Just What I Needed

Just What I Needed (48)

“Yeah, right after the F6.”

Frowning Keely looked down at the guitar. “You sure?”

Rolling his eyes, Seth leaned over to where he'd propped his guitar case, pulling a black Gibson acoustic from the depths before turning to her, crossing his legs as he looked at her. “Yeah, of course I'm sure.” As if for effect, he played the bar she'd played just moments before, though switching to that minor chord.

Biting on the edge of her lip, she grinned slightly at him, wondering how long he had been listening to pick the bar by ear. “Well, you can't blame me, you were lifting from Neil Young when we were in the states.”

“I didn't know,” Seth retorted, a tiny scowl gracing his face.

Grinning fully now, Keely propped her elbow on top of her guitar, leaning her cheek against her hand. “Still counts, rock star.”

Not bothering to answer her, Seth just shook his head, leaning over his guitar to pick up the pen that was laid across the songbook situated between them. He scratched out her previous notes she'd scrawled out, scribbling down the new chords.

“... we're just breaking time,” Keely finished, fading out her voice as she looked across the space the songbook provided between them.

Seth finished playing the guitar track, shaking the neck of the guitar on the last chord to gain that wavering effect. For a moment he just looked back across at her, a slight frown appearing between his brows, in response Keely just bit the edge of her lip gently, sending him a questioning look. “Sing the last chorus again,” he ordered, beginning to play again.

Obediently she began singing, keeping her voice smooth for this one. It was a slower song than For You had been, that song had began with a slow guitar but the music had built power steadily as it moved along. The new song had a softer touch, making her think of acoustic guitars and only a tambourine with maybe a brushed snare, but keeping along the simple acoustic lines.

“Sing it again, but add another “breaking time” in at the end,” he told her.

Hauling in a deep breath, Keely began singing, looking at him evenly as she did so. There was already the darkening of a five o'clock shadow across his chin, his eyes were deep and focused as he played the bars again.

At that time they'd sorted through the music, but were still working on the lyrics, therefore she singing the ending chorus over and over again.

“And in the end, we're just breaking time, breaking time... Okay, good now?”

Blinking Seth looked back up at her. “For that part, but I was thinking about the second verse.”

“Guys-”

“Okay, how the hell did you two manage to find us?” Keely exclaimed, slightly frustrated as she looked to the side to see Marco and Colton making their way casually towards them. It was getting rather strange, it wasn't like the three boys had some internal compass that told them where the other was, no matter how close they were.

Seth sighed, letting his hand fall away from the sound hole, although his other hand kept it's grip on the neck even if his fingers fell away from the chords. “I told them where I was going, I was sent to look for you, remember?”

“Not until now,” she answered, arching her eyebrows at him.

He just grinned at her.

“You two are giving us whiplash, you know that, right?” asked Colton, eyeing them suspiciously when he and Marco pulled to a stop beside their perches on the wall.