Can We Fall One More Time? (Sequel To Gotta Be You)

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I sat in the living room, working on another new song, while Liam was in the shower. 

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It's all on the table
I'm young and I'm able, uh-huh
Driving your mustang
I'm dumb and I'm trusting, uh-huh
Someone please stop me
The shadows can't catch me, uh-huh
We take our naive, it's floating like leaves

Caught up in cages, and minimum wages, uh-huh
Our love, loss, and sorrow, we'll see you tomorrow, uh-huh
Who needs a tight rope when walking on new hope, uh-huh
Can always believe with a dream up your sleeve

So come here, come here
Come here, come here
Stay with me 'til dawn
So come here, come here
Come here, come here
We're both already on

Oh, American Dreamer
Like zeppelins we're up, we're up in the clouds
American Dreamer
We dream and we won't be here for long

When everything's hopeless, you follow a compass, uh-huh
I'll use what you give me, like kites when it's windy, uh-huh
And heroes get boring, it's part of their glory, uh-huh
You can't let it get you halfway when I met you, uh-huh

So come here, come here
Come here, come here
Stay with me 'til dawn
So come here, come here
Come here, come here
We're both already on

Oh, American Dreamer
Like zeppelins we're up, we're up in the clouds
American Dreamer
We dream and we won't be here for long

Tide is high but I'm holding on
Water will rise but we're not sailing home
Tide is high, I'm holding on
The sun's coming up but our night's still young

So come here, come here
Come here, come here
Stay with me 
So come here, come here
Come here, come here
We're both already on

Oh, American Dreamer
Like zeppelins we're up, we're up in the clouds
American Dreamer
We dream and we won't be here for long

Here for long

We won't be here for long

I opened my eyes, finding Liam standing there watching me "Hi"

He smiled "New song?"

I nodded. 

"Have I ever told you that I could spend the rest of my life watching you sing?"

I set the guitar down "That seems like a good way to get bored"

"You don't know what it's like to watch you get lost in a song; whether it's yours or someone else" he sat down beside me "Music has always been your escape from everything, and I remember how in school you'd basically walk around with headphones permanently attached to your head"

"It was the only way I could make it through most days"

"I remember" he pulled me closer to him "I also remember how your music collection went from Elvis Costello, to Creed, to Marilyn Manson, to The Cure, to Disney soundtracks" he chuckled "Rock may be your favorite type of music, but it doesn't matter what the genre is, if you connect with it somehow, that's all that mattered to you"

I smiled "You and Declan were the only ones who understood just how much music meant to me"

"And how much it still does"

Krueger surprised us both as he jumped on the couch, putting his head in Liam's lap.

Liam sighed "I guess I live here now"

I stood "I guess that means I get the bed all to myself"

"Gracie, don't you dare leave me here"

I stretched my shoulders back and yawned "I'm just so tired"

"Gracie!"

When I reached the bedroom, I jumped on the bed "Krueger!"

It took a moment, but I heard his paws on the floor and he jumped up on the bed with me. 

Liam slowly walked in, making at face at the fact that Krueger was curled up on his side of the bed "How is this fair?"

I curled up with Krueger, who licked my face.

Liam leaned down close to Krueger "I see the game you're playing"

"And what game is that?" I asked.

He shook his head "That dog is trying push me out of your life"

"I love how you say that, when last night he was following you around and giving you so many kisses" I moved over and patted the seat beside me "Come on, Krueger"

He moved over and Liam sat down on the bed, still unable to lay down completely "Why are you going to bed so early anyway?"

"I just feel like it"

"Did you take your medicine?"

"Yes, right before you hopped in the shower"

He smiled and got in bed the best he could "I may be pushed to the edge of my own bed, but if all the nights could end like this, I'd be a happy man"

"Are you not already happy"

"You know exactly what I mean"

Going to bed with Liam was one of my favorite parts of the day, especially since I always felt safe as soon as he wrapped his arms around me.

His snoring may be ridiculous, but this was exactly where I wanted to be.