Beautifully Destroyed(72)

That’s Fate



The lights come on and just like that it happens. I see Fate looking up at me from the front row with Cecilia next to her with a fucking shit faced grin on her face. Looking back at the guys, I can tell they are just as shocked as I am. The crowd is going insane and I just see her there looking so unsure of herself. I see the strength but my heart is crashing. This looks final to her and I just can’t let her go without knowing. I focus my eyes on her and continue.



I became the source of her pain

Something I just couldn’t bear to be

It was then that Fate was beautifully destroyed

Sometimes she just needs a hand to get through

Let me be that hand and let me just hold you up

Please tell me it’s not too late

Tell me Fate hasn’t ended here today.



She is pulling up a sign and my heart drops when I see what it says. In big letters, it says Choose. Our code word and this is her saying goodbye, telling me she can’t do this but she needs closure.



So I say screw it, world, I’m here

Fear me but don’t fear Fate

She was brought to us to show us

That we were meant for so much more

Take Fate by the hand and love that girl

If not you just don’t understand

That’s Fate



While I am singing, I see her take the sign down and grab her backpack. The damn pain of it is so much I almost miss a step in my words, but this is the only chance I have to see her. To show her everything I have for her. The crowd is going crazy around her, as they know the closing of the song is coming. The guys go into an instrumental verse. The crowd is trying to catch the beat of this new song and sing with me. All of a sudden, she disappears from the crowd and I can’t see her.

Looking around I can’t find her walking away. Cecilia’s waving her hands and there, just like she always does, Fate shines through with a sign, but this time it says something different. I see her lips moving and I know without having to read it what she’s saying. Tears creep into my eyes and I need to get to her. I signal the guys to keep the instrumental going and I walk to tell the security at the front of the stage to get Fate. When she is at the end of the stage, I put my guitar behind my back and pull her up. She steps back, holding the sign now standing in front of me. Looking down, I read the words. ‘I choose you, I love you.’ She is wearing a Ten Ways Gone Tour T-shirt.

Leaning in, I say loudly, “I have to hear you say it.”

She grabs my hand and places it over her heart. God, I’ve fucking missed her touch. “I love you, Cameron McAlister.”

Those words I’ve been dying to hear from her break me and I can’t hold back. I grab her and my lips crash against hers. Just like that, I’m home again. I can hear the crowd going insane and she pulls away, hiding her head in my chest. I pull out the thing that has been burning a hole in me since she gave it back. When she sees it, her eyes light up. She gladly takes her necklace, but she doesn’t put it on. She just stares at me for a moment and my heart stops.

“Marry me,” she says. I never thought in a million years I’d be happy to hear those words from anyone. But that’s Fate.

Taking her by the hand, I bring her back to the microphone and finish our song. Singing only to her the whole time.



So screw it, world, I’m here to claim her

Fear me but don’t fear my Fate

She was brought to me to show me

That I was meant for so much more

I’m going to take Fate by the hand

Loving you, girl, like you were meant to be

I know what you deserve and you will make me whole

Because that’s our Fate.