Brex just shook his head but a light smiled continued to tug at his lips. This kid was something else and honestly Brex was here for it. “Not as much in the way you did it. I mean you certainly caught me off guard.”
Brex shrugged when Jasper said that ups and downs were good for stories. “But are colossal down falls?” I mumbled under his breath. “Maybe but my life wont make a good story there is too much to it for that I promise that.” Brex could tell Jasper was curious and wanted more but honestly Brex wasnt sure he was really ready to give more. At least not right now if he shared much more his demons would definitely come out of the closet and he didnt know how that would go.
The mood quickly picked back up again when Jasper spoke about how he could play much more than just drums. The soft smile returned to Brex’s face. “Well you know my favorite but piano is not something Ive honestly put much effort towards trying. Seems fun but not something I spent a lot of time around. I know some basics from when we had a keyboardist for a year but not too much beyond that. I was picking it up pretty fast though.” Brex nodded honestly kind of pleased that this guy had stumbled into him tuning his guitar. “You and drums are like me and bass.” Brex commented as he nodded thinking about it all. “I love the feel of the baseline in your chest its just so strong and calming. Makes you forget about all your nerves and lets you just focus on the music,” again Brex was talking without thinking about what was coming out of his mouth at all. This seemed to happen a lot around this guy and honestly he didnt know how he felt about that.
Brex was lost trying to keep himself from spiraling about being so randomly open with this guy for no reason. This wasnt like Brex he has ten foot tall walls built around him and he made people work so hard to get in they usually gave up and left but this kid it just was different. Something about him it just clicked with Jasper and he couldnt figure out why. Jasper’s enthusiasm knocked him back to reality and what Jasper was saying. “Honestly yeah it probably will be especially if my roommate doesnt appreciate me playing in the room.” Brex nodded and tugged on his sleeves a bit again.
Brex nodded when Jasper seemed shocked that he had been thrown in as back up more than once by age eight. “Yeah I mean my dad is really famous so I was kind of drilled in music pretty early and my mom was in the band with him until she got pregnant with me.” he admitted as he nodded and thought about it all. “It was an experience I cant say it would be something I would choose if I had been my dad but it was what he went with and it definitely was unique.” Brex was trying to choose his words carefully and make sure he didnt say too much. He just kept hoping that when Jasper found out who he was that all of his dirty laundry wouldnt be immediately aired. Brex wanted to tell him in his own time if they kept talking and got closer.
Brex listened to Jasper give him the general run down of the speech from last year and sighed. “Yeah that sounds bloody mind numbing. Would have either fallen asleep in it or walked out anyway it seems.” Brex was not in any way upset that he missed it especially if thats what it was about and especially because he met Jasper instead which was a good surprise.
Brex was honestly excited to get to do this with someone much closer to his age than he usually would play with. “What all do I need to bring. Is there an amp in there? If so I can just bring my instruments or even my acoustic?” Brex asked as he walked back to his room and let Jasper follow in behind him. It wasnt fully organized but Brex had all of his instruments displayed and hung on one of the wall. Well all except his bass his bass was on a stand at the foot of his bed the case for it sitting open on his bead. The instrument didnt look like what anyone would expect him to play. Both his acoustic and electric guitar were both just simple his electric was black and a bit beat up and had various stickers stuck to it. His acoustic was also black but it had a rib cage on it. In contrast his bass was extremely different and didnt look like it even belonged to him. It was covered in a floral nature motif and had all kind of moths and butterflies on it. The only thing that made it seem even slightly like his guitars was that the background was black this was set of by the ornate brown leather strap with floral embossed in it. The strap was warn and so was the base but it was incredibly well taken care of. “What should I bring with?”
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