Shame for us to part
Darren was training the Aquatic Maze when I was in Khledon Lurt, and I knew I could no longer use him as a human shield or an excuse when she came.
I looked down at the floor glumly as she stood beside me. "Hello, Arra."
"Hello, Larten." Arra said, looking up at me with her stormy grey eyes.
Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you, tell you I need you
Tell you I set you apart
The awkward silence was even more painful than if she yelled at me. I come back to my first Council in half a century, and still there is my heart-broken mate I left so long ago. My mate, who was still just as beautiful as I remembered her to be. And it was my fault. What was I to say? "Arra, take me back, I love you and I want you"? No, I could not say that.
"Larten, I-"she began.
"I am sorry." I interrupted in barely a whisper. But she heard. Tell me your secrets and ask me your questions
Oh, let's go back to the start
Running in circles, coming up tails
Heads on a science apart
"You're sorry?" She asked.
"For leaving all those years ago. I should not have." I said.
"You shouldn't be. You had to. You had to find yourself." She said, but even as she did I could see the hurt in her eyes. I knew her too well. Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh, take me back to the start
It was so much harder than I thought. Every nerve in my body screamed the feeling of guilt. I just keep hurting her and hurting her even more. I don't want to. I love her. I still love her. I was just guessing at numbers and figures
Pulling the puzzles apart
Questions of science, science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart
"Arra…" I began. I gulped back the nervous lump in my throat. "Arra, I love you. I always have and I always will."
This caught her off guard. I was never this straight forward. Even I was surprised. Tell me you love me, come back and haunt me
Oh what a rush to the start
Running in circles, chasing our tails
Coming back as we are
"Larten, this is fast. Maybe too fast. I need to think it through." She said.
Now hurt filled me as well, and we both stood there in awkward silence again. Back where we started. It was not the first time, too. Countless times, no matter what we did, we ended up as we are now. Countless times hearts broke and tears were shed. I could not put her through it again. Nobody said it was easy
Oh, it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard
I'm going back to the start
"I understand." I muttered. Her stormy eyes never left me as I turned from her and walked off. Each step seemed like an eternity more away from her. A shame for us to part like this. For us to come right back to the bitter beginning, again and again… Oh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ah ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Oh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Oh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
And now you guys know that I'm not entirely dead. I really liked doing this one. I love Coldplay, and I love the song. The lyrics really spoke to me when I heard them. They completely describe Larten and Arra's relationship to a T! Review, please!
Larten/Arra to Darren Shan
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