"A Song for You" --Chapter 3
"Almost ready?" Doujima whispered to Robin backstage. Robin nodded nervously. "Don't worry," Doujima squeezed Robin's hand in support, "You'll do great. We're all here for you. Okay?" Robin nodded again. "Okay, well I gotta go grab my seat...I dunno if I'm even supposed to be backstage." And with that, Doujima tip-toed away to find her seat with Karasuma, Sakaki, adn Michael. Robin smoothed her silky dress nervously. Finally, the singer before Robin finished and invited Robin to come onstage. Robin swallowed hard, then stepped out into the spotlight. Everyone clapped politely, and Robin could see her friends clapping as hard as they could toward ther front of the room. The room was dimly lit by candles adn small lamps. Little round tables under white table clothes, sat around a highly polished dance floor. Robin herself looked magnificent. Doujima had found the perfect outfit. THe dress was black and had long, belling, off-the-shoulder sleeves. The dress itself hugged her curving form and rippled down to mid-thigh, showing off long, shapely legs. She had strappy high-heels that tied up around mid-calf. Around ehr slender throat a simple black satin ribbon was tied. Her hair was pulled up into an elegant bun, with her bangs left hanging. The light shone off her creamy milk skin adn reflected off her re-gold hair. Robin took the mike from the previous singer and smiled nervously. She signaled to the small band behind her, and they started up obediently. Robin closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and began to sing. The wave of warmth that was Robin's voice rippled out across the room adn whatever tension anyone had melted away, even Robin's. One by one, couples got out of their seats and began to dance on teh dance floor. Robin wished it could be her and Amon out there, dancing in each others arms. For almost an hour, Robin sang her heart out to the crowd. She loved singing, and the little band smoothly backed up her natural talent. Robin soared through seven songs without a hitch. But before she started number eight, she scanned the crowd and her gaze caught on a tall, dark man standing alone in a smoky, isolated corner. Her breath caught in surprise. It was him. What was he doing there? Robin didn't care though. He was there, and that's all that mattered. She listened to the band start, and suddenly, she knew what she had to do. So she closed her eyes and sang out to him:
There's some things, I know to be true
Snow is white, and the ocean is blue,
Rain is wet, and it falls from the sky
And the stars come out every night
And just as sure, as the sun will rise
this love is real, you see in my eyes
Plant a seed, and it will grow
Some things I know.
o
Robin opened her eyes and looked around, she found her friends. They were sitting in complete silence as her velvety voice rose and fell and wrapped around all teh people in the restaurant. Karasuma looked around for the source of Robin's sudden inspiration and saw Amon in the back. She smiled in understanding and nodded at Robin. Robin sang on:
There's some things in life I need,
water to drink, air to breath
a placet to rest when I need sleep
When I'm hungry food to eat
As sure as I need the Lord Above,
Tha's how much I need your love,
and I need shelter from the cold
Somethings I know.
o
Robin made eye contact with Amon, and kept it throughout the last verse. She had no eyes, for anyone, or anything but him. And she made certain that there was no doubt that this song was for him.
There's somethings in life I want
To be thankful for all I've got
A friend to talk to, a hand to hold
To still be young when I grow old
And I want all my dreams to come true
and I wanna share them all with you
And I just had to tell you so
Somethings I know
Oh, I just had to tell you so
There's somethings I know.
o
