Skipping Stones...

I know what a heartbreak sounds like. I can see it and hear it a mile away. You want to prevent it, you want to save yourself and others from it but you can't. They are only thinking about me now, they aren't thinking you or how it's made you feel.

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How can you just want to fall in love with someone. When will it ever be that simple? Of course we wish it was that simple, then everyone would be happy and no one would be alone.

But music like this, I could see myself falling in love too. Jeans and a t-shirt and a beer. I'd be there with my girlfriends but not a part of the madness they'd be causing. You could see that I was the head of the girls. The band would need a lady to sing too and the girls would drag me out front. They'd sing, and we'd all get a good kick out of it and then we'd go back about our fun. The next band would set up and start sound check. Sound check will always and forever be my favorite part. While listening I decide to go and get another beer. Walk up and while waiting with y back against the bar, he'll walk up and just stand next to me. I'll ignore him because it's just what I do at first. He'll ask me a few questions and I'll answer politely. Then the bar tender will show up with my beer and the boy wants to pay for it. I try not to let him, but he ends up knowing the bar tender and he pays for it anyway. Now I'm interested for some reason. He says he's glad the girls picked me to sing too. And then she realizes it. He played guitar in the last band. I feel bad I didn't notice it before. We stand at the bar and talk awhile. The band playing has been playing for awhile and announce it's their last song and it's gonna be a slow one. The boy surprises me by asking me to dance. Not sure what to say he doesn't wait, puts my beer down, and takes me up to the very front. No one else is dancing and I almost pull away. He can see it in my eyes and pulls me even closer and says "What are the chances of you being ready to fall in love tonight?"

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Tell me I'm your everything. Show me who we are when together. Act like we could die tomorrow and that would be ok.

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Fantastic, unstable, and sometimes the love of my life.

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I want to save it all. I need to go through everything and collect it all. At the moment it all means nothing, but if I ever need any ideas, I think there would come in handy.

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Everyone wants to be thin and blonde. Everyone wants to be famous and have loads of money. I just want to make you laugh. I've just got to express the funny things in life.

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God it's so true. The second you say I can't have it, I want it so much more. I want it just out of spite I think, which isn't good.

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Falling, watch your step, don't look down, make sure you smile.

Grasping.

They were far from a couple. They were friends first, and lovers if time allowed them to be. He was in town, and couldn't wait for her to show up, bright eyed and ready to roll. They didn't speak on a regular basis, that's why every time he was in town it was like the first time every time. But she never came. All her friends were there, her followers he called them. He found out she moved up north, just packed up her things one day and left. She was tired, she told them, she was tired of waiting for things to happen, she was ready to get out there and do it all herself. So she left and now he realized how much he liked her being here, but that was selfish of him. Seeing each other only about four times a year wasn't something to keep kids together. So he had a good night, played an awesome show, and did his best to smile as much as he could. Her best friend came over before the night was done, hugged him and simply said, "She waited as long as she could." He knew that now and loved her even more for doing something with her heart.

She knew he'd be in her old town and she didn't have the guts to tell him she wouldn't be there. She had fallen in love with a boy in a band and he had fallen in love with a girl in a town. She didn't know it then, but they were doomed from the start.

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She wasn't use to going to these things alone. She was the wing girl, the side kick, not the main attraction. Now though she was at a bar alone, waiting for the boys to finish sound check. She'd known them for about three years now and had fallen in love with their music along with it. Her main attraction was out of town but she wasn't going to let that hinder anything. She was cute but not too cute and she was just ready to have a good time. She had off from work tomorrow just in case things got too out of control. She was going to let it be known, tonight, she was the new main attraction...

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And when they are together the sun seems to stop burning and calm comes over the land. They are meant to be together and change the course of love among everyone, but when it's good you know it, and when it's bad the earth rumbles for days on end.

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She'd been in this city for almost a month, and  not once had she felt that sparkle with anyone. She had met loads of people but not anyone that makes her heart skip a beat. Until now. He shook her hand and smiled. This was the one that she wanted to shake things up. He released her hand, gave her a good luck wink, and walked away. This was her first day at work.

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All he wanted to do was play music. He could eat, sleep, and breathe it all if he was allowed. But he was here, waiting on the rich and stupid.

She wanted out. She'd been with him for three years and was ready to jump ship. He wanted nothing more out of life than being the mail guy and smoking and she needed more. So she was saving everything she made serving the rich and stupid.

He wanted nothing more than to cook forever. The hours were long and was yelled at regularly but in the end he knew it'd be worth it. He was happy, content, he had everything people said he should have, the job, the girl, apartment, everything was good. Then she walked in. She was new and funny, and always put a smile on his face. Everything she said was witty and hilarious. But why rock the boat? Why ruin what should be perfect? She questioned everything he knew. So for now he'll learn all he can, live his perfect life, and wonder about the girl who seated the rich and stupid.