A week later in Sunday you were out with your mom dress shopping. Daron was taking you to a dance that Friday. During last week you cried a lot about the move. The dance idea was one of the only things making you happy. That and...the two trips to the park last week you and Daron had some fun. Which you were glad your parents never knew about.
"What about this one?" Your mom picked up a black skin tight dress.
"That is so revealing mom! Dad would kill me." You said laughing.
"I would let you wear something a little showy." Your mom said putting it back.
"Daron told me he has a black suit with a red tie so black and red would be cute." You were going through dresses.
"This one?" Your mom picked up a black dress with a poofy bottom. It has red lace and the top was tight with no straps.
"That is cute. Still kind of showy." You said picking it up.
"Go try it on." Your mom smiled and you did.
You went out of the dressing room looking at your mom. She gave you a thumbs up and you looked in the mirror.
"It would be cute with a black fancy choker and tights." Your mom said.
"Mom did you see the pice? It is so expensive." You said frowning.
" I do not mind dear. After all your father and I put you through you deserve it. If you want it, it is yours."She smiled snd you hugged her.
"I do want the dress. But I do not want a choker. Daron's necklace is never coming off." You said holding the crystal necklace you have had on since the dinner.
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"Y/N show me it." Daron said pouting.
"Absolutely not. You will have to wait and see." You said poking his nose.
You were sitting on your bed doing homework with him that Thursday. You were helping him with his Chemisty project.
"The dance is tomorrow and you have been asking all week cutie." You giggled teasing him.
He grabbed you bridal style in his lap and tickled you. You started laughing and squirming around.
"Daron stop!" You giggled pushing his hands away. He stopped then kissed you softly.
You finished schoolwork and put it away. He laid down on your bed with you and you cuddled him.
"We should go to the park." He smiled and started to rub your waist.
"Not today." You said kissing him. "What will you do without me?" You smiled and he looked to the side.
"Go to the park with lots of lotion and myself..." He said.
"DARON!" You yelled. "No!" You laughed and he laughed back.
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You were twirling around in the mirror with the dress. You braided your hair and pushed the braid to the front of you over your shoulder. Daron's necklace was shining and you had on fishnet tights.
You grabbed a photograph off your dresser of Daron and you on the couch. You smiled and set it on the dresser again.
"You want me to take a photo for you when he gets here?" Your mom said.
"Of course! I want a bunch of photos!" You smiled and heard a car beep.
"I will go let him in. Do not forget anything." She said going downstairs.
You looked in the mirror nervously and looked at yourself up and down. You looked around your room and walked out down the stairs. You stood on the last step holding the railing as Daron came inside.
"Holy shit..." He whispered as he looked at you. "So gorgeous." He whispered again.
"I heard that." You laughed and stepped up to him. "You look so good in a suit." You smiled at him.
He took your hands in his and put a bracelet on your arm.
"You have this to match your necklace." He said as it shined.
"Daron..." You said looking at it. "Thank you." You hugged him.
Your mom took a bunch of photos. One of the photos was your favorite. He was kissing your cheek. Your eyes were closed and you were smiling big.
"Daron look." You said holding up the picture thast came out of the camera.
"You look so pretty." He smiled at it. "Let's go Clumsy." He said taking your arm and walking out the door.
When you got to the dance you saw Kaylieh and her friends. You were nervous but Daron kissed your cheek.
"This will not be some Carrie shit." He smiled and you giggled.
You were so nervous standing there with Daron. Looking at all the people.
"Daron!" You heard a male voice say and turned. A boy with a mullet came smiling up to you.
"Hey man!" Daron said hugging him. "Y/N this is Shavo. We grew up together." Daron said smiling. "He is a bassist.
"Only because you will not let me play guitar." He said laughing. "Is this your girl Daron?" He asked looking at you. Daron nodded.
"Damn!" He said giving Daron a thumbs up.
"I will take that as a compliment?"You said nervous.
After awhile Shavo walked off and Daron gave you a glass of punch.
"Hope someone did not put alcohol in this." You tasted it.
"Yeah cause I just did. Would not want to overload it." He smiled and you shook your head. "Just kidding."
"Do you want to dance with me?" He asked smiling and you listened to what song was on.
"I guess, since it is a slow song." You smiled and he took your arm.
