Will Tomorrow Ever Come Chapter 9: Brand New Colony, a degrassi fanfic

Chapter 9: Brand New Colony (Postal Service)

A/N: This is the second half the last chapter. This is where you see Craig play the show, and then answers some of the questions that his fans have for him. Ashley is basically reeling from what she just found out, so basically she is in shock for most of the chapter, but she does eventually come back around. I'll try to make this chapter lighter in tone, which basically means that Danny & Darcy will get to shine in this chapter. I've tired to make these chapter as readable as I can, so they are not to long. I hope guys have like what I've written so far.

It's about 5 minutes before Craig is supposed to head out to the stage, after he found little Joey walking around he had a P.A take him back to his seat and deliver a message to Sean telling him not let him out his sight. Right now it's only Craig and his thoughts; this was the routine that he had for himself before any gig. He thought about the moments that led up to this, he about how his time in high school, he thought about his friends, some that weren't there physically but spiritually. Then memories of Ashley started to flood his head, at first it felt will a rush, but as he started shift through all of his emotions he gained a bit of perspective of everything. After all the pain that they had caused each other it would never change how he felt about her, she was his soul, his heart. But as these thoughts enter his mind he knew that he would probably never see her again. He shook his head and picked up a bottle of water and picked up a little bottle. The bottle said "Lithium: Take One Pill every 8 hours" underneath it said "Prescribed to: Craig Manning", he ingested the pill and let out a big sigh, and thought to himself "after all these years I'm still fighting these disease", as he picked up his guitar and walked outside closing the door behind him.

As soon as Craig exits his dressing room he could hear the loud roar of the audience, he has a smile on his face. He can hear Danny & Darcy talking to the audience, and he lifts his head to see his bandmates. They all get in a circle and Steven says a little pray, although Craig has never been a religious man he still encourages Steven to do it because it has always brought good luck.

After the prayer was finished, the morning show's executive producer came up to them trying to get a feel of how they were feeling, and then told them that they were about to go on stage. They had done of a run through the day before, the plan was that Craig and his band would do about four songs, they set list included "Won't Go Home Without you", "Carry This Picture", "I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)" and then they would play a request by an audience member, and in between the songs would they would talk with Danny & Darcy, then followed by a question and answer period with the fans. The show would take about two hours more or less. After the show Craig offered to stay for a while and sign autographs and take some pictures. The producer leads them to the stage.

Craig steps through the door just as Danny and Darcy announces him. At first he is blinded by the swarms of pictures that are taken and deafen by their scream, he remember what his manager told him once, "Close your eyes and just smile, everything else would be fine", he follows suit and moves over to where Danny and Darcy are set up. He sits down and takes a drink of water; he is followed by his bandmates who sit to the left and right of him.

Danny looks around and says "It's 8:10 in the morning, and I have to say is wow, this is incredible, I have never heard this loud of an ovation. Have you Darcy"

"No, I'm dumbfounded by all this. This must be a boost to the old ego, huh Craig?" says Darcy

"Yea, this pretty much amazing. Dude I think my eardrums are going to explode" says Craig as he tries to cover his ears.

"I Love you Craig. Please merry me, I want to have your kids" says a fan who is jumping around wearing a Mrs. Manning T-shirt and has a poster full of picture of him.

"Well when is the wedding" responds Craig.

Everyone laughs. They fan responded back "Anytime you want, but you gotta pay for it."

"Alright how about tomorrow, we can go to Vegas, no I'm sorry I can't marry you, I don't even know you" says Craig as he gets and moves over to the fan. As he reaches her she basically jumps on him and gives him a big hug.

At this point in time Ashley is still out of it, she still doesn't know what to think. But snaps out of it as she hears everyone laugh. She looks to see Craig hugging the fan, she sees that Craig looks happy and hasn't been weighed down by the past like she has. But then she thinks to herself "well it has been 12 years, I'm it was just as hard for him as it has for me. But he has had a child with another woman, and if that fan is right and he is about 10 years old, then that mean it must have not taken that long to get over me".

Liberty sees the look in Ashley's eyes and whispers in her ears "look honey just because he has a child doesn't mean that he doesn't still love you. Look you know how he feels about and trust me he has not gotten over you; even it has been many years. Don't let this get you down it's your birthday, try and have some fun, okay?"

