"In One Night"
Companion Piece to "I'd Give My Life"
By Icalynn ([email protected])

Rating: R
Author's Note: Based on the song "In One Night" from "Miss Saigon."



A breeze flows in through the window as a flicker of recognition lingers in the air. I feel her, I sense her.

I turn the lights on half expecting to see her there. I know she will never come- she haunts me instead,  she�s just a memory, a photograph that my heart can never forget.

The doorbell rings and for a second I�m frozen in place. I pause and then I run breathless down the stairs.

My heart races expectantly. I try to calm my raging senses and open the door.

Our eyes lock. A million words hang in the air but nothing is said. I feel the vibes of our electric passion and love lingering in the air.

She lifts up a small bundle in her arms.

A flash of blue eyes.

A baby.

I'm speechless. My mind races as I reach out to him mesmerized by his eyes.

My eyes.

She smiles at me and my heart soars. She holds our baby, the creation of our one perfect night. A night made in heaven, the best night of my life.

A single tear falls from her eyes and I blink back my own. She holds him out to me.

I take him and cradle him in my arms. I briefly look away from her face and look down at his.

My heart skips a beat as the baby coos and smiles at me. I look up and my heart starts to crack once again.

She's gone.

*~*~*~*~*

In one night our hearts, our souls, our body had become one. In one night she had betrayed us all.

In one night, I can forgive her and I have.

I love her, I want her.

*~*~*~*~*

I run in the night, searching for her. I can feel her, I know she is near.

Please, don't you know that I need her, that I love her?

My son, our son needs a mother. I need her. We need her.

*~*~*~*~*

Nights pass and my hope fades. I try one last place, the caverns across town.

I hear an echo of a gun shot boom in the crisp night air.

My heart stops and I know.

I run towards the sound and I freeze as I see her crumpled body on the ground. I kneel beside her and cradle her limp body close to mine.

I moan her name as she looks up at me. I hold my breath as she struggles to breathe.

Her eyes reflect a sense of calm, a sense of completion.

My mind races and I don't understand. She struggles to smile and she squeezes my hand.

I trace her face with my hand and I kiss her softly on her parched lips.

I look up at her. She shuts her eyes and takes one last breathe.

No! Not now, don't take her from me again. I need her.

I bury my head in her hair and I cry for the future we will never have. How in one night could my world shatter?

*~*~*~*~*

Nothing is said, nothing needs to be spoken. I have our son. I will watch him, I will give him a life we never had.

I understand now.

I will kiss him, love him. I will remind him of his mother, the one that gave her life, so that he could live.

The End