Thanks to all my friends.

This is: It Ends Tonight by The All-American Rejects.

Your subtleties
They strangle me
I can't explain myself at all.
And all the wants
And all the needs
All I don't want to need at all.

Why does she have to be so beautiful? The way she mocks me when she wins and I yet again lose. She's not even aware of how beautiful she is. She's oblivious to how much I just want to grab her and kiss her. I find myself tripping over my words around her. I can't even explain myself to her.

The walls start breathing
My mind's unweaving
Maybe it's best you leave me alone.
A weight is lifted
On this evening
I give the final blow.

Sometimes I wish she could just leave me alone, give me time to recuperate and yet I can't bear to be out of her presence. I have to control myself when she's around. It's getting harder and harder to push down the feelings I have for her. I have to treat her gently or risk losing her. Sometimes I think I'm going to go crazy from holding it all in.

When darkness turns to light,
It ends tonight
It ends tonight.

When I finally tell her it'll be over. It'll be done. When being alone becomes being together. Maybe I should tell her tonight?

A falling star
Least I fall alone.
I can't explain what you can't explain.
You're finding things that you didn't know
I look at you with such disdain

I'm falling so deeply in love with her, I can't help it. Sometimes I feel like she already knows that I like her and she's just playing with my emotions, somehow I don't think she'd do that. I'll tell her soon, I can't keep it in for too much longer. I know she notices things like when she snapped out of that trance that Arachne put her under. I almost told her that I loved her. Or when she was passed out from the Reaper I unleashed, when I kissed her. Sometimes I'm so mad at her, why is she so oblivious?

The walls start breathing
My mind's unweaving
Maybe it's best you leave me alone.
A weight is lifted
On this evening
I give the final blow.

I'm standing outside her door, almost ready to go in and tell her. I've got my hand on her doorknob. Zeus even from here I can smell the smell of her soap. Why even when I'd like a break from her she occupies my thoughts? Can't she learn to take a break and let me win once? Great now I'm yelling at her inside my own head, like she can hear me. Come on Archie, it'll be easy, go in tell her, maybe kiss and then it'll all be over.

When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.
Just a little insight won't make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.

Actually I can't just tell her that I li—love her. I'll need proof. I have to show her that I really care for her, that I love her the way she is. I love Atlanta for being Atlanta, even with all her studying and the fact that she teases me, I love her for the way she runs, and the way she never lets anyone win willingly. I love her stubbornness, I love her competitiveness and I even love her for being so damn oblivious. Zeus, I love everything about Atlanta. It's too late to bother trying to deny it.

Now I'm on my own side
It's better than being on your side
It's my fault when you're blind
It's better that I see it through your eyes

I'm still outside her door, at least out here I can think clearly, well clearer than I could if I was in her room. It's probably my fault she's so oblivious to my feelings I haven't exactly been the most out coming about it. I almost wish I could see her eyes say that she loves me too.

All these thoughts locked inside
Now you're the first to know

All these thoughts bouncing around my head aren't going to help me tell her. Suck it up Archie and quit being a dork. I lift my hand to knock before entering; one of my hands is already slightly twisting the doorknob. Atlanta's going to be the first to know that I love her. Zeus above, I love her beyond all words.

When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.
Just a little insight won't make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight,
It ends

It will all be over, I steel myself to do this, there is no way I'm not going to do it. Archie on one… two… three…

When darkness turns to light
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.
Just a little insight won't make this right
It's too late to fight
It ends tonight,
It ends tonight.

My legs won't move, I feel like they weigh a billion pounds. My fist is frozen in the air, almost waiting to come down on the wood in a firm knock. Archie you have to tell her now! I tell myself, screaming at myself in my mind. It will only take a few minutes! Now Archie!

Tonight
Insight
When darkness turns to light,
It ends tonight.

"What are you doing outside my door Archie?" a voice asks, a very familiar one. One I could listen to all day. It's Atlanta's voice.

"Oh I was just coming to…" I try to force out the words, 'I love you.' Instead I swallow and continue, "I was asking to see if you wanted to come for a run."

"Sure," Atlanta readily agrees, "Just let me change."

"Ok," I mumble, once she's closed her bedroom door I walk to the nearest wall, repeatedly hitting my head against it. So close and yet… so far.