Eternity and a day - Part two
"Okay Matt, don't forget to look grave when you're walking" Tk muttered from underneath the white sheet.
"Yeah, I get the point. Now don't move, or someone might get suspicious!" Matt muttered out of the corner of his mouth. Tk was lying on a stretcher bed with a white cloth pulled over him, to make him look very convincingly dead. Matt, however, was dressed in a white coat, posing as a doctor. He had found it hanging in a cupboard near Tk's room, and it was proving to be very useful. Matt took a deep breath, pasted a severe look upon his face (even though he could feel a laugh creeping up inside him), and started pushing the stretcher down the hallway. He wouldn't have thought it at the time, but he was passing for a doctor very easily. People in the corridors had worried looking faces as Matt wheeled Tk through the hospital, trying to reach Kari's ward without being forced to use stairs. Suddenly, a voice made Matt's blood run cold.
"Matt, what are you doing...........?" His mothers voice rang from behind him. People in the hallways truned and looked at the suddenly frozen Matt.
"Matt, run!" Tk whispered from under the white material. "Quick, just run!"
"Er.... er....." Matt begun arkwardly. Then, without thinking, started running, pushing the heavy stretcher as fast as he could.
"Matt, hurry!" Tk urged.
"I'm trying! This thing is too heavy....." Matt muttered, starting too pant. People in the hospital became more and more suspicious of him, but didn't seem to make any attempt to stop them.
"Alright, on the count of three, let go of the stretcher, Okay?" Tk said. Matt looked very confused.
"But Tk....."
"One...."
"But seriously, you can't....."
"Two......."
"Tk, what are you going to do.."
"THREE!" Tk yelled, and as commanded, Matt let go of the stretcher. What Tk failed to tell Matt, however, was what he was planning to do. He jumped out from the stretcher, and started running along with Matt. Gasps and strange looks were coming from all watching as the pair started running away from thier poses.
"Not every day you see a doctor run off with a dead body that's just come to life, hey?" Tk heard one of the onlookers comment. He couldn't help but smirk at this. Despite the unreal situation he was in, he had always had an incredible sense of humour. He continued running, until finally, he and Matt reached ward 229, where Tk grabbed Matt and pulled him inside the small room. He slammed the door behind them, and quickly turned the lock on the door. He turned, to face Kari, and luckily for him, no doctors or family.
"Kari..." he murmered sadly, remembering talking to her in his reverie, and now seeing her motionless, confined to a hospital bed. Matt walked to the corner of the room.
"Just say what ya gotta say, Tk. I won't listen" Matt told Tk, then sat down on the small plastic chair. Tk sighed, then walked over to Kari's bed, where he sat down on the chair he had pulled up before, and took Kari's hand.
"Hey Kari. Er... it's me, Tk, just in case you didn't know." Tk felt stupid, but he continued. "Look, Kari, I know you will survive this. You have to. I mean, you can go anywhere and do anything you want. You can be anything you want to be. Your life has many surprises waiting in it for you, and the digidestined would miss you.... I would miss you..... Kari, I hope you can hear this, because I know that you will be okay. I need you to know it too, because otherwise, you might not make it. But you are strong, and I'm sure that you will be able to come back. Kari, I don't think I could continue without you. I used to think that you would not make it, and look where it got me. I was filled with despair and was hopeless without you. You are my soul, and the digidestined group wouldn't be the same without you. We need your spirit and insight in the group. You are the keeper of Light, and you are stronger than any of the other digidestined. I know you will make it. And now you do too."
Matt walked over to him and placed a hand on Tk's shoulder.
"That was really good of you Tk. If you are right, and she did hear you, we don't have anything to worry about."
"I hope you're right Matt. But I'm sure you are. Kari is alive, and she will always with me. I have no despair anymore. Nothing will stop her now. She'll be back with us within a month. I can sense it Matt, and I'm not going to fight this instinct."
*
Matt, Tk, Izzy, Yolei and Tai gathered around Matt's living room table. It had been two days since Tk's had woken up, and unfortunatly, only four days till the hospital unhooked Kari from life support. They had been discussing the prophecy, and how to solve it so Kari would wake up.
