I wake up the next morning, and as my head clears, I remember the cuts. The pain is a slow throbbing that doesn't go away. Bradley woke up earlier than me, and when he sees that I'm stirring, he walks quickly over. I remember how I treated him last night and imediately apologize. "Bradley, I'm so sorry. For everything, the snapping and the...self harming."
He sits down next to me and puts his arm around me. "It's okay. Why did you do it?"
Normally this question would bother me, but I owed it to him. "I just lost it for that one minute. I'd been able to ignore it before, because I had you and Alex. But what she said was true. It's my fault."
Bradley quickly shook his head. "No it's not, B. Nothing's your fault. You've gotta stop putting yourself down like this." He rubs his hand up and down my arm.
I sighed. "I need an escape. Music's just not as strong as it used to be."
"You have to let it be strong enough. You keep doubting it." He got out my iPod and pressed shuffle. "Best of Both Worlds" by Hannah Montana came on. I laughed and Bradley just gave me a look like "really?"
"It was from when I was ten!"
"Sure it was, B." He presses skip again. "Diet Mountain Dew" comes on. I start to sing without even knowing it.
"Diet mountain dew, baby, New York City. Never was there ever a girl so pretty. Do you think we'll be in love forever?"
Bradley smiled. "You have a pretty voice." I smiled back at him, and we stayed like that, staring in to eachother's eyes for a few seconds. He finally turned away and said, "Okay, we're finding a song for me to sing along to, because my voice is way better than yours."
I snorted. "Okay, go right ahead."
He pressed skip a couple more times until "Poppin' Champagne" came on. "Why don't you say so, I think I'm caught in between," he started out, and I laughed. "The nights and days something something on the something."
"You're American Idol material."
"Didn't you hear? I already tried out. I think my raw talent blew them away, and they didn't want the other contestants losing heart. So they said no." I laughed.
"Seems logical."
He nodded. "Okay, your turn." He skipped to "Feeling This." But we ended up just listening to it. After it ended, he broke the silence and said "I like that song."
"Me too. Play it again."
And so that's how we sat. Listening to the same song over and over again.
Look to the past and remember a smile, and maybe tonight I can breathe for a while. I'm not in the scene, I think I'm falling asleep, but then all that it means is I'll always be dreaming of you.
"You know, I hated dating Kayla." Bradley said out of the blue. "She was such a bitch, and she always bossed me around. I like that you aren't like that."
I smiled. "I'm not a bitch? Where did I go wrong?"
He smiled, and leaned in to kiss me. I pressed my lips to his and smiled.
Place your hand in mine, I'll leave when I wanna.

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