Here is part 2. I literally only got 3 reviews and I was super pumped to write this. I added some more Lukeia for those of you who asked for it.
The song that I imagined Pepper playing this chapter is called experience by Ludovico Einaudi.
The song that Theo plays in this chapter is called You Had me From Hello by Kenny Chesney
Go check those out. Both are amazing songs.
I don't own Lost and Found or the characters except for Pepper.
Pepper had been going to Lost and Found now for a few weeks. She felt really comfortable around everyone but she was struggling with finding her sound. Obviously she was working on classical music because that was what she was passionate about, but this made it hard because she couldn't really get much help from the others because they didn't know anything about the style.
She was sitting in the bullpen at the grand piano. She was basically the only person in the studio who used the grand piano. Everyone else used the vertical pianos and the keyboards. She felt kind of special knowing that. She was working on an original song. It was about new experiences and the nerves you feel before you experience them but the happiness you feel during and after. She had the piece all worked out but she really needed more instruments. She needed some strings.
She decided to go see Mr T to see if he knew anyone who could play the violin. She could play the cello part herself. She also needed to ask James if he could play the box drum.
"Mr T?" Pepper asked knocking on his door.
"What can I do for you Pepper?" he asked putting his paper work down, giving her his full attention.
"Do you know anyone who plays the violin? I need one for my song and I can't just use a computer or a keyboard I need a real violin to get the right sound." She asked. She didn't know what she would do if he said no. she would have to rewrite most of the song.
"You're in luck. I have a buddy in the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and he's in town this week. I'll give him a call." Mr T said smiling. He really liked Pepper. She was different to all the kids in this place. She had a certain type of passion that he hadn't seen in a long time. At least not in a kid her age. Not many people appreciated classical music, especially teenagers, but she couldn't get enough of it.
"Thanks so much Mr T. I really appreciate it." Pepper smiled brightly. She smiled a lot. And when she was in a good mood it was hard to wipe the smile off of her face.
"How's the song coming?" Mr T asked out of politeness. He'd heard her playing earlier and knew it sounded fantastic.
"It's okay. I really need to record some things to really hear how they sound. Do you know if James or anyone around here can play the box drum? I need it for my song." Pepper asked hopefully.
"I have no clue. James doesn't actually go here. He's just a part of the band." He said. "I wouldn't be surprised if he does though. That guy has rhythm in his bones."
"Thanks Mr T. I'll go ask him. See you later." She walked out of his office and down the hall to the green room where she knew he would be.
When she got there she found James and Theo chucking food at each other trying to catch it in their mouths. Boys, Pepper thought. "Hey guys." She said walking through the door.
"Hey Pepper." James sad.
Theo had food in his mouth so he held up his hand until he swallowed. "Hey Pep." He cheered. "How's it going?"
"I'm fine. James I have a question for you." She said pointing to him. "Can you play the box drum?"
"Of course. Why?" James asked.
"I need you for my song." She smiled. "Can you help me out?"
"Yeah sure. Anything for you." He said.
Everything was turning out great. Mr T knew someone for the violin track and James could play the box drum. She just needed to record now.
"So Pep. Do you want to grab a juice?" Theo asked.
Pepper nodded and said "Sure I'd love to."
Pepper hadn't told anyone, but she was starting to like Theo. He was so funny, random and sweet and so talented. That guy could write a song about anything and everything. And he was always so happy and always managed to make Pepper's day.
The two walked down to the junction ordered their juice and walked over to a table. Theo pulled out a chair for Pepper to sit down on. "Thank you." She blushed. He's just too sweet. She thought.
"My pleasure." Theo did a little bow, causing Pepper to giggle. She's so adorable. He thought.
He's so adorable. She thought. Pepper could feel her feelings for him grow every time they were together.
"So I just realised today that I have known you for nearly a month now and I still don't know your favourite colour." Theo said.
"Umm. Okay that was random. It's yellow. Why?" Pepper asked.
"Well Pep." He had taken to calling her that. Not only was it short for Pepper but it was also a great way to describe her peppy personality. "I can't exactly call you my best friend and not know what your favourite colour is can I?"
Pepper was shocked. She was his best friend? Way to be put in the friend zone. "Am I really your best friend? I mean we only met a few weeks ago."
