❀ Melíssa
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Post by ❀ Melíssa on Feb 27, 2011 22:11:55 GMT -5
"Your honesty is actually refreshing," Chelsea smiled. "Maybe it does make you sound a little like a tool, but it's nice to hear a guy openly admit to not wanting to stick around. It's a million times worse when he acts like you're the only one and then you find out you're so far down on the list you might as well not even being together at all." She sighed and shook her head. Stop thinking about the past. "You're probably a lot busier than I am. Tell me when you have some free time, we'll hop a plane."
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Post by kristay on Feb 28, 2011 3:18:27 GMT -5
Cameron shrugged. "Just college... Well until my aunt gets a store and I need to work then I'm pretty free myself; maybe I should take you on your offer. It's a pretty good season for beaches down there; not too hot and maybe we could go get a palmboat and row to the white island or something cheesy like that." He said with a chuckle. "What do you do here? Still go to school?"
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Post by ❀ Melíssa on Feb 28, 2011 4:58:55 GMT -5
"Well now you're making me really want to go. Like right now," she leaned her head dreamily against Cameron's arm. She was always down for a vacation, even though it was partially for the act of traveling itself. "Well, the band is on a bit of hiatus right now. Nati and I are supposed to be focused on songwriting, then we're headed into the studio in a few months, and school is... well, I'm taking some online classes. Want to head back to an actual campus maybe when I'm back in the city. Right now though, my calendar is pretty empty." She tipped her head back, looking up at him without taking her head off his arm, "So, I just want to revisit this 'complicated' single situation again. If this girl you're into suddenly decides that she wants to 'settle down' with you," she air quoted, hating the phrase with the heat of a thousand fires, "will that be the end of our budding friendship?"
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Post by kristay on Feb 28, 2011 5:11:21 GMT -5
Cameron grinned at her. "Well I haven't really done anything deserving of a vacation yet so I think I'll have to wait a bit before rewarding myself you know?" He turned and watched her curiously. "That's cool; don't you find it boring though? Doing nothing but songwriting? I mean, I can understand how that would need a lot of time but it seems a little boring to me, I won't lie." He shook his head in amusement and laughed. "Though I don't think Taylor is the type of girl who would 'settle down' in any sense of that phrase, if she would suddenly want to try a more stable relationship with me, I don't think that should be a reason for us to stop being friends." He raised a brow at her, curious. "Why?"
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❀ Melíssa
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Post by ❀ Melíssa on Feb 28, 2011 5:22:09 GMT -5
"Oh definitely, I hate the songwriting part. I love recording, I love touring, but writing - ugh. Nati goes off and gets stoned with my aunt and comes back with like fifteen songs, and I've barely written two," she kicked at a stone. "My mom and her bandmate used to write the majority of our music. When they band first started out, it was an all-girl punk band, but then as they got older and two of the girls left and then they met Dad and then he joined. So they just kind of grew up, and their music did too, but Mom and Taryn - that's the guitar player - still wrote the occasional punk song, just to blow off steam. Then they gave us the songs to play. But now that we're getting older, we have to start carrying our own weight." "I'm just curious. Because, you see, I like you. I know I don't know you that well, but there's something about you. You're someone I'd like to have some fun with. And if you get involved with this girl, I'm probably gonna start acting stupid and jealous. Then of course, she probably won't like you hanging out with me, and it's all downhill from there."
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Post by kristay on Feb 28, 2011 6:05:52 GMT -5
Cameron laughed at her, amused with the short anecdote of their band life. "Well that does make sense; it's not like you can rely on your parents for the rest of your music career for the songs. It'd be a better way to make a name for yourself you know? Not relying on the abilities of your parents but becoming something great just through your own efforts and drive. Very courageous of you Chelsea from New York."
He smiled. "Why are you so negative? I've noticed that attitude in the girl I like and now you! Am I a beacon for negativity?" He grinned to show that he was merely teasing. "I mean, why don't we just see where this takes us you know? Go with the flow and all that jazz." He didn't want thoughts about the future to interfere and possibly ruin the present; he just wasn't that type of guy. Sure Cameron made plans when he had to but for things like this where fate was just itching to take him on a joyride, he simply smiled and let things be.
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Post by ❀ Melíssa on Mar 2, 2011 1:46:09 GMT -5
"I think I'll leave the writing up to Nati. Everything I write comes out like some bittersweet ballad anyway. She writes about whatever she's seeing, or doing, or thinking at the time, and I write from the secrets of my soul. She can write a song about a grasshopper that she saw while she was out smoking and it comes out like an epic analogy of life and how you just gotta keep moving. Every thing I write is pretty much about me. " She scoffed, "I accidentally left a track that I meant to throw in the East River in the studio, and my mom and aunt listened to it, that's how they found out my boyfriend was h - " she stopped suddenly, her teeth coming together loudly, as if literally biting her sentence off. "I'm not being negative, I'm being realistic. If I like you and you don't like me in the slightest, that's gonna suck. I just like to know where I stand with people. Then I know whether I need to protect my head or protect my heart."