"Well, I think that we only need to work out what the darkness is, because the other parts of the prophecy make sence and seem to already have happened." Izzy said in a matter-of-factly voice. The others nodded an agreement.
"But what could the darkness be? I don't think it's Devimon, that answer seems to simple." Tk said, referring back to his thoughts on the issue.
"Yeah......." Yolei agreed. Suddenly, a random, curious thought drifted across her memory.... something she had once heard in the digiworld....... The brighter the light, the deeper the Darkness......
"Guys, do think that this has anything to do with digimon at all? I mean, I think it might be inside one of us." Yolei said, waiting for the groups responce. Four pairs of eyes merely glanced blankly at her.
"I mean, once in the digiworld I was told that the brighter the light the deeper the darkness, and I think that this might have something to do with it." Yolei elaborated. Tk felt surprisingly uneasy at this. It couldn't be my cutting, could it? A little voice in his head asked him.
"Er.... guys, I think I might know what it is." Tk said softly. Matt turned to him.
"Go ahead little bro, we're all ears." Matt said supportingly. Tk took a shaky breath.
"A while ago, after Kari fell into a coma, I started.... cutting..... It seemed to be the only way I could get rid of my hatred...." Tk said uneasily.
"Oh Tk......" Tai said. Tears welled in Tk's eyes.
"Bro, that was the first step, and I'm sure that took guts, and we'll all help you get over this." Matt said, putting a comforting arm around his little brother. Tk bit his lip.
"I was really scarred to tell you. I thought you wouldn't understand."
"Tk, we understand. We just wish you had told us before it escalated to epic proportions." Izzy said, giving Tk a sypathetic look.
"We'll all help you over this Tk. No-one, especially you, deserves to feel like they need to kill themselves."
Yolei said, trying to be warm-hearted.Tk looked up at the four of them.
"Thanks guys. I didn't think it would be this easy."
"Tk, we'll be here for you. Any time you want to talk or cry or anything, call one of us and we'll listen. You don't have to take it out on yourself. You're going through a lot at the moment, so we will help you through all of this. Isn't that what friends are for anyway?" Tai asked. Tk nodded his head.
"Yeah. And look on the bright side. If that is the darkness, Kari will wake up any day now." Izzy said, continuing on from Tai's little speech.
"Guys, after that, I don't think I'll ever do something stupid like that again. I mean, I wouldn't want to lose a life with friends like you in it, would I?" Tk said.
"Awww..... GROUP HUG!" Tai yelled happily, tightly embracing everyone. After a few moments, they all pulled away, grinning broadly at eachother.
*
Tk was back where he started. He had spent the past two days trying to deal with his problem, overcoming it obstacle by obstacle. He felt as though a wieght had been lifted off his soul, but dropped back on because Kari had not yet woken up. He had been using his brothers guitar to try to write more songs, but it failed once more. Once again, he took the bus to the hospital to visit Kari with a guitar, but this time, the guitar belonging to his brother. He made a mental note to himself not to forget about it. But Tk had a different motive for visiting Kari this time. His brother had organised a concert for his band on the day Kari would be unhooked from life support, a sort of dedication, and had agreed to let Tk sing one song at the end for Kari, and Tk needed to write a new song. Since this was for Kari, he thought the best place to write it would be by her side. After the bus trip and getting to KariÕs room, despite some doctors and nurses gave him odd looks from a few days before, he sat down next to Kari and pulled out the guitar and sat it on his lap, when a doctor came in.
ÒUm, sorry kid, but sheÕs not gonna say anything to you. Are you sure you want to be with her?Ó He asked.
ÒYeah.... I donÕt care if she doesnÕt want to speak to me..... just hearing her breathing is enough.....Ó The doctor nodded his head, then closed the door as he walked out. Wait...... thatÕs perfect! A voice in TkÕs head told him. Cause I want nothing more than sit outside heavens door and listen to you breathing....... It was all coming out perfectly. Tk pulled out a pad from his guitar case and started writting down ideas.
