~Brian’s point of view~
Wow! I couldn’t believe August had punched Cassie. She was such a peaceful person. And she’d been so shy when I had first met her. I wished I had done that. It looked worth it! And she had had to do some explaining to poor Howie. I wondered what he was going to do.
I stood out and looked at the waves. How many times had I stood on this deck and watched the sea? The ocean was more beautiful, though, with August here to enjoy it with. It had seemed like an eternity since I had kissed her. The woman had the ability to make me become weak!
I didn’t want to go on without her. And my time was running out. The rest of my life didn’t seem like long enough to spend with her, much less a few chance meetings today and tomorrow.
Every heart beat I felt in my chest almost hurt.
I looked at the waves go back and forth. I felt like I was in the water, looking for a life float. Drifting helplessly. Instead of needing air, I needed August. And I didn’t have her.
I was drowning.
~August’s point of view~
“Carmen, do you remember what happened earlier? Do you really think I want to go to and chance seeing her?” I asked.
“Hon, I saw the look on your face after the Cassie thing. You enjoyed that.”
“Was it that obvious?” I couldn’t contain my smile. And for the last 24 hours I hadn’t felt like I was going to ever smile again. I was so glad that I had Carmen around.
“See, maybe tonight will be cool, too.”
There was a knock on the door.
“Ignore it,” I said.
“Don’t worry. It’s Michelle, not Mr. Littrell,” Carmen said. “Although you need to talk to him! Or else you’ll never have closure or anything… of course, you guys could still work it out.”
“Just answer the door, Carm,” I instructed her.
“Hey, guys,” Michelle came in. But she wasn’t her happy self. She managed a smile, but something was on her mind.
“What’s wrong?” I asked immedietly.
“Umm… Carmen… I need to tell you something,” Michelle turned to her.
“Uh-oh. This doesn’t sound like your going to tell me I won the lottery or something…”
“Look… I didn’t mean for anything to happen between us… and we’ve become friends and I wouldn’t want to do anything to hurt you… but I’ve liked Nick for forever…” Michelle said quickly.
“I knew it!” I exclaimed.
“You and Nick?”
“Yeah, he came and told me… well, that he loved me…” she said, still trying to apologize.
“You have no idea how great that is!” Carmen gave her a hug. “Good for you! Is he gonna be there tonight?”
“Yep,” the grin was back on her face.
“Woo-hoo! Come on, peeps, let’s go,” Carmen herded us out the door.
When we got to the teen club, the place was packed.
“Hey, babes,” AJ came up.
“Man, are you following us or something?” I laughed. Howie was with him with a Latino girl. I was glad to see he'd moved on.
“Now this is what I’m talking about… thanks, August. Cassie is gone,” Howie winked at me and went to the dance floor.
“Be right back,” Carmen disappeared into the dance floor as well, after whispering something in Michelle’s ear. Michelle had nodded. Nick walked up.
“Michelle… where are you?” Nick had his arms outstretched. “She’s been flashing the camera in my face all day!” he explained to me.
“Oh, be a man!” she playfully punched him in the arm. I laughed, trying to talk to Michelle and not Nick. I thought he was just as bad as Brian.
Just then I heard a guitar. Different notes flowed through the speakers. The hynotic melody brought me closer to the front. I saw what I hadn’t been able to before through the crowd of people. There was a stage. A sign said ‘Kareoke’ night. In the center of the stage with a light on him, was the brown-haired blue eyed guy who had become intertwined with my life the last two weeks. I couldn’t deny that he looked totally adorable in his kackis and a light blue shirt. Didn’t mean I wasn’t still mad at him, though.
Brian saw me. Our eyes met as he began to sing the words to the song.
~Brian's point of view~
Don’t pretend you’re sorry, I know you’re not
You know you’ve got the power, to make me weak inside
And girl you leave me breathless, but it’s okay
Cuz you are my survival, now hear me say
I can’t imagine, life without your love
And even forever, don’t seem like long enough
Cuz every time I breathe I take you in,
And my heart beats again
Baby I can’t help it, you keep my drowning in your love
And every time I try to rise above
I’m swept away by love
Baby I can’t help it
You keep me drowning in your love
Maybe I’m a drifter, or maybe not
Cuz I have known the safely, of floating freely in your arms
And I don’t need another lifelime, that’s not for me
Cuz only you can save, oh, can’t you see
I can’t imagine, life without your love
And even forever, don’t seem like long enough
Cuz every time I breathe I take you in,
And my heart beats again
Baby I can’t help it, you keep my drowning in your love
And every time I try to rise above
I’m swept away by love
Baby I can’t help it
You keep me drowning in your love
Go on and pull me under
Cover me with dreams, yeah
Love me mouth to mouth now
You know I can't resist
Your the air that I breathe
The song ended. The audience applauded. The thrill of playing for a group of people filled me. I was blessed to be able to share my music with other people.
I got off the stage and went towards August. ‘Please let that have worked…’
She was sitting near the front still. Where I had watched her during the song. She looked a little shocked.
“August,” started. Nick and Michelle came up.
“Wow, good job! I didn’t think the song would actually be any good!” Nick laughed, and patted me on the back. His hand intertwined with Michelle’s.
“Thanks,” I told them, as I saw Carmen walking over, too. “August, can we go for a walk?” I wanted to be alone for this.
She paused. I waited for what seemed like forever before she slowly nodded.
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Three
Drowning
Frick's Fairytales