Beautiful Song

Chapter Thirteen

"My plan was in motion. No one was going to make me think otherwise. I was making such a bold move and I knew there was prices to pay. But beyond this point I wouldn't care. Then there was you, Kathy. You gave me the idea to stay. I need to be hear if I am going to tell my story. You weren't like the other girls and I wasn't like the other guys. Just like what you said."

Keith pushes pause, "what if what I am hearing from my son isn't right though? You heard yourself Phil. There are two sides of every story but how and when does it draw the line?"

Phil shrugs, "we just have to trust him he is right," he looks down and then out of the car window, "he wasn't wrong about what happened with Parker. He just didn't say everything about what went on."

That's what Kieth is afraid to hear. He is afraid that Reece won't say everything about Kathy.

How does she fit in the story even more if they never fully reconnected?

"There is so much to talk about with Kathy, Dad. She was lovely. She was adorable. I was so afraid to talk to her after what happened at the bonfire I couldn't come to it. I couldn't go to her until one night. One particular night that we blasted a Billie English song and drank. We drank but didn't get drunk. We made love but it was enough and now I am...well-"

Reece was done with packaging the other CDs. Everyone has a story for themselves. A different CD dedicated to themself. But Kathy didn't. Reece didn't do it because when he saw her in school that first day, he decided she too was hurting. He went downstairs to get his mind off of things. There was a note left in the block letters for him to read on the refriegerator.

U HAVE MAIL

Reece knows where it is as he went to the contianer near the kitchen sink. This was where they kept everyone's mail. He opened it up and then saw a letter was mailed to him without a returning address. But when he opened it he knew exactly who it was and where to find her.

Dearest Reece,

That night when we exchanged glances with one another at the graveyard I wanted to tell you. I wanted to tell you what was on my mind. I wanted to tell you why I did what I did. Why I pushed you away so quickly when I was sure we were hooking up. I am sorry I pushed you away. At that time I wasn't sure what was going on and I wasn't sure if I was ready to go through that again. After what happened with Hero-

"Hero was a guy three years older than us. He was from a different part of California. Where Kathy was originally from. Her first boyfriend. The guy who I found out took her virginity. He was hurting inside too but unlike Kathy he didn't tell her what was going on and took his life. That last song was dedicated to his memory. I just thought you should know."

-I couldn't really come with the terms of being with anyone. It wasn't you. I know one thing for sure and it's not just because we had a connection that night after I told you about him..It's that you are a great guy Reece. You know who you are. What you want to do. You have back up plans for your back up plan. You know how you want to act because you are an actor. You are your own person and I think I sensed that the first time I saw you. You like to strive to become the best you can be and I always admired that even before we fully met and got to connect. You made me long for that. I went to that grave again last night and thought about you. How you went there and how we didn't speak a word to each other but you played a song. You helped me move on. Is that a boy and girl type of thing, or a Reece and Kathy type of thing? Either way you helped me get over him while you yourself was going through that same. I love that. If I give you an address to my house will you come? I want to talk to you."