Broken Descent (Bruno Mars)

My Girl

Bruno and Phil split to the beach.

"Phil, why are we checking here? Why are you so sure?"

"I'm thinking like Bruno...I know she's here. We're at the beach...she's gotta be here," Phil said, looking at all angles.

"I can't believe this happened again."

"Bruno she didn't get taken..."

"How do you know?"

"She's over there..."

As soon as Phil mentioned it, Bruno heard Charlotte's cries, and saw her sitting up against a tree in the distance.

"Oh jeez," Bruno sighed.

"I'll go tell everyone she's okay," Phil said, patting his shoulder.

When Bruno got over to her, he looked at the sand but sat down in front of her anyway. She had flowers in her hair and a familiar necklace in her hands.

Enough time had passed that tears had dried on her face, and her sadness had turned to anger. She finally looked up at him.

"Wow," Bruno whispered. "You're the most beautiful girl in this whole wedding."

"Are you married yet?"

"We can't start the wedding without you."

"Madison can do both of the rings...I don't wanna do it anymore..."

Her anger and sadness persisted.

"Charlotte...you were so excited before...I don't understand."

Bruno's sweet voice cracked her glare and angry expression. Tears began to run down her face again.

"Sweetheart, you need to tell me what's wrong. You're hurt...I can see that."

Her lips quivered violently, breaking Bruno's heart.

"C'mon," Bruno said.

"I don't want any of this anymore. I don't want it to be four of us...I want it to be the two of us..."

"What about having sleepovers every night? What about the four of us having vacations and all that stuff you were so excited about?"

"When Madison sleeps over you don't sing to me...and...and..." Charlotte sobbed uncontrollably.

"Ohhhhh...I get it."

Charlotte's emotional roller coaster brought her back to anger.

"You shouldn't be scared. Nothing is gonna change between the two of us. .."

Charlotte rubbed the beads of the necklace between her fingers. She looked up to Bruno. "You're not wearing it."

"Just today, though. You know I wear it every day and I will after the wedding...it just doesn't work with the tuxedo..."

"You're wrong, Dad. Things are gonna change," Charlotte said as tears rolled down her cheeks. "And I'm not r-ready...f-for that."

"You're right...it's not gonna be exactly the same...but that doesn't mean bad...it's gonna be really great. I know it's been really tiring lately because of planning the wedding, but after today I won't be as busy. Madison will sleep in another bedroom...so you'll get some of your privacy back...and I'll sing to you as much as you want."

Charlotte started to smile.

"I'm sorry that I stopped singing so much...next time you feel like I'm too busy for you...I want you to tell me, because I'll never, ever be too busy for you."