She said,
I was seven and you were nine
I looked at you like the stars that shined
In the sky,
The pretty lights
And our daddies used to joke about the two of us
Growing up and falling in love and our mamas smiled
And rolled their eyes
And said oh, my, my, my
As Jake was bending over to fix his shoelace, Sam dumped a bucket of water on Jake's head. Jake screamed and whipped around. He began to chase Sam, but the look in his eyes was good natured.
"Aren't they cute?" said Mr. Forester jokingly to Mr. Ely.
Take me back to the house in the backyard tree
Said you'd beat me up, you were bigger than me
You never did,
You never did
Take me back when our world was one block wide
I dared you to kiss me and ran when you tried
Just two kids,
You and I...
Oh, my, my, my, my
Jake grabbed the back of Sam's coat, the water still dripping off of his own. "I'm gonna beat you up," he threatened.
Sam slipped out of her coat and stuck her tongue out at Jake. "Missed me, missed me, now you gotta kiss me," she yelled.
Jake grabbed her belt loop and leaned forward to kiss her, but Sam screamed and ran away, giggling.
Well, I was sixteen when suddenly
I wasn't that little girl you used to see
But your eyes still shined
Like pretty lights
And our daddies used to joke about the two of us
They never believed we'd really fall in love
And our mamas smiled and rolled their eyes
And said oh, my, my, my...
Take me back to the creek beds we turned up
Two A.M. riding in your truck
And all I need
Is you next to me
Take me back to the time we had our very first fight
The slamming of doors instead of kissing goodnight
You stayed outside til the morning light
Oh, my, my, my, my
Jake and Sam sat on the back of his old, paint-peeling Ford truck, basking in the moonlight, when suddenly Jake wrapped his arm around Sam and sighed. He looked directly into her eyes and leaned forward to kiss her.
"Grandma, look! Jake and Sam are kissing," cried Cody from inside the house.
Jake jerked back from Sam, blushing, and, or course, rubbing the back of his neck.
A few years had gone and come around
We were sitting at our favorite spot in town
And you looked at me,
Got down on one knee
"So, all finished with college now?" asked Sam.
Jake swallowed. "Yeah."
Sam nodded.
"Hey Sam, I really want to ask you something . . ."
Take me back to the time when we walked down the aisle
Our whole town came and our mamas cried
You said I do
And I did too
Take me home where we met so many years before
We'll rock our babies on that very front porch
After all this time,
You and I
Jake looked down at Sam and tucked her hair behind her ear. "I do."
And the guests cheered.
I'll be eighty-seven; you'll be eighty-nine
I'll still look at you like the stars that shine
In the sky, oh, my, my, my...
"Jacob, when did you fall in love with me?" asked Sam.
"The minute I met you."
"When you were two?"
"Don't remember anything else, but that moment I met you, eighty nine years ago, Brat."
Sam laughed. "You called me Brat from the very beginning, didn't you?"
"Ever since you were born, Samantha Anne. Ever since you were born."