Indestructable
Morning
I woke up and the thoughts of yesterday came pouring into me. That wasn't the way I wanted my first time speaking to happen. I looked at my phone and seen I had a message from Brian.
~When you wake up come downstairs into the kitchen.~ Brian.
I got up and put on some clean clothes and headed down for the kitchen. I grabbed my pad with pencil and closed the door behind me. The walk seemed to go on forever as I took each step. I finally reached the kitchen and seen Val cooking and Matt and Brian sitting at the bar. I sat down beside Brian.
"Hey kiddo! How did you sleep?" Matt asked smiling.
~Good I guess.~ I wrote.
"It's alright you can talk." Matt said.
~I know but last night is not the way I wanted to start.~
Matt and Brian looked at me confused.
~I was going to start talking after the barbecue last night because all of you are so nice but when Michelle started her shit with me it just came out.~
They nodded. Brian turned and looked at me with a smile. His smile could light up the world...wait what am I saying? He just got out of a relationship and hell I'm only 15.
"So you write down your answers to our questions or write down questions for us?" Brian asked sipping his coffee.
~No. I also write songs for me to play and draw freehand.~
"Can I see?" he asked and I pushed the pad over to him turning to the first page. He flipped through the pages and stopped on the page with my mom and dad.
"Was this your mom and dad?" he asked. I nodded and he seen the hurt in my eyes. He wrapped a strong arm around me and pulled me onto his lap. I looked up when I heard the door fly open. I laid my head on his shoulder closing.
Jimmy came up and ruffled mine and Matt's hair and we both sent him a death glare. Jimmy was quite a character. He could make anyone smile no matter what kind of mood they were in. Jimmy looked at me with a goofy smile and I couldn't help but chuckle lightly and smile. Val finished cooking and we all ate. It was so good! When we were finished, I helped Val clean and put away the dishes. While the guys left to go to the studio.
"Well I have nothing planned today. Do you want to go do anything?" Val asked putting the last of the dishes away. I decided that I would just go ahead and fucking talk since I did last night.
"I was thinking about writing some new songs and playing some song I already know. Mom used to play and sing to me before bed every night and now I do. When I was living at the orphanage Meg would always ask me to sing to her so she could sleep better." I said and she smiled when she heard my voice.
"I bet you have a great singing voice." she said smiling.
"No my mom had a voice. She played at bars and entertainment clubs just to have some extra money to take care of me and provide things for me. She sometimes took me with her when she couldn't find a babysitter." I explained.
"I'd like to hear. I mean if you don't mind?"
"Hell no I don't mind. It will be good to sing and play for someone again." I said smiling and I think I was blushing a little. She smiled.
"Alright go get your guitar and see me in the living room."
"Okay deal." I said excitedly. i ran up to my room and grabbed my guitar and headed back down to the living room. I stepped into the living room and Val was waiting for me. I sat down and strapped on my guitar.
"What are you going to play?" Val asked laying her hand in her lap.
"Inside The Fire by Disturbed." I said.
"Good song." I nodded and began to play and sing.
Ooh, Devon, won't go to heaven
She's just another lost soul about to be mine again
Leave her, we will receive her
It is beyond your control, will you ever meet again
Devon, no longer living
Who had been rendered unwhole as a little child
She was taken and then forsaken
You will remember it all, let it blow your mind again
Devon lies beyond this portal
Take the word of one immortal
Give your soul to me for eternity
Release your life to begin another time with her
End your grief with me, there's another way
Release your life, take your place inside the fire with her
Sever, now and forever
You're just another lost soul about to be mine again
See her, you'll never free her
You must surrender it all and give life to me again
Fire, all you desire
As she begins to turn cold and run out of time
You will shiver till you deliver
You will remember it all, let it blow your mind again
Devon lies beyond this portal
Take the word of one immortal
Give your soul to me for eternity
Release your life to begin another time with her
End your grief with me, there's another way
Release your life, take your place inside the fire with her
Give your soul to me for eternity
Release your life to begin another time with her
End your grief with me, there's another way
Release your life, take your place inside the fire with her
Ooh, Devon, no longer living
Who had been rendered unwhole as a little child
She was taken and then forsaken
You will remember it all, let it blow your mind again
I finished the song and she clapped. I bowed slightly and she laughed.
