Hey guys! Finally, back with Chapter 8! I'm so sorry you had to wait so long but I really wanted to save this for today!

So! I have a few things to say before you start on reading so PLEASE READ THIS!

First of all, as you see I changed my username which now is TheYinToYourYang but don't worry, it's always me, the crazy chick!

Also, today is my birthday! Yay me! So I decided I'd give you this as a present for you, because you're all amazing and loyal readers.

Another thing I want to say, this chapter is different from the others, the underlined parts are not lyrics as they would seem but are my own writing.

You have to read this one closely, pay attention to certain points that I'm sure you'll catch.

Last thing, I have something to ask of you. While writing this, I had been strongly influenced by a melody and it's from there that the whole Heartbeat thing came along.

I would really appreciate it if you guys listened to it too while reading, it would set the mood.

Just go on YouTube and type in 'Heartbeat Instrumental' and it should be the second or first video that appears. It's easy to find, the thumbnail is exactly that of a heart. It's okay if you don't but again, I would love it and it's a song worth listening.

Thanks for listening guys and now I'll just go.

Disclaimer: No dude. I even asked for it for my birthday nearly 5 years ago but Jim O'Doherty is a possessive man.


I Swear My Heart Had Beat...


In every single moment the heart beats.

It beats in joy, in anguish, to fulfill its expectations.

The mind stashed away Memories,

the number of beats related to it.

You don't know it, but they say that the heart,

It beats 2.2 billion times a lifetime...


A giggle. Little chubby arms reached up, waiting for their little hands to be grabbed. She giggled again as she began reaching up higher and higher, bouncing on her bum that was sat on the ground.

Her eyes twinkled as one of her two suns finally crouched down in front of her and delicately grabbed hold of her outstretched hands. The man joined the woman on the ground and squatted down.

The senior blonde tugged ever-so-slightly at the little hands and blonde junior stood up on wobbly legs. Her knees were bucking under her but she didn't fall. She was making her mommy and daddy smile too much for it to end just because she fell down.

Her daddy bopped her nose and smiled fondly at the two girls. The woman continued to coo and felt eyes on her.

"What?" She asked him, suddenly shy. He stared lovingly into her eyes, a slight dazed smile on his lips.

"I knew you'd make a wonderful mother." She blushed, breaking eye contact but still feeling him staring at her.

"And I told you she'd be just like you." He ended in a whisper, the woman's eyes looking up at her daughter again. Indeed, she was just turning out like a carbon copy of her as a baby.

She blushed again and they both leaned in. A giggle was heard again.

Everything went black.

Heartbeats worth this moment gone.


A cry resounded in the white room and it made all ears perk up. This was what everyone had been waiting for, a sign of life.

A sign of a new life.

Nurses rushed around as the doctor handed the dazed man the sissors with which he could do the honors. The brunette took the sissors and with a trembling hand cut the cord that set his child free.

His child.

Done with the deed, he looked up to his significant other's face, who was currently panting in hard and fast to try and catch her breath. Her face was twisted up as she ran a hand through her hair to calm herself down, to be stable enough to look at her child before getting some real rest.

Her child.

The little vulnerable bundle of wailing joy who was currently being assisted by nurses. It was theirs.

Their child.

Finally, the woman opened her eyes as another loud shrill was heard, and looked on from the bed. She felt her man's hand still in hers, this time with him clutching it for dear life as the nurse came over to them.

She squeezed back as they came with the tiny bundle in their arms, her husband looking on dazedly as it was handed over to her.

She struggled to sit up and he helped her, and when she was comfortable, the nurse handed the baby over.

Holding her precious baby for the first time ever felt surreal to her and she struggled to choke back tears. She looked up with a watery smile and the man finally snapped out of it, somehow coming to his senses and scooting over to them.

He wrapped his arms around the both of them and then, they were both admiring what they had produced.

"She's beautiful." He whispered in her ear as he ran a finger delicately on their daughter's small chubby face.

She nodded, feeling tears flow down freely. He kissed her on the head as he continued, "I know she'll be just like you." She nodded again as a strangled giggle escaped her.

"I love you both so much" He squeezed his eyes shut as did she, feeling his forehead drop down onto hers. She hugged the baby closer to her chest and felt his hand on one of her own that was holding the baby.

And together, they opened their eyes again and looked down to see two clear, big doe brown eyes staring up at them curiously. The baby started gurgling at them and the mother passed her over to her father so they could both hold some of her at the same time.

Warmth was rushing through them, seemingly a familiar feeling. One they ever wanted to go away.

"What should her name be?" A nurse came over to them and smiled softly at the new family.

The brunet looked at the blonde for a moment and they exchanged a smile. Then he declared,

"Olivia Hastings Brewer."

The blonde's lips curved up as she parted them but no sound came out.

Everything went black.

Heartbeats worth this moment gone.


