The Deleted Scenes of August Rush
Scene #7
Hey! Another scene with Evan and Melanie (this is just after she finds out she's the voice...and after she totally karate-chops the Wizard in the back...).
P.S. I won't be updating all that much this week...I'll try. Oh, and I can't really post anything in here until after I start posting more of the real story...you know, since this story is caught up with the real one.
P.P.S. This scene is dedicated to reeselynrose for reviewing this story and giving me the idea for this next scene. Thanx again!
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"He made the world to be a grassy road before her wandering feet." - W.B. Yeats
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The Wizard finally got up from the curb to make another phone call. As he did this, Melanie and Evan sat up against the fence, staring into the silence of the night.
"I'm…I'm the voice?" Melanie finally said. "The voice in the wind?"
Evan nodded. "Yeah…it's you."
Melanie was speechless. "But…how…when…that's…that's mathematically impossible! Where you came from…that's so far away!"
Evan's face fell. He was sure that when Melanie found out about her other identity, she'd be ecstatic. Instead, she seemed confused and upset. And that was not how he wanted her to be.
"I'm sorry…I know it seems like I'm not happy about it--the truth is, I'm flattered! But…there's just so much going on. And…hearing it from the Wizard…well…" She sighed. "It just wasn't the best way for me to hear it, I guess. And the other thing is…I've never been so important in someone's life."
"How'd you know that the voice--well, you, I mean--was so important?"
"You talk about the voice all the time!" Melanie said, playfully punching Evan in the shoulder. "How could I not know?"
"Well, I'm glad you know now," Evan said. "You needed to know sometime how important you really are to me."
Melanie started to tear up again and was about to give him a hug when the Wizard came back from his phone call.
"Come on, you two," he said coldly. "We're going in now."
They sighed and followed him through the fence.
"I hope you two realize that you can't go up on the roof anymore and…sing," the Wizard said, saying the word "sing" as if it were poisonous. "Like I've said, it gives away our position. That…and, Melanie…no one really wants to hear you screech into the night and moan on and on about--"
"Just shut up!" Evan exclaimed.
The Wizard stared at him. "What did you just say to me?"
"You heard me," Evan said firmly. "Shut up." He took Melanie's hand. "For your information, Melanie has a beautiful voice. And so what if all she sings is about is being lonely? I happen to like it." He looked the Wizard in the eye. "You got a problem with that?"
The Wizard could only stare at the two of them.
"Oh, and one more thing," Melanie added. "You won't hear me singing about being alone anymore." She turned to Evan and smiled. "Because after all that pleading for help…someone's finally heard me."
The Wizard rolled his eyes and went through the door. And as the two of them followed, Evan's spirit began to soar higher than he ever thought it could.
And for some reason, he could have sworn that Melanie's was with his, doing the same.