Save.THE.LAST.DanceFORme (AJ)

[YVONNE GWENDOLEN SHACKLEBOLT]

It was nearing the end of the celebration and everybody was looking beautiful and handsome, dancing together. Couples swaying to the music as she went outside to the garden. She smiled at the misty white flowers and bells, and the ice statues of St. Nick and a reindeer. There were even silver snow covered bushes and grasses, and flowers of the winter wonderland about. She walked to a small covering of a canopy type of bush, inside it was an empty dome of white flowers and burgundy roses all across the top of the large bushes leaves that connected to look like a canopy type dome room.

She twirled in place and sat down on one of the benches around the edges of the canopy. She sighed and drank the butterbeer bottle that she held in her hand. She was quite alone now as she sat there. She had stripped off her shoes. She sighed with relief as sorrow filled her up inside. She hated herself for allow herself to be blinded yet again. She sighed and took another sip of her butterbeer.

OUTFIT

[AARON JAKE REYNOLDS]

AJ had been ushered off the stage by the other guys. So he took that chance to find Vivi. Even if he didn't get to dance with her, he wanted to be able to at least talk to her. After walking around for a bit, he sneaked outside. It was then when he spotted the lovely Vivi. He stopped cold glancing at her. Damn, she was even more beautiful than ever. He had to calm his heart beat or else he feared that she would hear it.

He walked over with a bunch of Forget-Me-Nots just for her. It was her favorite. He was lucky that he remembered it. Aaron smiled softly as he said, "what is a beautiful lady such as yourself doing alone on a night like this?" in a sweet tone to her as he sat next to her on the bench next to her. "hey Vivi...I got something for you" a faint blush was upon his cheeks as he gave her the flowers. He also had a Chanukah gift for her too.

[YVONNE GWENDOLEN SHACKLEBOLT]

So it wasn't a very good idea to stop everything and be mad at herself for not seeing Xander flirting and obviously dating Pandora Greyback behind her back. Why didn't she believe Benji when he told her? Maybe because she didn't want to believe it or be hurt again, in a different way. She never was cheated on. Abused, yes. Cheated, no. She sighed inwardly and wished she knew what a party dude and ladies man Xander Mount was, and she supposed she should had known at the beginning. Stupid fool she was, and she sighed unhappily.

Yvonne was so deep in her own thoughts that she didn't notice somebody joining her in the canopy of flowers and trees and bushes. She was surprise when she heard his voice. Aaron's voice and she blinked and looked at him. "Aaron?" She said softly and looked as he joined on her the bench. She shifted her weight and turned to face more towards him. She gasped at the flowers. "For me?" she asked with a quivering lip in her awe. She took the bouquet of flowers. "Forget-me-nots...? You remembered." she stated happily and took a sniff of them. "Beautiful. Thank you," she smiled, blushing and hid it behind her bouquet.

[AARON JAKE REYNOLDS]

"Of course it is me... I was looking for you all night." Aaron smiled softly. His eyes shone in the light of the stars. "well, yeah. I don't see any other stunningly beautiful ladies out here." he said in a playful manner. AJ then said, "i always would remember what your favorite flowers are and i am glad you like it." In his mind, he was chuckling at the fact that the flower's apparent meaning meant true love. and that was how he felt about them.

He grinned and said, "you are welcome." He was happy she liked the flowers. it seemed to brightened up the night. He heard in the distance the song changing. He kicked off his flip flops playfully and stood up. then he faced her before asking politely, "may i have this dance?" he held out his hand to her.

[YVONNE GWENDOLEN SHACKLEBOLT]

Yvonne smiled and looked away to hide the sudden blush appearing on her face with vengeance. She chuckled slowly, a bit of sadness and a touch of happiness in her laughter as she did, and soon sighed with a sudden shyness. Aaron always had that effect on her to make her more happy or to make her laugh when she was otherwise down on her moods and emotions. She was very glad AJ decided to show up and she covered her blush with the bouquet of flowers. Irony, Forgot-Me-Nots were a symbol of pure love which if Vivi put her mind on the subject was true between Aaron and herself, but she'll go back to that later.

