"Ok my turn!" you say,
Out of breath, Eddie stops his air guitar and head bang demonstration to turn off the Black Sabbath tape playing at full blast in his trailer,
"You're breaking my heart y/n, the next song is INCREDIBLE!" he pants,
"I'm sure but that's the deal buddy, you make me listen to one of your songs and I make you discover one of mine" you shrug and smile at your sulking friend.
He rolls his eyes and gestures to you, letting you pass, you bow back at him "thank you good sir."
These past months, you both started hanging out more and more, you couldn't look and be more different from one another but somehow, you clicked, it just happened some random day at your friend Robin's video store.
You just love how real and honest he is and, as he says, he admires your ambition and kindness.
You are also both massive idiots, which helps.
The first notes of I Wanna Dance with Somebody start to play and he lets out a sigh. You don't care, you're already dancing.
"Clock strikes upon the hour and the sun begins to faaaade…" you perform the song as if on stage. He looks up at you from his spot on the floor, his arms behind him to support him and his hair even more unruly than usual. He studies you and looks amused, a smile slowly creeping up on his face.
You beckon him to join you on the improvised dance floor but he shakes his head "These kids nowadays and their devilish pop music…" he smirks. The irony.
"Ooooh I wanna dance with somebody!"
You continue to sway left and right, turning your back at him.
"I wanna feel the heat with somebody!" You wink at him teasingly, he fans himself letting out a small "Ooooh lala" to make you laugh. However, you can feel him staring at you intensely as you put on a show. You'd be lying if you said you weren't loving the attention.
"With somebody who loves me…" you shoot looking straight at him over your shoulder, all seductive.
He probably got the message, he gets up and silently starts to dance. Reticent at first but you laugh as he starts to get more and more into it, you even catch him mouthing some of the lyrics.
"Yeah! That's it, don't fight it!"
"I mean, yeah ok… I… you know what? Fuck it, Whitney is pretty damn metal I'd say! So when the night falls, my lonely heart caaaaalls!"
"What?!" you let out in shock, he puts a finger over his lips, smiling.
"I knew you loved it!"
The both of you start to jump around, singing from the top of your lungs.
Just two dorks enjoying the last hot days of summer in his trailer, a few rays of sunshine getting through the windows and dancing on your glistening bodies. Nothing and nobody else mattered.
He gets hold of your hand and spins you around as you laugh. He tries to hit the high notes but sounds more like an old goat.
"Thank god you only play the guitar in your band…" you say,
He flips you the bird but agrees, laughing.
"Show me what you got babe!" he cheers you on as you dance, totally letting go. When you were with him, you didn't need to pretend and be someone else, you didn't need to censor yourself and be scared of judgement, he made you feel so free…
"Your turn!" You tell him as you clap along. While he dances, you realize how stupidly cute he looks right now. You've always kind of knew really. And right at this moment, you felt it. You felt grateful for this silly man. You felt how this is actually one of the best moments of your summer, maybe even of your life.
He holds you in his arms, both of you swaying slowly, tired but happy, "you wanna dance with somebody who loves you uh?…" he says, pensively.
You look at him and his beautiful eyes get serious. Is that a bit of fear you detect?
"I guess… maybe… I can be… I can be that somebody? If you let me…?"
You nod quietly as he closes the distance between you and kisses your lips with a smile.