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24. high definition

(september 2019)

short time skip:)

willow

Turning over in bed, I grab my phone from the nightstand and groggily read the time. It's about 7 in the morning. For the first time in a long time, I have to wake up early for a job, and I'm not quite used to it yet.

A few nights ago, Awsten had called me unexpectedly, telling me about a new song he had just gotten done.

flashback

I answer the call, grinning as I picked up my phone.

"What's up, Aws?" I smirk, running my hand through my hair. "Why are you up? It's like 2 in the goddamn morning."

"Shut up for a second, Willow, I wrote a song," he rushes through his sentence, and I could tell he was smiling through the phone.

"Isn't that your job, nerd?" I tease him, and he groans at the end of the line.

"Yes, okay, Jesus Christ Willow, just please shut up because I just wrote a song and I think it's the best thing I've ever made."

I could tell how excited he was, so I shut my mouth and cut back on the joking. "Damn, this must be a good song if it beats the others." I smile.

He titters, and I can hear him pacing through his apartment. "Yeah, it's not like, a typical Waterparks song, it's definitely not like the other ones, but there's just something about it that makes it so sick and I dunno, it's just, yeah. I guess."

"You guess? Can I hear it?" I ask, laughing quietly at his rambling.

He pauses. "Like right now? In the middle of the night? Wait, it's late, shouldn't you be sleeping? Oh, shit, sorry if I woke you up, I just finished this and I needed to tell you because obviously you need to be the first person I tell because I can't call Otto's lazy ass and I didn't even notice the time and just called you-"

My smile growing at every word, I cut him off, laughing. "Awsten, you're being very cute and that was an adorable apology but I was already up and awake, I promise you're fine."

"Willow, are you sure?" He questions.

"Mhm, I promise. Now can I please come over to hear the new best Waterparks song?"

He laughs, and hearing his laugh even over the phone is making my night so much better. "Yeah, sure, you dumbass. Please come over."

(some hours later)

We're still in his makeshift home studio, and I think I've listened to the demo of High Definition about 20 times now, and still going. He's right, it's one of the best songs by far, and probably one of my new favorites. Every time I listen to it I notice something new, and it just feels different than the other songs, but in such a good way.

Attempting to give Awsten the credit he deserves is hard, to say the least. I keep mentioning how talented and damn cool he is, and each time I get a mumbled "It's not even finished so it's not good yet."

"Please just let me tell you how, like, super amazing you are, Awsten," I sigh, resting my head on his shoulder and messing with the rings on his fingers.

"Not a chance," he grins. "I already know, based on how fucking rich I am. Do you wanna try to prank call Geoff?"

"I would, but I have a pretty cool boyfriend that I think needs my attention more than Geoff."