The Amethyst Ring (A Hunter Hayes Fanfiction)

Chapter 5

Jinger's POV

I wake up monday to see it's a beautiful, warm day for this time of year. I get dressed in a chambray shirt, a lacey, ruffly, white skirt and tall brown boots. Atbthe last minute I decide to pull my hair half back with a light pink bow. I walk in to the shop to see Hunter sitting in the corner with his sunglasses and hat on again. He stands up stands up and pulls a chair out. I smile and sit down. "Here's your jacket." I say handing it to him. "Thanks. I don't know how I forgot it."

"It's okay. We all have those days."

"Haha yeah. Okay so to start off we need to decide what songs you wanna record for your demos. I think about 5 songs is good for now. Covers are fine but have you ever tried writing songs before?"

"I've tried but I'm not that good at it. I'm not iust saying that, I really am not that good."

"Well if you get a record deal we can work together writing some if you want."

"Oh my gosh, if I can get that far. But I would LOVE to do that if I do." "Great...So what songs do you think you wanna do?"

"Well I think Bless The Broken Road by Rascal Flatts is a beautiful song. I really like Talk About Love by Danielle Bradbery. You've heard me sing that too. I would like to do Dancing Away With My Heart by Lady Antebellum. Umm Teardrops On My Guitar by Taylor Swift and All Your Life by The Band Perry. Sound good?"

"Yeah! Those are well known songs too so most people will know them good."

"So we can try to make this work?"

"I know we can make it work." He says with his heart melting smirk then adds, "You wanna come over to my house and try some recording a little?"

"Umm if you want to I'd love to try."

"Yeah let's go." He stands and offers his hand to help me up. I clasp on to his hand to stand and I feel shockwaves run trough me. Wow I've never felt a feeling like that before. His hand is warm and firm his fingers calloused from years of playing guitar but still soft at the same time. We grab two Cinnamon Spice coffees and we head over to his house. We're listening to the radio and Somebody's Heartbreak comes on.

"Is it weird hearing your songs on the radio?" He laughs and says "Yeah. But it's awesome too." We get to his house and go into "The Beat Cave" as Hunter calls it. "We're just gonna fool around a little today to see what you think of it. I'm sure you'll want to use your guitar for recording the demos but just for now you can use mine."

"Wow thank you very much."

"Here." He hands me his classic "For The Love Of Music"

Martin acoustic. Wow I'm actually holding this guitar. I think I'm exploding internally right now. "Wow this guitar is even more beautiful up close. I love it."

"Thanks I love it too. So you wanna try to record something? See what it sounds like?"

"Yeah I'd love to."

"Okay then." He walks into the other room and nods for me to start. I play Wild Boy by Danielle Bradbery and then he gestures for me to come in where he is. "Now listen he says. He clicks a button and the music starts playing. I must admit, I sound pretty good. "That's no editing or anything. Completely raw recording." He says. "I actually sound pretty good." I say, echoing my thoughts. "Of course you do! What did you think you would sound like?"

"I honestly wasn't sure."

"Well do you believe me that you sing great now?"

"Haha yeah I guess so."

"Good. Now I wanted to know if we could try to record the demos tomorrow?" "Yeah sounds good!" I say thinking about something. "Hey umm...Can I try one more song?" I add.

" yeah totally!" I walk back in and pick up his guitar carefully. I start to play his song It's Just Me. I love the music and lyrics and the meaning to it. When I walk back in the other room Hunter looks in awe.

"J-Jinger. That was beautiful. You put your whole heart and soul into playing and the way you sang the words, like you felt the words. It was very emotional and moving. I loved it beyond being able to describe."

I touched him like that? This is amazing. "Thank you. So very much. For everything." I tell him. I don't know why but I feel close to tears and I wrap my arms around him tightly. He seems shocked for a second then he returns the hug and wraps his strong arms around me tightly. It feels so warm and good. He'll never know how special him helping me with this music is to me. How special he is to me. I pull away after a bit and tell him I have to go. He drives me to the coffee shop and then I drive back to my apartment. It's about 5 by now so I cook up my dinner and just relax on my laptop for a while back in my room. After a while I put it down and fall asleep. I don't know why but I feel like something shifted between me and Hunter today. But anyway things are really looking up for me...

Hunter's POV

She did that song so perfect it doesn't seem real, she says thanks for everything. Then all of a sudden her arms are wrapped around me tightly. I hesitate out of shock then wrap my arms around her too. It's one of the besy hugs I've ever had. I feel so many emotions running through me right now. I don't quite know why but she has that effect on me. She then says she has to go and I drive her to the coffee shop to get her car and she heads home. I drive home in silence. I get back and eat some leftover gumbo for dinner. I just lay in bed for a while and think then. Laying there I realize something : I haven't stopped thinking about Jinger since I met her. I've been feeling a little strange lately too but I think I know what the problem is. I don't know how but, I think I'm falling in love with Jinger...