Kattrina was woken up by someone tapping on her tent door. She barely remembered escaping the wrath of Evra before crawling in her room and falling asleep. Her clothes from yesterday were in a pile on the floor while she wore a long nightshirt.

Evra was standing outside, rubbing his arm nervously.

"Evra?"

She looked around and saw the sun wasn't even up yet.

"Do we have breakfast duty?"

"I do but I was just wondering if you were coming over to my tent later."

She rubbed her eyes.

"You woke me up to see what I was doing later?"

He half-heartedly smiled.

"Um, my bad. I-I was-"

Evra looked into her eyes.

"Th-There's something I want you to hear later."

"Hear? You mean a song or something?"

"Y-Yeah. I finally finished it and I could, uh, really use your take on it."

"Yeah," she said yawning. "But it can wait until after the rooster wakes up, right?"

He laughed and scratched the back of his head.

"Ok. I'll see you later."

Kattrina closed the door and crawled back into bed.

Evra walked back to his tent and fell onto his bed, the same bed that he tried for the last several hours to sleep on.

He was able to sleep through storms, bumpy roads, and shouting drunks, but his mind was keeping him up.

It was time to play Kattrina her song before someone either found the song and showed her or something happened to the paper.

Puff laid curled on the end of the bed sound asleep.

"Lucky," he mumbled tiredly.

As he read over the words of the song, he tried to think of her reaction.

Either she'll laugh at how stupid it is or she'll pretend to like it.

He shoved the sheet into his pocket and headed over to the kitchen. Jekkus was still wearing the trophy on top of his head as he started breaking eggs.

"Morning, Von."

"What's the menu this time?"

He pulled several sticky notes off the nearby wall.

"French toast, potatoes, sausage, bacon, sunny eggs, and crepes. Can't these people settle on one freaking thing? Next they'll be hammering us for lobster."

Evra chuckled and grabbed three sticky notes.

"I'll work on these. Who else is comin' in?"

"Who knows. After the snowball fight,I wonder if anyone will even be up for breakfast."

He waved a spatula angrily in the air.

"I refuse to slave over a hot stove to have them bitch that the food is cold because they slept in!"

Evra zoned out and thought over the inspiration for his song.

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There was nothing extraordinary that day. There wasn't some type of magical scenario.

They finished a show on the Sierra Morena in southern Spain and were heading to a small town on the border between France and Spain.

Evra and Kattrina were sharing a trailer as the others drove. He was laying on the bed as she stared at a map of Europe.

"Hey, we're going passed Barcelona."

"Yeah."

She looked over to him.

"Have you ever gone there?"

He shrugged.

"No. Kind of boring to me. There's too many people."

"What about the Sonar Festival?"

He sat up.

"What is that?"

"Its a festival going on right now. People, music, food! Basically all techno and stuff but some interesting stuff."

"Maybe it wouldn't be so bad to go."

He looked down at his hand.

"But what about the Cirque?" Kattrina asked.

She didn't know what it took to be able to leave the Cirque for a day.

"Are there protocals or something?"

He roared with laughter.

"No way! All we need to do is just take a vacation day. We all get maybe four a year. It lets us skip chores and have fun for a day."

He jumped up and grabbed Kattrina's suitcase under the bed.

"What do you wear to a festival like that?"

Evra was in his glory. Music blasted, people cheered, and not a single person bothered him. Some people were dressed to support their favorite bands, such as robots, cats, and even donkeys.

Kattrina hated the outfit Evra had picked out for her. Short jean mini-skirt and a white t-shirt with a knot in the front.

"Why on earth did you pick this?"

He laughed and glanced at his appearance on a store window.

"We look great!"

He wore red dress pants with a black belt and a red vest.

They walked over to a nearby beach, which was almost empty because of the festival, and sat down.

"I can't believe I never heard about this. How did you?"

Kattrina took off her shoes and rubbed her toes in the sand.

"Mr. Waisbren would take me here every so often. We would get one of the highest rooms of a hotel and play music."

He could understand her feelings. If he was away from the Cirque, he would be lonely.

What if she left? What if she decided the Cirque wasn't for her and went home?

He looked away and focused on the sand.

Kattrina couldn't leave. He wouldn't know how to live without her now. She brightened up his day in a way no one had before.

Kattrina leaned her head over and rested it on his shoulder.

"Thanks for coming, Evra. I like that I came here with you."

He put his arm around her.

Nearly the instant he got back to his tent, he wrote the lyrics as if they were natural. It was like breathing, it just flowed.

As the Cirque started lining up for breakfast, Evra felt his eyes widen as Kattrina entered. He looked away and tried not to stare.

She wasn't dressed any differently than normal but she had that sparkle in her smile.

The smile that sent his heart jumping to the moon and back.

"Earth to Evra? I'm hungry!"

Evra snapped out of his trance and quickly put food on the plates in front of him.

He knew she would be there any second and could feel his mouth dry up.

"Good morning, Evra."

He tried to say 'how are you doing' but it came out more like...

