Fast Car by Tracy Chapman^
"I realized I was into girls when I was ten. I was just completely in love with this girl down the street and we used to play together."
Blake and I were sitting on the couch, backs against each end of the couch, listening to her story about how she knew she liked girls. I couldn't help but smile as I was very interested in the story she was telling.
She was telling me everything, including that she was bi and it didn't really surprise me cause I kind of already knew.
When I asked if dad knew, she said no but she wasn't telling him now since it's been this long that they've been together.
I could tell that she was still stressed about having feelings towards me and she didn't know what to do. I told her I didn't know either cause what is there to do.
She told me she was still in love with my dad, which didn't settle well with me but I didn't say anything. She said that her feelings for me weren't leaving anytime soon and that's what scared her the most.
"I feel.. guilty. Every time I'm near him and I think of you.. it's something I hate."
Listening to her say that, as I knew she felt bad, made me feel bad cause there was literally nothing for us to do about this.
As we were sitting there in silence, I look over at her as she had her arm on the couch and her head in her palm. She was staring at the wall across the room and I knew she was thinking about something deep.
"What's your favorite song?"
She looks over at me. "Um.. not sure."
"You don't know your favorite song?" I ask.
I watch as she stares at me before thinking for a moment. "Fast Car." She smiles at me.
"By Tracy Chapman?"
"You know it?"
"Of course." I smile.
"It's a really old song."
I nodded as I knew it was back in the eighties, which was about eighty years ago but I still knew it.
"I like older songs."
"Me too." She smiles.
Looking at her, I smile before getting up. "I'll be back." I ran upstairs to my room before grabbing the guitar.
I pulled the strap over my shoulder as I walked back downstairs. I walked to the living room and saw Blake sitting on the couch as she looked over at me.
"What are you doing?"
I sat down on the arm of the couch as my feet were on the couch. I smiled as I looked down at the guitar and thought for a moment as I was trying to figure out the first chord.
After a moment, I started playing then looked over at Blake as se was watching me. I smiled as I looked back down at the guitar before singing.
"You got a fast car, I want a ticket to anywhere maybe we can make a deal. Maybe together we can get somewhere, any place is better. Starting from zero, got nothing to lose. Maybe we'll make something. Me, myself I got nothing to prove."
I kept singing as I was watching her smile at me. She was watching me as I was going through the verses, about to hit the chorus.
Before I could start singing the chorus, I look over as Blake started singing the chorus instead.
"So remember when were driving, driving in your car. Speeds so fast it felt like I was drunk. City lights out before us and your arm felt nice wrapped around my shoulder and I had a feeling that I belonged.. and I had a feeling that I could be someone." She smiles after she was done and I slowly stopped playing as I was staring at her.
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