Feel Again (A OneRepublic/ Ryan Tedder Fanfic)

Chapter 37

"Whoa Ryan what was that?" Said Kimberly as she pulled away from me.

"Honestly, I don't know." I answered back I guess I was in the moment. We look at the crowd and everyone is staring at us.

I cleared my throat. "Uh before we go, we're gonna leave you with this song. I wrote it in New York, and it's our new single. It's Called "Counting Stars."

I notice Kimberly blushing but not the way she blushes when we're together. "Ah shit." I say covering my hand on the mic so no one could hear me. "Dude already?" Joked Mark and I flip him off. I look at her and mouth out "I'm sorry." She says nothing and walks backstage.

"I look back the crowd, and Zach starts playing his guitar and I start singing to the audience.

"Lately, I've been, I've been losing sleep, Dreaming about the things that we could be, But baby, I've been, I've been prayin' hard, Said no more counting dollars, we'll be counting stars, yeah we'll be counting stars....

I see this life like a swinging vine, Swing my heart across the line, in my face there's flashing signs, seek it out and ye shall find, old, but I'm not that old, young, but I'm not that bold, and I don't think the world the sold I'm just doing what we're told..."

I continue the song smoothly but I can't stop thinking about how badly I embarrassed her. Great! Now she thinks I'm a womanizer.

After the song was over, we say goodbye to the crowd and rush to the green room and find Amanda patting Kim's back. They both look up and I notice the rim of her eyes were red. Shit! she was crying.

"Amanda can I speak to Ryan... Alone." She said sweetly. Amanda gets up from the couch glares at me and walks away, closing the door behind her.

"What do you want Mr. Tedder?" She said in a clipped tone.

"Wow. So we're going there now?" I said crossing my arms.

"Yes, that's exactly where we're going." She answered back.

"What did you want me to do? Pick some other random chick ad make out with her on stage?" I snapped back.

Her eyes widen in anger. She walked up to me and slapped me in the face.

"Ow!" I said putting my hand to my cheek. Damn she hits hard.

"How dare you say that!?!?" She hissed at me.

It was there when I realized what I said. "Fuck! No Kimberly I'm sorry!" I said taking a step towards her and she backs away.

"Yeah, yeah you're sorry. Sorry that you're with me. And to think I believed you when you told me you love me. You'd rather be with some skank." She said as she pushed me out of her way and walked towards the door.

"You think I don't love you?" I said my eyes widening.

she turns around and says nothing.

I take a step towards her cautiously, grabbing her hand and I bring it up to my lips and started kissing her knuckles.

She lets her guard down, and I get inches away from her, holding her by her waist.

"I'm sorry." I said finally.

"Are you ashamed of me?" She asked, her eyes widening.

"No honey of course not. I'm sorry I just wasn't thinking." I answered by holding her close to me. I take in her scent, that's a wonderful perfume.

We looked at each other's eyes. "Can you forgive me?" I asked.

She smiles at me and kisses me passionately.

"Is that a yes?" I asked smiling and she nods, the both of us making out with each other.

"Am I interrupting something?" Spoke up Zach and the two of us jump back from each other smiling.

"We're all gonna go celebrate at The Bar, you guys coming?" He asked.

"Actually, I have to wake up early tomorrow." Said Kimberly apologetically.

"No problem, but you're coming with us next time." Answered Zach smiling at her.

"I'll take her home and meet you guys there." I said and as we were leaving, Kim stops me.

"Oh shit, what are we going to do about Amanda?" She asked.

"Well, Brent and Amanda like each other, so I'll text Brent to take her home after they celebrate." I answered.

"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea." She said smiling at me.

As we walk to my car, I see Kim walk in front of me and I can't help but check her out. She's wearing red plaid button up though its unbuttoned, a white tank top, blue skinny jeans, and red vans.

"Hey Tedder! Eyes front!" She said laughing as we got into the car and drove off.