You giggled and he brought you on the dancefloor. You wrapped your arms around his neck and he held your waist.
"I know nothing about dancing seriously. I just know how to dance weird." He said.
"For my sake I hope you know more about dancing than Mount Rushmore." You giggled and he shook his head.
He shook his shoulders. "Like this?" He asked you you smiled.
You buried your head on his shoulder and he swayed with you.
"Next Friday..." You said and he shushed you.
"Think about right now." He smiled and you looked into his eyes kissing him.
When the song ended he took you to a table and you sat.
"I will be right back I want to get you something else to drink." He smiled leaning to kiss you then he walked away.
"Hi." A voice said and you turned your head.
"Oh...hi Kaylieh." You smiled looking around nervous.
"You will be gone next Friday?" She asked innocently and you nodded. Daron was standing to the side listening but she did not know that.
"He will forget about you...you do realize that right? Some new girl will come along and you will just stop getting phone calls. I would not want you to think otherwise. He probably liked you for your body anyways. Without that and him being all alone. You will never know." She said.
"Yeah that's nice...why do you just get the fuck away from me Kaylieh?" You said angrily. "I hope you realize you will never get to be with him. I would not want you to think otherwise." You said standing up.
"Why don't you tell me that when you are states away?" She said and Daron stepped in
"Kaylieh I would rather eat my foot than date you." He said giving you punch that you immediately sipped.
Kaylieh walked away and you set the cup down. "Daron..." You said and he turned to you.
You wrapped your arms around his neck and kissed him passionately.
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Daron brought you home and you said goodbye to him. You were going to see him tomorrow anyways. But you almost teared up saying goodbye. You felt the sadness of knowing you had to say goodbye next Friday. For possibly forever.
You got dressed and took a shower. What Kaylieh said did not bother you. You already accepted Daron and you would break apart. You just pushed it back in your mind. You went to bed and Daron called to say goodnight. You said goodnight to him and fell asleep after he sang to you.
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"It was nice meeting you Y/N. I am glad you came here." Mr. H told you next Friday.
You came to school on the last day because your parents let you to say goodbye. Everything was going off in moving trucks to the new address. In Art class you said goodbye to Brandi and Mrs. Annie.
"This sucks." Daron said and you looked at him.
"Daron it is morning and I have already cried three times, I know." You smiled and he hugged you.
At lunch you started tearing up and Daron kissed you until you calmed down. The rest of the day was filled with goodbyes and at the end of the day Daron met you outside your locker, helping you clean it out.
"Who is going to give me rides home?" He said and you smiled at him.
"Not me." You giggled and he pouted. You drove him to your house and your mom was waiting outside for the car. Your dad already headed off in the other car.
Daron helped you get the last of your things into your car. You caught him staring at something outside and you walked up to him. He was holding the photograph of you and him before the dance.
"My mom made a copy of the picture for you."You pulled out the copy and handed it to him. Taking back the original.
"Thanks..."He said putting it in his pocket.
"Daron..." You said and he looked up with tears streaming down his face.
"I'm sorry. I know I am supposed to be the stronger person..." He said and you hugged him.
"I love you...so...much." You said sobbing into his shoulder.
"You fixed me. I was always so angry...so bullied. I was a non-believer in myself. You helped me." He said looking at you.
"Daron I do not want to leave you. Please." You said hugging him and crying into his neck.
After a half an hour more of crying you finally let him go and walked to the car. He got inside the back seat because you were taking him home before you left. You sat in the back while your mom drove. He was kissing your cheek and rubbing your hand as tears still flowed down your face. His were less now.
"Thank you." You smiled at him and he rubbed your tears. "You always wipe my tears away." You giggled and he hugged you.
You got out when you got to his house. You hugged him and his mom came out hugging you. You thanked her and looked at Daron.
"Never give up your dream dear. You are an amazing rockstar." You smiled and he smiled back. "I have your phone number so expect a call from me by my new number when I get a phone." You said and he nodded.
"Love you."He said.
You kissed him and he kissed back harder. It lasted until you two were out of breath and you hugged him as his mom 'awwed' you two. You got into the car and looked out the window at him and he waved smiling. You waved back as tears streamed down and started sobbing in the car. You mouthed 'I loved you' as your mom drove away and he blew you a kiss.
"I miss him so much!" You sobbed into your hands and your mom rubbed your back.
