Chapter 8

A/N: Ok, so we are now over 300 reviews! Woo-hoo. As promised, here is another chapter. Let's see why Edward was so melancholy, yes? Again, thanks for all your reviews and lovely comment. Thanks to agoodwitch for her help.

Time in a lockdown moved differently than when life was going on in a normal fashion. Aside from work, there wasn't a whole lot to fill the time with. At least that was the way it was before. Now I had someone that I could video chat with or play piano duets with and that made time pass in a much more meaningful and pleasant way. I had just logged off from work on Friday when I got a text message from none other than Edward.

Hey, you busy? _E

Extremely. _B

Text is really hard to tell if there is sarcasm, but from what I know of you, I'm gonna guess it is. _E

You are very astute. _B

Awesome. How is Alice doing? _E

Getting back to her regular pain in the ass, nosey self. _B

I always wondered what it would be like to have a sister. My mom told me I would have drove myself crazy trying to protect her. _E

Yeah, I tried to protect her but then I realized that she was hell on wheels and better at standing up for herself than I could help her with, so I didn't need to. _B

Can I call you? _E

Yes. _B

Soon, I saw Edward's icon pop up on my phone and I accepted the video call and turned mine on. He was a sight. His hair was tousled, he had a few days stubble on his jaw, and his clothes were a little rumpled. I was immediately concerned.

"Edward, are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. I told you my dad is a doctor, right? Well, he started having symptoms a day or two ago, so he is going to go get tested today. Instead of cracking open my well-aged scotch, I decided that calling you was probably a better idea."

My phone case had a built-in stand for my phone, so I went to go sit at the piano and propped it up. "Alright, what do you want me to play for you?" This was how I knew to cheer him up. He gave me a small, sad smile and it melted my heart. "I really hope your dad is okay, but this is how I know to cheer you up."

"I can ask for any song?"

"Any song."

"Well, I want to sing with you, so we are going to do Something Just Like This, can you sing the harmony?"

"Yep. I gotta look up the piano chords or whatever so give me a minute." I looked up the right sheet music on my laptop and put it on the top of my piano. "Ok, let's do this."

Edward started to count us off and I started playing with him and we were singing together.

She said, where'd you wanna go?

How much you wanna risk?

I'm not lookin' for somebody

With some superhuman gifts

Some superhero

Some fairy-tale bliss

Just something I can turn to

Somebody I can kiss

I want something just like this

I smiled at him when we got to the chorus because it seemed like we were singing the song to each other, meaning every word. Wanting something just like this, someone to care about, someone to kiss, someone to be with.

When the song was over, I launched into my favorite Coldplay song, Clocks, just to make it easy for him to catch up with me. After a few notes he chuckled and started playing along with me and we sang together again.

Confusion that never stops

Closing walls and ticking clocks

Gonna come back and take you home

I could not stop that you now know

Singin' come out upon my seas

Cursed missed opportunities

Am I a part of the cure

Or am I part of the disease? Singin'

You are...

And nothing else compares...

When we finished the song, Edward had a beautiful smile on his face and it in turn made me grin like crazy.

"You're beautiful when you smile like that." He said.

"You're not so bad yourself, handsome."

He smiled back. "Hey, I found a fun song for us to play together."

"What?"

"I'm sending the video. Just a sec."

A few second later I got a video and it said let it go x Winter. Curious I opened the video, and it was one of those videos where the person is playing the piano with a visualizer. It started off as Vivaldi's winter, then went into let it go from frozen, then it went to winter again, which I loved that song, then it went back into let it go and ended with that. It was pretty cool. "All right, let's do it." I looked up the sheet music and it took a few minutes.

Then we were off. We both knew how to play both songs, but the part from Winter was really hard so there were a few mess ups and starting and stopping. I also singed along to the frozen part which made him chuckle. Edward messed up a couple times, but he claimed it was from laughing so hard, but it made me feel better that he wasn't so perfect.

Edward and I continued to talk and play little things on the piano, before we both realized that it was way past dinner time and we had to stop. I asked him if he wanted some of the soup I had been cooking all day in the slow cooker. He gave me one of those heart stopping smiles and told me he would take whatever I wanted to give him. I shook my head and we both bid each other goodbye.

After I served myself some soup, I packed some in a Tupperware container and I sat it in front of his door and texted him he had dinner. As was becoming normal anytime I left him food, I got a text back saying how delicious it was. We texted back and forth the rest of the night until I had to go to bed, because I was about to pass out in my armchair.

I was glad that I knew the mystery of who my Piano Man was but knowing who and what I was missing at night and because of this lockdown, was starting to wear on me. I really wanted to follow through on that kiss we both wanted.

A/N: So, how are we feeling? Before you get concerned for Edwards dad, fluffy story, just remember that. Leave a review. Until next week lovelies!

Playlist:

Something just like this By The Chainsmokers and Coldplay

Clocks By Coldplay

Let it Go x Winter by Frozen and Vivaldi (Look it up by Roussea)