The danced up trees and over the moon. Everything was a swirling mass of orange, black and blue. It was like a beautiful, mystical painting.
She allowed herself to revel in being held close to him, to savor the sweet melting warmth that had taken root in her heart.
It was just her and Bill, holding her, with all the universe silent and still around them. Stars fell in glittering arches and formed a twinkling pool beneath their feet.
Bill gorgeous hazelnut eyes sparkled more brightly that anything the firmaments in heaven could possibly have.
There was beautiful music, the tone was a unique rife with a bitter sweet poignancy, and it was still in Lucrecia's head as she awoke with a thumping start, sitting up in the middle of her bed.
She was gasping for breath as though she had dropped from a great height. Her cheeks were stained with tears.
Lucrecia hugged herself and rocked back and forth, possessed by a sudden and terrible sense of loss. The miraculous fantasy was slowly evaporating, so she scrambled for a piece of paper and a pencil in order to record it, but the last of the memory faded, like a final heartbeat.
She switched on the light, trembling with this new
grief, and read what she wrote on the back of her
English final. All that was left of her miraculous
vision was a single, hastily scrawled word.
Bill.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Lucrecia packed her lunch and went on her was to school. As she walked the tree lined path to the main road from her house, she kept her eyes on the sky, hoping to catch something that would spark her memory.
After a few moments she sighed in defeat and looked around. It was Autumn and the tree's looked lovely in their gold and crimson housecoats.
The colors of the rising sun reflects the fallen leaves with such magnificent colors, trimming fences and lamp posts, roofs and window sills in shimmering, exquisite radiance.
Lucrecia felt a strange quickening in her spirit as she walked the path. She smiled wistfully as she watched the scene unfold. She sensed the very essence of the world around her; it was like silent laughter, riding on the wind.
She shook off the bitter sweet sadness that had possessed her since she'd open her eyes and walked the beaten path she took to school.
Her bad mood broke instantly when her friend Tomonori wisped herself over to her.
Tomonori, or Tomo, always had this beautiful and radiant air about her. It was one of the keys to Lucrecia's ultimate happiness.
"Ayaaaaaa~3" Tomo called out to Lucrecia.
Tomo and Lucrecia has known each other their entire lives. Their mother's are friend from high school. Tomo's elder sister was, in fact, betroved to Lucrecia's elder brother. When they were younger Tomo had decided Lucrecia's name was too difficult for anyone to pronounce, so she 're-named' her friend Aya. And it had stuck since.
Lucrecia gave her friend a warm smile as she approached.
"Ooooh! Aya, I have GREAT news for you!!!" Tomo squealed while giggling with pleasure.
"Haha, is that so?" Lucrecia laughed lightly, her face lighting up as she did so, "Well, cough it up then!"
"WEEEELLLLLL..." Tomo s eyes sparkled bit as she began, "A certain band just announced that they were coming to Oregon a week from now... close to a certain someone's birthday... and I might have just HAPPENED to think a certain someone might want to gooo... and just..." she giggled and handed Lucrecia a small box, "HAPPENED to have enough money to get her an AWESOME present."
Lucrecia looked at the box for about 10 minutes before she could muster enough courage to open it.
Inside lay a small red laminated card with the words 'Backstage Pass, Tokio Hotel, 9-30-09' in bold letters on either side.
"Oh... My... Fucking... GAWD!" Lucrecia squeaked.
"TOMONORI, I LOVE YOU!!!" She jumped on her friend, and hugged her quite fiercely.
"Yeah, I know. They changed the tour schedule last night, and lo and behold, Oregon was added to the list. I was out for 3 hours last night hunting for a ticket. They're already sold out, and they're are only 3 backstage passes." Tomo held up an identical pass to the one in the box.
"Oh! This is gonna be so' rawkin Tomo!" She laughed and the two began their walk to school once again.
"How in the world did you manage 2 of the 3 backstage passes?"
Tomo looked strait ahead, her eyes looking around nervously.
"WELL, see... I kinda wound up having to ask my uncle, seeing as it's playing in his theater..." She snapped herself in Lucrecia's direction in such a sudden movement that it made Lucrecia's heart skip a beat.
"I just had to get it for you Aya! Bill is your hero, our band's hero! You practically worship him Aya! How could I not!!?! Please don't be mad at me!" Tomo gave Lucrecia a pleading look, her hands resting on her friends shoulders.
Lucrecia's eyebrow twitched a bit. She hates Tomo's uncle with a bitter sweet fury no one has ever known. He was a disgusting, vile, perverted, lecherous fool. But what was the point of being mad at Tomo? She'd sacrificed herself for Lucrecia's perfect gift.
"It's fine as long as he stays 10 feet away from me at all times, or I'm filling a harassment suit." Lucrecia huffed at the thought of Tomo's uncle having Tokio Hotel playing in his theater.
'Stupid pervert knows I love them, he knows I'd go no matter what.' She sneered a bit as she entered the school.
"Just a week to wait I suppose." She muttered to Tomo, as she received nasty glares from the guys in school.
They were envious of Lucrecia and Tomo's relationship. There were both fairly lovely and intelligent girls, and they were un-approachable to males.
Then they got to class, Lucrecia and Tomo took their seats. They sat right next to each other, and in front of the other 3 band members.
Their band was 'Bad Luck', which consisted of Lucrecia on Vocals, Tomo and Susie (Suki is what everyone call her) on Guitar, Kei on Bass and Blake on drums.
"Guten Morgen you two. 3" Suki said as the two sat down. "We rehearsing today?"
"Of course," Kei said with a smile, "The little doom wants to practice her ass off before she meets Bill Kaulitz."
Lucrecia looked questionable at Kei.
"What do you mean, exactly?" She looked at her friend suspiciously.
"I MEAN! There is word floating about that a certain little doom is going to meet her absolute love and hero on the 30th. 3" Kei said, her eyes gleaming with humor.
"Oh! Haha," Lucrecia began, laughing a bit nervously, "You scared me there a moment. Who knows what you and Suki scheme half the time."
"So! Are you like... mundo super excited?" Blake chimed in.
"You have NO idea! I mean, Bill Kaulitz! Can you believe it?!" She smiled, her face showing the obvious daze she was in.
"What'cha planning to wear?" Blake asked, cocking her head to one side.
Lucrecia sat there pondering a moment. There were so many outfits to choose from. After a moment, she knew what she wanted.
"I have this really cute Lolita Dress arriving tomorrow. It's black and orange, the perfect combination of colors. And it's got this batty sort of theme to it. I think I'm going to get my hair cut and dyed to match." Lucrecia pondered this while her friends stared at her strangely, all except for Tomo.
No one but Tomo had ever seen her with short hair. On their head they all imagined this bob cut, all strange and black and curly.
"Tomo," Lucrecia turned to her friend, "go with me to the salon after school?"
"Sure Aya. But the teach is here, talk to you about it at lunch, kay?"
Lucrecia snapped back to attention and school drawled on.
'Time for something new.' She thought to herself. 'How fun.'