Disclaimer: I own none of these characters or the song.

ANYTHING BUT MINE

Don flipped stations on the radio while stuck in traffic. "Does anyone actually play music these days ?" he thought to himself. Finally he finds some music . . .

Walking along beneath the lights of that miracle mile
Me and Mary making our way into the night
You can hear the cries from the carnival rides, the pinball bells and the skee-ball slides
Watching the summer sun fall out of sight
There is a warm wind coming in, off of the ocean
Making its way past the hotel walls to fill the street
Mary is holding both her shoes in her hand says she likes to feel the sand beneath her feet

And in the morning I'm leaving, making my way back to Cleveland
So tonight I hope that I will do just fine
And I don't see how you could ever be anything but mine

The song gently reminds him of the time he took Terry to the beach while they were dating at Quantico. He remembered how beautiful she looked as they walked along the beach holding hands. For once, she wore her hair down and the wind gently blew it around her shoulders.

There is a local band playing at the seaside pavilion
And I have just enough cash to get us in
As we are dancing, Mary is wrapping her arms around me
And I can feel the sting of summer on my skin
And in the midst of the music, I tell her I love her and we both laugh cause we know it isn't true
Ah, but Mary there is a summer drawing to an end tonight
And there's so much I long to do to you

But in the morning I'm leaving, making my way back to Cleveland
So tonight I hope that I will do just fine
And I don't see how you could ever be anything but mine

Don also recalled that they had danced on the beach listening to some band playing in a bar. He really missed holding Terry in his arms. It was shortly around that trip to the beach that they had broken up. They agreed that their careers came first, but Don wondered if they could have made it work.

But in the morning I'm leaving, making my way back to Cleveland
So tonight I hope that I will do just fine
And I don't see how you could ever be anything but mine

As the song came to an end, Don realized that he still thought of Terry as his. Now he just had to figure out if she felt the same.

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