*Wakes up from cat like slumber to find you all staring at me, yawns* Okay…Time to find Jasmine. I know. Thanks general for your super sweet review :) Guys I forgot to alert you, prepare Just a Dream by Sam Tsui mkay. It is about to get real. Now, let's find the five year old. Before she like, gets picked up by a stranger or something dangerous.

But I must admit…Love is overrated and I'm feeling neglected and lazy at the moment :P so…bear with me. Much pain. Much Neglect. Much Lazy.

I LOST A FRIEND (to a friend, I'm not in such a good mood that they're dating) OKAY?! XD COLD NEGLECT. CUT ME SOME SLACK.

Thanks to everyone who reviewed, I'm at school so I can't thank you by name. I love you guys!


Taylor and Chad stepped out the car, doors slamming in frustration. Taylor exhaled, closing her eyes. Chad stood next to her and did the same, only with open eyes. After 2 minutes he lifted his hands before letting them fall to his sides.

"We've been looking for an hour and a half." Chad said in frustration

"I'm calling the police station." Taylor sighed looking calm when inside she was a wreck.

"You do that I'll look over here." Chad pointed to a hill that led to a park. Taylor nodded while on the phone.

Chad slid down before calling, "Jasmine!" Nothing. "Jazzy!"

Taylor was slowly losing it "Last name is McKessie…Yes." she inhaled "She's five years old with beautiful hazel eyes and brown hair…"

"Jasmine!" Chad called out

"How long have we been looking?" Taylor blinked, eyes welling up with tears "An hour and a half." Her voice shook. She looked down the hill and saw Chad asking questions with a sad face as people said sympathetically they hadn't seen the girl on his phone. Her voice went higher and more broken "Okay…thank you." she nodded before hanging up and placing a hand over her mouth and quietly crying.

By now Chad had been coming back, when he noticed Taylor about to collapse in sobs and exhaustion he ran as fast as he could up the hill, taking her into his arms.

"Taylor! Taylor!" He panicked, holding her up as best he could. "It's okay, we'll find her…we will…" He pecked her forehead

"She's so little…anything could happen- could HAVE happened!" she sobbed

"But it won't- it didn't!" He reassured again, as best as he could.

"How do you know?!" She pulled away from him and looked up angrily with a tear streaked face

He just enveloped her in his arms again, holding her there until she was done crying.

"I'm sorry…we're wasting time." she sniffed, her eyes nearly fluttering closed.

Chad looked at her concerned "Go home."

"What?!" she exclaimed

"You heard me, see if she went home, if she did let me know, if not send Jordan and go to bed. You're not able to go on like this. It's not safe. Drop the car off tomorrow morning."

Taylor nodded in awe and gave him a hug before getting in the car and driving off.

Chad watched her go praying she'd make it safely.

(Yeah so you can start the song now.)

I was thinkin about you, thinkin about me
Thinkin about us, what we gonna be?
Open my eyes, yeah; it was only just a dream

Chad wondered like he always wondered, if he had Taylor stayed or had stayed together what would their lives had been like?

Much more different than this. But no matter how hard he tried to fantasize it, it would never happen. Only in his dreams.

So I travel back, down that road
Will you come back? No one knows
I realize, yeah, it was only just a dream
I was at the top and I was like I'm at the basement
Number one spot and now you found your a replacement
I swear now I can't take it
Knowing somebody's got my baby
And now you ain't around, baby I can't think
Shoulda put it down, shoulda got that ring
Cuz I can still feel it in the air

Chad knew there was still SOME type of romantic feeling between he and Taylor. She just had to realize it. But she never would. Because she had been wooed by the unstoppable Kevin. The Kevin that made their daughter disappear.

How could Taylor not realize Kevin was so wrong for her?! No matter, Chad needed to find the one person who gave his life meaning.

"Have you seen this little girl?" Chad asked someone who sadly shook their head. He sighed distraught.

See your pretty face run my fingers through your hair

He remembered catching Jasmine, his fingers running through her hair in order to get out. Soft, smooth and gentle before noticing her face and even thinking that he'd seen her- known her before. It was an irreplaceable feeling.

My lover, my life, my baby, my wife
You left me, I'm tied
Cuz I knew that it just ain't right

He thought about the night Jasmine was conceived in the first place. If he had known… she wouldn't be lost. He wouldn't have left. She would never have met Kevin so she wouldn't have been so hurt, upset, and distressed.

He had done this.

Okay so he hadn't…

But it felt like he had…

I was thinkin about you, thinkin about me
Thinkin about us, what we gonna be?
Open my eyes, yeah; it was only just a dream
So I travel back, down that road
Will you come back? No one knows
I realize, yeah, it was only just a dream
When I be ridin man I swear
I see your face at every turn
Tryin to get my usher over, I can let it burn
And I just hope you notice
You're the only one I yearn for
Oh I miss you, when will I learn?