"That was simply amazing! You are a great singer!"
"Thanks. Meg Always told me that but I thought she was trying to make me feel good." I said.
"What else are you going to play?"
"Deceiver, The Night, Haunted, and Torn by Disturbed and maybe some of the Avenged boys songs." I said and she smiled. I started playing the next song and I could tell she was enjoying it. Every song I finished she complimented me and clapped and at one point she was up dancing and cheering me. I wanted to laugh so bad.
"What's the next song you going to play?"
"How about Welcome To The Family?" I said and she nodded. I began playing and singing once again.
Hey kid, do I have your attention?
I know the way you've been living
Life's so reckless, tragedy endless
Welcome to the family
Hey, there's something missing
Only time will alter your vision
Never in question, lethal injection
Welcome to the family
Not long ago you'd find the answers
Were so crystal clear
Within a day you find yourself
Living in constant fear
Can you look at yourself now?
Can you look at yourself?
You can't win this fight In a way it seems
There's no one to call
When our thoughts are so numb
And our feelings unsure
We all have emptiness inside
We all have answers to find
But you can't win this fight
Hey, I have to question
What's with the violent aggression?
Details blurry, lost him too early
Welcome to the family
Hey, why won't you listen?
Can't help the people you're missing
It's been done, a casualty rerun
Welcome to the family
I try and help you with the things
That can't be justified
I need to warn you
That there is no way to rationalize
So have you figured it out now?
So have you figured it out?
You can't win this fight
In a way it seems
There's no one to call
When our thoughts are so numb
And our feelings unsure
We all have emptiness inside
We all have answers to find
But you can't win this fight
We're here for you and all mankind
I've lost my mind Psychotic, I'm in dementia
I won't be fine
I see your escape has been dethroned
Cast out in a world you'll never know
Stand there, place your weapons by your side
It's our war, in the end we'll surely lose
But that's all right
So have you figured it out now?
So have you figured it out?
And in a way it seems
There's no one to call
When our thoughts are so numb
And our feelings unsure
We all have emptiness inside
We all have answers to find
But you can't win this fight
Deep inside where nothing's fine
I've lost my mind
You're not invited so step aside
I've lost my Deep inside where nothing's fine
I've lost my mind You're not invited so step aside
I lost my
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BRIAN'S POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We just finished at the studio and we were heading to Matt's. Jimmy was picking on Johnny like always and making Zacky laugh hysterically. We finally got to Matt's and we got out. I walked up to the door and we all could hear someone singing and playing a guitar.
"Guys who is that?" Jimmy asked confused. We shrugged their shoulders and we all walked in. I seen Ame singing and playing Welcome To The Family. She nailed my solo perfectly and sadly the song ended and we came in clapping. she smiled and bowed.
"That was incredible!" Matt said sitting down beside Ame.
"Yeah Ame! You absolutely nailed my solo! Where did you learn to play?" I asked smiling.
"When you have a whole lot of spare time, you pick up a thing or two." She said smiling.
"Sounds like you've been playing for a long time especially to get Haner's solo down right." Matt said proudly.
"I've listened to you guys play and I just picked up the beat." she said smiling.
"How many times did it take you?" I asked.
"2 times. My friend Britt had Jimmy's drumming down after 1 song. She catches on pretty fast." she said and her happy smile turned into a frown.
"Something wrong?" Matt asked placing a hand on her shoulder.
"She died 3 days after I got here. She had a medical problem where she...she couldn't fight off pneumonia. Meg called me and told me that she died from the complications. She wants me to come but she know how I feel about funerals. I mean after seeing my parents being murdered, I couldn't go. I wouldn't have been able to see their closed coffins. I couldn't handle it." she explained and it hurt me that she couldn't go to her own parents funeral.
"We can go if you want. I mean we'll be by your side the whole." Zacky said.