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Post by kristay on Mar 2, 2011 6:13:40 GMT -5
Cameron smiled. "When did bittersweet ballads become a bad thing? I mean, yeah you are in a punk rock band but you need slow songs in your repertoire too. Besides, some people write their best songs when they take the feelings they're experiencing and turn them into lyrics. You can express yourself more when you have something to express." He stopped walking and turned to her, a tiny frown marring his handsome features. "Something the matter? I mean, it's cool if you don't want to talk about it; we've only just met after all."
He quirked a brow at her and moved close to Chelsea. "Doesn't that sound even slightly negative to you Chelsea from New York?"
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Post by ❀ Melíssa on Mar 14, 2011 1:04:40 GMT -5
“I guess,” Chelsea stared at her shoes. “Maybe negatively is just the New Yorker in me. I’m just… I think I internalize more than other people. That’s why my singing is usually loud, and aggressive. I let it all out on stage. Then I never want to sing the songs that I wrote because I wrote them mostly for myself, not really for other people to hear,” she shook her head, listlessly. She looked up at Cameron, blinking back the tear that she almost allowed him to see. “This is going to sound strange, but could you… do you think… I need someone to… would you mind…?” she couldn’t find a way to finish the request, just took another step so her body was flush against his and put her arms around his waist, resting her head on his chest. She tightened her arms low on his torso, feeling as though she’d never hold anyone again. He didn’t even do it on purpose, but he somehow forced her to face the demons she went out of her way to sidestep.
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Post by kristay on Mar 14, 2011 7:52:48 GMT -5
Cameron didn't even have time to say anything about her New Yorker comment when Chelsea wrapped her arms around his waist. Poor girl. He smiled softly and put one arm around her waist, squeezing gently as he lightly ran his fingers through her hair. "It's alright. I'm not really sure what's going on but I'm here and I'll hold you for as long as you need to be held so it's alright. You'll be fine."
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❀ Melíssa
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Post by ❀ Melíssa on Mar 15, 2011 23:43:54 GMT -5
Chelsea closed her eyes, breathing in the lingering scent of perspiration, depending on it to bring her out of the past, and back to right now. She focused on Cameron’s words, telling her that she’d be fine. It always caught her off-guard when her memories came slamming to the forefront of her mind. The insides of her eyelids began to sting with the threat of tears, and she blinked rapidly, pulling out of Cameron’s embrace. “I’m sorry,” she wiped at her eyes with her fingertips. “You must think I’m crazy. I’ve never talked to anyone about this, never told anyone. I mean, my mom and my aunt know, but not because I told them. My brother thinks he knows… but Nati,” she shook her head, “I haven’t even told her. And my dad – ha! He’d be up in Sing Sing for murder if he ever found out!” she broke away, putting a few steps between herself and Cameron. A nervous giggle escaped her lips as she whirled around and looked up at him, brushing at her eyes again. “Haha, look at me. I’m just a mess today. I’m sure I look more ridiculous to you with each passing second.”
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Post by kristay on Mar 16, 2011 12:18:09 GMT -5
Cameron shook his head, "No... Not crazy. Just a girl who has been hurt." He shrugged; he had to cater to many girls with who hurt a lot. He lived with a few of them and he had been one of the male go-to shoulders to cry on and he had gotten used to it. "I mean, I'm not sure I understand what's going on... And I've only met you so you don't have to tell me... But it's alright to not always look so kept together; you're human. You're allowed to look ridiculous for a day or two." He offered Chelsea a tiny smile. "Hey at least I know there will never be a dull moment with you around, right?"
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Post by ❀ Melíssa on Mar 17, 2011 23:46:41 GMT -5
Chelsea forced the grin on her face to reach her eyes. "I want to tell you... Probably just for the sake of telling someone." She sighed as she thought about what she'd just said, was it possible that by not discussing it with anyone - ever - she was just making it worse for herself? "Maybe another time though. Tell me more about you," she started back along the path. "You coming?"
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Post by kristay on Mar 18, 2011 12:13:10 GMT -5
Cameron quirked a brow. "Are you trying to tell me that you've never told anyone?" He knew that her family members had probably deduced whatever was going on with her but it was different to tell someone the entire story. "You know, it can really help if you tell someone. It's not good to keep things inside; it's considered unhealthy." He followed her and shrugged. "Well there's not much to tell really. I live with my aunt while my parents are traveling. I have a younger half-sister and we're pretty close... What else do you want to know about me?"
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Post by ❀ Melíssa on Mar 27, 2011 0:55:15 GMT -5
"No, I haven't talked about it. Don't really know if I will. Maybe. Some day. To the right listener." Then she shrugged, "I don't know, I want to know everything! What makes you tick, Cameron? What makes you angry? I mean, really pissed, so mad that you can barely speak, can't even think straight enough to make words form on your lips? And the opposite... what makes you happy? Not the fleeting kind of happy like someone giving you a gift or something, and not the obvious family and friends answer, but what's the one thing, that no matter what kind of day you're having, you can turn to and just have everything else melt away?"
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