Girl On Fire

13

Josh started laughing at my question, leaving me slightly confused as to why he would find that funny. At first I believed it was a sign of nervousness, but I didn't know if Josh was like that.

"You beat me to it!" He cried. "I was going to ask you later at the studio." He told me the plan. A hint of guilt sunk in, but I pushed it down. Found it funny though that we both had similar plans.

"Damn. I'm sorry." I chuckled.

"Ahh, you're good. I don't mind being asked out in the bathroom." He teased. He was right. I felt stupid for asking him that after I puked in the toilet from a fun night out. I should've made a plan.

"So what's the answer, Kiszka?" I asked him, getting slightly annoyed from his teasing. I rolled my eyes at his joke, but with a smile to show I wasn't too serious.

"Well, obviously yes!" He spoke loudly, talking with his hands and smiling.

"Seriously?" I asked him, beaming with happiness. I just wanted to make sure I heard him right.

"No," He jokingly said, putting on a serious face for a second. I snickered and shoved his shoulder with mine, telling him to cut it out and to be for real.

"Yes!" He laughed, wrapping his strong arms around my frame and rocking us. We both were laughing on the bathroom floor, happy and in love.

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"This, is the studio." Josh said, showing me around the studio they record at, freshly walking in. I stared, stunned. There were so many buttons on the board, many electronic devices and I had no clue on how any of these worked.

"Let me turn everything on." He said, walking into the back behind the plexiglass. I sat down in the large office chairs that sat empty in front of all the buttons.

"Can you hear me?" He asked into the mic, hearing it through the speakers above me. I nodded my head, knowing he won't hear me from the other side if I spoke. He muttered 'good' right before going back to whatever he was doing.

He looked really cute while focused. His little tongue just slightly poking out from his perfect lips. I leaned back in the office chair and smiled, whipping out my phone and catching a photo of him.

"You wanna sing?" He asked me in the mic. I nodded my head again and stood up from the chair to enter the small padded room. He handed me the headphones and sat down in the chair, pressing a button on the board to talk.

"What song are we doing?" He asked.

"Would it be weird if I sung one of your songs? I learned how to sing New Day in a slower version." I told him, unsure if he'd be weirded out.

"Go for it." He said with confidence. He started hitting buttons on the board. The song came through the headphones I was wearing, but then it stopped. You can tell he was altering the song to slow down to the pace I wanted to sing at.

"How's that speed?" He asked me.

"It's good." I said. I looked down at my feet and cleared my throat. Josh leaned back in the chair with his arms crossed, curious on how it's going to go. I was getting very nervous. I may have sung in front of him once before but this felt a little different.

"Let the new day shine its light on me
Shake the old way, nights too dark to see." I started. This was my favorite song by them and being able to sing it in front of him was a blessing. "Free tomorrow, it's bright with something new." I sung quietly. Josh had his bottom lip between his teeth, looking lost in his thoughts. "Believe the righteous, and it will come true."

As I sung, I noticed he began to press things, but I wasn't hearing the difference, not yet at least.

"You're a child in the garden. You're growing up I'll watch you bloom," I reached the high note as softly as I could, waiting to hear the voice crack that never came. Josh's eyebrows raised a bit. I was super relieved.