What They Really Think
Chapter 6
Bubbles and Boomer
If Everyone Cared/Put Your Hearts Up
Bubbles's POV
"Okay, class. Bubbles and Boomer have a special presentation for our prompt." The kids in my drama class sit up and pay attention. Boomer and I walk to the front of the room. We face the group. I start my part.
"Let me see you put your hearts up, yeah
Let me see you put your hearts up, yeah
If we give a little love, maybe we can change the world
You think you're so small
Like you're itty bitty.
Just one match in the lights of the city
Walking by strangers on the side of the street
Like a quarter in a cup'll get 'em off on their feet, like
You think you're never gonna make your mark
Sit back and watch the world while it falls apart, like
Out of sight, out of mind, like, like
It's just a waste of time,
Like, like, like"
Boomer pulls out his song and starts singing.
"From underneath the trees, we watch the sky
Confusing stars for satellites
I never dreamed that you'd be mine
But here we are, we're here tonight
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive"
Everyone watches us. I smile softly and sing my next part.
"Hey yeah yeah yeah
Hey yeah yeah
If we give a little love
Maybe we can change the world
I said
Hey yeah yeah yeah
Hey yeah yeah
Sing it if you're with me
All you boys and all you girls"
I start dancing softly, my light blue skirt floating around my legs, and my blonde hair, twirling behind me. Everyone stares as Boomer starts to sing his part.
"If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
And I'm singing
Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive
Amen I, Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive"
Boomer's POV
It was her turn. My little angel smiles and continues dancing as she sings.
"Let me see you put your hearts up, yeah
Let me see you put your hearts up, yeah
If we give a little love maybe we can change the world
Wishing on a shooting star in the sky
We can do anything if we try
Can't resurrect Ghandi, resurrect king
But if we put our heads together
We can do anything like
You don't have to be a billionaire
You don't have to have much to show how much care
Like give a wink, give a kiss
Like give a little happiness
Like like like"
My turn. I smile to reassure myself and start to sing the words I believed whole-heartedly.
"And in the air the fireflies
Our only light in paradise
We'll show the world they were wrong
And teach them all to sing along
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
Singing Amen, I, I'm alive
(I'm alive)"
The Angel believes what she's singing too. If it helped, she'd kiss every villain in the city. Her melodic voice rings out, filling my heart.
"Hey yeah yeah yeah
Hey yeah yeah
If we give a little love
Maybe we can change the world
I said
Hey yeah yeah yeah
Hey yeah yeah
Sing it if you're with me
All you boys and all you girls
Let me see you put your hearts up, yeah
Let me see you put your hearts up, yeah
If we give a little love maybe we can change the world"
She smiles softly at me. My heart jumps for joy and I smile wider as I sing.
"If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
And I'm singing
Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive
Amen I, Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive"
Bubbles's POV
Pretty thoughts swirl in my mind and fill my heart. These words were me, these words were what I loved.
"Don't let em bring you down now, down now
Don't let em bring you down now, down now
And get up and you love now love now
And get up and you love now love now
Don't let em bring you down now, down now
Don't let em bring you down now, down now
And get up and you love now love now
And get up and you love now love now"
Boomer and I take a deep breath, and he sings again.
"If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
And I'm singing
Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive
Amen I, Amen I, Amen I, I'm alive"
I smile brightly at my secret love. He smiles back, eyes wide, as I start to sing.
"Hey yeah yeah yeah
Hey yeah yeah
If we give a little love
Maybe we can change the world
I said
Hey yeah yeah yeah
Hey yeah yeah
Sing it if you're with me
All you boys and all you girls"
People are starting to clap. I grin and wave lightly as Boomer continues.
"And as we lie beneath the stars
We realize how small we are
If they could love like you and me
Imagine what the world could be"
Boomer smiles as he rips off his shirt, revealing a dark blue shirt with 'When Nobody Died', written on it. I grin and follow suit, revealing a dress with 'Love Can Change The World' on it. I sigh softly, then continue.
"Let me see you put your hearts up, yeah
Let me see you put your hearts up, yeah
If we give a little love maybe we can change the world"
My love takes his lines in stride, and sings his last part.
"If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
Then we'd see the day when nobody died
When nobody died...
We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
We'd see the day when nobody died"
I follow suit.
"Let me see you put your hearts up, yeah
Let me see you put your hearts up, yeah
If we give a little love maybe we can change the world
Hey yeah yeah yeah"
We finish and take a bow. The class bursts into applause, and the teacher is literally in tears. She yells something incoherent and heads out of the room. I giggle and turn to Boomer.
"Did you see that?", I ask. He snickers quietly.
"Yes." The bell rings suddenly, and we head to our lockers.