"Well yeah. I mean I've never felt so close to someone like this before. I feel like I can tell you anything, like even stuff I can't tell the guys." He looked so serious. It was really weird to see him like this because he was always doing something silly or out of the box. "When we first bumped into each other I felt this instant connection and I knew we were going to be really great friends"
Theo couldn't tell her how he really felt. He wished he could tell her that he knew they were going to be perfect for each other and they were going to spend the rest of their lives together. He didn't want to scare her off. Normally he would tell the girl how he felt immediately but he knew this time was different. For the first time in his life he was actually nervous. Theo didn't get nervous. Especially not when it came to girls.
Pepper couldn't help but feel a little sad at Theo's words. He only thought of her as a friend and she wanted more. She couldn't let him know that though so she put on a smile and carried on the rest of her afternoon with Theo pretending that nothing was wrong even though everything was.
Leia and Luke had been dating for a little while now and hey couldn't be happier. They were walking into the junction hand in hand when they saw Theo and Pepper sitting together laughing and having a great time.
"Wow. I've never seen Theo like this with a girl before." Luke said.
"I know." Leia said. "He must really like her."
"She's all he can talk about these days. He should just ask her out already. I'm sure she'll say yes. Theo's a great guy. She'd be crazy not to like him." Luke said looking at the couple, happy that his friend has found someone he really cares about.
"Yeah. 5 bucks says they are together by the end of the month." Leia said smiling at her boyfriend.
"5 bucks and they are together by the end of the week." Luke challenged.
"Deal." They shook hands. "Now let's get some drinks. I am parched." Leia skipped over to the counter. Luke stood back and watched her smiling to himself. I'm the luckiest guy in the world. He thought and followed after her. (For all you Lukeia shippers out there. Cant you just imagine Leia with her peppy attitude and Luke's fondly smile. So cute.)
The next day Pepper was in the recording studio recording the piano part for her song. It was going really well. Jude was helping in the control booth. She told him not to touch any buttons just to start and stop the recording. She really wanted the raw sound of the piano in the recording. Just as she was finishing her second take Mr T walked into the control booth with a man following behind. Pepper assumed it was the violinist Mr T organised for her considering he was carrying violin case.
Pepper walked out of the sound booth to meet the man who would be featured in her song. She didn't really see the man's face before but as soon as she saw him she froze. Standing in front of her was John Lowry. He wasn't just a player for the Calgary Phil, he was the concert master. A concert master is the first violin, the principle player, basically the leader of the whole band. You had to be seriously amazing to be the concert master and this guy had been doing it for years.
Pepper had seen so many concerts featuring him. He was fantastic. Pepper couldn't believe that she was meeting him let alone getting to work with him.
"Hi, I'm John. You must be Pepper." He said holding out his hand to shake.
Pepper was staring wide eyed. She was still in shock over the fact that she was meeting one of the world's greatest classical musicians. "Yeah. Wow it's so nice to meet you. I saw you last year at the Bella Concert Hall. You played the Shostakovich. You were incredible." She gushed.
"Thank you. So Mr T tells me you need a violin for your song." He said.
Pepper nodded and reached into her bag for her notebook. "Here is your part." She said pulling out 3 pages of sheet music. "If you need I can play I on the piano to give you an idea of the style." She said hurriedly. She was so excited. She really needed to chill.
"That would be great. I would love to take a listen first." He said gesturing for her to go ahead into the sound booth.
Pepper sat down at the keyboard and changed it to sound like violin. She knew it wouldn't be perfect but it would have to do. Jude pressed play on her piano recording from earlier and she waited for her cue to start playing. Everyone was really impressed with the piece. Jude didn't really have much experience with classical music but he knew that this piece was amazing.
"She's fantastic." John told Mr T.
"I know. She's one of a kind." He said. Mr T was blown away by the song. For someone who is only 17 to write a piece as sophisticated and beautiful as this was unbelievable.
When Pepper had finished playing all the guys clapped. Pepper blushed and thanked them all.
John then went into the sound booth with his violin to record. He tuned first and played through a few warm ups before he was ready to play the song. It sounded great but it could have been better but Pepper had to admit it was amazing considering he was just sight reading.
"That was awesome but it could use a bit more vibrato around this area." Pepper said pointing to the sheet music. "And more of a contrast in the dynamics around this section. And also there is a slight ral here. I'll play with you this time to give you a better idea."
John was in awe. She was going to be a professional one day. And he was going to make sure of that.
Pepper sat down at the piano and started playing. It started out with just piano so she was by herself for a little while. When it was time for John to come in she nodded at him and it was like magic. The music just flowed out of them. It was really beautiful and absolutely perfect.
