Fairy Tale

Brianna's POV

I couldn’t believe that the house sold so fast, this made everything seem more real. I felt so hollow inside as I lied in my bed crying my eyes out with Gustav and Georg on either side of me. “I can’t believe they sold it, I can’t believe it. I mean I knew that one day it was going to sell but I didn’t think it would be this fast. It should surprise me though it was a great house in a great place in Brooklyn right next to the park so of course it would sell fast but this was just too fast. I didn’t have time to prepare myself.” I rambled as the tears kept falling from my face.

Both Georg and Gustav let out soft sighs knowing that all of this was hard for me. “Everything is going to be ok Bri” Gustav said softly rubbing my back.

I wanted to believe him because I knew he was right but I just couldn’t do it. I had been hurt too much to even believe that my life would have a happy ending. Gustav and Georg stood by my side until I calmed down and I was grateful for that; I had always been the one that was there for other people when they were down that it was nice to have people there for me when I was hurting.

“How about we go down and check on Will now?” Gustav suggested.

I nodded slowly getting up off of my bead and heading downstairs. I walked into the kitchen and found Bill patiently waiting for everyone. Once he saw me he quickly got up off of his chair and walked over toward me pulling me into a hug.

“How are you feeling?” he asked me pulling away slowly.

“A little better I guess,” I half smiled at him, “Where is Willow?”

“Outside with Tom” he said motioning towards the back door that lead outside.

I excused myself and walked outside to find Willow still softly crying into Tom’s chest. After letting out a small sigh I walked over and sat down next to Willow, she looked over at me and quickly shifted away from Tom towards me. Tom smiled sympathetically at me and went inside leaving the two of us alone. I sat there silently with Willow for a few minutes softly stroking her hair as she calmed down and humming a little lullaby that our mother used to sing to us.

“You know it’s not really gone Will” I said breaking the silence.

She looked up at me in confusion and I sent her a small smile.

“As long as we never forget the memories that we had in that house it will never truly be gone, plus can you honestly say that if we were to go back that it would still feel the same?” I asked.

“Your right Bri and no it won’t” she said softly whipping the tears from her face.

“So instead of us worrying about how it’s gone how about we think of this as the fresh start that we need in order to move on”

Willow nodded her head and smiled at me before pulling me into a hug. “Now what would I do without you Breezy?” she whispered using the nickname that our mother had given me.

“You’d probably still be all over Tom” I laughed. Willow laughed and hit my shoulder softly before getting up. We walked back in to the house and reunited with the boys who were all sitting in the living room.

“Sorry that we both broke down like that” Willow said as she took a seat next to Gustav and Bill, while I took a seat in between Georg and Tom.

“Don’t worry we know how hard all of this still is for the both of you” Gustav said placing a hand on her knee and rubbing it.

“It is but it’s getting better thanks to you guys” I smiled at them. That was the truth since being with the guys I felt a little better about everything that has happened to us.

“So what would you girls like to do now?” Gustav asked.

“How about we just stay here and hang out?” Willow suggested knowing that if we went out the boys would have had to put on disguises again and that was just a hassle.

“That’s a great idea and I know just what we can do” I said excitedly getting up and running upstairs. I ran into my room and looked through my things for my stack of DVDs that I usually watched with Willow whenever we just felt like staying home. When I found them I ran back downstairs and tripped on the carpet as soon as I entered the living room.

“Are you alright?” Georg quickly asked rushing over to help me up.

“I’m fine” I laughed picking up the DVDs. I could hear Willow from behind me laughing uncontrollably at how much of a klutz I was. Seeing me fall down randomly or get hurt randomly was nothing new to her because it was something that I did often especially when I was excited about something. Of course she was concerned about if I was ok or not but as soon as I told her that I was fine she would break out into laughter. I never minded it because I would always laugh about it myself.

“So let me guess we are going to start with The Breakfast Club since we just had breakfast not so long ago?” Willow asked me smiling.

“Oh how you know me so well Will” I giggled placing the movie into the DVD player. Once it was on I quickly took my seat in between Georg and Tom again to watch the movie.

For the rest of the day we all spent it either watching movies or playing games. After our last movie everyone went off in separate directions in the house and did their own things for a little bit. I went upstairs into my room and grabbed my guitar that my biological father had given to me when I was a little girl before he passed; I made my way back down the stairs and out into the backyard wanting to get some fresh air and play a little.

I don’t know what it was about playing music but, ever since I learned how to play the guitar, whenever my fingers touched the strings I would always forget about everything around me and the only thing that mattered was the music.

If I had only known
I’d never hear your voice again
I’d memorize each thing you ever said
And on those lonely nights
I could think of them once more
Keep your words alive inside my head
If I had only known
I’d never hear your voice again

You were the treasure in my hand
You were the one who always stood beside me
So unaware I foolishly believed
That you would always be there
But then there came a day
And I turned my head and you slipped away

“Wow that’s beautiful” a deep voice said from behind me.

I jumped a bit and turned around to see who was there. “Goodness Georg you nearly gave me a heart attack” I said holding my hand over my heart.

“I’m sorry I didn’t mean to” he said softly taking a seat next to me on the grass.

“It’s ok and thanks” I said looking away from him pushing my bangs off of my face.

“Did you write it?” he asked moving closer.

“Yea a while back a little bit after my father had passed away” I murmured playing with my fingers.

“What made you sing it now?” Georg asked.

I simply shrugged because I didn’t have an answer for him. The truth was I honestly didn’t know I hadn’t played my guitar since before my parents died so this was the first time in a while that I was playing. I guess the song just fit into how I was feeling at the moment.

“Oh well like I said it’s beautiful and you have an amazing voice” he said smiling at me a little.

“Thanks” I smiled back feeling the blood rush to my cheeks.

Georg and I sat there on the grass talking about random things. We talked about what made him learn how to play the bass and what made me want to learn the guitar, we also talked about the things that we liked and didn’t like. It was weird how comfortable I felt around Georg, it was something that I only felt when I was with Willow like I could tell him anything and it scared me a little bit. I heard Bill call our names from inside of the house telling us to come back inside. Georg got up and held out a hand to help me up. As I was getting up I tripped and landed right into his arms.

“Sorry I really am a klutz” I apologized looking up at him.

“It’s fine”

I smiled at him again and straightened myself up. Georg stood there with his arms still wrapped around my waist looking down at me.

“Hey when I said come in the house I meant it” I heard Bill say next to us as he grabbed my hand and lead me inside. I giggled softly at him mentally thanking him in my head from pulling me away from Georg’s embrace before something happened.