CHAPTER 37 / REWRITE THE STARS

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"You know I want you, It's not a secret I try to hide, I know you want me, So don't keep sayin' our hands are tied, You claim it's not in the cards, And fate is pullin' you miles away, And out of reach from me, But you're here in my heart, So who can stop me if I decide, That you're my destiny?🎶"

"Zane..."

"What if we rewrite the stars? Say you were made to be mine, Nothing could keep us apart, You'd be the one I was meant to find... 🎶"

"Zane... please..."

"It's up to you, and it's up to me, No one can say what we get to be, So why don't we rewrite the stars? Maybe the world could be ours, Tonight. 🎶"

Zane... you started this, my turn to finish it.

"You think it's easy, You think I don't wanna run to you, But there are mountains, And there are doors that we can't walk through, I know you're wondering why because we're able to be, Just you and me within these walls, But when we go outside, you're gonna wake up and see, That it was hopeless after all- 🎶"

"It's not." 

"No one can rewrite the stars, How can you say you'll be mine? Everything keeps us apart, And I'm not the one you were meant to find, It's not up to you, It's not up to me, When everyone tells us what we can be, How can we rewrite the stars? Say that the world can be ours, Tonight."

All I want is to fly with you, All I want is to fall with you, So just give me all of you."

"It feels impossible."

"It's not impossible."

"Is it impossible?"

"Say that it's possible~ 🎶"

"How do we rewrite the stars? Say you were made to be mine? Nothing can keep us apart, 'cause you are the one I was meant to find, It's up to you, And it's up to me, No one can say what we get to be, And why don't we rewrite the stars? Changing the world to be ours."

"You know I want you, It's not a secret I try to hide, But I can't have you, We're bound to break and my hands are tied."

I began running away, trying to get away from here, someone like Zane doesn't deserve someone like me...

ZANE

When she finished singing, she began running away.

"Nana! Wait!" I yelled.

She stopped and yelled, "What?!"

"Who says you can't?" I asked. 

"I-I don't deserve someone as good as you, Zane. I'm a monster, even worse than Aaron, a liar, I thought I could hide in another identity. I've kept secrets all my life."

"You may have hidden some things, but, you know... what does it even matter?" 

"Your safety, of course. One small trigger and you could be injured."

"That may be the case, but I will accept anyone you choose to be, you'll have my support no matter what. Even if people fear you, let them fear you, because you'll know that I won't." 

"Zane... mm, thank you. You're the best. But... I-I can't, for your safety I-I need to go, I need to go before it's too late." Nana said, starting to walk away. I grabbed her arm. She looked back, tears welling in her eyes. 

"Nana, you're not going anywhere. Not on my watch. You're not leaving."

"W-Why?"

"Because I love you."

"Zane, I-I-I love you too. But I meant what I said."

"I know you did, but every single one of us needs you in different ways. Katelyn needs you for stability and having someone to talk to, Aph needs her shipping buddy and someone to have fun with, you help Aaron control his temper (and I know he can help you back), and Lucinda needs you for a little bit of rivalry and laughter, and I need you, you're my other half. I have no idea what would happen to me if I didn't know you. I'd probably be an idiot, drinking drugs, crashing cars, speeding on the highway-" I explained. 

"Okay, okay, I get it. Everyone needs me, but seriously if I hurt them in the process, everything could go completely wrong, and everything that happened with Aaron, history will just repeat itself, you know, part of it already has." 

"Nana.."

"I'm sorry... Goodbye."

"No. You're not leaving."

"Z-Zane please."

"Nana. Come on, you're my other half, we're the same on the inside, you know we need each other, we're soul mates, our lives have evolved around each other. I can't lose you. You know I won't survive without you. The thought of you makes me smile. Please... stay with me..."

"Zane, I-" 

Then I grabbed her and kissed her. I'm holding her tight and I know, I'm never letting her go. Ever again. No matter what comes between us...

"So, will you stay?"

"Maybe for now..."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure. Honestly, I can't let you go, never again."

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