"Sure Lib, I'll try but I can't make any promises to you. This isn't some little piece of gossip about Craig; this is living, breathing boy who calls Craig dad. I mean he is a father and where the kid's mother is, are Craig and her still together, is she dead like he said so. I don't know what to think about it, I'm just so confused," says Ashley as she gives Liberty a fake smile

Craig walks back to the stage and puts his headphones on, and thinks for a second and just starts laughing. He looks over to Ellie and Sean, who are just chuckling at the fact that Craig gets this amount of attention, that this is the same guy they knew in high school and he is now a huge rock star, that all of his dreams came true.

"Alright Craig, that was weird but it also bring up a question are you with anyone right now, we all know that you are an extremely private guy and are very secretive about your personal life" says Darcy.

"Well Darcy, you're right I really don't like to talk about my life, my belief is that you can get to know me better by listening to my music than talking to me. But to answer your question, no I am not without anyone right now, it's actually been a while since I've been with anyone, it's kinda hard to find someone that gets me. Plus the fact that it's a little hectic right now with the album coming out, and we are going to be doing a tour to support it" says Craig

Ashley picks up her and smiles at what Craig had just said. Liberty sees her smiling and says "I told you so, so you're the only one who gets him".

Danny looks to Craig and say "Well you just brought up the fact that there will be a tour, can you explain a little more in detail"

Craig takes a swig of water and begins to talk "well right now its early April, we'll be hitting the road in early June, I know it's a little late but I set it up this way for a reason. My friend Ellie, who is in the front row, and as everyone can she is very much pregnant, well she is 7 months pregnant and she will be due in sometime in late May/early June. So I kinda want to be there for her and Sean, her husband. So when we go on tour it will be a North American solely, we'll most playing most major cities in the States, and then we'll come back and play almost every major Canadian province, and we'll end the tour right here in Toronto, in late August. Then when December hit, we'll go on the second leg of the tour, which will hit most European cities."

"We heard a rumor that you' bought a house right here in Toronto, you could please either confirm or deny it" asks Darcy

"Wow, when did you turn into Walter Conkrite Darce? Nah I'm kidding I did buy a house here in Toronto. It's a great house, a lot of space but not too big, I even built myself a state of the art studio. Look I haven't told anyone outside of the band, the record label, and my manager, so I guess this is a major exclusive or what not but I'm planning to slow down a bit. I've been doing this for a long time and I feel a little worn out, so after the tour I'm going to step back a bit" says Craig with a hopeful look on his face.

The audience is in shock, they are all thinking the same thing, is he retiring?

Ashley doesn't know what to make of this news; Craig always told her that he would want to be on tour his entire life if he could.

Danny looks at Darcy then over to Craig and asks, "Does this mean you are going to retire from the industry?"

"Sort of, don't get me wrong I'll be involved in the industry, I feel there is a lot I can give back but I guess the best term for it is "semi-retirement". I know a lot of people will not understand this move but I feel that it is the best thing for me right now, and If I feel like recording some stuff, all I got do is go into the next room and work. All I'm saying is that after the tour is done that I'll be done with touring. It's hard being away from home up to 6 months of the year, so when this is over I can focus on what really matters" says Craig as he looks out into the crowd, he catches both Ellie and Sean looking at him and seem to approve of his decision.

"Well what are you going to do with all your free time" ask Darcy trying to lighten the mood.

"Well I mean there is a lot of things that I have missed out on, maybe I'll take up crocheting who knows all i do know is that i'll be able to spend time with the people I love" says Craig is looking at his son.

"Well on that note, we'll go to a commercial break. Remember you can stream this event on we'll be back." Says Danny as they go off the air.

Ashley looks over to Liberty and says, "I'm not hearing wrong, right? Craig said he was going into "semi-retirement", right?"

Liberty looks back to her and says "Oh, you heard right. I'm guess it's so that he can spend more time with his son, look he is going on tour during the summer and the winter when his son would most likely be on break from school"

During the break Darcy looks over to Craig and asks, "Dude, are you sure about this. I mean your only 31."

"I know Darcy but I feel this is the right thing to do, I want to spend as time with my son as I can. I mean I have way too much money, I'll be set forever and Little Joey will never have to worry about money, he can go to whatever college he wants" says Craig as straps on his guitar.

Danny checks the clocks and sees that they only have a minute till the get back. He calls over Darcy; she puts on her headphones he begins to talks.