"Alright. I'll go. Let me go call Meg and tell her." She got up sitting her guitar next to the couch. I watched as she walked out the door. We all looked at each other in disbelief.
"Val did you know anything about what she just said." Matt asked and Val sadly nodded no. We sat there a few minutes more and I got up.
"I'm going to check on her." I said and Matt nodded. I opened the door and she was smoking a cigarette.
"If Matt catches you smoking, he'll kill you." I said sitting down beside her.
"I know. Meg said her dad contacted the orphanage and will handle all the arrangements. I told her I was coming."
"What did she say?" I asked content.
"She said that was great and to be there by Wednesday."
"Alright. I'll let Matt know and Ame." I said standing up.
"Yeah?"
"I'm sorry for your loss." I said and bent down and hugged her kissing her cheeks. I stood up and went inside the house.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~AME'S POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After I called Meg and talking to her for a while, Brian came out to check on me, I'm guessing. I've never had so many people care about my well-being before. It simply amazed me. Brian worries about me ever since yesterday. I threw my cigarette away and walked back into the house. All the guys were gone and so was Val. I checked out back and found the guys so I went into the kitchen in search for Val. I walked into the kitchen and there she was cooking again. I grabbed me a soda from the fridge and sat down at the bar.
"What are you cooking?" I asked taking a drink of my soda.
"Fried chicken."
"I love fried chicken! Mom used to make it for me. She was such a good cook." I said and Val turned and smiled.
"I'm sure and I hope my cooking is as good as hers."
"I'm sure it will be. I mean if it was anything like breakfast." I said smiling.
"Yeah. Sometimes I get tired of cooking and we all go out to dinner."
"I hear you on that one. At the orphanage, everyone who was able to start learning how to cook took turns cook every week. Everyone loved it when I cooked. Sister Lee said I should go to school for cooking but music is my life and my passion and always will be." i said finishing off my soda.
"You're so much like Matt. His life is music and he wouldn't trade anything in the world for it. Now that he has this wonderful band and their music is going big, he's the happiest man in the world."
"I bet." I said. We talked until she finished dinner. I went to go get the guys and I fixed myself a plate of food. I took one bite and it tasted just like moms. Her cooking was the same as moms and that sent memories shooting through my head about the days we would sit at the table as a family.
I missed those days. Dinner was finally over and all the guys left except Brian. I was wondering why he always stayed here while the others left. I guess he was lonely since Michelle is gone now. I was sitting on the couch with my pad and pencil drawing a memorial picture with Meg, Britt, and I. Bria sat down beside me with a beer in his hand and sat down a soda for me. I smiled and he looked over and seen the finished artwork.
"That's very good." he said.
"Thanks. It's all freehand. I heard Zacky does freehand drawing too." I said drinking some of my soda. I sit it on the table next to me.
"Yeah but he's not as good as you are."
"I'll be the judge of that. Are the guys coming over tomorrow?" I asked laying my pad and pencil down on the coffee table.
"Yeah. I'll have him bring some of his artwork so you can see them."
"That would be great." I said smiling. I picked my pad back up and flipped through the pages. Brian stopped me on one of the pages with a song I written after my parents death.
"When did you write this one?"
"3 years after my parents death." I said.
"Can you play it for me?"
"It's country. I don't think you'll like it." I said.
"I'm sure I will."
"Alright if you say so." I said laying my pad back down on the coffee table and picking up my guitar. I started and playing and singing the song called Love Remembers.
