Devotion Chapter 19: Song for Rachel
A:N Really sorry it's taken me so long to update. Things have been hectic around here. Finals in school and my mom just had surgery on her arm. I'm just not really writing stories anymore. Tell me if I should cancel all my stories. Alicia in this chapter is the same character design as Alicia from Blue Gender.
"MUSIC MAFIA? What's that?" Conan asked.
"It's mainly a whole bunch of unknown singers in this group going all over the place. If they can't help us, I'm sure somebody else will." Tania replied. She was about to go on when a new girl with brown hair in pigtails came in. She was wearing a blue t-shirt and jeans. She looked to be about 16.
"I don't believe it! Alicia!" Tania said surprised running up to the bars.
"Tania! Is that you?" The girl named Alicia asked bending down to Tania's height. She had a strong Texas accent. Tania nodded. "I'm not even gonna ask what happened to you."
"Good that will save a lot of explaining."
Alicia was taken to a cell at the end of the hall. A notebook was thrown into Tania's cell.
"We want some new songs out of you." The man in black said, "I'll be back in an hour to see what you've come up with." With that said, the guy in black left the room.
"So who's the new girl?" Kaito asked.
"Her name's Alicia Whistle. She was at the orphanage I used to hang out at. Back home she was our fiddle player in the band we started." Tania answered.
"It looks like they want to get your old band back together." Conan said.
"So what's been going on since I moved to Japan?" Tania asked.
"Not much. We're still trying to get a record deal. But we don't really have any strong singers that can really work with our music." Alicia responded.
"I see. Well I guess it's time for us to get outta here." Tania said picking up the notebook. "I think I have an idea as to how to do it." She looked at Rachel hard for a moment and sat down, opening up the notebook. "Rachel, I'm going to write a song about you. When they want to do a music video on it, I'll get you and Jimmy to be the characters. Then, after the video's shot, we'll make our escape."
"Alright whatever you say. Can I see the song once you're done writing it?" Rachel asked.
"Of coarse."
A few minutes later the notebook was passed from cell to cell until it was to Rachel's. Not two stanzas into the song as she was already baling.
"That's so sweet! You really got my point of view. Thank you." Rachel said wiping tears from her face when she was done reading. She passed the notebook back to Tania's cell.
Once the guy in black came to get the notebook Tania told Rachel and Jimmy should play the parts. The guy in black agreed. He took everyone out of their cells and told them that it was an order that if they were taken out of their cells, all of them must be taken out together. Tania was turned back into her adult form and both she and Alicia were taken in a recording booth once all the music was played. All that needed to be done was lay the voices over the music. The music started out slow and Tania began to sing. Alicia joined her from time to time on the chorus and in some other parts of the song.
I
can take the rain on the roof of this empty house,
That don't
bother me.
I can take a few tears now and then and just let them
out.
I'm not afraid to cry, every once in a while,
Even
though, going on, with you gone, still upsets me,
There are days,
every now, and again, I pretend, I'm ok,
But that's not what
gets me.
What
hurts the most,
Was being so close,
And having so much to
say,
And watching you walk away.
And never knowing,
What
could have been.
And not seeing that loving you,
Is what I was
tryin' to do.
It's hard to deal with the pain of losing
you everywhere I go.
But I'm doin' It.
It's hard to force
that smile when I see our old friends and I'm alone.
Still
Harder,
Getting up, getting dressed, livin' with, this
regret
But I know, if I could do it over,
I would trade, give
away, all the words, that I saved in my heart,
That I left
unspoken.
What hurts the most,
Is being so close,
And
having so much to say,
And watching you walk away.
And never
knowing,
What could have been,
And not seeing that loving
you,
Is what I was trying to do.
What hurts the most,
Is
being so close!
And having so much to say,
And watching you
walk away.
And never knowing,
What could have been,
And not
seeing that loving you,
Is what I was trying to do.
Not
seeing that loving you,
That's what I was trying to do.
Ohhhh.
Jimmy then realized why Rachel had been crying. That song described her feelings every time he left and she had to watch him leave. Now he felt really bad. He then came up with an idea that would make her feel better.
