Chapter 17 - You're The One That I Wanted To Find
Chris' POV
The next morning I was awakened by the noise of the door being opened. We had decided to both stay at my place last night. After I got up and walked towards the entrance of my house to find out what was wrong I saw Jonny lifting two small suitcases into my car.
"What the hell are you doing?", I asked Jonny still sounding tired and a little bit amused.
"You'll see.", Jonny replied with a grin.
"We need some time to get away from all this chaos called our lives. You know, to clear our minds and finally have some time for just the two of us."
"But what about the album? We're short on time to finish it anyway!"
"I settled the whole thing with the others already. They'll give us a few days off. Just trust me."
The rational and diligent part of me wanted to keep discussing, tell Jonny we could do that any time the album was finished and stay here now. But this time I ignored my inner voice and decided to give in to Jonny's spontaneity.
I could tell by Jonny's eyes how excited he was and hoped for me just to go along with it.
I smiled at him in the thought of all the things we could do together, just the two of us, no other people, no stress.
"Okay, I'll trust you just this one time. I can't believe you planned all this without even telling me!"
Jonny's eyes lit up even more and his lips formed into his cutest Jonny-smile.
I started tickling his belly which I knew he didn't like. Something about the two of us spending time with each other made us become like totally immature children again and we didn't even care. It's always been like that with Jonny and me.
We both had to giggle and kept half teasing, half kissing each other after we made it to the sofa without falling down. After a few minutes Jonny stopped me, still trying not to laugh while speaking.
"Come on, we gotta get ready. You just woke up I suppose?"
I laughed. Jonny always liked to make jokes about me getting up late cause he was more of a morning person. I in contrast could be up until 4am working.
After getting ready as quickly as possible we both jumped into my car. Jonny insisted on driving himself and he also wouldn't tell me where we were going no matter how often I would ask him about it.
"No! It's a secret. You'll know once we arrived."
I had to admit, I was getting more and more excited about this trip. Not only that I couldn't wait to find out what Jonny's oh so secret destination was, the idea of having a few days just for the two of us with (hopefully) no people who knew us around also made my stomach tingle. Who knew which kind of new things we could discover and try out...
A few hours later I could tell we had to be getting closer to our destination because we slowed down and left the motorway.
A few minutes later we arrived at a large and dusty car park. Apart from one old coach it was empty. Something about the place and the whole area seemed strangely familiar, almost like I had once seen it in a dream or something.
Then suddenly it all seemed to come back to my mind.
"Oh my God! I can't believe you even remember!"
I jumped out of the car like a little kid, so many memories from my childhood coming back to me.
When I was small I used to go here every year for summer camp and it had been my favorite place on earth.
It was such a beautiful place in the nature near Dartmoor and apart from a few houses that were hardly worth calling a village there was no civilization miles around.
I remembered how I had always been that crazy kid playing the guitar for everyone to sing along at the campfire. But I had never really minded being that guy. Though being unpopular hadn't always been fun.
When we had still been young I once told Jonny that I used to go here and how much I loved it. But I didn't think there was any way Jonny would ever remember, I almost didn't remember telling him.
Jonny's POV
I watched Chris slowly realizing where we were headed.
At first I hadn't been sure if this would be a good idea. After all it had been forever since he told me about this. He could just not have cared about it anymore or totally forgotten at worst.
I feared I would end up looking like an idiot driving hours to some random place Chris had once told me he had once loved.
But this time I had been right in trusting the feeling in my stomach that it would be the kind of thing Chris might enjoy. Because he indeed seemed to.
As soon as I had stopped the car I watched the expression on Chris face change. He smiled like a child at Christmas and his eyes were sparkling with pure joy and excitement.
A few hours later we had explored the area and followed a signposted trail to the top of a mountain.
You could tell the sun was to set soon and it was beautifully shining through the trees. The view was really amazing.
"Jonny?"
"Yeah?"
"Um where are we actually going to sleep tonight?"
I knew this question would come sooner or later, after all Chris had no idea about any of my crazy plans. I wasn't sure if it wasn't a really stupid idea anymore now though.
