𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 // 𝙟𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙛𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙧

[ 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙣 ]

daniel and stella had picked up some trashy foods from the local 7-eleven that they met at. they were sat on a large blanket at the beach with a 6-pack of pepsi, some caprisuns, and an assortment of chips and chex-mix.

he had shown up wearing a white, button-down shirt and black pants which lowkey made stella feel underdressed. he said that she looked pretty though, which made up for it.

daniel had a guitar in his hand and he strummed a few chords. "i've always wanted to write a song with this chord," he said, playing the Bm7 chord that stella recognized immediately. she had also wanted to use that chord in a song.

"you're a genius," she smiled, opening the notes app on her phone. she always wrote down ideas for songs on her phone. one of them caught her eye. 

note: june 15
sorry i didn't kiss you

note: june 15
you look so nice in your shirt

"hey, maybe try the Bm7 to an E7 then to an A," she suggested, thinking of the chords in her mind. 

is it weird to write a song about a memory with someone else while you're on a "date", she thought. it's not a big deal. it's not like i like j or anything. it was a one time thing, that night in the bathroom after the bonfire.

"uh, i have an idea," she said, staring at her phone.

"what is it?" daniel let his hand relax in front of the strings of the guitar. 

stella tore her eyes away from her phone. "it's about confused feelings, i guess. about regretting not making a move even though you're not sure if you even like them, you know?"

daniel nodded with his eyebrows focused. "yeah, i get that. i've always liked that metaphor of, like, when people swallow bubble gum and it leaves that sick feeling. kind of like regret."

stella opened a new note on her phone and titled it bubble gum. 

bubble gum

cause i swallowed the bubble gum
oh these seven years will be pretty dumb

"where'd you get seven years from?" daniel asked her.

she shrugged. "i don't know it sounded nice in the lyrics, i guess. play the chords again."

stella was going to try that thing where she just kept humming and spitting out random words until she got the lyrics that she wanted. daniel started playing that same chord progression over and over again while she hummed. he stayed quiet and watched in admiration of her thinking process.

"duh-duh-duh, duh-duh-duh, duh-duh."

"sorry i didn't kiss you, duh-duh-duh, duh-duh."

"bubble gum down my throat and it's a curse... duh-duh, but my luck couldn't get any worse."

"i love that," daniel sighed after she looked like she was done. "like i actually loved that."

"we'll work on it," she said, opening another caprisun.

daniel swallowed nervously before putting down his guitar and scooting closer to stella. they looked out at the view in front of them. the beach was practically empty. it was empty actually.

they hadn't said a word to each other in a while. they were both admiring the ocean and the sky. the sun was starting to set. the lighting was warm against their skin.

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

conrad was downing endless glasses of chardonnay and the other three teenage boys were sitting on one sofa, dying of boredom.