A few days later, Twitty hadn't talked to Randy except on the phone. She was fine, just needed some time to herself to sort things out in her head. Blamed it on society. But by God above, he missed her so much.
But he needed to get his mind off of things. In time, it would all blow over, and hopefully things would be back to normal. So to help the time pass, he got out a pen and some paper. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and smirked.
I close my eyes and I find that I am blind.
Hold my breath and it seems I can see the stars.
The moon waxes bright.
Tied to my soul.
He licked his lips and bobbed his head as the sound for the music in his head sped up.
I find the answers lie in you.
All the questions you've got live in me.
I'm bursting with emotion.
It pours from my soul to my eyes.
He paused for a little bit to let it all sink in. He thought of the first day he saw her. She looked like she stepped straight from an issue of Easy Rider. Her stance was strong and her smile full of life and mischievousness.
He had been just laying on his bed looking over a guitar magazine when she'd called. His hands began to shake whenever she said " Hey, its Randy,". He about melted when she kissed him good-bye on the cheek. He'd only known her for a day, but he just wanted to scoop her up and keep her for himself for forever.
But when he really got pulled into her magic ring was when she sang for him for the first time. He just wanted to declare the want to run away with her forever. Yeah…..run away.
No denying I'm in love with you.
Eyes of green and smile so true.
California soul and Florida dreams.
More beautiful on the inside then the outer seems.
Go ahead and run away with my heart.
The countless times that they had been in public and someone would make her mad by being snooty to her because of her appearance or she'd hear a racial slur from an older man and almost try to get in a fight with them there.
He asked her about that. She told him that she couldn't help it. Her anger was strong at times and some things just set her off. She shouldn't be treated differently if she wore torn jeans instead of a plaid skirt and spoke Spanish with her friends instead of saying personal things out in the open in English.
When you throw your anarchy symbol in the air,
You've got to know every step, I'll be there.
He loved it when they'd play together. She could play almost everything she picked up.
I'm enamored by the way your fingers fly over the strings,
Mesmerized by the way you sing.
The night that he'd spent with her in her room was the first time he'd actually put his hands on a girl. They didn't do anything below the waist. He hadn't even meant to. They we're kissing very deeply one minute.
Grabbed my soul by the waist.
Made my mind race.
And in the next minute his hands where under her shirt on her back and one just made it way forward. He stopped the second that it happened and jerked his hand away and quickly apologized. She told him that he knew that there was no reason for that.
The adrenaline rush is like I'm in the pipe line's cage.
No way in hell I'm walking away.
If one thing could be said about her, it was that she'd made him more bold. He wasn't afraid to speak his mind so much. It was like she was a brace for him to lean against.
His family loved her. She was great with his little brothers. Any other girl that he'd bring over would say they were cute and that'd be it usually. Not Randy. She'd get elbow deep in dirty diapers and scraped knees.
The most beautiful sight he'd ever seen was when she had one of them in her arms after he'd fell and bumped his head on the floor. The tiny body had been shaking with sobs as Randy scooped him up and sat down in the rocking chair and proceeded to sing to him until he slept.
This falling's easy.
So long as you stand with me.
Close your eyes.
We'll touch the sky.
That was it. He had to find her right then and tell her how he felt. He bolted out the room and just barely told his mom that he was going to her place.
He'd ran almost the whole way there and slowed when he heard her laughter from the shop. He was a burst of smiles and excitement. She was backing out of the shop pointing at someone and coving her belly.
A dark haired boy in a white tank top progressed to tickle attack her and the turned this into a bit of a slug fest. This ended in a hug and Randy giving him a heart felt smile and a kiss on the cheek.
