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Always Something More

Chapter 38

Rae's POV

The days pasted and I couldn't get him out of my head. His smile and eyes, the way he would be looking down at me and the small smirk that was already on face. I wanted him to feel his arms around me and feel his warmth. I needed to feel that comfort right now.

The days were moving slowly and the day I would be in Arizona wouldn't come any sooner. I drove down which made it longer. I needed that time to think about everything that has been happening and everything thing that will be happening. I was excited for the future but I knew that it would be difficult.

I arrived into town and went straight to my hotel, I knew staying at my house wasn't an option because of my sister. And I just didn't want to deal with her yelling at me and having my father take her side.

I got into Arizona a day before the boys were suppose to come back home. I had to plan out exactly what I had to do and I knew who I had to talk to so everything went smoothly.

“Rae? Rae Michaels? Is that you?” The older woman yelled when she opened up the door and saw me. She immediately greeted me with a huge hug.

“Hey Mrs. O'Callaghan. It's good to see you.” She took a step to the side and let me inside. I hadn't been here for a while and I haven't see the O'Callaghan's in a while so it felt great to be somewhere that felt like home.

“Come on it, it's so great to see you. You look so beautiful.” I looked down at myself and smile up at her. “So what are you doing here?”

“Well I just got into town and I thought it'd be nice to stop by and say hello.” We walked into the kitchen, I sat down at the dinner table and she went to the refrigerator and took out a pitcher.

“Would you like so ice tea?”

“Yes please.” She went to the cabinet and took out two cups and pour our self’s some ice tea. She walked over and gave me my cup and sat down on the chair next to me.

“So tell me why your really here.” she said in that motherly voice.

I let out a nervous laugh and looked at her. “Well I need your help with something.”

She gave me a confused expression and folder her hands right in front of her.

“And what could that be?”

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John's POV

“How much longer?” I looked over at Garrett who had been complaining and asking every minute how much longer we were til we got home. He wasn't making this drive go any faster. I wanted to get home and start the new chapter of my life with Rae. I wanted to get home and find her and be with her for the rest of our lives. I wanted this for a while now and I wanted it now I couldn't wait anymore.

”Welcome To Arizona” When we passed the sign I grabbed my phone and decided to text Rae to see where she was and that we'd be home soon but I got no text back. I didn't want to think to much about it, she must have been busy or her phone wasn't near her. We only had an hour left til we got home. One hour left. I went to the back to clean up my bunk area and make sure I didn't leave anything behind. Half hour left. I went to the kitchen and living room area and tried to tidy that up. 15 minutes left. I went to the back lounge and arranged all the movies and video games back into the box we brought them in. We were at the last light until we turned onto the road where we got off the bus. I saw my black car sitting there waiting for me to drive home and to be with my girl.

“Go tour guys, see you later.” I quickly said and drove off to my house. I got to the driveway and dialed her phone number.

“Its Rae, leave a message at the beep thanks bye.”

Beep

I hung up the phone and I started to get annoyed. I got out of the car and didn't want to think about my luggage, I would get it later today or tomorrow. I ran up to the house and wanted to see my family.

“I'm home.” I yelled as I opened and shut the door.

I heard the hard foot steps upstairs rushing to the stairs. I saw my mothers face once she turned to the main area, she was wiping her hands on her pants and grabbed me into a hug.

“Oh honey, I've missed you so much.” we let go and she looked me up and down. “You look like you've grown, have you grown since the last time I saw you?”

I let out a laugh and shook my head. “I don't think so ma.” I heard the yells of my two younger brothers and their foot steps getting closer and closer to me. I laughed when they both jumped on me. I couldn't help but to smile at them and my mother. I had miss them so much on this tour and this year. This had been a hectic year and it felt nice to be home. But my mind was still somewhere else.

“Are you hungry?”

the two younger boys both yelled out a yes and mom just gave them a stern look.

“I wasn't talking to you two, and you guys just had lunch.”

“Yeah like a few hours ago, I'm a growing boy I need more food.” Ross said back.

“If your a growing boy then you can make your self something to eat.”

“Why can't John make himself something to eat?”

“It's because she loves me more.” I said and wrapped my arms around my mothers shoulders and gave the top of her head a kiss.
“I love all my kids the same.” She turned to walk away and when she did I shook my head and whispered that I was the golden child.

“But John if you want something to eat let me know, I’ll cook you anything you want.”

“See she loves me more.” I whispered again to the younger boys. They both tried to punch me but I ran off towards the kitchen.

I sat at the dinner table and watched my mother do her duties around the kitchen.

“So how was tour?” She asked me in that motherly voice.

“It was tour, it was long but it was great since we were headlining.”

“I told so many people that you guys were closing the show. Everyone is so proud of you and the boys. I'm proud of you.”

I smiled at her and she had that twinkle in her eye and she turned around.

“Mom, are you crying?”

“No” she said softly.

I got up from my chair and went over to her. I grabbed her in another hug, her scent was filling my nostrils, that lavender lotion that she used all the time.

