I Remember You
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He turned back to his microphone. “I asked this beautiful lady to be my wife.” The crowd cheered. “And believe it or not, she said yes. We’re headed to Vegas tonight after the show to get hitched. What do you think about that?”
The crowd started to scream and Jason started his bass drum. It was time to get the music started back up again. He grinned into the microphone. “Yeah, I think so too.” He blew a kiss at Samantha and she went back behind the stage. “Now let’s get this show over with so I can go make that beautiful woman my wife!”
The crowd roared as Lance started to play again. He had a renewed enthusiasm, ready to get this over with and make Sam his forever. It’s been a long time coming. He looked over at her and winked. She winked back and grinned. He felt like the luckiest man alive.
THE END
Epilogue
Samantha stood backstage, watching Lance play his guitar like she had a million times before. It never got old. She often teased him that the look of intensity on his face while he played was the same look he had when he was making love to her.
She clapped as the band finished a song, noticing her ring catch in the lights of the stage. She stopped and studied it for a second. They’d just celebrated their third wedding anniversary and ironically were playing at the same arena where Lance had asked her to marry her.
They’d flown to Vegas that night and had a simple wedding, just the two of them, at a small chapel on the strip. They’d gone back to their hotel and didn’t come out for about three days. She squeezed her thighs together as she thought about the debauchery that occurred between them in those few days.
With the break in the show, Lanced walked over to her for a quick kiss. “Happy Anniversary, baby,” he whispered against her lips.
“Happy Anniversary,” she replied softly, reaching up to touch his cheek. She had a feeling he wouldn’t forget this one.
She glanced out into the crowd as he walked back to his spot on stage and she waved at Lance’s mom sitting in the front row. She didn’t come to shows often anymore and wanted the full experience of sitting in the front rather than be backstage with Samantha. She was glad her mother-in-law was there. She had a surprise for Lance tonight and she wanted to share it with her too.
Lance leaned into his microphone to speak as the stage went dim and Jason came to sit by him on a stool. “Some of you were probably here a few years ago when I played this next song and proposed to my beautiful and sexy wife.” The crowd cheered and he turned over to give her a wink. She waved back. “Thanks to you guys, this song went to number one.” The crowd got even louder as he started to play the first chords of the song.
She smoothed her hands on the skirt of her dress. Jason was the only one who knew of her surprise for Lance tonight and she’d enlisted his help to pull this off.
“Wait a minute, dude!” Jason said into his microphone, holding up his hand stopping the song.
Lance turned to him. “What the fuck, man?”
Jason smiled. “Before we play this song, someone has something to say,” he said, looking over to where Samantha was standing and gave her a small nod. There was her cue.
Samantha walked out on stage with a grin. The look of surprise on Lance’s face was priceless. She walked over to him and took the microphone off of the stand before leaning over to kiss his cheek.
“Lance, three years ago you asked me to be your wife behind this very stage,” she said into the microphone, her voice shaky with emotion. “I said yes without a doubt and it’s been a wonderful three years with you. You’ve made me happier than I ever imagined.”
He still looked at her, speechless. It wasn’t often he didn’t have something to say, so she knew she’d caught him off guard like she’d wanted to.
“Anyway, it seemed fitting I share some news about the next phase of our life together on this same stage.” She couldn’t help but laugh as his jaw dropped open. “Lance, you’re going to be a daddy,” she said calmly into the microphone.
The crowd went crazy and the expression on his face was priceless as he processed the news. They’d sort of been trying to get pregnant for the past six months and were starting to get worried maybe something was wrong. Lance was especially worried that all of his past drinking was the issue, so she knew he would be relieved. She glanced down at the front row and couldn’t help but laugh when she saw Lance’s mom jumping up and down with the excitement of becoming a grandmother.
He got up off the stool and stood next to her. “Are you sure?” He asked softly.
She nodded and looked up at him. “Very.”
He reached out to touch her still flat stomach. “Oh my god, Sam,” he whispered, his eyes filling with tears.
She touched his hand, nodding again as her own eyes filled with tears. He wrapped her up in his arms, lifting her off the stage as he hugged her, his guitar still between them. The crowd went wild again, yelling their congratulations.
He finally set her down and kissed her, his hands cupping her face gently. “I love you,” he whispered before turning back to the crowd. “Can you believe this shit?” He yelled into the microphone. “I’m going to be a daddy!”
Samantha touched his arm and smiled at him before heading backstage, ecstatic that her plan to surprise Lance had worked out.
“Are you ready to continue, Lance?” Jason asked with a grin.
“Hell ya,” he answered. “Let’s get this over with so I can go celebrate with my baby mamma.”
Jason laughed. “Nice, Man, I couldn’t be happier for you guys.” He turned back to the crowd. “What do you guys say we continue this party?” The crowd went wild and Lance started playing his song for Samantha again.
She'd watched Jason and Lance perform this song a million times and it always made her cry to hear those words he wrote for her all those years ago.
I turn to you
My light in the night
You don’t have a clue
How you consume my sight
I’m lost to you
I’m yours for life
Lance turned to look at her as Jason sang those words and she thought she saw a tear rolling down his face. She nodded and mouthed “For life” before he turned back around. She was definitely his for life.
Acknowledgements:
First off I would like to thank my husband. When I finally was brave enough to tell him about my writing, he gave me his full support. I love you!
To my sister, Nerd. Thanks for all your input. Your words of encouragement have kept me going and I appreciate it more than you know.
To my girls. Always follow your dreams and never give up. Thanks for your patience while Mommy “does one more thing”.
To Deb at The Book Enthusiast. You are my go-to PR girl and I don’t know what I’d do without you.
To all the book bloggers out there. As someone that comes from the blogging world, I know the time it takes to put up posts, etc and I appreciate all of you that have featured me and my books on your blogs.
Finally, to all of my readers. Thanks for taking the time to read this. I hope you enjoyed it.
XOXO
Scarlett