Love Song

~Amy~

My best friends know that I'm crazy and wild and...Well...stupid. But these people are strangers. I can't be crazy and wild and stupid. I walked into the Orchestra class. I didn't know anybody here. There was one available next to a guy opening the case to his cello. I nervously placed myself in the seat next to his, not saying a word.

"Hey." He said. I jumped to the sound of his voice. I turned my head and smiled.

"Hi." I said timidly. He laughed and grinned at me.

"Don't be shy. I don't bite." He said with a big grin spread across his face.

"As far as I know!" I smirked and stuck my tongue out. He let go of his cello with one of his hands and held his hand out to me.

"I'm Peter. What's your name?" He said. I grabbed his hand and he shook it gently. He moved his light brown hair out of his revealing the most gorgeous blue eyes I think I've ever seen. I almost became lost in them, but I quickly snapped out of it long enough to answer his question.

"...My name is Amy." I murmured. Peter smiled and nodded.

"That's a pretty name for such a pretty girl." He said softly. That last line sounded almost lyrical. He said I was pretty!

"So...I play the cello too. I've only been playing for a couple of months...So...I suck." I mumbled. Peter laughed and looked at his cello.

"I got this cello on my fourteenth birthday. But that's only because I've been playing since I was almost five, so my old cello was worn out from playing it so much." He explained.

"Oh. I was kind of hoping that you sucked too. So I wouldn't suck by myself." I murmured.

"I highly doubt that you suck. Go over there and grab a cello and play for me." He pointed to 10 cellos lined up against the wall. I stood up, walked over to the corner of the room and grabbed a cello.

I sat back down next to him and positioned myself. "You're going to agree with me in a matter of time." I grumbled as I began to play.

Peter sat in silence, staring at my hands. I stopped and wrapped my arms around the cello.

"I told you I suck!" I pouted. Peter let out a single laugh and stood me up. He came up behind me and put his hands on mine and began to play with me.

"See? There you go." He removed his hands from mine. I sounded good when his hands were on mine, but once he let go, I started to suck again.

"I still suck Peter." I grumbled. Peter laughed and turned my body so I would face him.

"Nobody can be a great cello player overnight. If you could, everybody would learn how to play it." Peter said.

"I wish it worked like that." I grumbled with a pout as I looked down at the cello.

"Don't we all." Peter laughed. I saw out of the corner of my eye, everyone was staring at me. Two girls were giggling and others were whispering. Why? I don't know.

After class, as I walked out, a girl stopped me.

"Hey you!" She called. I turned around and waited for her to get to me. "You're Amy right?"

I nodded. She smiled at me and held out her hand for me to shake. I shook her hand as she said "I'm Valerie. You're friends with Peter?"

"I guess you could say that." I said with a shrug. She crossed her arms across her chest and shook her head slightly.

"He's bad news Amy. Stay away from him." She mumbled. I took a step back and raised my eyebrow at her.

"Why? You like him or something?" I asked. She gave me a single laugh and shook her head.

"He's my ex-boyfriend. He's a player. He dates and cheats. That's what he does. You're just his next plaything." She said in an as-a-matter-of-fact tone. Leaving me in silence, she walked off. She didn't look proud of herself or happy with herself. So was she lying? Or was she telling the truth?

Peter shifted my attention to him calling my name and walking towards me.

"Amy I have a question for you. Let's walk." I led him to where Jordan and Zakk were going to meet me. I walked into the 300 building and sat on the stairs and he sat down next to me.

"Ok. What's your question?" I asked, feeling better for acting suspicious.

"I know we just met but I already feel so...connected to you." He started. I stared at my fingernails and felt the urge to bite them.

"Will you go out with me?" He asked softly. Time stopped and my mind was racing.

What if what Valerie said was true? That he would just hurt me. I didn't know what to do. I stared at those big blue eyes. It was like looking into two big oceans. That if his eyes were like doors, I would walk in and walk into the whole ocean and I could just swim forever.

"So?" Peter said, breaking me away from my trance.

"Oh um...Yes. Yes I will." I smiled. He opened his arms and beckoned me into his arms. He pulled me into a hug. I could feel his heart pounding against my ears. It was like music listening to his heart beat.

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I felt him kiss the top of my head. The warmth and kindness of that top-of-my-head kiss spread across my face down my entire body.

"Hi Amy. Am I interrupting something?" I heard Jordan's familiar voice teasing me. I shot up and smiled at her and shook my head. Zakk stood next to her looking at nobody but Jordan. Then he looked at Peter hugging me. He looked surprised and then he gave Peter a look that I couldn't interpret. But it looked like they were communicated via facial expressions.

"I have to use the bathroom." I said, standing up. Jordan ran to my side.

"I'll come too." She said. As we walked she looked at me and laughed.

"Who is THAT?" She asked, looking back and making an "ooh" face.

"Peter. I met him in my orchestra class." I replied.

"So, you mean to tell me that you've decided to go out with a guy you met an hour ago?" Jordan said with a smirk. I scoffed and rolled my eyes.

"Yes."

Jordan was silent for a minute before she sighed, put a thumb up, winked and whispered "Nice."