Subject: For the FTP site (I forgot permissions, although you have blanket for my stuff) From: Kristen Fife Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:32:34 -0700 (PDT) To: Stephanie Kellerman X-UIDL: 1fb9fddaa4f0f35bc2bcea67213415f2 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Return-path: Envelope-to: stephke@iglou.com Delivery-date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:32:36 -0400 Received: from [209.73.178.154] (helo=web60411.mail.yahoo.com) by iglou4.iglou.com with smtp (8.12.5/8.12.5) (envelope-from ) id 1FTKr4-0000NB-Mh for stephke@iglou.com; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:32:35 -0400 Received: (qmail 36050 invoked by uid 60001); 11 Apr 2006 15:32:34 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=Ixvy9HJUwBTxeXGrH3rtPQzoNrkkfMOdPaluFdxJUFEdgSOUb/91bVZcPCQI+OyaTyckxAUwdfjblbqq8nQynIvCcT/IMCq2BnKSfsVbL0a+mrpwwm+fgVSdrJh14Itzi93mD6t4/LcF2Dx7jPZQ/eQalT9U4zPjDNHXlmgl+BQ= ; Message-ID: <20060411153234.36048.qmail@web60411.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [131.107.0.87] by web60411.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:32:34 PDT MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Foreign-Sender: 209.73.178.154 X-UIDL: 1fb9fddaa4f0f35bc2bcea67213415f2 X-SpamKiller-AcctId: 1 X-SpamKiller-MsgId: 1fb9fddaa4f0f35bc2bcea67213415f2 Afterglow Natalie sat typing her notes up for the lecture she was giving at the conference. She got up to refill her coffee cup, the rain outside beating against the dark windows. Daylight savings was only a few days away and she was looking forward to the longer days. She glanced at the clock and saw that it was just after five-thirty. Tom had offered to pick the kids up then stop by and pick up dinner at Tonnelli's. She listened to the radio and stopped as she heard a sweet song. Tears sprang to her eyes as she listened to the lyrics, and she was transported back in time to a Toronto ten years in the past, waking up in a darkened hospital room, hooked up to an I.V. and a shadow in the moonlight. Across her lap was a single red rose. Here I am Lost in the light of the moon That comes through my window Bathed in blue The walls of my memory Divides the thorns from the roses It's you and the roses "Nick?" The figure by the window turned toward her, a look of profound sorrow and grief on his face. He walked across the floor to kneel at her side. "Oh, Nat..." Touch me and I will follow In your afterglow Heal me from all this sorrow As I let you go I will find my way When I see your eyes Now I'm living In your afterglow "I have faith in you." Her words echoed between them. Here I am Lost in the ashes of time But who owns tomorrow In between The longing to hold you again I'm caught in your shadow I'm losing control My mind drifts away The golden hair bent under her hand in tender benison. She knew without him saying that it was goodbye. Tears formed in her eyes. "Nick, please, don't leave me. I love you, and I don't know if I can live without you." Touch me and I will follow In your afterglow Heal me from all this sorrow As I let you go I will find my way I will sacrifice Till that blinding day When I see your eyes Now I'm living In your afterglow Blue eyes with unshed red tears in them bared themselves to her. "Nat, I have to go. I cannot stay. I love you, more than I have ever imagined possible. I will always be there for you if you need me, I swear to you." He slowly stood and leaned over to touch his cold lips to her warmth. "Know that I love you. I'm going to continue looking for a cure, I promise you. Be happy, Nat. For me." Tears streamed down her cheeks as she nodded, unable to speak. Nick turned and left, glancing over his shoulder as he walked through the door. When the veils are gone As I let you go As I let you go Touch me and I will follow In your afterglow Heal me from all this sorrow As I let you go I will find my way I will sacrifice Now I'm living In your afterglow Bathed in blue The walls of my memory Divides the thorns from the roses It's you who is closest As the tender and powerful song ended, tears continued to stream down her face. She went back into her office and logged onto the internet. She pulled up Google and looked up "Afterglow", and found out that it was by INXS. Logging onto iTunes, she downloaded it. She started an email. "I heard this and thought of you. I'm happy with my family, but a piece of me is always with you. Take care, all my love." She attached the music file and sent it to 1228knight, a sad smile on her face. ============================ Forever Knight characters sole property of Sony, lyrics copyright of INXS.