Our Song

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Dani's POV

So here I am waiting under the oak tree in the quad. I'm still not one hundred percent sure what is going on. After the conversation, or really what happened last night I'm here, and I have no idea what he's doing. I'm so scared right now.
I pace back and forth, probably leaving a ran down dirt path from my little strides. I fidle with my fingers, having a back and forth conversation in my head about how stupid I am for letting Carter hear my song. He probably thinks I'm crazy.
"Ugh!" I groan throwing my head back to look at the sky completely confused. I slap my hands on my jean clad legs, feeling defeated.
"Hey" I hear am unsure voice from behind me say. His voice as smooth as velvet making a shiver run down my spin. Making me spin around. "You ready?"
I think for a minute, I'm crazy, what am I doing? Fuck it I want to see what he wants to show me. I have nothing to lose, damn I keep saying that.
I can't seem to find my voice so I just nod my head. He grabs my hand and we start walking. His hand is so soft and yet rough with calluses from baseball, it was nice. I look down at our joined hands and I'm puzzled as to why he's holding my hand.
Clearing his throat, it brings me out of my thoughts, "I-I...umm well my major is music production." He begins almost unsure of he's saying. "I...well I read your notebook and I thought they were lyrics and I was gonna ask you if I could record them." He glanced at me as we kept walking. His thumb occasionally rubbing circles on the top of my hand in a soothing motion, almost like he was trying not to scare me. I didn't say anything, o just kept my eyes on him as he talked.
"But when I heard your song last night, when I heard your voice. I didn't want just anyone to sing them. I...umm... I-I want you to be the person I record singing them." As he finished his jumbled up mess of a speech, or at least I think it was a speech, he pulled me into a building. Guiding us down the halls pulling us into a room with a sound board and a big glass window with microphones.
I didn't really have time to understand what was going on. I was in shock, I was so confused walking into the room. I looked around taking it all in, the sound board filled with many buttons and switches. I walked up to it dropping my bag as my notebook and pens tumbled out but I could careless.
I stared down at the board running my fingers over the cold buttons, staring into the window I could see the music stand with big bulky headphones hanging on it, and the microphone. I was so entranced I could think straight.
"Wh-why me? I don't understand Carter." I stuttered out in a daze, as I turned around to look into his reassuring eyes.
"For my music production final I have to find someone I want to produce. As in making music with and recording. And I had no idea who I wanted to produce, but then I read your notebook and I knew your music is something I want to produce. I think everything in that notebook is amazing and I think a lot of other people will too." He said taking a step forward and picking up my journal from the floor, putting it in my hand.
I was completely caught off guard. He liked my songs? He thinks other people will too? Wait a minute he wants me to sing them? No that can't be right.
"Wait, you want to record me singing them? Me? I don't sound that great." I said in a state of shock.
"You're the only one that can give the songs the right emotions. You're the only person who knows what they are supposed to sound like." He said staring at me intently.
I just shook my head not sure what to think or what to say. " I don't know Carter, I don't anyone will like them."
"Let's just record 3 songs then you can decide if you want to keep recording with me. Please Dani you would be helping me a lot." He said almost begging.
I know I've been saying this a lot but fuck it. He's the only person to hear the songs, it's just 3 songs and then he'll realize that my songs and voice arnt that great and then he'll find a real musician to record.
God I hope I don't regret this.
I just nodded my head and whispered an ok. I looked up at him through my lashes to see him flash me a mega watt smile. Picking me up and spinning me I couldn't help but giggle and grab onto his shoulders for support.
"Thank you! Thank you!" He said as he put me down, his face so close mine our minty breath intermingled I looked up at him in shock at how close we were
"You won't regret this Dani I promise." He whispered our mouths so close I could almost taste him. I was in a trance as I watched his eyes dart back and forth between my eyes and lips, our noses touching before I pulled back blushing an awful red hue.
"So what now?" I ask him as I take a step back grabbing my bag from the ground.
"Well have you recorded any other of your songs?" He asks as he sits down in the desk chair behind the board and I sit in the one next to him. Swiveling to look at him, "only 2 other ones." I say grabbing my notebook hesitantly.
"Let's start with those songs, which ones are they?" He looks down at the notebook in my hands. I flip through the pages to find the only other songs I had recorded before handing him the book. He looks at me expectingly, as I look at him puzzled.
"What?" I ask not really knowing what he wants me to do.
"Can I hear the songs? Like what you've recorded." He asks.
My mouth opens, "duh. O-of course." I stutter out as I grab my phone. With shaky hands trying to find the songs.
I feel his hand on mine making me lift my head up and look into his beautiful breath taking green eyes.
"Dani you can trust me ok. But I don't want to make you do anything you don't want to ok?" I said with so much honesty and sincerity my heart was bursting with an unknown feeling.
I smiled at him, "I know Carter. I completely trust you." My fingers move with more confidence as I find the playlist. And we listen to the 2 other songs I had written.
After we listen he looks at me with a smile I've never seen before, it's almost a smirk. "I have an idea." He says.
I look at him puzzled but nod my head for him to go on.
"Send me the songs, and write down the lyrics in this binder and I'm going to listen to them and come up with some mixes and then next week we'll record them in a different style besides a piano arrangement. Is that ok?" He asks as he stands and paces the room looking so in thought and concentrated.
I think it over, I'm not sure I want anyone to see my lyrics or songs just yet. As if hearing my thoughts he stops pacing for a moment and takes my hands and looks into my hazel eyes grunt to read me.
"I promise no one else will hear or see these lyrics Dani. It's between you and me." He says reassuring me.
I nod my head and whisper another ok as I take his binder and copy the lyrics and air drop the songs to him.
We start to leave when he stops and turns to me, "Hey so you think your can teach me to write?" He asks rubbing the back of his head looking so unsure.
I'm shocked and I'm prettt sure my face is showing it. I let out a giggle and shack my head.
"You're full of surprises Carter. I guess I can show you, but I'm not really sure how I do it. It just sort of happens." I say as I walk past him as he holds the door open for me.
"But yes I can show you how I wrote my songs and I can help you if you want to write some." I say as we walk back the way we came.
He smiles at me as we make our way back to the quad, "You have know idea how much this means to me. I can't thank you enough for trusting me and letting me produce your songs Dani." He said as he placed a kiss on my cheek making my breathing hitch and my face turn red.
I smiled as he walked away from me. "See you in chemistry!" He yelled leaving me rooted to the ground with my hand on my cheek and smiling like a crazy person, face as red as a tomato.
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