"Well we're back on WTOR radio, Toronto Premier Rock & Alternative station, it's 8:30 in the morning. Craig and the guys, oh sorry Janice I mean Craig and the band are going to play the first single off of the new record "I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)", hit it guys" says Danny as Janice is staring a hole into head.

Janice counts them off "1, 2, 3, 4"

Craig's voice echoes throughout the club

No I'm not the man I used to be lately,

See you met me at an interesting time.

And If my past is any sign of your future,

You should be warned before I let you inside.

Hold on to whatever you find baby

Hold on to whatever will get you through

Hold on to whatever you find baby

I don't trust myself with lovin you.

The Crowd follows along by swaying back and forth

I will beg my way into your garden,

Then I'll break my way out when it rains,

Just to get back to the place where I started

So I can want you back all over again

(I don't really understand)

Hold on to whatever you find baby

Hold on to whatever will get you through

Hold on to whatever you find baby

I don't trust myself with lovin you.

Who do you love?

Girl I see through, through your love.

Who do you love?

Me or the thought of me?

Hold on to whatever you find baby

Hold on to whatever will get you through

Hold on to whatever you find baby

I don't trust myself with lovin you.

Hold on to whatever you find baby

Hold on to whatever will get you through

Hold on to whatever you find baby

I don't trust myself with lovin you.

I don't trust myself with lovin you.

The crowd goes crazy everyone is cheering, even Ashley finds herself clapping extremely loud. Darcy gets on the mic and says, "Wow guys that was amazing, Craig your voice was awesome, and Johnny your guitar playing was amazing."

"Thanks Darcy, we really appreciate it," says Johnny as Craig drinks some water.

Once the crowd dies, Danny looks over to Craig and asks, "Hey Craig, it's definitely an awesome song, but it is a departure from what people consider being your natural sound. Could you please the background of the song and why you chose it as the first single of the album?"

"Well first of all I have to give it up to my bandmates, without them I would be nowhere; they push me to be the best that I can. Secondly to answer your question, the song is definitely about change in a person's life and it affects their relationships with people. At first there is doubt about those relationship but in the end you still care about these people but you see them through a different perspective. The style of the song has to definitely be credited to Ben Harper, who I consider to be a close friend of mine; he shares co-producing title on this record. I would agree with you that it is a departure of "my sound", but I feel like I'm still growing not only as a person but as a musician, and this is proof of that change. Why did I pick this song as the first single? Well we decided as a band that this song popped this most and felt that this song set the tone for what the direction of this album would be." Says Craig as he looks down to the audience.

"Do you feel that your audience will go along with you and the new sound that you are presenting?" asks Darcy

Craig looks back at Darcy and says "Well I feel that they will, I have always had the belief that our fans are one of the smartest fans in the industry and they have a good sense of what good music really is. I mean Steven and I have had discussions about this and we both agree with that the fact that our fans have grown with us. I mean when we first started out we had a very rough sound, as the years went by we have polished our sound and have grown up as musicians and song writers, so I believe that this is the natural progression of our music."

Ashley looks up to Craig, who is now talking to his bassist and smiles. The whole time she is smiling she thinks to herself "That's the Craig I remember, the same guy that could talk about music for days on end. He is right he has definitely matured but he is still boyish at heart. I'm glad after everything that's happened that piece of him has never left"

Danny & Darcy look at each other with agreeing looks, and Danny says, "Well on that note, we'll go to break; we'll be right back, after the news. It's 8:45 in the morning". They go off the air as the crowd goes wild.

Craig feels good about that exchange but he remembers that its only the first song, he has a few more to go, just as finishes his thought the producer told him that they were about to go on.

Darcy tries to settle down the crowd and says "Alright and were back on WTOR It's 8:55, and you just heard the classic from Rise Against, "Prayer of the Refugee". This is of course The Danny & Darcy show, and if you've not been listening to the show yet, the question is what the hell is the matter with you, because you've missed the revelation that Craig Manning will going into semi-retirement, and an awesome performance of his hit single "I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)". Craig what will be the next song that you'll be playing?"

Craig looks around at his bandmates and they agree on what song to play. "Well guys where going to be unveiling what is going to be the next single from the album, it's called "Won't Go Home Without You", Janice can you sound us off?"

I asked her to stay but she wouldn't listen

She left before I had the chance to say

The words that would mend the things that was broken

But now it's far too late, she's gone away

Every night you cry yourself to sleep

Thinking: "Why does this happen to me?

