Chapter 5.

He drags me into the room, and lets me go to take the dusty cloth from the top of the piano. He lifts up the lid so gently, and beckons me over by holding out his hand. I stand there, looking at him, at his soft features. He walks over to me and entwines our fingers. He leads me over to the piano and I take a seat on the stool.

Before I play, I take a moment to smooth my fingers over the keys and to collect my thoughts together. I gingerly press one of the keys and my other fingers soon follow. As my confidence grows, so does the smile on my face. I feel so calm and the world around me starts to disappear. There's just us in the room and I play with more passion. My heart swells with so much joy when I play, and I had missed that over the years. I listen carefully, picking out the melody, the harmony and the features I had never even heard before. I heard them in a new light.

For the first time ever, I had something to be proud of. And I had one person to thank for it.

Rhydian.

As I play the closing chords, I feel vacant, as I don't want the song to stop. But I realize Rhydian was still there, by my side at the piano. I lift my head up with a smile, and look into his ocean blue eyes. We just smile at each other until we both lean into a kiss. When we draw away, we rest our forehead against each other's and I whisper to him, "Thank you." He pulls me into a hug, and say's so softly "I will always be here for you Madds, always." And I lean my head on his shoulder.

Then, a voice boomed from the corner of the room, "It seems you don't need my help after all." We both jerk our heads around to see Grandma leaning up against the wall.

"Grandma, how long have you been there?" I ask. She just grins

"Long enough to see everything I needed to see."

We both look at the floor with embarrassment as grandma chuckles to herself.

"Come on, dinner will be in ten minutes, so you to had better get a move on so you can freshen up before hand."

As we stand up, I take Rhydians' hand in mine and we walk back down the corridor with a smile on our faces. We part ways with a quick kiss on the cheek, and I walk back to my room. I decide to take a quick, five-minute shower. I take those five minutes to reflect on everything that had happened in the last day or two. I realized in that small five minutes that even though we had our arguments, and even through the problems we had faced and will face in the future. I love Rhydian.

I cloth myself and come out the en suite to see Grandma sitting on my bed with a mischievous smile on her face.

"So," she starts, "you and Rhydian, huh?"

"Yeah," I smile, blush and look towards my feet.

"I should have guessed really, I can see your love in each others eyes." My blush reddens and Grandma chuckles.

"Yes, but good luck telling your parents, they might not be as open to the idea as I am. I am ashamed to say I don't think they trust him, even though I can see he would take a silver bullet for you. They don't see that yet. But don't worry, they will." She give her a quick hug, before we both head to dinner.

Hiya, thanks again for the lovely reviews I'm getting. I found this chapter difficult. even though I play piano, I didn't know how to describe it. So I hope its okay. Thanks

~Cat x