Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ All or Nothing ❯ My December ( Chapter 2 )

Chapter two:

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This is my December
This is my time of the year
This is my December
This is all so clear
This is my December
This is my snow covered home
This is my December
This is me alone

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Soft, cobalt eyes looked at the age old diner that she used to sing at as the snow fell lightly. Pushing the door open, she was flooded with memories of singing during open mic night as she made her way to the corner table that had her name craved into the polished wood.

"Can I help you miss?" A young waitress maybe about fifteen came over to her and smiled.

"Can you tell me if they still have open mic night?"

"Yes, miss; we do, tonight, Friday and Saturday." Cassidy smiled brightly and the young waitress became confused. "Would you like the sign-up sheet?"

"Yes, please." Cassidy followed the waitress to the stage, which had become older but still held many memories of her and the band of young rebels she had. When the sign up sheet was close to empty, she frowned. "A few years ago, this sheet was so full, most of it was compotation. Well, I'll see you tonight."

"Alright miss." The waitress smiled and went back to work as Cassidy walked outside to meet up with her brother.

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And I
Just wish that
I didn't feel
Like there was
Something I missed
And I
Take back all
The things I said
To make you
Feel like that
And I
Just wish that
I didn't feel
Like there was
Something I missed
And I
Take back all the
Things I said to you

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[That night]

"Why did you sign up again?" Duo started complained for the seventeenth time since they arrive at the diner, which to him was too old and held too many secrets. "You worry me a lot." He smiled as he took a seat in front of her.

"You didn't have to come. I just wanted you to because this is where I started to sing." Cassidy smiled sincerely as the diner owner went to the mic.

"I see some new faces as well as a few old ones. Well lets get started, we've chosen random order and" The gray haired man stuck his hand into a baseball cap that someone Cassidy had a band with when she was young, JC, was holding. The older man smiled some and looked over at their table. "It looks like we have one of our stars back to see us. Anastasia, come on and sing for us."

"Anastasia?" Duo looked at his sister and got the message. "Your nickname?!" She nodded and took off her long black coat to reveal the black torn dress she wore with her dark make-up.

"Sam, it's been a long time." Cassidy bowed slightly to her second father as she stepped on stage. JC smiled softly as his best friend stepped up next time him.

"What do you think about singing a song from the past for us?" JC stepped off stage as she hit his arm lightly. "Or have you changed too much?" A few other figures entered the building and Duo waved them over to the table.

"Duo, why did you have to go and tell Quatre and the rest of them?" Cassidy looked over at the corner as her brother and shook her head. "Anyways, I should start."

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And I give it all away
Just to have somewhere
To go to
Give it all away
To have someone
To come home to

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"Hmmm, yeah, yeah. Let's go." Cassidy closed her eyes as she remembered the first time she sang the song. "We were strangers, starting out on a journey. Never dreaming, what we'd have to go through. Now here we are, and I'm suddenly standing at the beginning with you."

The song was one she had always loved but one memory brought tears to her eyes as she sang. Trowa. "No one told me I was going to find you. Unexpected, what you did to my heart. When I lost hope, you were there to remind me: This is the start. Life is a road and I want to keep going. Love is a river, I wanna keep flowing. Live is a road. Now and forever, wonderful journey."

Some one who had taken a seat in the shadows of her table looked start at her. Why was she singing this song? It was a beautiful song, but the meaning, he saw it in her body language. She missed him more than he thought she would. Cassidy knew she was the icon of everyone's site, but for some reason, someone was making her feel more upset.

"I'll be there when the world stops turning. I'll be there when the storm is through. In the end I wanna be standing at the beginning with you." Cassidy closed her eyes as the last part of the song ended with a piano solo and a solitary tear fell down her cheek. "I want to keep going on with you and in the end I want to be standing next to you."

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This is my December
These are my snow-covered trees
This is me pretending
This is all I need

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[Walking to the hotel]

"You were great, Cass, just great." Quatre walked behind the rest of the group with Cassidy as she hugged the black trench coat around herself. Cassidy just smiled, she was too hurt by the person standing in front of her too talk.

The snow started to fall again, and her mind went back to the last day they were together. Closing her eyes, it took almost all her energy not to turn and run. Defeated, she pushed her way between her brother and Heero, running into a darken alley and falling it her knees. The group stopped and watched her run, Trowa's eyes hidden by his untamed hair. Duo was the first to go after her but was stopped by Wufei.

"What she needs right now is to be alone and to know that the person who hurt her doesn't hate her." Wufei looked at Trowa with black eyes then at Duo, shaking his head. "Leave the two alone." He showed the other three to another street as Trowa made his way to the alley that Cassidy ran into.

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And I
Just wish that
I didn't feel
Like there was
Something I missed
And I
Take back all
The things I said
To make you feel like that
And I
Just wish that
I didn't feel
Like there was
Something I missed
And I
Take back all the things
I said to you

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My December by Linkin Park