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"Who's Zeke with?" I ask Uriah once he walks through the garage door.
"He's with some friend of his. I've seen him around, but I've got no clue who he is. Name's Four. But that's about it." He replies as he moves some stuff around. "Oh," he stops what he's doing. "And he's also Zeke's age." He looks over at me. "Like, an actual friend his age. Not just someone from the grade above or below. Apparently, they've been friends for quite a while." Christina and I laugh at that.
"Well that's convenient." She says mockingly.
I hear voices- Zeke and probably that friend of his- coming closer to the garage. Zeke is suddenly standing in the doorway, blocking the figure behind him.
"Hey, guys." He takes a few steps inside. He realizes that his friend isn't following him, and he turns back to look at him. "Hey, man, you gonna join us?"
"Nah, I gotta get going." Says the mob of black clothes and brown hair, the shadows covering too much of his face for me to get a good look at him.
"Alright, man." They clasp hands and bump each other. "See ya later." The guy retreats.
"Later!" Zeke turns back to us, rubbing his hands.
"We getting started or what?" He asks.
"Take a seat wherever or stand." Says Christina. "Tris wrote a new song, and we're all gathered here today to help her with the music. Even though she's already got some of it down, we're going to actually make the music and turn both lyrics and music in to an actual song." She looks around, amusement twinkling in her eyes. "Stage is all yours, honey." She gestures to me. I nod at her and retrieve my notebook from the floor. I open it up to the page I wrote the song and place it on my lap.
"I'm just going to read it off first, k?" I ask, and everyone nods. "Great. Here we go."
"So what chords were you thinking of? I can't tell if you're going for a happier sound or a sadder sound. Either works, really. I don't know what you have in mind, but I've got an idea… sort of. So let's here it, Bee-tris." Uriah says, dragging out my name.
"You know I don't like that name." I give him a look.
"Just get on with it, dude." Says Zeke.
"Fine, fine." I hold up my hands. "I'm going for a bit of a mix, really. It sounds pretty sad, but as the chorus comes up, it gets a little lighter and happier. Supposed to sound kinda hopeful, get what I mean? So for the verses, I was thinking of switching off between E Minor, D and G. Chorus is gonna be A Minor and C. I'm thinking power-chord D. Sounds better."
"Is it a slow song?" Christina asks.
"Yeah. Well, slower." Uriah's nodding.
"I like it." He says. "So during the chorus the drums are gonna sound a little stronger, right? But during the rest of the song, it just slowly builds up until we get there."
"Pretty much." He smiles widely.
"So let's get started on this thing." He nods at Zeke. "Zeke, strap on your guitar." He twirls his guitar sticks. "Let's try this out."
"This is horrible." Christina complains.
"That's 'cause we actually need to write the music out, Uriah." I say.
"You da boss. Not my fault you only have the guitar chords." Zeke snickers. "What?"
"Just that it was your idea to start, bro." Uriah glares at him. "It wasn't that bad, first off. We just gotta be more in sync and know what we're doing."
"Agreed!" Christina exclaims, throwing up her hand.
"So…" I look at them. "Any ideas? Anything you guys want to change a bit?"
"Not really. We just need to fix it." Says Uriah, spinning his guitar sticks around his fingers. "We just need to be more in time. Otherwise I think the music is fine." I nod.
"On one, two…"
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The chilly wind keeps me cool as I run with my ear-buds in, the music and exercise calming me down. I can't hear my footfalls over my music, but I can feel myself moving to the beat of the drums. I run in a straight line, sometimes purposely skipping cracks in the cement.
The streetlights send off a warm, orangey glow, lighting up the street and making it feel less alarming and more pleasant.
I round the corner to turn on to my street. I run into a warm body, making the two of us stumble. My left ear-bud falls out of my ear. I'm falling…
then I feel a hand pull at my arm, steadying me.
"Hey, you ok?" The deep voice makes me shiver. I look up, and find myself staring into deep pools of blue.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine." I'm able to say through my heavy breathing. "Sorry I bumped into you." I look down, away from his mesmerizing eyes.
"Not your fault. I should've heard you coming." I look at him again, briefly.
"I should've been paying more attention, too." I step back. "Thanks, though." I give him a small smile and move around him. "Good night!" I continue in a jog.
"Good night!" I hear him reply. I don't look back- I keep going, my legs moving at a steady pace. I shake my head as another shiver runs down my spine.
He's gorgeous.
I shake my head again, a little grin taking place at the corner of my lips.
Probably never going to happen.
I continue up the driveway, slowing to a walk. I open the front door and walk in, pulling out my ear-buds. Or, well, ear-bud. I guess I forgot to put the other one back in my ear.
I run up the stairs, taking two at a time. I walk into my room, shutting my door behind me then flinging myself on my bed. I put my iPod down next to me and relax for a few more minutes. I then force myself out of bed, to get undressed and jump in the shower.
I wake up stretching, my eyelids slowly opening to see the sunlight spread all over my room. I cover my eyes with my arm.
I peek underneath it and eye my window.
Damn it!
I forgot to shut the shades last night.
I roll onto my stomach, stuffing my pillow underneath me. I look over at my clock and check the time- 6:27.
Not bad. At least I didn't wake up at 5.
I throw the covers next to me and get up. I walk over to the window, shut the shades and then get back in bed. I cocoon myself in my blanket, scrunching myself into a ball and resting my cheek on my pillow, along with my fingers. I don't really feel like getting up and doing things just yet.
I shut my eyes and the boy from last night appears behind my eyelids. My body reacts almost instantly at the memory of how his eyes looked into mine and how his voice sounded. And when I bumped into him and felt his body for only a brief few moments…
I shiver again, a warm feeling spreading through me.
I don't even know him and he's already got me hooked.
I snuggle into my pillow, pulling it a little closer and holding it a little tighter as I will myself to go back to bed, those deep, dark eyes swimming in my mind.
Well, that's that for this chapter. ;-)
Any thoughts? Ideas? Song requests (preferably rock/alternative/metal[even country])? Songs they should/could (;-P) cover?
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