=Normal POV=
[Saturday, 3/23/2019; 7:00 pm]
[Berk; Raseri Home]
It had been an interesting week since Friday the 15th when Hayden and Trayden decided to see a movie and enjoy a weekend sleepover to themselves instead of joining their friends on theirs, which got held at Syrus and Alicia's place from Friday to Saturday; then transferred to Katie and Bryan's house for Saturday to Sunday. Trayden went home from Hayden's place around 7:30 pm after dinner, but the two continued to text up until about 10:30 pm when Hayden went to bed because he was tired. The school week was fine; busy with the typical school and homework. Friday night was quiet, most had work or other plans. But tonight; there was supposed to be a sleepover at Trayden's with the friends.
Trayden invited everyone, as always. Devon and Miya wouldn't be attending since the sleepover started pretty late at night. Both Rachel and Dustin had to work late, and run a few errands, so they told Trayden he had to hold the sleepover off until 7:00 pm that way they could have time to get home, showered, and relax a bit. Trayden heard the knock and went to answer it.
"We're here," Bryan was first to greet.
"Hey, guys and girls. Sorry it's so late. Come on in; head for my room. Mom and Dad are relaxing in the living room tonight, so they want us to try and keep it down," Trayden informed.
"No problem," Hailey smiled as the group filed in and went to Trayden's room. Once everyone set their things into place, it was about 7:15 pm.
"So, where's Hayden tonight?" Alyssa wondered.
"No idea, maybe running behind? I told him about it on Friday, and he said he was down," Trayden shrugged as he got his phone and texted his boyfriend.
7:17 pm
Coming to the sleepover, babe? Everyone is here :heart:
"Guess we'll give it a bit," Syrus stated. The friends started setting up their sleeping areas and throwing on one of the systems to play a bit and listen to music in the background.
. . .
[8:00 pm]
"Anything from Hayden?" Alyssa inquired after Trayden finished his turn in the fighting game they were playing. Trayden checked his phone screen, but there had been no response from his boyfriend.
"Nothing," Trayden shook his head.
"Try calling him?" Evan suggested now. Trayden paused the game as he pressed the phone icon and dialed Hayden with it on speaker. After six rings; it went to voicemail.
"You've reached Hayden Haddock. Sorry that I missed your call. Leave your name and number; I'll call you back as soon as I can. Have a nice day! Bye,"
"Hey, babe. It's your boyfriend and the rest of the gang. Wondering where you're at, call or text me. Love you," Trayden said before ended the call.
"You know? He only lives one street over…Could we walk over and check on him ourselves? Maybe his phone is dead, and he forgot about the sleepover?" Ford offered.
"We could," Katie agreed, looking at the others.
"You guys wanna take a walk?" Trayden inquired. The friends nodded as they prepared to leave the house and walk over to Hayden's place. This took about fifteen minutes to get ready. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. "Yeah?" The door opened revealing Dustin there. "Hi, Dad. What's up?"
"Late arrival," Dustin smiled as he stepped aside revealing Hayden.
"You guys going somewhere?" Hayden asked.
"We were about to walk to your house to find out if you were okay," Alicia giggled.
"Why would you do that? I know I'm running late; it's because I had trouble getting Spencer down for bed. He's cutting two more teeth. And I texted Trayden ten minutes ago that I was on my way," Hayden stated.
Trayden checked his phone, and sure enough; Hayden's message was there.
Hayden, 8:05 pm
Running behind. Spencer is cutting teeth and had trouble falling asleep. On my way now. See you soon! :heart:
"Oh! Sorry babe. We were all getting ready, so I didn't even hear my phone," Trayden chuckled as he hugged Hayden tightly and they shared a kiss while Dustin closed the door and returned to the living room.
"It's okay; I'm here now," Hayden replied after the kiss.
"You're freezing," Trayden pointed out.
"I walked over because my car didn't want to start," Hayden shivered a little. "And it started raining a bit,"
"Take your coat off, baby," Trayden chuckled. "I would have come to pick you up," he helped Hayden out of his jacket, then put a warmer blanket around him. "Better?"
"Much," Hayden smiled.
"Want some hot chocolate? I got K-Cup versions," Trayden asked.
"Oh, yes please?" Hayden's eyes lit up. Trayden knew that Hayden loved hot chocolate; it was one of his favorite hot drinks. Trayden set up one of the K-Cup pods, and the machine started. A few seconds later; it was done as Trayden added a few small marshmallows, whipped cream and chocolate drizzle on top.
