Chapter 6

Joan stood at Kevin's door. She was reminded of the night of his accident. She remembered that she had come up to his room to borrow a CD. Little did she know, her brother was laying on the pavement in his own blood at that moment.. She knocked, almost too gently, and waited. Kevin opened the door, and looked surprised to see her. He rolled aside and motioned for her to come in. Joan took a seat on his bed.

"What's up?" Kevin looked into her face, still confused.

Joan avoided his eyes. She didn't know where to start. "Ummm…I was wondering why you have a guitar in the first place?" Not the best thing she could have said, but it did the trick.

He got a painful look in his face. He turned and wheeled over to his desk, and sat in silence for a few moments, gathering his words.

"Before-before Beth and I were together, I had this huge crush on her." He smiled. "She said that she liked guys who played guitars, so I bought a guitar. I…ummm…I wrote her a song to try and impress her. It ended up, I totally blew it and she ended up liking me because I was funny. That's-that's how we started." Kevin had a tear in his eyes and wiped it away quickly, hoping Joan didn't see it.

Joan didn't know how to respond. "Why did you stop playing?" she finally said.

"I don't know," he said honestly. "I guess, after the accident, I felt like it was just another thing to remind me of her."

"But Kev, it would be a great thing for you to do. I mean, you don't need your legs to do it. A-and you could write songs. You know, get your anger or whatever out."

Kevin looked at the ground thoughtfully. "I guess you're right. I mean, as big of a music buff I am, but don't you want to play it?"

Joan chuckled. "I've already given up on it." She went out of the room and quickly returned with his guitar and handed it to him. Kevin looked at it, admiring the memories he had of it.

He pointed at the sticky spot on the side. "That was actually grape soda Beth shot out her nose when I tried to play that song for her." He looked at Joan and they both laughed.

Authors note: hehehe its not over yet...not even close