~*Joe's point of view*~

We were something, you and me,

Yeah we had em rolling in the aisles.

Her long hair hung like a chestnut brown halo. I could almost feel it slipping through my fingers. Her amber eyes sparkled with the intensity of love. Her face was clear, her skin velvety soft. I used to love to run my hand down her face.

I stood beside her. Compared to her, I was nothing. I had never deserved her, as had been proved later on. I had never deserved her. And yet, she had loved me.

My eyes were glued to her face, drinking in every detail.

God, I loved her. With that thought in mind, I reached out one hand to touch her face…

We got it right once, didn't we,

We had our shot and missed it by a mile

…And my fingers came in contact only with cold glass.

With a sigh of dejection, I slammed the silver picture frame back onto my nightstand.

That's all I had left. That one picture.

All I had left of our love. Of her.

Mimi Tachikawa.

Her very name was enough to make me bury my face in my hands. Which is just what I did, silently reprimanding myself.

Forget the bitter end

Can you remember when

God, how could I have been so stupid? I had taken everything for granted. Including Mimi. And, because of that, I had lost her.

Had lost her to someone else.

Meaning that she would never be mine again.

We sang we laughed

They all watched us pass

"Mimi, oh Mimi…" I could hear myself whisper. "We were so happy together…"

With a sigh, I forced myself to look up, to gently pick up and turn the picture frame over in my hand.

They circled round us and toasted to forever

We prayed to win we never gave in.

As I looked at us, frozen forever in that moment of time, I couldn't help but remember our wedding day.

It had been such a happy time.

We had thought that our love would last forever.

And we threw it all away.

Like your rose bouquet.

But it all got thrown away.

Kind of like when the bride throws her bouquet away, only to be caught by someone else. In a way, I threw our love away, only to have that happiness that I had once felt captured by another.

I had been a fool to let it go.

Passion flows like a long white gown

It ain't easy to keep your love alive

I could just remember the touch of her lips against mine. The feel of her arms around my neck.

How it had felt to just hold her, feeling like I would never be able to let go.

We hoped each other would come around

We used the lessons for better luck next time.

And, like a fool, I had let her go.

Like a fool indeed.

God, what I wouldn't give just to have her back…even if just for a day…

How sweet it was back then,

Do you remember when

I just couldn't stop thinking about our wedding day! The day that should have joined us together forever.

Instead, almost like a bad omen, it tore us apart.

~*Flashback*~

We sang we laughed

They all watched us pass

Her face was shining with an inner joy. Just as I was sure mine was, as well. We both looked at each other with love in our eyes.

I wonder if she was even really paying attention to the vows that we spoke. I know I wasn't. I was too busy staring deeply into her eyes.

They circled round us and toasted to forever

We prayed to win we never gave in

She was beautiful, in a gown of shining white satin and lace, pearls at her wrists, ears, and throat.

All I knew was that she would soon be my wife.

And that we would be together forever.

And we threw it all away.

Like your rose bouquet.

And, before I knew it, the preacher was saying, "You may now kiss your bride."

And I was kissing her, and she was kissing me back.

And I was jut filled with the joy of being with her.

~*End of Flashback*~

We sang we laughed

They all watched us pass

Right. Together forever.

What a joke. Forever. Right. More like a couple of years.

God, I missed her!

Even as I thought this, my eyes returned to the picture that I still held.

They circled round us and toasted to forever

We prayed to win we never gave in

And we threw it all away.

She was wearing a pink dress, of course. It had always been my favorite of hers, as it showed off her slim waist and seemed to compliment her complexion.

Pink had always looked good on her.

In fact, the color reminded me of something…

It looked just like…

Like your rose bouquet.