jake has his mouth shut: act i

road trip, pt. 2

the night became day. i woke up next to mei, who was in my arms the whole night, it seems. i love waking up next to her. and we still have 12 days of this trip? this is mental. apparently, the last day holds the biggest surprise of all. so im curious as to what it could be.

"good morning, sleepyhead." i whisper to mei softly in her ear as she wakes up.

"good morning, my love..." she says softly, giving me a kiss on the cheek. "can't we just stay in bed?"

"we have 12 more days, sweetheart. and we'll get more time to cuddle tonight, and the night after... i could say that 10 more times but that'd be exhausting, wouldn't it?" i chuckled and got out of bed to get ready.

"what are you doing? come back here..." mei said, in her sleepy tone. god, she's adorable.

"we have to get ready, darling. tell you what, i'll go get you a coffee, and you start getting ready, alright?" i said to her.

"fine..." she said, and got up from the bed to hug me and give me kisses.

"up we go then." i said, and went to get her a coffee.

"good morning, jake!" molly said when she saw me in the hallway.

"good morning, mols. i'm off to get mei a coffee. care to join?" i answered.

"sure! how's the new guitar feelin'?" she asked me.

"i love it. can't wait to actually plug it in. i'm keepin that tele though, i can't get rid of it." i said to her, and started making mei her coffee.

"yeah, makes sense. how's your luck finding a label? how do the demos sound?" she asked another question, making her coffee on the way.

"they sound okay, but they do kinda sound stitched together. mainly because they are."  i chuckled. "but no luck yet, no. can get better though. just need a proper band. drummer, bassist, another guitarist. crucial, all of it."

"i see. well, i could pitch in a good word over at recall. i think edgar'll like the demos." molly said.

"wait, you work at recall records?" i asked excitedly.

"yeah, i've been working there since it's founding." she answered.

"you all house my favorite bands! that's insane working under the label of the motherfucking levitations!" i said, with a big grin on my face.

"alright, i'll bring the demos and pitch in a word." molly said, laughing.

"awesome!" i said, and went back to bring mei her coffee.

i saw her, still in the shower.

"i'm leaving your coffee on the countertop, okay love?" i said to her as the bathroom's door was still open.

"alright, thanks darlin!" she said and continued showering.

i opened my song-writing book. "studio", "needles" and "the most likely to not exist anymore" were the demos i sent to labels. keep in mind that was 3 out of the 17 i've written for the project. but i don't know what to name it.

hold on... floor boy! thats it! i've wanted to use that for so long!

"i've finally fucking got it!" i said excitedly.

"got what, love?" mei asked, only just getting out of the shower.

"a name for my project," i answered, "i've been at a crossroads with that for far too long."

"i'm so proud of you, darling!" she said, and started kissing me.

"i love you so much." i answered, kissing her back.