"Really? Looking for me? Not that hard to do," she gave a bit of a gentle tease in her voice as she said this out loud. "I'm rather easy to find." She ended on that note and watched him carefully. She giggled nervously at being called 'stunningly beautiful lady' by AJ and blushed more. She was quite sure soon her cheeks would be permanently red before tonight was over. "Thank you for remembering," she stated and watched as AJ stood up and held a hand out to her. She was brilliantly crimson in the cheeks and flattered her lashes. She looked for a place to put the flowers and placed them carefully, tenderly, on the bench beside her before kicking off her shoes and placed her hand onto the offering hand. "Yes." She barely said and smiled brightly.

[AARON JAKE REYNOLDS]

Aaron chuckled and confessed, "Well yeah i did spot you earlier... funny thing about stages... they have great vantage points. I was going to talk to you earlier but i was dragged up on stage." He smiled and said, "one moment you were there and the next you were gone... i was surprised. and then the guys pushed me off the stage because they knew i wanted to find you" He ended that statement with a blush.

"it was hard not to remember when it comes to stuff about you.You are quite unforgettable to be honest." He said playfully in response to her saying thanks for remembering. He smiled softly when she had placed her hand in his so they could dance. He missed everything that they used to do. He made a joke about his dancing "i may be alittle rusty since i haven't danced in a long while." It was entirely normal for him to be dancing barefooted because he preferred to do it barefooted. He didn't know why. He tried to spin her around as gracefully as he could

[YVONNE GWENDOLEN SHACKLEBOLT]

Yvonne nodded her head at what he was saying. It was hard to say why she left so suddenly as emotions filled her; mixture of sadness, grief, rage, self-loathing, fear, loneliness, etc damped her head, body, heart, and soul. She pushed these feelings and pains aside and just looked upon Aaron to keep her head straighten up. She was a fool though. Xander played her for a fool, so she was one. She sighed mentally in sorrow and kept her face from falling apart. She chuckled at his blush and lifted a hand up to stroke his cheeks, the opposite cheek with the back of her hand then the cheek on the same side as her hand, caressing it with the palm of her hand. "Guess I should thank them." she whispered.

Vivi smiled and moved her face to rubbed at his shoulder, trying to hide her blush from him at hearing him say that. She was unforgettable to him, she pondered and sighed in helpless wonderment. She was stunningly beautiful to him, she blushed and thanked him with a whisper of her lips to his ear. She was utterly speechless and just followed his lead as she lean her head on his shoulder again. She smirked while her face was buried at his admission to being rusty. "No worries. I'm not." She assured him.

[AARON JAKE REYNOLDS]

Aaron closed his eyes gently as she had stroked his cheeks. then he opened them again and gazed upon her with a kooky smile. "the guys had told me that they didn't need me for the last few songs so it just made it easier for me to come and find you. " he said in a whisper. He was just happy to be dancing with her. It made him feel like they were in another world one that was only for them alone.

He kissed the top of her head as they danced, very softly. He was trying to show her that she was safe,loved and wanted. Then he said, "that's great to know because I was right... it is the highlight of the dance for me... getting to spend time with you and getting to have a dance with you" But the way he said it, he meant that getting to dance with the one who held his heart was a highlight for him.

[YVONNE GWENDOLEN SHACKLEBOLT]

Yvonne smiled at his expression as it was clear to her that he enjoyed her touch and he also wasn't disrespectful of her. It was nice. At his gaze, she swore her heart stopped for a moment and soon raced as her heart seem to melt at that gaze. She smiled shyly. "That's good," she said breathlessly and tried to caught her breath. "I'm glad you had time away. It's good to dance with you again." She stated honestly and placed her palm over his heart. "It's was nice hearing you sing too." She added. "Been too long." She ended softly and gazed into his eyes, smiling like a bride on her wedding night.