You can't forget what love was wearin'
When it walked out your front door
Where you fell down to your knees
And can't forget the kind of suitcase
That was packed out on the sidewalk
While you cried there beggin' please
But love remembers
You can lie and tell yourself
You're over it and someone else will take love's place
And this is for the best
You can lie in that bed In a stranger's arms reachin' for comfort
Close your eyes and still get no rest
Cause love remembers
The smell of a summer day
Lyin' in a hammock over fresh cut grass
And the promise of forever
Yeah, love remembers
The sound of the pourin' rain
Beatin' down on the top of a car
On the side of the road where it couldn't wait
Yeah, love remembers
You might convince yourself
There's shelter in a bottle
And for a while there it might numb the pain
But when it hits you, then it hits you
That love's still gone and you'll be wishin'
That you'd poured it down the drain
'Cause love remembers
The taste of cotton candy lip gloss
On the lips of a long kiss
And the plans they made together
Yeah, love remembers to feel the fingertips
Runnin' through soakin' wet hair
On the bank after a midnight swim
Yeah, love remembers
Yeah, love remembers
The smell of a summer day
Lyin' in a hammock over fresh cut grass
And the promise of forever
Love remembers
The sound of the pourin' rain
Beatin' down on the top of a car
On the side of the road where it couldn't wait
Yeah, love remembers
Love remembers, love remembers
The sound of the pourin' rain
Beatin' down on the top of a car
On the side of the road where it couldn't wait
Love remembers
The smell of a summer day
Lyin' in a hammock over fresh cut grass
And the promise of forever
The song ended and he clapped and smiled widely.
"Good song. I mean I'm not much for country but that was actually good."
"Thanks." I said and I put my guitar down and closed my pad. Brian and I watched TV for a little while before I fell asleep in the man's arms again.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BRIAN'S POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I looked over at Ame and she was fast asleep again next to me. I turned off the TV and picked her up carrying her back to her room. She looked at peace as I laid her down and pulled the covers over her. I turned her phone on silent so it wouldn't wake her and set it on the nightstand. I kissed her cheek and quietly exited her room shutting the door behind me. I went downstairs and bumped into Val.
"When Ame wakes up, tell her I went home and I'll be back over tomorrow." I said and she nodded. I walked out of the house and got into my car and sped towards my house. I pulled into the drive and thankfully her car wasn't there. I cut the engine and got out locking the doors behind me. I unlocked the door and seen nothing was destroyed. I quickly ran up to my room and got out some clothes to take a shower. The warm water ran down my back and soothed me. The stress melted away from me as the water engulfed me. I got dressed and hopped into bed. I laid my head down on the pillow and fell asleep.
~When you wake up come downstairs into the kitchen.~ Brian.
I got up and put on some clean clothes and headed down for the kitchen. I grabbed my pad with pencil and closed the door behind me. The walk seemed to go on forever as I took each step. I finally reached the kitchen and seen Val cooking and Matt and Brian sitting at the bar. I sat down beside Brian.
"Hey kiddo! How did you sleep?" Matt asked smiling.
~Good I guess.~ I wrote.
"It's alright you can talk." Matt said.
~I know but last night is not the way I wanted to start.~
Matt and Brian looked at me confused.
~I was going to start talking after the barbecue last night because all of you are so nice but when Michelle started her shit with me it just came out.~
They nodded. Brian turned and looked at me with a smile. His smile could light up the world...wait what am I saying? He just got out of a relationship and hell I'm only 15.
"So you write down your answers to our questions or write down questions for us?" Brian asked sipping his coffee.
~No. I also write songs for me to play and draw freehand.~
"Can I see?" he asked and I pushed the pad over to him turning to the first page. He flipped through the pages and stopped on the page with my mom and dad.
"Was this your mom and dad?" he asked. I nodded and he seen the hurt in my eyes. He wrapped a strong arm around me and pulled me onto his lap. I looked up when I heard the door fly open. I laid my head on his shoulder closing.
Jimmy came up and ruffled mine and Matt's hair and we both sent him a death glare. Jimmy was quite a character. He could make anyone smile no matter what kind of mood they were in. Jimmy looked at me with a goofy smile and I couldn't help but chuckle lightly and smile. Val finished cooking and we all ate. It was so good! When we were finished, I helped Val clean and put away the dishes. While the guys left to go to the studio.
"Well I have nothing planned today. Do you want to go do anything?" Val asked putting the last of the dishes away. I decided that I would just go ahead and fucking talk since I did last night.
