Strings (A Reed Deming Fan Fiction)

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Song: Unpredictable - 5 Seconds of Summer

That night, I didn't sleep at all. I stayed up with questions circling my head.

"Will I mess up and fail when I audition for the X Factor?"

"When Reed finds out about me auditioning, will he get mad?"

"If Reed gets mad, will he ever talk to me again?"

"Is Reed gonna mess up at the audition?"

"What if Reed messes up and I make it? Will he hate me forever?"

I was interrupted by something hitting my window. I jumped up into a sitting position hitting my head on the window shelf as I did. "Shit..." I cursed under my breath as I gripped my head where I hit it. I looked out my window at Reed who was throwing rocks at my window. I looked at him gripping my head. We started having a facial conversation.

'What the heck! It's 1 in the freaking morning!'

'I know! I just wanted to talk. I couldn't sleep...'

'Me either.'

He picked up a notebook and started writing in it. I tilted my head to the side a little, wondering what he was doing. He held it up and it read, "Do you want to go for a walk?" I nodded my head eagerly and  got out of bed.

I pulled on a sweater, grabbed my high tops and quietly headed out the door so no one could see me. I met Reed by a tree that stood in the middle of both our houses. "Hey." he greeted as we started walking down the road. "Were you up worrying about the audition?" I asked him.

"Yea. I was thinking about what song I should sing." he stated. That's what I need to figure out. I haven't even started thinking about that. "What song were you thinking of?" I asked, staring plainly at the cobblestone road ahead of us. "I was thinking about either Grenade or It Will Rain." he said, furrowing his eyebrows.

He's so cute when he does that. I thought. Why did I just think that? We're best friends, and nothing more. But I want to be so much more! No I don't! Reed and I have a really special friendship and I can't ruin that! But I know I like him. He saved me from depression, he's always been there for me and I like him. More than just friends. No I don't! Stop saying that I like him! Because I don't like him as more than friends!

"I don't!" I said out of nowhere, realizing I was having an argument with myself. "You don't what?" Reed stopped walking and looked at me with his furrowed eyebrows. "I-I don't... Know where we're going." I said with my eyes wide, saving myself.

"I don't know either. I think there's something up here, though." he stated walking off the cobblestone road and into the trees again. This boy really loves to wander. We are never taking him to a corn maze.

I rushed after him as we walked through the trees. "Reed. Where are we going?" I asked. "Right here." he said as he walked out of the trees and into a giant field. I ran after him and stopped at the sight.

It was a huge field of daisies. The smell was gorgeous. It was surrounded by forests full of nocturnal animals awake in the night. There were crickets filling the silence. I walked through the daisies that grew half way up my calves. "Reed, where do you find these places?" I giggled as I called after him. "I don't know. I just know where the party's at, I guess." he joked as I giggled at him.

We sat down in the flowers and looked at each other. We stared into each others eyes. A night breeze picked up and blew my long hair to the side. I hugged my thin sweater around my body to try and get more warmth. "Oh, you're cold. Here, take my jacket." Reed said pulling his leather jacket off and putting it around me. "But, won't you be cold?" I frowned letting him put his arms around me. "Yea, but I can handle it." he brushed off the thought.