Author's note: The song is by Lifehouse, it's called Breathing. I also changed my summary, I like this one better :) Happy reading!
~Chelsea_Broefan ;)
Brady Black and Chloe Lane-Eternal soulmates
'Brady loves me, Brady loves me, Brady loves me,' Chloe reassured herself in time to the music on her radio. 'So why am I driving to this party alone? So why did he come to Blair's house four hours before it starts? So why does he continue to ditch me for 'The Shadow'?' Chloe shook her head and turned up her radio for the third time to drown out her doubts and fears. She checked her makeup again in the rear-view mirror, and said a loud this time, to calm herself, "Brady loves me."
So this was the torture she got for doing everything she had done hurting him in the past. God, she hated it. She hated what her mind was doing to her. Making her wonder what Brady and Blair did while they were alone, making her wonder if Brady was always thinking about Blair when he was with her. She turned her radio volume up another notch. She tapped her fingers impatiently on the steering wheel, though she had nothing to be impatient about. Checking her watch, she wondered why she had chosen to leave her house so early. She still had another thirty minutes before the party started, what was she going to do for another thirty minutes, with Blair's house being five minutes away? Did she want to walk in on something happening between them? As she stopped at a red light, she turned up her radio again.
"Hey lady," yelled a driver stopped beside her.
Chloe poked her head out of her open window. "Yeah?"
"Ya think you could have you music any louder?"
Chloe cranked the knob again, only to find that it just didn't go any further. She laughed. "Sorry!"
"Don't worry about it," The driver said grinning as the light turned green.
So there she was, stopped at a green light, with twenty minutes to kill. She cruised around town until she only had fifteen minutes, bought a soda until it was ten, fixed her perfect hair until it was five, and waited outside the house until she was late.
It was obviously going to be a big party. Cars were parked on her lawn like it was some huge concert they were going to. She tried to no avail to find something to do in the car that would justify her being late. Not that it would matter; no one seemed to notice Brady's girlfriend, NOT showing up. As Chloe glanced at her cell phone, it seemed like Brady didn't notice either. She tried again to turn up her radio, and started biting her nails, something she almost never did. Suddenly furious with herself, she turned off her radio, and yanked her keys out of the ignition. She stepped out of her car, and curiously looked around. Every step to the door was pure pain and fear. What if something horrible was in the making for tonight? The 'what ifs' drowned out her normal common sense, and reason. She opened the door for herself without knocking.
There he was. Perfect in every way, wearing a huge grin, and with her. He was happy with her. The music made it impossible to hear anything but the music it self, and even that was difficult. Brady still hadn't noticed her standing behind him, even after Blair excused herself to go to the bathroom. (Either that, or she had to 'Go get a big broom', it was questionable, because of the music, like I said.)
Chloe stepped directly behind Brady, and turned him around to face her. He was different...surprised to see her, but maybe not exactly...overjoyed.
The music droned on.
~~
I'm finding my way back to sanity again
Though I don't really know what I'm gonna do when I get there
Take a breath and hold on tight
Spin around one more time and
Gracefully fall back to the arms of grace
~~
"Is it selfish of me to ask you to choose right now?" Chloe whispered.
Brady avoided her question, and her eyes. "We should dance to this song."
~~
I am hanging on every word you say
And even if you don't want to speak tonight
That's alright, alright with me
'Cause I want nothing more than
To sit outside heaven's door
And listen to you breathing
It's where I want to be
~~
"I want to dance so much Brady, but I don't want to be second to anyone." Chloe closed her eyes, and hoped to God that she was wrong about what she already knew he would say. "Just, please end my misery. I can't stand it anymore..."
Brady dropped his eyes; he wouldn't have to say anything.
She tried her best to smile when she felt the tears on her cheeks. She made no effort to wipe them away, suddenly she and Brady were the only two people in the entire world, and she felt completely justified to cry. She lifted a hand to her face and covered her mouth. "Oh my God...it's her isn't it?" Then, raising the hand to her forehead whispered to herself, "It's her..."
