Jacob picks up his guitar and shows me the lyrics, singing them quietly as I gape at him.
"How did you think of this?"
"Um, I maybe like this girl..."
"TELL ME DETAILS." I demand.
"Well, her name's Cass, she has brown hair with blue and pink ends, sort of like cotton candy, brown eyes, tan skin, a nose piercing. She recently broke up with her boyfriend of a year and nonstop has been calling me in tears about it. I like her, I like her with her skinny jeans and band T-shirts and flannels. I like her alot, but she doesnt see it." He sighs. "So I wrote this."
"I know what you can do."
"What?"
"Invite her to the show tonight, we'll hold an emergency band meeting. I'll play guitar with Jonah, your'e singing. Just before you sing, say it's about a girl you really like. She'll know it's her."
"Okay."
"Do it now!"
"What?"
"Call her!" Jacob fumbles for his phone before dialing her number.
"Hey, Cass," Jacob says. "So I was wondering, my sister and her band, Dauntless, are playing tonight at Dante's. I wanted to know if you wanted to go? . . . Really? Great. . . . I'll see you there then. Okay. Bye."
"See, wasn't so hard." I say, laying back on his bed.
"Shut up," he smiles, running his hand through his blonde hair.
"Hey, so we have a small change of set tonight." I tell them. Jonah is busy tuning his guitar, but his head snaps up at my words.
"What kind of change?"
"Well, Jacob wrote a song for his crush, and she's coming, so he's going to sing it before the set. There are two guitars in this, so Jonah and i will be playing. You two, no change. Here's the lyrics and notes for the song."
"I'm fine with that." Jonah shrugs, wrapping his arms around my waist and kissing my shoulder. I blush, grabbing his hand and linking my fingers with his.
"Us too." Blade and Jasmine say.
"Now that I got that down, I got a tattoo." I say, shrugging off my leather jacket. The bandage is still on, and I tug it off and show them the tattoo over my wrist dragging with white scars.
They all know about my past self-harming, they're the ones who helped me get past it. So, in black ink, written in cursive, reads 'Fighter' across my wrist. Jonah smiles at it.
"I like it!" Jasmine says, grinning. I laugh at her wide smile, but I can easily see the pain etched in her eyes when she looks at my scars. "Jasmine, no more. It's been a year, I'm not gonna do it again." She smiles.
Two hours later, we end up laying in random places across my room. Prior, who came about thity minutes ago, and Jasmine are cuddled on my beanbag chair, Blade is slumped in my desk chair, and Jonah and i lay on my bed, my head on his chest, listening to the sound of his heartbeat as he absentmindedly plays with my hair. His other hand is holding mine, his thumb rubbing against my knuckles in a soothing way. My legs are bent, and my song book rests on my thighs, writing. Jonah whispers a suggestion for the next line in my ear, his lips brushing against my ear, and i let out a very visible shiver, he laughs.
"You okay?" He asks, his lips still pressed to my ear.
"Mmm," I let out. He grins, his lips moving to a spot behind my ear where he starts to kiss and suck at it. "Jonah," I whisper, but it comes out as more hoarse.
"Is this bothering you?" Jonah asks. I shake my head. My door clicks and my father walks in.
"Kamryn, you've got thirty minutes for all of us to be at Dante's. Jasmine, Blade, i suggest you go home and get ready, You too, Jonah." His says his name louder, which snaps Jonah out of his trance with the spot behind my ear.
"Yeah, I should- I should go anyway." Jonah stutters, and I giggle. Jonah kisses my cheek and leaves, along with everyone else.
I change into a maroon skinny tank, black acid wash jeans, a denim vest with studs on the shoulders, and my maroon converse. I apply eyeliner and mascara, straightening my hair. When I walk out, i hear silent talking coming from Jacob's room.
"What if I mess up? Then she'll think I'm-"
"Stop," I cut him off, opening the door. Jacob is wearing a red and black flannel over a Nirvana T-shirt, black jeans, and Converse. "Don't be nervous, okay? Just breathe." I calmly say. He does as i say, and we head downstairs, seeing my parents waiting. We get in the car, driving the ten-minute drive to Dante's. When we get in, Jacob points the girl out to me. Don't mean to go gay for a second, girl was gorgeous. I comment that you two would be cute together, and he blushes before going over to meet her. I climb backstage, seeing Jonah fixing his hair.
"I thought that was Blade's thing," I say, wrapping my arms around his waist and kissing the back of neck.
"It is." He points over to Blade. I laugh, and he turns around and gives me a brief kiss before asking, "I'm still singing with Jacob, right?"
