remember that time?
Tyler awoke in a bed that he hadn't been in previously.
He was back in his parent's home, in his old bed.
"How did I get here?" He asked himself.
He looked all around until he looked outside to his window and to the street below.
search, Tyler.
"Josh?" He asked, that sounded like him.
search.
"Jenna?" Now it sounded like her.
find.
Mark too? He thought.
me.
That was now the voice too well known to him.
He got up from his bed and walked downstairs to the basement but once he got to the last step, he noticed it wasn't his basement. Instead he was standing in a dark, eerie forest. He looked behind him and the stairs weren't there anymore.
As he began to walk along the trees, he heard the voice from before call to him.
tyler.
keep searching.
i'm close to you.
"You're close to me?" Tyler asked outloud.
He looked all around, his head spinning every which way, but saw no one.
"Where are you?!" He shouted.
i'm inside out.
you're simply underneath.
Tyler sat against a tree.
"You can't be." He said.
He saw an apparition through the trees, and it looked like it was coming closer to him.
"What do you want from me?!" He shouted to it.
I want to know you.
"No." Tyler said.
I want to see.
"No." He said softer now.
I want to say-
"Hello." Tyler whispered.
He looked up and the ghost was gone.
Was that what we was supposed to be searching for?
Or was there something else?
He got up and started running, looking everywhere for... well, he didn't even know.
He was frantic, searching and wondering if he was screaming to an empty sky, yelling 'Hello.'
After a while he stopped and dropped to his knees looking down to the ground, taking deep breathes from running so much.
When he got back up, he looked around and the forest wasn't surrounding him anymore.
Instead, he noticed he was on a stage. At Madison Square Garden, to be exact.
Josh was to the right of him and the stadium didn't have one seat empty.
This is a dream, Tyler thought.
Josh came up from his drums and wrapped his arm around Tyler's shoulders.
And for some reason, Tyler knew what to do, like he had been doing this for years.
They bowed together and once they raised back up Tyler looked all over to the crowd and said
"We're Twenty One Pilots and so are you! We'll see you next time!"
They went backstage and Tyler was overwhelmed and mesmerized by it all.
Had they really accomplished it?
Josh grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him back and forth saying
"Tyler!?"
"Tyler?"
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"Tyler?!"
"Tyler?"
Tyler woke up.
"I was having a dream, Josh."
"I know. I HEARD you."
Josh sighed, "It sounded pretty bad... what was it?"
Tyler sat up and looked at Josh.
"You know, it wasn't that bad."
"Are you sure about that? You were screaming... again."
"Yeah, okay. That part was bad but the ending, was... amazing."
"Well... go on."
"We were at Madison Square Garden and the whole place was packed, there wasn't a seat empty. But that's when you woke me up!"
"Dude, sorry. That's sounds awesome though. I bet we can accomplish that one day."
"It was just a dream though..." Tyler said sighing.
Josh lifted his head up.
"But that's the thing... it is still a dream. And hey, dreams can come true."
Tyler laughed and looked to him, "Yeah, I guess so. Thank you, Josh."
"Well hey, you better go pick up Jenna now. You don't want to be late."
"Ahh, I guess you're right."
As Tyler got up, Josh threw something at him.
"I don't think you want to forget that."
Tyler picked it up and smiled "That would definitely be bad."
"Good luck, man!"
"Thank you!" Tyler said and he was out the door.
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"Where are we going, Tyler?" Jenna asked as Tyler helped her into his car.
"You'll seeeeeeee." Tyler said closing the door.
Tyler got into the driver's seat and started the car up.
"That's sorta impossible since you know, you blindfolded me."
Tyler chuckled, "I told you that I'd make everything up to you. And that's exactly what I'm going."
"This better be good then."
"I'm just saying now, it might take a little while to get there."
"That's okay, I'll have you to serenade me anyways."
"If that's the case, what song would you like me to sing."
"Hmm, surprise me."
He looked over to her and noticed her adorable cheesy smile and couldn't help but think of the perfect song.
As he pulled out of the driveway, he started to sing.
"Wise men say,
Only fools rush in.
But I can't help
Falling in love with you."
"Oh, Ty."
Tyler didn't even have to look to know that that smile was still lying on Jenna's beautiful face.
"Shall I stay?
Would it be a sin
If I can't help falling in love with you?"
Jenna started to hum along to Tyler singing.
"Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be."
This was perfect. It had to be perfect. Jenna was perfect.
"Take my hand,
Take my whole life, too
For I can't help falling in love with you."
Jenna told Tyler's unoccupied hand and held it close to her.
"For I can't help falling in love with you."
He knew he could be perfect with her.
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After about a forty minute drive, they finally got to the destination.
"Okay, we're here."
"Can I take my blindfold off?"
"HAHAHA, no."
Jenna huffed a breath of air, "Then I'm not getting out of this car."
"Don't be a child, come on. I planned this out just for you. My one and only. My love. My heart and soul. My other half. My-"
"Okayyy jeez." Jenna laughed.
"I'll help you out."
He walked around to the passenger's side and grabbed her hand to help her out.
"Okay TyJo, where are you taking me and when can I take these off?"
"You'll see in about ten minutes, okay?"
"Alright."
They walked up the familiar hill until they got to the top.
Tyler started to get nervous.
"O-okay. Jenna, you can take your blindfold off now."
As Jenna told her blindfold off he watched her facial expression turn from curiosity to wonderstruck.
"Oh Ty. This is, this is where we had our first date."
The city looked as beautiful as it always did.
However, Jenna looked more beautiful.
Than the city.
Than the stars in the sky.
She even beats the moon in a pretty contest.
She looked over to Tyler.
"Why did you bring me here, Ty?"
Tyler took a deep breath and then took Jenna's hands in his.
"Jenna, I just wanted you to know how much you mean to me. I know I don't tell you as much as I should but, I truly do love you so much. You are my whole entire world. You are my life. You are my dream that I hope you can help make come true... I'm so sorry for making you feel less than you are. Nothing hurts me more than you being hurt but even by me, it's hurt even more. I promise to never ever hurt you again. I will never leave you alone like that again. You came around and proved me wrong on what love is. You were the light that I needed in my dark life."
"Tyler, I don't know what to say but I think I know where you're going with this..." She said as she started to shed tears.
"Let me finish then. I, Tyler Joseph, am undoubtedly in love with you, Jenna Black. So... will you do me the honor of becoming, Jenna Joseph, my wife?"
Tyler got down on one knee and opened the box that was so annoying to have in his pocket the past hour.
"Oh, Tyler. I would love to be your wife." Jenna said as she wrapped him in a hug.
"Really? You really mean it? You really want to?"
"Of course! Now put the ring on my finger!"
Tyler pulled the ring out of the box and slipped it on her finger.
"I love it so much. I love you so much, thank you Tyler."
"Thank you Jenna."
They sat down watching the city into the night.
Tyler only had one thing on his mind though:
One of his dreams has finally come true.
And if the other didn't, he would be completely fine with that.
Because he had his dream, he had Jenna.