Summer Lovin' ✩ Hardzello

15 | Beyond The Sea

(lots of BoRhap references coming your way)

Ben and I were on our way to Rami's house to go practice for a show we had this weekend.

We were playing just a bar so it was nothing too out of the ordinary.

But it was our first actual show with Ben as our drummer.

Ben was gonna pitch his song to the rest of the boys and both of us were hoping that they'd like it since he said he put his "heart and soul" into that song.

~~~

We hopped out of Ben's car and he helped me carry my equipment inside.

I greeted Gwil with a hug and Ben did the same.

We all pulled some chairs over to sit down so Ben could show everyone his song.

I thought it was a little funky since it was about a car and the way he talks about the car is just...wow

Gwil was incredible at deciphering messy handwriting so he read over the song in about a minute.

"Uh, Ben." He piped up.

Ben looked up at Gwil and nodded.

"I don't think it's strong enough?" He said, looking back down at the paper and squinting.

Ben stood up and glared at Gwil.

"What does that even mean 'its not strong enough'." He mocked Gwil's tone.

Rami walked out into the garage with a confused expression.

"What did I miss?" He asked.

"Oh, we're just discussing Ben's car song" I said casually.

"Is it strong enough is all I'm asking" Gwil threw his hands up defensively.

Ben read a line from Gwil's new song and it had something to do with cheese.

"Wow" Ben sighed.

"With my hand on your grease gun, that's very subtle isn't it Benjamin"

"It's a metaphor, Gwilym!"

"It's just a bit weird Ben, what exactly are you doing with that car?" I cocked an eyebrow and looked at him.

Ben didn't answer, he just sat down at the drum kit and started beating up the skins to block out our words.

Rami cleared his throat to get our attention and both Gwil and I looked over at him.

He pointed at the paper that was sitting on Gwil's lap and I handed it to him.

His eyes quickly scanned over the words and he started cracking up at the end of the song.

Ben was watching intensely while Rami was reading his new song.

Ben set his drumsticks down and walked over to Rami.

He assumed that because Rami was smiling at the paper it meant something good.

Rami shoved the paper to Ben's chest and started laughing hysterically.

Ben looked confused as he looked down at the small man that was bent over laughing.

"So, are we gonna perform it?" He asked.

Rami stood back up and wiped a tear from the corner of his eye.

"No! I'm not letting our precious little Joey sing about shagging a car!"

Ben clenched his jaw and furrowed his eyebrows.

"That's not what the bloody song is about!" He ran his hands through his hair and sighed heavily.

"Ben, the title is literally I'm In Love With My Car!" Rami shouted, pointing at the top of the page.

Ben grabbed the piece of paper and shoved it in his pocket.

He stormed off into the house to get a glass of water.

~~~

Once Ben had calmed down and accepted the fact that we were probably never going to use that song we finally got to actually practice.

We did a couple covers but mostly original songs.

Ever since Ben got me to sing Tutti Frutti both Gwil and Rami started listening to Elvis and Little Richard, even a bit of Buddy Holly.

They were enjoying that stuff way more than the other stuff we were playing and we even changed up our own style a little bit.

We didn't really care if everyone else in this town thought that rock and roll was evil, we enjoyed him and we enjoyed what we were playing and that's all that matters.

We decided to take a little break for a bit because we were all getting tired.

I set my bass down and wiped the sweat off my forehead.

Ben and I flopped down on the couch across the room and Rami and Gwil sat across from us on the floor.

I laid down with my head in Ben's lap and drew shapes with my fingertips on his lower stomach.

I looked over at Rami and Gwil and they were looking at eachother lovingly.

I looked underneath the table and saw that they were holding hands.

I didn't say anything, I just smiled and turned my attention back to Ben.

~~~

"Seeya on Saturday guys!" I hollered as I walked out of the garage with my equipment.

I got into Ben's car and we drove home quickly.

Ben took all my equipment downstairs because my back was hurting and he insisted that I went and laid down.

I changed into some pajamas and relaxed in my bed.

Ben quietly snook back into the room and changed.

He laid next to me, wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me closer to him.

"Goodnight love" Ben whispered.

"Goodnight Benny"

I yawned and slowly dozed off.

I was so dysphoric today and it honestly made me wanna crawl into a corner and die.
I'm one hecking sad boy :)
Harrison🌹