Can't Shake This Feeling

by AvidDavidCookFan

In the summer of 2006, Bartender and musician David Cook met the love of his life and lost her. Will he be able to fix everything? Or will it be too late?

1. Prologue

I can't shake this feeling (DC/OC)

Three years. That's how long it had been since I'd seen him. I could still remember everything; the plaid shirts he liked to wear, the way his hair fell so perfectly across his forehead, his endearing crooked grin. But the thing I remember most is the way it felt when he held me. Our time together was short, but we promised we would never forget it. The day I left Tulsa would be forever engraved in my mind as the worst day of my life. I remember driving back to Colorado, my eyes clouded with tears, and I remember thinking that if I didn't stop crying I would never make it back.

At least not alive.

I remember the emptiness I felt in the days that followed. I was alone, tangled in a web of depression that I desperately hoped would loosen its grip on me. Until that moment happened, nothing could make it better. I contemplated going back, but never followed through. That would only make me look desperate. Then one day, everything changed. Finally, I knew what to do. I had to tell myself that I was never going to see David Roland Cook again.