A Year With R5

If I can't be with you

Lucy's POV

I woke up not remembering ever leaving my room after the interview. I looked in the mirror and saw my hair sticking out in every direction and my eyes were red and puffy from crying the night before. I then notice the blue hoodie around my shoulders. I hear a creek at the door and turn to see Rocky standing there. "Hey" I croak he enters further and pulls me into a hug. "I'm sorry about you and Riker" he whispered into my hair. "Yeah... Me too" "Hungry?" "Starving" so we make our way downstairs and I see Riker at the table looking down at his food. "How long?" I ask Rocky "bout an hour" I pour myself some cereal and sit next to him. "You need to eat something" I say kindly "why'd you care? Your not my girlfriend" he asks bitterly. I sigh "You're still my friend Riker" I reply. He ignores me. I sigh again and take his face in one of my hands and turn it to me "and you helped me, I'm just repaying the favour" I explain staring into his eyes. I must admit, I just wanted to close the gap ever so slightly in order to kiss him and then go back to being in love. No don't do that. Give him and yourself time. I think as I turn back to my food and eat quietly. Riker stands and throws his food away before leaving me. "You still love him don't you?" Rocky asks. "Of course I do. God I'm such an idiot" I reply. "Who can I go to for help Rocky?" I say helplessly. "Well... Not Ross cause it was what he said that caused all this. Not Rydel... Definitely not me or Ryland... So that leaves Ellington" He answers "and he arrived about half an hour ago" he adds. I finish my food before taking a shower and changing into some different clothes. I then make my way down to the living room "Hey Ell... I need your help"

Two months later

Riker's POV

So here's the thing... I am still in love with Lucy... Our relationship has become better cause of Ellington and the rest of my family. Now we are in New York about to sing in front of the crowd. I look into the wings to see only my parents there. I guess Lucy must have stayed at the hotel... Oh well I think as we move the stage round for the next number "All right so we are going to slow things down a little" Rocky says as I prepare myself "Now usually Ross sings this song but tonight Riker here is taking the lead." Rydel explains as the intro for 'if I can't be with you' starts. I take a deep breath and start to sing

I don't wanna be famous

I don't wanna if I can't be with you

Everything I eat's tasteless

Everything I see don't compare to you

Paris, Monaco and Vegas

I'd rather stay with you if I had to choose

Baby you're the greatest

And I got everything to lose

And I just want to be with you

And I can never get enough

Baby give it all up, up

I'd give it all up

If I can't be with you

All of this sucks, sucks

Yeah all of this sucks

If I can't be with you

And no oscar

No grammy 

No mansion in Miami

The sun don't shine

The sky ain't blue

If I can't be with you

I complete the song with tears threatening to spill. "Right... We are going to take a quick break to compose ourselves" Rocky announces as I make my way off stage. I put my face in my hands "That was harder than I thought" I say to myself. The minuets passed and I grabbed my bass and got ready to go back on stage. I confidently walk to my mic stand and say "So this song we were messing about with at a sound check a little while ago and we decided to cover it this is 'Paradise by the dashboard light'"  We begin to play and the solos were split like his: