Second chapter :) i hope you like it and please Review and let me know. I apologise for the usual, including my terrible spelling and incorrect grammar...

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My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us;

the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require. ~Edward Elgar

Chapter Two - Enchanted...

I felt the slight tap of fingers running down my cheek before I opened my eyes to see those blue ones staring back, and a smile lighting up his face.

"I fell asleep?"

Chase chuckled and nodded his head at the same time.

"I couldn't bare to wake you, you looked beautiful and so relaxed" I just stared at him, he doesn't always say things like this, but lately more and more comments of this nature have been coming from his mouth, and from him they sound perfect and slightly alien, we were best friends, they don't say things like that do they?

"I've just been watching you instead of the movie… much more interesting" Chase says in my ear, so only I could hear him. Then he lightly brushes a kiss on my cheek closest him, before standing up. It was so light it left me feeling lonely like I'd suddenly had something I didn't know I had, taken away from me.

On the ride home all I could think about was that this was a really bad time for all these "feelings" to come to light, what with me going away and the University choices, Chase didn't even know if he got into London yet, he just kept telling me not to worry and everything will work out. But what if it didn't work out? Plan B was for him to go to Birmingham Arts instead… that's a good four hours away from me, from both Alley and myself. Thinking about it now, I just wasn't sure if I could possibly leave him behind and carry on life without him, experience new things in life and not have him by my side. Looking out the window of the car at the street lighting whizzing by, it felt like my life was those street lamps, just passing by in a blur, everything was moving so quickly I just wanted to stop and put the breaks on for a while and stay put, not thinking about starting the whole thing up again. But you can't do that, I know that I honestly do, but sometime it's just that I need to dream, wishing, and dream for things I knew wouldn't happen.

Like us all going away together and staying in our family but in London instead. Maybe starting something up with Chase, but I'd ruin it, like I do with everything else and then I'd loose him, and I have too much to loose over just some relationship. I truly adore that boy, and I could never ever consider life without him. He was in my every thought. Good and bad, all the happy times and even the ones where I'm crying and miserable. He has seen it all and is still standing strong at my side.

A speed bump in the road brought me back to the present in a car with Chase staring at me. I guess I must have had a weird look on my face because he explained that he had been saying my name for about five minutes and I had totally zoned out on him.

"Sorry, I was thinking…"

"About?" he prompted me. "You actually, and everything" I said, leaving the statement open for his own interpretation of its meaning.

He didn't reply, just pulled me under his arm and smiled to the front of the car, which to my guess was Luke looking back in the rear view mirror. Hmmm, I wonder if he knows… Luke and I had never spoke about my crazy and irrational feelings towards Chase, in fact I'd never even told Alley, I'd told no one. I didn't see the point; I wouldn't act upon them, in case I lost him. I wouldn't chance it, so there was no point in telling anyone and getting my hopes up along with theirs and then there'd being some weird feelings in our group. We were good as we were. Everything worked out great. We would hang out, and always invite everyone's other halves every now and again, but we stayed true to our group of four, made time for each other and never let anything change, including boyfriends and girlfriends, we all knew too well that they came and went in no time.

None of us ever managed to keep a relationship going for long. Maybe it was because of the fact we loved each other's company more than any outsider. I was told once that we made it hard to be dated because we all spent too much time together.

As I rested my head on Chase's shoulder I thought it all over. Luke was currently very briefly dating a girl from his Uni, she was in the same block as him, and on the floor below, apparently it wasn't anything near serious, just casual sex… nice.

"I swear to god, I quit!"

We all doubled over at Luke's words, he was at that moment, trying to construct a three person tent in our garden. We had packed away all my things; I had barely been able to hide my tears. Chase knew, he always knew. He gave me a sad smile and a one armed hug. Not normally like him- he usual is always hugging me or was chatting away with the use of his arms animatedly waving them around describing some kind of event that recently happened. Yet not now, he was more in thought, not distant just I'd say… biding his time?

Anyway when we got back from the cinema I unhinged myself from his side of the car and then proceeded to carry myself into my house, where we found a tent and a note in the living room.

Dear my beautiful baby girl… yes I'm talking to you Chase… :)

Here is the tent, I've said my goodbye to you, this is your night with your friends, and Luke, remember I love you and if you want to come home, you don't even need to call, just come back. I will miss you very much baby girl, be safe! And remember 'beautiful is in the eye of the beholder' chase can tell you that.

