Chapter 12

She's just the girl I'm lookin' for,
Just the girl I'm lookin' for

"She's just the girl I'm lookin' for. Just the girl I'm looking for." Ned sang quietly as he strummed the ending chord progression on his guitar. After finishing, he set down the guitar and walked over to his desk drawer, pulling out the notebook he copied all of his songs into.

Ned yanked off the pen, that he kept attached to the book, and uncapped it. Writing "Just the Girl" at the top of the page. He had finally finished it.

He found himself flipping through all the pages, looking at the songs he had written in the past few months. There were quite a few. Ned stopped flipping for a moment, his eye catching on a certain song.

"Secret Smile." He had written this one about Suzie. God he had been stupid. His feelings for Suzie were completely platonic. Thinking back he tired to think of one reason as to why he really liked her, and he couldn't think of any.

On the other hand when he thought of his feelings for Moze, he had at least a dozen reasons as to why he liked her. She was smart, funny, attractive, good-hearted, and the list carried on. He knew they were meant to be. No matter what anyone came to think. He loved her, and he was pretty sure she felt the same way. If she could just get over some of the anger she had been building up.

If yesterday afternoon wasn't proof enough that she at least had some kind of feelings for him. He didn't know what would be. He knew Moze wouldn't have gone to all the trouble of making him jealous, just to see him mad. There was more to it than that.

He flipped back to the end of the book where he had just written the title for his recent song "Just the Girl." Reading over the lyrics, gave Ned an idea.

She should hear this. Ned thought to himself. I should play it for her.

With out a second thought, Ned found himself placing his guitar into its leather case, and throwing the book in with it. If he was going to do this, he needed to do it now. Before, he could change his mind.

He decided he better not call first. Seeing as to what happened last time he called her, he figured going over there on a whim was a much better idea. Not to mention safer.

He slung the strap from the guitar's case around his back and closed his bedroom door behind him. Ned made his way down the stairs only to find his mom, once again, sitting on the couch in their den watching her afternoon soap opera.

Mrs. Bigby looked up from the T.V. and smiled at her son.

"Where on earth are you going with that guitar strapped to your back?" She asked, laughing slightly.

"Don't ask Mom. But, I'll be back for dinner."

"I shouldn't have even bothered." She mumbled to herself.

"What was that?" He asked her a small smile playing at his lips.

"Nothing honey. Have fun. Where ever it is you're going." She said as he began opening the front door.

"Bye Mom." He said to her, just before closing the door behind him.

Ned made his way across the yard and walked up onto the Mosley's driveway. It was now or never. He took a deep breath before, walking up onto the stoop and ringing the door bell. There was silence as he waited for someone to answer.

Finally the door creaked open.

"Why hello, Ned, sweetie." Mrs. Mosley said cheerfully.

Ned grinned at her warm welcoming. She was almost like a second mother to him.

"Is Jennifer home?" He asked politely.

"You just missed her; she went out to run a few errands for me."

"Oh," Ned said sighing a little.

"You're welcome to stay here until she gets back." Mrs. Mosley offered.

"Uhh, sure. That'd be great. Thanks." He told her stepping into their foyer.

"She really shouldn't be gone long at all. You can head up to her room and wait if you'd like. When she gets home I'll let her know that you're up there."

"Thanks again, Mrs. Mosley." Ned told her sincerely.

"You're like a son to me dear. No need to thank me." She said as she walked off into the kitchen.

Well. That ended that.Ned thought to himself. As he made his way up the staircase and into Moze's room. It was the first door on the right. He hadn't been in here for a while, but he still had that same feeling when ever he was in it. There was no other way to describe her room, it was just, well, Moze. It wasn't overly feminine, but yet it was still obvious that he was in a girl's room. The walls were painted red, her favorite color.

She had two desks, one for her laptop and keyboard, and another with a hutch attached for all of her books. Her bed had a head and foot board and faced the same picture window that Ned had in his room.

He felt himself yawning as he set his guitar down next to her nightstand, and plopped down onto her bed. Yet again he hadn't had the best sleep last night and before he knew it he could feel his eyes beginning to droop. The last thing he could remember was closing his eyes for just a minute before falling into a deep slumber.

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"Ned, wake up. Rise and shine sleeping beauty!" Moze said, throwing one of her down pillows from off the floor at him.

Ned bolted up from her bed with a start. Had he really fallen asleep while she was gone?

How embarrassing. He really hopped he didn't have any drool on his face.

Moze just stared at him. "I would ask why you're here sleeping in my bed, but I figured you'd give me an explanation anyways."

Ned smirked, as he ran his fingers through his hair.

"I didn't mean to fall asleep I just thought I'd lie down while I waited for you to get back. Your mom told me to wait for you up here." Ned explained.

