Songs of the Heart: A Hollywood Romance

leaving spain

the noise of the plane landing is completely deafening, my mind completely consumed on Maria, her sweet voice, her smile and...the  sight of her with another man, my heart is completely broken, my tears are not coming out, i need to protect my little brother, max is sitting next to me, his deep blue eyes staring at the window

"look,i can see the holliwood sign, this is crazy" his voice is excitedly innocent, and his smile is sweet and confident

"a new life here,college,this will be crazy, eh puppy"i  always call him this nickname,because he reminds me of a golden retriever,so sweet,i must shield him from all the hard  shit this world has for him

by the way, let me introduce myself,i'm alexander, but since i was born, they nicknamed me ceaxe, i dont know why,but i like it, i am moving to Los Angeles, i need to leave spain, i need to leave all the heartbreak that Barcelona left in my heart, in front of me, a new world, a new life, a crazy story to begin

we land and get to our apartment, max smiles and stares all over the place

"wow, this will be crazy, ceaxe, the garcia brothers,til the end"

"shure puppy, this will be a new adventure"

i sigh as i think the new life will be easy for max to adjust, but for me...not so easy...

i need to get a job, gotta help max with colledge and all the other shit, fuck this is gonna be crazy

as i walk all over holliwood boulevard,the song i whrote for maria drums in my head,like an unstoppable record 

"Oh, the stars above are strangers, in this land so far from home,

Every street a silent witness, to a heart that's all alone.
Your memory's a fire, burning deep within my soul,
In the echoes of the past, I find the love you stole."

deeply broken hearted i roam around the streets, as i finish seeing a famiiliar face,on a small smoothie bar, "leeroy, what the hell are you doing here"

"hey there buddy" his warm and genuine smile makes me forget briefly about Maria, leeroy is in his 40's tall and chubby his grey beard reveals his wisdom "what are you doing here in l.a"

"needed to get away from spain bro" i say as i sit next to him ready to chat

"wherent you gonna get married" leeroy said, his voice concerned

"fuck...we where....im not the same bro...." tears stem from my eyes "she cheated on me...."

"i'm sorry mate" leeroy puts his hand on my shoulder, reasuring," you know, ...what is the best way to deal with hurt"

"go back to the studio?" my heart warms as i remember the times where in spain we played endless nights with a guitar 

as we enter the room, the old smell of wood brings me back to happier times, it feels like in that room,time stood still,

"godam, this brings me back to 2015"

" good times man" leeroy says reminising "ready to jam" says leeroy as he takes his guitar and stars strumming

i  smile,its been so long since i heard the song of an acoustic guitar live, that my heart melts,i sit inn the sofa as we start to sing

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Max pov

the new shcool is huge, theere is even a starbucks, and im feeling lost  i have got a paper that says where my locker is, but i dont know where to go,then a friendly girl steps in

"uhm, sorry do you know where locker 304 is" i ask

"yea,let me guide you" she smiles genuenly "i'm leena by the way"

" soy max, its a pleasure to meet you"

" soy,are you from spain?" she asks

"yeah, i just moved in with my older brother"

we keep talking as we move throug the walls, not knowing that she will change my life forever