Music From my Heart

Chapter 8

That was the first night I went to sleep in the dark. I still had a lot of nightmares but slept all night. I woke up to look at Axel still asleep. His whole body was stretched out. He didn't even wake up from his phone going off. He kept his arm around me all night. I smiled a little and slumped back down on his chest. I listened to his heartbeat again. Axel moved a bit when he woke up, and I looked up at him smiling.
"Good morning, Angel," he said yawning.
"Morning," I said. "Your phone was going off earlier."
He slowly moved and removed his arm from around me. I watched as he walked to his phone. He sighed rubbing the back of his neck when he seen who it was.
"I'll be back Angel," he said then went to the hall.
I laid in the bed waiting for him. I was curious about who was on the phone with. It took him a little while before coming back into the room. He came back looking a bit stressed out now.
"Whats going on?" I asked him worried a little.
"It's only about the band," he said leading against the wall looking at me. "I might not be able to hang out with you today or tomorrow."
"It's alright," I said looking down at the blanket I had wrapped around me.
A silence covered the room. I stared at the blanket as he looked down at his feet. His hair covered his face so I couldn't tell what his expression was.
"Axel," I said softly looking at him now. "I'm not upset. We can hang out another time."

"I promise to go sight seeing with you after the concert," he promised, lifting his head giving me a soft smile. I couldn't help but give a slight smile back. It makes me a little happy that he is doing this for me.

"Thank you," I said smiling a little.

He smiled at me and walked over began petting me hair. "I'll be back later tonight," he said looking at me.

"You have to go right now?" I asked him.

"Yes, I'm sorry," he said with sincerity. He turned back and threw his jacket over his shoulder. He waved as he left me in a silent room. I looked at the time and seen it said 8:00 p.m. I sighed and pulled the covers over, laying on my side. I waited before taking a shower and getting ready for bed. I grabbed my guitar and began playing a little. I was humming along to the notes as I played it. Ever note came out smoothly. After a while a worker came into the room told me stop playing. I decided to take a shower then seeing it was 9:15 p.m.

After my shower I laid in bed and fell asleep at 10:45 p.m. I slept for a few hours. Axel was trying to come into the room as silent as possible to not wake me. I woke up and looked at the time as I sat up. 2:09 a.m. was flashing.

"Axel," I groaned a little sleepily.

"Just go back to sleep, Angel," he whispered.

"You're really late," I looked at him best I could in the room plunged in darkness. I gently tapped my lamp to turn it on. I seen him in a different outfit than he left. I seen he was holding something in his hand tightly. A chain with a gold heart locket on the end. Did he go out to see a girl and lied about it? "What's that?" I asked pointing to the locket.

"Oh its nothing," he moved it to his back pocket trying to hide it.

"I seen it so no need to hide it," I said looking at him now a little upset. Am I actually getting jealous?

"It was a gift from a fan," he said quietly. I couldn't believe him at the moment thinking it must have been a practice that he went to. "It was an autograph signing they needed me to go to."

I nodded. It seemed a little more normal that it was a signing that a fan gave him something. He sat on the bed next to me and put the locket on me. I looked down at it. He went into the bathroom to take a shower. I opened the locket and seen a photo of him preforming. It was obviously taken by a professional photographer and took off the internet. The photo was a little faded, guessing the printer was running out of ink. I closed the locket and laid back down into the bed. A thought crossed my mind; the beds here are more comfortable than the ones back in the foster home. I began getting close to falling asleep before Axel came out of the bathroom. I looked at him and quickly looked away when I noticed he was shirtless. I was blushing deeply. Suddenly I felt his hand on the blanket over my side. He made me roll to my back.

He began laughing when he seen me. "What!" I said quickly, embarrassed.

"You look cute when you blush," he said smiling and still laughing.

"Shut up, Axel," I tugged the blankets back over my head again. He gently shook me.

"Im sorry, Angel," he said stopping his laugh. "I didn't mean to embarrass you."

"You did!" I pouted like a little kid.

He gave a small laughed and moved the covers to see my head. He smiled at me softly. I couldn't help but smile back at him. His smile was soft and sweet. It gave me a shiver down my spine; that was the first time that happened.

Soon he stood up straight not smiling anymore. "Go on to sleep, Angel," he said heading back to the bathroom. I turned to my side away from the bathroom and turned off my lamp. The only light now was the bathroom light. Once he was done and turned off turned to my side facing his bed.

"Axel....." I said slightly nervous.

"Yea?" he said sleepily.

"Never mind," I said softly.

He turned to face me. "What is it?" he whispered sleepily.

"C-can I lay w-with you?" I said nervously blushing.

"Scared?" he asked in a soft whispering showing his concern.

"Uh-huh," I hummed nodding a little even though I know he won't see me.

"Come on," he said and I could hear the springs in the mattress and the blankets ruffle as he scooted over. I walked slowly over to his bed and laid next to him. I felt his presence. "I told you back home you can if you needed to." He wrapped his arms around me gently. I scooted closer and buried my face into his chest and could smell the slight bit left from his cologne. I fell asleep in his embrace.