This is Rikku's thoughts at the end of the game.  I've rewritten it a little bit, but still, MAJOR SPOILER!  This has nothing to do with any of my other stories.

Disclaimer: I don't own FF10 or Garth Brooks' song, "The Dance."

The Dance

Looking back on the memory of

The dance we shared 'neath the stars above

For a moment all the world was right

How could I have known that you'd ever say goodbye

            He'd held me so close, as if he would never let me go.  I'd cherished every breath, knowing his end would come soon.  And now I'm the one holding him as his heart slows.

And now I'm glad I didn't know

The way it all would end the way it all would go

Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain

But I'd of had to miss the dance

            The pyreflies are coming, coming to take him from me.  The tears are streaming freely.  I don't want to lose him.  I have to do something.

Holding you I held everything

For a moment wasn't I a king

But if I'd only known how the king would fall

Hey whose to say you know I might have changed it all

            His form is growing paler.  His russet eye seems slightly duller.  Gods, he's put his hands on my cheek.  My jaw is dropping at the words he tells me.

            "I love you."

And now I'm glad I didn't know

The way it all would end the way it all would go

Our lives are better left to chance I could have missed the pain

But I'd of had to miss the dance

            As the pyreflies are fading I whisper my reply.  "I love you."

Yes my life is better left to chance

I could have missed the pain

But I'd of had to miss the dance

*sniffs*  I just wanted to write something sweet.  If the lyrics sound wrong just remember that I copied them directly from the little book in my CD case.  Bye!