Okay, so I have no real excuse for why this one took so long so I'm not gonna bother with making one up or anything, but I'm still really sorry that I'm such a procrastinator. ANYWAY! I hope that everyone had a good Christmas (or whatever you happen to celebrate) and New Year. So I decided that it takes me too long to come up with something for every song, so I came up with a new way to write this story. Instead of planning any of the chapters, all I'm gonna do is put my iPod on shuffle and see what comes up. Good, eh? I gotta warn ya though, that I almost never delete songs, so there are some pretty old ones on there. But that's an "oh well" type of situation. But I'm still taking song and chapter ideas if anyone has any! ANYWAY! To my reviewers...
mysterygirl123- Sorry! Sorry! I'm working on it! (No duh, why else would you be here?)
RidingtheRoughWaters- ...La la la la...updating...la la la la...
HealingSpringWaters- Well I figured that the title was too long, so yeah. And yeah, Judy's a violent crazy psychopath. Saying anything different would be a total lie. And I think Jake just has a thing for blonds.
Midnight Angel Sakura- 'Kay I'll have to think of something for that one. Thanks!
vicky- This title is just shorter, but that hardly matters huh?
This is an oldie called Friends & Lovers by Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson
Robin's POV
Choir room. Its almost four o'clock. Ryan's the only company I've got.
Don't ask why we're here. I seriously have absolutely no clue. Don't ask him either. No sabe tampoco. Ha! I knew Spanish was good for something!
Anyway, the only reason either one of us were here after school was 'cause apparently someone taped the same note to both of our lockers, telling us we had a special rehearsal type thing going on here.
And yeah, I'm in choir. So I come here to practice on a regular basis, during school hours, when there are people like Kim and Judy to joke around with. Or then there was that one time when Kim got the flu and Judy was in detention for starting another fight with Jake, and I ended up hanging out with a few people from the band and other random people I sometimes see on campus. So either way, this place is already full of people by the time that I show up. So do ya understand why its kinda weird being here alone with Ryan? Yeah.
We've been here for the better part of ten minutes, and we've already ruled out the possibility that this might be some kind of stupid prank 'cause the notes had the school logo on the top. You can only get that paper in the front office.
Then again, people like Jake and Judy are famous among the students for stealing stuff from there. There was this entire period of time when they spent all their time trying to one-up each other on what kind of stuff they can steal, and how much of it they can take at a time. It probably would still be going on if some guy wasn't caught trying to sell some of the stolen goods out of his locker. Last I heard, the guy was suspended and now the keys to the office are only carried by the principal, the vice-principal, and the janitor. Everyone else has to knock if they wanna come in. Though both Jake and Judy claim that they can get in and out without being detected. Whatever.
But the idea was automatically ruled out since Judy was one of my best friends and Jake was one of his, and neither one of us can remember ticking either one of them off lately, so there would be no need for them to try to lock us up in school. Nah, you have to seriously get under their skin if they're going to risk doing something stupid to get you back. Unless, of course, either one or the other decided to be annoying to the other. Then its a "what's-another-detention-anyway?" type of situation.
So Ryan's and my relationship is going alright, friendship-wise. I learned a bit about him. Like the fact that he's from Orlando, Florida, that he's got two brothers and one sister.
His older brother by two years Josh, was a total nerd, and not the cool kind either. But he was super smart all the same. I've seen him around school. He's a senior this year, but I know him 'cause he's Student Body President. He has Ryan's dark hair, brown eyes and tanned skin. But the resemblance pretty much stops there. Josh is kinda chubby (not to be mean or anything) and just has this sorta happy-go-lucky aura that makes all the "cool kids" take a crack at making fun of him.
His older sister Megan couldn't be more different. She was a junior this year, so only one year ahead of us. I've only seen her around a couple times, and from what I got from her, she's a total eco-freak. And I don't mean the "reduce, reuse, recycle" type, she's a hardcore tree-hugger. Makes Friends For Change look weak. In fact, the only reason she isn't a hippie is 'cause she knows that no one's gonna take her seriously, so she's really into academic stuff so she can go to college and become a motivational speaker and save the world...or something like that. She looks more like Ryan than Josh, and she was actually very pretty. Same skin tone and eyes as her brothers, and her long and wavy dark hair was put up in a half ponytail, and she only wore a little bit of makeup to keep up with personal appearances.
And then there was his younger brother Tommy. There wasn't much said about him. Why? 'Cause he was four. All I've heard about him was that he was a pretty cute kid, and that he looked almost exactly like Ryan when he was that young.
When he talked about each one of his siblings, he had a touch of pride in his voice, and when it came to parents, he went sour and spoke with a little bitterness and wouldn't explain why.
So I told him a little bit about my home life, which wasn't much since I lived with my dad and my older brother Jackson. He was also a senior, but the total opposite of Josh. He was skinny, popular, and has had his share of girlfriends, though none of them lasted very long considering how much of a moron he could be. It was extremely surprising to everyone that Jackson and Josh had quickly struck up a strong friendship. Jackson said that he was only "taking the guy under his wing", but he and Josh the nerd got along alright, no matter what kind of crazy trouble that they got themselves into.
I pondered over our unlikely families, the reason we were both here had finally walked through the doors.
"Hi Ms. Shanning," Ryan and I said at the same time.
"Hello!" she greeted us cheerfully.
"So you just want us to sing this song for ya to see if we wanna do it for the show?"
I gotta say, thank God that Ryan was a man of few words, 'cause Ms. Shanning was just confusing the heck out of me.
"Yes. After all, you both have the least amount of experience when it comes to talent shows."
I raised my eyebrows and crossed my arms, offended. "Excuse me?"
"Well, I'm just pointing out the fact that Miss Tohomiko and Mr. Pedrosa have been a part of these shows for years. Miss Daily and Mr. Long have gatecrashed several times over the years in futile attempts to steal the trophy before being forced to wait until the show was over. Miss Bird, while you've spent your time entertaining at school dances, you've never even been to any of my shows."
I shrugged in a "defeated" sort of way. And when I say "defeated", I mean "yeah whatever, now what?". As usual, she didn't catch on to the sarcasm of my body language.
"Here." She handed the two of us sheet music.
"Friends & Lovers," Ryan read aloud.
"Yes," Miss Shanning said absentmindedly. She was trying to work the new stereo that had just arrived this morning since our old one was "accidentally destroyed maliciously" as Judy put it. And so far, Judy was the only one that knew how to work the thing. No surprise, Judy was a total techno-geek. As in, she could take apart any kind of computer and put it back together perfectly.
Ryan also noticed the trouble she was having. "Here, let me." And just like that, the thing was up and running.
Nice one.
"Just press this button to start it."
"Alright. Here we go."
The music started, and according to the music that Ms. Shanning gave us, I started first.
"What would you think if I told you,
I've always wanted to hold you?
I don't know what we're afraid of.
Nothing would change if we made love."
His turn.
"So I'll be your friend."
Together now.
"And I'll be your lover.
'Cause I know in our hearts we agree.
We don't have to be one or the other."
Just him again.
"I've been through you.
You've been through me.
Sometimes a friend is the hardest to see.
We always know when its laid on the line."
Together.
"Nobody else is as easy to find.
So I'll be your friend.
And I'll be your lover.
Well, I know in our hearts we agree.
We don't have to be one or the other."