Remember the Past

by LeafxGreenx3

Six years had gone by. Six years since he had the surgery, and six years since she left him. She planned they would never meet again, but what happens when fate decides to lend a hand and he's in her life again? More importantly, will he remember her at all? Sequel to Repairing the Past. -AU- ORS, CS, IS, PS.

10. Night of the Awards

I'm so sorry I haven't been updating! It's just that NBA is back on and I'm so excited to see Lakers play this year and see if they make it to playoffs because they only have like three, at least I think it's three, veterans left in that team the rest are new so it's going to be exciting to see. 2 loss and 2 wins so far! Other than that, I also went through a brief depression phase because my maple account, which I finally got to level 70 with cash still in that account, was hacked and I'm locked out of that forever. FML, I'm still sad over that fact.

Anywho, aside from reality life, let's get back to my computer life. 204 reviews, guys! I can't believe I've reached it before 10 chapters! Thank you all so much! Nutella sandwiches that I oh so happened to make today for my wonderful reviewers who helped me reach to over 200 reviews so this chapter is for all of you who helped me reached this far, especially you, ThePerfectTwox3! Their reviews are always so long that they keep me motivated so thank you! Oh, and you should all check out their stories, they're really good, promise! Oh yeah, and thank you kGirls for being my 200th reviewer! c:

Well, I've been thinking about what do with this chapter and I decided to just focus on the awards night and what Ash is going to tell Misty, so without further ado, here's chapter 10!

Disclaimer: I do not own the Pokémon characters in any way, nor do I own the songs used in this chapter. They all belong to their rightful owners.

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Chapter Ten: Night of the Awards

Normal POV

It was three in the afternoon and Misty checked her watch again to see how long it would take Ash to arrive at the coffee shop. After she hung up, she had immediately rushed to the coffee shop, ordered something and grabbed an open table. When she was about to grab her phone to call him, the raven haired man busted through the doors, drawing attention to him. He quickly spotted Misty and made his way over to her, ignoring the stares he was receiving.

Ash grabbed a seat across from Misty. "You're late," she stated dryly.

He chuckled sheepishly. "Sorry, Mist, but there was a huge traffic and it took a while to find a parking space here," he explained. When he saw that she wasn't going to say anything else, he got the message that she wanted to hear the explanation. "Misty, I'm sorry."

The cold look in her eyes disappeared as she heard those words and looked up at him. "What did you say?"

A small sad smile crawled to his face as he grabbed her hand from across the table. "I'm sorry I've been acting weird the past few weeks. It wasn't easy to keep things from you, especially when you still carry that mallet of yours around." Misty giggled at that statement, which Ash took as a good thing and continued. "I've never meant for you to get hurt, so I'm sorry."

"Can you tell me why you've been acting like you have though?" she asked calmly. "I've been wondering for a while now."

He sighed and looked at her in the eyes. "Remember that first day when you first met Duplica?" Misty nodded, hoping what he was going to say was good. "Well, when you left, she asked if I really loved you. I said yeah and since I didn't know how to show it to you, she offered to help me out but you couldn't know about it because it was a surprise. Then I remembered that your birthday was coming up and I wanted to make it special so Duplica helped me out with the planning. It was going well and everything, until, you know, you started to get suspicious and all. But Duplica just told me that there was nothing to worry about so I just kept it away from you."

Misty looked down on the table. "Then what about that dance you were doing with her in the classroom the other day?" she inquired quietly.

"I did not see that one coming, honestly. I was just checking up on the students' work during break that day and she just came up to me and danced with me. She said something about it helping her feel better. I didn't know if she was feeling down that day or not but after you caught it and left, I told her that I didn't need her help anymore and I told the principal to transfer her to a different teacher." When he was done, Ash looked up at Misty, only to see her eyes glued to him. 'He never planned to cheat on me?' she thought.

