A/N: Okay...Remind me to never use my own Mp3 player for this again. I give you a bunch of sappy little fics, most of which will eventually be turned into longer stories, that I'm almost ashamed to have written. I can't believe that these were the songs my Mp3 player decided to give me!
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It's Not Me It's You: Skillet
They all acted like it was his fault that they had lost, his fault that the X-Geeks had won again, his fault that everything had gone wrong. That their life had turned into one giant, stinkin' pile of crap.
It happened everytime that they lost, everytime that they faught the X-Men, and he was so tired of it!
It was them, not him! It was the rest of the Brotherhood, with their stupid short attention spans and their petty fueds, not him. He was the only one that actually tried!
They didn't get that though. They didn't care. Blaming him was just an excuse so they didn't actually have to blame themselves. And it wasn't going to change.
Whiskey Lullaby: Alison Krauss
She had dumped him so easily, so quickly, that it proved to Lance she hadn't actually cared. He was just an excuse until she found someone better, until she found someone that had more money and wasn't 'just a hood'. She didn't realize that she was his whole world and he couldn't live without her.
Kitty had felt so horrible, so ashamed of herself, when she heard the news. She spent years, more years then any one knew, trying to convince herself that she could go on. That he wasn't all she needed to get by. But it was just a lie. She knew it was.
It wasn't until she realized she couldn't go on any longer, couldn't keep moving forewards, that they were able to forgive each other. They were each others whole worlds, their lives, their reason for living. And they were together again.
Cowgirls Don't Cry: Brookes And Dunne
Her father had always told her not to cry when she was upset, told her that nothing could hold her down but her. And she knew that he was right, after all, if she just gave up and cried than she would never get anywhere.
That was the mantra she lived by, 'things'll get tough but don't cry, don't give up'. And then her life fell apart. She was a mutant, she would never have that dream family she'd wanted. And she didn't shed a tear, didn't let her parents know how much she hurt, didn't let anyone know. Because her father had taught her better.
And than she got a call from her mother. Her father was sick, had been sick for a long time, and he wanted to speak with her 'one last time'. And he told her, 'Nothing can hold you down if you don't give up. Don't cry my little Cowgirl, don't cry.' And she didn't.
A Different World: Bucky Covington
He had never had any of these issues when he was a child. There were no child-proof lids on pill bottles, there was no law saying that you had to wear a helmet when you biked. There were no such things as video games, at least nothing like there was now. No, it was a different world when Xavier was growing up.
There was no silly law telling you that you couldn't say the Pledge Of Aligance, nothing telling you that you couldn't pray in school. There weren't kids fighting with each other to get a place on a school team, or fights over the clothes you wore. It was a different world when Ororo grew up.
Just A Dream: Carrie Underwood
She had spent her whole life planning for this moment, the day when she would get married. Kitty had turned 18 two weeks ago, dressed in her mothers wedding gown with a pair of Storm's blue high-heels. The box of letters that he had sent her sat in the seat next to her.
The church was beautiful, and as she walked inside she pulled the veil over her head. There was no reason for everyone to see her crying. But she couldn't help it.
Storm led everyone in Amazing Grace, the saddest song that she had ever heard, and the line of mutants beside her let off a blast of their powers.
She couldn't see anything anymore. Everything got fuzzy and her legs fell out from under her. This wasn't how things were supposed to go. Lance wasn't supposed to leave her, they were supposed to be together forever. But they wouldn't be and everyone but her had already accepted that fact.
She shook her head, the tears staining her white gown, and tried to tell her self that it wasn't true. It was just a dream. Lance wasn't dead and when she woke up they would get married, just like they had planned. It was just a dream.
"Just a dream."
A Good Man: Emerson Drive
He didn't need any money, didn't need a lot of food, just enough to get his friends through the next few days. It was simple, not complicated in the least.
All he wanted to do was live a 'good life'. He didn't want to be a 'hood', didn't want to be a 'bad guy'.
He used to dream of being a rock-star, of having a nice car, of living in a big mansion somewhere with a family that loved him. With friends that cared for him.
Now all he wants is for the people he lives with to know that he's not 'bad'. Just trying to get by and live life like everyone else.
Moments: Emerson Drive
He hadn't always been a good-for-nothing punk. Hadn't always been a thief. Hadn't always been so hard up for...everything. Lance'd had his moments. He'd had times when he shined brighter than anyone thought capable. Like the day he saved Kitty, almost died for her. It was what kept him warm.
He hadn't always been such a low-life. Hadn't always been so grungy. Hadn't always smoked. Hadn't always been like he was now. Todd'd had his moments. He'd been braver than the X-Geeks at times. Like when he faced Magneto to save Wanda. His Wanda, his Muffin, even though she wanted nothing to do with him. It didn't matter. It was what kept him going.
And no one would ever know that they'd had their moments, never know that they'd shined brighter than anyone else, never know that they were heroes. Because having those moments to themselves was what kept them going. It let them know that they weren't all bad.
Collapse (Post Amerika): Rise Against
The town had gotten so run down, so dark and dreary and dangerous, that it was hard to even walk through. The humans of Bayville had risen up not too long ago, when the majority of the X-Men had gone...somewhere, and taken the town as their own.
They didn't care that they were ruining the lives of so many, after all, in their minds mutants weren't humans. They were scum. They were the dirt that had no purpose. They had to be destroyed. So Bayville became the FOH's main-base.
And life for everyone, mutant and human, had gone down-hill.
The humans didn't want to admit that they were wrong, didn't want to admit that the mutants weren't all bad, didn't want to back down from the war that they had started. Even though they were destroying themselves, and the earth around them. They were stupid, pathetic creatures and they were too proud too admit that they had made a mistake.