Why does every moment have to be so hard?"

Hard to believe that

It's not over tonight

Just give me one more chance to make it right

I may not make it through the night

I won't go home without you

The taste of your breath, I'll never get over

The noises that you made kept me awake

The weight of things that remains unspoken

Built up so much it crushed us everyday

Every night you cry yourself to sleep

Thinking: "Why does this happen to me?

Why does every moment have to be so hard?"

Hard to believe that

It's not over tonight

Just give me one more chance to make it right

I may not make it through the night

I won't go home without you

It's not over tonight

Just give me one more chance to make it right

I may not make it through the night

I won't go home without you

Of all the things I felt but never really shown

Perhaps the worst is that I ever let you go

I should not ever let you go, oh oh oh

It's not over tonight

Just give me one more chance to make it right

I may not make it through the night

I won't go home without you

It's not over tonight

Just give me one more chance to make it right

I may not make it through the night

I won't go home without you

And I won't go home without you

The crowd erupts with applauds

Craig smiles and looks around sees Liberty, he waves over to her, he can tell that she is talking to someone but the lights are blocking the figure, the one thing he could tell is that it is a women. He laughs at the response of the crowd; it's definitely the reaction that he wanted.

Liberty looks over to Ashley just as the song finishes and whispers in her "And you're going to tell me that that song wasn't about you. He is still in love; you just have to face it. Oh my god, I think he is waving at me, keep looking down."

"Oh crap did he see me?" says Ashley she has her head down to the floor.

Liberty sees that Craig is talking to his bandmates and says, "Yea, I don't think he saw you, he is talking to his cute guitarist."

"Liberty, this is really not the time for that. Wow those lyrics were amazing, but I don't want to get my hopes up, if that song isn't about me, i don't think i'll be able to stand that," says Ashley who looks to taken aback by what just happened.

Liberty lightly grabs Ashley's face and tells her "you gotta be kidding me, stop being so goddamn low on yourself. It's obvious that those lyrics are about you, so get over yourself, not everyone has a world famous rock star that writes and sings for me, geez."

Danny stands up and claps and says "Wow Craig that was an amazing song, could you tells what the meaning behind the lyrics, if you don't mind."

Craig smiles back and says, "It's cool, the song is about what happens after a breakup and the regrets you have it. You just feel like if you tell them how you feel that things could change, like you just got your heart ripped out of your chest, and that one person is the only person who can put it back. I'm some in the crowd know what I'm talking about".

Liberty Nudges Ashley. Ashley looks back at her and smiles. "See Ash, you are all he thinks about, you are the love of his life"

Ashley has a hopeful smile on her face and says, "Yea I guess so"

"Well guys I'm with Danny, that song was great, soulful yet has a kick to it. Now when we get from the break we'll hear another song from the guys and then they'll take questions from the audience" says Darcy

During the break Ashley notices that Craig got off the stage and made his way down to Ellie, Sean, and his son. They all look happy, sort of like a makeshift family, even though Craig had Joey and Angie he never felt like he really apart of their family. This was everything Craig had ever hoped for, she was really happy for him, but at the same time she was sad because it wasn't her on the other end with him. But she knew it was her mistake that caused this chain of events to happen. She sees that Craig gets a kiss on the check from his son as he gets back on stage.

The show had done their entertainment report than they went back to commercials.

"Alright that was "If I Had Eyes" by Jack Johnson, this is The Danny & Darcy on WTOR and it's almost 9:15. We are about to hear another song from Craig and the guys, but I just wanted to talk about what the off air conversion that were just having, Janice could you please explain the story that you were telling" says Danny as he looks over to the stage

"What do you want the G-rated version or the uncensored version" asks Janice

"Well since this is the family show, and we don't get fined, let's go the G-rated version," says Danny

"Well when we were on tour a couple of years ago, we were playing a show in Chicago in the middle of January, the night before the show Johnny decided to drink a little too much, well to make an extremely long story short he end running naked down the middle of main street, the cops arrested him for incident exposure. But the funniest thing of all is that he got frost bite on his ass, he couldn't sit for two weeks" say Janice who along with everyone else is laughing

Johnny just looks down and shakes his head. He then laughs it off and takes a bow.

"Alright, what are you guys going to play?" says Darcy as she chuckles

"Were going to play something off of the first album, "Carry This Picture". It's actually one of favorite songs to play.