"Is that the truth, the whole truth?" she asked in a mere whisper. Ash nodded slowly. "I'm so sorry I accused you of cheating on me, Ash." Tears were starting to form in her eyes but she resisted the urge to cry in public.

Ash smiled and made small circles on her hand with his thumb. "Its okay, Mist, it was just a small misunderstanding. I forgive you," he said softly.

"But I yelled at you when you did nothing wrong," she reasoned. "You were trying to prove that you loved me and I didn't even listen to you when you tried to explain. I'm so sorry, Ash." She sniffled, slowly catching the other customers' attention.

Ash, seeing this, sweat-dropped and chuckled sheepishly. "Hey now, Misty, don't cry. You're catching attention to us," he mumbled the last part, hoping she heard it. When she didn't, he was starting to grow nervous. "Come on, Mist, it's no fun when you cry. Smile, please, for me?" He then attempted to make her laugh by trying to tell her some jokes. "Hey, Mist, are you a Pikachu? Because you are shockingly beautiful. Get it; they're electric types, ha, ha, ha."

Even though the joke was the lamest she had ever heard Misty was able to crack a small giggle. "You're so lame, Ash. Pikachu's aren't even real; they were your favorite Pokémon."

He grinned cheekily at seeing her smile. "You should be flattered, Mist. I'm only lame when I'm with you." Again, Misty giggled again and slapped him lightly on the arm.

"Okay, Ash, you can stop with the lame pick-up lines. I'm not crying anymore."

Ash stood up abruptly and held his hand out for Misty. "Come on, I planned a picnic for us at the park and I don't know how much longer Paul can wait for us to get there before giving the basket of food to strangers."

The orange haired girl grabbed his hand and he helped her up, walking out of the coffee shop, hand in hand with the man she loved so much, laughing as he continued to use his lame pick up lines on her. 'This is how love should be, Ash. I don't want you to do anything that's not you to prove you love me. I love you just the way you are.'

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One week soon passed by and it was the day of the Teen Choice Awards night. Leaf had tried to get Gary out of babysitting Mandy but he was determined to babysit her so she gave up after her fifth try and just let him babysit her.

It was the weekend, nine in the morning when a doorbell ring went off and traveled around the house. Leaf groaned at the sound and got out of bed lazily, hoping the doorbell didn't wake Gary or Mandy up. She went to the door and opened it, only to find and energetic Dawn and a tired Misty behind her. "What are you two doing here so early in the morning?" she asked groggily before yawning.

"Did you forget already? Today's the day we get our awards, silly!" Dawn answered perkily.

"I remember, Dawn, but why are you here at nine in the morning?"

"That's what I asked when she showed up at my door at eight," May replied from the ground with Elliott trying to help her up. He gave up when he saw that his efforts were useless and left his mother on the ground, going to Dawn.

Leaf shifted her attention back to Dawn and raised an eyebrow. "Okay, we have to be at Striaton City by five-thirty for introductions and have some pictures with our fans then the awards start at six. Of course, there'll be traffic so Roxanne is going to have the limo here by four and that's the time we'll have to leave. Don't forget, we still have yet to learn how to play each of our songs that we're going to play so we'll have to practice in the time we have now," she listed off.

"Roxanne's coming too?" Misty asked.

The bluenette nodded. "Yup, she became an actress after we broke up, remember? She was in that new recent movie that came out, A Walk to Remember, and her and Brawly were nominated for best couple," she informed.

"Okay, well, then come on in," Leaf mumbled, opening the door wider for the four to step in. Once they did, they took a seat down at the living room, with May hogging up one couch for her sleep and Elliott sat in front of the television.

When ten o'clock came by, everyone was fresh and awake. Misty and Dawn made breakfast for everyone in the house and when they were done, Gary took the two kids out to play, leaving the girls some alone time to practice their songs they were going to play.

"So, you wrote a song about Ash when you two were still fighting?" May inquired after reading over the lyrics before practicing her notes.