*
ÒYou all ready?Ó Matt asked Tk cautiously. Tk was about to go on stage, and to his horror, he would be singing a tribute to Kari at the exact moment her life support would be disconnected. He took a deep breath and walked on stage. He was well known for the songs of his that MattÕs band had performed, but he still didnÕt expect the huge crowd cheering for him. He walked up to the mic, and started to speak into it.
ÒThis is dedicated to a very dear friend of mine.... I will never forget you, Kari.Ó
Tk took a slight step back from the mic and started to sing.
*
KariÕs family gathered close to her bed and tried to swallow their tears. The doctor placed a trembling hand on the cord, and pulled it out of itÕs socket. KariÕs lifeline went dead, and her heartbeat stopped. Her family turned away from the horror that was becoming their worst nightmare come true.
*
ÒFinding my way back to sanity again
Though I donÕt know what IÕm gonna do when I get there
Take a breath and hold on tight spin around one more time and
gracefully fall back to the arms of graceÓ
*
Tai couldnÕt move. He stared at the lifeless body that was his sister, and found it impossible to move. He didnÕt want to accept the truth. He so wanted his little sister back. Tears welled in his eyes, and finaly, he was able to move. Then, as he started to walk away as the rest of his family and the doctors had done, he heard a faint beep coming from the machine measuring her heartbeat. He turned and stared at it, watching to see if what he heard was real. Then another beep. He couldnÕt believe what he was seeing. Faster and faster, the machine was picking up more and more heartbeats, getting faster and faster. Tai tore his eyes away from the maching and onto his sister. His eyes widened as the impossible occured. She moved. Tai told himself. Then her arm started to twitch. Tai watched in awe as Kari started to move more and more. Then, as though she was being controlled by a puppet, Kari sat up in bed, climbed out, and her eyes snapped open. She smiled at Tai, then stared to walk out of the room, getting her suitcase, leaving Tai staring blankly behind her.
*
ÒCause I am hanging on every word you say and
Even if you donÕt want to speak tonight
ThatÕs alright, alright with me
Cause I want nothing more
than sit outside heavens door
And listen to you breathing
ItÕs where I wanna beÓ
*
Kari walked through the hospital to where she somehow knew she was meant to be going. She first went to the bathroom, and shut herself in a cubicle and got changed into something respectful. She then brushed her hair, and left her suitcase and left for where she instinctively knew she was meant to be.
*
"Looking past the shadown in my mind
until the truth fell down
trying to identify the voices in my head,
God, which one's you?
Let me feel one more time what it
feels like to feel and
break these calluses of of me
one more time"
*
Kari finaly arrived at a huge concert, one which seemed to be absolutely packed with fans. She did not know why she thought to come there, but as she trusted herself, she made her way through the crowds, a guitar slung over her slender shoulder.
*
ÒCause I am hanging on every word you say and
Even if you donÕt want to speak tonight
ThatÕs alright, alright with me
Cause I want nothing more
than sit outside heavens door
And listen to you breathing
ItÕs where I wanna beÓ
*
Tk looked out into the crowd as he reached the main instrumental part of the song. He was looking for someone - anyone - who looked as though they could comfort him. Then, he saw a glimpse of what looked like Kari.... but it couldnÕt be, he told himself. He thought he was hallucinating, until he saw it again. Matt, who was peering out from behind the stage, seemed to see it too. He squinted hard, when he saw it again. Tk looked out to his brother, hoping to hear that he wasnÕt crazy. Matt gave him a look that didnÕt do much to help Tk: by the look Matt gave him, he was as confused as Tk was. But then, confirmation? A guitar, that looked oddly like TkÕs one, was slung over the girls shoulder. Without thinking, Tk jumped down from the stage, and stared parting through the crowd for the girl without success. He sighed, then made his way back to the stage, where he climbed back on, and waited for his cue to start singing again.
