Jar Of Hearts

This chapter is based off of Jar of Hearts Remix (feat Young Flip). It's a great song...

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"Listen Courtney, you and Bakura shouldn't do this... you know how he is.." Natalie whispered, holding onto Courtney's arm, the one that had the microphone in her hand.

"No. He needs to know how I feel." Courtney said.

Natalie noticed the slight fire and sadness in her eyes. Why was her friend feeling like this? She was the one who broke up with Bakura.

"But a singing battle? Really?" Natalie asked.

"Yes. You know that singing was a huge part of our relationship and mostly how we expressed our feelings. It has to be this way Natalie. You can either support me or support Bakura." Courtney said bitterly.

Natalie sighed. "Good luck.."

She left stage.

The lights went off and Courtney could only see the two single spotlights on the stage. The man who had always made her heart stop stood in one.

He looked... different. He looked more depressed and thinner.

Courtney sighed. Bakura had always been overdramatic...

She stared at him and his empty eyes stared back.

Then she began to sing, looking away from his eyes.

"You know I can't take one more step toward you

'Cause all that's waiting is regret.."

She looked back at him and she saw something in his eyes that she couldn't identify.

"And don't you know I'm not your ghost anymore

You lost the love I loved the most."

These lyrics came straight from her heart. She felt this way about everything. How Bakura had cheated on her and how she ended it. He had made her belief in love disappear.

"I learned to live half alive

And now you want me one more time.."

Courtney's eyes were filled with slight fire as she walked up to him and poked him on his chest, questioning him through song.

"And who do you think you are

Running round leaving scars?"

Bakura's empty eyes were wide and Courtney could see the pure and raw hurt and sadness in his eyes. She ignored it, too angry at him for the tears that were poking at the edges of his eyes and hers.

"Collecting your jar of hearts

Tearing love apart?"

She pushed him slightly, wanting nothing more than an apology.

"You're gonna catch a cold

From the ice inside your soul.."

She glared at him with her eyes and turned away from him.

"So don't come back for me

Who do you think you are?"

The music went upbeat and Bakura looked at her with pure emotion in his eyes and then he began to rap.

"Too many times

I've been forgiven that you left me reminiscing of that piece I've been missing

But the thought of you keeps killing me on the inside

This time."

Courtney turned away as he touched her shoulder gently. The hurt was apparent in his eyes. Natalie noticed and tears ran down her face. Courtney was being too damn stubborn. She almost didn't deserve someone like Bakura.

"Yeah I'm saying sorry and I meant it

I wrote a love letter that I sent but I never got a reply

And these eyes are swimming in the memory of tears."

Courtney scoffed but inside she remembered throwing that letter away... And she felt sorry about it. She loved him, but it wasn't so simple as to let him back into her heart.

"Better days better years,

We used to heat it up like summer and we fell like the autumn

But welcome to the bottom it's colder than the winter

But we can still blossom like springtime pollen."

Courtney looked back at Bakura when he grabbed her hand. His eyes had a certain pleading look to his eyes.

"That's why how you walk in chains like the seasons but if you don't listen,

I'll understand I'm the reason."

At this, Bakura looked away with a sigh.

Courtney blinked. She wanted to forgive him... but she knew that he didn't fully understand why she had broken up with him and she couldn't revisit those memories... They hurt her too badly.

"And who do you think you are

Running round leaving scars

Collecting your jar of hearts

Tearing love apart?"

She sang this while stepping close to him, so close that she could smell his scent. It was the cologne that she had bought him. He.. he wore it?

"You're gonna catch a cold

From the ice inside your soul.."

She breathed in his scent one last time. I can't fall for his tricks..

Courtney turned away from him.

"So don't come back for me

Who do you think you are?"

Bakura could smell the sweetness of her strawberry shampoo. It was exhilarating. Hypnotizing... She had always been this way to him.

"Can we get back to love and stop the hating?

Can we not let all this time we spent together get wasted?

Can we just start the communcation?"

Courtney still wouldn't look at him. Bakura grabbed her hand, getting frustrated.

"You always said that you would leave and I would hate it.

I always said that I would make it but now I've got to taste it."

He suddenly spun her around to face him, gripping both of her arms so tightly that red finger marks appeared on her arms.

"And it's feeling like I'm

Fading into black

And we just don't have to take it back from the darkness and be the lights!"

Tears were streaming down his face.

Courtney squeezed her eyes shut, a single tear squeezed out. She didn't want him to see her crying.

"I just need you in my life

And I tell you we weren't perfect!"

His grip loosened when she opened her eyes. He could see so much hurt that he couldn't take looking into them. Her eyes were haunted... much like his.. Somehow he knew that she needed him as much as he needed her.

"I know that I am worthless

And I guess this pain I have,

I deserve it..."

Courtney looked at him in pure surprise. He felt... worthless? He... I.. I suppose he does kind of deserve this... But this is hurting me too.

"And who do you think you are

Running round leaving scars?

Collecting your jar of hearts

Tearing love apart?"

Courtney saw him look toward her. He seemed to understand now. But she looked away and continued. She wasn't finished.

"You're gonna catch a cold

From the ice inside your soul

So don't come back for me

Don't come back at all!"

These lyrics seemed to hit Bakura like a bullet. She... didn't want him?

To him, she looked too angry, like she was going to hit someone.

"And who do you think you are

Running round leaving scars?!

Collecting your jar of hearts

Tearing love apart?!"

She stomped up to him slightly, a cold glare of rage littering her features and she looked like she was about to slap him. He closed his eyes and braced himself. He deserved it.

"You're gonna catch a cold

From the ice inside your soul!"

Courtney stopped herself. Don't sink to hitting him.. he... he doesn't deserve it!

"Don't come back for me

Don't come back at all!"

She finally stared at him. She was ready to listen to him.

"Who do you think you are?"

Her voice was breathless. Bakura took her hands, bringing the microphone to his mouth.

"Who do you think you are?"

His voice was soft and gentle and understanding. Courtney leaned back into his arms.

"Who do you think you are?"

Courtney then began to sob. She turned around and dropped the microphone, hugging him tightly. Bakura wrapped her in his arms tightly.

"Why?" Courtney whispered between sobs.

"Why what?" Bakura asked gently.

"Why did you cheat on me? Was she really that much better than me? My own sister?" Courtney asked, looking up at him.

Bakura placed a hand on her cheek. "I didn't. Rachel framed me. She didn't want you being happy, so as soon as you walked up, she kissed me. But I don't love her! I love you and I don't care if you believe me or not!"

Then he kissed her demandingly, yet gently.

Courtney kissed him back.

Typical... I can't resist him...

Bakura pulled away after a few seconds and touched his forehead to hers.

"I do love you." He whispered.

Courtney placed her hand on his hand which still rested on her cheek.

"I love you too Kura."

Then she kissed him.

Natalie watched with a small smile on her face. This had helped them... They needed to be happy again. She was glad that they had worked things out.

Bakura and Courtney were truly good together.

Then she left.