Misty nodded sheepishly. "Yeah, I was hurt so I turned it into a song. But we're okay now. He explained everything and apologized so we're back together now." She looked over her notes that she would have to learn, which was pretty easy since she practiced a few days ago with Dawn's song so she remembered her beats pretty quickly. "So your song is going to need slow drum beats, Leaf?"

The said brunette nodded. "Yeah, really slow and kind of silent beats, like not too loud but loud enough for the audience to hear it," she confirmed. "Oh, and May, I will need your acoustic playing along with Dawn at the bass," she instructed.

They both nodded and started to get working on perfecting each of their notes. When noon struck, the four started to play songs together to see how well they did with their audience consisting of Gary, Mandy and Elliott.

"So what did you think?" Leaf asked when the last song was finished.

Both Mandy and Elliott clapped. "It was good!" Mandy exclaimed with Elliott nodding in the back.

"Can Mommy teach Elliott how to play the guitar?" he asked May.

She giggled. "Sure, when you're older."

"Any comments, Gary?" Misty inquired.

He chuckled. "You guys were great."

Before any one them could say anything, Dawn gasped, catching their attention. "It's two o'clock already! We have to go get ready. I designed our dresses we're going to wear so you three," she pointed at the three girls of Heartbeat, "get upstairs and heat the curling iron up." She turned to Gary. "Gary, play with the kids." And with that, she was out the door to her car to grab the four dresses and her makeup box and in less than a minute, she was back in the house and upstairs already.

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"This dress is beautiful, Dawn," May praised when Dawn seated her down to curl her hair while Misty was changing into her dress.

"Of course it's beautiful, I did design it, didn't I?" she joked.

Leaf grabbed the curling iron and started to curl May's hair while Dawn started on the makeup by applying a light red of eye-shadow on her eyelids. She then proceeded to add black eyeliner and mascara and continued adding light makeup.

When Leaf was done with the hair, she swept it all to the left side of her face. May's hair wasn't curled all the way, nope; her curls were loose and bouncy. When May was done, she stood up and walked to the body mirror in the room, with her black stilettos tapping against the floor. She straightened out her crimson red dress. The dress was floor length but, thanks to the heels, it didn't touch the floor entirely. It was a one shoulder with draping details ending at the hips and had a small wrapping detail that covered her right chest. The dress hugged May's body, brining out her curves and after losing that belly fat she had after giving birth to Elliott, she looked as if she was seventeen again. Dawn helped attach a diamond necklace around her neck while May put on a pair of diamond earrings.

Dawn dragged Misty to the seat and untied her side ponytail. Misty donned a royal blue one shoulder dress that hugged her curves with a long, draped skirt that flared gently at the knees, made entirely out of satin. The dress had an asymmetrical neckline and the shoulder strap was jeweled. The jewels weren't really something Misty liked, but it fitted the dress well so she went along with it. On her feet was a pair of black ballet flats. Even after six years, the orange haired girl hated heels.

When Dawn was done, Misty's eyes were surrounded by white eyeliner and blue eye-shadow that created a sky illusion and had on black mascara. On her lips was a nude pink color lipstick. Misty's hair was straightened down and was let hanging down.

Leaf was the next for Dawn to work on. It had an asymmetric draped bodice and was also a one shoulder but had a structured draping. The dress itself was a green silk-chiffon dress that had a pleated skirt reaching to the floor. Of course though, she wore a pair of black peep toe heels so the dress barely touched the floor, but the brunette still had to hold it up just a little to prevent herself from tripping over it. When Dawn was finished, Leaf's hair was curled and was left falling over her back. Her eyes were surrounded by grass green eyeliner and black mascara with nude eye-shadow while her lips were colored a light scarlet red. Misty handed Leaf a pair of onyx diamond daggling earrings and the brunette gladly accepted them and pierced them in her ears.

