2016

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by AH2030

by AH2030

I'd put the whiskey back in the bottle
Put the smoke back in the joint
Look up at the sky and say
"Okay, okay, okay, think you made your point"
I'd cover up the pool at Skymont
I'd take some girls out of my phone
Give the nightlife back to Nashville
One night at a time 'til all the regret's gone

Beca's voice rung out across a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people. She had her eyes closed softly as she played her last song of the night.

And I'd drive a thousand miles to your house
Walk in like I walked out
Put the tears back in your eyes
'Cause all my lies could still come true
I'd tell you everything was alright
And hold you, baby, all night

She lives the old memories over again in her mind. Thinking of every time she drove all the way back to Georgia just to sit outside her house for a few hours, then leave again. Never finding the courage to get out of the car.

When your heart was all patched up
And our love was good as new
I'd take 2016
And give it back to you

Oh how she missed 2016.

I thought I wanted my freedom
I told myself I'd have a ball
But it turns out going out and chasing
Dreams and lonely women
Ain't freedom after all
If I could go back now
And take it back somehow

I'd drive a thousand miles to your house
Walk in like I walked out
Put the tears back in your eyes
'Cause all my lies could still come true
I'd tell you everything was alright
I'd hold you, baby, all night

When your heart was all fixed up
And our love was good as new
I'd take 2016
And give it back to you

She thinks of how she changed. How she's grown. 2016 was one of the best and worst years of her life. 2016 she met the love of her life, at the same time she wasn't in a good place which ended in her losing the women she fell in love with.

If I could wrangle all my sins
Take 'em back and make amends
And do it all over again
I'd take the wrongs and make 'em right
All the lonesome, lonely nights
Pack 'em up and haul 'em all back home to you

She opens her eyes and reaches for her phone. She feels a single tear slide down her cheek as she stares at her lock screen. Even after five years, she still hasn't changed it.

When your heart was all patched up
And our love was good as new
I'd take 2016
And all the lonely nights in between
And give 'em back to you
Give it all back to you

She slides her phone back into her pocket as the last few notes ring through the stadium. The crowd erupts into cheers but she doesn't hear them, no instead she's trapped in a trance, staring into the eyes of someone she never thought she'd see again.

Red hair and blue eyes stare back at her, tears fresh in her eyes. Beca watches as she turns and walks away, disappearing into the crowd.

Beca rushes off stage and too the front where she caught glimpse of red hair again.

"Wait!" She calls out, busting out the front doors.

She looks down the street both ways, the women nowhere to be seen.

"Beca?" Stacie asks, coming out the door after her.

When she takes in Beca's state, she sighs and shakes her head.

"Beca she's not here." Stacie says sympathetically.

"I saw her, we locked eyes Stacie." Beca tells her.

"Beca that's not possible. She's not here, she won't ever be." She says softly.

"I saw her." Beca says strongly.

"You imagined her. Beca you know Chloe died in that crash all those years ago." She speaks, a tear sliding from her eye.

Beca catches sight of her once more, this time only a couple feet in front of her.

"You need to let me go." She whispers, stroking her face, before disappearing into the night.

"Come on Bec, let's go home." Stacie says softly guiding the girl away.