YOUR DAISY

Chapter 5

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The church was silent.

The soft sound of the rain outside filled her ears, her shoulders hunched as she kept her eyes closed. Melodies were swirling around her head and she tried to make them come alive by pressing her fingers against the black and ivory keys of the piano. When her digit touched the wrong note once again, she let out an annoyed sigh and placed her hands against the leather black piano stool. Why can't I focus? Why can't I put into words how I feel? The past few days have been confusing for the young blonde girl, feeling as if she was committing a grave sin without actually doing anything.

"Something," she sang. "happened for the first time in the darkest little paradise,"

Her voice was soft and lingered on the quietness of the small chapel as she struggled to find the right lyrics that would go perfectly with the next part of her composition. She sighed, giving up since she's been trying for hours now. Her free time was about to finish, and she shuddered at the thought that she would probably have to see her friend at dinner.

Why am I so afraid to see her again? It's been three days since they've last spoken to each other. Taylor blamed her latin and piano lessons, but she knew that it wasn't just that. She knew that, deep down, there was something more that held her back from seeing the taller girl with those beautiful, breathtaking eyes. God, the blonde thought as she shook her head and placed her fingers upon the keys once again, what is happening inside my head?

Her soave voice filled the small space surrounding the instrument, although as soon as she finished the few verses she has written for this composition, another voice reached her ears.

"Are you avoiding me?"

Taylor straightened her back, turning around quickly just to come face to face with the only girl that has been haunting her mind. An invisible frown was gracing Karlie's features, as she stood with her arms crossed over her chest a few feet away from the smaller blonde. Taylor opened her mouth to speak, "What?"

"Are you avoiding me?" Karlie repeated, stepping closer to her, now standing beside the blonde girl.

Taylor shook her head, having no strength to let out the single word that would deny Karlie's fear. The taller girl pursed her lips and nodded, her face softening as she took a seat beside the blue eyed girl. Taylor's breath was shallow and deep, Karlie's proximity doing things to her body. She directed her attention towards the black and white keys of the piano, swallowing when Karlie said, "What you've just played was simply amazing."

The blonde suppressed a smile as a blush covered her cheeks. She looked up, meeting Karlie's intense but calming green stare. "Thank you,"

"Can you play it again?"

The smaller blonde frowned. "It's not finished," she replied quietly.

"Please," she breathed. Karlie's voice echoed inside her brain as she once again played her composition, singing the few verses that accompanied the first notes. For the entire time, she felt the taller girl's eyes on her face, and she tried so hard not to fail under such scrutiny. With shaking fingers, she finished her piece, and silence hugged them both as Taylor wasn't fearless enough to turn around and gauge her friend's reaction. Her hands rested upon her lap and she looked down at her fiddling fingers.

"What happened?"

Taylor did not expect such a strange and confusing question, and that made her look up at Karlie. "What do you mean?"

"You write your own lyrics, right?" Taylor nodded. "What happened for the first time in that darkest little paradise?" Karlie emphasized the last words. Her eyes were attentive and boring a hole within Taylor's soul.

"I, uh," the blonde stuttered, a shiver running along her spine as Karlie's gaze became too much. "I don't know, it just sounded good with the melody, I guess,"

Karlie's brows furrowed. "Oh,"

Taylor watched as disappointment colored Karlie's cheeks with a faint shade of pink and red. "I'm sorry," she sighed, looking away from her friend's worried face.

"For what?"

"I did not want you to think that I was avoiding you. It's just..." she paused, not knowing what to say next. "Nothing,"

"You can tell me," Karlie assured her by squeezing her shoulder. "I'm your friend."

That's the problem, a voice inside Taylor's brain said quietly, sending a shiver down the blonde's spine. Why was that the problem? She asked herself that while looking up at Karlie's features.  "It's just that I have all these melodies inside my head and I can't quiete put them into words," she explained ashamed.

"You're a genius, the right words will come to you at the right moment," Karlie replied with that sweet and soothing voice of hers. Taylor nodded and turned her head towards the altar. She stared at the image of Virgin Mary holding her son between her arms, and felt a pang of guilt spread throughout her whole body.

"Karlie?"

"Yes?"

"Thank you,"

Karlie smiled softly and did not say anything. As the blonde gazed at her innocent green eyes, the blurred words within her brain started to unveil themselves while the bell outside rang relentlessly. Her friend got up and she watched her walk out of the chapel, losing herself within the crowd of scholars.

As she once again looked down at the keys of the piano, she mumbled the words,

"In the darkest little paradise,

Shaking,

Pacing,

I just need you."