"Great! Nice shot Brandon!" Conner called out from his position on the field.
Brandon, a 12 year old student enrolled in the first ever McKnight soccer camp, had just scored a point against Jessica, a 16 year old student.
"Thanks Conner!" Brandon said running down the field with the others, trying to get the ball.
Conner checked his watch, his girlfriend knew he wasn't able to attend her concert but he wanted so bad to go.
That's when Conner spotted a black clad figure jogging onto the field.
"I can handle these kids, I think," Tommy Oliver smiled.
"Thanks Dr. O, I…wait you said I think?" Conner questioned.
"Depends, Joseph isn't around today is he?" Tommy laughed.
"Oh no he isn't." Conner replied as the kids noticed one by one Tommy.
"DR. O!" the teens screamed, running towards the ex-ranger.
"STOP!" Tommy commanded, each teen stopped on a dime.
"You can handle them," Conner replied starting to run off the field.
"Conner!" Tommy shouted, waiting for him to turn around before throwing the keys to his jeep at him, "You may want to take mine; you convertible had a flat tire."
"Thanks!" Conner said running off.
Kira looked out from behind the curtain, this being one of her smaller gigs made it easier for Kira to relax but it she was still nervous.
"You going to be okay Ms. Ford?" Hayley asked jokingly, trying to break some of the tension.
"Please Hayley, don't call me that." Kira groaned, leaning against the wall.
"Oh sorry I forgot, Ms. McKnight." Hayley joked, jumping out of the way of Kira's playful hit.
"Hey! That's not nice!" Kira said, completely forgetting about her nervousness.
"It worked didn't it? You're not as tense." Hayley offered.
"Oh I guess so, thanks." Kira replied, giving Hayley a slightly less tense smile.
"You'll be fine, you've done this before." Hayley said, giving Kira a slight hug, "You're on in ten okay?"
"Okay Hayley." Kira said, watching her leave.
It had only taken five minutes for Conner to wash up and change for Kira's concert; he was now within two minutes from the Cyber Café where Kira was singing.
"This is going to be sooo much fun!"
"No! I thought you had died in the car accident!"
"Nope! I went to go hide in Tommy's head, it's very roomy."
"I'll have to tell him that sometime."
"He already knows. I would've stayed longer but apparently his 'little voice' just came back from a life long vacation."
"Ha! To bad for you!"
"Oh
shut up!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"I'm going to leave…"
"NO! WAIT!"
"What?"
"Um…Oh! I'm thinking of a number…"
"Twenty."
"How'd you get that right."
"Idiot! You're my thought! A figment of my imagination! I know every little thing that you do or think! Wow I've totally lost it."
"So I'm not real?"
"NO!"
"Well fine! Go make up some other imagination man then!"
"I will! Maybe this one won't be so corny!"
"Hmph, I'm not talking to you."
"Yippee!"
"That's not nice!"
"Ha! You talked!
"I hate you."
"Story of my life."
"You are a selfish jerk!"
"Oh funny thing about that…Kira doesn't think that way anymore."
"Oh yeah you're right…I quit…I'm going to bed."
"Goodnight."
"Goodnight."
"Darn…I never go to bed at seven p.m."
"Thought so."
"Hmph."
"That's the best you can come up with?"
"Um…yeah?"
"Wow…that's the best you can come up with?"
"Um…yeah?"
"THIS IS SO MUCH FUN!"
"Yeah, this is getting boring so I'm leaving."
"Why didn't you do that sooner?"
"Um…yeah?"
"Do I need to remind you about the Wizard of Oz?"
"PLEASE DON'T GO THERE!"
"Then leave me alone!"
"Okay…"
"You're not gone…"
"DANG IT!"
"Okay…bozo…listen up…"
"Bozo…where'd you get Bozo?"
"Well I you never told me your name so…"
"Oh…"
"Well?"
"Well what?"
"TELL ME YOUR NAME!"
"OH, well…people call me Mer."
"Mer?"
"Yes Mer…you know short for…"
"Short for?"
"Do I really need to say it?"
"Yes!"
"Well, um…mynameisWilmer."
"Your name is what? I'm afraid I didn't catch that…"
"Oh do I really need to spell it too?"
"How bout' you say it slowly then spell it."