Bells chimed. People rose up from their seats as big wooden doors opened to the future.

His future.

He stared, like the rest, as she came in, gracefully walking over to him with her father by her side. She was walking with a stable pace but he knew that she wanted to run instead. She would've if she could but restrained herself, because only for today she wanted to not be her usual crazy, klumsy self.

But he kind of wished she did though. This day was already coming on to be unforgettable and her personal touch would make it...a synonym of unforgettable?

They kept their eyes locked onto eachother's, never once looking away. The brunet felt his heart skip a beat but then pump that tad bit faster to catch up when the blonde goodness was passed over to him.

"Hey." He muttered, making her giggle breathily.

"Hi." Their smiles reached their eyes as the priest began speaking. They couldn't believe it, in a matter of minutes they would be officially be husband and wife.

Magical today was.

"I do." The blonde was snapped out of her brief daze as she looked at how her man's eyes had changed. From a mix of mischievousness and love to only just love.

She guessed she had been daydreaming long enough for her to miss the part where the priest had talked to him.

Now it was her turn. She listened and just smiled. For ever since she could remember she had wanted this and finally...

"I do."

Everything went black.

Heartbeats worth this moment gone.


Cheers, shouts of utmost joy. Blue caps flew into the air, signifying freedom, something newly acquired by these guys.

The Seaford High Class of 2015 all leaped down from the stage, a loud roar echoing far far away.

People ran in every direction, hugging every person they ran into regardless of who they were. Friends clutched at eachother, tears falling from many eyes and laughs from every mouth.

The 2015 class ran among their families and outer friends before finding eachother again at some point, in the center of it all. They looked at eachother and still drunk with adrenaline and excitement, they all mashed into a giant group hug.

They clutched at eachother and relished in the moment before pulling away and forming small groups.

One group was already formed though, a group of four who stood there still hugging, heads down and pressed against eachothers.

A blonde being held so tightly sobbed in the arms of her most loved ones. The other three cried along, not sobbing but letting tears flow.

They let it all sink in, how they were done with this place and how they never had to come back. All those times they had said they wanted to just leave, now it seemed like an abomination.

It's true when they say that you only miss something when you don't have it anymore.

Today it felt like leaving home. Sure, the world out there was now theirs to conquer but it was so, so big. And they still felt so little.

Now they were free, had no bounds but had eachother. The most important thing.

"Shh." The brunet cooed, kissing the temple of his girlfriend as she struggled to calm down.

"It's gonna be alright ." The ginger said, assuring his blonde friend and himself.

"We're ready." The raven-haired joined in, sniffing and nodding to himself.

"Wasabi?"

A sound that was meant to come out, to be heard, remained strangled, lost.

Because everything went black.

In this moment the heart beat too much.


A shout. A high-pitched girly shout.

The brunet spun around as he heard it, his entire body alert. Yes, it had to be her.

Finally.

And there she was. She stopped in her tracks and they stared at eachother from a distance, mesmerized. She seemed to snap out of it at some point as she began walking, sprinting and then fill out running towards him.

All he did was open his arms out wide, just waiting for her to slam into him so he could never let her go again.

And she did, she all but crashed into him as his vision was rendered golden for a few moments. Arms clutched him close as she buried her head into his shoulder and cried.

He hugged her back with equal fervor, lifting her off the ground completely. Finally, after one whole year of her being abroad, she was finally back into his arms.

She had said something just before going so he joked about it now, knowing the real answer by the way she was holding him.

"So you didn't forget me, did you?"

A soundless laugh followed for everything went black.

And really, where did these heartbeats go?


A soft whimper. Sad and glossy brown eyes looked at him and he just got lost in them.

Then she smiled her sad smile and spoke up, "You know...they say you never forget your first love..." she briefly looked down before staring up again, "And I know I never will." Her voice cracked and he just couldn't anymore.

He held up his hnads and silently demanded hers and she complied. He smoothly ran his thumbs over her hands and drew circles in an attempt to calm her down.

It seemed to work as she sighed. He pulled her tab bit closer and said, "Remember what had just been said, no matter where go, we'll always be connected."

There was finality in his voice as he stared right into her eyes, right into her soul and she believed him.

She believed everything would work out just fine as he pulled her closer and closer, leaning down. She closed her eyes and rose up on her tippy toes, something she always had to do when about to kiss him.

Lips brushed but everything went numb. It went black.

And these heartbeats? The heart was going crazy. Skipped beats and pumped too fast, went haywire.

Something must be left, there's to believe.


An angry shout.

People parted to make path for two teens who had just come running through the school doors. Both were screaming, though one in anger and the other in utter fear for his life. He was screaming worse than her and was even letting out a higher pitch than she could ever muster.

"Come back here!" It was a pretty comical sight, a boy scurrying away from his ready-to-kill blonde best friend. People knew not to step in though, it would just count as suicide.

