The Way I Love You

CHAPTER 13

~I wish I knew what you think when my name is taken.

It was the festa day!!!

But before that let me introduce to my band or they are also more of like my friend gang.

First is Emma of course my best friend. And then there is Anderson, one of my friends from middle school, and then there's Luke, Luna and Mason, who's also Luke's friend.

Anderson's group and Luke's is almost the same. Both of them are really good friends.

Me and Luke are going to be singing, with Luke playing the piano and me playing the guitar. Emma was the camera women.

I was so excited. I got ready, giving an extra look to myself before leaving.

"Bye mamma!" I said and left.

The festa starts at 10 and will go on till 7 in the evening. Our performance was at 6. I left at 11, just to play few games there and have fun with my friends.

Me and Emma went together and saw Anderson in a corner with his friends.

"Hey Anderson! Where's Archer, Luke and all?" I asked.

"Archer didn't come and Luke will come in some time." He replied.

What, why isn't Archer going to come? It's kind of off without Archer. Not going to lie, I've got used to him being everywhere.

"Claire!" Emma called, asking what happened.

"Nothing, nothing happened."

"Don't worry, don't sadden yourself, Luke will come soon." She winked and said.

We went on playing games, splashing water with water balloons and guns, it was quite fun. Would have been fun if Archer too was there.

It would be fun to have fun with him and irritate him a bit too.

Luke joined us as he came, and I was kind of flattered in playing water balloon fight with him. We had some snacks and relaxed a bit, by that time it was already 5 30.

So, we went and started to get ready. I was going to wear torn denim shorts with a white tucked in oversized shirt. I had accompanied it with rings and a layered necklace and a bracelet with free hair and black boots.

Luke was going to wear a torn jeans with red shirt.

It was a casual theme. Not too much drama. We had a few performances before that, and it was our turn finally. Ours was the last performance.

We were behind the stage and Luke was nowhere to be found.

"Where the hell is Luke?!" I asked Anderson.

"I don't know." He replied.

"I swear to god tell me where he is, or that's it."

"Well, the thing is, he is not feeling well, he's been going in and out the restroom continuously for the past half an hour." He said disappointingly.

"What!" I asked in shock.

"Claire, just go on with your performance, he said he'll be there, just start with yours."

"No, if he's not feeling well, we can cancel this." I replied.

"No Claire you're not doing that, Luke will kill you and us also if you cancel it." Emma said.

"That's not the point. He is the one who's starting the song! It's okay, we'll do it next year, alright?" I told them.

I went on the stage to announce that this performance is being cancelled. Many people were actually looking forward to it. Considering the people who know me, to people who know him, it's quite a lot.

"So, I'm sorry to tell this but unfor-"

As I was going to tell, Suddenly, the lights went off. I could hear everyone muttering. And a second later there was a spotlight at one end of the stage.

"Archer?"

The crowd went crazy, with all 'whooohooo' and everyone started cheering, shouting and clapping.

There he was wearing a red colour t shirt with a black overcoat and denim torn jeans.

"You know I want you, there's not a secret I try to hide"

Slowly, as he started to sing, all the coloured bulbs starting glowing one by one as he made his way in front of me.

"You claim it's not in the stars

Faith is pulling you miles away and

Out of reach from me"

His eyes were fixed on me, and mine on him.

"But your here in my heart

So, who could stop me if I decide

That you're my destiny"

And he turned to the audience.

"What if we rewrite the stars?"

And turned back to me.

"Say you were made to be mine

Nothing could keep us apart

You'd be the one I was meant to find."

Damn, those eyes! It surely does have something.

"Maybe the world could be ours tonight"

He spun me around with my hands, and I was literally startled and so was everyone else. I continued with my part.

"You think it's easy

You think I don't wanna run to you

But there are mountains

And there are doors that we can't' walk through

I know you're wondering why because we're

Able to be just you and me Within these walls

But when we go outside, your gonna wake up and see

That it was hopeless after all"

The whole crowd cheering and us singing and there went my chorus which I sang by looking at Archer and so was he.

"Everything keeps us apart

And I'm not the one you were meant to find....."

Finally, the bridge of the song. Both of us looked at each other again singing the lines.

"All I want is to fly with you

All I want is to fall with you

So just give me all of you

It feels impossible

It's not impossible

Is it impossible?"

There I went slaying the high note and, damn! The whole crowd stood up and joined us in singing.

"How do we rewrite the stars

Say you were made to be mine

Nothing can keep us apart"

It felt almost like a concert, All thanks to Archer. I wouldn't have experienced such a thing if he hadn't come.

"You know I want you

It's not a secret I try to hide

But I can't have you

We're bound to break and

My hands are tied."

I looked into his eyes and sang; it was as if I was meaning those lines.

Little did I know that I could relate to this song so much later.

It was a whole feeling while performing. Everyone clapped and whistled. And we bowed and exited the stage.

That was one hell of a performance of rewrite the stars.