For You |Buckin|

You Say You See Straight Through Me

December 2001

    Chris grinned, "Nice to have a break, right?" Jonny nodded, "Yeah, but, I have nothing to do with the free time." Chris shrugged, "Guy and Will left a few days ago to visit family." Jonny shrugged, "Lucky, after today, I'm gonna do absolutely nothing for the rest of the week." Chris yawned, "I mean we could always take a day trip like we used to." Jonny sighed, "Yeah, I feel cooped up in here, what did you have in mind?" Chris tilted back in his chair, "Going to the beach? Horrible weather wipes out any tourism, it would be fun!" Jonny nodded, "Sounds great."

 Planning and a Few Days Later

   Chris had driven his car to Jonny flat at 5 AM. Chris had gone in the elevator and already had been knocking on his door. Jonny groaned as he opened the door, "Your gonna wake up my neighbors, I'm almost ready just come in." Chris walked in and immediately started poking around. "Clean, I didn't think you were this organized." Jonny zipped his backpack, "Yeah, not everyone is a slob like you." Chris rolled his eyes and took a water bottle from his fridge. "Well, do you wanna head out? Earlier we leave the less traffic there is." Jonny nodded and put on his backpack. Chris walked outside of his door and Jonny quickly locked it. The two stood in the elevator. 

   Chris grinned, "Haven't been to the beach in forever." Jonny said in a sarcastic tone, "Yeah, cold and rainy. Just perfect." Chris smirked, "Don't be so negative. You'll enjoy it." Chris got in the driver's seat and started the car and Jonny got into the passenger seat and buckled himself in. Jonny turned on the radio and turned towards Chris, "How confident are you that our next album will do well." Chris sighed, "I think there's a good chance. Just relax, no working on our break." Jonny nodded, "Your right Chris." Chris hummed, "I'm worried too but, we've worked hard. It's all we can do." Jonny smiled, "Yeah, my mum already wasn't proud of a career in music. I wanna change her mind." Chris reassured him, "You are a great musician, she'll realize that soon. Whether it be through our band or somewhere else." Jonny smiled again and said, "Thanks."

  Jonny asked, "Have you had breakfast?" Chris shook his head, "Nah. We can get some later though, it's still barely even morning." Jonny nodded and took a book out of his backpack. He opened it and began to read. Chris hummed to the radio and Jonny complained, "Chris, I'm trying to read." Chris rolled his eyes, "Stop whining." Jonny glared at him and flipped pages in his book. Chris eventually lowered the radio and he looked over at Jonny. Jonny looked up at him and said, "What?" Chris shook his head and realized he had been watching him. "Uh, I don't think I've ever seen you read a book." Jonny chuckled, "What do you think? That I couldn't read?" Chris shook his head, "No, I was pretty confident that you could read Jonnyboy." Jonny asked, "What kind of nickname is that?" 

  Chris shrugged and turned his attention back to the road. Chris raised the volume and began singing. This time, Jonny didn't interrupt him. He just had an evil grin as he watched his best friend sing obnoxious early 2000s pop songs from memory. Later, Jonny finally placed his book own down his book and he asked, "Hey, Chris. How far away are we?" Chris scrunched his face and looked down at his GPS. "We've only driven for two hours, we got a good three left without traffic." Jonny nodded and looked out the window. The weather wasn't looking so great. Stormy and rainy. Chris asked, "Do you know what the weather will be like?" Jonny shook his head, "Nah, I shoulda checked online before we left." Chris said, "I used to love storms. The sound is pleasant." Jonny shook his head, "I always hated storms. How can you find them pleasant." Chris said, "It's calming."