Hello again everyone! Thank you for the wonderful reviews! You guys are so sweet! But again please let me know if I had made any mistakes at all. You guys motivated me to finish this story no matter how long it might take me. Thanks for your patience! Had a bit of writers block before ^.^" Muchos gracias amigos!

The ringing became tauntingly slower and slower to Ib as she kept calling him repeatedly. The white flakes floated slowly towards the ground only to find their path interrupted by the brown haired girl laying below them. Instead the flakes got caught in her hair and eyelashes but they didn't seem to melt, but Ib hadn't minded the snow at all.

"I'm not here right now but leave your name and number and I'll get back to you as soon as- *beep*"

Ib clicked the end button before the voicemail beep came on. His soft voice made her feel even icier than the snow surrounding her. Like he was being happy without her. Her fingers were still on the spot where the end button on her red cellular was. Her crimson eyes were hidden behind her brown strands. Slowly her hand lowered onto the snow covered ground and stayed there along with the rest of her body. Ib turned her sights upwards towards the sky. She saw the peaceful little white flecks sway in a little dance that only they knew downwards.

She was now angry. But her body or her facial expressions didn't seem to show it at all. Like usual. She was always the best when it came to hiding her emotions. If Garry wanted to ignore her completely, fine then. She could survive without him. She could if she wanted to! Before she had met him those all those years ago she had! Now she was going to do it again and show him that she didn't need him in her life!

She sat up in the snow, her face still tilted towards the sky. There was a certain spark in her eyes now that had not been there before. Her physique was now channeling with new found energy and defiance. Her crimson eyes seem to flash as she curled her fists into balls.

"I don't even care! I don't care! I can survive without him!"

She yelled this into the clouded grey sky. She was panting lightly, white steam pouring out from her lips like smoke. All that energy she had was gone. A small gentle breeze swept over her, blowing her hair around making it fly freely onto her face. But that breeze seemed to talk to her. It whispered in her ear in a sweet tone, calming her greatly. She looked to the ground for a little bit then back towards the sky.

"Who are you fooling?"

The sky seemed to whisper back to her outburst. Her eyes were void of any emotion. Then, it came. Those salty tear she tried so desperately to hold back all this time. They came one by one. But she made no effort to wipe them away, or to move at all. She kept staring at the same sky that had told her the truth. She needed him more than anything. He was everything to her. And there was no way she was going to give him up so easily.

She jumped up in place, kicking up the snow around her so that they got caught on her clothing. Little did she know that she had left her cellular behind. Then she started running. As hard as she could. Her jacket and boots held her back a little bit but she didn't care. The only thing on her mind was getting to Garry as soon as she could. She needed to tell him. There weren't many cars on the road so she didn't stop at the lights like she should have. People walking on the sidewalks leaped out of the way as they stared at wonder at the rocket that shot passed them. This rocket had not noticed all the people she had almost ran over. Then she finally saw it. The apartment building that Garry currently was a resident of. She pushed open the front glass doors with all her might and bounded for the awaiting elevator. Before she even gave it a chance to close she continuously pushed the button for the fourth floor. She fidgeted impatiently in place. Her heart was thumping loudly against her chest. Her stomach seemed to be a butterfly circus as her nervousness seemed to get to her. But she was determined to tell him no matter what. She had waited and wasted all this precious time where she could have been with him the way she truly wanted to be with him.

The elevator slowed to a complete stop as the light for the fourth floor came on. She took a deep breath to relax herself a bit then straightened up her posture. The doors of the elevator slid open showing her the hallway. She stepped out and took long strides until she stopped in front of his studio. Ib reached down under the mat in front of the door and reached for the spare key Garry kept there in case Ib needed to get in. Ib gulped down nervously as she unlocked the door and swung it open. Then at that moment she felt as if her whole world had truly been destroyed.

There wasn't anything in the studio anymore. No furniture, no picture frames, no bookcase that held all of the books Garry bought for Ib to read, no nothing. Her body took action before her mind could and she took a step inside. It was completely empty. No. This couldn't be. This couldn't be the same place that Ib had spent all her time in. This couldn't be. It just couldn't.

Once she reached the spot where her favorite couch used to be her legs caved in and she went crashing towards the floor. He was gone. And it was too late. It was too late for her to tell him. There was nothing she could do to get him back. She didn't even attempt to get up from her spot. What was the point? Where would she go? There wasn't anything more for to do. She hadn't even realized she was crying out loud while she was thinking.

"Ib?"

All thoughts and actions came to a complete stop. There it was again. That voice. That smooth mysterious voice that held some sort of hidden power to it. The voice that she fell in love with.

Meanwhile there was a panting Garry standing at the open doorway of the empty studio. He had searched as hard as he could all over town for her. He had been so worried about her and what may have happened to her. When he had gone to the bench that Ib loved to go to think he had found her cellular laying out in the open on the snow. He immediately had grabbed it and went running back to the studio. And now that he had found her he felt a sense of relief wash over him. When she didn't respond to his voice he started to walk over to her.

Ib heard footsteps creaking on the floorboards of the studio and realized she wasn't imaging his voice. As she turned her head to see him sure enough there he was. In that worn out old tattered coat which was supposedly meant to be that way. That messy purple hair that swept over his crystal eyes making them look enchanting. His cheeks rosey from the run he just had looking for her. He looked like a complete mess. At any other time she would have laughed but instead her eyes widened. Everything seemed to go in slow motion. Him walking over to her. Her thoughts thrown away. Her body responded by itself and leaped for him.

Garry leaped with is arms outstretched to catch her. Both of them weren't thinking about there actions at all. They had been so worried that they had lost each other nothing else mattered anymore. Ib crashed into Garry sending both of them sprawling to the floor. Garry held her as tightly as he could into him as Ib nuzzled her head deeply into his chest. She was now openly crying into him not caring if she was getting him wet at all. They were both just so overjoyed that they still had each other, even if it was for a little bit. Ib had forgotten what she wanted to tell Garry but she just pushed that thought aside. Garry had also forgotten what he wanted to tell Ib and it hadn't occurred to him at the moment. There was only one thing that he wanted to say to her then and there.

"I'm so sorry Ib. I'm sorry."

He whispered quietly into her ear while stroking the back of her head, twirling his hair in between his fingers. His chin was resting gently upon the top of her head. One arm was wrapped around her, holding her in between his legs. Ib only shook her head as a response, too busy crying to give him an actual verbal response. She closed her eyes and they both stayed that way for a little bit. Only wanting to be with each other for just that moment.

For those of you who think I'm finished don't get too ahead of yourselves. There's still a lot going to happen so stick around!