Lastly, Dawn stepped out of the bathroom with a pale pink dress wrapped around her body. The dress, unlike the others, was strapless with silk organza ruffles from top to bottom. The ruffles went from the top of the dress and going straight down the center, leaving the sides to be completely pleated with the side to be slit, revealing her calf. On her feet, was a pair of salmon pink high heeled sandals with straps across the toes and crossing at her ankles. She sat down and allowed her band members to work on her face and hair which turned out to be great. She had light pink lipstick on her lips with while eye-shadow on her eyelids. Like May, Dawn also had black eyeliner and mascara around her cobalt blue eyes. Her hair was put into loose curls and put up into a side bun with a few strands left down to frame her face. To finish her look off, she had a pair of pearl earrings hanging from her ears.

"We look great," Misty stated.

The other three agreed and thanked Dawn for the dresses. The bluenette diverted her attention to the clock and her eyes widened. "Guys, its three fifty-five; Roxanne's going to be here soon. Grab your clutches, we have to leave now." She went to Leaf's bed and picked up her sherbert pink clutch with a pink satin bow on the cover.

Leaf grabbed her jungle green clutch that had a crystal embellishment on it, Misty picked up a metallic clutch with a satin touch and May got her grey clutch with an elegant satin bow on the side of it. Each of them left Leaf's room and when they reached downstairs, Mandy and Elliott ran up to them. "Mommy, you look pretty!" the little girl exclaimed.

Leaf giggled and bent down to her level. "Thank you Mandy. Now, Mommy's going to be late so be a good girl and don't cause too much trouble, okay?"

The little brunette nodded and grinned. "Okay, Mandy promises to be good!"

Next to her, May was also telling Elliott the same thing. "Now, if you're a good boy, then Mommy will make you all the food you want tomorrow, okay?"

Like May, the little boy also had a love for food and would do anything for an all you can eat. "Okay!" he agreed excitingly.

Before they can say anything more, Dawn had dragged them out of the door, telling the kids to lock the door, which Gary had to do since they couldn't reach the lock yet. Once they were out the gate, a sleek black limo met them. It opened to reveal Roxanne and Brawly already inside. She was wearing a sleeveless sapphire silk-satin dress with a cowl neckline with a gathered waistband and a slightly ruffled skirt with a pair of velvet blue pumps that adorned her feet. Next to her, Brawly, wore simple black slacks and royal blue dress shirt, leaving the top two buttons unbuttoned with dress shoes to complete the outfit.

"Hey, Roxanne, long time no see," Leaf greeted when she got in.

She nodded. "Yes, it surely has been a while. How are you two doing with the kids?" she asked Leaf and May.

"We're doing great," May answered. "You should meet them one day."

Roxanne smiled. "I would like that."

So the whole ride there, the band was catching up with their old manager, talking about things they missed, things that are happening to them now, everything.

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Once they arrived at the red carpet, the doors were opened and instantly, paparazzi started snapping pictures as each of them stepped out of the vehicle. Roxanne walked hand and hand with Brawly down the carpet, occasionally waving to the crowd and smiling for the camera while each of the girls walked down and signed autographs for their fans and captured a few photos with them.

When they arrived to the entrance of the famous and elegant restaurant, they were met up with Bianca, the host of the awards, who was just finished with talking to Roxanne and Brawly. "And here is the band that Roxanne used to be the manager of, Heartbeat! So, girls, I heard that you four are each going to be singing a song for us this evening, any hints on what they're going to be about?"

They each exchanged looks and Leaf smiled at her. "Sorry, Bianca, but it's a secret for everyone. We do hope that everyone will enjoy it though."

"And girls, do you mind telling us where you got those fabulous dresses? I myself would love to own one of those."

"They were all designed by our favorite bassist, Dawn Berlitz," May answered.

"Wow, Dawn, you have a great talent. Well, you four should get a picture and go right on in." Heartbeat did as they were told and stood together to get their photo taken, each smiling happily and went inside to find Roxanne and Brawly. When they called Dawn about the awards night, she had specifically asked to get a table with those two.

