Bono's POV

I'm looking at the dark blue sky, everything is so peaceful, no one is around here, The Edge is sleeping on my shoulder, he was driving the whole day and we only stopped to eat something about 5 hours ago and clearly he needed some rest. We parked the car in a parking lot beside the road and decided to sleep in the there 'cause Edge was too exhausted to drive anymore and insisted that me driving is not an acceptable option, so we sat at the back seats to be more comfortable and the moment he closed his eyes he fell asleep.

I am trying to reach my bag without waking him up. I finally achieve to grab it and I take out my binder. I search through my paper and find the one I was looking for! The only thing I hear right now is him breathing and I feel like everything is slowly fading away..."That's the perfect time" I tell myself. I was trying to complete the lyrics of one particular song we want to put in our new album and I couldn't write the last verse! Always something was missing but now all fall into place... I reread what I had written and then I start writing some words with no meaning at first and then small sentences... As I am here with the shining stars looking at me, the warm breeze, which disheveling my hair, getting in from the slightly open window, filling the place with fresh air and The sleeping peacefully beside me I realize that there is some kind of magic in the blank pages!

Maybe the blank pages is the greatest fear to many authors, poets, lyricists but not for me, not anymore! Blank pages is all the new possibilities, the ideas that remain unwritten, your future that just waiting for you to chase it! If I had finished those lyrics I would be delighted back then but I wouldn't be able to continue my trip through ideas, beliefs, books and songs to complete them. Going beyond what you already know to find the new big thing or recreating the ideas in your head is the most important part of all when you trying to make some new lyrics and you want them to be meaningful! Thus the blank pages is always the most interesting ones 'cause as long as you believe that you can make your mark on them you will see what was hidden from you, the countless opportunities... A blank page is here just because it is waiting for us to fill it with whatever we can imagine! That's the magic thing with the blank pages every one of us can fill them up with their own unique way...

As I am correcting the spelling of some words in my paper, some lyrics from an old song take over my mind:

I belong to the blank generation and
I can take it or leave it each time
I belong to the ______ generation but
I can take it or leave it each time

Richard Hell was talking about the importance of the blank pages or who knows blank what in his song Blank Generation years ago. Now I that am thinking about this song again I am sure he knew, he must knew! A blank page can either haunt you forever or save your life, that's why every one of us need one 'cause every one of us is one... It took me years to understand that but it is true. The day we get out of our mother's womb we don't really know anything we are a blank page but as time goes by our everyday life is written in this page, our dreams, our achievements, our feelings are filling the blank... Something like that is happening with blank pages in real life too... As long you move on the words will find their way out of your head and they will fill the blank...

As I was lost in my train of thoughts I was mumbling the chorus of the song I was thinking before without even noticing...

"-Bono are you awake?" asks The Edge, heprobably heard my mumbling...

"-Hmm..." I answer quietly 'cause I don't want to wake him up again

"-What happened?"

"-Everything is fine. Go back to sleep..."

"-Are you sure?"

"-Yeah. Goodnight Dave. Tomorrow it's gonna be another one long day!"

"-Hmm definitely... Goodnight to you too Paul." He says and goes back to sleep.

I smile to him even though I know he doesn't see me... "Paul", only my dad used to call me like that after U2 became successful... Suddenly I feel like I am teenager again...

A?N: So here we are!!! I got the idea to write this chapter after reading Bono's interview in Q's magazine special edition I hope you enjoyed it!!! Thanks everyone of you who have commented and voted on this story!!! Your support is precious!!!

~Unforgettable Fire 🎶