thirty one | finding a voice

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Ronnie's POV

"Aaron?" I say knocking on his bedroom door and poking my head through the crack.

His dog started jumping up at me with his small paws on my jeans.

"Hey buddy" I say scratching behind his ear.

I look up to see Aaron still awake.

On his computer with earphones in.

I look to the clock on the wall.

7:56am

He was never up this early.

And by the way he looks, he hasn't slept.

I slowly approach his bed to catch his attention.

His head shoots up to see me and he smiles.

Taking out his right earphone,

"Hey, do you have a minute?"

He takes out his other earphone and pauses the video he was watching.

Setting his laptop at the foot of his bed were Buddy was now lying.

"Yeah sure what's up?" He says in a deep voice.

He rubs his eyes and stretches.

I hear all the bones in his back pop and crack.

One by one.

"Are you sure? Because I can come back at a better time" I say.

I felt like a burden somehow but I knew that Aaron would never want someone to feel like that.

I just need to get out of my head.

"No honestly it's fine" he replies sitting up.

I take a deep breath and explain my situation.

No was he a good listener.

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Me and Aaron spoke for a while and he helped me figure out what I wanted to do.

It's not final but it's what I am most passionate about at this current moment.

Singing.

Not writing my own songs but covers.

Aaron suggested starting a YouTube channel but I wasn't ready for that yet.

I knew that Aaron sang.

He was really good.

He had uploaded a cover a few months ago.

All the comments were so optimistic and supportive.

I told him that when I saw the positive feedback.

It made me happy.

I wanted that reaction from people one day.

It was then that he suggested that I did a cover with him.

A recorded video of me singing.

With one of my bestfriends who happens to sound like an angel.

No pressure.

Not scared at all by the millions and millions of views his video got.

All I could think was..

"Ronnie. Now is not the time to be shy"

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