I forget who told me about this song. I instantly fell in love with it (like I do most songs).

Again, like "Fix You," I recommend that you listen to the song as you read.

Disclaimer: LEGO owns Bionicle and Sara Bareilles owns "Gravity."


Keeping Me Down

by luv addict

People sometimes fall in love with complete strangers. Then there are the rare few, like myself, who fall in love with their best friends. I don't know when it happened exactly, but it did. The day I realized I was in love with him was the day he told me he knew who he loved.

That day I felt my heart sink. It sunk down into the darkest depths in my chest.


Something always brings me back to you.

It never takes too long.

No matter what I say or do

I still feel you here 'til the moment I'm gone.


"Who... who is she?" I asked.

"I'm not telling, not yet." he said. I could feel his honey-colored eyes on me. "I'm not sure she like me at all."

"How could she not? You're... you're amazing."

"Thanks, Nokama, but I don't think she thinks of me as more than a friend."


You hold me without touch.

You keep me without chains.

I never wanted anything so much,

Than to drown in your love and not feel your rain.


He didn't have many friends who were girls. I could count them on one hand, I among them. There were only three of, actually.

"Is she dating anyone?" I asked.

"No, but there are guys always asking her out. She rejects every single one of them, even the most persistent. That's why I fear her rejection."

"I'm sure she won't reject you, Vakama." I said, struggling to get my voice out of my throat.

Sometimes love hurts.


Set me free, leave me be,

I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity.

Here I am and I stand so tall,

Just the way I'm supposed to be.

But you're on to me and all over me.


"Hey, Nokama!" Matua said, appearing next to me and my open locker. I jumped.

"Hi, Matua." I sighed.

"Do you want to go out on a meet-date with me this weekend?"

I opened my mouth to speak my rejection, then I remembered what Vakama had said about loving someone. I must have looked stupid for a few seconds, before regaining my composure and agreeing.

"Sure." I said.

Matau's face lit up like a Christmas tree.

"Hey, guys." Vakama said walking over, bagged lunch in hand. To me he asked, "What's Matau so happy about?"

"Nokama agreed to have a meet-date with me!" Matau answered before I could say anything.

I looked at Vakama, to explain, but he was already walking away.


Oh, you loved me 'cause I'm fragile,

When I thought that I was strong.

But you touch me for a little while,

And all my fragile strength is gone.


Vakama didn't speak to me for the rest of the day. The rest of the week, for that matter. I tried everything. He must have received a thousand personal messages on Facebook, three thousand text messages, and twenty-something emails. I didn't get one single reply from him.

My date with Matau arrived. We didn't really go anywhere special, just a local Pizza Hut. We shared a veggie-lover's medium, both of us being vegetarians and all. I had been on better dates with guys before.

"What's the wrong-matter?" Matau asked after we had finished the whole pizza.

"Nothing." I lied, taking a sip on the Dr. Pepper I had ordered for a drink.

"You would rather be here with Vakama-friend, wouldn't you? You can't fib-lie to me, Nokama."

I didn't look at him. I was the truth.

"If you wanted to be with him, why don't to speak-tell him?" he asked, his large, red eyes accused.

"He likes someone else."


Set me free, leave me be,

I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity.

Here I am and I stand so tall,

Just the way I'm supposed to be.

But you're on to me and all over me.


Matau was silent for a moment and then asked, "Do you love him?"

I was speechless and could only gape dumbly like a fish.

"You do!"

"So what if I do?" I glared.

He grinned deviously, and brought his hands out from under the table. His tanned hands held a rectangular shape in the palms where it was light. On the lit up screen was a name.

Vakama.


I live here on my knees

As I try to make you see

That you're everything I think I need,

Here on the ground.

But you're neither friend nor foe,

Though I can't seem to let you go.

The one thing that I still know is that

You're keeping me dow-ooohn...


I sat frozen in the pleather seat, clutching it so hard my knuckles were probably white. I was numb.

I didn't even notice the waiter give Matau the check.

I didn't notice that Matau paid.

I didn't notice that he lead me home.

I didn't notice that I climbed up the stairs to my bedroom.

I didn't notice that I was laying in my bed until there was a sharp wrapping on my window.

I blinked and sat up, looking at the window.

"We need to talk." Vakama said as he opened the window on him own and crawled in.


Keeping me down,

Yeah, yeah, yea-ah...

You're on to me, on to me and all over...


I jumped out of my skin. He'd always come in through the window before, but this time he looked breathless, as if he'd been running.

"Why are you...?" I started to ask but stopped, remembering what Matau had done. That deviant! He did this all on purpose!.

"Nokama, look, I—"

"It's okay, I understand, you don't like me like that. It's cool, but don't forget me when you proclaim your love for the girl you—"

He cut me off with his lips. I blinked a few times, letting reality set in. Vakama was kissing me! I did what I did whenever I was excited, anxious, or afraid: I hyperventalated.

I heard him scream my name as I slipped into the darkness I knew.

I was elated.

Vakama had kissed me!


Something always brings me back to you

It never takes too long...


...I wasn't like this when it was in my mind. Oh well. I like how it turned out.