Set It Off

"So, what song are we going to open up with?" Asked Zack after they finished eating and is now holding his instrument as well does the others.

"Gee, yea, what?" added Jaime.

"What's a feel good song you guys know?" Josh asked.

Hayley raised her eyebrow, her eyes were distant but locked on the floor.

"What about that song you wrote, Josh?" Pierre said suggestively.

Hayley shot a look at Josh.

"Which one?"

"Save it for the bedroom, was that the title?"

"Oh I don't know."

"Save it for the bedroom?" Hayley glanced at Pierre, then back at Josh. "You write songs?"

"Well, yeah. Only when I'm going through something." Josh said, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Well, judging by the title, you sure are going through a lot." Hayley said, nodding un-amusingly.

The guys laughed, Josh chuckled.

"Well, it was about this girl who my dad wanted me to be with, but I don't like her 'cause she's, well, liberated?"

"Intriguing. Gimme the tabs." They handed Hayley chord sheet and studied the song. "Okay, I think I got it."

1, 2, 1 - 2 - 3 go. Zack counted.

Keep your hands to yourself
these lips belong to someone else
And you know that you
will never get on it, it

Wow, Josh and his voice. Hayley thought. They all started getting into the song and moved and jumped around.

Keep your lies to yourself
every lie I've heard from someone else
And you know that you'll never get on it

I wonder if he'd already made a song for me, Hayley was still thinking.

Well I sussed you good
You knew I would

The guys sounded amazingly good. The song ended and they were all catching their breaths.

"That counts as a work out, yea?" Zack said out of the blue. They let out a laugh. "'kay, 15 mins break."

Hayley fell into the couch, Josh followed.

"Your voice is orgasmic."

"What?" Josh stuttered, Hayley was blushing furiously.

"It's a fan girl term for a band dude's amazing voice okay."

"You're a girl?"

"Josh."

"Hayley."

They pouted at the same time, then laughed.

"You're weird, I like you." She said as she got up to go back to practice.

I like you too..... He said to himself and followed her, again.

"So, you got any songs?" Josh asked her.

"A handful, yepp." She said, winking at him.

"Oh, really, now. Mind if I get to listen to one?"

"No."

"Uh! C'mon!"

"Noooo."

"Please." He pleaded giving her the puppy dog eyes and pouted.

"You're, c-cute. Okay, fine, just one."

"Yey." He jumped.

I feel happy, I feel sad
I feel like running through the walls
I'm overjoyed, I'm undecided
I don't know who I am
Well, maybe I'm not perfect, at least I'm workin' on it

Josh dropped his jaw. The guys heard the song and went in to join, Jaime added the drum beat. Zack added his bass following Hayley's lead, Pierre strummed away.

17 is like the worst idea that I have ever had
It's too much pain, it's too much freedom
What should I do with this?
it's not the way you plan it
It's how you make it happen
Yeah, it's how you make it happen

Her lyrics hit Josh. She came off calm and collected, but he didn't know she was this deep.

It's such a cold cold world (hello cold world)
And I can't get out
So I'll just make the best of everything I'll never have
It's such a cold cold world (hello cold world)
And it's got me down
But I'll get right back up as long as it spins around
Hello cold world

The guys signaled her to continue and she did.

Girls and boys keep lining up to see if they can measure up
And they look good and they feel wild but it will never be enough
You say you're really hurting, at least you're feeling something,
We can hope and we can pray that everything will work out fine,

Josh added some back up vocals. They sounded perfect. The song ended and everyone was smiling like a lunatic.

"Well, that went well." She chuckled.