Strings (A Reed Deming Fan Fiction)

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Song: Everything About You - One Direction

Kayleigh Pennel

I woke up and looked at the clock and groaned. 7:15.

I have to get my X Factor song ready. I haven't even chosen it yet! I went over in my head all of the songs I know by heart.

Viva La Vida by Coldplay.

Sunday Morning by Maroon 5.

Wonderwall by Oasis.

Quicksand by Reed because he taught it to me when he wrote it. I really loved the song. It just really meant something to me.

One song popped into my mind that just brought a smile to my face.

*Flashback*

"You have a really nice room." he commented. "Thanks." I said blankly. "You play guitar?" he asked as he went over to my guitar. "May I?" he asked as he pointed to the guitar. "Sure, and not really. I mean I'm not good." I looked at the floor.

He picked up the guitar and sat next to me on my bed. "Do you play?" I asked. He answered that question by playing a song. It took me a minute to figure out which song it was.

"Blackbird singing in the dead of night,

Take these broken wings and learn to fly,

All your life,

You were only waiting for this moment to be free...

Blackbird fly,

Blackbird fly,

You were only waiting for this moment to arise..." he finished with one last strum on the guitar as he sang. I stared at him with my eyes wide open. That was the most beautiful thing I have ever heard!

He looked at me and smiled as he put the guitar down. "Wow, that was beautiful. I love that song and you have an amazing voice!" I said almost speechless. "Thanks..." he trailed off blushing.

"Well, I know we got off on the wrong start. What's your name again?" I asked. "Reed." he said as he put his hand out. "I'm Kayleigh." I smiled as I shook his hand. "Well, Kayleigh, how do you do?" he joked in a posh accent as he stood up and bowed like a gentleman.

I laughed and stood up. "Fine, thank you." I pretended to curtsy as I talked in my best British accent. I knew this kid was gonna be interesting...

*Flashback Over*

I smiled as the memory flooded back to my mind.

I made Reed teach Blackbird to me the day after we met. I always knew the song and thought it was beautiful. After I learned it I couldn't stop playing it!

The next song I thought of was The Only Exception by Paramore. I thought of Reed. That song just always reminded me of him. The lyrics and everything. Am I starting to like him?, I asked myself. The way I get butterflies in my stomach when he touches me. The way I get nervous and blush when I talk to him. I do. I do like him. But he's my best friend! I can't change that.

I cleared my head. I decided I wouldn't worry about it right now. I needed to figure out the song. I decided that was my audition song. I looked up the song in karaoke version on YouTube. The beautiful, relaxing guitar played. I breathed in to sing the first verse...

"KAYLEIGH! KAYLEIGH!" I heard Reed's voice yell as I heard him run up the stairs and into my room. I looked at him and he stopped in his tracks. "Oh. You're up. I thought I was gonna have to jump on you." he smirked.

"So, whatcha doing?" he asked as he sat on my bed. "Nothing.." I shut my laptop. "So, what did you scream 'KAYLEIGH! KAYLEIGH!' up the stairs for?" I asked, mimicking him.

"OH YEA! Ok. So, I wrote a new song and I want to ask you for your opinion." he said as he stood up, grabbed my guitar and put it in position in his lap. He started picking the strings. It was very subtle and sounded beautiful.

"Black magic woman, put a spell on my eye.

That body moving, girl, you've got to be mine, all mine.

Well I confess, I'm not impressed with all the rest tonight.

It's only you, it's only you that I like.

She makes me beg for more! Oh oh oh!..."

The whole time he sang the song, I couldn't get my eyes to leave his perfect face. The way his eyes sparkle while he's playing the guitar, the way his lips move while he sings, the way his cheeks change colors from bright pink to normal, the way he flips his hair. It all just brings this feeling to the pit of my stomach and I just can't help a smile when I see him.

I know we're only best friends, in fact, the greatest friends you will ever see. But I think... I think I'm falling in-

"So how'd you like it?" he looked up to me staring at him, interrupting my thoughts. I hadn't even noticed that he stopped. "I-It was amazing..." I trailed off, blushing. "Thanks! I wrote it last night. You know, I've been having a lot of feelings lately. They keep running through my head and I couldn't even sleep last night because of them! I just thought I should get them out. And it didn't take long to write the lyrics! I just sat down and wrote them in my notebook. The feelings didn't even go away like they usually do! They're mostly about-" he stopped.

Reed Deming

"About what?" she asked with her eyebrows furrowed. About you. About me. About us. About how I want to be with you. About your perfectness. About your smile. About your eyes. About your hair. About YOU. Everything about you. I wanted to say all of that. I couldn't get her out of my mind. I wrote the song called Mercy On Me because she just hypnotizes me and makes me forget about everyone else around me. I keep thinking that we're only meant to be best friends, but... what if we weren't? What if we're that couple in the movies? We start off as best friends and no one could ever change that. Then we start getting all awkward around each other because we realize that we've liked each other all along.

"Reed?" she waved her hand in front of my face. "Oh sorry." I snapped out of my thoughts. We kinda sat there awkwardly. Just then, I remembered something.

"Oh my god!!" I yelled making her jump. I grabbed her wrist, pulled her off the bed and dragged her down the stairs and out of the house. "Reed! What the heck are you doing?! Where are we going?!" she giggled, trying to keep up with me. I was still holding on to her wrist.

"Remember that old tree house we saw and I told you we should decorate it?!" I yelled to her as we ran. "Yea! Why?" she laughed. Hearing her laugh gave me butterflies in my stomach. It was the most gorgeous laugh I've ever heard. "Well of course you can tell that I didn't really sleep last night so I decided to come down here!!" I stopped running and came to a hault in front of the tree house.

I climbed up and grabbed her hand to help her up inside the tree house. I grinned as I saw her look at the buckets of paint and supplies on the floor. "What's this?" she asked, her eyebrows furrowed. "We're gonna paint it today." I grinned madly. "Reed! That sounds awesome! I can't wait! But... shouldn't we at least be in descent clothes to paint?...." she looked at my moose pajamas and I looked at her cupcake pajamas. We both started laughing.

i'm so sorry this is so late! i've been SOOOO busy with school and crap. ugh.

but the auditions are coming soon! get ready for some ACTION!

WARNING: There will be  a lot more romance coming soon. I will not be responsible for any chest pains, simultaneous screaming and crying, lack of breathing, or extreme feels. Thank you.

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Love y'all! Mwaahh! xx

~Kayleigh ^.^