After an hour of driving you were completely calm and you stared out your window. The world seemed in slow motion. You were silent and felt so helpless. As if the day could kill you.
----PRESENT DAY----
Days to weeks, weeks to months, and months to years. Daron and you communicated a lot in the beginning. It was hard for you. As time progressed you talked less and less. The last thing you heard from him himself was that he was in a band making their first album. He felt really good about it. 'Victims of a down' He said he wanted to name it.
You grew up without hearing from him after that. You never even saw him again. You got married and had a daughter in 2002. You divorced when she was young though. More years flew by and your daughter was a teenager. It was 2015. You knew by a friend Daron was in 'System of a Down'. The friend being...your daughter. Which you never told about your relationship with Daron.
"Mom we will be so late!" Your daughter screamed as she ran around the house crazy. You got her tickets to System performing live. You even got her backstage passes. You put the picture of Daron and you from your highschool dance in your pocket without her knowing. 'One more time' You said as you thought of seeing him again. He was 40 and you were 39. Time flew by so fast.
"We will be so close to the stage I will see Serj and Daron sweating!" She yelled.
"That is not weird at all..." You said laughing as you got in the car. She played songs and you sang with her.
"So! Daron ran over a bunny one time and felt super bad about it! He apologized to the owners and wrote 'Kill Rock N Roll' after it. "
"That makes a lot more sense then." You said smiling.
"I love him so much! He is so funny." She said.
"He is old enough to be your dad." You laughed.
"He was sooo cute in highschool! I have seen his yearbook picture." She said smiling and showed you.
"He is cute." You said laughing.
When you got in the show people were walking around crazy. Your daughter found a girl her age that had the same shirt on. They talked about the drummer for awhile.
When it started she said she was so excited she was shaking. When they came on stage she whipped her head around the whole show.
"I cannot believe we are meeting them!" She said and you smiled.
When you got backstage she looked around. There was a small line and when she saw it was her turn she ran up and you followed.
They took a picture with her and you stood off to the side looking at Daron.
"Excuse me." You said walking up to them. "My daughter loves you guys thank you for this."
"No problem." John smiled and Serj nodded.
"Daron." You looked at him and he looked up. He was wearing a red flannel a hat and glasses.
You took the photo out and held it up to him.
"I do not know what to say. Do you remember this?" You asked and your daughter looked confused.
Daron took off his glasses and looked closer. Then he looked up to you and looked at your neck. Shining from his necklace on it.
"Y/N?" He said and smiled. "Holy shit!" He hugged you and you laughed.
"W-What! You know Daron?!" Your daughter screamed.
"Sweetheart. Daron was my boyfriend in highschool." You laughed.
"I remember her!" Shavo said smiling.
"Am I dreaming!?" Your daughter said.
"I have to get back to meeting fans. Go sit and I will talk to you after this." He said smiling and you smiled. You took your daughter and sat.
"You never told me."She said.
"I do not think I would buy two types of very expensive tickets to a popular band if I did not date the guitarist sweetheart." You laughed.
After awhile Daron and the others finished and he walked up to you.
"Give me another hug!" He said and you hugged him laughing.
"My daughter has a crush on you." You said and she turned red.
"DO NOT PUT ME ON THE SPOT!" She yelled.
"Where is your husband?" He smiled.
"We are divorced." You said.
"Sorry." He said and you shook your head.
"Long time ago." You said laughing.
"Please tell me you did not wear the necklace on your wedding." He said laughing.
"No, I wore a different one. I put it back on after." You laughed. "Daron you look so sweet. I love your eyeliner." You said and he nodded.
"Did you ever hear songs I might have wrote about you?" He asked.
"Lonely Day...was that about-"
"Yeah..." He said. "All of the band members wrote it but I got the idea from you.
"My mom has System of a Down songs written about her..." Your daughter said and he sat down next to her.
"You look like your mom when she was younger." He smiled.
You got some pictures with Daron and got his phone number. He invited you to a hockey game with him in a month and you accepted. Before leaving he snuck a kiss on your cheek and you pushed him laughing.
"It was nice seeing you again, bye!" You waved and he waved back.
"Y/N watch out!" He yelled and you slapped into a metal pole.
"Ow!" You yelled and rubbed your face.
"Clumsy!" He yelled and you looked at him smiling.
