Fic: No Place Like Home (4/6)
Author: Gardenia1786
Rating: PG-13
Songs:"With You" by Jessica Simpson and "Why Can't I" by Liz Phare
Please see part 1 for disclaimers.
Feedback: Of course! Please:)
A/N: Hopefully y'all have figured out my pattern for writing in this fic. Katie's POV first, then Jessie's… flipping back and forth.
A/N 2: Sorry about the cheesy-ness of it all. Once again, I don't have time to re-write this chapter, so y'all are stuck with it. Sorry 'bout that. I'll probably come back and do something with it at a later time... when I have more time. Lol.
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After the movie I decided to take her to one of my favorite coffee places. It was downtown, in the middle of everything, but once you got inside, there was a sense of peace and relaxation about the place. My friends and I come here a lot... especially on Karaoke night, which just happens to be tonight. We ordered our coffee and sat down at a table. I took her hand, and we sat and listened to the people singing. I squeezed her hand and whispered,
"Will you sing for me, Billie?" I asked, hoping with everything in me that she would. She looked at me with a sad puppy dog expression. "Ok, fine, if I get up there and sing after you, will you get up and sing?" I pleaded. She thought about it for a second, then nodded. She began to get up, and I held onto her hand pulling her back. She sat back down, and I leaned in close, whispering,
"It's 2am, the lights are low, and the band begins to play." She grinned up at me and gave me a slight peck on my cheek, before she proceeded to make her way up to the stage. It took a couple of minutes for her to pick out the music, but when she did, she beamed. She got up on stage and began to sing.
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Katie is just so adorable, I can't resist her. It's like when she asks something of me, I'm powerless to deny her anything. When she leaned over and spoke those words to me, the words the used to coax me to sing to her for the first time, I melted. I was actually surprised that she remembered it, for my darling girl has a tendency to forget things very quickly.
No matter how much I sing to people, I still get nervous when I go up on stage. As I approached, I contemplated what song to sing, then it hit me... I knew exactly what I would sing to her. I rummaged around looking for the music, and once I found it, I was thrilled. I went up on stage and settled myself, and the music began to play.
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You speak and its like a song, and just like that all my walls come down
It's like a private joke, just meant for us to know
I relate to you naturally, everybody else just fades away
Sometimes its hard to breath just knowing you found me
How did Jessie know I thought about her every time I heard this song on the radio? This girl is good. Not only good, but romantic as well! I couldn't help but melt when she started singing. She stared at me through the entire thing, singing to me and only me. The entire place quieted down and listened to her, which didn't really surprise me, though they hadn't done that for anyone else. Jessie's sweet voice echoed through the coffee house as people looked on in wonder. Some stared at her, some followed her gaze and stared at me, but we didn't care. We were in our own little world.
Cause I'm still thinking 'bout it, I almost forgot it was like
To know what it feels like with you
I can let my hair down
I can say anything crazy
And know you'll catch me right before I hit the ground
With nothing but a T-shirt on, I've never felt so beautiful
Baby as I do now
Now that I'm with you
With you
That really means a lot, coming from her. That she feels comfortable around me. I know that isn't true for her with most people. She always thinks she has to hide from the world, and the fact that she'd get up and sing this song to me... it just really meant a lot.
Come and take me
Love you to save me
Like nobody else
Now I can be myself
As the last notes faded away, our eyes stayed locked onto each other, and she mouthed 'I love you'. The entire place was quiet... no one moved as the song ended, then all of a sudden the entire room erupted into applause. Jessie stood up there, very self-consciously, looking around the room and blushing. She smiled and took a single awkward bow, then exited the stage and walked over to take her seat next to me.
"That was wonderful, you sounded so amazing... as always." I said as I leaned over to place a small kiss on her lips. She grinned.
"Thank you, now it's time for you to hold up your end of the bargain. It's your turn," She said, smiling wickedly. I gave her a sad puppy dog look, hoping to make her melt enough and not make me go up there, just because I didn't think I could follow her act. With my luck, I'd get rotten tomatoes thrown at me...
"Nice try, Singer, but you're still going up there. Live up to your name!!" I gave her a fake scowl...
"You aren't the first person to tell me to live up to my name... my 3rd grade music teacher, Ms. Dawson, told me that too... or at least tried to on the night of our spring play. You see, I was the tree, and I had this huge singing part, and right before I went out on stage I remember her pulling me aside and saying 'Kathryn Singer, live up to your name, and sing like the angels.' or something to that extent." I paused and Jessie rolled her eyes. I was talking faster and getting more and more animated as I continued the story, "I mean, really. She should know better than to expect me be able to sing well, after all, she had to listen to me attempt to warble out something for three months during practice. I think she was just trying to inspire me or something."
"So what happened?" She asked and I grinned. "Well, I walked out on stage when I was cued... like I was suppose to... then promptly tripped on a wire and fell over, knocking the other kids down and taking the entire set with me. Yep, fun times." I said with a huge smile on my face. She playfully swatted my arm as she tried to contain her laughter.
"Well, there aren't any wires up there that you have to worry about, so go! Now! Go sing!" She said as she playfully pushed me up towards the stage. "Alright, alright, I'm going, I'm going." I said as I headed in that direction. I already knew what song I was going to sing... er... attempt to sing.
I made my way up to the stage and picked out my song. As the music began to play, Jessie's eyes lit up. I took the microphone out of the holder and thought about saying something.
"This one's for you, babe." I said trying to look on cool and collected as I looked right at Jessie, who blushed, and I began to sing.
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Why can't I breathe whenever I think about you
Why can't I speak whenever I talk about you
It's inevitable, it's a fact that we're gonna get down to it
So tell me
Why can't I breathe whenever I think about you
I started mouthing the words along with Katie's singing, and she smiled. I thought about how true the song was about us... or at least the chorus. Truth is, I can't breath whenever I think about her, and I can't speak whenever I talk about her... well most of the time. Sometimes I can't stop talking about her once I start. It's just so wonderful how that song fits us so perfectly.
High enough for you to make me wonder
Where it's goin'
High enough for you to pull me under
Somethin's growin'
Out of this that we can't control
Baby I am dyin'
She looked so cute up there, totally eating up the attention the crowd was giving her. Katie was like that. A total people person. She loved people, but she especially loved people watching her. She played to the crowd, but she sang to me. The people around us enjoyed her singing, but I can promise you, none did as much as I.
Why can't I breathe whenever I think about you
Why can't I speak whenever I talk about you
The music faded, the audience clapped, and the coffee house went back to it's normal buzzing self. She followed what I did, and took a single bow before exiting the stage and making her way back over to me.
"See, that wasn't so bad, was it?" I teased, as I smiled up at her. She shrugged and rolled her eyes.
"Naw, I guess not, I just totally sucked." She said, looking around at the crowd. I could feel my eyes grow large.
"No you didn't! You sounded really good!" I encouraged.
"Seriously?"
"Seriously."
"Cool." she said as I smiled and took her hand.
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TBC... only 2 parts left.