For You |Buckin|

I Was Lost

New Year's Eve 2001

  "Two more days of vacation," was the first thing that Chris said to Jonny that morning. Jonny simply grumbled in response. Chris asked, "Wanna go for a run?" Jonny slumped on a chair, "I never have that kind of energy." Chris sighed, "It would be good for you." Jonny nodded, "I suppose, sure we could run."

 Jonny got up slowly and dragged his feet down the hallway of the hotel. Chris followed behind him, "What's with the lack of energy." Jonny pressed the elevator button, "You know, I've left like I haven't done much this year." Chris scoffed, "This year? 2001? We've been working on our album. We just had huge breakout success. What do you mean nothing?" Jonny shrugged, "You knew I didn't like Parachutes." 

  Chris sighed, "This argument again? Do you like the new songs we are working on?" Jonny nodded, "Well, of course, but, I'm worried everyone else won't." Chris shook his head, "So what if we never top the charts again? As long as we are making what we enjoy-" Jonny cut him off, "I want a steady and guaranteed salary."

  Chris exhaled sharply, "Jon, I don't know what to tell you then. I think we have good chances though." The two walked into the elevator. Jonny shook his head, "I'm sorry." Chris said, "For what?" Jonny shifted weight between his feet, "I'm just worried, all I have is work on the brain." Chris shook his head, "No, I never really thought about what would happen if we never reach success again."

  Jonny shook his head, "I didn't mean that we would never do well. I mean, what if we never reach enough success to have it make sense for it to be our full-time jobs." Chris nodded, "I knew what you meant." The two exited the elevator. 

  Walking outside, the cold air immediately surrounded the two. Jonny wanted to fill the horrible silence with a conversation but, he couldn't bring himself to do so. He just walked next to his best friend. Both of them knew they had been having a lot of small fights and it hadn't begun to affect their work until last month.

  Jonny said, "I've said this before and I'll say it again Clocks, I believe is gonna be a hit. If it's our last one, it would be an incredible last hit." Chris smiled, "We are just gonna have to find out if it's our next big hit." Jonny nodded, "Enough talk about work, do you have any New Year's resolutions?" 

  Chris shrugged, "All of the classic ones at once, I wanna diet, exercise more, learn something new every day, learn a new language, pick up a new instrument, meet new people every day." Even though Jonny knew he was joking he said, "That'll last you all of a week." Chris nodded, "I know."

  Chris asked, "Do you have any resolutions?" Jonny smiled, "Two, it's to work less and relax." Chris said, "That sounds good." Jonny looked down at the sidewalk, "Are we walking anywhere specific." Chris shook his head, "Nah, just felt like I needed fresh air. Not many people outside today." Jonny said harshly, "Because it's cold."

 Chris shrugged, "It's not that cold and it's not my fault you never wear a jacket." Jonny shrugged and looked up and around. Chris and Jonny were approaching the bridge. Chris  looked at the stream under the small bridge and then he asked, "Wanna skip rocks?" Jonny nodded, "Sure, I'm horrible at it though." Chris walked in front of Jonny on top of small rocks before approaching the stream.

  Chris began looking for a rock, after choosing one he tossed it in. Jonny chuckled as he saw that it sunk automatically. Chris scoffed, "I didn't see you try." Jonny nodded, "Alright fine." Jonny scanned the floor and he picked up a rock. He got into a stance and tossed it. To his surprise he finally did it! The rock hit the water and went up, hit the water again and went up before sinking. 

  Jonny grinned at Chris, "I did it." Chris rolled his eyes, "For the first time!" They skipped rocks for a while giving each other passive aggressive compliments. Eventually, Jonny got bored and insisted that they got something to eat. Chris said, "There's a buffet place here we've passed by a few times." Jonny approved, "Alright." The two began walking on the side of the road again.

  They watched cars and birds as they walked. A pigeon sat on the side of the sidewalk and Jonny decided to sneak up on it. If sneaking meant to run and violently throw yourself then he was successful. He ended up spooking off the pigeon and nearly tripping on himself while Chris just laughed. Jonny huffed "Birds are dumb." Chris shook his head, "That bird probably had rabies or hepatitis." Jonny just chuckled as they continued to walk. 

   Eventually, Chris spotted out the buffet he remembered from driving to the hotel. The two walked in and paid for their plates before nearly sprinting to get food. Soon they had a heaping plateful of unhealthy food to enjoy in each other's company. 

  After eating they both began walking back to the hotel. It was already 2 PM after they had eaten and began walking. Jonny smiled, "Our exercise was fun." Chris grinned back at him, "Especially the part when we ate three times as much of the calories we burned." Jonny and Chris continued to walk for nearly two hours before reaching the hotel.

    Exhausted from walking Jonny sat down at the foot of the bed. Chris yawned, "Wanna watch a movie?" Jonny nodded, "Sure, do you even wanna stay up for New Year's though?" Chris nodded, "Well of course. We got some beer anyway." Chris sat next to them and they began watching television.

  After three hours Jonny grabbed himself a bottle of beer, "Want any." Chris shook his head, "Nah." Jonny continued to drink and the more he drank the more he complained. Chris almost got sick of it. Chris sighed, "It's only nine and your already drunk!" Jonny just cursed at him and Chris just ignored his harsh words. 

   Chris got him a bottle of water and tossed it at him. Jonny being as coordinated as he is let it hit his forehead before he even flinched. Chris winced, "Sorry." Jonny just grunted as he opened the water bottle. Chris sat down next to him to make sure he drank the water. Jonny leaned against him as he nearly poured out all the water.

    Chris grabbed the water bottle from him and said, "What the hell man." Jonny said in a slurred tone, "It's all your fault." Chris asked, "What do you mean?" Jonny continued, "Selfish.." Jonny grabbed Chris' shoulder. Jonny turned and kissed Chris harshly. Chris put his hands on Jonny's shoulder before gasping and pulling away moments later. He scoffed, "You must really be drunk."

  Chris pushed him off gently, "Your drunk, you are so drunk! I can't believe this." Jonny shook his head, "Nah I'm so not drunk." He brought his face closer to Chris' face but, he couldn't take it. Chris got up and locked the door behind him.