The restaurant inside was painted a bright brown color and the walls were decorated with lamps that kept the place dim and paintings. There was a sculpture on both sides of the entrance and the tables were set accordingly into rows, each with a white tablecloth over longer black tablecloth. There were a few brown poles here and there, each with salmon pink streamers wrapped around it. The chairs were covered with white with a black silk bow tied to each one.

The girls found the two couples and took a seat with them with a few other people they had met before surrounding the other half of the table. After a few minutes of catching up with them and May practically ambushing the food there, Bianca stood at the stage with a microphone in hand. "Okay, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the fifty-seventh teen choice awards. We've got some great nominees this year, so let's wish them luck!" Everyone clapped and the fans were cheering. "Okay, so let's start with giving out the first award. The best teen choice television show…" And so, the awards started, with everyone anticipating for their name to be called.

Finally, it was the girls' nomination. "Now, the legacy pop band nominees. We've got Heartbeat," from the mention of their name, fans cheered wildly while Bianca continued, "The Trix, The Charmed Ones, and All-star Girls! So let's see who got this." The blonde took the envelope waiting to be opened and read the name. She smiled and leaned in to the microphone. "And the award goes to…the one and only, Heartbeat!" Fans jumped from their seats and had ear shattering screams as the band made their way up to accept their award.

The girls waited for everyone to calm down before Misty spoke into the microphone. "Thank you all so much for nominating and voting for us. We're speechless, I mean there were so many great nominees," she said with the girls nodding at the last statement. "We want to thank our manager, Roxanne for supporting us, our family of course for always being there, our fans for supporting us as well and four important guys who inspired us to write so many songs." Leaf's heart broke a little from the last statement. 'Inspiration, huh?' "So as thanks, we're each going to sing a song as a treat for being so kind to us. We'll be right back but while you wait, Bianca, will you do the honors of presenting the next award?"

Bianca went up and presented the next award which was best movie couple, which Roxanne and Brawly won in a landslide.

The girls made their way to the backstage to the changing rooms to something comfortable so they were able to perform. Each girl wore a pair of skinny jeans in different shades of blue with different colored tank tops. May had on a red and white striped tank, Dawn's was pink and white, Misty wore a royal blue and white striped tank and Leaf had a light green and white striped tank top. They made their way back to the stage and set up their instruments and when they were done, Misty was the first that was going to sing so she had on a head microphone with Leaf at her rightful place at the keyboard, May taking over the drums since Misty was singing and Dawn at her place of being bass. They also had similar headsets as Misty.

"Good evening everyone," Misty greeted. "This is a song that I wrote last week when I was feeling a little down but I'm okay now! I still want you all to enjoy the song though, so I hope you'll enjoy it." The fans cheered and soon got silent when they saw that the girls were ready. (The One That Got Away- Katy Perry)

Leaf started out by playing the keyboard softly which was soon followed with May's drumming, harmonizing perfectly with the keyboard.

Misty: Summer after high school when we first met
We make out in your Mustang to Radiohead
And on my 18th Birthday
We got matching tattoos

She smiled at the old memories with Ash as she continued to sing and Dawn started to play the bass from there.

Used to steal your parents' liquor
And climb to the roof
Talk about our future
Like we had a clue
Never planned that one day
I'd be losing you

Heartbeat: In another life
I would be your girl
We'd keep all our promises
Be us against the world

Misty: In another life
I would make you stay
So I don't have to say
You were the one that got away
The one that got away

May's drumming didn't miss a beat as she continued to play it, putting all her concentration into drumming it. It seemed easy but for someone like her, who didn't drum much, it required a lot of effort. Misty started to walk around the stage and high-fived the fans who were enjoying the song as she kept singing.

I was June and you were my Johnny Cash
Never one without the other we made a pact
Sometimes when I miss you
I put those records on

Someone said you had your tattoo removed
Saw you downtown singing the Blues
It's time to face the music
I'm no longer your muse

A sad smile formed on her lips as she positioned herself back at center stage.

