THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT

𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚞𝚎 - 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜

"my broken bones are mending, with all these nights we're spending"

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I was performing my fearless set on the tour, "Love story" to be more precise. 

I search the crowd for Travis's bright eyes- but he wasn't there. I held back a frown, maybe he was using the bathroom or had better things to do. He didn't need to come to all my shows..

"I got tired of waiting

Wonderin' if you were ever comin' around
My faith in you was fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town, and I said"

I sang with my haert, then the screams intensified form the crowd. Odd. I felt a tap on my shoulder, I turned around to see Travis walking across the stage. I continue to sing, I felt tears welling up in my eyes. Where my wildest dreams about to come true? In Paris? The city of love?

"Romeo, save me, I've been feeling so alone

I keep waiting for you, but you never come
Is this in my head? I don't know what to think"

Before I could say the next line, he knelled onto the ground and my backup singers took over seamlessly - the crowd joining in loudly to. He planned this, for me?

"He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring
And said, "Marry me, Juliet
You'll never have to be alone
I love you and that's all I really know
I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress
It's a love story, baby, just say, "Yes"

The singers and crowd sang, and I nodded, as he place the ring on my shaking hands. He kissed me hardly before leaving to go under the stage and back into the tent again. I took back the microphone, hot tears still streaming down my cheeks and transitioning to the next song, "You belong with me", which was very fitting after what had just happened. 

I had also noticed my family and his in the tent. They got to witness this to.

My mom was crying with Donna, my dad and Ed also hugging each other. Jason was screaming, and Kylie was looking at me with a thoughtful expression. The girls were cheering with their dad to. 

I kept flashing the ring to the audience during the song, teasing them, that I was engaged, after all these years. All the years of bad men, terrible social media people, it had all lead to here.

The Invisible string had tied me to him, not Joe.

It was all fate. The love did not make me lose my mind, I fought the battles, the wars, all for this moment. If only I could tell my young, naive self who thought everything was over at 25- that we be okay. It be fitting to play "Long Story Short" tonight.

I had never felt more free and happy in my life than I have now.