"Good ol' mom." Moze said smiling.

"So since you're here now, I mine as well get down to business."

"Seriously, what now?" She asked irritated.

Ned gestured to his guitar and Moze frowned.

"Don't tell me you want to play me another song that you wrote for Suzie. Because, Ned I do not want to hear it." She said sighing. As she remembered the painful memory a couple of months ago when she had thought the song was about her.

"It's not for Suzie Moze, It's for someone else." Ned told her.

"Someone else? Are you serious? Who now?" She questioned her voice rising after every question.

"You." Ned said simply.

"Me?" Moze repeated. She had been caught completely off guard.

"Yes you. Who else?" He exclaimed.

"Actually, don't answer that." Ned said smiling as he pulled his guitar from its case.

This was all going a hell of a lot better, so far, then he had thought it would.

Moze just watched as he pulled out his pick and began strumming.

She's cold and she's cruel
But she knows what she's doin'
She pushed me in the pool
At our last school reunion
She laughs at my dreams
But I dream about her laughter
Strange as it seems
She's the one I'm after

Ned smiled. He was really doing this. Her reaction was priceless. Everything that had gone on between them since his party he had written into a song.

[Chorus:]
Cause she's bittersweet
She knocks me off of my feet
And I can't help myself
I don't want anyone else
She's a mystery
She's too much for me
But I keep comin' back for more
She's just the girl I'm lookin' for

Her smile was incredible as she watched him play. It lit up the whole room. He never felt better in his entire life.

She can't keep a secret
For more than an hour
She runs on 100 proof attitude power
And the more she ignores me
The more I adore her
What can I do?
I'd do anything for her

He could see she was holding back a laugh as he sang this verse. The secret about Loomer flooding back to her memory.

Cause she's bittersweet
She knocks me off of my feet
And I can't help myself
I don't want anyone else
She's a mystery
She's too much for me
But I keep comin' back for more
She's just the girl I'm lookin' for

The smile that she had been sporting earlier, turned into a frown as she thought about the night at the beach when she had gotten drunk.

And when she sees it's me
On her caller ID
She won't pick up the phone
She'd rather be alone
But I can't give up just yet
Cause every word she's ever said
Is still ringin' in my head
Still ringin' in my head

The smile came back as she remembered how persistent Ned had been that day. He just wouldn't give up.

She's cold and she's cruel
But she knows what she's doin'
Knows just what to say
So my whole day is ruined

When she heard this verse Ned could tell she was torn. Just by the look on her face he could tell that she felt bad for tricking him. That's what made him love her so much. She always cared for him even when she acted like she didn't.

She's just the girl I'm lookin' for
Just the girl I'm lookin' for

As he finished up the last verse, he saw tears in her eyes. He wasn't quite sure if they were happy tears or sad ones. He set down his guitar and watched as she got up from the chair she was sitting in and ran towards him. Enveloping him in a huge hug.

"I can not believe, you wrote that for me!" Moze sobbed. "No one has ever written me a song before. Especially one that heart felt." She told him.

"I know I've told you before, and I know you don't want to be in a relationship with me, but I really do love you Moze." He said wiping at a stray tear that was running down her cheek.

Moze looked up into his eyes, and Ned could tell she was going to say something serious.

"I know I've said a lot of hurtful things to you lately, but the truth is you only truly hurt the ones that you love." She said grinning.

"So… what does that mean?" Ned asked stupidly.

"It means kiss me you idiot." She said in response.

"I was hoping you would say that!" Ned said gleefully dipping her back and planting an anticipated kiss on her lips.

He could feel her smile against his mouth as she deepened the kiss, her arms snaking around his waist, his hands in her hair. It was the perfect movie kiss. But, unlike in the movies, they weren't acting. They were truly in love.

When they came up for air, Moze spoke first.

"I just have one thing to say." She said smiling.

"Sure thing," Ned said back, smiling as well.

"Break my heart and I'll break yours." She said coyly. "And if I ever catch you making out with Suzie Crabgrass again. We're done."

"Done deal." Ned said. "And if I ever catch you kissing that friend of your cousin's again. We're done."

"Deal," She said, sealing their new found, and long awaited, relationship with another kiss.

She's just the girl I'm lookin' for,
Just the girl I'm lookin' for

A:NSquee!! I'm finally finished! It seems like I've been working on this story for forever, and now it's actually done. I hope you all enjoyed it! As for me, I think I'm done with chapter stories for a while. With finals coming up and musical tryouts, things are just too difficult to be worrying about updating. Don't worry I'll be posting more drabbles soon. Songfic drabbles. :D Oh and one last thing, a huge thank you to all that have reviewed this story y'all rock!!!

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