Carry this picture for luck

Kept in a locket

Tucked in your collar

Close to your chest

Make it a secret

Shown to the closest friends

And meet me at quarter to 7

The sun will still shine then

At this time of year

We'll head to the inlet

And we'll share a bottle there

And color the coast with your smile

It's the most genuine thing

That I've ever seen

I was so lost

But now I believe

And follow me south of the big docks

They tether the boats

The rich men revere

As so important

They hire our fathers to steer

And down to the edge of the water

Where we'll spill our guts

And we'll name our fears

I'll give you this picture

Keep it and don't

Scared

And color the coast with your smile

It's the most genuine thing

That I've ever seen

I was so lost

But now I believe

And the coast

Your smile is the most genuine thing

That I've ever seen

I was so lost

But now I believe

And I believe

Now I believe

Once the song finishes the crowd gives them a great reception, they are so loud that Craig starts to blush. Danny and Darcy signal them to sit down; it was time the Q & A period of the show. The producer told the fan that if they had any questions for Craig that they had to line up. It would be about 15 to 20 minutes; the lines were all the way to the back of the building. The catch was that the person who asked the best question would make the request. The first couple of people don't really ask question they just to tell Craig how much he means to them and how his songs have meant to him. Then a young girl probably 17 or 18 years old comes up to the mic, Craig can tell that she's extremely nervous.

"Hi, are you ok?" Craig says as he looks over to her

"Yea, I'm just a little nervous. I just want to know how you write your songs" responses back the girl

"It may seem like it's weird to most people, but they are times when I don't sleep. I feel like there is something in my head to is dying to get out, so I just start writing, then when I done writing them, I look them over, revise them, and I try to find the hook. At times a write a lot all at once, and then other times I don't write at all, it comes and goes, I don't really know how to explain it. That was a great question, though." Says Craig as he gives her an approving smile.

The next person comes up; it's a boy about 16. Craig starts to chuckle as he sees a mirror image of himself at that age. Ashley looks up to Craig and then sees what he is looking at, and then she knows exactly what he is laughing about.

"Hey man, I just wanted to tell you that I think you're an awesome musician. I just to ask you as one musician to another what is the recording process like." Says the kid.

"Well the way we record song, is that obviously I write down the lyrics first, then me & Johnny learn these songs on acoustic guitars then we move on to fenders and gibson's, Steve puts down the bass track, and Janice creates the beat. The style of the song is always determined by the lyrics, if they're "softer" lyrics then we'll use acoustic guitars and what not, I have always had the belief that the music should always support what I'm writing. Another good question." Says Craig as he looks to his bandmates.

Then all of a sudden Liberty comes up to the mic. Ashley had not taken her eyes off Craig so she was surprised when she looked to the side of her and saw that Liberty was gone, she got up and saw her coming up to the mic. Ashley was so freaked out that she tried to signal Liberty but she didn't see her, Ashley put her head down as she began to ask the question. Craig is surprised that Liberty was the one who going to ask the question.

"Hey Craig" says Liberty

"Hey Lib. Oh sorry for those of you who doesn't know who this is, this young lady is Liberty Van Zandt. She & I went to school together, and she is the sister of Danny boy here" response Craig. As everyone looks at him

Danny doesn't say anything he just stands up and waves over to his sister

"Craig, I know that you are not going to like talking about it. But could you tell the audience who the song "As Lovers Go" is about?" says Liberty as she give Craig a wicked smile.

Ellie gets up from her chair and stares a hole into Liberty's head; Sean gets up to relax her. Ashley doesn't know what to think, she feels like she is going to die.

Craig scratches his head and says, "It's ok Ellie, can you sit down please, and Liberty you know you're putting me in a tough situation, right? All right well that song is about my ex-girlfriend, who I was about to ask to merry me. I actually wrote that song after I decided to ask her, but I made myself the promise that once I finished recording what become the second album I would ask her. But events transpired that resulted us in breaking up. It's a little hard to talk about it. I guessing the next question is do I still think about her? and I know Ellie is gonna hate for saying this, but I do think about her, but that was a really long time ago."

Ashley looks at him, she can see the hurt in his eye, but was happy because of the fact that he still cares about her.