Love always and forever Mum XOXO

p.s Alley I know you want to make a camp fire but no means no, so I got you that box over there by the door, have –safe- fire fun…

Well, that was a note and a half. I was wondering what she meant by Chase when he took the note out of my hands and folded it up and placed it in his back pocket with a knowing smile on his face, id even go as far as to say a smirk. Okay… weird much? Hmmm.

"Okay so what's in the box Al?"

She of course went bounding over to the box in the corner and then bust out laughing, turning around to reply to me she said

"It's a make shift fire with 'real life glow for those special moments'"

We all started laughing taking everything outside. Starting with the camp 'fire' we unpacked everything but Luke being Luke obviously could take care of the tent issue all alone- no help needed.

Until now…

"Are you going to help or would you prefer to sleep literally under the stars tonight Leigh…"

"Ha! Chill out big brother I'm a coming… pass me that pole"

"This one here?"

"Ay, and yeah that's it put that one through the right hoop and push it through the tunnel material thingy"

"Hmmm" he mused after only ten minutes when with my help we had finished putting the tent up.

I was smiling my best sarcastic smile, letting him know if he has asked for the help earlier on we would have had it all done at least half an hour before now.

Alley and Luke had gone to get the blankets and pillows and my guitar; I had a song I wanted them to hear before I left- well two actually, one for all of them, and then one especially for Chase.

This was our 'camp night', yeah we knew camping in the garden with a fake fire isn't exactly world renowned for camping, but still. It was fun. Something we did together to forget that I was leaving, and it was going to be a long, long time before I came back around town.

"So what's the special lady singing for us tonight Miss Leigh?"

"Well I have two songs I want to grace with your presence with actually"

I was smiling at him, and because of this he had a bright smile back for me, it was unguarded for a small amount of time, just enough for me to see he was really struggling with something, something to do with me perhaps? I didn't know but it bothered me that he hadn't told me so I thought what the hell, I'm leaving tomorrow anyway and came right out and asked him…

"What's wrong Chase, and don't say 'nothing' because its lame and I know you better than that; so spill it twinkles"

With a soft chuckle he moved forwards, placing himself directly in front of me, blocking out anything but him with his sheer size in comparison to myself.

We were so close I could smell his beautiful scent of…him.

Something I had come to recognize as him anyway. The scent of his soap, John Paul Gaultier, and rain… the rain in a good way, the kind of way that you smell it after a really massive rainstorm and everything is just so clean and fresh and new.

That's my Chase.

His hands slowly made their way from mine, up my arms so slowly and feather light I wouldn't have been sure he was doing it unless I was watching his eyes as it happened. He was gauging my reaction, guessing my response to his touch.

I didn't want him to know how much I liked it, but as always my body betrayed me, as a shiver ran out over my skin and Goosebumps came also. I wasn't cold; we knew that. It was what his touch did to me, everywhere his hands travels I got the same feeling of electric and it was getting nothing but strong each time he would hold me. I couldn't comprehend what would happen if we kissed, if I was getting all this from his hands lightly touching my bare arms.

Finally resting on my shoulders he started tracing his thumb lightly over my collarbone just nearest my shoulder blades, nothing but a soft touch, he didn't make a show of it, but I made no move to encourage or discourage him either…

Where is this going? I thought to myself when I could finally find decent words to cover my thoughts. He bent his head slightly towards me in the darkness, whispering so softly I wasn't sure I heard everything he told me,

"I am not going to kiss you now Frey; breathe…"

It was then that I found myself breathing very deeply for someone who was standing still and engaging in no physical activity of sorts.

I had been holding my breath and he knew. I surprised myself by giving him a slow, soft chuckle under my breath.

"It was your fault; you're standing to close for me to think straight"

It was his turn to laugh, but it didn't come out of his mouth like anyone laughter would, it was in his eyes, I could see it hanging between us, the seriousness of my words and how we wanted to take them and make them something more.

Our foreheads were resting against each other now, no other part of us touched, I was sad from the lack of warms I got. It felt like I was a floating head for all I could feel was his hair and beautiful skin now he had removed his hands from my shoulders.

