Disclaimer: I really have lost new ways to say I'm not Stephenie Meyer

Disclaimer Deuce: Sometimes we fall, some times we fail, but those strong among us must live and learn.

Mike's POV

Maine. I'd never been here but here we were. I walked in to the Cullen house leaving my bags on the porch.

"Come in Michael, it's so good to see you." Carlisle said with a genuine smile. I smiled back. As much as I found myself disliking the Cullens Esme and Carlisle I could never bring myself to dislike. Alice raced by me and embraced Jasper. I felt something in my throat. I was why Jasper came. Alice was scared to death for him but he did that for me. I'm sorry Jasper. I thought to myself. Jasper reached out to my touching me on the shoulder feeling my emotion. Alice hugged me haphazardly. I wrapped my arms around her awkwardly. She was the first hug I'd received in months. Something about the way she assumed I wanted a hug and didn't ask was comforting, even if I didn't want one. I wanted to play my song and leave. I wanted Jasper's help too, which is specifically why I wanted to play here.

"Jasper, do you have a music room?" I asked. He smiled and nodded, apparently it wasn't an odd request.

"Yes, right over this way."

"What do you have in mind?" Embry asked. I stopped short and beckoned Adrian to follow us. He was standing outside awkwardly. He followed us in to the room.

"He play something?" Jasper asked.

"Yeah, Bass." Adrian answered.

"Ahh... okay."

"So what are we playing?" Jasper asked as he closed the door behind Adrian. In life we fall and fail. But life isn't judged by our failures, it's judged by how we live and learn.

"Live and Learn, Crush 40." I called. Embry snicked. As he pulled on an electric guitar.

"Do you think you can keep up Embry?" I said taunting him.

"Can you?" He countered. I sat behind the drum set hitting everything a couple of times to get a feel for it.

"Any time you're ready Jasper." he nodded and started the song with groan of his electric guitar.

"Can you feel life
Moving through your mind?
Ooooooooh,
Looks like it came back for more
Yeah...
Can you feel time
Slippin' down your spine?
Ooooooooh,
You try and try to ignore
Yeah,

But you can hardly swallow
Your fears and pain
When you can't help but follow
It puts you right back where you came

Live and learn!
Hanging on to the edge of tomorrow
Live and learn!
From the works of yesterday
Live and learn!
If you beg or if you borrow
Live and learn!
You may never find your way

WHAAAAAOOOHHH, oh, oh, yeah.

Can you feel life
Tangle you up inside?
Yeah,
Now you're face down on the floor!
Oh,

But you can't save your sorrow
You've paid in trade
When you can't help but follow!
It puts you right back where you came

Live and learn!
Hanging on the edge of tomorrow
Live and learn!
From the works of yesterday
Live and learn!
If you beg or if you borrow
Live and learn!
You may never find your way

Whoa, whoa, oh yeah!

There's a face searchin' far, so far and wide.
There's a place where you dreamed you'd never find.
Hold on to what if!

Live and learn!
Hanging on the edge of tomorrow
Live and learn!
From the works of yesterday
Live and learn!
If you beg or if you borrow
Live and learn!
You may never find your way

Live and learn!
Hanging on the edge of tomorrow
Live and learn!
From the works of yesterday
Live and learn!
If you beg or if you borrow
Live and learn!
You may never find your way!

Live and learn!
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Live and learn!
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah." I stood up from behind the drum set. I turned my attention to Jasper.

"It was nice to see you, thank you for bringing me back, but now I have somewhere I must be." I said. Jasper frowned.

"So soon?" He asked. The door opened and Tanya came in the room.

"Yes, it looks like it's time for me to leave." I said passing by Tanya.

"Mike." she said not quite touching me.

"I'm sorry Tanya... I just can't. Not now." I said passing her.

"Where are you going." I made a noise.

"How about you find me?" I said as a challenge.

And so starts the story "Live and Learn" this story is going to be a lot of work for me and a good warm up since it will have about six major POVs I hope you all enjoy the show. Thanks for reading and reviewing, remember to leave high fives, knucks, comments, questions, rolls of twenty dollar bills, and concerns in the review section. Catch you on the flipside, Fireproof