Take Me On! [Morten Harket]

Chapter 11

I had not been at the coffee shop since I lost Cameron. It was hard to be back there where his memories were all over the place. It hurt. I could see him smiling at me. Or watch him working. Being happy with everything he chose to do.

Everyone was packing into the coffee shop. Morten was setting up with the rest of his A-ha band members. It hurt to even look at the older Morten. A reminder of Cameron. That was for sure. Morten looks up to notice me there. He jumps off down our little performing stage. He makes his way over to me. He takes my hand.

"I am glad you came" he says softly. I nod. "Is there any way to bring back your friend?" he asks me.

I shake my head. "I have no more wishes to place on the star that is falling tonight. There is no point in wishing" I sigh heavily. "I wished a dream lover would come to my life and he had. Easy come easy go huh?" I laugh bitterly.

"At least your friend taught you about love. And about magic. I can see why he was smitten with you. If I was younger, and you were my age, I would want you myself. Keep that magic in your heart. You never know what might happen" Morten tells me as he touches my hand. He winks at me then heads back up on the stage.

Morten was wrong. The magic for me had died. It was gone. Cam had taught me about magic and love. He brought those two things to my life. And now I was never getting them back again. Because they went along with Cameron.

There was no use to holding onto hope like Morten said. I sit next to Jan and Hilary at a table that was for us workers. Some other workers were serving there tonight. We normally worked the day shift. Not the night shift.

"This is so exciting! Having A-ha playing here!" exclaims a happy Hilary. I nod trying to get into it.

"Welcome everyone! We came out tonight because there was a special someone who looked like me working right here in this coffee shop. You know I had been to this little coffee shop a long time ago. Back when I dated the girl from my music video Take Me On. It did not work out for us. She married someone who worked on the set. They had a lovely daughter who is here with us tonight! Jayla over there" he announces as he points to me. Everyone claps as I feel my cheeks blush now. They begin to sing my favorite song. "Take Me On" but acoustic style. I close my eyes thinking of the falling star. Seeing Cameron in my room for the first time. Where he kissed me.

I glance over at the window of the coffee shop. As I do the star is falling from the sky. I gasp. I rush out there to watch. I feel so desperate. No amount of wishing was going to bring Cameron back to me. I made a wish. You could only have one wish come true. No other wishes were going to come true for me even if I chose to make them. Desperate tears come to me.

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"Thank you for bringing Cameron into my life" I tell the star as the star falls in the night sky. "I will never forget him. Ever" I vow. I hear Morten finishing his song.

"Take me on, I'll be gone, in a day or two" sings Morten from inside the coffee shop. "So needless to say, I'm at odds and ends but I am stumbling away. Slowly learning that life's okay. Say after me, it's no better to be safe than sorry...."

I head back inside. Or go to. I feel someone touching my hand. Stopping me. They grasp my fingers in theirs. I had no idea who would be holding my hand right now or why. Fear makes me tremble. I close my eyes as I fear to turn around. "Take on me.... take me on" sings Morten.

"Turn around love" I hear him say.

"No, it can't be right" I say softly as I shake my head refusing to believe the magic of the moment.

"Turn around Jayla, face me" he demands. "I am back, for you"

Tears flood my eyes. I turn around. There he stands again. Cameron! It was really Cam! I gasp. Tears fall to my face. My hand goes rising up to my lips as they tremble. My hands tremble. He was here? How was he here?? Was I dreaming? Was he really here with me again? I feel him take me in his embrace. His hand on my cheek.

"It is me. It really is me. I am here baby. Jayla say something!" he demands softly he looks at me with concern. I keep crying with joy. He pulls me in his embrace. His lips fall to mine. I groan softly as tears stream down my face as our lips celebrate with love. "I am back baby. I am here to stay" he promises me.

"I love you Cameron" I squeak out finally. "I never got to even tell you that. I love you. I am sorry I waited for so long to tell you that" I manage to say. I crush him to my body holding him tightly afraid I was going to lose him any time soon again.

"I love you to baby. I always have" he reminds me. "I knew you loved me. I heard you crying from the poster every night. It killed me inside. I could not hold you. Or comfort you. Or talk to you. Kiss you. Nothing" he says to me. "It was so unbearable" he tells me.

"You did hear me?" I gasp. He nods as he kisses my forehead.

Morten comes rushing outside there with Jan.

"CAMERON!" she yells happily. She hugs him he is laughing.

"Huh! My wish came true. What do you know?" Morten tells us all.

"What?" I stammer. "you made the wish?" I ask. He nods. "Just now on the star??"

"I heard about that. And I made a wish. I had not made a wish in years. I wished your love would return to you" Morten tells me. He grins.

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I was overwhelmed with magic. Hope. Love. All of it. I hug Morten. Thanking him and crying in his embrace. I could not get over the selfless act he did for Cameron and I. He hugs me back.

"No worries" he tells me.

"Well I am still here this time" laughs Cameron as he shakes hands with Morten.

"This time it is love to keeping you here Cam. Because Jayla returns your love" Jan tells us as she reads things from her phone. She shows us.

I keep crying with joy. I cannot help it. I am so happy right now. I hold Cameron in my embrace. I kiss him. He is trying his best to help me to stop crying.

I just never thought I was going to ever see him again. Here he was. Later that night after Morten's concert at the coffee shop we went home. I was so thrilled I did not have to go home alone.

Cameron is looking at all the posters of himself and well Morten on the wall. He laughs "Babe what were you thinking?" he shakes his head.

"Hey, I was desperate to get you back! I had no clue where you were!" I declare to him.

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He takes my hand then leads me over to his poster. "I was right here watching you babe" he vows to me. We look over at the poster. It is bare. He is not there in the poster any longer. I gasp. "See?"

"I see" I tremble. "I am so thankful you are here with me" I tremble out.

He pulls me in his embrace. "I am never leaving your side again baby" he vows. "I love you so much Jayla"

"Cam, I love you. I love you with all my heart. I am so grateful I can tell you that" I admit. "I never thought you could hear me"

"I did babe. I had" he says to me. He touches my cheek. "It hurt that I could not console you. But I can now"

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He holds me close. His lips crash to mine. He moans softly as I feverishly return each kiss of his. Hungry for his love. For his touch. His body on mine. All of the love he had to give to me. I was ready this time for him. My hands are in his hair.

"You are my one true love, Cam. I love you with my whole heart, forever" I remind him.

"I never get tired of hearing you say that. When we first met you used to tell me it was not love. That I did not know you. That I could not love you at first sight" he laughs. I blush. He kisses me slowly.

"I did love you then. I love you now. Love at first sight" he says to me in a serious tone.

"It was love at first sight for me to Cam" I admit. "It took me a long time to admit that"

"I am glad you did sweetheart" he says softly. "I love hearing how much you love me"

"Forever!" I whisper to him as I kiss him tenderly with all the love I had to give to him.

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