Chapter 10: Tightrope
Clark found himself packing his bags in his room and saw that Charity was on the bed.
"First it was buying a house on the same street as my parents," Charity started. "Then meeting the queen and then my father the other night. When will it ever be enough for you?" Clark turned to look at her and he saw the desperation and confusion in her face.
"I...I don't know," Clark admitted.
"Look around you," Charity said. "They have everything they want."
"You're right," Clark responded. "They do."
"I understand," Charity said.
"And you're right," Clark repeated. "But I can't change what's about to happen." He sighed. "I wish I could though. I was a jerk last night."
"You don't need everyone to love you, Phin," Charity said. "Just a few good people."
"I know," Clark responded. "I know."
He was now in a carriage with Jenny leaving the house and he heard music start playing.
'This was a bad idea,' Clark thought. He turned to look at Jenny. 'I am SO dead.' He then heard Charity singing and it broke his heart even more.
"So people long for a life that is simple and planned," she sang. "Tied with a ribbon. Some people won't sail the sea cause they're safer on land. To follow what's written but I follow you to the great unknown off to a world we call our own."
He was whisked away to a stage with Jenny Lind performing. The crowd was cheering and he heard Charity continue singing.
"So I risk it all just to be with you," she sang. Clark felt his heart break a little more.
'What was Barnum thinking?!' Clark thought.
Bruce was with John, Shayera, and Wally as they heard Charity sing,
"Hand in my hand and we promise to never let go. We're waking a tightrope." Bruce helped John straight up his uniform and then saw Diana and Jonn' on the trapeze. He felt his heart sink.
'Is this how she felt when I kept saying no?' Bruce thought.
"High in the sky we can see the whole world down below!" Charity sang. "We're walkin' a tightrope."
"If I should fall!" Charity sang. Diana slipped and started falling towards the ground. Bruce's heart stopped and he went into a silent panic. Then he saw the troop catch her and he calmed down. He went outside to take a bow and saw the protestors. They threw things at them but he still bowed.
Clark took a bow with Jenny and roses were being thrown on stage.
"With you." Clark heard that though he was "asleep". He then felt Jenny lean on his shoulder.
'Okay, now I'm DEFINITELY dead,' he thought.