Work Song

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It had been about an hour since the guys woke up in this dark room

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It had been about an hour since the guys woke up in this dark room. Nobody knew what was going on and why they were there. Alex had been crying for the past hour, Luke had been pacing and Reggie just lay on the ground. He lay there looking at the ceiling wanting nothing more than to find a way out. Find a way back to his life. He wanted to find a way back to Julianna.

"Alex, buddy please stop crying," Luke had begged the blond. But Alex just sobbed more at his words. "I can't, I mean we're dead. I didn't even get to tell Anna bye or that I love her, she's all alone," The boy spoke, crying more. Luke had looked at the ground, tears now forming in his eyes at the thought of Julianna finding out the news and his parents. He had died and the last memory he has of them is a stupid argument.

"We'll find a way back, okay?" Reggie as reassured them, now sitting up. "We'll find a way back to Julianna and our families. I don't know how but there has got to be a way out and if I have to dig our way out I will," He continued. And what he said was true, the boy would do anything to get out of this place to get back home. To get his friends back home. And nothing can hold the boy back from finding a way.

Then an idea popped in the boy's head, "How about we sing a song?" He asked. "Without instruments?" Alex asked, tears still flowing from his eyes. The boy nodded and shrugged, "We don't need them. We have each other." Luke nodded, agreeing with the boy. It was silent for a moment before Reggie started humming a tune, it took a moment before the two others recognized the song, both joining in not long after.

"Boys, workin' on empty
Is that the kinda way to face
The burning heat?

I just think about my baby
I'm so full of love I could barely eat
There's nothing sweeter than my baby
I'd never want once
From the cherry tree

The thought of Julianna came from the boy's mind with the song. He had always had some feelings for the girl but seeing as she was Alex's little sister he never acted on it. So he wrote this song, for her. He showed the boys the song but never told them who it was about just making an excuse that he just thought of it. They didn't question it, but they all had their idea of who it was about.

'Cause my baby's
Sweet as can be
She'd give toothaches just
From kissin' me

When my time comes around
Lay me gently in the,
Cold dark earth
No grave can hold
My body down

The boys all thought of wanting to get out of here. They wanted nothing more than to get home, to their homes. To see their family hug them and say goodbye to them one last time. To have a good conversation with them and tell them they love them. But that would never happen again. They would never see their families again and just the thought of that broke them.

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