*
"I don't want a thing from you
Bet you're tired of waiting for
the scraps to fall
of off your table to the ground
Cause I just wanna be here now"
*
To say Tk was dissapointed was an understatement as he continued singing. He continued to search the crowds for Kari, even though he knew his chances of finding her were slim to none. But Kari seemed to know aboout Tk, and tried as hard as she could to battle her way through the crowds to the stage where she seemed to know she would find Tk.
*
ÒCause I am hanging on every word you say and
Even if you donÕt want to speak tonight
ThatÕs alright, alright with me
Cause I want nothing more
than sit outside heavens door
And listen to you breathing
ItÕs where I wanna beÓ
*
Tk had almost given up hope of ever seeing Kari again, when suddenly, he saw what had to be Kari in the front row. Although the girl was facing the other way, there was no mistaking that haselnut hair or that pale skin. Tk ran forward to the front of the stage, grabbed the girls hand, and pulled her up onto the stage. He looked into the girls eyes to see KariÕs warm eyes staring right back at him. All he could have ever asked for was coming true
ÒHi Tk. I found this and thought you might want it backÓ Kari said, as though nothing had happened. Just the way things had been before. Tears prickled at the back of TkÕs eyes as he quickly embraced the girl. She returned the hug, then pulled away and handed Tk his guitar. They stood, staring at eachother for a few minutes before Kari spoke.
ÒWell, you know what. IÕve been waiting to kiss you for a few months. It was real hard for me, and IÕm glad to be back. But promise you will never pretend to be dead again. That was really odd.Ó
ÒHow did you know?Ó
ÒIÕll always be with you Tk. By the way, Matt makes a pretty impressive doctor, I must admit.Ó Tk laughed. Kari smiled, then grabbed his collar and pulled him into a kiss that she and he had longed for.
ÒIÕm not gonna leave your side for a long time, Tk. I donÕt think I could stand it. IÕm gonna be with you for eternity and a day.Ó
*
Okay, so whatcha think? Good or bad? Sorry that I didn't use anyone's ideas for an ending, but I couldn't wait to write part two. Please review or send comments to rio_blaze_dione@hotmail.com
Thankz!
From Rio
"Okay Matt, don't forget to look grave when you're walking" Tk muttered from underneath the white sheet.
"Yeah, I get the point. Now don't move, or someone might get suspicious!" Matt muttered out of the corner of his mouth. Tk was lying on a stretcher bed with a white cloth pulled over him, to make him look very convincingly dead. Matt, however, was dressed in a white coat, posing as a doctor. He had found it hanging in a cupboard near Tk's room, and it was proving to be very useful. Matt took a deep breath, pasted a severe look upon his face (even though he could feel a laugh creeping up inside him), and started pushing the stretcher down the hallway. He wouldn't have thought it at the time, but he was passing for a doctor very easily. People in the corridors had worried looking faces as Matt wheeled Tk through the hospital, trying to reach Kari's ward without being forced to use stairs. Suddenly, a voice made Matt's blood run cold.
"Matt, what are you doing...........?" His mothers voice rang from behind him. People in the hallways truned and looked at the suddenly frozen Matt.
"Matt, run!" Tk whispered from under the white material. "Quick, just run!"
"Er.... er....." Matt begun arkwardly. Then, without thinking, started running, pushing the heavy stretcher as fast as he could.
"Matt, hurry!" Tk urged.
"I'm trying! This thing is too heavy....." Matt muttered, starting too pant. People in the hospital became more and more suspicious of him, but didn't seem to make any attempt to stop them.
"Alright, on the count of three, let go of the stretcher, Okay?" Tk said. Matt looked very confused.
"But Tk....."
"One...."
"But seriously, you can't....."
"Two......."
"Tk, what are you going to do.."
"THREE!" Tk yelled, and as commanded, Matt let go of the stretcher. What Tk failed to tell Matt, however, was what he was planning to do. He jumped out from the stretcher, and started running along with Matt. Gasps and strange looks were coming from all watching as the pair started running away from thier poses.
