Songs & Fire [Brett and Casey]

Still

Still

Song: Still by Seinabo Sey (I recently just found this song, and I am addicted to it!)

Brett's POV

I've been thinking, about tomorrow

Instead of drowning in the past

Oh we had good times even back when

Dreams were all we had to last

So as I wake up this bright morning

Nothing's gonna bring me down

Waves are singing, wind is warm and

Summer's here to stick around

How did I find this place? She thought. In Chicago of all places. How did I find a lake that has a twenty-foot cliff jump? Well I mean I drove for five hours straight without stopping. Where am I? Am I still in Chicago? Probably not, I just drove until I couldn't anymore. I couldn't think about him anymore. I couldn't hurt anymore. I couldn't...want him anymore.

He left me. He actually left me for his long lost wife who suddenly returned. Why? What did I do? What didn't I do? How is she better than me? Why doesn't he love me like he does her? Wait...does he even love me? Ughhh. I can't think. I can move. I can't do anything without thinking about him.

Maybe I should jump. I mean I'm right at the edge. The water looks nice. No. It looks beautiful. It's blue. It's crystal-like. It looks so beautiful that a polar bear could emerge from it at any moment. It's cold, though. Like really cold. So cold I can't stop shivering. Last I checked the high in Chicago today was twenty-eight degrees. I can only imagine what the temperature is right here next to the alluring blue, crystal pool.

I still, remember me before you

I will, no longer need your rescue

Since I still, remember me before you

I'm no fool

Tell them, I'm no fool

It's all clear, perfectly crystal

I've been here long enough to know

When to leave and when to tell you

You know what's funny? If I did jump they would know. All of them. The whole house, and then they would ask me about it. 'Why did you jump, Brett?' 'Were you trying to hurt yourself?' 'Is it because of him?' I can't answer them though. Because I don't know. I don't know why I would jump. Why I would want to risk the possible breaking of many bones and hypothermia. Why would I want to do this? Why?

Time has come to close the show

Slowly taking off my jacket, beanie, scarf, and shoes I start to trepidatiously peer over the edge of the cliff. I can do this. Right? I can do this. I can jump. I can jump. Breathe, Sylvie. Breathe. You can do this. Just jump. Jump. It's not hard. Is it? Just...jump.

I still, remember me before you

I will, no longer need your rescue

Since I still, remember me before you

You know when you're flying through the air, your heart literally drops. Just drops. I can't even feel the cold anymore. All I feel is my body dropping from a cliff. A cliff the size of my hurt and hatred for Matthew Casey and Gabby Dawson.

"Huh," Releases Brett as she breaks the surface, smiling. Smiling because for the first time in what feels like forever she can breathe and feel. Although, it feels cold just like before. She's not numb anymore. She can breathe. She can feel again. "Just jump." She said out loud as she swam to the shore.

Just jump.

I'm no fool

Tell them, I'm no fool

I'm no fool

Tell them, I'm no fool

Heeey I'm no fool

You need to know that I'm no fool

I am no fool

Baby I'm no fool