I didn't want to admit it. I knew that if he kept going he would end up back to where he was before. Back to a dark place that I never want to see him go through again.
"I'm going with you!" I stated with determination.
"You can't, silly. Don't let your fans down. They love you." He put his last bag in the car. I jumped into his back seat. There was just enough room for me. I shut the door and stuck my tongue out at him.
"I'm going with you." I said.
Want you to take me with you if you gotta leave
It won't be hard to make room in your back seat
Right beside your suitcase is where I will sleep
Everyone would miss you except for me
Cause there you would be, right next to me
"Ria. Vince will notice you are gone." I was making this even more difficult for him.
"Jeffy, I don't care! My heart is with you anyway!" I really was going to miss him. Everything about him. I was rooming with Eve now that Jeff was leaving and Eve is a great friend but it isn't the same.
I'm so used to sleeping in Jeff's arms. Waking up to his smiling face. Getting in silly little food fights. I started crying. Jeff opened the door and pulled me up into a hug.
"Maria, sweetie, don't cry." He whispered sweetly in my ear. "Come on. We will see each other soon. I will come visit as much as I can. Please don't cry!"
Father and mother wouldn't take long
Before they all would wonder where I had gone
Then they would remember the words to this song
Wherever she is headed is where I belong
It's where I belong
"I'm going to be in Seattle while you are home." I couldn't make the tears stop.
"And when has distance ever mattered to you?" He took my face in his hands to look me in the eyes.
"I love you. That isn't going to change. I promise, Ria."
Distance is no match for love.
"I hate distance!" I pouted at him. A small smile appeared on his face. He kissed me.
"You are so beautiful." He whisper to me.
"You are beautiful." I whispered back. "I still think you are going to be too far away."
He laughed at me. "You do remember that I will see you three days a week, right?"
"Not enough time." I pouted. He kissed me again.
Won't you take me with you? I can just stay.
I have to come and see you anyhow anyway
Time for countless hours is not what it takes
Any distance from you is too far away
Too far away
I watched him get in the car to leave. He had a plane to catch home. The tears flowed freely now.
Want you to take me with you if you gotta leave
I can't believe I wrote something with Maria... It is so unlike me. But anyway what do you think?