Heartbeat: But in another life
I would be your girl
We'd keep all our promises
Be us against the world

Misty: In another life
I would make you stay
So I don't have to say
You were the one that got away
The one that got away
The o-o-o-o-o-one [x3]
The one that got away

All this money can't buy me a time machine (Heartbeat: Nooooo)
It can't replace you with a million rings (Heartbeat: Nooooo)
I shoulda told you what you meant to me (Heartbeat: Woooooow)
'Cause now I paid the price

Misty started to walk forward and as she walked up to the edge, she continued to sing the last bits of the song.

In another life
I would be your girl
We'd keep all our promises
Be us against the world

In another life
I would make you stay
So I don't have to say
You were the one that got away
The one that got away
The o-o-o-o-o-one [x3]

In another life
I would make you stay
So I don't have to say
You were the one that got away
The one that got away

Misty ended the song softly as sang the last line. The moment she was done, the crowd cheered loud for them and it made the girls happy. "I'm so glad you guys enjoyed it," Misty said happily. "Now, here's May with her song!"

The crowd welcomed the blue eyed brunette as she made her way up to the center stage with Misty taking over the drums while Leaf ditched the keyboard and went for the acoustic guitar and Dawn switching to the electric guitar.

"Hey guys, this is a song I wrote a while back and well, I think it's a pretty good song so I hope you'll all like it as well!" She turned to the girls and nodded at them who nodded back. (Back to December by Taylor Swift)

Dawn started out by playing the guitar slowly which was soon joined with Leaf's acoustic playing. As on cue, May started singing.

May: I'm so glad you made time to see me.
How's life? Tell me how's your family.
I haven't seen them in a while.

May smiled at the irony of the verse. She didn't have to know how his family was when she worked for his mother.

You've been good, busier than ever.
We small talk, work and the weather,
Your guard is up and I know why.
Because the last time you saw me
Is still burned in the back of your mind.
You gave me roses and I left them there to die.

Misty's drum beats soon joined in with and ended You've been good, busier than ever,

So this is me swallowing my pride,
Standing in front of you saying, "I'm sorry for that night,"
And I'd go back to December all the time.
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you.
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine.
I'd go back to December, turn around and make it all right.
I go back to December all the time.

The girls' playing continued in sync as May started to walk forward and touched some of her fans' hands as she walked up. When she felt like she was close enough to the edge, she stopped and continued to sing.

These days I haven't been sleeping,
Staying up, playing back myself leavin'.
When your birthday passed and I didn't call.
And I think about summer, all the beautiful times,
I watched you laughing from the passenger side.
Realized that I loved you in the fall.

And then the cold came, the dark days when fear crept into my mind
You gave me all your love and all I gave you was "Goodbye".

So this is me swallowing my pride
Standing in front of you saying, "I'm sorry for that night."
And I go back to December all the time.
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you,
Wishing I'd realized what I had when you were mine.
I'd go back to December, turn around and change my own mind
I go back to December all the time.

Water was starting to form in her eyes but May managed to push them back as she sang the third verse of the song.

I miss your tanned skin, your sweet smile,
So good to me, so right
And how you held me in your arms that September night -
The first time you ever saw me cry.

Maybe this is wishful thinking,
Probably mindless dreaming,
But if we loved again, I swear I'd love you right.

I'd go back in time and change it but I can't.
So if the chain is on your door I understand.

After singing this, she had managed to have a smile form on her lips.

But this is me swallowing my pride
Standing in front of you saying, "I'm sorry for that night."
And I go back to December...
It turns out freedom ain't nothing but missing you,
Wishing I'd realize what I had when you were mine.
I'd go back to December, turn around and make it all right.
I'd go back to December, turn around and change my own mind

I go back to December all the time.
All the time.

May ended the song in a mere whisper and her sapphire blue eyes showed true sincerity. It was obvious to the girls that May wrote the song about Drew and she really felt bad about leaving him. Hopefully, they each thought, the two can patch things up again.

