My life is a series of songs Chapter 14: Keep Holding On, a class of the titans fanfic

There's actually a really funny story relating to why this didn't go up on Friday like planned. See it's all because of this driving course I'm taking. I had a BIG test to take and studied for that. Then I went to check my email and then started watching youtube and next thing I knew it was suddenly 10. So apologies for the lateness.

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or the song or even the saying: Love is as strong as death (that belongs to wise and wonderful O.R. Melling who doesn't have a link on fanfiction which I think is horrible because she's BEYOND amazing, I have no idea how she writes such detailed work.)

Here is: Keep Holding On by Avril Lavigne.

I was sitting in the hall outside of Chiron's room, no nothing had happened to me but it felt like it should have. Archie was currently in Chiron's room, and I was worried out of my mind. It would have been better if I was the one who had been hurt, or so it seemed. The gods wouldn't even let me see him.

You're not alone
Together we stand
I'll be by your side, you know I'll take your hand
When it gets cold
And it feels like the end
There's no place to go
You know I won't give in
No I won't give in

"Atlanta, you can come in if you want," Hera woke me. I must have been dozing.

"How is he?"

"We don't know if he'll make it. He lost a lot of blood."

"He has to make it!" I exclaimed and went inside to see him. Archie looked pale, I could see the expertly stitched wound. "Archie please don't die. Keep holding on," I begged him.

Keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through
Just stay strong
'Cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you
There's nothing you could say
Nothing you could do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through

I don't know how long I sat there; I just kept staring at his face. It felt as if it were a nightmare, something that should never have happened. Slowly I felt tears trickle their way down my cheek. I had Archie's hand in mine and was gripping it lightly though I wanted nothing more than to grip it as if it were the only thing keeping me from falling into an endless abyss.

So far away
I wish you were here
Before it's too late, this could all disappear
Before the doors close
And it comes to an end
With you by my side I will fight and defend
I'll fight and defend
Yeah, yeah

"You should probably go home and get some rest," Hera told me, "The others have all left."

"I'm not going," I said firmly, "Not even if you drag me out. I'll just come back."

"You can stay here," Hera said after a moment and then left giving me a sad smile.

I wish you were here Archie. I wish I could tell you how much I love you.

I heard loud noises and woke up. The gods were bustling around Chiron's office. "What's going on?" I asked.

"We're losing Archie," Hera said sadly, "You should leave."

"I'm not leaving," I said slowly so there was no way I could be misunderstood. I gripped Archie hand firmer.

Hear me when I say, when I say I believe
Nothing's gonna change, nothing's gonna change destiny
Whatever's meant to be will work out perfectly
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Jay and the others burst in a couple minutes later. They must have been PMR'ed or Theresa had a vision.

"He's not going to make it," Theresa said proving the later theory, "I'm so sorry Atlanta."

"He's not dead yet. He is not dead and we are not going to let him die."

La da da da
La da da da
La da da da da da da da da

I still held Archie's hand in mine. "You can't die Archie. You promised me. You promised you'd be here for me, you promised you'd do all you could not to die. If you die I will never ever forgive you," I was crying harder than ever before.

Archie's eyes opened, "Atlanta?" he asked weakly, "Don't hate me."

"You can't die Archie! You promised! You are not going to die!" I was screaming these words at him, oblivious to the gods, to my friends.

"I'm not going to die," Archie said slowly and then repeated the words as if to reassure himself. Archie kept repeating the words and every time he said them was just one more second that he was breathing, that he was still living. Slowly Archie's eyes closed, his mouth still murmuring the words.

"I'd like everyone to leave," Hera ordered. I opened my mouth to argue but Theresa started dragging me towards the door, "Except Atlanta."

Keep holding on
Keep holding on

Once the others were gone, Hera stood looking at me. It was just her, me and Archie in the room now. "I believe that Archie is going to make it. We gods have a saying: love is as strong as death. Archie's going to live because of this."

"Archie's going to live?" I asked my eyes wide.

"Yes, now go tell your friends."

"Archie's going to live! Archie's going to live!" I screamed as I tore out of the room.

There's nothing you could say
Nothing you could do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through

A couple hours later Archie was awake enough to talk and Hera let me go in to see him. "Archie!" I squealed, running towards him. I hugged him tightly.

"Ow! Stitches!" Archie exclaimed.

Laughing I pulled away, "I don't hate you Archie. I love you," I leaned over to kiss him passionately.

"I love you too and I kept my promise didn't I?"

"You did but only with my help," I answered.

I almost cried when I wrote this, I get easily overwhelmed. (Ask Mariam I was nearly cutting off her circulation as I watched The Day After Tomorrow in science. There were a couple of times I almost screamed.) I really like the "only with my help bit." Well this is the last one (except for going back to edit and everything.)

anime09 - Thanks for the review!

twiinklestar - See Archie lives (I couldn't kill him off, that would be too heartless besides I only do the type of killing where it's a noble sacrifice.) Thanks for all the faithful reviews.

Paradox-Barbarian-Princess - Thanks for being such a faithful reviewer! Don't feel bad for making someone cry, it means its good (unless they're crying over poor grammar hee hee) Deep writing is good, but not in too much excess. You need to make sure it doesn't draw away from the plot or meaning. Well this is a happy ending I guess. I actually didn't plan the dramatic irony but I had an idea how it was going to work out. The only ones I didn't were numbers 10 and 11.