The writing was hers, obviously. I had seen it so many times before. The way her letters flowed gracefully together, the way she dotted her I's and crossed her T's. I never realized how beautiful her writing was…until now.

Dear Ray,

I am very sorry. I don't want to hurt you. I really love you, you know I do, but I don't think we should go out any more. It's not you and it's not me. I just need some time for myself. I am really sorry Ray. Well gotta go. Bye.

All the love in the world,

Lily

P.S-I am truly sorry.

I stared for a moment at the paper in my hand. I tried to hold back the tears but I couldn't. Slowly one fell then another and another until I was sobbing. I couldn't even read the note through my tears.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw a blurry image. I hastily wiped my eyes and turned to look. It was a picture of Lily. She was playing her guitar, her hair was pulled back with a pink bandanna and she was smiling. That smile brought back so many memories. I remembered when I first asked her out. I stuttered and stammered, but I finally got it out.

"Lily, will you… umm… go out with me?"

"Yeah I would love to"

Then I remembered our first "official" date. I had arranged for a carriage to the lake and back. I laughed remembering it. It didn't turn out the way I had expected. We got to the carriage and I helped her up. Then I climbed up myself and sat down next to her. We traveled out to the lake and I helped her down and we sat there, not saying anything, just watching the sunset. On our way back the carriage got stuck and I being the gentleman got out and tried to help get it unstuck. I ended up falling flat on my face in the mud. But we got unstuck and since I didn't want to get Lily muddy too I put a blanket between us. When we got back to the carriage stop my parents weren't there yet so we sat and waited for them. It turned out that they didn't think we would be getting home so early so we waited two hours for them. We got a lot of time to talk. Then my parents finally showed up and we took her home. I walked her up to the front steps and said something I had been dying to tell her.

"Lily…I …I love you."

"I … I love you, too, Ray."

Then she kissed me. It wasn't a hard complicated kiss. It was a simple, unadulterated and pure. It was the most magical moment of my life. I wanted that one moment to last forever.

And now, now she was breaking up with me. I couldn't believe it. I was so confused. I looked back down at the paper in my hand. It had tear stains which blurred some of the words together. But I still knew what it said. I knew what it meant. The one person I truly loved was leaving me. The tears welled up again and this time I didn't hold them back. I let them fall. Each one releasing the pain and anguish I felt. I don't know how long I sat there crying. When I finally finished I stood up and let the letter float slowly to the ground. I picked my jacket up off the table and turned toward the door. As I was about to shut off the light I took one look back into "the underground". The tech booth, the table and the mics , the CD wall. All of it brought back so many memories.

"I am sure gonna miss this place"

AN: So, whaddya think?? Review please. Hope everyone liked it.