Keia's POV
Name to note: Teisha= Ty-eesh-ah
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"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?"
" Shush, you'll ruin the moment. "
I was officially silenced and ready to hear what I hoped wasn't a marriage proposal.
"Don't worry, I'm not proposing. Not yet."
" Thank God. "
"What? You don't want to marry me?" He actually sounded a bit hurt. And I rushed to save him.
" Not yet at least. What are you doing then? "
"Keia Janelle Stratuson, I'm so sorry for not attending your parents and grandmother's funeral. I was made to believe that funerals are frightful the first time and I was stupid enough to believe it. The second time, I was prohibited by my father to go and even when I tried to sneak out, I was severely punished and was forced to never talk to you again.
"It was eating me inside everyday. The guilt of leaving you alone to mourn without my company. The guilt of being too much of a coward to help you when you needed me most. The times I just sat there and watched people bully you were the hardest because I was too scared to disobey my father again. The time I tried to sneak out, my father beat me until I fell unconscious. I woke up in a hospital being told I got attacked by a cougar but I knew it was just BS my dad had to come up with to cover his tracks.
"Until the day Damien hit you in the face, I was a coward. But I suddenly felt like I had to make things right. So the night you got harassed by Selena and ran away I had to find you. I drove in the direction you went but couldn't see you. I called out your name but I couldn't find you. I was stranded and didn't know whatever to do but keep looking.
" Then, when I found you. You were in serious trouble. I had to use the gun my father used to try to kill my mother to save you. I was so scared, scared of missing and losing you. Scared of leaving you and losing you anyway. It was the hardest decision I ever have had to make. And when you kissed me, it was then that I realised that the reason I felt so drawn to you was because I was in love with you.
"Ever since then, I have been through every kind of trouble trying to keep you alive and the day you disappeared was one of my worst. But the worst day of my life was when I found you dead frozen in the middle of the woods. I held you so close. I smashed your tent in anger and I sang to you in hopes of you to wake up.
" And then you did. You fought death in the face and here you are. I feel like it's only fair to thank you for not giving up on me. On everything. "
He took out a box from his back pocket and opened it. Inside were contact lens.
"So you can still be beautiful and see the amazing world around you clearly."
I was overwhelmed and had no words. He stood up and closed the box and kissed me. Our lips moved in sync and we breathed each other in like it was the end of the world. It was the point where I felt like there wasn't a world to see. Just the two of us to feel and nothing could ever feel better than that.
After about five minutes we broke away at the same time. I tried on the contacts and for the first time in months, I could see clearly. But the only thing I wanted to see was Cyrus.
"You like what you see? " he said.
"Yeah, I'm really starting to see how imperfect you are." I said with a laugh. It was true. He did have a few cuts in his neck I could never see before and his eyes were puffy.
"As if," he replied .
I looked at the moon over the ocean as it's light danced on the water. I soon heard applause from the party away from us.
"Come on, let's go back to the party." I led us there.
When we got there, everyone was around the stage. This girl called Teisha was on stage. Everyone knew it wasn't a party until Teisha was there. The girl was an animal. She was civil about it though and knew just how to turn things on.
"Hey everyone! Now it's that time I just made up right now because I think it would be awesome. It's karaoke time!"
Everyone cheered. Me and Cyrus got to the front.
"So I got Radley to set up a projector where the words to the songs will be displayed in the middle of the crowd. People please don't knock it over again, it takes a while to set up. So I'm calling literally anyone to come up here and request a song. I don't care how many you are anyway, just don't bore us to death."
People's hands slowly came up.
"This is going to be good," I said to Cyrus who had his 'bad news for you' smile on.
"It is, because we should go up there."
" Are you crazy? I can't sing in front of everyone. "
Regardless of what I had just said, he called out:
"Hey, Teisha, I think we got next," he pointed at me.
"No we don't ," I whispered .
"Then come on up then. Don't be shy."
He dragged up there.
"Cyrus, I can't sing in front of everyone. It's weird. And I'm not any good."
" Just pretend you're nine again. Youngest girl in the church choir. Best voice and love of my life. "
He handed me a microphone and I said, " I hate you sometimes. "
"Yeah, right." He went over to talk to the DJ. We weren't on stage yet.
Then he made me walk on stage. "Don't worry so much, I know you know this song. Besides, I'll be doing most of it."
I stood in stage. Everyone was silent. They were waiting for to cue the music. I took a deep breath and pictured what Cy had told me. Little girl in front of the congregation, about to open the song.
The music started and somehow, I wasn't as nervous as I thought I was.
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This is an interruption. I decided to post the official video of Both Of Us by B.o.B and Taylor Swift. I did so so you could hear the song whilst imagining that this was Keia and Cyrus performing in their own voices similar to these. The video of the song has no connection to the story itself. Enjoy!!
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