Chapter 23
"You can sleep if you want." Matt said.
"Nah, I don't think I can sleep right now. Besides, you should always have two people awake in the car at all times."
"Ha, tell that to Jeff. That kid is a sleeping machine. There could be a tornado outside and he'd probably stay sleeping."
"Really? It seems like if there was a tornado outside, he'd jump on his bike and see if it'll catch up with him."
"True...hey wanna listen to some music?"
"Sure" Corinne said.
"Umm I have some cd's but they're all in the back. I don't really want to stop yet."
"That's alright, let's just listen to the radio for now. We can do what my friends and I used to do on long road trips."
"What's that?"
"Change the station until we find a song we know and just start singing insanely."
"All right but I'm not singing alone."
"Okay, here we go...and we're both in the game right?"
"Yep...start changing."
Matt smiled as she eagerly turned on the radio, wrinkling her nose as she went past country stations and a few rap stations. He was glad that she seemed to be so much more relaxed and comfortable with him. She stopped when she heard the first few chords of "Last Kiss" by Pearl Jam come on the radio.
"Oh, this is staying on." They both said simultaneously.
"Oh that's right, Jeff and you are obsessed with Pearl Jam right?" She asked laughingly.
"Well...umm...yeah..." He said a bit shyly since his friends usually made fun of him.
"Hey, dude, come on. Pearl Jam has got to be the best band in the world. Have some pride in your obsession."
"You sound like you have some experience." He said smiling at her.
"Um, you're talking to Stamford, CT's resident Pearl Jam freak. Let's just say that when I went away to college, I had no posters, a few pictures of family and friends, but the first thing I hung up on that wall was my picture of Eddie Vedder."
"Ah, a girl after my own heart. Except for I just like Eddie Vedder's voice...I'm assuming it's a little more than appreciation of music for you?" Matt said with a wayward grin.
"Whatever Matt...the guy's hot...I don't care what anyone says. Now sing!"
They started singing together...horribly...but still they were having fun and it was definitely keeping both of their minds off of Ben. When the song finished, she started looking around for another song. As she was flipping she went past a Spanish station, then went back again.
"I think I know this song..."
"You know how to speak Spanish?" He asked curiously.
"No...well a little bit. I have like 4 Spanish friends that I've kept in touch with since high school and they usually forget that I don't always understand them, so I've gotten used to hearing them speak it. I understand it MUCH better than I can speak it though. I think I know this song...yep...I do. I think I have the English version in one of my cds...Um." She racked her brain for the title and then the words hit her. "Oh, this is Inevitable by Shakira. Can we listen to it please? It's got a good beat."
"All right, but you gotta tell me what the heck she's saying."
"I'll try. Damn I used to know all the words. Okay, " To be true I must confess, making coffee and a mess...don't know anything bout football."
She skipped a few verses cause she just couldn't remember the words for the life of her then the chorus came on.
"I can't find any way to forget you because to keep on loving you is inevitable." Corinne said.
"You gotta let me hear the whole English version, but it does have a pretty good beat." Matt said, but inside the words were revolving in his mind... "To keep on loving you is inevitable..." and he thought of Amy at first. "Am I really just destined to be with Amy?" He thought inwardly, and then was shaken out of his thoughts as the song ended and Corinne changed the station. He smiled as she stopped on Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar on Me."
"Do you like this song?"
"Old school rock...definitely." She smiled at him as they both began singing again.
"You can sleep if you want." Matt said.
"Nah, I don't think I can sleep right now. Besides, you should always have two people awake in the car at all times."
"Ha, tell that to Jeff. That kid is a sleeping machine. There could be a tornado outside and he'd probably stay sleeping."
"Really? It seems like if there was a tornado outside, he'd jump on his bike and see if it'll catch up with him."
"True...hey wanna listen to some music?"
"Sure" Corinne said.
"Umm I have some cd's but they're all in the back. I don't really want to stop yet."
"That's alright, let's just listen to the radio for now. We can do what my friends and I used to do on long road trips."
"What's that?"
"Change the station until we find a song we know and just start singing insanely."
"All right but I'm not singing alone."
"Okay, here we go...and we're both in the game right?"
"Yep...start changing."
Matt smiled as she eagerly turned on the radio, wrinkling her nose as she went past country stations and a few rap stations. He was glad that she seemed to be so much more relaxed and comfortable with him. She stopped when she heard the first few chords of "Last Kiss" by Pearl Jam come on the radio.
"Oh, this is staying on." They both said simultaneously.
"Oh that's right, Jeff and you are obsessed with Pearl Jam right?" She asked laughingly.
"Well...umm...yeah..." He said a bit shyly since his friends usually made fun of him.
"Hey, dude, come on. Pearl Jam has got to be the best band in the world. Have some pride in your obsession."
"You sound like you have some experience." He said smiling at her.
"Um, you're talking to Stamford, CT's resident Pearl Jam freak. Let's just say that when I went away to college, I had no posters, a few pictures of family and friends, but the first thing I hung up on that wall was my picture of Eddie Vedder."
"Ah, a girl after my own heart. Except for I just like Eddie Vedder's voice...I'm assuming it's a little more than appreciation of music for you?" Matt said with a wayward grin.
"Whatever Matt...the guy's hot...I don't care what anyone says. Now sing!"
They started singing together...horribly...but still they were having fun and it was definitely keeping both of their minds off of Ben. When the song finished, she started looking around for another song. As she was flipping she went past a Spanish station, then went back again.
"I think I know this song..."
"You know how to speak Spanish?" He asked curiously.
"No...well a little bit. I have like 4 Spanish friends that I've kept in touch with since high school and they usually forget that I don't always understand them, so I've gotten used to hearing them speak it. I understand it MUCH better than I can speak it though. I think I know this song...yep...I do. I think I have the English version in one of my cds...Um." She racked her brain for the title and then the words hit her. "Oh, this is Inevitable by Shakira. Can we listen to it please? It's got a good beat."
"All right, but you gotta tell me what the heck she's saying."
"I'll try. Damn I used to know all the words. Okay, " To be true I must confess, making coffee and a mess...don't know anything bout football."
She skipped a few verses cause she just couldn't remember the words for the life of her then the chorus came on.
"I can't find any way to forget you because to keep on loving you is inevitable." Corinne said.
"You gotta let me hear the whole English version, but it does have a pretty good beat." Matt said, but inside the words were revolving in his mind... "To keep on loving you is inevitable..." and he thought of Amy at first. "Am I really just destined to be with Amy?" He thought inwardly, and then was shaken out of his thoughts as the song ended and Corinne changed the station. He smiled as she stopped on Def Leppard's, "Pour Some Sugar on Me."
"Do you like this song?"
"Old school rock...definitely." She smiled at him as they both began singing again.