Have you ever loved
somebody so much it makes you cry,
Have you ever needed something so bad you can't sleep at night,
Have you ever tried to find the words, but they don't come out right,
Have you ever,
Have you ever,
Mariah sang along with the song. This song had so much meaning to
it. She had an answer to the question. She did love someone so much that it
made her cry, that she couldn't sleep at night, and she's wanted him to be near
her, to hold her, but didn't know what to say to get him there. She knew there
were no words to get him there. Oh, how she missed her father.
She walked along the beach thinking about the past few days that
she'd spent with her mother. They had been closer than they had ever been,
reminiscing about all the memories. Her mother left that afternoon and after
saying a heart-wrenching good bye to her mother, Mariah headed straight for the
beach.
She stopped walking and breathed in the salty air. She had missed
the smell and feeling she got when she breathed it in: comfort. She walked
farther into the water just so it reached up to her ankles. The cold water
washed around her ankles, soothing them. She took off her headphones and
listened to the waves crashing. The sun was beginning to set. The beautiful
colors of blue, purple, orange, and red was spread across the sky, as if a
painter had spilled his can of paint. The sun was beating red, half hidden by
the horizon. Mariah stood there with the wind blowing in her hair, the water
splashing around her ankles, and the beautiful sunset before her. She didn't
want to move, afraid that if she did, this breath-taking scene would disappear
and never return again.
Mariah enjoyed these peaceful, quiet moments, but her peacefulness
was interrupted when she heard shouts coming from across the beach. Mariah
walked closer to take a look.
* * *
"Rok!" shouted Nick. "Earth to Brian!"
"Huh? Oh, sorry Nick."
"Well, glad to have you back to the land of the living,"
said Nick. "Where were you anyways?"
"Oh, no where. Just trying to get an inspiration for a
song." replied Brian.
"You're always trying to get inspirations for songs,"
complained Nick. "Why don't you just play some football like normal
people?"
"Ha ha Nick, very funny," replied Brian in a sarcastic
tone. "It's just such a beautiful sunset, I thought maybe that it would
give me some inspiration for a song."
"Look Brian, it seems to me that you look for inspiration in
the wrong places."
"What do you mean?"
"Look around you, what's closest to you. Why do you need to
think about the sunset to give you inspiration? There's so many other things
that you could write about, but here you are sitting and staring at the sun
looking for inspiration."
Brian sat there quite shocked. "Wow Nick, that was
actually...decent."
Nick looked back at Brian with a goofy grin. "I know...cool
huh?" Brian smiled. Nick turned serious. "I've had a lot to think
about since my mom got sick, and I've written some stuff too."
"Really?" asked Brian. "I'd like to hear it."
"Maybe some other time Brian. It's just dumb stuff, I'm just
fooling around."
"Okay, well, if you need any help you can always count on
me."
"Thank B-Rok, that means a lot."
"No problem, Nicky."
"Don't call me Nicky!" cried Nick.
Their usual bantering began until Kevin, AJ, and Howie arrived to
play football. They split into teams and began their fun. They were having so
much fun that they didn't notice that someone was watching them.
AJ nudged Howie and said, "Looks like we've got a spectator.
A pretty one too."
Howie nodded. They were busy talking and looking at the stranger
that they didn't notice the football flying through the air. It hit AJ on his
forehead.
"AJ! I'm so sorry!" cried Kevin. "Are you
okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," said AJ. He took his hand off his
forehead and there was a big red mark in the middle of it. The guys took one
look at it and cracked up laughing.
"What?" asked AJ rubbing his forehead. None of the guys
gave an answer, they couldn't stop laughing.
"WHAT?" yelled AJ.
"They're referring to that red splotch that you have on your
forehead." said a female voice, silencing the guys.
"Mariah!" cried Brian.
"Hey, Brian! How's it going?"
"G-great!" blubbered Brian with surprise.
Mariah turned to AJ, "If you want, I've got a first aid kit in
the car."
AJ looked up at Mariah, who was the beautiful stranger he had
pointed out, and said yes.
Brian introduced the guys to Mariah.
"Finally, it's nice to meet all of you. Brian's told me a lot
about you guys."
"Oh really?" said Nick and the group looked at Brian.
"What?" cried Brian. "I didn't say anything to her!
I just mention you guys in conversations."
Mariah laughed and led AJ to her car, the other guys followed.
After AJ was patched up and well, he offered to take Mariah out to dinner.
Mariah turned him down, but with the persistence of the rest of the guys, she
gave in. The six of them piled into the cars and left to eat, none other than,
McDonald's.