"I was thinking about writing some new songs and playing some song I already know. Mom used to play and sing to me before bed every night and now I do. When I was living at the orphanage Meg would always ask me to sing to her so she could sleep better." I said and she smiled when she heard my voice.
"I bet you have a great singing voice." she said smiling.
"No my mom had a voice. She played at bars and entertainment clubs just to have some extra money to take care of me and provide things for me. She sometimes took me with her when she couldn't find a babysitter." I explained.
"I'd like to hear. I mean if you don't mind?"
"Hell no I don't mind. It will be good to sing and play for someone again." I said smiling and I think I was blushing a little. She smiled.
"Alright go get your guitar and see me in the living room."
"Okay deal." I said excitedly. i ran up to my room and grabbed my guitar and headed back down to the living room. I stepped into the living room and Val was waiting for me. I sat down and strapped on my guitar.
"What are you going to play?" Val asked laying her hand in her lap.
"Inside The Fire by Disturbed." I said.
"Good song." I nodded and began to play and sing.
Ooh, Devon, won't go to heaven
She's just another lost soul about to be mine again
Leave her, we will receive her
It is beyond your control, will you ever meet again
Devon, no longer living
Who had been rendered unwhole as a little child
She was taken and then forsaken
You will remember it all, let it blow your mind again
Devon lies beyond this portal
Take the word of one immortal
Give your soul to me for eternity
Release your life to begin another time with her
End your grief with me, there's another way
Release your life, take your place inside the fire with her
Sever, now and forever
You're just another lost soul about to be mine again
See her, you'll never free her
You must surrender it all and give life to me again
Fire, all you desire
As she begins to turn cold and run out of time
You will shiver till you deliver
You will remember it all, let it blow your mind again
Devon lies beyond this portal
Take the word of one immortal
Give your soul to me for eternity
Release your life to begin another time with her
End your grief with me, there's another way
Release your life, take your place inside the fire with her
Give your soul to me for eternity
Release your life to begin another time with her
End your grief with me, there's another way
Release your life, take your place inside the fire with her
Ooh, Devon, no longer living
Who had been rendered unwhole as a little child
She was taken and then forsaken
You will remember it all, let it blow your mind again
I finished the song and she clapped. I bowed slightly and she laughed.
"That was simply amazing! You are a great singer!"
"Thanks. Meg Always told me that but I thought she was trying to make me feel good." I said.
"What else are you going to play?"
"Deceiver, The Night, Haunted, and Torn by Disturbed and maybe some of the Avenged boys songs." I said and she smiled. I started playing the next song and I could tell she was enjoying it. Every song I finished she complimented me and clapped and at one point she was up dancing and cheering me. I wanted to laugh so bad.
"What's the next song you going to play?"
"How about Welcome To The Family?" I said and she nodded. I began playing and singing once again.
Hey kid, do I have your attention?
I know the way you've been living
Life's so reckless, tragedy endless
Welcome to the family
Hey, there's something missing
Only time will alter your vision
Never in question, lethal injection
Welcome to the family
Not long ago you'd find the answers
Were so crystal clear
Within a day you find yourself
Living in constant fear
Can you look at yourself now?
Can you look at yourself?
You can't win this fight In a way it seems
There's no one to call
When our thoughts are so numb
And our feelings unsure
We all have emptiness inside
We all have answers to find
But you can't win this fight
Hey, I have to question
What's with the violent aggression?
Details blurry, lost him too early
Welcome to the family
Hey, why won't you listen?
Can't help the people you're missing
It's been done, a casualty rerun
Welcome to the family
I try and help you with the things
That can't be justified
I need to warn you
That there is no way to rationalize
So have you figured it out now?
So have you figured it out?
You can't win this fight
In a way it seems
There's no one to call
When our thoughts are so numb
And our feelings unsure
We all have emptiness inside
We all have answers to find
But you can't win this fight
We're here for you and all mankind
I've lost my mind Psychotic, I'm in dementia
I won't be fine
I see your escape has been dethroned
Cast out in a world you'll never know
Stand there, place your weapons by your side
It's our war, in the end we'll surely lose
But that's all right
So have you figured it out now?