"Not every day you see a doctor run off with a dead body that's just come to life, hey?" Tk heard one of the onlookers comment. He couldn't help but smirk at this. Despite the unreal situation he was in, he had always had an incredible sense of humour. He continued running, until finally, he and Matt reached ward 229, where Tk grabbed Matt and pulled him inside the small room. He slammed the door behind them, and quickly turned the lock on the door. He turned, to face Kari, and luckily for him, no doctors or family.
"Kari..." he murmered sadly, remembering talking to her in his reverie, and now seeing her motionless, confined to a hospital bed. Matt walked to the corner of the room.
"Just say what ya gotta say, Tk. I won't listen" Matt told Tk, then sat down on the small plastic chair. Tk sighed, then walked over to Kari's bed, where he sat down on the chair he had pulled up before, and took Kari's hand.
"Hey Kari. Er... it's me, Tk, just in case you didn't know." Tk felt stupid, but he continued. "Look, Kari, I know you will survive this. You have to. I mean, you can go anywhere and do anything you want. You can be anything you want to be. Your life has many surprises waiting in it for you, and the digidestined would miss you.... I would miss you..... Kari, I hope you can hear this, because I know that you will be okay. I need you to know it too, because otherwise, you might not make it. But you are strong, and I'm sure that you will be able to come back. Kari, I don't think I could continue without you. I used to think that you would not make it, and look where it got me. I was filled with despair and was hopeless without you. You are my soul, and the digidestined group wouldn't be the same without you. We need your spirit and insight in the group. You are the keeper of Light, and you are stronger than any of the other digidestined. I know you will make it. And now you do too."
Matt walked over to him and placed a hand on Tk's shoulder.
"That was really good of you Tk. If you are right, and she did hear you, we don't have anything to worry about."
"I hope you're right Matt. But I'm sure you are. Kari is alive, and she will always with me. I have no despair anymore. Nothing will stop her now. She'll be back with us within a month. I can sense it Matt, and I'm not going to fight this instinct."
*
Matt, Tk, Izzy, Yolei and Tai gathered around Matt's living room table. It had been two days since Tk's had woken up, and unfortunatly, only four days till the hospital unhooked Kari from life support. They had been discussing the prophecy, and how to solve it so Kari would wake up.
"Well, I think that we only need to work out what the darkness is, because the other parts of the prophecy make sence and seem to already have happened." Izzy said in a matter-of-factly voice. The others nodded an agreement.
"But what could the darkness be? I don't think it's Devimon, that answer seems to simple." Tk said, referring back to his thoughts on the issue.
"Yeah......." Yolei agreed. Suddenly, a random, curious thought drifted across her memory.... something she had once heard in the digiworld....... The brighter the light, the deeper the Darkness......
"Guys, do think that this has anything to do with digimon at all? I mean, I think it might be inside one of us." Yolei said, waiting for the groups responce. Four pairs of eyes merely glanced blankly at her.
"I mean, once in the digiworld I was told that the brighter the light the deeper the darkness, and I think that this might have something to do with it." Yolei elaborated. Tk felt surprisingly uneasy at this. It couldn't be my cutting, could it? A little voice in his head asked him.
"Er.... guys, I think I might know what it is." Tk said softly. Matt turned to him.
"Go ahead little bro, we're all ears." Matt said supportingly. Tk took a shaky breath.
"A while ago, after Kari fell into a coma, I started.... cutting..... It seemed to be the only way I could get rid of my hatred...." Tk said uneasily.
"Oh Tk......" Tai said. Tears welled in Tk's eyes.
"Bro, that was the first step, and I'm sure that took guts, and we'll all help you get over this." Matt said, putting a comforting arm around his little brother. Tk bit his lip.
"I was really scarred to tell you. I thought you wouldn't understand."
"Tk, we understand. We just wish you had told us before it escalated to epic proportions." Izzy said, giving Tk a sypathetic look.
"We'll all help you over this Tk. No-one, especially you, deserves to feel like they need to kill themselves."
Yolei said, trying to be warm-hearted.Tk looked up at the four of them.
"Thanks guys. I didn't think it would be this easy."
