Guilt

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"All that's left is Paul." Said Alex. "Wait, what?" Said Amanda. "Don't worry, Max is with him, and I'm sure he'd rather wait until you're there to do the incantation." Said Justin. "You could fly through that broken window with your swan form in the living room." Alex said. "What broken window?" Asked Odette. "Long story." Justin said. "After you go through, I'll fix it with my wand." Said Alex. 

Instead of asking any more questions, Amanda walks towards her dresser and puts on her swan ring before going back to the living room where the broken window is. She changes into her swan form and flies right through it, avoiding the shards of broken glass. "Alright, Alex, do your thing." Said Justin. The middle Russo uses her wand to fix the window.

Outside

Amanda regains her human form and approaches where Max is trying to tend a motionless Paul. The minute she sees her husband with the deep cut on his left cheek and a few minor ones on his right, a horrified expression appears on her face. 

"There you are, Ama... hey, what's wrong?" Asked Max. "I remember this." Amanda said through a whisper. "I didn't hear you, what did you say?" Max asked. "I remember doing this!!" Cried Amanda. She bursts into tears and runs right back into the apartment, slamming the door once she enters her room, then collapses face first onto the bed.

While in a river of tears, the swan princess sings of how awful she feels about what she did to Paul, even though it was all Athalia's fault.

I feel so unsure
As I take your hand
And lead you to the dance floor
As the music dies
Something in your eyes
Calls to mind a silver screen
And all its sad goodbyes

I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
I should've known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you

Time can never mend
The careless whispers of a good friend
To the heart and mind
Ignorance is kind
There's no comfort in the truth
Pain is all you'll find

I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
I should've known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you

Never without your love

Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd
Maybe it's better this way
We'd hurt each other with the things we want to say
We could have been so good together
We could have lived this dance forever
But now who's gonna dance with me?
Please stay

And I'm never gonna dance again
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool
I should've known better than to cheat a friend
And waste the chance that I'd been given
So I'm never gonna dance again
The way I danced with you

Now that you're gone
Now that you're gone

Now that you're gone
Was what I did so wrong, so wrong
That you had to leave me alone?

Instead of burying her face in the pillow some more, Amanda picks it up and hugs it to her chest while she continues to cry. "Oh, Paulie, I'm so sorry!!" She sobbed.

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