Eventually Penny, Boaulo, and the other guy left, and then Soloman did. "I'm going in 5 minutes," Bec told me as I went through a bunch of random tweets.
"Do you want to come?" She asked. "I- Um- Na..." I hesitated. I still have to fix the draws! "Okay," she said, not noticing my strained expression.
"Hey Bec?"
"Yeah."
"Did Mom sing?"
Bec dropped the dishes she was holding straight away and ran to the draw in Soloman's desk. She pulled out a black brick-looking thing.
I'm just kidding, it was a tape.
"Wow, what a dinosaur," I stated, looking at it carefully.
She rolled her eyes and handed me the tape. "Watch this, now I have to go," she smiled, grabbing her bag and walking out the door.
I circled the coffee table carefully, inspecting this tape with curiosity.
I finally decided to put the tape into the player.
Once I work out how.....oh! It must go in here......yeah.....it does! Okay...
My Father was there with her....
"This one is for my baby bird!" My Mother smiled to the camera. "Mommy what are you going to sing?" Bec, who was about 11 asked.
"Listen baby," Mom said.
Dad began to play the piano...
"Love is like the sea
Leaves you on your knees
Then it pulls you in
Then it takes you, takes you
Over, over
Love is like the sea
Leaves you on your knees
First you're floating high
Then takes you takes you
Under under
Well it's cold
Cold under water
In the night time
But I dove
Dove to the bottom
To see what I'd find."
My Mothers voice was amazing. She had a bob style hair cut and dark brown eyes.
"That's when I saw a light
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Not So Elegant. (Sequel to The Elegant Howl)
FanfictionHow did this happen? How had he come to mean so much to me? With everything going on around us, he seems to be the only thing that I want to hold onto. But what am I? Nothing.
