Dance Alone To The Beat of Your Heart

Chapter 38

    "Good morning husband." I kiss Patrick. 

  Patrick kisses back. "What are you up to Peter Panda?" He asks. 

  "Nothing." I say. 

  "I don't believe you." He states. 

  "Why not?" I ask. 

  "Because the look in your eyes right now says otherwise." He states. 

  "What are they saying?" I smirk at him. 

  "That you're horny. That's nothing new though." He answers. 

  "I might be but I'm not up to anything." I say. 

  "Fine. I believe you." He says. "We have to be somewhere." 

  "Yes. I do need to shower." I say as I get up. 

  He grins at me. "Enjoy your shower." 

  I get in the shower and wash off. I am so full of joy to go back to the studio tomorrow. It's going to be an amazing album. 

  I get out of the shower and start to get dressed. "You excited for today?" I say. 

  "Yes I am. Does it feel like its been twenty-three years?" He asks. 

  "It does and doesn't at the same time. I definitely can feel that I'm older." I state. 

  "You're still the hottest person I've seen." He says as he gets dressed. 

  "Thank you." I state. "It is crazy that its been that long." 

  "We're celebrating a huge accomplishment tonight. It's a massive deal for us." He says. 

  "Yes it is. I cannot believe that we did it." I say. 

  "But we did." He says. 

   We head out to our celebration. I'm beyond proud of the band. We are doing what we love. I'm proud of us. I love that we're still a band. Joe and Andy smiles at us. Marie and Meredith are with them. 

  "Everyone looks so happy." Meredith says. 

  "We are." I say. "You do too." 

  "This has been an amazing time so far." Andy says. 

  Brendon comes over to give us a hug. "Congrats." 

  "Thank you." Patrick  says. 

  Joe smiles. "Twenty-three years as a band. I Don't Care is now two times platinum and Centuries is eight times platinum." 

  "We have so many things to be proud of." Andy says. 

  "We really do. I love making music and there's no one else I want to do this with." I say. 

  "Look at these badasses." William says. 

  "You guys are killing it. Like." Gabe says. 

  "I'm glad to be killing it." Patrick says. 

  "The strong support system helps." Joe states. 

  Andy nods. "Which we do have." He states. 

  "Yeah we do." I say. 

  "I'm proud of you." Ryan says. 

  "Thank you Ryan. It is special to have the support that we do." I say. 

 "We've come a long way." Patrick says. 

Andy grins. "We have." 

  Joe smiles. "It has helped us grow." 

 "Picture?" William asks. 

  Gabe grabs his phone. "I think we should." He says. 

  "Sure." We all agree. 

  I go up to make a speech after the picture. "I want to thank everyone that's here. You all are family. Fall Out Boy celebrates twenty-three years of being a band tonight. We also celebrate huge accomplishments too. I love Joe and Andy like brothers." I pause. "And of course my husband.  My number one. Thank you all for supporting us and being our friends." 

  Patrick kisses me when I'm done. "I love you." 

  I kiss back. "I love you too." 

   We talk with our friends for a while. We are taking in every moment. We love everyone that has encouraged us these past two decades. I know how lucky I am to be surrounded by these incredible people. 

  We head home. "That was an incredible night." Patrick says. 

  "It was." I say as I change. 

  "We needed it." he says. 

  "Yeah we did." I state. 

  "And we're still going." He says. 

  "We are. I know there's more music left in both of us." I state. 

  "We do. We're not done." He says. 

  I climb into bed. "No we're not." I pause. "I love you." 

  "I love you too." He says. "You looked amazing tonight by the way." 

  "Thank you. So did you." I say as I kiss him. He kisses back and cuddles into me.