[ twenty nine ] nsw & victoria
The boys set up six sleeping bags and made a bonfire in the back yard.
When Prudence and Lucy went outside, she was amazed at what they had done. She thought her backyard looked just like a camp site from the movies, since she hadn't actually seen a real one before.
Luke sat on one of the sleeping bags, a guitar in his arms and his fingers lightly began to strum it, producing a lovely sound.
"Prudence has a guitar, maybe she should play some music with us." Ashton suggested with a smile.
But on Prudence's face was a look of confusion. "How do you know I play guitar?"
"Lucy told me." Ashton lied.
"No I-" Lucy began.
"Yes you did, Lucy." Ashton shot her a glare.
Prudence shook her head. "I'm kind of tired to play guitar right now." She told him. But her real problem was that she couldn't play the guitar anymore. Her skin was now so weak that the guitar strings could easily slice through her flesh. "But I'd like to hear one of your songs." She told them with a smile.
At that, the boys lit up and quickly agreed.
As Luke strummed his guitar and Ashton tapped on a box he was sitting on, Luke began to sing,
"She sits at home with the lights out
Seeing life in different colours
I think it’s time that we wake up
So let me take you away."
Prudence watched them in awe. She had known, from Lucy that they were musicians who had been on tour with One Direction, but she honestly hadn't imagine they could sound so lovely.
She was aware that nowadays, a lot of artists fixed up their voices in a recording studio.
"It took so long to convince you
I knew I had to show my colours
You never wanted to be rescued
But now we’re drifting away."
As Luke sang the next part, Ashton's hazel eyes looked at Prudence. He felt like the song fit her perfectly. He knew how much it had taken for him to convine her that he wasn't like his mates. He had to show her his intentions were true.
"We can run down the street
With the stars in our eyes
We can tear down this town
In the dark of the night
Just open the door
We’ve got time on our side
We can make it out alive."
"Hey we’re taking on the world
I’ll take you where you wanna go
Pick you up if you fall to pieces
Let me be the one to save you
Break the plans we had before
Let’s be unpredictable
Pick you up if you fall to pieces
Let me be the one to save you."
"So let go!
Till’ we've lost control
And we’ll stumble through it all
Let’s do something new and unpredictable."
By the end of the song, they could see the happiness in her grey-blue eyes. She clapped for them, saying, "That was beautiful, thank you for singing for us boys."
"So, what now?" Lucy asked with a smile.
Ashton grinned, going to sit right next to Prudence. "Now we're going to pretend to be Americans for a few minutes and make something they call s'mores."
"What are smores?" Calum crinkled up his nose.
"Its like cookies with chocolate and melted marshmallows in the center." Ashton explained while he pulled the ingredients out of a bag. They were circle shaped cookies, which he explained were the Australian equivalent to graham crackers, a bag of marshmallows, and a big Hershey bar.
