Behind a Broken Mirror

Chapter 8

I felt a hand on my shoulder, and I turn to see Karl. He's looking at me with a concerned expression. I smile weakly, huffing slightly.

"Koda brought me clothes, but they're questionable." I say quietly, and Karl laughs.

"It's alright. I can get you a new hoodie if you don't want to wear them." He says, and I shrug.

"I'll try it out for a bit, but if all goes wrong, I'll ask you." I say, and Karl nods.

With that, I walk to the restroom. My back hits the door gently as I sigh out. This was going to be interesting. The hoodie probably wouldn't do much to make it better either, which sucked.

I went ahead and put the outfit on, sighing as I looked in the mirror. This is too much. I'm going to have a serious talk with Koda when I next see him.

(A/N: outfit hehe)

I turn, slowly opening the bathroom door. There was a note on the other side of it. It was from Karl, not surprisingly.

Come knock on my door. My mic won't pick it up but I'll hear it. When I say "now" in any sentence, come in. - Karl

I sigh, walking timidly to Karl's room. This is going to be pretty awkward. Especially since Karl did not get time to approve the outfit.

I knock on the door, and I hear Karl giggle. There's some more talking and then silence. Karl clears his throat, and I hear the queue.

I open the door and slip inside, shutting the door behind me. Karl turned around to fully face me, and his face was priceless. Wide eyes and dropped jaw. I smile, walking over with fake confidence.

As I sit down, I get a glance at chat. They were all screaming about how I looked. I couldn't tell if it was bad or good, but Karl seemed to ignore what just happened.

-Time Skip-

Karl brought up the lyrics that we were doing for the karaoke duet. The song was Our Song by Taylor Swift. It's a couples song, great.

Now it's our turn to sing, and he moves his character up to the minecraft stage. Then we begin to sing, sadly.

(A/N: Italics are Raven, bold italics are Karl.)

I was riding shot gun with my hair undone in the front seat of his car.

He's got a one-hand feel on the steering wheel and the other on my heart.

I look around, turn the radio down

He says

"Baby, is something wrong?"

I say, "Nothing, I was just thinking how we don't have a song." And he says-

Our song is the slamming screen door, sneakin out late, tapping on your window

When we're on the phone and you talk real slow, cause it's late and your mama don't know!

Our song is the way you laugh, the first date "man, I didn't kiss her, and I should have."

And when I got home, 'fore I said "amen", asking god if he could play it again

I was walkin' up the front porch steps after everything that day

Had gone all wrong and been trampled on and lost and thrown away

Got to the hallway, well on my way to my lovin' bed, I almost didn't notice all the roses, and the note that said

Our song is the slamming screen door, sneakin' out late, tapping on your window

When we're on the phone, and you talk real slow, 'cause it's late, and your mama don't know!

Our song is the way you laugh, the first date, "man, I didn't kiss her and I should have."

And when I got home, 'fore I said "amen", asking god if he could play it again

I've heard every album, listened to the radio

Waited for something to come along that was as good as our song

Cause our song is the slamming screen door, sneakin' out late, tapping on his window

When we're on the phone

And he talks real slow, 'cause it's late, and his mama don't know!

Our song is the way he laughs

The first date

"Man, I didn't kiss him, and I should have."

And when I got home, 'fore I said "amen",

Askin' god if he

Could play it again

Play it again

Oh, yeah

Oh, oh yeah

I was ridin' shotgun with my hair undone, in the front seat of his car,
I grabbed a pen and an old napkin
and I wrote down our song

After we finished the song, we glanced at each other for a split second, and I swear Karl was blushing.