The Latino looked over shoulder and screamed louder as he realized she was catching up, and so he ran and ran more, feeling as if he were about to collapse.

He was saved from more running though as he crashed into someone, who just so happened to be his brunet black belt other best friend.

"Ahhh! Help me!" He used him as a shield as the blonde came to a stop, panting heavily with smoke coming out of her ears, her face all red.

The brunet was confused to say the least, "Uh..what?-"

"You idiot!" She lunged and the Latino shrieked. The brunet acted fast though and as always, grabbed her before she could murder. He didn't need her in jail, she still wasn't his!

And soon they were only a mass of squirming and trashing limbs as he tried to hold on and she tried to slip away.

"What's going on?!" Their ginger best friend joined them, astonished at what was happening right in the middle of the hallway. This was a learning place, not some sort of circus!

He sighed, but with them anyway...

"No! Stop it, stop-"

"Let me GO! I wanna kill him!"

"That's why I can't let you go!"

"Ahh!"

"HEY!" And then, lips brushed some soft flesh on her neck and she was just a goner.

Everything stilled but then, went black again.

The heart got crazy again.

Something must be left.


A cry of war and flying limbs.

Blonde and brunet went at eachother, throwing punches and kicks at every body part available. They were tired, they had been going at it for twenty minutes now.

But they were both stubborn too, didn't admit defeat before long.

"Just." A well aimed kick at the shin, one leg gave out. "Go." A punch to the open spot near the shoulder and went on to flip. "Down." Twisted both bodies and ended up on the ground.

But they rolled and pinned, neither still falling out. In the midst of all that, they somehow managed to get back onto their feet and when they realized that, they stopped for a second.

They looked down at their standing feet and simultaneously groaned, throwing their arms up in disbelief.

"You have got to be kidding me!"

"That's it dude, if you think I'm gonna restart it all now, you're crazy. Spar with yourself." The brunet slowly turned to her and it didn't take long before they both snorted and burst out laughing.

She looked at him laughing merrily, his fatigue wiped away from his face momentarily. She watched as his eyes squinted as he laughed harder, looking back at her but still going on.

But soon, it all felt like it was leaving her ears, his booming laugh was silenced.

Everything went black.

Heart rate had been too much due to sparring.


A soft humming.

A red shiny apple bobbed up and down in the air as it was being tossed from hand to hand by a 13 year old blonde.

She was humming a soft tune she had heard on the piano a couple of days earlier and it stuck to her. It was such a soft and meaningful melody that she was left to tears threatening to drop.

She made her way to the Cafeteria and opened one of the double doors with her side, still doing her trick with her lunch.

She went in, air of laughter, teasing, friends, fun time and bad food hit her but dhe went for her way. She supposed she should stop juggling the apple now and find a place to sit but just before she could, it slipped as her hand barely brushed it on the way down.

She watched in horror as her lunch went for the floor but instead it landed on black.

What?

She immediately looked up and found herself staring at the cutest face she had ever seen. She followed the apple as the boy kicked it up and into his own hand, before they were looking at eachother again.

He had a dazed smile on his face, brown shaggy locks falling into his eyes. She guessed she was smiling too because she could feel her face stretch.

Those eyes...pools of liquid chocolate...she loved chocolate.

"Alright, that was almost cool." She smiled wider and told herself to act like her normal cool self. She dropped her hands, that had been resting on her hips, to her sides and stared into those lovely eyes again.

"I'm Kim."

It started to get spotty.

The boy grinned, "I'm Jack, I'm new."

Everything blurred, voices, colors, before it was turned to black.

420 Heartbeats gone...


They say that the heart beats 2.2 billion times a lifetime.

A thousand less, a thousand more it doesn't matter.

But what if when your time is about to end,

and you suddenly feel like something's wrong.

Your heart has not beat the right amount.

It's not a thousand less or more.

You feel like you lost beats worth half a lifetime.

How can you even know about your heart beats?

You don't, you just feel like it. It's throbbing, your heart.

Help it.

You can't. There's no time.

But no. You're lucky and realize it sooner.

You're still young and have lots of time.

You're confused, not aware like in the situation from before.

You just feel something,

your heart beats faster at certain things.

It's as if it's trying to catch up...

But then it still stops at the same certain things.

It shouldn't do that, it should just beat normally.

No faster, no slower.

Looking into someone's eyes, eyes same as hers,

should not make her feel that way.

But what if...

what if nothing was lost.

What if you'd normally reach 2.2 billion beats.

...What if...

It was the mind to have to catch up with the heart?


And there you go! How was it? Was it good? Did you try it with the song?Please tell me all about it in a review, think of it as a gift for the birthday girl ;)

Next chapter will have plot progress and for now, thanks for reading guys! I'll try to be quick with the next update.

And a quick question: are you comfortable with mature scenes? Because one is definitely gonna happen.

Until next time,

-Alex