Come & Get Your Love • Alex Turner

14: The Only Exception

Avery's POV:

Perry updated me of how his birthday party went. He sent me photos that all of them had fun, oh I wish I could've made it, but he still understood it. All of our friendship group had made it to his pool party, even his girlfriend was there as I saw the photo of them, they were completely adorable.

Alex haven't updated me yet nor texted me in my number. He seemed to be busy touring around Europe and I pray that he's doing well despite of these busy days.

It was 7:45 in the evening. Rain was falling in the background, I was tired of cleaning the entire apartment whole day. I was bored, since I read books too much - particularly a fan of authors like Jane Austen, Emily Dickinson, Julia Quinn, Lord Byron, William Shakespeare, Shirley Jackson, Stephen King, R.L Stine, Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Charlotte Brontë.

Too much boredom made my feet to grab my Classical Guitar Burled Brazilian Rosewood acoustic and a guitar pick from my mini guitar room in which I store my two acoustic guitars, 3 electric guitars and their pedals, amplifiers , and a ukulele I bought for myself during my 20th birthday. When my roommate left for Nashville, I turned her room into a mini aesthetic guitar room, so that it wouldn't look like an abandoned or a haunted room.

I sat down on the bed and opened my phone and my fingers made their way to the voice recorder. I thought of too many songs to cover for this rainy evening, so I picked The Only Exception by Paramore instead. I pressed the record button on the recorder and began playing the intro solo part of the song and afterwards, I sang into different places.

"When I was younger, I saw
My daddy cry and curse at the wind
He broke his own heart and I watched
As he tried to reassemble it
And my mama swore that she would
Never let herself forget
And that was the day that I promised
I'd never sing of love if it does not exist", I began singing the first part of the song and then..

"But, darling, you are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception " I strummed my guitar and then proceeded to the bridge part;

"Maybe I know somewhere
Deep in my soul that love never lasts
And we've got to find other ways
To make it alone or keep a straight face
And I've always lived like this
Keeping a comfortable distance
And up until now, I had sworn
To myself that I'm content with loneliness
Because none of it was ever worth the risk,

"Well, you are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception," I provided another guitar solo for this part and then;

"I've got a tight grip on reality, but I can't
Let go of what's in front of me here
I know you're leaving in the morning when you wake up
Leave me with some kind of proof it's not a dream, oh", my voice was aggressive on this part, my note was high.

I then sang the last chorus part of the song;

"You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception
You are the only exception...