Chapter 17
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Silly little guy.
Clara
“Keep your eyes on me, darling, as the darkness is nigh.
Keep your love for me warm while my heart bleeds and I
Take a breath, hold it in, fall deeper within
Your sky…
There’s a meadow in my mind, a place just for you,
A boundless ocean, lush, full, and blue.
I’ll hold you safe there if you ask me to.
Or I’ll try…
When you feelother, my love…
Please won’t you look above?
You’re the endless blue on a sunny day,
The golden moments I tuck away.
You’re the only thing in my field of view,
It’s you, just you.
And it’ll always beyou.”
I amsobbing.
I might be crying my heart out, and I might be clutching the headphones some guy with a goatee gave me before he sat down in front of a control board and left me alone, like Lukas told everyone to the minute we walked in here. Seconds after we stepped into this room, Lukas called mehis girland said not to bother me, because I was here for him.
And I am.
But I didn’t know he was herefor me.
He really wrote a song about me.
For me.
It’s the most beautiful song I have ever heard, and I’m crying my eyes out and mouthing the words to the chorus before he’s had a chance to finish his warmup run in the sound booth.
The guy who handed me the headphones offers a few notes on a few places, then tells Lukas to take it from the top.
The melody starts again, and I sniffle, like an idiot who is very glad no one other than Lukas is looking at her.
Whilekeep your eyes on meglides from his lips, his gaze pierces, saying,That’s right. Just like that, good.
I couldn’t look away if I tried.