"Tk, we'll be here for you. Any time you want to talk or cry or anything, call one of us and we'll listen. You don't have to take it out on yourself. You're going through a lot at the moment, so we will help you through all of this. Isn't that what friends are for anyway?" Tai asked. Tk nodded his head.
"Yeah. And look on the bright side. If that is the darkness, Kari will wake up any day now." Izzy said, continuing on from Tai's little speech.
"Guys, after that, I don't think I'll ever do something stupid like that again. I mean, I wouldn't want to lose a life with friends like you in it, would I?" Tk said.
"Awww..... GROUP HUG!" Tai yelled happily, tightly embracing everyone. After a few moments, they all pulled away, grinning broadly at eachother.
*
Tk was back where he started. He had spent the past two days trying to deal with his problem, overcoming it obstacle by obstacle. He felt as though a wieght had been lifted off his soul, but dropped back on because Kari had not yet woken up. He had been using his brothers guitar to try to write more songs, but it failed once more. Once again, he took the bus to the hospital to visit Kari with a guitar, but this time, the guitar belonging to his brother. He made a mental note to himself not to forget about it. But Tk had a different motive for visiting Kari this time. His brother had organised a concert for his band on the day Kari would be unhooked from life support, a sort of dedication, and had agreed to let Tk sing one song at the end for Kari, and Tk needed to write a new song. Since this was for Kari, he thought the best place to write it would be by her side. After the bus trip and getting to KariÕs room, despite some doctors and nurses gave him odd looks from a few days before, he sat down next to Kari and pulled out the guitar and sat it on his lap, when a doctor came in.
ÒUm, sorry kid, but sheÕs not gonna say anything to you. Are you sure you want to be with her?Ó He asked.
ÒYeah.... I donÕt care if she doesnÕt want to speak to me..... just hearing her breathing is enough.....Ó The doctor nodded his head, then closed the door as he walked out. Wait...... thatÕs perfect! A voice in TkÕs head told him. Cause I want nothing more than sit outside heavens door and listen to you breathing....... It was all coming out perfectly. Tk pulled out a pad from his guitar case and started writting down ideas.
*
ÒYou all ready?Ó Matt asked Tk cautiously. Tk was about to go on stage, and to his horror, he would be singing a tribute to Kari at the exact moment her life support would be disconnected. He took a deep breath and walked on stage. He was well known for the songs of his that MattÕs band had performed, but he still didnÕt expect the huge crowd cheering for him. He walked up to the mic, and started to speak into it.
ÒThis is dedicated to a very dear friend of mine.... I will never forget you, Kari.Ó
Tk took a slight step back from the mic and started to sing.
*
KariÕs family gathered close to her bed and tried to swallow their tears. The doctor placed a trembling hand on the cord, and pulled it out of itÕs socket. KariÕs lifeline went dead, and her heartbeat stopped. Her family turned away from the horror that was becoming their worst nightmare come true.
*
ÒFinding my way back to sanity again
Though I donÕt know what IÕm gonna do when I get there
Take a breath and hold on tight spin around one more time and
gracefully fall back to the arms of graceÓ
*
Tai couldnÕt move. He stared at the lifeless body that was his sister, and found it impossible to move. He didnÕt want to accept the truth. He so wanted his little sister back. Tears welled in his eyes, and finaly, he was able to move. Then, as he started to walk away as the rest of his family and the doctors had done, he heard a faint beep coming from the machine measuring her heartbeat. He turned and stared at it, watching to see if what he heard was real. Then another beep. He couldnÕt believe what he was seeing. Faster and faster, the machine was picking up more and more heartbeats, getting faster and faster. Tai tore his eyes away from the maching and onto his sister. His eyes widened as the impossible occured. She moved. Tai told himself. Then her arm started to twitch. Tai watched in awe as Kari started to move more and more. Then, as though she was being controlled by a puppet, Kari sat up in bed, climbed out, and her eyes snapped open. She smiled at Tai, then stared to walk out of the room, getting her suitcase, leaving Tai staring blankly behind her.