"FINE! My…name…is…Wilmer…W-I-L-M-E-R."
"Wilmer…what kind of name is that?"
"My name!"
"Whatever you say…"
Conner was able to push himself to the stage just before Kira got on to play.
"Hey, thanks for coming out. As usual it means a lot to me to see I have fans anywhere I go. I hope you'll have fun tonight…if not you can take it up with my boyfriend Conner McKnight." Kira said into the microphone; just noticing Conner.
"Well my first song is called Standing Outside the Fire, I hope you like it." Kira grinned happily once the crowed settled down and Conner was thoroughly bruised from all the pats on the back he had gotten in five seconds.
We
call them cool
Those hearts that have no scars to show
The
ones that never do let go
And risk the tables being turned
We
call them fools
Who have to dance within the flame
Who chance
the sorrow and the shame
That always comes with getting burned
But you've got to be tough when consumed by desire
'Cause
it's not enough just to stand outside the fire
We call them
strong
Those who can face this world alone
Who seem to get by
on their own
Those who will never take the fall
We call
them weak
Who are unable to resist
The slightest chance love
might exist
And for that forsake it all
They're so
hell-bent on giving ,walking a wire
Convinced it's not living if
you stand outside the fire
Standing outside the fire
Standing outside the fire
Life is not tried, it is merely
survived
If you're standing outside the fire
There's this
love that is burning
Deep in my soul
Constantly yearning to
get out of control
Wanting to fly higher and higher
I can't
abide
Standing outside the fire
Standing outside the fire
Standing outside the fire
Life is not tried, it is merely
survived
If you're standing outside the fire
Standing
outside the fire
Standing outside the fire
Life is not tried,
it is merely survived
If you're standing outside the fire
"Well this last song is a special song that I wrote just for Conner." Kira stated, knowing Conner would hate her in the morning.
If
the heart is always searching,
Can you ever find a home?
I've
been looking for that someone,
I'll never make it on my own.
Dreams can't take the place of loving you,
There's gotta be a
million reasons why it's true
When you look me in the eyes,
And tell me that you love me.
Everything's alright,
When
you're right here by my side.
When you look me in the eyes,
I
catch a glimpse of heaven.
I find my paradise,
When you look
me in the eyes.
How long will I be waiting,
To be with
you again
Gonna tell you that I love you,
In the best way
that I can.
I can't take a day without you here,
You're the
light that makes my darkness disappear.
When you look me in
the eyes,
And tell me that you love me.
Everything's alright,
When you're right here by my side.
When you look me in the
eyes,
I catch a glimpse of heaven.
I find my paradise,
When
you look me in the eyes.
More and more, I start to realize,
I can reach my tomorrow,
I can hold my head high,
And
it's all because you're by my side.
When you look me in the
eyes,
And tell me that you love me.
Everything's alright,
When you're right here by my side.
When I hold you in my
arms
I know that it's forever
I just gotta let you know
I
never wanna let you go
When you look me in the eyes.
And
tell me that you love me.
Everything's alright,
When you're
right here by my side.
When you look me in the eyes,
I catch
a glimpse of heaven.
I find my paradise,
When you look me in
the eyes.
Oh
"Well as always you did wonderful." Hayley said walking up to Kira after her show.
"Yeah, it was fun." Kira grinned, slinging her guitar over her shoulder.
"Well I'm going to lock up." Hayley smiled, she loved having Kira doing shows at Cyberspace. She was one of the few performers who would actually be kind to her.
"Okay, see ya." Kira said walking out to the usual crowd of fans surrounding the door. As the crowd parted to let her walk through, Kira saw the one thing that made her glad to have stayed in Reefside. Leaning against what looked like an almost crimson convertible in the darkness stood Conner, his head bent over his cell phone. With the breeze that had begun not that long ago, Conner's hair blew back from his face as he frowned at his phone. It wasn't long till Conner noticed Kira standing fifteen feet infront of him. Tucking his phone in his pocket Conner walked over to Kira.
"Hey," Conner said grinning.
"Hey youself." Kira chuckled while someone in the crowd whistled.
"Oh shut up!" Conner called out before kissing Kira on the cheek.
"I missed you too." Kira shook her head jokingly.
"Come on before they throw rotten eggs at us." Conner sighed.
"Okay," Kira said walking off to her own car.