Taylor peered out the window hoping she could find Jasmine. She looked at a man selling hot dogs-

HOLD UP. WAS THAT?

Taylor's car screeched to a halt, thank the lord no one was behind her. She thought she saw Chad. Why did she miss him so much?

She shouldn't have met Kevin.

She shouldn't have loved Kevin.

She shouldn't have left Chad.

Dang!

Taylor shook her head. Would she ever make a good decision? Then she realized…

Jasmine was the only good decision out of this.

Taylor had to find her.

Didn't give you all my love
I guess now I got my payback
Now I'm in the club thinkin all about my baby
Hey, you were so easy to love
But wait, I guess that love wasn't enough

She should HAVE supported Chad's original decision. Because he was right. From the very beginning he was correct…

"I stayed with you for law school, I stayed with you for everything unless I knew it jeopardized something HUGE!" she heard his voice

And it never did. It never ever jeopardized anything…

Then again…

Was she not good enough for him? Was it impossible to give up a stupid career? All she did was love him, LOVE HIM!

…..and leave him….

I'm goin through it every time that I'm alone
And now I'm missin, wishin you'd pick up the phone
But you made a decision that you wanted to move on
Cuz I was wrong

She attempted to call her fool of a fiancé but of course the call was ignored. UGH! Unbelievable! She groaned in frustration.

Then she realized she made that decision to leave the best thing that had ever happened to her.

And now he'd never be hers. Taylor's eyelids nearly clamped shut. Her car veered again. She had to go home.

And I was thinkin about you, thinkin about me
Thinkin about us, what we gonna be?
Open my eyes, yeah; it was only just a dream
So I travel back, down that road
Will you come back? No one knows
I realize, yeah, it was only just a dream

They both couldn't stop thinking of what could have would have been. So much that Taylor almost ran a red light. SO much that Chad almost ran into a tree. They shook it off and sped off in desperate search of their daughter.

If you ever loved somebody put your hands up
If you ever loved somebody put your hands up
And now they're gone
And you wish you could give them everything
I said, if you ever loved somebody put your hands up
If you ever loved somebody put your hands up
And now they're gone
And you wish you could give them everything

Where was his daughter?

She could be anywhere!

He should have stayed with Taylor, gave her his all!

But he did!

Or did he?

Chad was slowly losing his mind, he had his hands on top of his head.

Then…tiny sobs.

Chad's head turned left and right in almost a mad state. Then he saw a tiny figure huddled under the park bridge where he had crashed into Taylor.

I was thinkin about you, thinkin about me
Thinkin about us, what we gonna be?
Open my eyes, yeah; it was only just a dream
So I travel back, down that road
Will you come back? No one knows

The park where he crashed into Taylor.

The park where he had taken Madison and Tony so many times.

The park where he spent his time practicing.

The park where he found the love of his live once again.

The park where he'd saved Jasmine's life…

He ran as fast as he did the day he rescued her. The cries began to sound nearer to him.

He was ready to hug her and never let her go, apologize to her for not being there, not knowing, not TRYING to retrieve her mother's love and tell her everything was okay.

But when she whipped around she stumbled back so far she fell. She extended her hand as if to block him.

"Please leave me alone." She squeaked. It was Jasmine all right.

"Jasmine, honey…" Chad shook his head

"D- Chad please." Jasmine's voice trembled violently "Leave me alone!"

Chad shook his head "No Jasmine." he told the 5 year old firmly "Why would you do this? Your mother, Jordan AND I were worried sick!" he scolded

"Why?" she looked away with narrowed eyes. Something her mother would do. Chad remembered all the times he had to run after Taylor.

"BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU!" he exclaimed

Jasmine's head whipped around angrily again "You love me by leaving me?" Jasmine tried to get past him.

"Hey hey hey!" He forcefully grabbed his daughter by the shoulders, she looked frightened now. He softened his grip. "I didn't leave you…I never would…" Jasmine submitted. She buried her face in her father's shirt, sobbing her eyes out. Her cries shook her tiny body. Chad picked her up. "I didn't know about you…I promise you…"

I realize, yeah, it was only just a dream
And I was thinkin about you, thinkin about me
Thinkin about us, what we gonna be?
Open my eyes, yeah; it was only just a dream
So I travel back, down that road
Will you come back? No one knows
I realize, yeah, it was only just a dream…

"I know." her tiny voice said, snuggling close to Chad.

only just a dream…

"Let's go home." Chad said quietly picking up her bike

It was only just a dream...


You know out of all my songfics I like this one.