So have you figured it out?
And in a way it seems
There's no one to call
When our thoughts are so numb
And our feelings unsure
We all have emptiness inside
We all have answers to find
But you can't win this fight
Deep inside where nothing's fine
I've lost my mind
You're not invited so step aside
I've lost my Deep inside where nothing's fine
I've lost my mind You're not invited so step aside
I lost my
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BRIAN'S POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We just finished at the studio and we were heading to Matt's. Jimmy was picking on Johnny like always and making Zacky laugh hysterically. We finally got to Matt's and we got out. I walked up to the door and we all could hear someone singing and playing a guitar.
"Guys who is that?" Jimmy asked confused. We shrugged their shoulders and we all walked in. I seen Ame singing and playing Welcome To The Family. She nailed my solo perfectly and sadly the song ended and we came in clapping. she smiled and bowed.
"That was incredible!" Matt said sitting down beside Ame.
"Yeah Ame! You absolutely nailed my solo! Where did you learn to play?" I asked smiling.
"When you have a whole lot of spare time, you pick up a thing or two." She said smiling.
"Sounds like you've been playing for a long time especially to get Haner's solo down right." Matt said proudly.
"I've listened to you guys play and I just picked up the beat." she said smiling.
"How many times did it take you?" I asked.
"2 times. My friend Britt had Jimmy's drumming down after 1 song. She catches on pretty fast." she said and her happy smile turned into a frown.
"Something wrong?" Matt asked placing a hand on her shoulder.
"She died 3 days after I got here. She had a medical problem where she...she couldn't fight off pneumonia. Meg called me and told me that she died from the complications. She wants me to come but she know how I feel about funerals. I mean after seeing my parents being murdered, I couldn't go. I wouldn't have been able to see their closed coffins. I couldn't handle it." she explained and it hurt me that she couldn't go to her own parents funeral.
"We can go if you want. I mean we'll be by your side the whole." Zacky said.
"Alright. I'll go. Let me go call Meg and tell her." She got up sitting her guitar next to the couch. I watched as she walked out the door. We all looked at each other in disbelief.
"Val did you know anything about what she just said." Matt asked and Val sadly nodded no. We sat there a few minutes more and I got up.
"I'm going to check on her." I said and Matt nodded. I opened the door and she was smoking a cigarette.
"If Matt catches you smoking, he'll kill you." I said sitting down beside her.
"I know. Meg said her dad contacted the orphanage and will handle all the arrangements. I told her I was coming."
"What did she say?" I asked content.
"She said that was great and to be there by Wednesday."
"Alright. I'll let Matt know and Ame." I said standing up.
"Yeah?"
"I'm sorry for your loss." I said and bent down and hugged her kissing her cheeks. I stood up and went inside the house.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~AME'S POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After I called Meg and talking to her for a while, Brian came out to check on me, I'm guessing. I've never had so many people care about my well-being before. It simply amazed me. Brian worries about me ever since yesterday. I threw my cigarette away and walked back into the house. All the guys were gone and so was Val. I checked out back and found the guys so I went into the kitchen in search for Val. I walked into the kitchen and there she was cooking again. I grabbed me a soda from the fridge and sat down at the bar.
"What are you cooking?" I asked taking a drink of my soda.
"Fried chicken."
"I love fried chicken! Mom used to make it for me. She was such a good cook." I said and Val turned and smiled.
"I'm sure and I hope my cooking is as good as hers."
"I'm sure it will be. I mean if it was anything like breakfast." I said smiling.
"Yeah. Sometimes I get tired of cooking and we all go out to dinner."
"I hear you on that one. At the orphanage, everyone who was able to start learning how to cook took turns cook every week. Everyone loved it when I cooked. Sister Lee said I should go to school for cooking but music is my life and my passion and always will be." i said finishing off my soda.
"You're so much like Matt. His life is music and he wouldn't trade anything in the world for it. Now that he has this wonderful band and their music is going big, he's the happiest man in the world."