"There you go," Trayden smiled as Hayden sipped it carefully and got some of the whipped cream on his nose. Trayden licked it off, making Hayden blush a bit; the Trayden kissed him. "Warmed up now?"
"With your kisses feeding that fire that burns inside me for you, absolutely," Hayden winked. "Come on, let's enjoy the night,"
"You got it," Trayden nodded.
. . .
[10:00 pm]
The friends were having a great time; talking, gaming, and snacking a bit. Out of nowhere, there was a knock on the door. "Come in," Trayden said. The door opened revealing Aria walking inside. "What's up, sis?"
"I wanted to ask Hayden something about writing music," Aria stated. Hayden looked up from his notebook, where he'd been working on something.
"What's up?" Hayden looked over at her.
"How do you do it?" Aria inquired.
"Do what? Write music?" Hayden questioned as Aria nodded. "Depends on the specific part of writing music you're referring to. The actual music or lyrics?"
"I guess the lyrics part…You can't make music without them. You gotta fit the music to the lyrics…Or is it the other way around?" Aria wondered, sitting on the other side of Hayden.
"Okay, first I need to ask what all this is for?" Trayden interjected.
"It's a school assignment I've had since Monday…We're supposed to write a song and turn them in on Monday, but the perform our songs over the week starting on Tuesday…We're supposed to have music too, even if it's one instrument…Like the Titanic song being played on mostly a recorder…I've been trying to do something all week, but I got nothing because I'm not musically adept…" Aria sighed.
"For one; I can promise you that My Heart Will Go On has way more than just a recorder. There are drums and all sorts of other instruments involved. I did a Saxophone version years ago, but there were still other instruments at play," Hayden remarked.
"Did you really?" Mindy blinked. "I love that song…Can we hear it?" she hoped with the other girls.
"I don't know if I still have it; that was when I was like, 13…Maybe 14. I did it one time perfectly; the file might be on my desktop, or perhaps my SD card…" Hayden shrugged. "Anyway…Back to your question, Aria…" he looked back at Trayden's little sister.
"Was Hayden able to help, sweetheart?" Rachel inquired, poking her head into Trayden's room.
"Still working on it, Mom," Aria replied.
"Let's head into the living room to do this. Better light and I need to stretch anyway…My one good leg is falling asleep," Hayden chuckled as he got up and headed out of the room with Aria and Rachel.
"Well…I know I'm curious to see how this goes," Syrus got up, then Mindy. It didn't take long for the rest to get up and follow too. Out in the living room, Hayden was sitting on the couch next to Aria; Dustin and Rachel were on the love seat, cuddling.
"When you write music, specifically lyrics…You gotta know what you're trying to get across. Is it a love song? Is it a make up one? Maybe break up? Those are the main things you have to know when you go to start writing a song," Hayden offered.
"I have no idea…" Aria sighed heavily.
"Let's try something easier to think about…" Hayden started again when Aria looked confused and nervous. "This song you have to write; what do you want it to be about?" Hayden asked.
"I don't know…I guess I want to do something that not everyone else will go for," Aria shrugged.
"Alright…How about…Something that sends the message of having peace? Working with others in kindness, understanding, and stopping all the hate and sadness? Using the greatest force in the world?" Hayden suggested.
"What force is that?" Dex inquired. Cole and Eliot were already in bed.
"Well, call it corny or whatever; but I say it's love. The one force that comes in many forms and can be shared between everyone. It's not your standard relationship love long; this would be for the world," Hayden stated.
"That would be kind'a nice. But I have no idea how to write something like that in two days…Not even that…One because today is almost over," Aria muttered. "And it has to be original…The teacher will check to make sure the lyrics aren't anywhere else on the internet…"
"Has to be an original?" Hayden inquired as Aria nodded. Hayden tapped his chin a few moments before leaving the living room and going to Trayden's room for a second. After a few minutes; Hayden returned flipping through his notebook. Hayden finally stopped and looked at Aria. "If you promise to say you had a little help from me…You can use this," Hayden turned the book towards her.
Aria looked at the title. Love Wins. Her eyes scanned over the lyrics, surprised at the work. "You'd…Let me use this?" Aria looked up at him now.
"If you promise to say you had help; then yes. I don't typically make my stuff public…But as someone who writes music, both lyrics, and tunes; I know how hard it can be to make something. Especially last minute. This was the song I wrote after my first stay in the Psych hospital…I worked on it little by little, lost the drive a few times as things got worse while I was in foster care. I think I finished it after your brother reminded me that I'm alive for a reason; that something was keeping me here…And I believe it's love. In the form of friends, family…My boyfriend now…" Hayden explained.
"Is there music to it?" Trayden asked.
