Lucky
Jesse and Rachel sat on stools in Joe's Pub for the annual benefit. The two singers had already done several of their favorite songs, the set list varied; it had everything from show tunes to pop. Both had loved every song that they had sung. Before each number they had done the pair took a couple minutes to explain why they had picked that song to sing and what it means them.
As the last notes of "Not while I'm around" played Jesse reached over and gently wiped at the tears that were making their way down Rachel's cheek. Rachel leaned over and kissed his cheek as the crowd clapped. The couple laughed.
"Let's do something happier!" Rachel said into the mike. Jesse and the audience laughed.
"So I heard this song and called Jesse and I was like 'Oh, there's this song and every time I listen it, I think about you and it reminds me of us." She gestured between Jesse and herself. "And it makes me so happy." Rachel smiled softly as Jesse rearranged his stool. "And he was like 'Oh what's the song? So I told him the name of the song and he goes 'I love that song and think about you every time I hear it!'" Jesse shook his head.
"Thanks Rachel."
"What?"
"There goes my reputation." He quipped. Rachel ignored him and continued her story.
"So anyways this is our theme song!"
"We have a theme song?"
"Can it St. James and sing."
"I don't know if I want to sing with you if we have a theme song." Rachel glared at him.
"Hit it." Jesse nodded to the band a few feet away.
Jesse
Do you hear me?
I'm talking to you
Across the water across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky, oh my, baby I'm trying
Rachel
Boy I hear you in my dreams
I feel your whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard
Both
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh the crowd laughed as Jesse and Rachel put their heads together and bobbed theirs together in time with the "Oh's"
Both
They don't know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I'll wait for you I promise you, I will
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday
Jesse
And so I'm sailing through the sea
To an island where we'll meet
You'll hear the music fill the air, Jesse reached over and stroked Rachel's hair,
I'll put a flower in your extensions…. Everybody cracked up, Jesse was laughing so hard he almost fell off his chair.
"I've done nothing!" Rachel yelled. Jesse and the crowd continued to laugh. Rachel reached over and patted Jesse's shoulder.
"I still love you." Jesse doubled over again snickering.
Rachel
Though the breezes through trees
Move so pretty you're all I see
As the world keeps spinning round
You hold me right here right now
Both
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
I'm lucky we're in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday
Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
As the crowd clapped and Jesse pulled Rachel into a one –armed hug and pressed a kiss to her forehead. They took a quick break to allow their voices to rest before they moved on to the next set.
"The songs right you know." Jesse said as they waited for the band to come back.
"Right about what?"
"I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend."