C'etait Toi (You Were The One)

by fluteprincess95

Instead of going out with his friends, Francis sits in a smoky bar with a glass if gin instead of his usual red wine. He can't stop thinking about his once love before she died two years ago. He thinks he can never move forward since she was the one. Song Featured: C'etait Toi (You Were The One) by Billy Joel

Hi Everyone! I came up with this while listening to it before my class and just began to write. I also tried to write in present tense. It was pretty hard at first but then it just flowed.
Character featured: Francis
Song: C'etait Toi (You Were The One) by Billy Joel
Lyrics are in Italics
Disclaimer: I own nothing

To say Francis was upset was an understatement. Right now he is sitting in a smoky bar in England wanting to have his once love back. But he knows it will not be since his love is dead.

He will never see her emerald eyes or her blond hair up like a librarian's.

The man still loves her and once swore to the woman that he will never love another. However he also knows the once promise has to be broken since it's been two years since her passing.

He asks the bar tender for a gin instead of a glass of wine. Francis then begins to talk to himself. It is more of a sing-song voice and startles the other people in the bar. He first speaks in English.

"Here I am again
In this smoky place
With my brandy eyes
I'm talking to myself
You were the one
You were the one
Here I go again
Looking for your face
And I realize
That I should look for someone else
But you were the one
You were the one
I'm looking for comfort
That I can take
From someone else
But after all
I know there is no one
That can save me from myself
You were the only one"

He wants the feeling of love. To love his one and only.

Everyone gapes at the man's face. They can see the emotion is his eyes and hear it in his voice.

Francis then sings in his native tongue French. The words flow flawlessly out of his mouth and into the bar. Everyone listens intently.

"Me revoici
Dans ce bar enfume
Avec mes yeux iures
Je me parle a moi meme
C'etait toi
C'etait toi
Me revoici
Cherchant ton visage
Et je realise
Que je devrais en chercher une autre
C'etait toi
You were the one
Je recherche l'affection
Qu'une autre pourrait me donner
Mais apres tout
Je sais qu'il n'y a personne
Personne qui puisse me sauver
Tu etais la seule"

They didn't understand him. They didn't need to. Francis knew this is what he needed to do. No matter how many times his lover hated it when he actually spoke his 'frog' language.

He says more but this time in English.

"I'm looking for comfort
That I can take
From someone else
But after all
I know there is no one
That can save me, save me from myself
You were the only one"

None of the people in the bar understood the amount of emotion this man was expressing. Only the Frenchman sitting at the bar counter understood the pain behind the words he just said.

Thanks for reading! I hoped you liked it and please review it would be appreciated.

Before I forget translation for the French part (from Google translate):
I am again
In this smoky bar
With my eyes I
I even talk to me
It was you
It was you I am again
Seeking your face
And I realized
Should I look for another
It was you
You were the one
I'm looking for affection
Another might give me
But after all
I know there is no one
One who can save me
You were the only