Well here is songfic #8. Hopefully you like it. And this is a good one too! I like the ending very much I think it's very cute. Now if only to get a guy to do something like that for me... Oh well here is:
Disclaimer: I wished I could say I owned this but I can't. I can say however that I own myself and my brain (wherever it went...) And I own one best friend who is NOT for sale.
I Want You To Want Me by Cheap Trick
"Why?" Archie asks, "Why did you do this?"
"I—I," great now I'm the one tripping over words. I feel as is my throat is gone all dry and my heart is beating about a billion times faster. What if he doesn't like my hair like this? Or the dress? I'm nervously fiddling with the hem of it. What if he hates me still?
I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
I'd love you to love me.
I'm begging you to beg me.
Someone else began to sing; boy did she sound good, probably much better than me. I take a deep breath, Archie is still waiting and I'm not going to get out of this so easily. "I'm sorry Archie," I tell him, "I really am."
Archie doesn't say anything, but he's still got that look of question in his eyes. Dear Zeus please let me tell him that I really do love him.
I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
I'd love you to love me.
I'll shine up my old brown shoes, put on a brand-new shirt.
I'll get home early from work if you say that you love me.
"I realised I made a mistake," I say as the singer's words ring out, "I realised that… I love you, Archie," the words were so hard to say, almost as if trying to take a giant pill without water, it was probably the scariest thing I ever had to do. The words sound so right however. I wonder how Archie managed to even get the courage to say it.
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you crying?
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you crying?
Feeling all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dying.
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you crying?
"I don't need your pity," Archie snaps.
"I'm not giving it," I tell him forcefully, "Every word I said up there was true. I was going to tell you but then you told me you were going out with Ashley, I got so jealous."
"Truth was I wanted you to be jealous," Archie admits, looking at the ground, "Why'd you reject me then? If you did feel this way?"
I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
I'd love you to love me.
I'm begging you to beg me.
I'll shine up my old brown shoes, put on a brand-new shirt.
I'll get home early from work if you say that you love me.
"I didn't mean to reject you, I guess you just surprised me. I wanted you to say those words for a long time, without even realising it. I really am oblivious," For some strange reason tears begin to leak out of my eyes. Great now he's going to think I'm a cry-baby.
"It's part of your charm," Archie laughs softly as he brushes a tear away; he's never been so nice to me in my entire life.
"I wanted you to love me and when you told me you did, I guess I thought it was a dream. I've spent so many hours beating myself up for being so dumb."
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you crying?
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you crying?
Feeling all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dying.
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you crying?
Feeling all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dying.
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you crying?
"Don't ever do that, Lanta," Archie's hand is still cupping my face, "Have I ever told you that you have an amazing voice?"
"No," I say and shake my head for emphasis.
"Well now you know."
"Did I ever tell you that I love your crazy purple hair or your stupid golden brace? In fact I love pretty much everything about you even your stupid macho-ness. Oh Zeus I'm rambling now…" I clapped my hands firmly over my mouth to shut myself up.
Archie lightly pulls my hands away from my mouth. He's tilting my face up to look at his; I've never noticed how tall he is before. I'm leaning towards him, stretching up on my tiptoes as if yearning to be closer; he's leaning towards me, bending down slightly. There are his lips on mine, oh so soft and sweet and everything I dreamed (in my most secret dreams) it would be.
I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
I'd love you to love me.
I'm begging you to beg me.
I want you to want me.
I want you to want me.
I want you to want me.
I want you to want me.
Archie pulls away and we sway softly as the last strains of music fade away. Standing up as tall as I can, stretching up to whisper something to in his ear, I whisper, "I want you to want me."
"I love you," Archie says again, this time without a hesitation, without a pause. This time instead of pulling away I rest my head on his shoulder, leaning in against his warm body.
"I love you too, I love you too."
Stargatelover212 - Glad you liked it. I'm sorry if it was a bit unexpected. and thanks for the dumb question I always loved them.
twiinklestar - I'm glad that you're glad that Ashley went away. However I am sorry that this isn't an Archie one but it's a kiss (close enough eh?) I'm also sorry but the next one isn't an Archie one either (I have a 'plan' to stick to sadly)
Paradox-Barbarian-Princess - Glad you liked it. I'd be pretty scared to do that however I do love singing and I preform a lot for dance and singing so it might not be too scary (for me).
Divachick34 - Well here is the next songfic! I don't like cliffies alot but they are so much fun to write! (Especially when you (AKA I) get to know about them.