“Your growing up so fast John, pretty soon you'll be with the girl of your dreams, hopefully starting a family. And you wont have time for your mother.”

“Mom don't say that. I'll always be here for you and the boys and dad. You guys are my family and it'll always be like that.”

She smiled up at me and wiped away the soft tears that were running down her face. She let go of me and went back to tidying up the kitchen.

We heard the boys yelling and screaming at each other. There was a big thud and we both looked over at them. They were on the ground wrestling over the TV remote.

“John can you take them to the park and play catch with them or something? They've been like this all day and I need sometime.”

“Yeah sure.” I turned around and watched the boys wrestle each other. “Come on boys go get your gloves were going to the park.”

they both jumped up and got excited. As I waited for them to get their stuff together I took out my phone and I saw that I got no new messages. I decided to try Rae's number again.

”Hey it's Rae-” I ended the called and let out a aggravated sigh.

“Whats wrong honey?” My mother asked.

“Oh its nothing.”

She nodded her head and went back to get out pots and pans and different ingredients for dinner.

“Come on John!” Shane yelled.

“Call when dinner is about done.” I gave her a wave and started to walk away.

“Alright. Be safe.”

We got to the park and the sun was already killing me. I already felt the sweat dripping down my back. I took off my shirt and threw it into the car and ran towards my brothers. We spread apart and threw the baseball around. I asked them about their summers and they gave me the same answers basically doing nothing. I told them about tour and the crazy stories that I wouldn't tell our mother.

“So whats up with that whole Rae situation?” Ross asked. I caught the ball and threw it to Shane.

“I saw her at the Michigan date and I told her to be here today but I haven't gotten any word from her so I don't know what to do.”

“Don't stop trying. Have you called her recently?”

“I called right before we left to come here.” I said, I usually didn't talk about my love life with my brothers because they were younger but for some reason they just seemed so grown up and mature.

“Call her again, didn't you write a song called Don't Stop Now?” Ross said with a laugh

I couldn't help but to laugh at that. No one has ever referenced my lyrics or song titles like that before. “Your such a loser for saying that.”

“Well its true. If you want to be with her then be with her.”

“When did you grow up?”

He just shrugged his shoulders and we kept playing our game. I felt my phone vibrate, I took out my phone and saw that mom was calling.

“Hey.”

“Hey can you boys coming home now?” She said in a weird tone of voice.

“Ugh yeah of course. Is everything okay.”

“What? Y-Yeah everything is great. Just hurry up please.”

“Alright were leaving now.”

We hung up the phone and I called the boys and we drove back home.

“Mom sounded weird on the phone so don't annoy her please.” I told the boys in a strict voice. For some reason they always listened to me.

They boy agreed which made me smile. I turned up the music so that Jimmy Eat World was blaring. The windows were down, I was with my brothers and I was back home, it felt good but there was one thing that was still missing and I was worried that it would always be missing.

We arrived home and we got out of the car and up to the house. The house was filled with people and music was being played. I looked around at all the people and was shocked. I saw my band mate and many of random faces that I knew. I couldn't believe what was going on.

“Oh John, there you are. I hope your surprised.” My mother said.

“I can't believe this. Yeah this is defiantly a surprise.” I scanned the room for her face but I didn't see it just yet. I walked through the house, saying hello to everyone that I passed. I kept my eyes open but there were just so many people I couldn't concentrate. I saw Garrett and Pat talking, I went up to them and joined their conversation.

“Hey man.”

“Hey. So did you guys know about this?”

They both shook their heads.

“No my parents just told me about it.” Garrett said.

“Yeah same here.” Pat agreed with Garrett.

“So have you seen her? Is Rae here?” I asked. They both looked at each other which made me nervous.

“No we haven't seen her.” Pat said. I just nodded my head and kept on searching for her.

“Well I'm going to go get a beer, I'll see you around.”

I went to the kitchen and found myself a beer, I opened up the bottle and took a long sip and tired to relax. She had to be some where, or she wasn't her yet. I pulled out my phone and still had nothing from her.

I went out back and saw a lot more people. My dad was at the grill and I hadn't seen him since I got home so I decided to go talk to him.

“Well if it isn't John the Fifth. How are you son?” He shook my hand and then grabbed me into a hug.

“Hey dad, I'm a little over whelmed by this party but I'm doing pretty good.”

“That's good to hear. Did we surprise you?”

I let out a laugh, thinking it was funny how my parents both asked if I was surprised.

“Yes, I had no clue.”

“Wow I can't believe your brothers even kept their mouths shut.”

“They've grown up so much, I can't believe it.”

“Tell me about it. I can't believe your 23 already. Where has the time passed?” we both took a sip on our beers and I shrugged. I looked around the yard to see if maybe she was out here, but there was still no sight of her.

“Who are you looking for son?”

“Someone but they just must not be here yet.”

He looked down at flipping the burgers and hotdogs. “Well I hope they come and see you.”