~~
Looking past the shadows of my mind
Into the truth and I'm trying to identify the voices in my head
God, which one's you?
Let me feel you one more time
What it feels like to feel and
Break these calluses off of me
One more time
~~
Brady looked up at her, and took her wrists in his hands. "Chloe, I don't want to hurt you, but you don't understand."
"Well make me understand, force me to!" Chloe yelled, ripping her hands from Brady's grasp, and earnestly gripped them around his wrists.
"Blair and I were together through toughest times in my life, Chloe, she was totally, and completely there for me...always. I didn't think I still felt so connected to her like this, but obviously I do."
"But what about our connection? What about you being there for me, and our souls??" Chloe frantically uttered her cries, and touched his face. She was losing...
"Chloe, don't do this," He whispered, pulling away from her touch, and closing both of her hands inside his.
"Don't do this, Brady?" Chloe shook her head in disbelief, and threw up her arms. She lost. She kissed him on the cheek, and he backed away. It was killing her-just the thought of him being uncomfortable when she kissed him was unbearable. She turned away from him, and suddenly the eyes of the crowd appeared again, suddenly she felt like her own private hell was a public record.
~~
I am hanging on every word you say and
Even if you don't want to speak tonight
That's alright, alright with me
'Cause I want nothing more than
To sit outside heaven's door and listen to you breathing
It's where I want to be
~~
Now aware of the fact that everyone had been watching her, she still didn't care. She left her pride on the floor, and taking the risk of breaking her ankle, ran as fast as she could out of the room, on the street, and finally in her car. The last chorus of "Breathing" still echoing through the halls of her racing mind, she started her car, put her heart on the wheel, and her soul on the gas. "Dammit!" She cried when she realized that they were taking her directly to the penthouse. She told them both the shut up, locked them away for the time being, and put her brain in charge of everything. Her brain took her out of Salem, across the stateline, and one-week and gallons of gas later, straight into LA.
~Chelsea_Broefan ;)
Brady Black and Chloe Lane-Eternal soulmates
'Brady loves me, Brady loves me, Brady loves me,' Chloe reassured herself in time to the music on her radio. 'So why am I driving to this party alone? So why did he come to Blair's house four hours before it starts? So why does he continue to ditch me for 'The Shadow'?' Chloe shook her head and turned up her radio for the third time to drown out her doubts and fears. She checked her makeup again in the rear-view mirror, and said a loud this time, to calm herself, "Brady loves me."
So this was the torture she got for doing everything she had done hurting him in the past. God, she hated it. She hated what her mind was doing to her. Making her wonder what Brady and Blair did while they were alone, making her wonder if Brady was always thinking about Blair when he was with her. She turned her radio volume up another notch. She tapped her fingers impatiently on the steering wheel, though she had nothing to be impatient about. Checking her watch, she wondered why she had chosen to leave her house so early. She still had another thirty minutes before the party started, what was she going to do for another thirty minutes, with Blair's house being five minutes away? Did she want to walk in on something happening between them? As she stopped at a red light, she turned up her radio again.
"Hey lady," yelled a driver stopped beside her.
Chloe poked her head out of her open window. "Yeah?"
"Ya think you could have you music any louder?"
Chloe cranked the knob again, only to find that it just didn't go any further. She laughed. "Sorry!"
"Don't worry about it," The driver said grinning as the light turned green.
So there she was, stopped at a green light, with twenty minutes to kill. She cruised around town until she only had fifteen minutes, bought a soda until it was ten, fixed her perfect hair until it was five, and waited outside the house until she was late.
