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Chapter 9.
At last I was in Seattle. Just one problem I had no idea where she actually lives. I had the address, but it could be located anywhere. What I need is a map, yeah that'll be a huge help in this tiny mystery. I head down the escalator and enter the gift shop, which is quite bit larger than the shop in Colorado. After finding the local maps I slip into my pocket and walk out the doors. God talk about a lack of security! I consider going back in the shop to get another five-finger discount but decide against it, I have too much to lose if I do get caught.
Once outside standing under a covering because the rain from Colorado must of followed me here, I open the map up. Locating the street Evermyth from the index I figure out the best possible route to get there. It looks to be about 30 miles away, well it could have been worse, but also it would have been nice if it were a block away. I memorized the street names I would have to take, stepped out into the wet world, using the map as an umbrella.
I whisle happily and start to do little skips, I can't believe I'm almost there! Several cars drive by, sometimes splashing water on to me, but I don't care. Suddenly I feel like a complete idiot. Those cars could give me a lift so I can be in Fi's arms even sooner. So I stick out my thumb and put my best smile on, trying to look nice and applealing. People are more likely to stop if your happy, who would want to pick up a person who looks pissed at the world? No cars are stopping. Well getting a ride could take a while, now a days everyone is scared to pick up hitchhikers. I don't see why, it's not like I've killed anyone. Oh wait I have, but it's not like they knew that!
A blue Toyota pulls up to the curb, the driver waves his hand at me, giving permission for me to hop in. Finally! It's a middle aged man, maybe younger, but with thinning hair it's hard to tell.
"Thanks a lot." I try to sound polite as possible.
"No trouble at all. Where are you headed?"
"Do you know where Everymyth Lane is?"
"Sure do! My brother lives there. I was actually heading over there." He laughed at the icronicsy of the sitution.
"I guess are meeting was meant to be."
We start to drive, neither of us saying anything, the radio is on. I don't really pay any mind to it though. I'm too busy thinking about Fiona, I wonder if she looks the same. I do recall her saying she might cut her hair; she's look great with short hair. What am I talking about she'd look great even with no hair! Then this one song starts and for some reason it grabs my attention so I listen to it.
And he looks at me in wonder
And he looks at me in fear
Wrestling with his anger
His pride and stony tears
To place me in his life
Will be hard and slow
Does he want it need it
I might never know
The boy feels strange
Oh the boy has changed
Looking from my tower
I can see his fortress strong
Surrounded by his army
Where do I belong
Does he ever find the answers
In the cars as they go by
Does he ever want to ask me why
The boy feels strange
Oh the boy has changed
And he's seen with all the women
Who think that he's a god
And he blesses whom he pleases
Holding fast to the facade
I want to reach out and believe him
Through his miles and miles of pain
But lately when I touch him
The boy feels strange
And he speaks to me of business
When I ask him how he's been
Keeps me at a distance
Can he make a new beginning
Does he even want to try
Or will he only let it die
The boy feels strange
Oh the boy feels strange
I can't help but to laugh. The boy in the song could easily be me and sudden fear I'm feeling. What if Fiona is scared of me? I know I said that would never happen, but what if did does? I'd die before she runs from me. I really would.
*The song is called The Boy Feels Strange by Melissa Etheridge*
