A/N: Just a cute fic told from Layla's point of view. I don't own the song or any of the characters.
Layla's Song
She said, I was 7 and you were 9
I looked at you like the stars that shined
In the sky the pretty lights
I was in first grade when Will Stronghold became my best friend. I had met him before, because he lived in my neighborhood. Since the first time I saw him, I had a little crush on him. I loved the way his eyes sparkled in the moonlight, almost as if there were little specks of glitter in them.
It wasn't until the lima bean incident in school that we actually became friends. He was frustrated because my lima bean was growing extremely fast and his wouldn't grow at all. I couldn't resist those twinkling eyes any longer, so I told him about my powers.
Our daddy's used to joke about the two of us
Growing up and falling in love
Our mamas smiled
And rolled their eyes
And said oh my, my, my
Take me back to the house with the backyard tree
Said you'd beat me up you were bigger than me
You never did, you never did
At the time, neither one of us knew that our parents had always predicted we would end up together. Our dads would just make jokes about it, but it was our moms who knew it would happen. They just had an instinct.
We used to play around in his backyard while our parents chatted. The Strongholds had this humongous tree which neither of us could climb all the way up. One day, Will almost got to the top, but he fell and sprained his ankle. He was in so much pain that he even cried. But he made me swear not to tell anyone that he did, or he'd beat me up because he was bigger than me. Being a kid, I told all of my friends, but he never did beat me up.
Take me back to 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
I remember we'd be too scared to turn the corner at the end of the street. We thought there were monsters on the other side. Our whole world revolved around the block that we lived on.
At that time, my older sister had just gotten her first boyfriend. Sometimes I would see him kiss her goodnight, and I always wondered what it would be like. How it would feel to have a boy kiss me goodnight. So one day I dared Will to kiss me, so I could know how it felt. I didn't think he would actually do it, so when he leaned in, I ran for my life.
I was 16 when suddenly
I wasn't that little girl you used to see
But you eyes still shined
Like pretty lights
Our daddies used to joke about the two of us
They never believed we'd really fall in love
Our mamas smiled and rolled their eyes
And said oh my, my, my
It wasn't until high school that Will finally realized I was a fairly attractive girl. The first time he kissed me, I swear fireworks went off for the rest of the night. We were young and in love. And our parents knew it too. Our dads couldn't believe we actually ended up together. Our moms, on the other hand, were just glad that Will had finally opened his eyes and seen me.
Take me back to the creek beds we turned up
2 a.m. riding in your truck
And all I need is you next to me
We had the most amazing times together. I used to sneak out late at night and go visit him on his roof. Holding hands, we would take long drives around town early in the morning. It didn't matter where we went, as long as we were with each other.
Take me back to the time we had our very first fight
Slamming doors instead of kissing goodnight
You stayed outside until morning light
Oh my, my, my
Fighting wasn't an activity we did very often, so I still remember the very first fight we ever had. Will was angry at me because he thought that one of my close guy friends liked me. Technically, he was right, but he should've known that nothing would have ever happened between us. I was mad because I thought he didn't trust me and was just being a jealous idiot. I slammed the front door so hard when I went in that it almost fell off its hinges. The next morning when I woke up, I found Will sleeping on my front porch.
A few years have come and gone around
We were sitting at our favorite spot in town
You looked at me
Got down on one knee
We were still together a few years later. While eating dinner at the Paper Lantern one night, Will suddenly stopped eating and started staring at me. It had been years since we had first started dating, but I still flushed when he looked at me like that. That was the night he asked me to marry him. And of course I said yes.
Take me back to the time when we walked down the aisle
Our whole town came and our mamas cried
You said I do, I did too
Our wedding wasn't exactly small. We knew everyone in town, so there were many people there. I will never forget the day when we said our "I do's". The entire town watched as we became man and wife. And of course our moms cried as we did.
Take me home where we met so many years before
We'll rock our babies on the very front porch
All this time, you and I
I'll be 87 and you'll be 89
I'll still look at you like the stars that shine
In the sky, oh my, my, my
After our honeymoon, we went back to the house where we had first met. It was still exactly the same. We had so many memories there that we decided to buy it and raise our children there. It was on the front porch of that house that I rocked my first child to sleep.
So many years later, and Will and I are still inseparable. I still blush every time I see his eyes sparkle in the moonlight. I know we are going to grow old together, and I am still going to love seeing his gorgeous twinkling eyes.