“Yeah me too.” I said in a low voice. I told my dad I'd be right back, I wanted to go inside and make sure she hadn't come in since I'd been out here. I still didn't see her so I went and joined a group of my friends and talked with them. That was basically the night. The night was boring because I felt like I was waiting the whole time, so it made time go by slowly. I drowned down a few more beers but I didn't want to get to drunk since there were family here.

The party ended around 11 when people started to leave. The boys stayed a little bit longer, we found our way outside and made a small fire and sat around that. We all had our beers and guitars out. This was the part of my life I loved, being with my friends who were basically my family. Sitting outside under the stars during the summer time was amazing. But I still wish that Rae was here sitting next to me, in my arms. I wanted to feel her skin touching mine, I wanted to feel that connection that we always had. I just wanted to see her bright eyes and smile. I wanted to hear her voice and have her scent be around me. I tried to so hard to get her back but she hardly tried. I thought she'd be here today, waiting for me.

“I think were going to head out.” I looked back to the group and saw them all standing up and clear their places.

“Don't worry about it guys, I'll clean it up.” I said, they all looked at me and nodded their heads.

We all said our goodbyes and made a plan on seeing each other very soon. We had to start planning out some new things for the fans and start demoing new songs for the next record.

I went inside and grabbed a trash bag and turned on the lights so I could see and when I looked out the window there she was. She was just standing there looking back at me. I went out slowly unsure if it was really her or I just had to many to drink. I went to the sliding door and stepped out slowly. I kept my eyes on her and her eyes were on mine. I stepped down the stairs to the pavement and walked closer to her, I bet it looked like I had just seen a ghost.

“W-What are you uh you doing here?” I said nervously.

She let out a small laugh and looked down and when she picked her head and and her eyes landed back on mine I lost it. I wanted to run up to her and just feel her lips against mine.

“You told me to come here.”

“Well yeah I did but I thought it'd be earlier today. I hoped you'd be at the party and,” I walked a little bit closer to her, “I just hoped you'd be here earlier,” I said over again, I couldn't help to smile.

“I guess someone is a little inpatient.”

I shrugged my shoulders and grabbed a hold of her hands. Once I felt her skin that instant fire came and I felt that connection.

“But why are you coming over now?”

“Well if you really want to know then you'll have to come with me.” She gave me a wink and lead me to her car. We got in and she drove off. The ride didn't take long since we only drove to the lake that we grew up at.

“What are we doing here?” I asked as she stopped and turned off the car.

“Just come with me.” I did as I was told. I grabbed a hold of her hand, I didn't want to lose her again.

As we got closer to the pond I noticed a small table with some desserts, there was a CD player, which she turned on and played Death Cab For Cutie.

“What is this all? Should I be doing this for you?” I said with a laugh.

She also laughed and told me to shut up. “I thought it'd be cute just to be here, where I fell in love with you.” I looked down at her and she was already looking up at me.

“Lets go for a swim.” I said as I took off my shirt.

“I don't have a swim suit and I did all of this just so we can go for a swim.”

“When did not having a swim suit ever stop you before? It'll just be a quick swim.” I unzipped my pants and started to pull them down.She followed my lead and unzipped the back of her dress and was left in a strapless white bra and blue underwear.

We got into the cool water and swam around. I pulled her at her waist and wrapped my arms around her. She wrapped her legs around my waist and tied her hands at my neck.

“I'm glad you came.” I said in a soft voice.

“I'm glad I came also.” I wanted to lean in and give her a kiss but for some reason there was another part of me that wanted to wait.

“How long are you staying?”

“For a while actually” she said with a smirk.

“What? Really? What about college in Michigan?”

She let out a small laugh. “I uh I'm going to ASU.”

My whole jaw dropped and my heart started to beat faster. “Really?” She nodded her head “That's amazing.” And then once I knew it I had her lips against mine. I pulled away quickly and felt awkward.

“Sorry.” I said.

She looked like she was in a daze.

“It's fine. Lets go have some sweets.”

We swam back to shore and got our clothes back on and sat our the tree truck. she brought us some chocolate covered strawberries, two slices of brownies and some cookies. She also brought a few cans of beerss

“What a spread you have here.”

“Why thank you very much. I tried so hard.”

We sat in comfortable silence, giggling at each other ever so often. And then I just stopped what I was doing and just looked at her. The moon was high and was full shinning out onto us. She looked beautiful like always.

“What? Why are you staring at me?”

“You just look so beautiful. I can't take my eyes off of you.”

She looked away in embarrassment and let out a small giggle.

“I'm serious, you look amazing tonight. That dress looks good on you.”

“Well thank you.”

“I was scared that you weren't going to be in Arizona. I was scared that I wouldn't see you again. I want to see you for the rest of our lives. I love you so much and I don't want to lose you ever again.”

“You wont lose me again. I'm yours now.” And with that her lips were against mine again. But this kiss wasn't like any others, it had all that passion and love that we have for each other. Her hands found their way tangled in my hair. I moved my hands down to her waist and pulled her closer to me. She was mine and I was hers and that's how it was suppose to be.
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