1992
My mom forced me to come to this wedding for a couple of people I've never met.
I made it evident I didnt wanna be there, so evident in fact that she told me that I could leave if it made me stop complaining.
I walk down the beach, my shoes in hand.
My mom made me wear a dress. It took me an hour just to convince her that pink would just make me look flushed.
We settled on a yellow off the shoulder dress.
I breath in the salty ocean air.
I hear music coming from somewhere.
I walk back up the beach to see a guy playing a guitar and singing.
If you leave
I'll be broken inside
If you leave
I will break down and cry
If you leave
I'll never be the same
I know its selfish to say
But if theres no other way
Please just stay for me
Please just stay for me
The song didnt match the rockstar look he had going on. It was pretty though.
"That's nice." I say. He jumps a but and then sees me.
"Oh. Uh... thanks."
I sit down next to him.
"Arent you a little overdressed for the beach?"
"I was at a wedding."
"Whose was it?"
"I couldn't tell ya. Some friend of my moms."
"Well you look nice." He says.
"Thank you." We sit there in silence before I say, "can you play the rest of it?"
"The rest if what?"
"The song. The one you were playing."
He starts singing again and at some point I join in.
When he finishes playing he looks up at me.
I ignore the look and just say, "would make a good lullaby."
"Is that a good thing?" He asks me.
"Yeah. That's how I sleep. Listen to music until I drift off. Drives my mom crazy but she knows I wont sleep unless I have it. Been that way since I was a baby apparently." Why was I telling him this?
I really dont know.
"Huh."
"What's your name?" He ask me.
"Y/n. Yours?"
"Luke."
I smile.
"Nice to meet you luke."
We talk a bit more before I hear my mom calling for me.
"I've gotta go. It was nice meeting you."
"Wait! Here. Take this."
He rips a paper out of his notebook and hands it to me.
It's the song.
"Thank you."
"No problem." He smiles.
Ten years later
He wouldnt stop crying. I tried everything from the bottle to the blanket but I couldn't get him to sleep.
"Come on luke. I know you're tired, just sleep for me please." I cried.
I was on my own. My mom wasnt gonna help me and my boyfriend left me after luke was born so all we had was eachother.
I named him after that kid I met on the beach that one day.
I dont know why but the name stuck with me.
I was crying myself now.
"Please baby just sleep. Please." I pleaded with the baby.
I went to my room to try and find a pacifier.
I noticed a little box in the top of my closet.
I pushed it out of the way and a piece of paper fell down.
I opened it and in messy writing was a song.
I scanned the lyrics and remembered the boy on the beach.
I go to the baby's room and pick him up.
I wrap him on a blanket and sing to him in a soft gentle voice.
If you leave
I'll be broken inside
If you leave
I will break down and cry
If you leave
I'll never be the same
I know its selfish to say
But if theres no other way
Please just stay for me
Please just stay for meI repeated that part of the song until the baby miraculously stopped crying and started snoring.
I smiled and sighed in relief.
Thank you boy on the beach.
2020
I was sitting outside the school waiting for luke to get out.
I sat there for a good half an hour before I got a text.
Hey mom. Sorry. Ellie wants to go to a new bakery that just opened and I promised her I would go. I forgot. I'm sorry, I'll be home by 8.
Love you.I sighed and made my way back to my house.
I saw a boy walking down the street.
He looked vaguely familiar.
It wasn't until I heard the song that I knew it was him.
He was humming it under his breath. I sang along to the tune an he looked up at me.If you leave
I'll be broken inside
If you leave
I will break down and cry
If you leave
I'll never be the same
I know its selfish to say
But if theres no other way
Please just stay for me
Please just stay for me
I sang the song as the boy looked at me, bewildered.
"Where did you hear that?"
"From a boy on the beach about twenty something years ago."
"Y/n?"
"Luke. How are you so young?"
"Um. I died."
"You died?"
"Yep.1995."
"Wow. I feel really old now."
"You dont look old of that helps."
"Thanks kid."
"Mom?" I heard a voice behind me say.
"Hey hon! Shouldn't you be with ellie?"
"Well I was going with Elie but hen her older brother said that he had to work and he didnt want us walking home unsupervised."
"Oh. Okay hon well let's get home."
"Hey mom?"
"Yeah?"
"So we're doing this thing in class where we have to learn about our name, and we have to asked our parents why we were named what we were named so, why did you name me luke?"
I hear a suprised "huh?" Come from behind me.
"Well you see when I was somewhere around your age my mom made me go to this wedding. I didnt wanna be there at all so my mom let me take a walk instead mingling with other people.
I was walking down the beach when I heard this boy singing. Anyways we had started to talk and he asked me my name. I told him my name and asked for his. We talked for a bit and then mom called me saying we were leaving. So I got up to leave and this guy hands me a piece of paper with this song on it. The song he had been playing. It's also the song I used to song to you to get you to sleep when you were a baby. That boys name was luke. I dont know why but the name stuck with me and so when I had to name you I thought why. Not name him after that boy I met on the beach."
We turn to walk towards our house, but before I continue walking I turn and wave to the ghost boy.
"Thank you" I mouth to him.
He smiles and waves and we go our separate ways, just like that night on the beach.
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