"Something Just Like This" by The Chainsmokers
Nobody Else But You
Jay tuned his guitar while he listened to Bree's slow breathing as she read a book, her useless legs stretched out across the porch bench. Jay could feel her body heat as she leaned against his side, her fingers occasionally brushed through his black hair, making it so she could see his eyes as the breeze brushed his messy bangs cover his blind eyes.
"I've been reading books of old," He started singing, his deeper voice a little gruff as first as his voice adjusted to the higher pitch of his singing voice.
"The legends and the myths
Achilles and his gold
Hercules and his gifts
Spiderman's control,
And Batman with his fists,
And clearly I don't see myself upon that list," Jay sang, his blind blue eyes staring blankly in front of him as he strummed his guitar with his feet propped up on the outdoor coffee table. He felt the bench shift slightly as Bree shifted her position and turned toward him, he felt a weight on his shoulder as the usually hyper teenager who was currently drowsy and oddly quiet, put her head down on his shoulder, put down her book, and listened to him sing a song he had been working on for a while.
"But she said, where d'you wanna go?
How much you wanna risk?
I'm not looking for somebody
With some superhuman gifts
Some superhero
Some fairytale bliss
Just something I can turn to
Somebody I can kiss," The lyrics reminded Jay of something similar Bree had said to him when they first got together, how he ended up with one of most gentle people he knew he had no idea.
"I'm not good for you Bree," Jay grunted curtly, his blind eyes focused on where he knew she was by her calm breathing. "I'm not good enough you, or Hadara, or anyone."
"Jay," Bree said softly, looking at him through gentle amber eyes that he could see, "I don't want someone who's arrogant and cocky, I don't want a hero too busy to spend time with me, I don't want a person with my personality. I want a blind teenager my age whose personality keeps me grounded, who has just as many flaws as I do and makes me laugh, I want someone who doesn't mind my enthusiasm and will fight back when I get angry. I don't want anyone else, Jay, you're perfect in my eyes."
Jay was speechless, he kept his grumpy expression, but he didn't know what to say, how did she do that?
"I want something just like this,
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo,
Oh, I want something just like this
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo," Jay sang, It was strange how different Bree was from the other girl he had dated back when he was sixteen. The relationship hardly lasted a year, but he still got a taste of heartbreak and it sure wasn't his favorite thing in the world. The other girl's name was hadara, a blonde haired blue eyed girl who was now one of his and Bree's friends and fully understood that Bree was Jay's girl now not her, thanks to a bit of unusual behavior on Bree's part after Hadara broke up with him…
"Wait, she did what?" Bree asked, her amber eyes that he couldn't see, flashed with brief anger.
Jay shrugged and kept walking, acting like he didn't care. "She broke up with me, end of story."
Bree narrowed her eyes and furrowed her eyebrows, her jaw clenched slightly. He could tell she was angry, he could almost feel it coming off of her in waves, and was confused, 'Why was she so angry?'
He found out later when he and Bree ran into Hadara at the end of the school day. Jay set his expression in stone, hiding behind his natural grumpiness. "Hadara." He said, his blind gaze directed past her.
"Hey, Jay, Bree," Hadara greeted and Jay wondered why she sounded so worried, unable to see how Bree was sitting up straight in her chair and had her arms folded over her chest with narrowed amber eyes and a firm scowl on her face.
"Hi, Hadara," Bree spoke tightly, her voice tense and aggravated, any traces of her usual cheer just wasn't there.
"Uh, how're you doing Jay?" Hadara asked awkwardly."
"Hey Jay, I want to talk to Hadara," Bree said, her voice cool and calm.
Jay nodded and turned on his heel, walking away from the two girls while keeping them in hearing distance.
"I heard you broke up with Jay," Bree said flatly.
"Oh, uh, yes," Hadara said a bit awkwardly and Jay could hear her shifting her weight nervously.
"Why?"
"For my own reasons," Hadara replied, her voice a little nervous.
"Why did you break his heart?" Bree asked, getting a little frustrated.
"I didn't mean to, I just didn't think it would work out anymore."
"It took you a year to figure that out?" Bree snapped, "it doesn't take rocket science to figure out if you love someone!"
Hadara looked taken back, "how would you know? You haven't been with anyone."
Bree narrowed her eyes, "I've been in love with the guy whose heart you just broke for two and a half years, I know what it's like to be in love Hadara. Contrary to popular belief, I've experienced the world too you know."
Hadara looked shocked.
"Oh, I want something just like this
I want something just like this
I've been reading books of old
The legends and the myths
The testaments they told
The moon and its eclipse
And Superman unrolls
A suit before he lifts
But I'm not the kind of person that it fits," Jay sang and chuckled a little at another memory.
"Aah!" Bree shrieked as she lost her grip on the branch she was holding onto and promptly fell. "Jaay!"
Jay ran forward and tried to catch Bree, but it didn't quite work out and the other sixteen-year-old ended up falling on top of him and flattening him to the ground. "Ow," he grunted while Bree groaned above him.
"We're not doing that again," Bree groaned, "I think a branch hit me in the chest and the gut, ow…"
Jay chuckled at her griping and his shoulders started shaking before he started laughing despite the fact that he was sprawled on the grass on his stomach, his arms stretched out above his head, face pressed against the dirt with Bree sprawled out on top of him at a ninety degree angle, her shoulders arms and head hanging off him and resting on the dirt, her legs lying flat on the ground, her left cheek pressed against the grass, looking at him through not amused amber eyes.
Bree stared at him in confusion, "what?"
"You're complaining," Jay laughed, his baritone laugh unusual to Bree's ears, "as much as I usually do."
Bree cracked a grin and giggled, "I guess I am, you've been rubbing off on me then."
Jay just laughed, and Bree joined him a moment later, Jay's backyard full of the pair's laughter.
"She said,"
"where d'you wanna go?" Bree took over the next part of the song, smiling at Jay, her amber eyes bright and happy."How much you wanna risk?
I'm not looking for somebody
With some superhuman gifts
Some superhero
Some fairytale bliss
Just something I can turn to
Somebody I can miss,
I want something just like this
I want something just like this."
Jay took over again, "Oh, I want something just like this
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo."
Bree interrupted, "Oh, I want something just like this
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo
Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo
Where d'you wanna go?"
Bree and Jay sang together, keeping their voices rather soft, Bree's alto singing voice harmonizing with Jay's base voice. "How much you wanna risk?
I'm not looking for somebody
With some superhuman gifts
Some superhero
Some fairytale bliss
Just something I can turn to
Somebody I can kiss
I want something just like this,"
"Oh, I want something just like this
Oh, I want something just like this
Oh, I want something just like this."
Bree smiled and Jay looped one arm around her waist before he kept softly strumming the guitar, pressing a short kiss to her dark brown hair.
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Cynthia – athleticsapphiresinger
Leon – athleticgoldenboy
Bree – cheerfulcuriosity
Jay – perfectgrumpytone
Holly – emeraldintelligencequeen
Fini – gingerandwhiteteenager
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