"Yeah, but just like a small back up."
"Gotcha." he says, snapping his fingers at me, before we all go out to the stage, me grabbing a guitar before we get out there.
"Hiya guys, okay, so we're going to have a little change of plans. I have someone singing our first song, which he wrote. So welcome up here, my little brother, Jacob." Cass's eyes are glued to him as he walks up. He scratches the back of his neck.
"So, this is a song I wrote for a girl who I've liked for a while. She's here tonight, so I hope she likes it." He says, throwing that half-smile and light chuckle that makes girls fawn over him. He easily starts to ease into the song.
[Jacob:]
You call me up,
It's like a broken record
Saying that your heart hurts
That you'll never get over him getting over you
And you end up crying
And I end up lying
'Cause I'm just a sucker for anything that you do
[Jonah:]
And when the phone call finally ends
You say thanks for being a friend,
And we're going in circles again and again
[Both:]
I dedicate this song to you
The one who never sees the truth
That I can take away your hurt
Heartbreak girl
Hold you tight straight through the daylight,
I'm right here when you gonna realize that I'm your cure,
Heartbreak girl
[Jacob:]
I bite my tongue but I wanna scream out
You could be with me now
But I end up telling you what you wanna hear,
But you're not ready and it's so frustrating
He treats you so bad and I'm so good to you, it's not fair
[Jonah:]
And when the phone call finally ends
You say I'll call you tomorrow at ten
And I'm stuck in the friend zone again and again
[Both:]
I dedicate this song to you
The one who never sees the truth
That I can take away your hurt
Heartbreak girl
Hold you tight straight through the daylight,
I'm right here when you gonna realize that I'm your cure
Heartbreak girl
[Jacob:]
I know someday its gonna happen
And you'll finally forget the day you met him
[Jonah:]
Sometimes I'm so close to confession
I gotta get it through your head that you belong with me instead
[Both:]
I dedicate this song to you
The one who never sees the truth
That I can take away your hurt
Heartbreak girl
Hold you tight straight through the daylight,
I'm right here when you gonna realize that I'm your cure
Heartbreak girl
I dedicate this song to you
The one who never sees the truth
That I can take away your hurt
Heartbreak girl
Hold you tight straight through the daylight,
I'm right here when you gonna realize that I'm your cure
Heartbreak girl
I glance in Cass's direction when we finish the song. Her eyes are welling with tears, smiling. Everyone is clapping, and he grins, stepping off the stage. She smiles so wide at him, i'm not sure it's possible. I smile at them and we start on the next song.
Some legends are told
Some turn to dust or to gold
But you will remember me
Remember me for centuries
And just one mistake
Is all it will take
We'll go down in history
Remember me for centuries
Remember me for centuries
Mummified my teenage dreams
No, it's nothing wrong with me
The kids are all wrong
The stories are off
Heavy metal broke my heart
Come on, come on and let me in
The bruises on your thighs like my fingerprints
And this is for tonight
I thought that you would feel
I never meant for you to fix yourself
Some legends are told
Some turn to dust or to gold
But you will remember me
Remember me for centuries
And just one mistake
Is all it will take
We'll go down in history
Remember me for centuries
Remember me for centuries
And I can't stop 'til the whole world knows my name
'Cause I was only born inside my dreams
Until you die for me, as long as there is a light, my shadow's over you
'Cause I am the opposite of amnesia
And you're a cherry blossom
You're about to bloom
You look so pretty, but you're gone so soon
Some legends are told
Some turn to dust or to gold
But you will remember me
Remember me for centuries
And just one mistake
Is all it will take
We'll go down in history
Remember me for centuries
Remember me for centuries
We've been here forever
And here's the frozen fruit
I could scream forever
We are the poisoned youth
Some legends are told
Some turn to dust or to gold
But you will remember me
Remember me for centuries
And just one mistake
Is all it will take
We'll go down in history
Remember me for centuries
We'll go down in history
Remember me for centuries
We wrap up after a few other songs, and just as I'm walking out, someone walks up to me and the band.
"Excuse me," he says. "I'm Bob Becker, owner of Fearless Records. I'd like to offer you guys a record label."
There you go guys, chapter nine. I'm so sorry i haven't been updating. I've been busy with homework and i also have a Teen Wolf fanfiction on Wattpad. so, slow updates, but well-thought ones, too.
The songs were 'Heartbreak Girl' by '5 Seconds Of Summer' (I imagined Jacob sounding exactly like Calum and Jonah sounding exactly like Luke.) and 'Centuries' by 'Fall Out Boy'.
Ily guys.
Ba bye.
-M
