Chapter 12

At noon the next day, a disgruntled and tired Gil sat in his living room with the radio on, guitar on a stand, and Irish coffee on the table. He was waiting for Arthur to show up, so they could work on this stupid song.

The doorbell rang and Gil being lazy yelled "It's open!"

Arthur walked in with his case, shut the door behind him and walked over "You're a great host, lazy ass."

Gil shrugged "I'm tired, I don't care."

Arthur rolled his eyes and sat down next to him. "Any ideas?"

Gil shook his head "You have any punk rock songs that would have equal vocals that are both male?"

Arthur blinked. He didn't think that far ahead.

"What about...something not in our typical genre?"

Gil smirked "Yes, why don't we go sing some country? Lady Antebellum! Thompson Square!"

Arthur glared "No."

He went on "What about some nice pop? Come on, we can go rap and steal some auto tune!"

Arthur smacked him upside the head "Seriously!"

Gil pouted and rubbed his head "You know what I've found?! It's a guy and a girl , but totally equal!"

"What is it?" Arthur asked

" 'Anyone But You' by the Moldy Peaches."

Quite honestly, Arthur had never heard of it "Uh...?"

Gil smirked and played it. It was soft and slow, with really stupid lyrics. "Be careful, listen to it too much and it will be stuck in your head."

Arthur stared "Turn...it...off."

Gil laughed and turned it off. "So do you have any ideas!"

Arthur sighed, and the two of them spent the next few hours looking through song archives and their own knowledge.

Gil swore and leaned back "This sucks ass."

Arthur ran and hand through his hair "We need to leave soon."

Gil nodded "Just go, I'll come later."

"Have you looked at the clock? It's time for you to go on, smart boy!"

Gil looked at the time and blinked. "It's still a little early...we can go now, and you can play something still..."

Arthur nodded and he stood, leaving everything a mess on his coffee table.

"I parked behind you so...just go in my car."

Gil didn't argue. It would have made more sense to just go in separate cars so Arthur didn't have to drive back, but he went with it, sliding into the passenger seat.

It was probably the last time he let Arthur drive.

Swerving around a corner, Arthur blared the horn, fish tailed a little, and almost drove up the sidewalk.

"ROAD RAGE MUCH?!"

"SHUT UP YOU BLOODY GIT!"

Gil clung to his seat, hoping he got to the bar in one piece.

"No wonder your last car died!"

Parking the car, Arthur whacked him "Don't yell at your driver."

"THEN DON'T DRIVE LIKE A DRUNK!" he yelled, bailing out of the car

The blonde shook his head and very calmly got from the car, walking inside. Gil followed, sitting at the table.

On stage, Arthur started just one song, since he didn't have time to make a play list. His final song was 'All That I'm Asking For' by Lifehouse

"Gravity pulls and

We fall from the clouds

We prove to each other

That we're both human now

The time that we spent

Trying to make sense

Of it all

All that I'm asking for

Is that you need nothing more

And nothing comes in between

Our love and it's fragile, see

All that I'm asking for

You're all that I'm asking for

Now we walk together

Knowing where we've been

Knowing mistakes are being mistaken again

It's in the past tense

There is no making sense of it now

All that I'm asking for

Is that you need nothing more

And nothing comes in between

Our love and it's fragile, see

All that I'm asking for

You're all that I'm asking for

In the still of your hands

Anything can happen now

With every beat of my heart

Love speaks in silence

In the still of your hands

Anything is possible

With every beat of my heart

The time that we spent

Trying to make sense, of it all."

Gil smiled softly and listened to him. He liked how Lifehouse songs sounded when Arthur sung them. Thinking about it...he liked those songs to. Now, they could just find and agree to one song...and switch verses or something like that.

Arthur walked over, and Gil ran over to the stage, playing 'Second Chance' by Shinedown, and 'Gentleman' by Theory of a Deadman. He smiled, feeling the music. His last song was way different, so he switched to a slower song, then went to 'Hey There Delilah'. His final song was '1,2,3,4' by the Plain White T's.

"1-2-1-2-3-4

Give me more loving than I've ever had

Make it all better when I'm feeling sad

Tell me I'm special even when I know I'm not

Make it feel good when it hurts so bad

Barely get mad

I'm so glad I found you

I love being around you

You make it easy

It's as easy as 1-2-1-2-3-4

There's only

ONE thing (one)

TWO do (two)

THREE words (three)

FOUR you... (four)

(I love you) I love you

There's only

ONE way (one)

TWO say (two)

Those THREE words (three)

And that's what I'll do... (four)

(I love you) I love you

Give me more loving from the very start

Piece me back together when I fall apart

Tell me things you never even tell your closest friends

Make it feel good when it hurts so bad

The best that I've had

And I'm so glad I found you

I love being around you

You make it easy"

He played it for Arthur, smiling brightly, happy. When done, he jumped off the stage and went to join Arthur.

The Brit looked at him, smirked and growled "Get your guitar, we have work to do."

Gil shrugged, grabbed his guitar and went outside. "Don't kill me driving home."

Arthur laughed and pulled out, going speeding down the roads to Gil's house.

"Fucking madman..." Gil grumbled, getting out of the car.

Arthur grinned followed Gil inside, muttering "You haven't seen how mad I can be." Both their guitars still in the car.

AHAHA IM EVIL

Yes there is still not any awesome pruk yaoi

Next time~