"So, did anyone like that song?" May asked cheerfully to the audience. They gave out ear piercing screams and the brunette giggled. "I'll take that as a yes." She turned to the girls and smiled at them. "Now, let's give a warm welcome to Dawn. The person who designed our beautiful dresses and our favorite bassist."

The bluenette removed the electric and handed it to May who gladly accepted it and Leaf took the place of playing bass since Dawn's song didn't require keyboard.

"Thank you, May, for the nice introduction. This song is actually for someone very important to me. Even though we get into fights, he's the best thing that's ever been mine." The crowd 'aww-ed' at this and when they calmed down, the girls each nodded to each other, ready to play. (Mine by Taylor Swift)

Dawn: Oh, oh, oh

Right when those words left her mouth, the three girls started playing their respective instruments together, harmonizing perfectly, even better than when they were practicing at home.

Oh, oh, oh

You were in college working part time waiting tables
Left a small town, never looked back
I was a flight risk with a fear of falling
Wondering why we bother with love if it never lasts

I say can you believe it?
As we're lying on the couch
The moment I could see it
Yes, yes, I can see it now

As she was singing, it got more upbeat and the music went a bit faster. Dawn was grinning as she sang now.

Heartbeat: Do you remember we were sitting there by the water?
You put your arm around me for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine

The beat didn't slow down as the song continued. Instead, it kept going at the same speed and the bluenette was still grinning as she sang.

Dawn: Flash forward and we're taking on the world together
And there's a drawer of my things at your place
You learn my secrets and you figure out why I'm guarded
You say we'll never make my parents' mistakes

But we got bills to pay
We got nothing figured out
When it was hard to take
Yes, yes, this is what I thought about

Heartbeat: Do you remember we were sitting there by the water?
You put your arm around me for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine

Dawn: Do you remember all the city lights on the water?
You saw me start to believe for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine

And I remember that fight, 2:30 a.m.
As everything was slipping right out of our hands
I ran out crying and you followed me out into the street

Dawn wrapped her both arms around herself, as if trying to brace herself and looked at the crowd with sad eyes, almost acting out her next verse of lines.

Braced myself for the goodbye
'Cause that's all I've ever known
Then you took me by surprise
You said I'll never leave you alone

You said I remember how we felt sitting by the water
And every time I look at you, it's like the first time
I fell in love with a careless man's careful daughter
She is the best thing that's ever been mine

Heartbeat: Hold on, make it last
Hold on, never turn back
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine

Dawn: Do you believe it?
We're gonna make it now
I can see it
I can see it now

Like May, Dawn had also ended the song in almost a mere whisper and smiled when the audience cheered wildly. She giggled and bowed to the crowd. "Thank you all so much for listening. Now, for the last singer of the night, let's welcome our one and only keyboard player, Leaf!"

The green eyed brunette placed the bass guitar down and went to the center of the stage while Dawn headed straight towards the keyboard, setting it to piano mode. May left her electric guitar and grabbed her acoustic guitar. "Well, I don't really have much to say about this song except maybe the fact that I wrote this because I miss someone really dear to me." (A Thousand Years by Christina Perri- MUST LISTEN, it's a great song!)

Dawn started off with playing the keyboard slowly and May waited patiently for Leaf to start singing before playing the guitar.

Leaf: Heart beats fast
Colors and promises
How to be brave
How can I love when I'm afraid to fall
But watching you stand alone
All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow

One step closer

Leaf closed her eyes as she took a deep breath in to sing her next lines while May's playing sped up.

I have died everyday waiting for you
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
For a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more

After singing this, Misty got her cue and started to slowly play the cymbals on her drums as Leaf continued.

Time stands still
Beauty in all she is
I will be brave
I will not let anything take away
What's standing in front of me
Every breath
Every hour has come to this

One step closer

The brunette walked to her fans and touched most of their hands, making them grin, trying their best not to scream because if they did then they wouldn't hear the song since Leaf was singing it so softly.

