The next morning Eddie and I were the first ones up, enjoying cereal together and our favorite sitcoms.
We were in Texas, but not yet Dallas. But then I got sick. I booked it to the bathroom and vomited in the tiolet.
"You alright, baby?" Eddie asked.
"Yeah. Pregnancy sucks." I laughed.
"If I could, I'd be delivering that baby for you," and then he walked into the bathroom and gagged by the odor.
"Just kidding," he said.
"Prick," I said, and we both laughed. I felt happy.
I flushed the tiolet and washed my face. Eddie and I sat back down on the couch. I felt his thumb rub my abdomen.
"I will love this child with everything I have," he said, then kissing me.
The rest began to awaken, and they all ate and then played with their instruments. But I wanted to get on the roof again. So I slid the window open, and jumped on the frame. Eddie waited for me to climb up. We were going pretty slow on a road that wasn't too busy.
I slid my foot into the side, and flung myself onto the roof. I sat there waiting for Eddie who made it up quickly, and thankfully, safely.
We sat there admiring the Texas landscape. It was very green, very vast. And very hot.
"If it's a girl, what should we name her?" I asked Eddie.
"I like the name Rose."
"Rose Vedder."
"Yeah, okay, that sounds weird," Eddie laughed.
"I like the name Delilah." I said. It sounds so graceful and pretty. I was anything but graceful and pretty, but, I liked things that were.
"That's beautiful," Eddie smiled.
"Okay, boy name?" I asked.
"Eddie Jr."
"I will fucking kill you," I spat.
"Okay! God!" Eddie laughed.
"What about... Duke?" Eddie said.
Duke. That's interesting.
"I like that," I smiled.
So for the rest of the morning/afternoon Eddie and I just talked about baby names and future plans. Like moving in together.
It was so crazy. I just didn't expect this. When I first met Eddie I thought he was a cool guy. Never someone I'd fall helplessly in love with.
And then I thought of something. While we enjoyed life and love and all this craziness together I wanted to grab my guitar. So I hopped back through the window leaving Eddie there saying,
"What in the hell-"
I ran past the boys and towards my bed, and slid my guitar out from under the bunk.
I carried it with me towards the window and asked Eddie to grab it, then flung myself back on the roof.
I sat down and said,
"What is your favorite song of all time?"
"I've got a few, but, to name one,
I Wanna Be Sedated,"
So I began to sing.
"Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated,"
"Oh do you?" Eddie laughed.
"Nothin' to do and no where to go-o-oh I wanna be sedated,"
And then he couldn't help but sing, too.
"Just get me to the airport put me on a plane,
Hurry hurry hurry before I go insane
I can't control my fingers I can't control my brain
Oh no no no no no,"
"Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go....
Just put me in a wheelchair, get me on a plane
Hurry hurry hurry before I go insane,"
"I can't control my fingers I can't control my brain
Oh no no no no no
Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated,"
"Nothin' to do and no where to go-o-o I wanna be sedated
Just put me in a wheelchair get me to the show
Hurry hurry hurry before I go loco,"
"I can't control my fingers I can't control my toes
Oh no no no no no
Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go...,"
"Just put me in a wheelchair...
Ba-ba-bamp-ba ba-ba-ba-bamp-ba I wanna be sedated
Ba-ba-bamp-ba ba-ba-ba-bamp-ba I wanna be sedated
Ba-ba-bamp-ba ba-ba-ba-bamp-ba I wanna be sedated
Ba-ba-bamp-ba ba-ba-ba-bamp-ba I wanna be sedated," Eddie finished, a huge grin on his face.
"Now, your turn," he said.
"My favorite song, ever, is Imagine by John Lennon,"
So Eddie strummed gently on my guitar.
"Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today..." He sang, ever so beautifully. His thick voice made my heart happy.
"Imagine there's no countries," I sang,
"It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace..."
"You may say I'm a dreamer," we sang together,
"But I'm not the only one.
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one,"
"Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world..."
And then we sang together again.
"You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one.
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one,"
