"Long Awaited" Chapter 28: "The Last Song"

Virginia's POV:

I stare up at David on stage for a good, long moment and wait for him to start singing, but he doesn't. He just continues with his adorable rambling for about 5 more minutes. Finally, after what felt like hours, he begins to sing the song. The last song. For me. This must've been why he wanted me to come so badly and why he sent me the free tickets, but I am mad it's been so long. Not that it's been so long since we'd talked, but...that it took him that long to realize he liked me more than a friend and that when he finally accepted it, I was dating somebody else. I mean, he could've at least told me...but then I thought about what I thought over again and decided it would ruin the surprise and that it might be easier for him to tell me through song because I had told him that he speaks to his fans through the songs he sings.

David: "Okay and this is the song that I just wrote and recorded. I hope you all like it and please, if you have any recording devices on you, I would appreciate it if you put them away. Thank you."

I knew that some people were not going to put their things away, and I could watch it on the internet later. I hear a bunch of clicking, buttons being pressed, and rustling from behind me to put stuff away, but all I could do was stand there and stare like an idiot. I don't know if he knew that I knew. He probably didn't. But I still stared. I waited for him to sing.

He Began:

As he started to sing, I grasped and held onto every word for dear life to decipher what the song meant and what he wanted to express to me. Every word described me and when it changed a little bit to the second verse, right after the first, it began like it was how he felt. It pained me and I knew he was in agony when he closed his eyes and sang the chorus. I nearly cried when I thought I saw a tear, but I was wrong. He was smiling. He was happy that I was there. He wanted me to hear this. It was honestly like we were the only two in the room. A lot of people have said that before, but I never actually experienced what it felt like to be one with someone. I was never connected to someone more in my life. This was different than any other relationship or friendship I have had.

David's POV:

I keep looking over to where Virginia is sitting when I'm up on stage singing. Standing at the mic, I look over to her standing there next to her friend. Her eyes are closed for the most part and I know she's listening to the song. I smile a little when singing, but quickly compose myself. I could feel heads turning toward her so I tried to deviate my eyes away. I continue singing for a good portion. This song felt really long compared to most of the others. I thought it could have been from that it was the first time performing it or that it was supposed to be a long moment when she finally found out. When I say...

Me: "Why couldn't I realize it before and say that I want to love you forever and more?"

As I let the words flow out of my mouth like a breath, my eyes immediately fall to Virginia. She still has her eyes closed, so I decide to take my time to scan over her body language to see how she feels about the song. She really liked it. That made me really excited. Then she opens her eyes and looks up at me. We stare at each other while I'm still singing. Our eyes melt together and I can tell she knows what I wanted to tell her through the song.

Before I knew it...I was moving away from the mic stand in the middle of the stage to come over to the right hand side, where she was. I get off the side of the stage and walk up to her. I stick out my hand and she takes it without taking her eyes off of me. I lead her back to the stage and escort her up the stairs on the side. I take her up on stage to sing the song to her. Hey, it was for her...why not? Our minds were completely at one. As I finish the song to her, I didn't take my eyes off of her for a second. I see people in the audience staring like "WHAT JUST HAPPENED?" I could tell some girls were getting jealous, but I honestly didn't care. I heard "oooohs" and "awwwwws" from every which way in the audience. After I sing the last line, I lean into give her a hug. She hugs me so tightly back. We don't let go for a long while.

But that was only in my head. Or was it?

* To Be Continued*