It was obviously going to be a big party. Cars were parked on her lawn like it was some huge concert they were going to. She tried to no avail to find something to do in the car that would justify her being late. Not that it would matter; no one seemed to notice Brady's girlfriend, NOT showing up. As Chloe glanced at her cell phone, it seemed like Brady didn't notice either. She tried again to turn up her radio, and started biting her nails, something she almost never did. Suddenly furious with herself, she turned off her radio, and yanked her keys out of the ignition. She stepped out of her car, and curiously looked around. Every step to the door was pure pain and fear. What if something horrible was in the making for tonight? The 'what ifs' drowned out her normal common sense, and reason. She opened the door for herself without knocking.
There he was. Perfect in every way, wearing a huge grin, and with her. He was happy with her. The music made it impossible to hear anything but the music it self, and even that was difficult. Brady still hadn't noticed her standing behind him, even after Blair excused herself to go to the bathroom. (Either that, or she had to 'Go get a big broom', it was questionable, because of the music, like I said.)
Chloe stepped directly behind Brady, and turned him around to face her. He was different...surprised to see her, but maybe not exactly...overjoyed.
The music droned on.
~~
I'm finding my way back to sanity again
Though I don't really know what I'm gonna do when I get there
Take a breath and hold on tight
Spin around one more time and
Gracefully fall back to the arms of grace
~~
"Is it selfish of me to ask you to choose right now?" Chloe whispered.
Brady avoided her question, and her eyes. "We should dance to this song."
~~
I am hanging on every word you say
And even if you don't want to speak tonight
That's alright, alright with me
'Cause I want nothing more than
To sit outside heaven's door
And listen to you breathing
It's where I want to be
~~
"I want to dance so much Brady, but I don't want to be second to anyone." Chloe closed her eyes, and hoped to God that she was wrong about what she already knew he would say. "Just, please end my misery. I can't stand it anymore..."
Brady dropped his eyes; he wouldn't have to say anything.
She tried her best to smile when she felt the tears on her cheeks. She made no effort to wipe them away, suddenly she and Brady were the only two people in the entire world, and she felt completely justified to cry. She lifted a hand to her face and covered her mouth. "Oh my God...it's her isn't it?" Then, raising the hand to her forehead whispered to herself, "It's her..."
~~
Looking past the shadows of my mind
Into the truth and I'm trying to identify the voices in my head
God, which one's you?
Let me feel you one more time
What it feels like to feel and
Break these calluses off of me
One more time
~~
Brady looked up at her, and took her wrists in his hands. "Chloe, I don't want to hurt you, but you don't understand."
"Well make me understand, force me to!" Chloe yelled, ripping her hands from Brady's grasp, and earnestly gripped them around his wrists.
"Blair and I were together through toughest times in my life, Chloe, she was totally, and completely there for me...always. I didn't think I still felt so connected to her like this, but obviously I do."
"But what about our connection? What about you being there for me, and our souls??" Chloe frantically uttered her cries, and touched his face. She was losing...
"Chloe, don't do this," He whispered, pulling away from her touch, and closing both of her hands inside his.
"Don't do this, Brady?" Chloe shook her head in disbelief, and threw up her arms. She lost. She kissed him on the cheek, and he backed away. It was killing her-just the thought of him being uncomfortable when she kissed him was unbearable. She turned away from him, and suddenly the eyes of the crowd appeared again, suddenly she felt like her own private hell was a public record.
~~
I am hanging on every word you say and
Even if you don't want to speak tonight
That's alright, alright with me
'Cause I want nothing more than
To sit outside heaven's door and listen to you breathing
It's where I want to be
~~
Now aware of the fact that everyone had been watching her, she still didn't care. She left her pride on the floor, and taking the risk of breaking her ankle, ran as fast as she could out of the room, on the street, and finally in her car. The last chorus of "Breathing" still echoing through the halls of her racing mind, she started her car, put her heart on the wheel, and her soul on the gas. "Dammit!" She cried when she realized that they were taking her directly to the penthouse. She told them both the shut up, locked them away for the time being, and put her brain in charge of everything. Her brain took her out of Salem, across the stateline, and one-week and gallons of gas later, straight into LA.