A/n I thought about doing a Brad drabble but then this one popped in my head while I was listening to the song. I own nothing but the story idea btw...thanks to everyone who has reviewed..you are the best!...I hope that you enjoy!...
"Fallen Angel" By Frankie Valli (off Jersey Boys soundtrack)
4 months ago…
It had been three years since the Miss Teenage Hairspray Pageant. Corny was still hosting the show and Amber was working at the station as a midday newscaster. She owned the house she grew up in for Velma left it to her when she went to jail. It had also been three years since Corny first told Amber that he loved her and she had admitted that she loved him as well. Everyone from the show had gone to dinner and Amber had asked Corny for a ride home. Parked outside her house Corny turned and gazed into her sparkling blue eyes.
"Amber, I can't hold onto this any longer. I love you. I think I have since the first day we met" he told her.
She looked at him wide eyed. "Do you mean it" she asked.
"Of course I do Amber" he answered.
She stared into his deep blue eyes for a few minutes discerning if they were serious or joking.
"Oh Corny you do mean it. I love you too" she said. He smiled as he pulled her into their first kiss.
They had decided to take things slow because she was still under 18 and he was the host of the hottest dance show in Baltimore. They didn't want rumors and gossip growing up around them. Eventually Amber turned 18 and their relationship only grew. Corny even gave her a key to his house if she ever wanted to stay over.
Tammy and IQ saw them one day in Corny's car outside the studio in a passionate embrace and from then on their relationship was no longer a secret. Corny thought that by being public things would be easier, no more sneaking around, but after their relationship was publicized Amber grew more distant. She started making excuses when they were supposed to have dinner. He saw her at the studio but she would avoid him and say that she had to be in makeup or her boss needed her. One day Corny walked in his house arms full of groceries. He walked into the kitchen and saw a note on the counter. He put down the groceries and picked up the note. The moment he read it he had to sit down. His eyes looked over the words again.
Dear Corny,
I can't do this anymore. We don't have fun like we used to. I've found another man who brings excitement into my life. I'm sorry. I will always love you.
Amber
Corny let the note slip from his hand. Anger welled up inside of him as tears stung his eyes.
"So she has been cheating" he said to the empty house.
He felt so hurt that this woman whom he had loved for years and wanted to marry some day would go behind his back with someone else. He ripped up the note and threw it in the trash. Days passed and he hoped that Amber would realize her mistake and come back. Yet as each day passed he found himself alone without a hint of her. She had left some clothes in the spare bedroom. They smelled of her, a combination of hairspray and flowers. Corny would grasp her pink dress from her first day on the show and sit with it for hours.
Now four months had passed. Corny didn't feel so hurt inside. Beer had helped to numb his pain. He thought that he finally understood what happened.
One night he was watching "The Maltese Falcon". This was the first movie he and Amber had watched after they had gotten together. He cooked dinner and then they popped some popcorn and watched it curled up on the couch. Corny had half a bowl of popcorn besides him but it wasn't the same without her. He heard a door open but assumed it was in the movie. He didn't realize it was his door until he heard her voice.
"Corny" she asked.
He thought at first it must have been a dream until he heard footsteps and saw her standing in front of him. He turned the television off as he gazed upon her face for the first time in months. Her cerulean eyes looked sad and she was holding a handkerchief tightly in her hands as she did anytime she was nervous or scared.
"Amber what are you doing here" he asked.
"I'm so sorry Corny" she blurted out.
"I know that you must hate me but at the time I left I wasn't thinking straight. I thought that all the excitement and mystery had gone out of our relationship and Bill, the new newscaster that I worked with could give that to me and that's what I wanted. But I was wrong. I now know that I need stability and tenderness, two things Bill will never give me. You can. So I broke it off with him and I am hoping that one day you could possibly forgive me" she added.
Corny gazed into her eyes. After a few minutes he walked over to her. Amber thought that he was going to tell her to leave. Tears started flowing down her cheeks. Instead he gently wiped away her tears with his thumbs and kissed her lips hungrily.
"I have spent many nights wondering why you left but I've come to realize that you had to discover for yourself that this is what you wanted. Most of our relationship we had to hide and it became so that we didn't know how to just be a couple without the thrill and mystery of keeping it a secret. I've known since the day that I met you that you are all I ever wanted and will ever need and I'don't care if people know how much I love you" Corny told her.
"I love you too Corny and you are all that I ever will want or need. I know that now"
"Just keep it that way" he said.
Amber smiled as he captured her lips again in a passionate kiss. They spent the rest of the night in each others arms, not wanting to ever let go.
Lyrics that inspired me:
You're home again, I'm glad you kept the key
Been waiting here, it seemed a million years to me
But hush now I know you're all cried out
It's all right inside, I've had no doubt
About your love for me
I can see behind the tears
I'm certain of the way we feel
And given time the hurt will heal
I need you, I think I always will
From time to time you play around
But I love you still
You tried them all, at ev'rybody's beck and call
Maybe you resist them all
When I tell you how I missed you
Fallen angel, I'll forgive you anything
You can't help the things you do
Home again so won't you close the door
Stay here with me and
We'll forget what's gone before
Just hold me tight
Our love is gonna make it right
Put shadows way beyond recall
The ghost has almost gone
Fallen angel, I'll forgive you anything
You can't help the things you do
