A/N: Hi everybody... sorry for the wait for here I am again... sorry, really... real life can get really crazy when you're in a nursing program... but here it is... enjoy:
Chapter 25: V-day in New York
(New York City. February 14th)
Brody had been staying at her apartment this last two days and they had gone at it most of the time, making up for all those years apart from each other. Sometimes they were on a frenzy, almost ripping each other's clothes to take them off, ravishing the other like the world was about to end and they wouldn't get another chance to do it. Other times though, they made love tenderly, slowly, never breaking eye contact and always whispering words of love in each other's ears. Both of them stayed true to their promise of just thinking of the moment, living in the moment.
Tonight they were at 'Call Backs' again. Honestly, Alexa would had preferred stay at her place eating pizza, watching a corny movie and cuddling, but Brody insisted that they ought to go out because it was a special day, so she agreed. It was Valentine's Day after all.
So here they were. Brody had bought her flowers and chocolates, and she teased him some for being so tawdry. He blushed, and then she laughed, told him she loved his corniness and leaned in to kiss him.
They were just sitting at a booth listen to the performers or to the piano music when there was no one singing and talking quietly.
"Are we singing something tonight?" Alexa asked when she saw a couple going up to the stage to perform a duet.
"You want us to sing something?" he answered with another question.
She made a face. "I don't really feel like singing tonight."
He smiled softly at her. "That's okay." He said reaching out to brush her cheek. "We don't have to if you don't want to."
"Thanks." She said returning his smile.
They listened to the couple singing their version of Endless love. They were good, she thought. Perhaps NYADA students, like most of the people that came to Call Backs.
When they finished, Brody leaned in and whispered to her ear. "I have a surprise for you." And then he stood up.
She looked up at him, a confused expression on her face. "I thought we weren't singing tonight." She said
He smiled. "And we aren't." Alexa saw his eyes glinting with mischief. "You just stay there. I'll be back soon." He kissed her forehead before walking towards the stage.
"Okay." She whispered, mostly to herself because Brody was out of hearing range.
The pianist started playing a soft background music while Brody went up the stage and dragged a stool towards the center. Then placed a microphone in front of it and took a seat, adjusting it to be right in front of his mouth and testing it to make sure it was working. Then he stood and went to the pianist, retrieving something from behind, something that was hidden from Alexa's view from where she was sitting. It was a guitar. Brody grabbed it by the neck and went back to sit on the stool, propping one foot on the lower spindle.
He looked back at the pianist, who nodded and stopped playing. When he turned to the public again, he smiled at Alexa before clearing his throat to speak.
"Hi, everyone." He said, eyes scanning the crowd. "Happy Valentine's Day. The song I'm going to sing is for all the lovers out there, but specially for the lady accompanying tonight." He locked eyes with Alexa now. "This song is for you baby. I hope you remember it. Happy Valentine's Day for you."
She was blushing furiously, but couldn't keep the grin off her face. Her smile grew bigger when he played the first chords of the song. Of course she remembered the song. It was Kiss me by Ed Sheeran and it was the song he sang to her the day he first asked her to be his girlfriend.
Settle down with me
Cover me up
Cuddle me in
Lie down with me
And hold me in your arms
Suddenly she wasn't at Call Backs anymore. She was at her house, in her room, standing in her balcony, looking down at a singing Brody. He was alone, with just his old acoustic guitar for company. He was serenading her with this very same song.
And your heart's against my chest, your lips pressed to my neck
I'm falling for your eyes, but they don't know me yet
And with a feeling I'll forget, I'm in love now
Kiss me like you wanna be loved
You wanna be loved
You wanna be loved
This feels like falling in love
Falling in love
We're falling in love
He was looking at her and only at her. She saw in his eyes he was remembering the first time he sang this song for her, just like she was.
Settle down with me
And I'll be your safety
You'll be my lady
I was made to keep your body warm
But I'm cold as the wind blows so hold me in your arms
Oh no
My heart's against your chest, your lips pressed to my neck
I'm falling for your eyes, but they don't know me yet
And with this feeling I'll forget, I'm in love now
Kiss me like you wanna be loved
You wanna be loved
You wanna be loved
This feels like falling in love
Falling in love
We're falling in love
Yeah I've been feeling everything
From hate to love
From love to lust
From lust to truth
I guess that's how I know you
So I hold you close to help you give it up
So kiss me like you wanna be loved
You wanna be loved
You wanna be loved
This feels like falling in love
Falling in love
We're falling in love
Kiss me like you wanna be loved
You wanna be loved
You wanna be loved
This feels like falling in love
Falling in love
We're falling in love
Everyone was on their feet, applauding for Brody, but he only could see Alexa, smiling widely at him. He stood, propped he guitar on the stool and went to her. When he reached her, he took her by the shoulders to make her stand with him and kissed her passionately, making everyone to applaud and cheer louder.
"What was that for?" she asked when he pulled away, still in a daze from the song, the flashback and the kiss.
The other people were already turning their attention away from them and back to the stage when the new performers were taking place
"Which part?" he asked playfully while they took their seats again. "The kiss?"
"I meant the song. And you now that." She raised an eyebrow.
"It was because I wanted to do something special for you." He said, giving in. "And because I wanted to ask you something."
She nodded quietly, waiting for him to continue. He took a deep breath. He was nervous.
"I know I've hurt you a lot." He began. "Is a mystery to me how you can possibly still love me. There's nothing I regret more than breaking up with you the way I did."
"Is in the past." She said, placing her hand on top of his on the table. "We agreed to live in the moment, remember?"
He turned his hand and trapped hers within his fingers. "I know." He leaned and pecked her lips gently.
"So…" she said smiling at him. "What was that that you wanted to ask me?"
He took her hands in both of his and looked her straight in the eyes. "Alexa, I still love you. I think I love you even more than before and I don't want to be without you again. I know you're leaving in a couple of days, but I still want to try this."
Alexa could feel the tears welling up in her eyes when she saw where this was going, what he was about to ask her. She didn't have any words, so she just stared into his eyes, silently willing him to continue.
"Alexa," he said lifting one hand to cup her cheek, "will you be my girlfriend again?" Tears were shining in his eyes as well, while he whipped with his thumb a stray one that had fallen out of Alexa's eye.
She still had no words, too overwhelmed by her feeling. She could only nod fervently and then, lean in to kiss his lips.
The kiss was soft and tender, and sealed the promise of being together between them. They pulled away and rested their foreheads together, smiling like idiots, but they couldn't bring themselves to care.
In that moment Alexa made a decision, perhaps one of the most important decisions in her whole life, and a really crazy one too, but what the hell.
"I won't be gone for long." She said, surprising Brody. "I'll go to Ohio just to bring all my stuff here."
"What?" Brody asked in a mixture of hope and disbelief, unsure if he had heard correctly.
"I'm moving here. I'm moving to New York." She said and his heart fluttered with joy. "I don't care if I fail the auditions, I'm moving here as soon as I can. I just want to be with you…"
She was interrupted by his lips on hers. He was kissing her fervently, like this could be the last chance he would get to kiss her. He was so happy of hearing this.
"Of course your auditions are going to go well." He said when he pulled away for air. #But the sooner you move here the better." He kissed her again, more softly this time.
They didn't stay much longer in Call Backs. They went back to Alexa's place and had barely closed the door when they went all over each other, kissing furiously, blindly making their way to the bedroom, where they made love all night in celebration of being officially back together.
A/N: so... I hope you liked this chapter... next one will be the morning after Finchel V-day romp... remember we're nearing the end... I'm thinking 3 or 4 chapters more and a short epilogue and that would be it
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