Free The Pearls by Michelle Farrell

that was behind those eyes. She was also angry with herself for wanting to know him.
    The next thing she knew , she was sitting on the couch with her guitar in hand, and the song, her song was just flowing out of her.
    Zoe was so lost in her song she didn’t notice Justine wake up and come out.
    Justine walked into the kitchen taking the water off the stove. The screaming kettle is what woke her. She sees Zoe’s cup and makes her tea for her, grabs a cup for herself and walked back out to the living room. Justine stood there with Zoe’s tea and her own in her hands. Justine has not heard the full song yet, this is the first time, and she can’t do anything but stand there and watch, the song is calling to her soul. Justine stood there for about 20 minutes, her emotions running all over the place. Zoe looked up then to see Justine standing there. Justine had the mugs in her hands and she was staring at the wall with tears streaming down her face.
    Zoe decided to play the song again . Maybe it would help Justine open up and talk. She started to play again and the song came out more powerful this time. She put all the feelings of last night and this morning into the beat. Right as she was finishing the song they both noticed the banging at the door. Justine quickly set the mugs on the coffee table and hurried to the bathroom. Zoe was left to answer the door.
    Zoe set the guitar back in its stand and went to the door. When she opened it she was shocked to see the man from the diner standing there. Then she remembered that he moved in right across the hall from them , the pull never went away last night and she got used to the feel of it. He looked like he just woke up. He was just in a pair of flannel pajama pants and his hair was all over the place. He looked so gorgeous to her. They sort of just stood there staring for a while.
    “Uh, hi can I help you?” Zoe asked him
    “Well umm, was that you playing?” He asked
    “Oh yah, sorry if I bothered you or woke you up, I just needed to play.” Zoe was confused why she was apologizing.
    “You didn’t bother me at all . I didn’t get a chance to introduce myself last night. My name is Kaiden.” He said holding out his hand
    “Oh , hi Kaiden, I’m Zoe and that’s Justine” Justine was walking back into the living room then.
    “Hey” Justine waved and sat down grabbing her mug.
    “Can you play that again for me please?” Kaiden asked
    Oh shit ! She thought, he wants her to play in front of him. “Umm I don’t really like to play in front of anyone” She told him
    “Please ? I just need to hear it again, I won’t look at you, I can turn my back or something, and I can go in another room, I just I need to hear it.” Those eyes pleading with her, begging her to play and for the first time in her life she caved to someone’s pleas.
    “Well come in then .” She told him looking at Justine who just had and open mouth shocked look on her face. Zoe looked at her shrugging her shoulder, trying to convey her confusion over the situation.
    Kaiden sat in the loveseat and Zoe grabbed her guitar and sat next to Justine on the sofa. Her hands were sweaty for the first time in a long time. She rubbed them off on her legs and got ready to play . She hesitates, feeling the need to explain the song first, something she has never ever done, not even after she wrote it.
    “This song doesn’t have a name, I just wrote it for a project at school , and well it’s everything in me, everything I can’t say and well that’s it.” What the hell is wrong with me? She thought
    Zoe close s her eyes, putting her hands in their places, and letting it flow. Keeping her eyes closed, she felt the song change, she opened her eyes, and found Kaiden’s staring into hers. She felt a longing for him deep in her soul and saw nothing but love in his eyes. And then she heard him. He was humming her song, like he has heard it before, like he knew it. Then she heard Justine humming it too.