[Complicated] Fight Night

[Logan Chase Renner]

Well Logan had Blake's attention now. Didn't take her too much longer. Tyson might have his shirt off on stage but Logan was talking about things like babies and that had to count for something. Except he didn't really want to actually come out and say it because them having a baby was really Blake having a baby and that put a lot of things on hold for her while Logan could go about his daily business, which wasn't exactly fair in the world of Taboo when Blake was queen of the castle and had no intentions of letting anyone steal her throne while she was away. So. And if Blake said, dude, not right now, get over it, Logan wouldn't be drastically disappointed, because he could understand that her career was highly important to her, which made it important to him. He wasn't saying he wanted more kids right now today, but he thought it was fair she know he wanted them eventually. Was it wrong to put it on her? When you're ready to spend nine months taking it easy, let me know...? But it affected her so much more directly. Blake was looking at him like he'd just sprouted horns, expecting a response. "I mean, in a roundabout way, I guess sort of?" Logan smiled shaking his head, "Not right this minute. But don't you want to eventually?"

[Tyson Jay Ritter]

Tyson shook his neck out loosely, getting it to pop on each side before he took to the stage. “Hello…..people,” he said, giving a slight wave as he neared the microphone. “ No one introduced me, so I’m feeling as unknown as All Time Low right now… but in any case.I am Tyson Ritter.” he said, clearing his throat. “ Yeah this is exciting. Logan can do no wrong, right? Except for that one time in Vegas when he married my ex-girlfriend. And since then he’s signed a few artists that make me question his judgment. But I assume that all of his bad decisions derive from when he is high.” Tyson stepped back from the microphone, taking the guitar that was finally being handed to him from the side. “ I have band members out there, and … wherever you are, I would like for you to get on stage please so I can quit looking like an ass all by myself,” Tyson looked down at the guitar, trying out a few chords before he settled with what he thought sounded decent enough. “ This here is a song that I wrote.. inspired by Shane and Taco Bell,” he said before he started to play the melody to I Wanna.

[Claire Jayne Madden]

Claire smiled slowly as Shane took her hand in his own. It may have been what he needed to hear in his own mind, but every word of it is true. Claire stood on her toes, placing her hand against the side of his jaw as she whispered into his ear. “ The man that you’re trying so desperately hard to become… is nowhere near the man that you already are.” She wrapped her arm around his neck, hugging him as close to her body as she could. “ I have to pinch myself every morning to believe that this is real and that I’m not dreaming.” she said, tracing her hand on the back of his neck. “ If anything ever tries to make you doubt that what we have is real, or that at some point it might break…I am very sorry to inform you that I am here for keeps. You will always be mine, in every sense of the word. You are not a jealous person. There is no reason to think that what you and I have will ever crack. You and I are so strong that there should be a new word for it…. Stronger than steel. Or kryptonite. Stronger than anything in the world you could dream of.. because I’ve spent every waking moment since the day I met you, wishing for you. I may not have known right away that you and I were meant for each other. But ever since that night in Detroit, I’m only whole when I’m with you. So don’t you see.. we could never be apart, because you’re always carrying my heart with you. I don’t have time to pay attention to other people and what they think of our relationship. I’m too busy thanking God that you took a chance. And I’m praying that you’ll never get tired of carrying me around with you,”. She looked down, tracing her thumb over his hand. “ I never thought I would love anything in my life more than dancing. I never thought I would find anything that gave me more passion. But… every time I’ve hit the stage, every accolade I’ve gotten for ballet,…. It is so small to how it feels waking up next to you,”

[Blake Emma Renner]

Blake sat across from her husband, jaw dropped enough to catch a few flies as she tried to process everything that was happening. Shane was less than fifty feet away defending his marriage, and Logan was sitting here cool as a cucumber all koombiyah and shit wanting another perfect Renner in their midst. “ I…” she started before lifting her eyebrows and shaking her head. Had she taken a breath? Cause it didn’t feel like it. “ I….” she started again before finally taking in a deep breath and dropping her shoulders. “ I mean Kenzie…and Red..” she said, bringing her hand up to the side of her forehead, doing her best to try and calculate everything. Because really, if she took off too much time from work, some stupid little bitch with autotune would run in and try to take her spot. Or that damn Anabelle. Her and Luke were already too damn cute as it was. ”Um..” Blake stammered out, pinching the bridge of her nose. Okay, yes. She always knew she wanted more kids. And it didn’t make sense to prolong it for too long. There was always going to be a tour she wanted to do, or an album she wanted to record. But Logan was her manager, he knew who she was career wise. As her manager he wouldn’t ask her to do something in bad time. He was also her husband, so if he was asking this of her it must be something he was really passionate about. “ Let’s um…” I mean seriously, what was she going to do? Flat out say no? Oh no, my husband loves me and our family so much that he wants to expand, what a shit life that must be. “ Let’s…. take a look at things tomorrow. We can.. see what works best timewise,” she said, making a slight face as she realized she was being in work mode right now. What the hell was she saying? “ Yes,” she said, making a face at herself while shaking her head like she was an idiot. “ Yes, I would love to have another child with you.I mean.. don’t ever ask me in a place with sticky floors again, but yes.” she said, leaning across the table to give him a kiss.

[Shane Alexander Madden]

This girl. This. Girl. Shane did all that? He didn't doubt it, but when she said it all at once it seemed like so much. But he knew what she meant because on his end it felt like she'd changed his whole world for the better. They'd given each other a lot of things. They had taken a chance on each other and it was every moment of doubt and wondering what the hell they were doing. Every fight, every time it felt like it wouldn't last and then...it fell into place. And from then on it would never feel wrong or temporary. There would never be anyone else. He didn't have anything to say, he was at a loss for words. Finally though he nodded, glancing at her seriously. He knew he and Claire had talked about this. Once. Maybe twice. Or once and a slight mention. But not to anyone else. "I think... for a long time I didn't know how to not live in the past. I knew I could open up to someone, but not enough to give myself entirely to someone? I couldn't.... move forward." She would know what he was talking about. Living in the past, afraid to move forward, give himself to someone in fear that they'd be snatched away suddenly. Shane smiled though, laughing a little now, "You must have the magic, you got all of me."

[Claire Jayne Madden]

Claire softened even more as Shane began to speak about his brother. She knew the worries that Shane faced, how much it scared him that now the he felt happy, it could all come crashing down at any moment. Because life could be a complete and utter bitch. But it was also this amazing thing, that had led her to Shane in the first place. He’d been left with so much hurt and anger. He’d been left with an endless list of questions and no answers. “ Hey..” Claire said, trying to get another smile as she looked him in the eyes. “I’m not going anywhere,” she promised. “ And none of this.. if anything ever happens to me, I want you to be happy and find love with someone else. Fuck that. I will ghost stalk you.” she said while squeezing his hand playfully. ” But the greatest thing about all of this, is that there’s already a piece of you and I crawling around. And there’s another one about to be born. So I’ll never be gone. You’ll always have me. And I promise you that I will spend the rest of my life making sure you know exactly how much I love you. And someday… you’ll wake up and you won’t be worried about this life we’ve made together. It’ll take time, after…everything. But someday.. you’ll know that this can’t be taken away from us. You and I…. we go together or we don’t go down at all. Right?” she asked before scrunching her nose quickly and smiling, standing on her toes to give him another quick kiss.