HEY THERE DELILAH

I get done with patrol early; about three in the morning, and I start thinking about my girl friend. She's been gone for only six months but she just won't get off my mind. I pull my laptop out; the only thing Bruce gave me when I moved to Bludhaven. I type in the password and click on what looks like the webcam. I've had the beginning of a song idea stuck in my head since she left. I might show it to her when she gets back in two years but I'm not sure. I quickly change out of my uniform and pull on some black sweats and a white t-shirt. I grab the stool and my guitar; from the corner I put them in last time I played. I click the green button and wait for the timer to start. I start strumming as the words just start flowing together.

'Hey there Barbara what's it like in New York City.

I'm a thousand miles away but girl tonight you look so pretty

Yes you do, Time Square can't shine as bright as you.

I swear it's true

Hey there Barbara don't you worry about the distance

I'm right there if you get lonely

Give this song another listen, close your eyes.

Listen to my voice it's my disguise

I'm by your side

Hey there Barbara I know times are getting hard

But just believe me girl someday I'll pay the bills with this guitar

We'll have it good, we'll have the life we knew we would

My word is good

Hey there Barbara I've got so much left to say

If every simple song I wrote to you

Would take your breath away I'd write it all

Even more in love with me you'd fall

We'd have it all

A thousand miles seems pretty far

But they've got planes and trains and cars

I'd walk to you if I had no other way

Our friends would all make fun of us

And we'll just laugh along

Because we know none of them have felt this way

Barbara I can promise you by the time we get through

The world will never ever be the same

And you're to blame

Hey there Barbara you be good and don't you miss me

Two more years and you'll be done with school

And I'll be making history like I do

You know it's all because of you

We can do whatever we want to

Hey there Barbara here's to you

This one's for you

Oh it's what you do to me'

"Oh Dick it's beautiful!"

"Who's there?"

"Get some coffee. What time is it over there?"

"Just a minute."

I get up and do just as she says and make a quick cup of coffee. I walk back to my stool and sit as I take a closer look at the laptop. Once I actually focus I see that I had accidentally sent a video message to Barbara and she had accepted. Oh well.

"Better?"

"Yeah. What are you doing up so early?"

"I have school at seven and if I'm going to get everything done I have to get up early. You're call just so happened to come in the same time I woke up."

"Well I should probably go to bed seeing as I have to attend one of Bruce's parties tonight."

"One good thing about being here in New York."

"You're only there for two more years then you can come with me."

"Oh please no. Those things are boring and there are too many people. Besides he needs someone to be watching the streets then."

"Hang on. I have one more thing for you."

"Okay?" She says skeptically.

I run down to the cave where the zeta beam should be. I quickly type in the coordinates for her apartment address. I step through it and sprint up to her room. I knock on her door as I hear her clamber off her bed and shut her laptop. She opens it to see me kneeling by the door.

"Hey there Barbara, what's it like in New York City? Now we're with each other and I only have one more question. Will you marry me?" I ask as I pull out the ring I had bought the week before she left for New York.

"Oh yes, yes!"

I stand up as she jumps into my arms and I hold her tightly. I stayed with her for another hour before she went to school. I left soon after and for the next two years every night I would send her a message with the song that eventually made me famous.

A/N: I'm really sorry for not updating in anything. Please accept this for now but school, track and medical anomalies are running my life for now. I try to write a little bit and eventually I will get a new chapter up for Traught and I am awaiting Ghost's next chapter so that should be up soon. I am also waiting for Gemini to finish typing a chapter of this so we can put them together so I will have more for you later.

-Leo