The Sound of Your Voice | on hold

Chapter 34

I do not own the two song in this chapter. Rights go to Jason Derulo and Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran.

Enjoy this long awaited chapter!

"Come to New York," I told Tris over the phone. "I have a surprise for you. Your plane tickets are paid for already, and I want you guys out here in a week."

"The stage is yours," Amar promised me, as the oh-so familiar feeling of the lights burning above me ran through my body. The adrenaline almost made me smile, and I swung my guitar over my shoulder as I sprinted out to the stage.

"Hello Rockefeller Center!" I cheered, my eyes falling onto Tris, in the front row. Tobiah's arms were latched around her, and she had the hint of a smile on her aged face. "It's your favorite star, Tristan Four."

The crowd burst into a frenzy of applause, and I hid my smile behind my microphone, waving back to the thousands that waved at me.

"This small show tonight is dedicated to my one and only Tris Prior," I began, my voice wavering off a little. I choked down my words as I cleared my throat, starting off with the first song.

Amnesia.

Tris's eyes never left mine once. She was swaying, with little Toby besides her, wearing a funny expression on his young face.

And as I sang a few more, I moved on closer towards the one song that would make or break me. But right now, I invited Tris to the stage.

She knew this song, I was absolutely sure she did. And so I opened my mouth, letting the gentle words escape from my lips.

"You good to go?" I asked, gently. And then she smiled slightly, knowing exactly what I meant as I began strumming the chords.

Her voice was soft, sweet, and this is what captivated me. "All I knew this morning when I woke... is I know something now, know something now I didn't before. And all I've seen since eighteen hours ago, is green eyes and freckles and your smile, in the back of my mind making me feel like I just wanna know you better, know you better, know you better now. I just wanna know you better, know you better, know you better now."

I joined her in the next verse, my heart pounding in my chest as I stared at her beauty. "'Cause all I know is we said, "Hello." And your eyes look like coming home. All I know is a simple name. Everything has changed. All I know is you held the door, you'll be mine and I'll be yours. All I know since yesterday is everything has changed."

And we ended the song on a sweet note, the emptiness of sound of the stage nearly capturing the audience's attention. And so I opened my mouth, opening it to sing the song that I had been trapping inside me, the one that I had braced this trip out on.

In a small tone, strumming my guitar, I stared directly into her beautiful eyes.

"A hundred and five is the number that comes to my head. When I think of all the years I wanna be with you, wake up every morning with you in my bed
That's precisely what I plan to do. And you know one of these days when I get my money right. Buy you everything and show you all the finer things in life. We'll forever be in love, so there ain't no need to rush. But one day, I won't be able to ask you loud enough."

And so I closed my eyes and blurted out the lyrics, adrenaline, blood, and love flickering through my mind.

"I'll say will you marry me. I swear that I will mean it. I'll say will you marry me?"

And the sound just dropped dead as Tris opened her mouth. The song dropped dead, nearly everything. She scooped up Tobiah in her arms, tears in her eyes.

"I can't, Tobias, I just can't."

And then she whirled around, sprinting off the stage as she left the whole concert in shock.

Whoo... Your thoughts on this long awaited chapter? Who is surprised, and who is not?

I'm sorry for how long it's been. I've been busy with school and all, and I finally have this weekend off for Columbus Day.

I'm feeling confused, I think I want to dye my hair blue and show up in school and name myself Shaniqua, cause that's a really cool name.

Okay... Bye.

QOTC: feelings?

Me: utter confusion

~ Evie