*
ÒCause I am hanging on every word you say and
Even if you donÕt want to speak tonight
ThatÕs alright, alright with me
Cause I want nothing more
than sit outside heavens door
And listen to you breathing
ItÕs where I wanna beÓ
*
Kari walked through the hospital to where she somehow knew she was meant to be going. She first went to the bathroom, and shut herself in a cubicle and got changed into something respectful. She then brushed her hair, and left her suitcase and left for where she instinctively knew she was meant to be.
*
"Looking past the shadown in my mind
until the truth fell down
trying to identify the voices in my head,
God, which one's you?
Let me feel one more time what it
feels like to feel and
break these calluses of of me
one more time"
*
Kari finaly arrived at a huge concert, one which seemed to be absolutely packed with fans. She did not know why she thought to come there, but as she trusted herself, she made her way through the crowds, a guitar slung over her slender shoulder.
*
ÒCause I am hanging on every word you say and
Even if you donÕt want to speak tonight
ThatÕs alright, alright with me
Cause I want nothing more
than sit outside heavens door
And listen to you breathing
ItÕs where I wanna beÓ
*
Tk looked out into the crowd as he reached the main instrumental part of the song. He was looking for someone - anyone - who looked as though they could comfort him. Then, he saw a glimpse of what looked like Kari.... but it couldnÕt be, he told himself. He thought he was hallucinating, until he saw it again. Matt, who was peering out from behind the stage, seemed to see it too. He squinted hard, when he saw it again. Tk looked out to his brother, hoping to hear that he wasnÕt crazy. Matt gave him a look that didnÕt do much to help Tk: by the look Matt gave him, he was as confused as Tk was. But then, confirmation? A guitar, that looked oddly like TkÕs one, was slung over the girls shoulder. Without thinking, Tk jumped down from the stage, and stared parting through the crowd for the girl without success. He sighed, then made his way back to the stage, where he climbed back on, and waited for his cue to start singing again.
*
"I don't want a thing from you
Bet you're tired of waiting for
the scraps to fall
of off your table to the ground
Cause I just wanna be here now"
*
To say Tk was dissapointed was an understatement as he continued singing. He continued to search the crowds for Kari, even though he knew his chances of finding her were slim to none. But Kari seemed to know aboout Tk, and tried as hard as she could to battle her way through the crowds to the stage where she seemed to know she would find Tk.
*
ÒCause I am hanging on every word you say and
Even if you donÕt want to speak tonight
ThatÕs alright, alright with me
Cause I want nothing more
than sit outside heavens door
And listen to you breathing
ItÕs where I wanna beÓ
*
Tk had almost given up hope of ever seeing Kari again, when suddenly, he saw what had to be Kari in the front row. Although the girl was facing the other way, there was no mistaking that haselnut hair or that pale skin. Tk ran forward to the front of the stage, grabbed the girls hand, and pulled her up onto the stage. He looked into the girls eyes to see KariÕs warm eyes staring right back at him. All he could have ever asked for was coming true
ÒHi Tk. I found this and thought you might want it backÓ Kari said, as though nothing had happened. Just the way things had been before. Tears prickled at the back of TkÕs eyes as he quickly embraced the girl. She returned the hug, then pulled away and handed Tk his guitar. They stood, staring at eachother for a few minutes before Kari spoke.
ÒWell, you know what. IÕve been waiting to kiss you for a few months. It was real hard for me, and IÕm glad to be back. But promise you will never pretend to be dead again. That was really odd.Ó
ÒHow did you know?Ó
ÒIÕll always be with you Tk. By the way, Matt makes a pretty impressive doctor, I must admit.Ó Tk laughed. Kari smiled, then grabbed his collar and pulled him into a kiss that she and he had longed for.
ÒIÕm not gonna leave your side for a long time, Tk. I donÕt think I could stand it. IÕm gonna be with you for eternity and a day.Ó
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Okay, so whatcha think? Good or bad? Sorry that I didn't use anyone's ideas for an ending, but I couldn't wait to write part two. Please review or send comments to rio_blaze_dione@hotmail.com
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From Rio