NEIGHBORS • Why Don't We

Chapter: 8

Chapter song: Stay by chet porter ft chelsea cutler

Wednesday

Aria's POV:

I wake up and Jack is gone.Its already 4 p.m.  I sigh, I was acting impulsively. I was about to throw all of my work away. Im actually glad he found me or else I have a feeling things might have ended badly for me. But did he really mean what he said?

I feel song lyrics swirl through my head and get up to pull my keyboard out of the corner and set it on my desk. I turn it on and sing the first song that comes to my head with the cord I think with its cords. 

Somebody get me a hammer
Wanna break all the clocks and the mirrors
And go back to a time that was different
A time when I
Didn't feel like there was something missing
Now my body and mind are so distant
Don't know how to escape from this prison

How can I
Free my mind?

Cause I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I can't breathe

I can't breathe

How can I live in the moment
When my thoughts never feel like my own and
Don't know how to admit that I'm broken

How can I
Be alright?

Cause I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I can't breathe

I can't breathe

I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
I can't breathe

I play the last chord and sigh, feeling better. I hear clapping and jump up, seeing the boys standing at the door. Oh boy. "Aria that was amazing!" Jack and Daniel exclaim at the same time, eyeballing each other afterwards. "Thanks?" I say shyly. 

"You should really start doing youtube covers online, everyone would love your voice." Jonah says. I shake my head. "Not up my alley. This is the song I would sing at the very beginning of my recovery when I wanted to give in. It just helps me cope because I can really relate to what Bea is saying in the lyrics." I sigh

Jack walks closer and the boys follow. "Aria, we are really sorry. Do you remember what I said to you?" he asks. I nod. "Well we're going to work on it together and help you through this. We've all dealt with hate and we're going to teach you how to ignore it." He says 

My phone buzzes and I pick it up. I hear claws beating against the staircase then max comes flying into the room and jumps onto my lap, whining in joy and licking my face. "aww baby." I say smiling and petting him as he jumps around licking my face. 

"Mommy's okay honey. I feel really bad for scaring him." I pout as he lays down in my lap. They smile. I open my phone and see #welovearia and #welcomearia trending across almost every platform. I gape and look up at them, they smile. 

"We had a talk with our fans earlier while you were sleeping. They changed their tune pretty quick. A lot of them posted apologies. They want to see you aria, you even have a few fan pages popping up" Daniel smiles. 

"Everyone wants to see that beautiful face of yours. " Jack smiles. Daniel turns to him. "hey I was going to say that." Daniel says. I roll my eyes playfully and smile. I need to give this a proper trial and see where things go. 

My phone rings and I answer it. "Hello?" "Yes, this is she." "Really?!" "yes, yes I can start next tuesday" "thank you so much, have a great evening." Jack and daniel look at me knowingly and grin. "You got in?" Jack asks. "I got in!!" I scream. 

They run over and hug me then the other boys pull me into a big group hug. "This calls for celebration." Zach exclaims. I giggle and grin. "Lets do it. We can discuss this plan you guys have." I say getting up and walking into my closet, picking out a pair of black jeans and a striped shirt.