"I bet." I said. We talked until she finished dinner. I went to go get the guys and I fixed myself a plate of food. I took one bite and it tasted just like moms. Her cooking was the same as moms and that sent memories shooting through my head about the days we would sit at the table as a family.
I missed those days. Dinner was finally over and all the guys left except Brian. I was wondering why he always stayed here while the others left. I guess he was lonely since Michelle is gone now. I was sitting on the couch with my pad and pencil drawing a memorial picture with Meg, Britt, and I. Bria sat down beside me with a beer in his hand and sat down a soda for me. I smiled and he looked over and seen the finished artwork.
"That's very good." he said.
"Thanks. It's all freehand. I heard Zacky does freehand drawing too." I said drinking some of my soda. I sit it on the table next to me.
"Yeah but he's not as good as you are."
"I'll be the judge of that. Are the guys coming over tomorrow?" I asked laying my pad and pencil down on the coffee table.
"Yeah. I'll have him bring some of his artwork so you can see them."
"That would be great." I said smiling. I picked my pad back up and flipped through the pages. Brian stopped me on one of the pages with a song I written after my parents death.
"When did you write this one?"
"3 years after my parents death." I said.
"Can you play it for me?"
"It's country. I don't think you'll like it." I said.
"I'm sure I will."
"Alright if you say so." I said laying my pad back down on the coffee table and picking up my guitar. I started and playing and singing the song called Love Remembers.
You can't forget what love was wearin'
When it walked out your front door
Where you fell down to your knees
And can't forget the kind of suitcase
That was packed out on the sidewalk
While you cried there beggin' please
But love remembers
You can lie and tell yourself
You're over it and someone else will take love's place
And this is for the best
You can lie in that bed In a stranger's arms reachin' for comfort
Close your eyes and still get no rest
Cause love remembers
The smell of a summer day
Lyin' in a hammock over fresh cut grass
And the promise of forever
Yeah, love remembers
The sound of the pourin' rain
Beatin' down on the top of a car
On the side of the road where it couldn't wait
Yeah, love remembers
You might convince yourself
There's shelter in a bottle
And for a while there it might numb the pain
But when it hits you, then it hits you
That love's still gone and you'll be wishin'
That you'd poured it down the drain
'Cause love remembers
The taste of cotton candy lip gloss
On the lips of a long kiss
And the plans they made together
Yeah, love remembers to feel the fingertips
Runnin' through soakin' wet hair
On the bank after a midnight swim
Yeah, love remembers
Yeah, love remembers
The smell of a summer day
Lyin' in a hammock over fresh cut grass
And the promise of forever
Love remembers
The sound of the pourin' rain
Beatin' down on the top of a car
On the side of the road where it couldn't wait
Yeah, love remembers
Love remembers, love remembers
The sound of the pourin' rain
Beatin' down on the top of a car
On the side of the road where it couldn't wait
Love remembers
The smell of a summer day
Lyin' in a hammock over fresh cut grass
And the promise of forever
The song ended and he clapped and smiled widely.
"Good song. I mean I'm not much for country but that was actually good."
"Thanks." I said and I put my guitar down and closed my pad. Brian and I watched TV for a little while before I fell asleep in the man's arms again.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BRIAN'S POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I looked over at Ame and she was fast asleep again next to me. I turned off the TV and picked her up carrying her back to her room. She looked at peace as I laid her down and pulled the covers over her. I turned her phone on silent so it wouldn't wake her and set it on the nightstand. I kissed her cheek and quietly exited her room shutting the door behind me. I went downstairs and bumped into Val.
"When Ame wakes up, tell her I went home and I'll be back over tomorrow." I said and she nodded. I walked out of the house and got into my car and sped towards my house. I pulled into the drive and thankfully her car wasn't there. I cut the engine and got out locking the doors behind me. I unlocked the door and seen nothing was destroyed. I quickly ran up to my room and got out some clothes to take a shower. The warm water ran down my back and soothed me. The stress melted away from me as the water engulfed me. I got dressed and hopped into bed. I laid my head down on the pillow and fell asleep.
2/18/13