Keep On Dreaming.

Amazing

"AEROSMITH!" Ryan screamed into the microphone.

I whipped my head around in astonishment, to see Steven and the rest of the band already on stage. 

"HELLO LOS ANGELES! ARE YOU READY TO ROCK!?" Steven screamed into the mic. He winked at me, and I blushed. The crowd roared and Joe began to play the opening riffs for Dream On.

It only seemed appropriate that they play that song, since American Idol is basically based on dreams. 

Steven got through the song, and did his legendary scream.

When they finished the last chorus, and the gong rang, the crowd went wild, and Steven waited to say something into the microphone. Just then, Ryan came out onto the stage and whispered something into Steven's ear.

"Well, America, it looks like we've got your Idol." Steven grinned. "Lauren, Scotty, Mia... Can you three please come over here?"

We all stood up, clasped hands, and walked over to the center of the stage, near Steven and the other judges. The rest of the band crowded around us, and I slightly turned my head to see Joe standing next to me. He gave me a big smile and a thumbs up. 

They brought out an evelope, which I knew contained my fate. 

They slowly opened it, and looked at the three of us.

"In second place...." Ryan began, and then paused for dramatic effect. "Scotty McCreery!"

The crowd errupted and Scotty just grinned and hugged both Lauren, and I, and then hugged the judges. He moved out of the way, and behind Lauren. Lauren and I stood there gripping each others hands, shaking, waiting nervously for the news. 

Ryan handed the card over to Joe and Steven, so that the band could introduce the winner.

I saw Steven's eyes light up, as he spoke into the mic.

"And the winner, of the 2013 American Idol, and the lucky lady to be performing her coronation song with us....." He brought the mic closer to the whole band could scream out the name..

"MIA LYNN PARKER!" They all screamed and jumped up and down.

I turned to Lauren and hugged her close to me.

"Congratulations, Mia!" She hugged me and I saw tears well up in her eyes "I'm so proud of you, you definitely deserve this!" She squeezed me tighter.

"Thank you so much." I hugged her, and wiped away the tears from my eyes as I pulled back. 

Then the judges all surrounded us, and hugged us.

Steven picked me up and spun me around, and planted a big kiss on my lips.

"I'm so proud of you, Baby." He smiled and pulled me in to a big hug.

When we were all finished congratulating each other, Steven grabbed my hand and pulled me to the center of the stage, as Joey took his place behind the drums, Tom and Brad both to the right of Joey, and Joe picked up his signature Black Les Paul. I grinned and one upped him, reaching for my 59' Les Paul. He chuckled. 

"You're on." He mouthed to me.

As a stage hand brought out another mic stand for me, I thanked him and then turned to Steven, still speaking into the mic. 

"Come here, baaaaaaaaabby." I grinned, as Joey beat the drums, and Joe and I started the tune for Crazy. 

"You know you drive me up a wall, the way you make good on all them nasty tricks you pull?" I chuckled as Steven walked up to me with his microphone.

"Seems like we're, making up more than we're making love." He stroked my face gently. I closed my eyes and sighed at the touch.

"And it always seems that you've got someone on your mind other than me." He finished. 

"Steven! You've got to change your crazy ways.... You hear me?" I added

We sang the duration of Crazy just like we did when I first auditioned. 

I began to play the solo, and Joe chimmed in, backing me up. 

When the song finished the audience went wild.

I took the guitar strap off my body, and placed the guitar back on it's stand. 

Steven motioned to someone behind me, and a stage hand brought out a chair for me to sit down on, which was right next to the Baby Grand they rolled out.

I took my seat, and watched as Steven sat down at the piano. 

He kissed me quickly, and then spoke into the microphone.

"I can't even begin to express how incredibly proud of Mia I am." Steven began to say, with a tear in his eye. "And since she is the 2013 American Idol, I only find it appropriate to sing this song, in her honor. I wrote this a little over a year ago, for the love of my life. It's her lullaby." He smiled, and began to play Mia on the piano.

He stared at me through the entirety of the song, only occasionally glancing down at the keys to make sure he was pressing the right ones. 

After Mia finished, he went right into the beginning for I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing.

When the song was finished, he stood up from the piano bench, grabbed the bottom of my chair, and dragged, with me still in it, across the stage so we were both in the center, surrounded by the band. 

They instantly started playing Angel and this brought tears to my eyes. 

Just as he sang the last few lines of the song, something behind me caught his attention, 

I turned around to see what it was, and I heard gasps and cheers and screams coming from the audience.

I turned back around to face Steven, to see what all the commotion was about, and I saw him in front of me, down on one knee, holding out a gorgeous diamond ring.