[ WP ] A story where all the dialogue is lyrics from your favorite song .

`` So we meet again,'' the strange figure said defiantly. 
 
 `` Who are you?'' I asked, confused. I has just summited Mount Denali after a 2-day climb, and I was really weirded out when a mysterious cloaked figure was standing right in front of me, blocking my view off of the mountain. He walked toward me. 
 
 `` We're no strangers.'' The hooded figure stepped forward and threw aside his cloak, revealing a face laden with eye shadow. I gasped. It was my ex, Rick. 
 `` What the-'' 
 
 `` -To love,'' he said. I was even more confused now. 
 
 `` Why are you even here?'' I asked incredulously. 
 
 `` Oh, you know the rules,'' he voiced back. 
 
 `` You mean that time you said you would'never leave me''?'' I asked, getting more and more angry. 
 
 ``... And so do I,'' he said, a grin slowly creeping onto his face. 
 
 `` Well, a full commitment's what I'm thinking of,'' I said, turning away. Rick was fickle. He would draw you in, but shy away at the last minute. He never let me get under his skin, and that infuriated me. He was like a constant tease. 
 
 `` You wo n't get this from any other guy!'' He raised his voice. He had clearly been practicing this routine. By now, I was so infuriated with him that I forgot all about the fact that we were on a goddamn mountain or that he had no climbing gear with him. 
 
 `` Go away!'' 
 
 `` I just want to tell you how I'm feeling. I got ta make you understand.'' 
 
 `` Okay fine. But make it quick,'' I snapped back, annoyed. 
 
 `` I'm never gon na give you up!'' He was so stupid sometimes. 
 
 `` You gave up a while ago.'' 
 
 `` I'm never gon na let you down,'' he said back, changing the focus. 
 
 `` A little late for that!'' I said, as I turned away, fuming. He put his hand on my shoulder, and I slapped it. 
 
 `` I'm never gon na run around, and desert you,'' he said, his voice softening. This made me stop. In our three years of dating, he had never once been unfaithful or hung me out to dry over something. He had always stayed true, even if he was never exactly what I needed him to be. `` I'm never gon na make you cry, I'm never gon na say goodbye,'' he continued. That was true as well. He would have never in a million years broken up with me. I was the one who could n't handle him, not the other way around. `` Never gon na tell a lie, and hurt you.'' This made me think even more. My expression softened and I let my guard down a bit as I realized that never in our entire relationship had he ever lied to me. Not even a little one. He was always completely honest, and as I thought about it I realized that that was one of the things that I valued most about him. 
 
 `` Rick-'' I started. 
 
 `` Ashley, we've known each other for so long,'' he said, straight from the heart. 
 
 `` Your heart's just been aching, and you're too shy to say it,'' I said back. He always did this, just retreated into himself and then came back when he felt lonely. I started to stiffen. 
 
 `` Inside, we both know what's been going on,'' he came back, with more compassion this time. It was starting to work, and a part of me hated it but a part of me wanted him back. Sure, he was a doofus who forgot to do his part in cleaning the apartment or paying the bills but he was my doofus, and I started to realize that I needed him. 
 
 `` Rick- I need time,'' I said. 
 
 `` Ashley, we know the game,'' he said. He was right, we had done this too many times. I stopped for a second, and then a smile crept onto my face. I walked forward and dropped my pack as I hugged him, a tear creeping down my face. 
 
 `` -And we're gon na play it,'' I whispered in his ear. 
 
 
 

