It was then that I felt the shift-just the slightest change in the air, like a crack of sunlight in an otherwise cloudy sky. It was always there, between us, unspoken but so incredibly loud.
-You seem distracted. Everything okay?
-Yeah, yeah, all good, I replied a little too quickly.
But my heart pounded harder as the night went on.
And then, everything stopped.
A scream from the crowd, an explosion of lights, and finally, she appeared.