"The cows are mooing."

Kattrina blinked a few times.

"I'm sorry, what did you say?"

"H-How are you doing?"

Kattrina stared at the plate as he focused on her face.

"Evra, you're spilling the syrup evreywhere."

He looked down and saw his counter had more syrup than the plate.

"Guess I'm tired," he said feeling himself blush.

Kattrina blushed and smiled before she let the others get their food.

The moment Evra was finished with his chores, he went to find Kattrina. She was washing clothes with some of the other members.

"Can't people eat normally and not get food all over their shirts?"

One of the men held up a t-shirt.

"Look at this! This stain looks older than a week! We aren't miracle workers!"

Kattrina was scrubbing a shirt.

"How is everything?" Evra said walking over.

The group looked up.

"Evra?"

"You don't usually come over."

"Hey, if he's come to help, jump right in."

"A-Actually, I was wondering if you guys needed anything."

"We're good."

"You sure?"

"Unless you want to start taking care of underwear, get lost!"

"Marvin!"

Evra dejectedly left and waited in his tent for Kattrina.

Kattrina showed up a few hours later, after sneaking some dinner, and headed to Evra's tent. She had a plate of food and tried to make sure no one saw.

"Evra?"

Evra was sitting at his drumset.

"Hey."

She pulled a chair over and sat next to him.

"What's up?"

He looked to the ground.

"I have this one song and I wanted to know what-"

"We covered that already."

"O-Oh yeah."

Kattrina laughed and handed him the food.

"Albert snuck me a plate."

Evra greedily started eating as Kattrina went over to Puff.

"So what's the song about?"

Evra tried not to cough as he felt a piece of chicken stuck in his throat.

"I...wrote it...a while back. Its a love song."

"Aw."

She ran over and hugged Evra.

"You big softie."

He was about to push her away before she kissed his neck.

"Wh-what are you doing?"

She kissed up his neck and reached his jaw. Evra twisted his head and took hold of her lips.

He hastily set his plate down on a drum and pulled her onto his lap. Kattrina moved closer and pressed her hand on his thigh.

Her tongue softly touched his lower lip, careful not to make him upset like before.

His mouth opened and his muscle timidly found hers. She moaned in encouragement and placed her hands on his shoulders. He became a little braver and started searching her mouth but pulled away.

Kattrina smiled and stared into his eyes. He returned the smile and started hitting some buttons on his computer.

"Here's the song. I just added my vocals, my guitar, and I used this computer program to fill in any instrument I wanted. I...wrote it for you."

He felt his fingers shaking as he hit 'play.'

"Is this the end of the moment
Or just a beautiful unfolding
Of a love that will never be?
Or maybe be
Everything that I never thought could happen
Or ever come to pass and
I wonder
If maybe
Maybe I could be
All you ever dreamed, cause you are

Beautiful inside
So lovely and I
Cant see why I'd do anything without you, you are
And when I'm not with you
I know that it's true
That I'd rather be anywhere but here without you

Is this a natural feeling
Or is it just me bleeding
All my thoughts and dreams
In hope that you will be with me or
Is this a moment to remember
Or just a cold day in December?
I wonder
If maybe
Maybe I could be
All you ever dreamed, cause you are

Beautiful inside
So lovely and I
Can't see why I'd do anything without you, you are
And when I'm not with you
I know that it's true
That I'd rather be anywhere but here without you

Is this the end of the moment
Or just a beautiful unfolding
Of a love that will never be
For you and me?

Cause you are
You're beautiful inside
You're so lovely and I
Can't see why I'd do anything without you, you are
And when I'm not with you, I know that it's true
That I'd rather be anywhere but here without you."

(Anywhere but Here by Safetysuit. ONE OF MY NEW FAVORITE SONGS)

Evra looked over for Kattrina's reaction and saw tears gushing from her eyes.

"That was...for me?"

He held her as she cried.

"It was so beautiful. Thank you."

Evra smiled and ran his hand along her back.

"So, you liked it?"

She laughed and held onto his shirt.

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The chapel was small, it was raining, and his tie felt suddenly tight, but Evra Von didn't care.

He stood at the front of the altar, aged nearly ten years, with his brown hair slicked back. His eyes wandered the separated crowds of people in the pews.

Jekkus put his hand on the Snake Man's shoulder.

"You sure you won't trade her for mine?"

Evra chuckled and spoke in his now deeper voice.

"I wouldn't trade her for anything."

The music started and everyone stood up.

Evra's heart stopped as he stared at her.

Kattrina...lovely Kattrina with a snow-white wedding dress that moved as if it were a part of her.

He waited for it. The moment when he would wake up and find out the last few years were but a wonderous dream that would tear his heart apart.

When her hand locked with his, he stared into her eyes. He knew he couldn't live another day without having her as his wife.

She could make him joyful, angry, sorry; every emotion all at once with a smile, a frown, a tear.

Kattrina smiled up at Evra.

"You sure you want to put up with me forever?"

He smiled back as the priest started talking.

"Forever and ever, Babe."