Neither of Us, Uncertainly

it's 2002 and chelsea beck is graduating high school. it's been two years since the accident that claimed her first boyfriend's life, and she still feels like something's missing. like her life is hollow and empty. then she meets patrick stump.
this is not a story about a movie kind of love, a celluloid fantasy where everybody lives happily ever after. it's a story about a shy boy and a broken girl in the suburbs of chicago, and what it takes for her to heal, and what it means for him to suddenly be famous. it's about imperfect bodies and flawed hearts and the kind of feelings they don't show on the silver screen. it's about how love changes and scars people,

"so long to the, the days you grow sad of
and you try to find not much for you to hold
the more that you hold the, the more you feel alone
and wait, until you can wait,
until you can wait, until you can wait
no more..."
neither of us uncertainly - deerhunter

about hips and hearts
chelsea beck: an introduction.
something good can work
summer 2002 and growing closer.
love crimes
january 2003. misunderstandings and getting together.