"Well we could get to a hotel close the road within a little more than a hour. Or..."
I looked at my large backpack where I had all necessary things stored.
"Don't say we're going to sleep in a tent??"
"Well I thought for the old time's sake we might as well pretend to be like children again. You know, small tents, campfires... If you don't want to we'll take the hotel of course."
I knew right away the idea was childish and cheesy. But something about sharing a tent just with Chris, keeping each other warm at night had just seemed incredibly appealing to me.
"Sorry, I can be a hopeless romantic sometimes."
I probably blushed awfully, it was getting more and more obvious that I was the 'woman' in this relationship. Chris probably didn't see too much masculine about me.
"Well I guess I love hopeless romantics. And you know very well I've never grown up either. So, yes, I'd love the tent, just for you and me!"
I couldn't help grinning brightly at Chris' reply. He was so perfect and somehow always knew the right words to say. I guess I was head over heels in love with him, there was no denying.
Chris kissed me on my cheek.
"But I blame you if we freeze to death or some wild animals attack us!"
I laughed and started walking faster again now that I had a new found motivation.
"Let's go and find a nice place to camp and some firewood!"
One or two hours of struggling with my old tent and trying to light a campfire we could finally sit down and rest.
For some time we just sat enjoying the beautiful landscape and the sound of the fire crackling. It was slowling getting night and I was getting cold. Chris must have noticed me shivering right away, he moved closer and wrapped his blanket around me, making me instantly feel better.
"Thank you.", I smiled. Why was he so cute and attentive?? It was literally impossible not to love him.
"Wait, I have a idea!"
I watched Chris walk away and crawl into our tent, wondering with what he had come up with now.
My face instantly lit up when I saw him approaching with his acoustic guitar.
"We were still missing the crucial part of a night at the campfire."
Obviously we had never changed since back when we were just two unpopular guys with their guitars. Well, except he was my boyfriend now.
We passed the guitar from one to another, playing and singing some old classics together.
I had just passed the guitar to Chris again. It seemed to take him a few tries to remember the notes of the song he wanted to play. But when he did it hit me like a lightning bolt.
I instantly recognized those notes. It always hit me every time we played it, but this was different. Now it was just me and Chris, playing the song for me.
I couldn't control my emotions, there were just too many negative memories connected with it.
All those days wishing he'd ever write a song for me and the moment Chris had casually revealed it was about his green-eyed girlfriend. Chris had no idea how hurt I had been back then, how should he. After all it hadn't been his fault.
I should have enjoyed Chris playing it for me at least now but to be honest all I wanted to do was run away. Why had I never told Chris earlier? Unlike me he had had the courage to. I shouldn't even be thinking about these times anymore cause it was all good now but I couldn't just forget it.
"What's the matter Jay?"
Chris stopped playing the guitar.
"It's just... I don't know how to explain it. I just connect a few negative memories with that song."
"Oh, I can stop playing it! Sorry, I had no idea you didn't like it."
"No I do like it, it's a lovely song! It's just... Keep playing."
I loved the way Chris sang it and its lyrics were perfect. And that was just what had been the problem with it.
"Well, let's turn it into good memories then."
I instantly got goosebumps when Chris started to sing. His gentle and passionate voice when he sang without any real audience or microphone had always been my weakness.
That green eyes
You're the one that I wanted to find
And anyone who tried to deny you
Must be out of their mind
Because I came here with a load
And it feels so much lighter since I met you
Jonny you should know
That I could never go on
Without you
Green eyes
Jonny you are a rock
Upon which I stand
I couldn't stop myself from crying. It was just too overwhelming to have Chris dedicate this song to me now. It didn't matter anymore who he wrote it for many years ago. All that mattered was that I had Chris beside me now. The dream I had given up on ten years ago had suddenly come true.
A/N: Hey guys! I hope you enjoyed the extra long chapter full of cheesy Buckin-love:P Hope you also liked the visualization of Chris and Jonny singing together. (Should I add things like that more often?) Oh and I dropped a tiny hint about certain things that might happen in the following chapter...
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