Darcy can tell the mood of the crowd was down, everyone could see that Craig was in shock about what just happened. So she made some joke, everyone tired to laugh. A Few more people came up to ask question, one was about what he favorite food was, "Fries with gravy" replied Craig, another one was about what his favorite city in the world was, and he responded that Beijing, China was. The last question asked was what he likes to do during his free time, Craig responded "That when I have free time I jam with my friends, go to movies, read, and I like to run, it clears my mind"

"Well on that note I think we'll chose which audience member had the best question of the morning was. Guys have you decided which question was the best one?" Says Danny as he looks over to the band

Johnny grabs the mic and says "yea, we decided that the girl who asked us about how Craig writes his lyrics, she seemed nice, so yea we picked her"

The girl gets up; she looks so happy that she got picked. She went up to the mic, Darcy asked what her name was, and she said her name was Allison.

"Ok, well I would like to hear "As Lovers Go", please it's my favorite song of all time, please"

"Ok, we'll play it for you ok," says Craig as he grabs his guitar and looks around to his bandmates.

She said "I've gotta be honest,

You're wasting your time if you're fishing round here."

And I said, "You must be mistaken,

Cause I'm not fooling...this feeling is real"

She said...she said, "You gotta be crazy,

What do you take me for? Some kind of easy mark?

"No, you've got wits, you've got looks,

You've got passion, but I swear that you've got me all wrong."

All wrong.

But you got me...

I'll be true; I'll be useful...

I'll be cavalier...I'll be yours my dear.

And I'll belong to you...

If you'll just let me through.

This is easy as lovers go,

So don't complicate it by hesitating.

And this is wonderful as loving goes,

This is tailor-made, what's the sense in waiting?

And I said "I've gotta be honest

I've been waiting for you all my life."

For so long I thought I was asylum bound,

But just seeing you makes me think twice.

And being with you here makes me sane,

I fear I'll go crazy if you leave my side.

You've got wits...you've got looks,

You've got passion but are you brave enough to leave with me tonight?

Tonight.

But you've got me...

As he scans the crowd, he sees something that I didn't believe. It was Ashley, she was a little older, she has shorter hair than he remembered, but it was still her. His heart started to race harder as if it was going to jump out of his heart. He just stopped playing, he just looked at her. Johnny came up to him to tap on his shoulder. He looks at him, then he looks at to the crowd and everyone is staring at him, he noticed that Ashley isn't there. By that time Ashley had gotten out of seat of went the back, Liberty followed her and asked what was wrong. She had her head down and said "I can't believe he saw me, I feel like my heart is jumping out of my chest". Back to the stage and Craig gets his bearing and finishes the song.

I'll be true; I'll be useful...

I'll be cavalier...I'll be yours my dear.

And I'll belong to you...

If you'll just let me through.

This is easy as lovers go,

So don't complicate it by hesitating.

And this is wonderful as loving goes,

This is tailor-made, what's the sense in waiting?

This is easy as lovers go,

So don't complicate it by hesitating.

And this is wonderful as loving goes,

This is tailor-made, what's the sense in waiting?

Everyone claps Craig smiles. Danny and Darcy head up to the stairs, they hug. Darcy thanks the guys for playing, and Danny thanks the fans. They talk about what's on the next day's show. Craig thanks everyone, and the show ends with the audience giving them a standing ovation. Craig gets off the stage; he goes over to his family and gives them a big hug. Ellie asks him what that was about, and he blames it on the lights blinding him. Someone came up to Craig and told him that he had about 15 minutes and they would do the autograph signing event. He said ok, and he told Ellie that he needed to change and if she could watch Joey till he got back.

Liberty and Ashley were talking and they see Craig heading for his dressing room, he closes the door but it doesn't close all the way. Liberty pushes her in that direction and says "Look you need to talk to him; you need to tell him how you feel". "Alright fine I will, just I need to figure out what I'm going to say" says Ashley as she walks to his to his dressing room. Craig takes off his shirt and tosses it into his bag, he stops for a second trying to regain his breath, and Ashley just looks at him, and sees that he is shirtless. She starts to bite her lip; she sees how his body looks so good. She thought to herself "he must have a personal trainer, cause damn". She then notices that he has a few tattoos, some musical notes going down his right side, a maple leaf logo on his right shoulder blade, and then she notices something that surprises her, behind his left ear is her Initials. She doesn't know what to make of it. He puts his shirt on and feels that someone is behind him and says "Look I'll be right there" as he grabs his wallet and keys. He turns around and feels like he just saw a ghost.

"Ash" says Craig

"Yea it is" says Ashley as she comes in and closes the door behind her.