The Hard Way
Chapter 2
By: Crystal Dively

I felt the pain throbbing in my head as I winced a quiet noise as I
lifted myself to a sitting position grabbing the top of my head
gently rubbing the soreness from the pain I was feeling. "Ow,….that
is pretty painful," I muttered to myself as I rubbed my hand gently
hoping to soothe the pain. "You know Vicki, I had the weirdest dream,
it was about Keith Urban….and unfortunately he wasn't naked in the
dream, like last time," I chuckled to myself as I heard footsteps
come up from behind me. "Why did I hit my head…." I started to trail
off as Keith came around the corner with a big smile on his face,
holding a gel icepack and a soft cloth to wrap it up in. "So, I want
to hear more about this dream where I was not wherein any clothes
in," he chuckled as he leaned down towards me, sitting with his legs
crossed as he gently wrapped the gel pack in the cloth for me. I felt
my face turning beet red as he gave me another chuckle as he gently
placed the ice pack on my head pressing gently on my sore
spot. "Sorry, didn't mean to embarrass you, but can't help it you
sparked my curiosity," he laughed as I gave him a slight chuckle and
lowered my head. "I'm so sorry, I thought I was dreaming and I didn't
know I was even in the same room as you," I said as he pulled some
strands of hair out of my face as he gave me that thousand dollar
smile. "It's okay, I was just picking on you, wanted to make sure
your still in working order there after you took that nasty fall and
bumped your head, you scared me a little bit there," he said as he
pulled the icepack away and glanced at my head. "But it's just a
little bump, so I think you'll be okay," he said as he pulled my hand
up towards the ice pack and placed it on top of his hand for a brief
second before he pulled away. "I'm sorry I did that, it's just I
don't expect Keith Urban to come up to me when I'm stealing confetti
off the floor," I said as he motioned to pull me to my feet as I
grabbed a hold of his hand and he whisked me up in one quick motion
landing me on my feet. "Thank you for all of this," I said as I
glanced around for my purse and pulling it up off the floor as I
proceeded to put it on my shoulder. "I really should go because I
have to find my sister, she is probably worried about me," I said as
I handed him back his ice pack as I gave him a shy smile. "It's okay,
your sister knows where your at, Crystal," he said as I gave him a
questioning look. "How did you know my name," I said as I gently
brushed my hair back. "Your sister told me it, I wanted to know," he
said as he moved near me and the smell of his cologne filled the air
around me as I breathed in as silent as I could breathing the smell
of heaven. "Oh, duh," I said quietly as I slowly moved toward the
front of the room.

"Well thank you so much for taking care of me and helping me, I won't
forget it," I said as he moved towards me and embraced me in a deep
hug. I wrapped my arms around him as I pulled my hands up to his back
gently feeling the tip of his hair sliding across my hands as I laid
my head on his shoulder breathing in every moment of him I could. I
felt his arms run across my back as his grip tightened and I closed
my eyes and tried to prevent myself from crying. Never in my life,
did I think I would be getting a bear hug from one of the most
wonderful guys in the world. If I wasn't in love before, I was in
love now. I felt him loosen his grip as I yanked my head off his
shoulders and slowly pulled back away as his smile met mine. His
bright blue eyes sparkled in the dim light of the room as our eyes
connected and I felt this power surge run through me so strong, I had
to glance down and break the trance.

"Well thanks so much, I should get going," I said as I proceeded to
open the door and let myself out. "Well, here is this," Keith said as
he pulled 2 tickets out of his dark blue faded jeans as he handed
them towards me. I grabbed the tickets as our fingertips touch at the
very tip between the tickets. For a second in time I couldn't move,
but just stare at the way our skin was touching, then I blinked back
into reality. "I'm sorry," I said as I pulled them away and glanced
at them. "What are these?" I asked as I slid them into my purse for
safe keeping. "They are tickets to my show 3 weeks from now. I'm
coming back down and those are backstage passes. I would really like
to see you again, and see how your bump heals of course, I worry
about all my fans," he said as he gave me a sly smile as I nodded my
head in agreement. "Okay, I will be there, we will be there," I said
as I bit my lip as I tried to prevent this huge smile from spreading
on my face. "Alright, great. I can't wait," he said as he leaned
towards me and gently kissed the top of my head. His golden hair fell
on the top of my head as it felt like soft feathers falling all
around me as I felt the heat of his lips touch the top of my head as
he grabbed a hold of my shoulders and pulled back. "That should help
the healing process," he said as he gave me a smirk, and I thanked
him and walked out the door.

I finally got around the corner of the hallway and as I leaned up
against the wall, I couldn't help but smile and fall into a puddle on
the floor as I touched the top of my head and tried to prevent myself
from screaming out loud. I can't believe that I was just in the same
room as Keith Urban, and he kissed my head. All my friends would
never believe my story, although I had the tickets to prove it. I ran
out the building and called my sister on her cell phone and told her
I had great news and I couldn't wait to tell her. I ran down the
street as I jumped and skipped because the joy that was overwhelming
me was too much for me to keep inside.

So, I guess stealing confetti is worth it, and will be something that
I will never forget…that day was burned in my mind forever, and I
couldn't wait to see what was going to happen when we was going to
see him 3 weeks from now. Would he even remember me? Would he care?
Was he just being nice because I was a fan? Was that spark when our
eyes met real? Was I crazy, or maybe the bump on my head affected me
more than what I thought it had….only time will tell…..hopefully I
don't get my hopes up to high over something that could mean nothing
at all……..

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