Life With Trent Harmon

Part 26: A Day Together (part 1)

You climb in Trent's car and he closes the door behind you and then climbs in the driver side. As he starts the car, he looks over at you and smiles as he laces his fingers with yours.
"You ready?" He says and you lean over and kiss his cheek and whisper "yeah.."
As he backs out of the drive way, you look at him and ask "why are you so persistent on surprises? Why didn't you just tell me you were coming home last night?"
He laughs and says "because the surprise is half of the fun..... and I didn't know until yesterday morning that I was gonna get to.."
"Yeah okay.." you roll your eyes and laugh. "So what're we doing today?"
"Why do you have to know every detail!?"
"Because I wanna know.." you say, pleadingly.
He exaggerates a sigh, and when you look over at him, he winks and you both laugh..
"I thought we would go to Southhaven, and eat lunch and shop at the Tanger outlets.." he says and then glances over at you and then focuses back on the road. "If you feel like it! If you don't, we can go back to my house and watch movies and stuff, but there are a billion people at my house right now so we would have to watch them in my room.... which wouldn't be THAT bad... either way, we have to be back by 6."
"Hmmmm" you say and then giggle "that's tempting,  but I'm feeling better than last night. And I'd like some time with just me and you.. why do we have to be back so early??"
"Uhh.. We have some stuff to do tonight..." he says and then "Southhaven it is.." and kisses your hand.
"Like what??" You ask eagerly.
"I can't tell you yet..."
"But..." you start.
"I can't tell you. You'll find out soon enough."
You let out a deep breath and say "FINE.." after a second, you laugh and say "So..." you say "what have you been doing in Nashville and everywhere you've been?"
"Well, I've been having a lot of business dinners and meetings with the big wheels of BMR."
"About what?" You ask as he gets onto the highway
"Music videos and release dates, and radio tour dates, and that kinda thing.."
"Oh that's cool!!" You say excitedly.
"Yeah it's so surreal. I've worked for this so long, and now I'm here and I'm working harder than ever."
"And it's gonna pay off."
"Yeah, as long as I have you by my side."
"Forever." You say and he smiles over at you.
"Have you gotten to write any?"
"Actually yeah, we've written one or two.. and recorded them, and sent them to Scott. He's supposed to be getting back to me about them." He says and then after a pause, he says "these are just a trial, to see if he likes my writing style..."
"Woah!!!"
He laughs "yeah, I know.."
You ride in silence for a little while and then Trent turns up the radio and starts singing along.
"What night are you performing at Elvisfest?" You ask.
"Uh.. Friday I believe.  I think I fly in on Wednesday, practice Thursday, perform Friday and fly out Saturday ."
"Wow.. not a lot of breathing time.." you say quietly.
"Not at all.. but you'll be with me all that you can... right?"
"Well duh." You say with a laugh. "Have you decided on any songs?"
"Well, kinda... I get to submit suggestions, but Scott is the one who gets the final call... as usual.." he says quietly.
You laugh and say "yeah.."
you lay your head back against the seat again and tighten your grip on Trent's hand as your eyes start getting heavy.
He glances over at you, and says "take a nap.." I'll wake you up when we get close.
You yawn and close your eyes.
An hour and a half later, you wake up and see a sign that says the exit for the Mall is just a few miles away, and turn to look at Trent.
"Good morning, beautiful." He says as he puts his fingers back between yours. "Mmm" you say and he laughs. "Still feeling alright?"
"Yeah.." you say and try to swallow the burning in your throat.
He sees you struggling and hands you a water. "I knew we shoulda stayed at home..." he says and reaches over to feel your forehead.
"I'm okay!" You say and pull away as you take his hand.
He rolls his eyes and turns the radio up as Brett Eldredge's new song comes through the speakers.
"The radio and a sundress, Making my world all a mess, Back corner of a cornfield"

"Oh I love this song!!!" You say as you turn up the radio more and he start singing along.

"I wanna be that song that gets you high Makes you dance, makes you fall That melody rewinds years, Once disappear, makes time stall Wanna be those words that fill you up, Pull your windows down and keeps you young, Makes you believe you're right where you belong
I wanna be that song"

You glance over and see Trent looking at you.
You turn down the radio and say "shouldn't you be watching the road?"
He laughs and motions toward the empty road "yeah I need to be watching out for all this traffic."
You roll your eyes and lace your fingers between his.
"I was just thinking.." he says quieter than before "that's how I feel. About you. I want to be that person for you."
"You are." You say, looking at him.
"I love you, so much.. (y/full/n).. you know that, right?"
You squeeze his hand and say "I love you more. Always."
He smiles, and you turn the radio back up.
"When you're searching the horizon
When your eyes look back
When you're standing in the moment
Every life has a soundtrack
Oh I wanna be, I wanna be, oh I wanna be
I wanna be that song that gets you high
Makes you dance, makes you fall
That melody rewinds years
Once disappear, makes time stall
Wanna be those words that fill you up
Pull your windows down and keeps you young
Makes you believe you're right where you belong
I wanna be that song"

As the last chords of the song fade out, Trent's phone starts ringing. He doesn't even look at the name and hits the ignore button and puts it back down between y'all. As he takes the exit to get to the Tanger Outlet Mall, his phone rings again. He sighs loudly and reaches for it again.
Before he can hit the ignore button, you see the name on the screen.
"Uh, Trent.."
"I'm cutting it on silent."
Before you can say another word, he hits the ignore button and silences his phone.
"Babe, that was mr. Scott.."
"No it wasn't..." he says and looks at the missed calls on his screen.
"Shit!!" He  says as he turns into the parking lot.
"I'm sorry, I've gotta call him back.."
You nod, "well duh you do.."
he hits the button on his phone and puts it up to his ear.
"Hey! Mr. Scott! Sorry about that I didn't realize it was you.."
"Yes sir. I'm sorry about that."
"No it's totally fine. I'm with (y/n) and I just try not to be on my phone too much when I'm with her."
He laughs "yes sir I will."
"Oh, yes sir! Which one? Really?"
"Are you sure?"
"Haha yeah I believe you."
"Thank you so much mr. Scott."
"Yeah I'm cool with whatever you think is best.."
"Absolutely.."
"Tuesday night at 7? Where at?"
"Awesome. Yes sir. I'll see what I can do.  See you then.."
He hangs up the phone and looks down at it.
After a minute or two of silence, you say "t? Is everything okay?"
He looks up at you and you see tears in his eyes.
"Trent?"
"Do you remember me saying that the songs I wrote got sent to Mr. Scott?"
"Yeah.." you say and turn towards him.
"He just called to let me know he got them, and..." he says and then he gets choked up.
"And?"
"He wants one of them to be my single- instead of Falling.."
"Wait? He's trading your Idol single for the one you wrote?"
"Apparently, that's what he wants to do.."
"That's awesome Trent!!!"
"I can't believe that.. he doesn't do that.. we were supposed to start filming for the Falling video Friday! And he just said he has put it all on hold."
"Trent!!!" You say and wrap your arms around his neck and you feel him shaking. "This is awesome!!!"
"I'm so glad I get to tell you first.." he says and touches his lips to yours, gently