Home Wrecker {A.F.I}

Chapter 17

Video of drown,  5sos cover on the side or up the top. This is legit one of my fave songs right now! And they did such an amazing job covering it

Alexandria

I drove straight home, to my apartment from the hotel. I was hoping that Cailin wouldn't be home, but she had every second Friday off; so there was a chance she was home. If she hadn't found another place to live, I didn't really have anywhere else to go. I could always go and stay with mum for a few days; but that would mean explaining to her and dad about mine and Ashton's little arrangement; and I couldn't have that. I couldn't bare to see the look of disappointment in her eyes.

I opened the door to my apartment and saw Cailin sitting on the couch, "I'm glad your back," she told me
"Why?" I asked, confused
"I need to borrow your MAC book,"
"Yeah that's not happening, I need it, that's the only reason I'm back," I scoffed, "and do you really think I'd let you touch my stuff after what you've done?"
"Get over it Lex that was months ago,"
"I'm not over it, and I'm never going to get over it, considering I just found out about it two weeks ago," I scoffed, "remember what I said last week?" I asked, she nodded, "I hope you're looking for a place to stay,"
"And why would I do that?"
"I'm calling the real estate agent next week to talk about taking your name off the lease and if I can do that I can kick you out when ever the fuck I feel like it," I dropped my bags, and walked into my room.

I sat on my bed, powering up my MAC book air. Once it was loaded, I opened up Garage Band and found the song I was looking for. I plugged in my headphones and pressed play, "I've been living in sweet despair. I don't really know what's in the cards of life..." The opening lines I'd written for this song played. I continued listening to it, two or three times. Erin was right. This song was missing something. But what? I asked myself. I'd began writing this song over two years ago, when Ashton stopped talking to me completely. I recalled mine and Erin's conversation from a few hours ago, and then it hit me. The line that was missing was a new opening line; well more of an extension of what I'd already had.
I clicked on edit, and went to where I needed to fix the song; I pressed record on the application and sang the new line, "tell me what do you see in her, 'cause..." I clicked stop on the recording, and listened to the finished product. I was extremely happy with what I'd written. I just hoped the audience would love it as much as I do. I burnt the song on to a CD, so I'd have a backing track. I wasn't going to play the music for this live. There was too much emotion written in here for that, and I knew that playing the music would distract me from the lyrics. The next thing I had to do, was come up with a set list.
I decided to message Dan, to see if the same rules for tonight still applied, as I was going on last minute.

To Daniel (Exford): hey dan, just wondering if I still had to have my setlist in by six seeing as I'm filling in last minute?

He didn't reply straight away. So I decided to get to work on the songs I'd perform tonight, I'd choose the songs now and figure out the order later. With in fifteen minutes I'd chosen two covers I could perform, Never Say Never (Don't Let Me Go) by The Fray, and All Too Well by Taylor Swift.
It was then that Dan replied.

From Daniel (Exford): hey lex, I was about to call you. I was wondering if you could do a longer set? The person on before you has pulled out again. I'm so sorry, it's just an extra fifteen minutes because I've asked Caitlin to go on for an extra fifteen as well. I can give you til six fifteen latest. I hope that's okay

To Daniel (Exford): yeah that's fine. I'm mainly doing covers anyways. I'm going with a theme tonight.

I decided I was somehow going to tell Ashton, how I felt. I couldn't find the words to say them to him in person, I'd had so many opportunities to do so over the last two weeks, but I couldn't. So I was going to do it through song.