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This is a One-shot set after STWAOES. It is dedicated to Gary, who taught me how to write songs, and the chord B minor. Now, my guitar is named after him. Viva Jezzebelle!

The Guitar {688}

Fang's POV

We had been living with Dr. M and Ella for almost 3 months now. So it was almost 3 months since the Flock split in half… I was still sorry for that, and sorry for Max. She had barely gotten to know her brother before he died in her arms…

I shook my head, trying to dissipate my thoughts. Focus. You're trying to learn a new song! I was sitting in my room, that I shared with Gazzy and Iggy, trying to learn a new riff on my guitar. That's right, you heard me. I have a guitar, and I can play... ish…

Myself and Max had both gotten guitars for Christmas, mine a Spanish Acoustic, hers a black and white Electric. Iggy thought that we should have swapped 'cause the black electricity suited me better, but Max had ignored him and hit him in the head with her new guitar… She was then put on the 'Naughty Step' by her mother, and her guitar went into 'hiding' for two weeks... Max just borrowed MY guitar for all that time, and Nudge got her lessons on the internet…

Meanwhile, I've been learning from the small book that I got with my guitar. I can now play 'What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor?' and 'The House Of The Rising Sun'. That second tune has an 'F' in it, and I can almost play it perfectly, where as Max can hardly play 'F' at all. Yay! Go me!

Anyway, I've been trying to learn the opening riff from Muse's 'Plug in Baby', but it's been really hard. I was now gonna give it one more go, and if anyone told me that I was awful, or to shut up, I'd have a go with this new song I'm writing.

About seven notes in, when I thought I was getting the hang of the first quarter of the riff, when a sound resonated through out the house. "FANG! SHUT UP!!!" shouted Angel. Grrr. No more Muse for me, it seemed…

I then took a look at the notebook beside my bed. Pages were falling out, and stuffed in, and it looked an altogether mess. I grabbed it, and one page fluttered down to the floor. Ah, this is the one I've been looking for.

Placing the page on top of my bed, I picked up my guitar once again and began to gently strum the chords. C, G, Am, F, C, G, Am, F...

They calmed me some, and I began to sing the lyrics…

Times are hard,

So is life,

I just cannot take the strife!

Nothing's worth wakin' in the middle of the night

Cravin' air,

Cravin' space,

I know I'm alive, but am I awake?

(C)

Smoke and Mirrors,

Foggin' up my view.

Everything is hazy,

Even my view of you…

Twistin', turnin', I feel blind,

I just cannot keep a straight mind,

Did I fall behind?

Never thinkin' honestly,

I know that you don't,

But can you not see my needs through the

(C)

Smoke and Mirrors,

Foggin' up my view.

Everything is hazy,

Even my view of you…

(~Bridge~)

Now time is standin' still,

I only feel the heat.

I only see the flame,

I hear them call my name, into the

(C) x2

Smoke and mirrors…

I heard something at the door, and saw Max standing there with a tissue, wiping away her tears. "Th… that was beautiful" she whispered, and came and sat beside me on the bed.

"When *sniffle* did you hear it? How hard was it to learn?" she asked. I just blushed slightly and held up the piece of paper with the lyrics.

She gasped, looking at my messy scrawl, how it showed all the different lyrics I had tried out, but had failed with. She turned to me and asked the one question I was hoping she wouldn't ask. "Who did you write it for?"

I sighed, and decided to do something drastic.

I did one of the bravest things I have ever done, right there, right then.

I turned to Max, tilted up her chin, and kissed her.

SO???? FAXY MOMENT! YAYYY!!! What'd ya think? That song is MINE! All mine, so I copyright it here and now. No one may steal my creation! But, I might put up a video on Youtube of me singing it, and if I do, the link will be on my profile! YAY!

Thanks to all my lovely Reviewers and Subbers!

Hannah Brandon, Grommit and Fangles (I cloned him during January, and never looked back...)