A/N: Sogfic, 'cause it's what I do. This is based off the song and music video of 'Breathe In Breathe Out' by Mat Kearney. I highly recommend pulling it up on YouTube and listening to it while you read. This story is pretty much the music video, just using two of our favorite characters. No harm is intended. It is just a beautiful song and video, and I wanted to pay homage to it. Lilly's POV.
Breathe In
By Melissa
Breathe in breathe out, tell me all of your doubt
Everybody bleeds this way, just the same
Breathe in breathe out, move on and break down
If everyone goes away, I will stay
How did I end up lying on the sidewalk? That's weird.
I get up and brush myself off. I glance around and don't really notice anything amiss. Must of tripped, that's all.
I continue to my destination, Miley's house. She's one of the very few constants in my life. And in this sometimes horrible world, that is amazing. Sometimes I don't understand why there is so much hatred. If you cut us, we all bleed red.
I digress though.
She is like the air I breathe. I can't imagine not sharing existence with her. I always say that I have her back, and will stay even if the rest of the world walks out. It's true. I mean that more than anything else I've said in my entire life.
That's how much I love her.
We push and pull and I fall down sometimes
I'm not letting go, you hold the other line
'Cause there is a light in your eyes, in your eyes
I won't let go, even when I have every reason to. She taught me not to give up, even when things were hard. Especially when I know she is my life line.
Hold on hold tight if I'm out of your sight
And everything keeps moving on, moving on
Hold on hold tight make it through another night
Everyday there comes a song with the dawn
She is sitting on bed, holding a picture of us. It was taken at the beach about a year ago. Her chin rests on my shoulder and her arms are around my midsection. I've never felt so at peace.
Or so in love.
It may be cliché, but it is always darkest before the dawn. But the sun always rises, whether it's in the sky or in your life.
We push and we pull and I fall down sometimes
I'm not letting go, you hold the other line
'Cause there is a light in your eyes, in your eyes
'Cause there is a light in your eyes, in your eyes
I sit down next to Miley. I swear she looks more and more beautiful each and every time I see her.
I place my arm around her shoulder and lean in close to whisper in her ear.
Breathe in and breathe out
Breathe in and breathe out
Breathe in and breathe out
Breathe in and breathe out
I sit close and lean my forehead against hers. I breathe in as she breathes out.
Sometimes the hardest thing to do is just to slow down and take a breath. But you have to, because the world never stops when you want it.
Look left look right
To the moon in the night
Everything under the stars is in your arms
I never felt so complete, then when she would wrap her arms around me. I belong there. I can only describe it like two puzzle pieces fitting together. No other piece can take either place.
There is a light in your eyes, in your eyes
There is a light in your eyes, in your eyes
There is a light in your eyes, in your eyes
There is a light in your eyes, in your eyes
I find myself walking back to the street. Something is compelling me too. I can't stop it.
I wanted to stay with her.
There are people crowded around something. I make my way through them to see what they are gawking at.
It's the space where I was lying.
Oh damn.
I remember now.
Some car had run a light, and I just happened to be in the intersection at the time. It struck me, and this is where I had fallen.
I lay back down on the pavement, like I never left. Paramedics are working on me, frantically.
That's not good.
I wanted to stay. I did. But I was betrayed by my body, which just couldn't hold on anymore. I hope she knows I didn't give up willingly.
At least I got to see her, and the light in her eyes, one last time.