"Of course," Hayden nodded. Aria rushed up and hugged Hayden tightly. Hayden blinked a few time, but chuckled and hugged her back.
"Thank you, thank you! And I promise I'll leave you credit!" Aria vowed.
"Just say you had help. If you tell anyone I gave it to you; they'll probably say you cheated or didn't do any work," Hayden reminded.
"I mean; I kind of didn't," Aria informed.
"But they don't need to know that you're using your older brother's boyfriend's song. So we'll just keep the true origin between us," Hayden poked her nose.
"Okay! Thank you again!" Aria said, giving Hayden another squeeze.
"You're welcome," Hayden said, releasing her. "Now, go on and copy the lyrics. And give me your e-mail; I'll send you the audio file to burn to a CD. You can practice singing it before it's your turn to perform," he added.
"Got it!" Aria nodded as she took the page Hayden gave her and hurried to her room to write the lyrics down in her handwriting.
Trayden chuckled, getting up and kissing Hayden's cheek. "Thank you for helping my sister out,"
"No big deal," Hayden shrugged. "And it was you who sparked up my drive to finish it," he poked Trayden's chest.
"Then I guess we both had a hand in finishing it," Trayden grinned.
"Don't get ahead of yourself," Hayden chuckled. "I still did all the work," he added.
"I know; I'm teasing, babe," Trayden said. "Alright, who is ready to get back to the room and keep things going?" he asked. The group got up and returned to Trayden's room.
"Thank you again, Hayden!" Rachel said.
"For helping Aria," Dustin added in.
"My pleasure," Hayden smiled as he held Trayden's hand and the two of them walked to Trayden's room.
. . .
[Sunday, 3/24/2019; 1:15 am]
"I'm serious, guys…We should get some sleep," Katie yawned.
"Hayden's been out since about 11:45 pm," Alyssa laughed a little.
"Let's get ready for bed then," Trayden informed. By 1:45 am; everyone was settled into their sleeping bags and setting phones down to get to sleep. Trayden turned off the light and took his place next to Hayden. However, around 2:05 am, when everyone was about to knock out. A cell phone started vibrating in the room. Everyone checked their's, but the person who spoke first was Hayden, who also was sitting up.
"Yeah?" Hayden answered tiredly, bringing the phone to his ear. "What?" he asked, more awake now. "We'll go to the hospital then. Get him loaded into the truck, and swing by Tray's to get me. I'll be waiting outside," Hayden informed as he ended the call. Trayden pulled the switch to his nightstand lamp.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Trayden inquired as Hayden was packing up his stuff.
"Something's up with my son. Uncle Gabe says he's been fussy and crying the last few hours. Every time he puts Spencer down; he wakes back up and continues to cry. Gabriel tried feeding, changing, rocking…Infant Tylenol for the teeth pain, but nothing is working. My Godfather says Spencer feels warm, so he took his temperature, and it's 100.4. Gabriel feels like Spencer might be in pain, so we're gonna take him to the hospital and see what's going on," Hayden explained while finishing up his packing.
"Let me know?" Trayden asked.
"As soon as I know; I will. I love you," Hayden kissed Trayden lightly. Trayden returned it as he got up to let Hayden out since the alarm was on.
"Hope Spencer is okay, Hayden!" Mindy stated.
"Me too…" Hayden replied as he followed Trayden out. By the front door, Trayden disarmed the system and kissed Hayden again as Gabriel pulled up in the truck. Hayden broke the kiss, and headed outside, climbing into the back seat to try and soothe his child. Trayden watched as the truck backed away and headed down the road. Trayden closed the doors, and reset the alarm for the rest of the night.
"Son, what are you doing?" Dustin asked.
"Hayden had to leave, so I let him out," Trayden responded.
"Did something happen?" Dustin inquired.
"Something is up with his son, so Gabriel and Hayden are taking Spencer to the hospital. I guess Spencer has a fever and won't stay asleep or calm down," Trayden mentioned.
"Ah. Alright, I assume he won't be back, so off to bed, Trayden," Dustin stated.
"Yes, father. Night," Trayden returned to his bedroom and laid down, eventually shutting the light off once he was settled into his bed. "Goodnight, gang," he told the friends before setting his phone to charge and hoping to hear from Hayden soon, or at least, a message in the morning on Spencer Gabriel's status. Trayden did worry about the little fella; it was Hayden's son, after all. If anything happened to Spencer, Trayden wasn't sure Hayden would be alright. However, Trayden was sure positive that Spencer was alright, perhaps sick. For now; the night was over, and not much could be said or done until later on in the morning.