Her eyes closed automatically at his kiss and she blushed. She smiled secretly and open her eyes. She felt so safe and cherished in his arms. She couldn't believe how lucky she was at that moment to be here again with AJ. "I'm glad to be the highlight of your night." She said tenderly. She meant it too. She felt like a precious treasure and couldn't believe her night. "I want to be the highlight of your life," she blurted out without thinking.

[AARON JAKE REYNOLDS]

Aaron smiled at her and said, "me too... i am very much glad that i got to dance with you again.More importantly i am glad that i could spend time with you" he laughed softly and said, "i was singing my heart out for you" in a joking manner, even though it was 100 percent true. he really was singing for her. All the others in the room didn't really matter to him when he was singing. only her.

"i'm glad that you are glad. " he said truthfully. but at what she said afterward, it caused him to blush deeply. then the words poured out from his lips, "well in a way you are the highlight of my life. i treasure every moment we spend together. every laugh and smile... and blush. "

[YVONNE GWENDOLEN SHACKLEBOLT]

Yvonne couldn't believe she said it from her lips to AJ's ears yet in a way she treasured her words and meant them. She couldn't say a thing as her voice box seemingly disappear and was unable to preform her thoughts to her vocals to her lips, but she kept her cool. Well, not really, her lips were slightly part and looked more puffy and wide; and her eyes seemingly couldn't leave his at that moment. She was speechless and her heart was beating too fast yet its pain caused her passion.

When she could finally formed words and got them out of her throat she breathlessly spoke. "I cherished our time together too." Her voice was smaller than she wanted it, but in her partial lost voice it was more than she thought she could get pass her mouth. "Aaron...?" She ventured closer to him. "I-I-I...erm, I thank you," she couldn't say it, but at least her gratefulness was able to moved out her lips. She flattered her eyelids against her skin; closing her eyes briefly before opening them again.

[AARON JAKE REYNOLDS]

Aaron smiled at her in a obviously adoring way. He never had and never will stop loving her. that much was certain. "i am happy to know that you cherished our time together. That means alot to me to hear that" His eyes twinkled lightly. He looked at her with a innocent look and said, "Yes? Vivi..." Then he chuckled and said, "you're welcome but what are you thanking me for?" He was quite curious about any reasoning she would have to thank him. He just did the things he did because he cared for her. He mouthed the words 'i love you' to her.

[YVONNE GWENDOLEN SHACKLEBOLT]

Vivi turned red in the face, flush with excitement and embarrassment yet she looked back at him with a sizzling tenderness in her eyes and smiled weakly. She knew at that moment that she'll never truly fall out of love with him. She loved him and she knew it. "It's always a treasure having you around. I missed you so much. I'm so glad you're back." Of course, she was surprise that she could form the words at all let away say them. She meant what she said too. His eyes were so dreamy, she lean closer to him. "Well, for being with me. And for making me feel so special." Her face was barely an inch away from his. "So cherish," she pressed her lips to his without any pretense and without thinking, and soon she just felt.

[AARON JAKE REYNOLDS]

Aaron smiled softly and murmured,"i missed you too. More than you will ever know.and i am glad to be back." He watched her lean in closer to him. His heart sped up for some reason."well hey what can i say, you are special to me. so no need to thank me about that" He said honestly. He was about to say something else but was stopped by her lips on his. It made his heart beat louder and faster. Aaron pressed his lips back on to hers for a loving kiss. It was their first real kiss since their break up.

It was surreal to be able to kiss her again. His mind was on her, so naturally he didn't pay attention to the lovely fireworks that were lighting up the sky. If he was paying attention, he would just find it very much romantic and perhaps a sign.

[YVONNE GWENDOLEN SHACKLEBOLT]

Vivi couldn't believe she was kissing Aaron again, it was like a fairytale come true and if she notice the fireworks playing brightly above their canopy dome of bushes, flowers, and trees; she would take it as some sign and very much romantic. She grew up passionate with their kiss and felt everything so hazy. She closed her eyes during the kiss and tears started to fall from them. She never felt so much at the same time and she felt so cherished and loved in this moment. It was very heart-breakingly adorable.

After a while, Yvonne pulled away and opened her eyes to gaze into his. "I love you too."