Pepper walked out of lost and found that day feeling so happy. Her day couldn't get any better. Or so she thought until she ran into Theo.
Earlier that day, Theo couldn't get Pepper out of his head. He'd never felt this way before and he couldn't stop the feeling so he decided to write a song about her. It was about how he felt from the moment he met her.
James walked into the Bullpen and heard the song. "Dude you have to play that for her." he said
Theo turned around slightly confused. Did James know about his feelings for Pepper? But how? He hasn't told anyone. "What are you talking about?"
"You should play that song for Pepper. The song is obviously about her. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that one out." James said shrugging.
"Is it that obvious that I like her?" Theo asked not even bothering to hide his feelings.
"Yeah dude. I think even Mr T knows about your feelings. And he doesn't really care about stuff like that." Theo couldn't believe this. Did Pepper know about his feelings?
"The only person who has no clue is Pepper. The girl is absolutely clueless." James laughed. He'd seen so many situations like this with his friends. Why couldn't people just be open about how they feel, like him and Riley?
"I think I'm going to play this for her. I don't think it's right to keep my feelings locked up." Theo said nodding to himself. What's the worst that could happen? She doesn't feel the same way and they just remain friends?
"Great idea. Don't do a John and Michelle. Those two are crazy for each other and yet they still aren't together." James stood up and walked out of the room leaving Theo to his thoughts.
A few hours and an extremely well-rehearsed song later, Theo saw Pepper about to leave and go home so he ran after her and brought her into the bullpen.
"I have this song want to play for you." Theo said. Pepper was really happy. She loved watching Theo perform. He was born to do it.
He sat down at the piano.
"I didn't know you played piano." Pepper said.
"Oh yeah. Not as good as you but…" he trailed off. "Anyway, I want you to listen very carefully to these lyrics." Pepper nodded and waited for him to begin.
"One word, that's all was said,
Something in your voice called me, caused me to turn my head.
Your smile just captured me, you were in my future as far as I could see.
And I don't know how it happened, but it happens still.
You ask me if I love you, if I always will
Well, you had me from Hello
I felt love start to grow the moment I looked into your eyes,
You won me, it was over from the start.
You completely stole my heart, and now you won't let go.
I never even had a chance you know?
You had me from Hello." Theo sang.
Pepper was completely astonished. She couldn't believe she was hearing this. She thought he just thought of her as a friend but really he didn't. He wanted more than that. She couldn't stop smiling.
When Theo finished he looked over at Pepper and saw the biggest smile on her face. He looked right into her eyes. "Pepper. Pep." She giggled. "I really like you and I want to be with you. I want to be able to hug you, and hold your hand, and kiss you whenever I want. And I want to tell the world that your mine so please, will you be my girlfriend and make me the luckiest guy in the world?" Theo looked so hopeful. He really wanted this.
Pepper was speechless. She didn't know what to say so she just nodded. When she could finally talk she said, "I would love to be your girlfriend." That was all she could get out before he picked her up and spun her around.
"YES!" he shouted. "You just made me the happiest person ever." Theo said. Pepper just smiled and hugged him.
"You are such a dork, you know that?" Pepper laughed.
"Yeah, but now I'm your dork." Theo joked. They both laughed together. They could have stayed together, wrapped in each other's arms but the both had a curfew so they eventually let go and parted ways but neither of them would forget this day because their lives were changed forever.
Leia and Luke were spying on Theo and Pepper, smiling. The new couple were so adorable. They were made for each other. It was like love at first sight which Leia found so romantic.
"You owe me five bucks." Luke said.
"Yeah, yeah. Here." Leia said handing him the money. She couldn't even be mad because she was hyped up on all the cute romance that was going on in the room next to them. "You are such a cutie you know that?"
Luke flipped his hair. "Yeah. I know." He replied causing them to last. "I bet you 50 bucks they get married one day."
"I can't take that bet. I know I'll lose. They belong together."
That night Pepper was lying in bed thinking about the day she had just had. So much excitement. She got to meet one of the world's greatest violinists and she got to record with him, and she found out that the guy she likes, likes her too and now she has a boyfriend.
She really felt like she belonged at lost and found now. Sure her music style was completely different to everyone else's but that just made her standout. She was original and she liked that. Lost and found was her home now. And nothing could ever change that.
That's it for this folks. Unless I get inspiration for another part which could happen. You never know.
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If anyone has any ideas for a Lukeia fanfic I'm all ears.
Thanks for reading this I really appreciate it.