A/N: Well, this wasn't supposed to be a sequel, but I started writing and found it fit in perfectly XD. So here is the first in the line thing with Cloud's recounting everything that brought him to... you'll see :D. I'd like to thank Fourth's Son who suggested that I write more. I blame everyone who reviewed for Closing Time, as you made me come up with this hog wash XD.

Disclaimer: I don't own this FFVII you speak of, or the Learning to Breathe by Switchfoot.

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Cloud sat at the old church. 'How do I tell her?' He thought. It had been a year since he had given her the Valentine's Day surprise. He sighed as he pulled out a box from his pocket. What was he waiting for?

All of my regrets are nothing new
So this is a way, that I say I need You

He opened it, inside was a ring.

This is a way
This is a way

He did not know how it happened, either. He found after Valentine's Day, that he loved Tifa more and more. He was slowly starting to come out of his shell; he found himself smiling more, laughing more. He remembered all the events that weren't much, but had been milestones for him.


That I'm learning to breathe
I'm learning to crawl
I'm finding that you and you alone can break my fall

It was February 24, just a normal day, Right? No, it had to be today that it snowed. Not just the little blanket of snow, but a snow that would bury the house, therefore, school was canceled, and Cloud found it impossible to work, so everyone just had the day off, Tifa had closed the bar for today.


I'm living again; awake and alive
I'm dying to breathe in these abundant skies

So Denzel and Marlene stood at the window, with their faces squished up against it, watching the snow fall in utter fascination. Cloud sat on the couch, watching TV, and Tifa, who knew what Tifa was doing.


Hello, good morning, how you been?
Yesterday left my head kicked in

"Oh!" Denzel and Marlene exclaimed "It stopped snowing!" Cloud glanced out the window, and it was true, although the sky still threatened to snow some more. "Can we go outside and play, please, please, please, please!" They pleaded with Cloud.

"I don't see why not, just get your coats and stuff on." He said. 'Where is Tifa?' He thought.


I never, never thought that
I would fall like that
Never knew that I could hurt this bad

He looked sighed. 'I'd better go shovel the walkway.' He thought. So he got up and put on a coat and some boots and dug out the shovel. He heard the kids laughing in the snow, 'I can get used to this.' He thought, and got to work on shoveling.

"What is everyone doing?" Tifa asked inside the door.

"We're building snow forts!" Denzel and Marlene said. Cloud grunted and paused to wipe off some sweat. "Just clearing the walkway." He replied.


I'm finding that you and you alone can break my fall
I'm living again, awake and alive

He chuckled and rested on the shovel, watching Denzel and Marlene have a snowball fight in their new snow forts. Just then a rogue snowball hit Cloud right in the face.

"Oops." Denzel said snickering.

"My bad." Marlene said laughing.

Wiping the snow off of his face, he said "Okay, you're going to get it."

Denzel and Marlene hid in their snow forts, and started chucking snow in Cloud's general direction.


I'm dying to breathe in these abundant skies
These abundant skies
Yeah, abundant skies, yeah

Cloud ducked under a snow mound, along with Tifa.

"What're we going to do, we won't ever be able to get in the house?"

"I've got an idea…" Cloud said.

Finally the snow fury stopped.

"Where'd they go?" Denzel asked sticking his head out.

"I don't know." Marlene said

Suddenly, out of nowhere, Cloud shouted "INCOMING!" Before Denzel could do anything, a huge wall of snow came crashing down on his head from Cloud's shovel, and a huge shower of snow rained on Marlene from Tifa.


This is a way that I say I'm Yours
This is a way

Shaking off the snow, Denzel shouted "HEY, THAT'S NOT FAIR!"

"Oh, how is that?" Cloud said chuckling.

Then, unexpectedly, Denzel tackled Cloud into a pile of snow. There was laughing from both of them, and Marlene stood next to Tifa, dusting off the snow.


I'm finding that you and you alone can break my fall
I'm living again, awake and alive

"Okay, that's enough, let's go inside and get warmed up." Tifa said.

"Okay!" Denzel said, getting off of Cloud and running inside.

"Need some help?" Tifa asked, offering him her hand.

"Sure." He said taking it and standing.


I'm dying to breathe in these abundant skies
Yes I'm dying to breathe in
These abundant skies

"See what you've been missing?" She said, walking inside, neither one realizing they hadn't let go of each other's hand.


These abundant skies, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm learning to breathe

"It should snow more often." Cloud commented.

I'm dying to breathe in these abundant skies
Hello, good morning, how you doin'?

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Done! I will get more up later, but I don't have my song lyrics on this computer, it's on the other, so got any songs and artists you want to give me and have a chapter dedicated to you? Haha, sorry about grammar, but my beta already has a lot to do right now, so I didn't send it to her, sorry.