"Hello, cheerleader."

(can this hero reach out her hands and save this lost man from himself?)

That face of hers in now forever in my skin, screaming at me 'boy, you should have known this years ago', like a flashing neon sign that I followed miles to find.

Someone that I've hurt most of all, ripped her apart and put her back together again, has started to invade my mind with that angelic face of hers.

(with that smile I'm oh so good at taking away)

After finally finding myself again for some strange reason I'm lost once again, the 'tick tock' that has fueled me this long is now broken.

I'm myself once again but that doesn't mean I don't have Nathan's memories still cluttering up my brain, they stuck to me but what little humanity he had didn't, but it means I get to see her smiling face every time I close my eyes.

(wrapping my arms around her each time)

Before this I had no idea how good it felt to have her in my arms, just a brush of her blond hair wasn't enough for me anymore ('first lady' has new meaning now), and now I wanted it to become reality more then anything else.

I've been so damn cold for years now, the words 'die alone' sting more then the deepest wound, and here is the only one I could love and not be afraid of breaking.

The one that fits next to me more then any other.

But this time there will be no choices, she's mine.

"Let the show begin."