Love Buzz

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Part 14 – A Love Scene

Shepherd was waiting in the music room. A week had passed since the roof incident, and naturally everyone in the school knew about it. Shepherd had to be careful. The school board had been questioning him.

He had denied everything about having a relationship with Paige that was anything more than a friend. And even though they were satisfied with what he said, there seemed to be an unsaid rule about never seeing Paige again.

Paige had come out of the whole affair without getting hurt at all. Michael had come off worse than her. He got called names and was given mean looks, but he bore it well. He seemed to see it as his punishment for being so mean, and he was just glad that Paige had forgiven him.

The reason Paige had got away so lightly was that no one knew who she was. They knew her name, but apart from that, no one what she looked like or what year she was in.

Michael would never tell anyone, he was always bad at telling on people. And Shepherd wasn't allowed near her, so no one ever saw him slinking off into a deserted hallway to see her.

The only other people who knew who she was were DJ and Steve. But DJ had told Steve not to tell anyone about Paige and that if he did, he soon what it felt like to have an icepick firmly lodged through his head.

Shepherd hadn't brought his laptop. He didn't think Paige would want to stay long anyway. HE started humming a tune under his breath.

Paige came to the door just as Shepherd started belting out Crowded House.

"Hey now, hey now. Don't dream it's over… Hey now, hey now."

He saw Paige walking in, but didn't stop singing. Instead he walked over to her and pulled into a waltz.

"When the world comes in. They come, they come. To build a wall between us."

Paige smiled as she was twirled through the room. She stopped him and collapsed beside the drums. Shepherd sat down next to her, laughing.

They became silent, and the silence became awkward. Both of them had questions they wanted answered, but neither knew where to begin. Eventually, Shepherd started as usual.

"Can I ask you why you were on the roof?" he asked quietly. Paige thought a while before answering.

"I-I d-don't know. M-Michael st-tarlted-d m-me, so I w-went out the w-window. I w-wasn't g-going to jump-p. I just-t n-needed t-to b-be alone."

Shepherd nodded. He was a bit embarrassed he had climbed up so terribly now he knew she hadn't even meant to jump.

"W-what about-t y-you?" Paige asked.

"What do you mean?"

"W-why d-did you k-kiss m-me?" she asked.

"Well…" This time Shepherd had to think to answer. "It's my turn to say I don't know. I mean, I'm not sure. I mean … I don't know. You … you mean the world to me. How else … could I tell you?"

Paige smiled. "Y-you c-could've j-just t-told me."

Shepherd smiled as well, and leaned forward and kissed her lightly again.

"And that was because I think I'm falling in love," he said softly as he pulled away.

Paige blushed and stood up to leave. Shepherd grabbed her arm as she headed to the door. She turned back to him.

Paige looked at him with a plea in her eyes and he let her go. She walked out of the room. Shepherd kicked the piano, which wasn't such a good idea because it was a $550 piano and he made a hole in it.

Paige walked down a couple of corridors then stopped. Her heart was beating fast and her emotions were going crazy. Should she stay, should she go? She didn't know, so she paced the corridors.

Shepherd had moved the piano so that the wall was covering the hole. Now all he had to do was get out from behind it. He pushed with all his might but the piano was stuck there good and fast.

While he was struggling, Paige came back into the room. He didn't notice her straight away, but then again he never did.

"Sh-shepherd-d, h-how did-d y-you – " she began.

"Oh, thank god you're here. Can you help me out? I got stuck trying to move it," Shepherd interrupted.

Paige didn't ask how or why, and some minutes later, the piano was back where it had been before.

"I guess I'll just have to pay for that," said Shepherd, pointing to the hole. "It's a lot easier than trying to move it." He sighed and turned back to Paige.

"So why did you came back?"

"Th-there's a n-new song I-I want-t to l-learn," said Paige. Shepherd looked at her surprisedly. He looked even more surprised when she leaned up and kissed him lightly on his cheek.

"We always seem to be, sister and brotherly. It's such a lovely way to be."

"And I want to say, what it means to me. How I could never be the same without you."

She stopped singing, and he pulled her into a hug. "I thought I told you I didn't like songs from musicals," he whispered, and she laughed quietly.

They stayed like that for a few more precious moments.

Sorry for the wait. The holidays just started so I'll have more time for writing now. This was such a hard chapter to write, i didn't know how to make it unpretentious, and i think i got away with it.

The song is Lets Play a Love Scene from the musical Fame, which coincidently is the show my school is going to put on, of which i am in the chorus, so you can tell why i don't like it that much.

Anyway enjoy, and the next chapter should be comming soon.