Ok, since I can't establish stanzas, just know that every four lines is one verse.
"Thought you would know
How it feels to be alone
But it seems you only care
For your own loneliness
Thought you could show
What it's like to love another
But you only saw yourself
And now I have no one to seek for guidance
Thought you would know
What it's like to walk a lonely path
That we could somehow meet halfway
See how similar our stories are
Thought you could love
Someone else who shared your pain
But instead you blew your life
On impossible dreams and goals
Thought we could share
One lifetime of misery
And change it to a glorious one
Of you and me together
Thought you could change
And embrace someone like you
But the shunned shut out the world
As the world denied them too
Thought you could see
How good you'd be for me
And I'd be there for you
As lovers do
Thought you could forgive me
For the distance we're apart
The years and miles alike
Our love would have no boundaries
Thought I could reach through to you
And change your world forever
But I guess I came too late
So turn around and face your fate,"
Sophie sang as she strummed her guitar loudly. It had been three weeks since Aiden and Katie had started going out. Katie still called her to chat like everything was normal. Neither of them talked about Aiden to each other. Sophie had written this song as she was finally beginning to get over him.
Sophie set her guitar down, wondering what to do next. Just then, the phone rang. Sophie leaned over to pick up the one on her desk, "Hello?"
"Sophie? It's Aiden," said the raspy voice.
Sophie froze. She heard Aiden sniff in the background. "I got your number from Katie," he explained to the silence that met him.
Sophie collected her bearings, "Hi Aiden, how are you?" she asked timidly.
Aiden sighed, white noise filling Sophie's ear. "Not good at all. Katie and I just broke up."
Sophie was confused as well as sad. Why was Aiden telling her this? Poor Aiden, he must be so crushed! She thought. "I'm sorry to hear that, Aiden," she replied, keeping her tone a polite monotone. "May I ask why?"
"She just wasn't the girl I thought she was. I guess I got the wrong first impression," Aiden answered, voice quavering on the verge of tears.
"That's terrible. How's she taking it?"
"I don't think she cares very much," Aiden's voice broke, and Sophie heard a muffled sob. "I'm pretty bummed out about it."
From what I hear, that's an understatement, Sophie replied in her head. Out loud, she said, "Well, you know how the song goes, 'the first cut is the deepest.'"
Aiden sighed a shaky sigh, "I hope that's right. I never want to feel like this again," he said fervently.
"I wish there was some way I could make it better," Sophie replied. "Don't be too upset, Katie's just one girl. She's not the best thing in the world."
"She sure seemed like it, though." After a pause, Aiden continued, "Listen, I want to apologize for upsetting you the last time we spoke, but you must understand how I felt."
"You didn't quite understand how I felt, either, Aiden." Sophie carefully spoke in past tense.
"I'm sorry I asked you what I asked. It wasn't the right time for it. But for you to rub it in my face and say that…" Aiden stopped, and Sophie heard him cough.
She was reminded of a few lines from Frank Sinatra. In her mind, she heard 'Strangers in the Night' and a line which she wasn't sure if it even came from that same song that went, "And then I go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like 'I love you.'" Wow, Sophie thought. There's a song for everything I've ever said, felt, or done. "When I told you I loved you?" Sophie asked, confused about all of the pronoun usage of what Aiden had just said.
Aiden inhaled sharply. "Yes, that's what I was talking about. You knew I had just asked Katie out, why'd you joke around with something like that?"
Sophie sighed, Boys are so clueless sometimes. "I wish I could see your face right now. You're so cute when you're confused!"
Aiden wasn't amused. "Care to enlighten me?" he asked tersely.
Sophie tried to keep her tone light as she replied, "Aiden, I've never lied to you. I kissed you because I loved you! Katie had already made her move, so I had to make mine. I guess I was too subtle for you to notice. Unlike Katie, I'd like to be friends with a guy before I go around making out with him. But you never saw that I was the one who really cared for you. You broke my heart that day you asked Katie out." Now Sophie was the one on the verge of tears.
Aiden didn't respond for a few moments. Sophie was close to hysterical. She tore her heart open for Aiden again, and he won't even say anything?
Aaah! Cliffhanger! Who said epilogues had to be one chapter long? spazzes in anticipation Just you wait! Review!
