I was fooling around on my computer, wasting time before we headed out to the hill to try and catch the meteor shower again. Tonight was supposed to be clearer, so we hoped for a better show than last night. I was looking for more songs to throw into my mixes, when Thalia came up to nudge my chair.
"What's up?"
"Why are you always working so hard on that stuff? You spend so much time on it."
"Yeah, well, I just want it to be really good, you know. This is my first real gig, and I don't want to make a fool of myself. I'm looking for different songs now."
"Play me something. You keep talking about all this music you have, and you never play me anything."
"Fine, give me a minute. I can't guarantee you'll like much of it though." I began scrolling through my library, looking for something lighter, not to heavy. That's kind of hard to do when most of your music is heavy EDM. Finally I found something.
"Here. Let's try this. Tell me if you want me to turn it off." I hit play, and the track started playing through my speakers.
(Song: Rezonate - Canvas. I suggest looking it up. The lyrics are part of the story.)
Tuning out of starlight. The innocent lifetime flickers and flashes onto a canvas, no. And nobody seems worth it. And while the feeling's sophisticated, the view is so restrained. The past is nearing closer and closer I fear…
The beat picked up. I smiled; this is one of my favorite songs. Thalia went back to her bed and laid down to listen.
Realize, the end of us is getting near. You're just a droplet of paint trickling off your canvas.
She let it go on for a while longer.
And I don't want to have to give a damn, about you, or your inhibitions. After all, you're the one who told me love was not for everybody.
"Stop. Turn it off." I looked over to her and saw a few tears in her eyes. I clicked it off.
"What's wrong?" I asked concerned.
"It… It just… Reminds me too much of Ryan. How I haven't seen too much of him lately. How I feel like he's abandoned me.…"
"I-I-I'm sorry. I had no idea. Are you going to be alright?"
"Yeah. Just give me a couple minutes. Pack your stuff for the meteor shower tonight. It's almost time to go, right?"
"In a little bit. No sense getting there early. We won't miss anything."
I checked my watch. "Should only be a couple minutes now."
We both scanned the sky for any flashes of light. Finally, out of the corner of my eye, I caught the first streak across the light.
"Here we go! Check it out!"
Instantly, the sky lit up with over a hundred more comets. Some blinked into existence for only a few seconds; others made it from one horizon to the other before disappearing.
"Wow," Thalia breathed in amazement, "this is incredible…."
"I know. Being able to watch a shower like this in a spot this beautiful doesn't happen very often."
We just sat there in silence, watching the natural spectacle put on for us.
Suddenly, one particularly bright meteor appeared. "Hey Thalia, ever wish upon a shooting star before?"
"No, what for?"
"It's just something you do. Go ahead and make a wish on that bright one." She closed her eyes and remained silent, almost like she was saying a prayer more than making a wish. And based on what happened earlier in my room, I had a feeling I knew what it was about.
I left her to herself. I wasn't going to press to know what she wished for. That kind of thing is personal, if she wanted me to know she'd tell me on her own.
I watched the scene a little bit longer before seeing another pretty bright meteor. I thought to myself, I really hope that Thalia sorts this business with Ryan out. I haven't told her that I've seen him out and at parties, and talked to him in class.
I thought back to when I saw him last week, and was able to confront him about when he wanted Thalia back.
[Flashback]
I approached Ryan as calculus ended, before he could run out the door. "Hey Ryan, you got a minute?"
He turned around, and smiled when he saw me. "Yeah, no problem. What's up dude?"
I looked at him, then away real quick, and sighed. "You ever think about when you want to take Thalia back?"
He frowned. "Why, is she causing too much trouble for you?"
"No, she's been great so far. I just figured you'd want her back sooner or later. It's been a couple weeks now."
Ryan looked away, as if staring out in space. "Yeah, you know what, I don't know yet. I've been able to bring my grades up to where I want them, and I've been really stress-free lately." He paused for a moment. "To be honest with you, I don't know if I'm going to want her back. I was thinking about leaving her with you."
Inside, my heart dropped. I knew what would happen if she found out he said that. "Well… I mean she is yours. I think she was under the impression that she was going to go back to you at some point."
"How would she know? She's just a Pokémon." That pissed me off. I instantly wanted to whack him. "As long as you're okay with it, I was just going to let you keep her. You seem to be handling her pretty well. I heard about that battle you two won in the gym the other week, by the way."
I had to take a deep breath not to verbally smack him right there. "Yeah, I just figured it was something for us to do. No big deal." He didn't respond, just kept that stupid ass smirk on his face. "Well, just think about it a little more. I don't have a direct issue with it, but I really didn't think I was going to end up with a Pokémon in my dorm."
"Yeah, alright man, whatever. I get you. I gotta go, I'll catch you later." He gave me a fist bump, and with that he was gone. I just stood there and facepalmed.
[End Flashback]
The way I saw it, the longer she stayed with me now, the more likely that stay would be permanent. And I wasn't lying to Ryan when I said I didn't have a problem with it. I was actually starting to enjoy having her company. Sure, it was a little more work, but we had some fun together, too.
I snapped out of staring off into space (pun totally intended), and looked down at her. She had opened her eyes, and was watching the end of the light show above us. I could see the reflections of the shooting stars in her dark blue eyes. I sighed again. I didn't plan on telling her about my talk with Ryan. At least not yet. I just wanted her to be happy….
I laid down on my back, taking in the full view of the sky above me. Our problems seemed so much smaller when you look up at the night sky.
We sat there together on that hill in silence until the meteor shower was over that night. And with that, we rode back to the dorms.
A/N: Oh boy. Yeah, surprise, I'm not dead! Sorry for taking forever and a half to upload another chapter. College has been hectic. It's hella fun, but also hella busy, leaving me absolutely no time to write. So with the holidays over and all that, I decided to get a new chapter up. Consider it my late Christmas gift to you, my readers, for putting up with my procrastination of writing another one. I'm grateful for how much support I've gotten, and everybody who is following. I definitely plan on getting another chapter or two out before I go back to school for spring. And I can promise that these will be some beefy, plot-critical chapters for the story. So keep an eye out for those when they drop! As always, feel free to follow, favorite and review the story, or just PM me if you want to talk. And Happy New Year to all of you! Until next time….
