Hey everyone. Very sorry for the lapse in updating this. I went on vacation for my birthday and was planning on getting this chapter out while there, but ended up not. Which is sad, cause it was on the to-do list. Well, anyway, first and foremost, here's a big thanks to my reviewers. I'm glad you guys are liking this and thank for that reviewer who emailed me on my stance on the Bob/Dot thing. Hopefully I made some semblance of sense at 3 in the morning. LOL Anyway, still goes for everyone else, if you wanna know my stance, just email me and I'll give it to ya.

Now a word about this chapter. This chapter will be closely tied into another story, "Trading Spaces" I actually used the chorus of this next song as an opening for the second chapter. If you haven't read it, I suggest you do as I probably won't go into much detail about it. Think of this as an interlude between the first chapter and the second, taking place after Bob has left for the Super Computer.

Soundtrack of Love

Waiting

Waiting for the night to start, waiting for the night to change your ways

The hustle and bustle of the Super Computer had begun only a few nanos ago, but it seemed as though the large system and hub of the Net had been at this for seconds. For a tenant sitting alone in his room, the second seemed like a good one. One where he could go outside into the sun and relax; Forget all of his troubles of late. He couldn't recall what second this was, only that another one had passed while he had sat there in his room. He looked out the window, a piece of him wanting to go out and have a zip.

There are days missing from my week again

And there's not a cloud in the sky

But the view from the Hollywood Roosevelt

Makes me feel like I can fly

The sprite known as Bob had returned to his initiation place, the Super Computer. He had left the small system of Mainframe in order to..."get away" is what he had told some friends. And indeed, he needed a change of scenery. He needed to be...away...for some time, try to set things in perspective.

There was another reason he had left Mainframe. It was because of...her. The newly appointed Command.Com of the system. Bob had tried as best he could, to make things right with one Dot Matrix and he had found that he either wasn't trying hard enough or that his trying wasn't enough. All he knew was that something had happened while he had been staying in her apartment and it was good. Yes, he had been tricked there by her brothers he honestly couldn't believe they had gone that far, but more than ever, he couldn't believe it actually might have worked but when it was all over, he couldn't help but feel bad that the plan hadn't worked. And it was going so well.

Running a hand through his messy hair, Bob sighed. He probably should say sorry to the boys, he hadn't exactly left them in happy spirits. Again he sighed. He'd only been here for perhaps a cycle and already he missed Mainframe. Hell, he had missed Mainframe before he had even left.

I should maybe make some apologizes

And I probably should fix my hair

But I might just stay another night

If my credit card is still down there

Falling back on the bed he had been sitting on, Bob stared at the ceiling, hands behind his head. He had hoped being away from everything would help him clear his head. Unfortunately, all it did was make it painfully obvious that the blue guardian missed his friends...his family...in his adoptive home.

Oh yeah, all right

I feel like a hundred million dollars tonight

Meanwhile, in the very system our guardian was thinking of, the sprite known as Dot Matrix sat in her office in the Mainframe Principal Office. After saying goodbye to their guardian that fateful second, Dot had been holed up in the room. She told people she was way behind in reports and the like, but of course no one really believed her.

Even Dot didn't believe herself.

Well, about the reports, among other things.

So now Dot sat in her chair, eyes glued to a status report on the Diner, her eyes trying to read all the numbers and stats, but she hadn't read one word since she had opened the vid window. Her mind kept going back to the second Bob left for the Super Computer, more importantly, it strayed back to the little "plan" her brothers and AndrAIa had cooked up though the game sprite had repeatedly told her it hadn't been her idea. She had merely been an accessory and how it nearly worked.

If not for Dot herself.

It had taken her a while, but she had figured out their little rouse and had doused it out like water to a fire. If this had come to her attention earlier, it wouldn't have been so hard, but they had...been together...and though it had been great heavenly was the word it made getting him out of the apartment that much more difficult, especially when she didn't want him to leave.

So why did you press the matter? She thought.

I knew you were the one

But I kept you waiting

Kept you waiting, anticipating

Now I'm waiting for you

She had said no to the attempts to get her out of that office. Mouse, Matrix, and AndrAIa had taken to actually kidnapping the young business directory one night, saying she needed to get air.

I think I'll go and see my friends tonight

Who live just a little bit up Crescent Heights

And sometimes we stay out all night

Feels like there's nothing that we can't do

"I'm starting to think you're a vampire." Matrix had joked.

Dot admitted, she had a good time. They had stayed out until late that night, something Dot after a few drinks had laughed out, then immediately felt guilty, then went back to laughing about it. She couldn't remember all of what happened, but Mouse had told her she had broken down in a drunken stupor, admitting what she had done was ridiculous, to say the least, but insisted that Bob hated her now.

Which of course, was further from the truth.

Bob was head over heels for her.

Speaking of which, said sprite still laid on his bed in his room, remembering her look of hurt as he said goodbye.

I'm never really sure that I'll ever change

But if it makes you happy, then I will lie

She looked at me and softly said,

"I'm gonna love you til the day I die."

She should've said she loved him.

But would that have stopped him from leaving?

Dot wasn't sure, but she hoped it might have. As it stood, he'd been gone for a while and she missed him terribly, but she knew it was pointless by now.

She had lost him for good.

Oh yeah, all right

I feel like a hundred million dollars tonight

She missed him. She loved him, more than anything, and she had lost him.

All's fair in love and war, right?

So why didn't this feel so fair?

I knew you were the one

But I kept you waiting,

Kept you waiting, anticipating

Now I'm waiting for you

"Ugh!" Dot exclaimed, closing the vid window she had been staring at. Another second, another vid window excuse, another attempt at forgetting the one sprite she needed here with her. She could hear Bob in her head, telling her to live life and go out and play.

I miss the things you told me

Bob sat on the window sill, looking out among the busy passer-bys.

I'll be waiting for you

It was seconds like these that he needed Dot more than ever. She always knew how to cheer him up.

I wish that you would hold me

I'll be waiting for you

It was seconds like these that she needed Bob more than ever. He always could cheer her up.

If you decide to change your mind

I'll be waiting for you

Bob shook his head, angrily, and stood from his perch. He couldn't take any more of this. He needed to see her, but with her. He looked around and saw the postcard he was going to send and read it over. He quickly sent a vid over to Turbo to tell him he would be leaving and he'd get his stuff at some point.

I miss the things you told me

I'll be waiting for you

He gathered his card and headed straight for Mainframe.

I'll be waiting there for you

Dot meanwhile, sat lost in thought, when a voice cleared its throat, causing her to jump. "Yes?"

"Delivery, Miss Matrix." The voice replied.

She took the card in her hands. A postcard from Bob. Great.

I keep waiting, anticipating

You

And that's it for that. It's rather long as you can see. The next chapter will be as well, as we conclude the Soundtrack of Love with the song, "Heaven" Don't forget to click the little button that says "submit review" cause you know how I love hearing from ya!