Just a Walk in the Park

‘Darren… why are we in a recording studio..?’ you ask with a huge smile on your face.
‘Well… I know how much you love singing even if you get embarrassed by it, I think you’re a beautiful singer… and I’m sure you’ve written more than the one song you sang to me so I thought I’d bring you here and maybe record some stuff… I’m working on my album right now and… well I kind of wanted you to star in one of my songs..?’ Darren says looking down towards his hands hoping you won’t reject his offer.
‘Darren… please tell me this is real… I can’t believe I’m here… of course I’ll be in one of your songs and you don’t need to worry about me upstaging you because you’re just… too amazingly talented!’ you say to Darren, wrapping your arms around his waist which makes him smile.
‘Great! Let’s get started shall we?’ he asks as he holds his arm out to you in a cheesy way as you take it and walk into the studio,
Okay… calm down… this is real and happening… you’re about to record your first song!
You walk into the room and there were a couple of stools and microphones and then you see on the other side of the glass was someone with headphones on, Darren walked through another door to the person,
‘Hey Paul! Nice to see you again.’ Darren says as they hug briefly.
‘You too man! So I see you’ve bought along a friend.’ He points out.
‘Yeah, this is (Y/N),’ he motions for me to come on through,
‘Hii,’ you say shyly
‘Hey there, nice to meet you!’ he holds his hand out and you shake it with a smile.
‘So what will it be today?’ he asks Darren,
‘Well I was hoping to record some more songs and (Y/N) has a few songs to and I want to record them too!’ Darren replies wrapping his arm around your waist.
‘Awesome… let’s get started then.’
You end up going to record first and you start getting more and more nervous as you pull your guitar strap over your head.
There was just one bit of glass separating you from Darren on the other side and he was smiling at you with thumbs up, you smile back but you have a horrible feeling in your stomach.
Okay, I can do this!
You start playing the song you sang to Darren that night as you close your eyes and picture his face and think of all the good times you’ve had.
I can’t believe I’m doing this right now! I bet I sound terrible!
You finish the song slowly look up to the window to find Darren smiling up at you and Paul looking completely baffled and looking to Darren,
‘Did that just happen? Where did you find her?!’ Paul asks
Darren just laughs and says, ‘It’s a long story.’
You walk out the room,
‘Was that okay?’ you say while looking at your feet,
‘Okay? That was the best thing I’ve heard in a long time!’ Paul exclaims which makes you smile but you still look to Darren for approval,
‘(Y/N).. that was beautiful!’ he says with a crack in his voice as if he were about to cry,
‘Well I guess I better go in and record some stuff now..’ he says trying to hide his tear filled eyes, you just smile to yourself as you realise how much Darren must care about you.
Darren walks into the other room and Paul starts recording some of his newer songs, some of them you’d heard him sing around your house so you decide to go on your phone…
You start looking at your emails and find that you have loads of notifications on twitter so you look on there and you’re horrified to find that people are still tweeting horrible things about you… even some of your friends are against you and are releasing videos of embarrassing moments you’ve had,
Can my life get any worse..?
You look up to Darren to find he’s still strumming away,
I can’t let him see me like this…
You ask Paul if there’s a bathroom and so you go there and lock yourself in a cubicle and burst into tears,
I thought this was supposed to stop… what am I supposed to do now..? Darren can’t know he thinks it’s all finished and that his video did the trick! I can’t let this get to me… not like before….it can’t get that bad again…
You think as you flashback to when you had just started Uni and all the horrible things that happened back then…
You stay in there for a bit longer and then wipe your eyes and walk back into the studio to find Darren is all finished and is talking to Paul while he edits some more things,
‘Oh, there you are… are you okay?’ Darren turns around and asks and you think he can see that you’ve been crying but you just wave it off,
‘Yeah I’m fine just needed a toilet break.’ You reply with a giggle,
‘Awesome… so are you ready to star in one of my songs..?’ he asks with a huge grin,
‘Yeah! Let’s do this!’ you reply trying to hide what just happened,
You both walk into the room and Darren tells you what parts you’ll be playing. It turns out it’s a new version of Not Alone, which you think is kind of ironic,
Do you think Darren knows? Maybe this is why we’re singing this song….
This new version is much more acapella with only a few piano chords playing throughout the song.
You start first and you look over to Darren who is smiling towards you,
I've been alone
Surrounded by darkness
I've seen how heartless
The world can be,
Darren then comes in the next verse as you look to him and see how emotional he’s getting,
I've seen you crying
You felt like it's hopeless
I'll always do my best
To make you see
You then both do harmony’s as the chorus comes in and you can’t help but notice how great your voices sound together… well more Darren’s because he’s amazing.. you think,
Baby, you're not alone
Cause you're here with me
And nothing's ever gonna bring us down
Cause nothing can keep me from lovin' you
And you know it's true
It don't matter what'll come to be
Our love is all we need to make it through
You carry on singing the song as you get more into it and you can’t help but feel bad for not telling Darren what’s happened, your eyes start watering up as you sing the next part with Darren,
I still have trouble
I trip and stumble
Trying to make sense of things sometimes
I look for reasons
But I don't need 'em
All I need is to look in your eyes
And I realize

