Road Trip ⭐️

11 - Skip This Part

**CHRIS POV**

I didn't meet Scott's 24-hour mark to tell Ma about me and Frankie but since my mother hadn't called me or shown up to my place scream and threatening to kill me I figured he lied. He made sure I remembered since he texted me the morning after the bar to remind me.

It had been a few days since the bar and the rumor around town was that Frankie had left but no one knew where she was going. I wish I knew because this was supposed to be the time we talked everything out and maybe worked all of this out.

I got ready for the day and figured it was time to go talk to my mom. I got in the car and started to drive to my Ma's.

"So even though she announced on TV a week ago that she was going on a small break a new song has dropped this morning from Frankie Devon! I've heard the song and if we are going to get songs like this one, stay on a break Frankie! It's such a hit!" The DJ said.

I was stopped a red light, and I heard the music start playing so I quickly pulled into the parking lot of the fast-food place that was on the side of the road. I needed to hear this song, especially after our most recent interaction.

🎵 You take your hand off mine
And keep your eyes on the floor
And I'm afraid that I've
I've seen this movie before
You cut the engine off
You say we need to talk
I feel like I'm frozen
You start turnin' the knife in slow motion
Split second memory rewind
Don't walk me up to the door
Don't say it's breakin' your heart
Before you say anymore
Can we just skip this part?
The one where you drive away
And I don't know what to do
And I watch your taillights fade
In a shirt that smells like you
Then cry on the floor in the dark
Can we just skip this part?
This ain't the scene where
I break down and beg you to stay
But it doesn't seem fair
For me to sit through the pain
Make you the villain
Who rides away with my heart
So baby listen
Can we just skip this part?
The one where you drive away
And I don't know what to do
And I watch your taillights fade
In a shirt that smells like you
Then cry on the floor in the dark
Can we just skip this part?
Where I convince myself
There's no one else for me
And find any excuse
Just to drive down your street
Cut to when cuts fade to scars
Can we just skip this part?
Can we skip to the part?
Where you're lyin' awake
And you realize that you
Made the biggest mistake
So you get in your car
And you speed down my street
And the rain starts to fall
And you fall to your knees
And I run down the stairs
Down the drive in bare feet
And you tell me
That you haven't slept in a week
And I jump in your arms
And it all fades to black
But I'm still in your car
And you don't love me back
Can we just skip this part?
Where you drive away
And I don't know what to do
And I watch your taillights fade
In a shirt that smells like you
Then cry on the floor in the dark
Can we just skip this part?
Where I convince myself
There's no one else for me
And find any excuse
Just to drive down your street
Cut to when cuts fade to scars
Can we just skip this part?
Cut to you're back in my arms
Can we just skip this part?🎵

I could hear the tears in her voice, her voice cracking at the end of the song and I knew I had hurt her bad that day when I left her. Sometimes...well actually all the time I hated being her muse, especially after all of these years but the songs were relatable, and everyone loved them. This was heartbreak and angst. The song was really good, like all her stuff.