I closed my eyes and did something I didn't think I would ever have had the nerve to do. I pulled him closer.

Without words-they weren't needed between us, not now.

I wanted this to convey a million feelings, as a wound my arms around his body and lay my head into the curve of his neck where it met his chest. I wanted him to understand so deeply that I wanted this, but I couldn't lose it either, and we would. We would lose everything is even the smallest thing went wrong. As right now we didn't get jealous over anything, we didn't question each other's judgments and we didn't worry about anything. But if we were together and something were wrong we would end everything this little family of us four have worked on. We would end a lifetime of friendship and love. It would end our caring need for each other.

I don't think I could ever see myself with something I thought was as amazing as Chase Maddox but I also knew that if they broke my heart I'd hurt but survive because Chase would be there for me to help me fix myself up again. But if it was him that broke me, I don't think it would even matter who was there to fix me again. Because I don't think I would, could ever be fixed up after losing my soul mate. That's what we were Chase and myself, in every sense, as friends more than anything. Our souls just knew each other.

"I have something I really need to say Frey; please let me finish before you say something."

All I could do was nod my head in response; I was captured in his beautiful existence. I couldn't even close my eyes. His face so perfect, the midnight curve of his cheekbone more beautiful than I could bear. So beautiful. So perfect. So far beyond my expectation that it hurt. If he broke my heart, I might not bounce back. No I knew I would not ever bounce back.

If you've ever wanted to really scream at the top of your lungs because someone ruined the most perfect moment of all, you'll know that's how I felt right then when Luke came back through the back door and saw us.

"And what in all things normal and sane do you think your doing with my baby sister?"

Jumping apart I turned around so quickly that Chase caught my arm to stop me from falling over. Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap…

Yeah oh crap indeed, how to explain this one…

"Luke, its not what—."

"I was just talking to her man, where's the problem in that?"

Luke grunted a few choice words, "no problem, nothing at all"

Everything went into one of those really awkward moments in time where no one speaks to anyone and we all just look everywhere but at another person. I could still feel the divine heat coming from Chase standing possibly a little to close for Luke's comfort at this point. Speaking of Luke, I needed to know why he has acting weird about Chase and I. I'd ask him later. Alone.

Alley being Alley, didn't seem to feel or even see the tension between everyone and brought over my guitar sitting down now by the 'fire'. We all followed her over and sat in a kind of semi-circle around the light. The mood was instantly lifted because of her, Alley had a way of doing that to people, she would just know how to make everyone smile and laugh, be carefree. Half the time she didn't even know she was doing it as well.

"Sing to me baby cheeks!" I turned my head away form my guitar to see Alley in a fit of giggles pretty much rolling on the fall laughing at her own words.

"Alley baby, I do have a song for you, but I have this one first, we heard it like a few days ago on the radio remember? Its by The Script, its called Science and Faith."

She nods her head like a small child would do to get praise for doing something correctly.

"Anyway I only want to sing you a few of the lines if that's good for you?"

"Sure thing sis, just make them the good ones, I haven't heard this one yet"

"Oh boy" Chase muttered to himself or maybe to me too "well then this should be good"

I laughed out loud then, I couldn't help it, and I gave a little punch to Chase's arm, which made him also lose his straight-faced features.

"She goes and says something that just knocks me dead;
You wont find faith or hope down a telescope,
You wont find heart and soul in the stars,
You can break everything down to chemicals,
But you can't explain a love like ours…
Ohhhh it's the way we feel, yeah this is real…"

As if finished the song, there was a complete stillness that had settled around us. None of us were willing to break it first- so I continued to strum slight melodies on my guitar, playing softly in the background accompany to the silence that we had created. I decided to go straight into the next song as I knew would defiantly leave a lovely impression on everyone, for they knew of my full on love for Taylor Swift but this song held so much in it I wasn't really sure I should sing it but hell, why not, its already in the air now anyway and in my true fashion ill just embrace the awkwardness and metaphorically shake hands with some kind of sarcastic remark running around in my head…

"Oh guys don't all start applauding at once, you wouldn't want me to think you actually enjoyed the song or anything, jeesh."

I sighed; this is so not how I wanted my last night to end.