I have died everyday waiting for you
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
For a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more

And all along I believed I would find you
Time has brought your heart to me
I have loved you for a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more

One step closer

One step closer

I have died everyday waiting for you
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
For a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more

And all along I believed I would find you
Time has brought your heart to me
I have loved you for a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more

When she was done, the audience broke into their usual wild scream. Leaf waited for them to calm down before saying anything. "I hoped you all enjoyed the song and I hope you'll all continue to listen to our music even though we're not really in the music industry anymore."

The other three walked up next to her and smiled at the fans. "Don't worry though, we'll still release some songs but it'll be rare so keep an eye out," Dawn added.

After the little concert, the awards went on and when it struck eleven o'clock, it was over and the girls along with Roxanne left, going back to Village Bridge to drop the girls off.

"I wonder how Gary did with the kids…" Leaf pondered.

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Meanwhile

"Come on, Mandy, it's way past your bedtime and your mom is going to be home any minute now!" Gary called, trying to get the little girl to him. She was currently running around the house with come candy in hand with Elliott hiding somewhere in the house. Oh, how he was going to be in trouble.

She giggled and stuck her tongue out at him. "No, you have to catch me first," she taunted before skipping off again.

Gary ran after her again but this time, he was tripped down and when he looked at the source, he found Elliott, snickering to himself. Before the little boy could react though, Gary had already grabbed him carried him along while he went after Mandy.

The little girl was still giggling and running around freely when the lights of the limo flashed through the window, catching her attention. "Elliott, they're back now!" she called.

The little boy squirmed his way out of Gary's grasp and ran to the couch with Mandy. They both closed their eyes and were soon sound asleep while a flabbergasted Gary just stared at them. "Unbelievable," he muttered to himself.

He was snapped from his thoughts when May and Leaf entered through the doors, both holding a trophy in hand and both gushed when they saw the two kids sleeping together. "Aw, how cute!" May squealed.

Leaf giggled and turned to Gary. "How was it babysitting them?" she teased.

"Never again," he said. "Wait, how come she was okay a few days back when I was watching her?"

"She's pretty hyper at nighttime and its hard for her to sleep knowing that I'm not here," she explained. "Like I said, it was your funeral." She giggled and placed her trophy down with her other band things and gathered Mandy into her arms. "Thanks again for watching her. May, you can stay over tonight if you want since it's late."

"It's fine, Dawn offered to give me a ride home so I have to go now. Bye guys, and thanks Gary for watching Elliott."

He simply waved at her. "Uh huh, you're welcome," he mumbled as he collapsed down at the couch. "Good night," he murmured before falling asleep on the couch.

Leaf giggled at him and brought Mandy to her room to put her in bed. After, she checked the doors and when she was sure they were locked, she got a blanket and placed it over the sleeping figure on her couch. The brunette looked at him and ran her fingers over his face. "Time has brought your heart to me, I have loved you for a thousand years. I'll love you for a thousand more," she sang softly to him. "A thousand years," she whispered.

With that, she left to go wash the makeup off her face and changed before heading off to bed.

'I'll love you for a thousand more.'

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So my attempt to finish this before the New Years failed so this would be a little Happy New Year gift for you lovely reviewers who's been there for me for so long! (: I DO NOT OWN THE MOVIE A WALK TO REMEMBER! I just really like that movie c:

LOOK OUT FOR UPDATES! I plan to update a few chapters for Demon's Flower and this would probably be updated next week. Not much happened here but that all ends here! Starting from the beginning of next chapter, a lot of things will start happening. For example, Gary getting more and more flashbacks and how May and Drew are going to patch things up and that's all I'm revealing!

I would love it if you all reviewed! Like those long reviews that always seem to make me happy when I see them. LOL, just kidding, you don't have to but I would love it if that happens. So, review and look out for updates. Now, I shall go and watch the Bleach marathon. Byee.