RIPPLES [A Fairy Tail Fanfiction]

Chapter Ninety Two - Merry Christmas

Freed said it was an early Christmas present to me.

I still think that a baby grand was overboard, but enough thinking on that for now.

I took a deep breath and the world stopped. My heart froze. And then as I let it out, the world started up again as I began to play.

"Dark as Midnight

Six pack Coors Light

You don't look the same.

Past my bedtime

Blue and red lights

Come take you away"

At first, it obviously wasn't making sense to him, probably because he hadn't heard the song before.

And unlike how he changed Run to fit me better, I wasn't good at changing lyrics.

"Hate to see you like a monster so I run and hide

Hate to ask, but what's it like to leave me behind

I won't be, no I won't be like you

I'm fighting back, I'm fighting back the truth

Eyes like yours, won't look away

But you can't stop DNA

No, you can't stop DNA"

Suddenly, it seemed to hit him, and it made start to well up.

"Twice a year, you come in crashing

Nice to see you too

Johnny Cash and backseat laughing

Always ends too soon

Hate to say hello 'cause I know that it

Means goodbye

Hate to ask but what's it like to leave me behind...

I won't be no I won't be like you

Fighting back, I'm fighting back the truth

Eyes like yours, can't look away

But you can't stop DNA...

No, you can't stop DNA..."

He was full out crying now, and I hoped he wasn't too upset about that.

"Are the pieces of you

In the pieces of me

I'm just so scared,

You're who I'll be

When I erupt

Just like you do

They look at me

Like I look at you...

I won't be, no I won't be like you

Fighting back, I'm fighting back the truth

Eyes like yours can't look away

But you can't stop DNA

No, you can't stop DNA"

I stopped playing the music and stood up, walking off of the stage. Reaching out, I took Laxus's hands in mine, and squeezed them, saying, very firmly, "Laxus, you are not your father. You're your own person, and I love you."