Terrible Things
I'll Be Waiting.
“Carrie, this is Caleb.” I stared at Vic and flicked my eyes across the room to the guy who looked no older than me standing in the door way.
“That's great, Victor.” I continued to stare at the strange figure. “But why is he here, in our tent?” The guy fiddled with a pick while Vic sighed and explained that he was a talented guitarist looking for a band. “Wait, you actually went through with it? You found a guitarist in a day?” Vic grinned and nodded, proud of himself for finding talent so quickly. I shook the dudes hand and listened to him play a couple of Green Day covers before squealing and hugging Vic. “You're fucking fantastic!” I screamed as I kissed my big brother. I turned to the lanky boy and smiled. “You, dear, are more than fucking welcome. Know any drummers?” The boys worried expression quickly morphed into a beam and I spent the next three hours talking with him and phoning round other musicians he or Vic knew to invite them to kind of audition for us. His name was Caleb and he lived in Southern California with his sister Kali. Caleb was quite tall went he stopped slouching, maybe 6”2? His hair echoed that of Kellin's, but shorter, his fringe sweeping across his face and the rest of his chocolate brown hair falling in layers. His eyes were crystal blue, like perfect stars, I could get used to looking at this face.
We had been putting my lyrics to melodies Caleb had composed all day and had finally finished the first song.
“And when you see my face,
will you be happy again?
Cause I've been missing
you for such a long time.
Baby, please, come back to me.
Keep me safe in your arms.
Darling, I'll be waiting,
for you to want me like you used to.
Bring me close to you and hold me,
Remind us of what we had.
I'll stay here, lonely,
Until you return to me
make me whole once more
I'll be waiting.
Am I hurting you,
By barely breathing?
Will your life be better
Once I'm gone again?
Should I leave you standing,
In the place where we met?
Ignoring your begs to return to life.
Darling, I'll be waiting,
for you to want me like you used to.
Bring me close to you and hold me,
Remind us of what we had.
I'll stay here, lonely,
Until you return to me
make me whole once more
I'll be waiting.
Is your vision blurred?
Can you see me,
from where you're standing?
Up on that mountain.
Keeping your ego,
fine and in tact,
Darling, return to me.
Darling, I'll be waiting,
for you to want me like you used to.
Bring me close to you and hold me,
Remind us of what we had.
I'll stay here, lonely,
Until you return to me
make me whole once more
I'll be waiting.
Darling, I'll be waiting,
for you to want me like you used to.
Bring me close to you and hold me,
Remind us of what we had.
I'll stay here, lonely,
Until you return to me
make me whole once more
I'll be waiting.
I will be waiting.”
The boys all cheered and Caleb and I high fived as we finished our first song. It hadn't taken too long, I had already got loads of lyrics and Caleb had melodies, it was just a matter of finding a perfect pairing. Vic pulled a bottle of Jack Daniels from the bus' pantry and Jaime lined up shot glasses along the counter.
“To celebrate our beautiful sister and the newbie Caleb's awesome talents” Jaime raised his shot. “WE DRINK!” We all laughed and tossed back the whiskey and downed a bottle of beer as fast as we could. Every one was all smiles, but I couldn't help that feel that something was missing. My whole family was around me, Vic and Mike, Jaime and Melody(Go Me), Tony and his friend Kellin, the entire crew, but it didn't feel whole, it was't complete.
"Cheer up Piggy!" Tony hugged me from behind. "You've got your first song down! This is great!" I smiled at him and hugged him back . He was right, I should be enjoying myself, but the nagging feeling wouldn't leave. Someone was missing, and as the alcohol made its way to my brain I grew more and more frustrated. I sat with Caleb, flicking through a Kerrang! when the face of the person I was missing stared at me from the pages. Oh, that's who, the person I had been singing about all day, the one person I wanted to sing with.
"Alex."
“That's great, Victor.” I continued to stare at the strange figure. “But why is he here, in our tent?” The guy fiddled with a pick while Vic sighed and explained that he was a talented guitarist looking for a band. “Wait, you actually went through with it? You found a guitarist in a day?” Vic grinned and nodded, proud of himself for finding talent so quickly. I shook the dudes hand and listened to him play a couple of Green Day covers before squealing and hugging Vic. “You're fucking fantastic!” I screamed as I kissed my big brother. I turned to the lanky boy and smiled. “You, dear, are more than fucking welcome. Know any drummers?” The boys worried expression quickly morphed into a beam and I spent the next three hours talking with him and phoning round other musicians he or Vic knew to invite them to kind of audition for us. His name was Caleb and he lived in Southern California with his sister Kali. Caleb was quite tall went he stopped slouching, maybe 6”2? His hair echoed that of Kellin's, but shorter, his fringe sweeping across his face and the rest of his chocolate brown hair falling in layers. His eyes were crystal blue, like perfect stars, I could get used to looking at this face.
