Teardrops On My Guitar by:Taylor Swift

The team had finally convinced me to sing at the open mic night that one of the bar type places by Eden Hall has. They told me that Charlie wasn't going to be there so I was going to sing the song I had made for him. I made it when I realized that he would never be mine. I walked with the team, holding my guitar case. Fulton told me that Coach Bombay would be there.

I walked in with the team behind me and saw Coach at the bar, sipping a liquid that probably didn't have alcohol. I walked up to him and gave him a hug. I put my guitar backstage and came out to ask when I would be going. I found out I would be one of the last to go before they closed up. I went to the team and them when I was going. We ordered some sodas and Coach brought me to the side.

"So, Alice, you still haven't told Charlie?"

"I told you, Coach. It's too late. He's with Linda now," I told him.

"Okay. But I know that the song you're singing is for him," Coach said and went to the team. I felt one of the team put their arm around my shoulder. I looked to see it was Fulton.

"Hey, Als, just do your best up there. You're amazing," he told me and kissed my temple. He dragged me to the table with the team. We talked among each other before they told me bye and I went backstage. I strummed my guitar to make sure it was in tune. I went up onstage and saw the team was cheering for me. Although, there two extra people. Charlie and Linda. I glared at Fulton when I saw him smiling at me.

I walked up the the mic and saw there was a stool there for me. The people all clapped for me. "Alright, so this song, I wrote it for someone very special to me," I said and strummed my guitar one last time to make sure it was in tune. I opened my mouth once I knew I had to sing.

"He looks at me, I fake a smile so he won't see
That I want and I'm needing everything that we should be
I'll bet she's beautiful, that girl he talks about,
And she's got everything that I have to live without.

He talks to me, I laugh 'cause it's just so funny
That I can't even see anyone when he's with me
He says he's so in love, he's finally got it right,
I wonder if he knows he's all I think about at night

He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star
He's the song in the car I keep singing, don't know why I do."

I looked up and saw the whole team smiling at me. Even Linda was smiling and I was sure she knew it was about Charlie. I smiled at them.

"He walks by me, can he tell that I can't breathe?
And there he goes, so perfectly,
The kind of flawless I wish I could be
She better hold him tight, give him all her love
Look in those beautiful eyes and know she's lucky 'cause

He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star
He's the song in the car I keep singing, don't know why I do."

I remembered one day when Charlie had gotten mad at me. We had been going against a team and I hadn't taken the shot. When the game was over, he screamed at me and then left me all alone in the locker room. I smiled at the memory and started to sing again, remembering how I drove home alone that night.

"So I drive home alone.
As I turn out the light
I'll put his picture down
And maybe get some sleep tonight."

I remembered another day. The day that I realized that Charlie was lost to me forever. Him and Linda were in the hallway and they looked so happy together. I turned around and felt a few tears go down my face. Fulton found me later on in the locker room, crying on the bench. He had called all the team except Charlie and I knew that there was no hope for Charlie and I.

"'Cause he's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
The only one who's got enough of me to break my heart
He's the song in the car I keep singing, don't know why I do
He's the time taken up, but there's never enough
And he's all that I need to fall into."

I was crying now onstage but I only had one more line. I knew that the whole team was gonna grab me as soon as I finished. I didn't want Charlie to see me like this. I finally sang the last line.

"He looks at me, I fake a smile so he won't see."

I stood up from the stool and said thank you. I left the stage hearing cheers from everyone. I put my guitar away and ran out the back. I hoped that no one on the team would follow me. I had made it about a block away from the bar place before I heard it. Someone calling my name.

"Alice!" I thought it sounded like Charlie but I just started to run. I needed to get back to the dorm. No one could follow me there.

"Wonderland, stop!" It was Charlie. Only he would call me that. I ran harder and finally made it to the dorm. I made it to mine and Connie's room. I hoped she wouldn't mind staying somewhere else tonight. I threw my guitar onto the floor and slid down the door. I curled into a ball and just started to cry my eyes out. I heard someone knocking on the door but I wouldn't let anyone in.

"Alice... Please, open the door. I have something to tell you," Charlie said through the door.

"No, Charlie," I said while sobbing. I didn't want anyone, especially him, to comfort me. He was with Linda and that was final.

"Fine. I'll leave." And just like that, I heard him walk away from the door. I laid there for what felt like hours but was really only about ten minutes. I heard the lock on the door unlock.

"Connie, please don't come in here," I said through the door.

"I have to come in, Alice. You need someone," she said. I tried to hold the door closed but I guess Connie was stronger than me. Until I realized that it wasn't Connie behind the door. It was Charlie. Connie was standing behind him before she closed the door. It was just Charlie and I.

"Wonderland..." Charlie whispered and reached to wipe the tears off my face but I turned away from him. I went to my bed and sat down with my head bent and my arms wrapped around my middle.

"What Charlie?"

"Alice..."

"What? What do you want? Now that you know everything, now that I am completely bared to you, what do you want, Charlie?" I exploded at him as I stood up.

"Wonderland, why didn't you ever tell me?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

"No," he said.

"I was scared, Charlie. I was scared that I would ruin our friendship," I told him. I sat on the bed the same way before I had exploded at him. I felt more tears run down my face. I saw him get on his knees in front of me.

"Wonderland..." He pushed my hair back and wiped my tears away. "I was going to tell you that Linda and I are done. It was mutual." He looked at me with his beautiful blue eyes. His hands still stroked my cheeks but I was done crying.

"Charlie..." I said. He shushed me and pulled me closer so that our foreheads were touching. He closed his eyes and leaned forward. I closed my eyes and leaned forward. We finally kissed and I knew that this was my true love and happiness. I heard the door open and the whole team started cheering. Charlie and I stood up and celebrated with our team.