"Last song then guys, now lets all taken a moment to truly thank God for gracing us with the blessing of Radio and the voice that is Taylor Swift in all her amazingness"

I left it about five second and louder than necessary said out loud Amen, as if I really were ending a prayer.

"Okay then so this is a Tay Swifty song called Today was a fairytale; again its only a few lines though, so shush and listen" I winked at Luke and Alley which did eventually gain me a laugh from my brother.

"Today was a fairytale
You've got a smile that takes me to another planet
Every move you make everything you say is right
Today was a fairytale
Today was a fairytale
All that I can say
Is now it's getting so much clearer
Nothing made sense until the time I saw your face
Today was a fairytale
Time slows down
Whenever you're around"

So it was clearly getting late as after I had finished the song; with a round of applause this time which I laughed at. We were all sighing with lethargy and needed the comfort that sleep would no doubt bring us all.

After turning off the fire and all getting into the tent I wasn't surprised to find myself squished in between Chase and Alley, Luke and I found it weird sleeping next to each other being related of sorts and our age, so the person between us was a welcome release of self-conscious nerves.

I knew as soon as the others were asleep that I wasn't going to get anything close to their comfort; I just couldn't settle after everything with Chase earlier on that night. I kept running it all through my mind, did he actually like me, or was it just a flirting moment between good friends? Was it going to change anything between us or not? Could we go back to being the same as before; a blissful rebellion against how normal friends acted around each other. I was having a world war battle within my mind, trying to think everything through that I realized I was sitting up and getting more frustrated by the minute.

Not wanting to wake anyone up I got out of the tent slowly and as quietly as possibly, then lay down outside with my guitar, reveling in the feel of the soft grass on my feet and neck, I was colder than I thought I would be; being in my pj's and no shoes. But it didn't even register close enough to bother me now. I was stuck by how many stars were out tonight. We didn't have any street lights by my house so the dark sky was struck by nothing but the startling, white beautiful light from the stars, It felt bottomless, full and so so far away, I couldn't even comprehend how many stars were out that night, I could see Aryans Belt and the saucepan shaped one too. I could also see the star that I had had brought for my 16th birthday a few years ago from Chase, it was directly under near the bottom left hand star in Aryans Belt.

I felt an arm touch mine, and make me jump slightly before I was hit by his scent; this calmed me down way more than I cared to tell him or anyone in fact. As if sensing that I was looking at my star he said to me,

"Do you know why I brought that one, out of all the other thousands of stars?"

I didn't actually he had never told me saying it was important at the time, yes thanks Mr. Cryptic…

"You've never told me Chase, why did you chose it though?"

He lent on his arm so that he was on his side facing me, I automatically mirrored his stance and moved unintentionally closer to him. His hand made its way up my side and rested lightly on my arm just above my elbow. He was making small circles with his thumb; I couldn't concentrate properly. He was intoxicating being this close, alone with him. He was making it very hard for me to remember what I had just said never mind my reasons for leaving for four whole months…

"I brought that one, because I'm my eyes it stands out more than any other star, it shines brighter and seems to have all the other stars gravitate towards it, its beautiful and everything it should be; just as you are. It reminded me of you Freya"

He sat up quickly and grabbed my guitar from my side making me sit up in wonder as to what he was planning on doing now…

"Don't say anything Frey, just listen, I heard this song the other day and its you, I swear Bruno Mars must have been in my head when he wrote this song" he gave a soft chuckle and ran his fingers lovingly over my guitar, it was another present from him, but it was a really old one. We had found it when we were fourteen in a vintage traveling market in the centre of town, it was really expensive for us, it was like £30 because it didn't have strings at the time and it was a little battered, but the colour and shape was what had me, it was a deep purple with black and white trim running around the outer edges. With mother of pearl lying on the neck of the guitar making girly swirls and pretty flower patterns. I ran my hands over it then a lot like he was now. I didn't know he had brought it for me. He asked the shop owner to keep it and he went back, later alone and got it fixed up for me also, with a message inscribed on the base in the same mother of pearl quoting

"music is love in search of a word – Chase x"

I didn't know to this day how he could have afford everything it must has cost him a fortune all together, but I used that guitar every day, it went everywhere with me. And I continued to play to this day.