Baby I'm not alone
Cause you're here with me
And nothing's ever gonna take us down
Cause nothing can keep me from lovin' you
And you know it's true
It don't matter what'll come to be
Our love is all we need to make it through, ooh
You then stop singing and look to Darren as he finishes the song off,

Cause you're here with me
And nothing's ever gonna bring us down
Cause nothing, nothing, nothing can keep me from lovin' you
And you know it's true
It don't matter what'll come to be
You know our love is all we need
Our love is all we need to make it through….
When the song finishes you find Paul is cheering from the other side of the room and you look to Darren who’s smiling over to you,
‘(Y/N), come here… you’re crying..’ he says with a little laugh as you walk over and gives you a big hug while he strokes your hair, you can’t help but notice how great he smells today as you hide your face into his chest,
‘Oh god! I’m so cheesy,’ you say laughing into Darren’s shirt, you look up to him to see him smiling down out you,
‘I think it’s adorable,’ he says as he wipes your cheek from a tear running down it.
After Paul shows you some of the work he’d done on yours and Darren’s songs you both leave and drive back to yours.
Once you get back you sit down on your sofa, Darren just looks to you,
‘Soooo.. was that a good surprise?’ he asks,
You just look up to him with the biggest grin,
‘Of course! I still can’t believe today happened! You’re just the best! Thank you so so much!’ you say as you jump and kiss him quickly laughing as Darren pouts wanting more.
You just sit back down and look at your bleeping phone, you find it’s more people on twitter and you just stare at the screen,
I can’t crack up infront of Darren… come on I can do this!
Darren comes and sits next to you,
‘Are you sure you’re okay..?’ Darren asks again looking really worried,
‘Yeah I’m fine… everything’s fine.’ You say not looking up to him,
‘(Y/N)…. I can’t help you if you don’t tell me what’s up…. I can’t stand seeing you like this.. why are you so upset..?’ he asks bringing you into his lap as he strokes you hair and gently kisses the top of your head,
‘Erm… I didn’t want you to find out because you thought it was over and you were so happy… but they’re still saying things and it- it’s even my friends… they’re posting videos of me up and it’s just… I don’t know what to do Darren..’ you then decide to tell him about your past, ‘… this… this has happened to me before. And well it was even worse back then.. I was completely on my own, this is why it’s upsetting me so much… I don’t want it to happen again… not now that you’re here.. it can’t…’
‘What can’t happen (Y/N).. what happened before..?’ Darren asks as he hugs you tighter,
‘Well… I’d just joined Uni and I didn’t really know anyone and I got in with the wrong crowd of people.. I didn’t know what they were like… I soon found out and so I just spent the time on my own.. but people got the wrong idea… I always got comments on facebook and twitter about how I was ugly or just stupid stuff like that.. and well this made it ten times worse… people started saying I was sleeping around with all the guys there and some of them even said I had… they started making fun of me and the hate got even worse.. I couldn’t take it anymore.. I was constantly getting abuse at uni aswell… I was all alone and I had no one to go to… I got depressed and well things went downhill from there… I was in a really bad place and well… I posted a video online telling everyone how this was goodbye and I hope they’re happy now.. I was going to do it.. but, well I suppose I did have someone people who liked me.. they sent an ambulance and they got to me in time.. I was fine after and I made a few friends… but that’s why this is upsetting me… I didn’t want you to know… you probably think I’m a freak now.. it’s okay I get it…’ you finally get out as you look down at your hands with tears falling down your cheeks,
There was silence for a moment but Darren finally said something,
‘(Y/N)… you should have told me… is this what you’ve been hiding from me..?’ he asks as you nod, ‘.. it’s okay… this doesn’t change anything… everything’s going to be okay now… you’ve got me and I’m going to stop this..’ he looks down to you and pushed your chin up making you look at him,
‘It’s going to be fine, okay?... don’t you understand that I’m not going away… your past is your past but it doesn’t change the way I think of you… you’re beautiful, funny, smart and you always blush when I compliment you…’ he laughs as your cheeks turn red.
I can’t believe he doesn’t care about what happened…. Maybe he is perfect after all…
You think as you smile up at him,
‘(Y/N)… you mean everything to me… and I can’t stand it when you’re upset… I… I…’ Darren trails off getting embarrassed which confuses you…
‘What is it..?’ you ask,
‘(Y/N)… I love you…’ he says slowly looking straight into your eyes,
You’re breath-taken as you can feel your cheeks turn red again…
‘I love you too!’ you say wrapping your arms around his neck as you both kiss eachother…
‘You’re really into this kissing thing now aren’t you?’ Darren asks with a smirk, you just laugh,
‘Only if it’s with you.’ You reply as you kiss him again.