We had been putting my lyrics to melodies Caleb had composed all day and had finally finished the first song.
“And when you see my face,
will you be happy again?
Cause I've been missing
you for such a long time.
Baby, please, come back to me.
Keep me safe in your arms.
Darling, I'll be waiting,
for you to want me like you used to.
Bring me close to you and hold me,
Remind us of what we had.
I'll stay here, lonely,
Until you return to me
make me whole once more
I'll be waiting.
Am I hurting you,
By barely breathing?
Will your life be better
Once I'm gone again?
Should I leave you standing,
In the place where we met?
Ignoring your begs to return to life.
Darling, I'll be waiting,
for you to want me like you used to.
Bring me close to you and hold me,
Remind us of what we had.
I'll stay here, lonely,
Until you return to me
make me whole once more
I'll be waiting.
Is your vision blurred?
Can you see me,
from where you're standing?
Up on that mountain.
Keeping your ego,
fine and in tact,
Darling, return to me.
Darling, I'll be waiting,
for you to want me like you used to.
Bring me close to you and hold me,
Remind us of what we had.
I'll stay here, lonely,
Until you return to me
make me whole once more
I'll be waiting.
Darling, I'll be waiting,
for you to want me like you used to.
Bring me close to you and hold me,
Remind us of what we had.
I'll stay here, lonely,
Until you return to me
make me whole once more
I'll be waiting.
I will be waiting.”
The boys all cheered and Caleb and I high fived as we finished our first song. It hadn't taken too long, I had already got loads of lyrics and Caleb had melodies, it was just a matter of finding a perfect pairing. Vic pulled a bottle of Jack Daniels from the bus' pantry and Jaime lined up shot glasses along the counter.
“To celebrate our beautiful sister and the newbie Caleb's awesome talents” Jaime raised his shot. “WE DRINK!” We all laughed and tossed back the whiskey and downed a bottle of beer as fast as we could. Every one was all smiles, but I couldn't help that feel that something was missing. My whole family was around me, Vic and Mike, Jaime and Melody(Go Me), Tony and his friend Kellin, the entire crew, but it didn't feel whole, it was't complete.
"Cheer up Piggy!" Tony hugged me from behind. "You've got your first song down! This is great!" I smiled at him and hugged him back . He was right, I should be enjoying myself, but the nagging feeling wouldn't leave. Someone was missing, and as the alcohol made its way to my brain I grew more and more frustrated. I sat with Caleb, flicking through a Kerrang! when the face of the person I was missing stared at me from the pages. Oh, that's who, the person I had been singing about all day, the one person I wanted to sing with.
"Alex."
Notes
I'm sorry it's short and took me a while to update... but I had to slide a song in there... And I know it's rubbish, but it gets the point across :)L/C/S :D
Love you all! xox
This story is so good! OMG. I just found it and started reading it yesterday, and haven't stopped. I just caught up with all of the updates you have of it and really love it.
It's a very dark fan fic. Specifically with the first half, honestly one of the darkest I've read actually... like with that curse of everything happening on Sundays? Man... and you just kind of kept it up too. It was just very dark, and sad, but... different. And I really like that about this.
The second half seems to be deviating from that a little bit, but I sensed that coming back with the babies thing. I mean, not that I want anything to happen, but I almost feel you had something bad happening planned with the pregnancy. Perhaps not, perhaps that was just to raise some of the tone as opposed to keeping it happy go lucky, who knows. But I found it interesting how you did that.
I'm glad that Alex and Carrie finally got together, with the first part of this I was just screaming GET TOGETHER until they finally did. lol. And I was happy. :)
I found it a bit odd how they just took in those fans though. On a realistic writing level, the oddity of this story was the curse thing. But adding the fans thing in too, it just... it didn't really fit. Especially considering legalities and all of that. I feel like it was a little too easy that they gained guardianship.
But overall, I have enjoyed Alex and Carrie's love story. I'm sad to see it was never finished, so I'm leaving this comment to let you know if you ever do choose to finish it, I will be here to read, for sure. I'd love to see how it all ends for these two. Even if it's just a final chapter wrap up or something; I understand what it's like losing inspiration.
But yeah, sorry if this comment sounded harsh at all, but just wanted to leave my honest thoughts. I think you're a truly great writer, though, and hope you have at least kept up with it in your free time. :)
7/12/16