His hands caress' the strings, making me wish I was my guitar being held the way he was holding it so close to him like the most precious object in existence. He started playing a few cords and I knew the song straight away, this made me blush like crazy. I could believe he actually thinks this about me. Its amazingly flattering but I didn't deserve that kind of compliment from anyone let alone this breath taking boy sitting in front of me with his hair falling in his eyes, begging me to brush it aside so I could look into those heart stopping eyes of his and relish in the fact that he things this lyrics are so obviously in his words, about me.

He sang softly so only we would hear.

"Oh her eyes, her eyes, make the stars look like their not shining,
Her hair, her hair, falls perfectly without her trying,
She's so beautiful and I tell her everyday,
Yeah I know, I know when I compliment her she wont believe me,
And its so, its so sad to think she don't see what I see ,
But every time she asks me do I look okay I say
When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change,
Cause you're amazing, just the way you are
And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing just the way you are…"

Oh wow! Now what do I do…

I must have had a crazy look in my eye because Chase placed the instrument down and moved towards me slowly with his hads out plams facing me in the gesture for surrendering. A smile playing on his lips- which I deinfatly should not have been looking at!

"Freya I know it's been a lot to take in and everything kind of like BOOM! All at once kind of thing. But I really like you- don't say anything now, just let me get everything out and show you want I mean before you start interrupting as you do" I shot him a glare at his last words, I did not interrupt him unless he was talking shit. Then someone had to do it before he made an ass of himself.

This time I stayed silent. I needed to hear this as badly as a thirsty man needed water.

He continued as if totally unaware of my mental babbling taken place…

" I needed you to know before you left how I felt about you, I've been dropping the hints around for a few weeks now, and I've been speaking to Luke- I told you not to interrupt so don't even bother letting those words come out of that pretty little mouth missus" he knew me too well I smiled.

"Over the last few years you have become this most amazing girl in my eyes. I needed you to know now that I have real true feelings for you, more than just a friend. But I don't want you to rush into a decision so its okay, you don't need to suddenly reply now or anything we have time, just say the word whilst your away and ill come to you, always Frey, you know that."

I let out a sigh; I didn't even know I was holding.

He liked me too. The same way I liked him. More than a friend. Oh mother of everything sweet. This changes everything doesn't? These thought kept their appearance in my mind as I moved towards him and tenderly placed my hand in either side of his face.

"Chase I like you too; you know that… more than a friend likes just a friend, but—."

"Why did I know there way a but coming into this Leigh…"

"Because Chase we have so, so, much to lose if this didn't work out. Just think for a second. I'm leaving for four months, and then going away to university a university we aren't even sure you're in yourself yet. What if your not? What if we have to live four hours away from each other, god Chase just thinking about it now makes my heart hurt, it makes breathing more difficult"

He placed his hands over mine to give me support but offered no words of comfort; he knew it was the truth and deep down he felt the same I know he did.

"I want us to be together, but I could not bear it if we ended and then lost all this as well, we have a lift time of memories that we would look back on and they would end up hurting us, because everywhere we go we have gone together, always. I've never had a thought of hate towards you, and I never want to. If you broke my heart I wouldn't survive Chase, I couldn't pick myself back up again"

"Freya you have cried of many a ex boyfriend and been just fine in a few days, why would this be any different?"

"Because stupid, I wasn't in love with any of those, and what if I fell in love with you and lost everything I've ever loved about you and even myself in one fail swoop?"

His eyes were boring into mine now, begging me to understand him, when I was doing the exact same. Begging him to understand that I did like him more than a friend, but I liked our friendship and what we had more and anything…

He started shaking his head really quite violently forcing me to move my hands away from his face.

"Freya I want you to know that that would never happen, I would never hurt you, I will never leave your side. Promise me you will think this over and in a few weeks just let me know? I just want you to really think it through first. We are meant to be together I know it and so do you."

Before I could stop him he placed a quick kiss to my cheek and walked back to the tent waiting for me to follow him.

"Promise me Freya, promise you'll think about it, because I know I could love you forever, just say the word and I'm yours until you don't want me anymore. Promise me?"

I stared at him for what felt like a lifetime of minutes rushing past us in one great big speed train. And then I did something I didn't know I was going to do myself until right in that moment, with us together standing at the tent entrance, him holding my hand in his, the warmth spreading out from my hand up into the rest of my body.

I promised him.

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