A/N: All lyrics belong to Scotty McCreery. I have never written a song fic before and thought it would be best to start within an existing story. If this chapter gets deleted. I will re-post it without the lyrics. If not all BOLD words are lyrics and all ITALICIZED words are flashbacks.

Jethro climbed in his truck he was still apprehensive about this whole party thing. Especially since the girls were coming now. He had gotten so desperate that he had begged Jackson for extra chores. Unfortunately his dad agreed with the guys that he really needed to get out and have a little fun for a change. Jen was riding up with Lin and Frankie. As far as Jethro knew they were the only girls. Carly's parents had flat-out refused, Tammy had to do the reading at church the next day, being the president of SADD at Stillwater High Leslie had a good reason to avoid parties, and Shelby had about as much interest in partying as Jethro. Jenny typically hated parties too but Lin could rope her into almost everything. She was the one who convinced her to let him sleep with her in the first place. Even though the time Jenny got pregnant wasn't their first. In a way Lin was the reason they were having this baby in the first place. Jethro shook the thoughts away and turned on his car. He immediately recognized the song on the radio. It was typically one of his favorites but today. It was just eerily close to his premonition. Mainly because the first three verses were so similar to how his and Jen's relationship began.

"You were sitting on that Silverado

bumper.

Outside our locker room after the game.

Glowing in the tan you got that summer.

And I walked by and you said "hey"

And that night's still clear as day."

Jethro walked out of Stillwater High's athletic locker room. Due to limited space the middle school grades of Stillwater K-8 shared all athletic fields and the field house with Stillwater High. Typically he would sit on the cars and watch the high schoolers play with the other middle schoolers. Well he did last year but this year was different. For the other kids on his team it was just the first game of the season but for him. It was his first game since his mom died. He hadn't even wanted to play that year but Jack had made him. Insisting that he keep his life as normal as possible. He shook away his painful thoughts and looked up. Sitting on the bumper of the Silverado belonging to the eldest Porter child Tyler was Jenny. It was only March but she was already glowing in tan. Something very special for a fair-skinned red-head like her. As he walked past Jenny looked up at him and said hey. He felt like he was floating for days. That was his first smile and feeling of peace since his mom died two months earlier. The memory really was still clear as day.

First time we ever beat East Lincoln

County.

Big party down at Ricky Bowman's place.

You walked up and threw your arms

around me.

You whispered you love to watch me play.

Yeah that night's still clear as day.

The first time they ever bear East Columbia County High. Was a huge victory for Stillwater High's baseball team. Even if it was just an end of summer charity tournament to raise money for a Junior at East County who had been hit by a train coming home from a band competition with Stillwater High at the start of the summer. They hadn't won a game to that school in nearly forty years. Naturally Frankie Porter threw a huge party. Both his parents were out-of-town at some big conference for school administrators. Some of the bleeding heart types at Stillwater High had wanted to hand the win over to East County but the more realistic like Jethro insisted all that mattered was that they had raised over a thousand dollars for the kid's medical bills. The victory coupled with his parents being out-of-town at a big school administrators conference in Philadelphia. Gave Frankie an excuse to throw a party. Jethro watched Jenny sit at the table and talk with Lin. It had been almost exactly two years ago at Frankie's fourteenth birthday party. Where he first realized what he felt for Jen was love. Unfortunately she had said they were too young. When they got to high school she dated a couple of guys and he had three disastrous relationships during Freshman year. Now both were finally single at the same time again. Much to his surprise Jenny rose from her seat and walked up to him. She threw her arms around him and exclaimed that she loved to watch him play. That really was clear as day as well.

There ain't one second time erased.

Every detail is still in place.

You hold on to what you love.

Some things never fade.

And that night's still clear as day.

We went to catch some fresh air on the

back porch.

And I slid my class ring on to the cross on

your gold chain.

And you backed my back against those

cedar clapboards.

And my lips ain't never been kissed that

way.

And that night's still clear as day.

The song had ended long before Jethro arrived at Tyler Porter's apartment. Tyler worked for a small heating and cooling business in Scranton Pennsylvania. Which was roughly a sixty-five minute drive. He had reluctantly agreed to host Jethro's party and buy beer for the kids. As long as Jenny didn't drink and anybody who did promised to stay over. Jethro didn't see why he was going he barely knew half the kids who would be there. They were Frankie's friends from the football team and a few kids he had met in Scranton when he visited his brother. The party started out OK but quickly got way out of hand. Jethro and Jenny decided to go out for some fresh air right around the time Tyler started screaming that if they didn't cool it he would not only call the cops but everybody's parents as well. They were literally the only ones who hadn't been drinking or acting like jerks. So they walked out to the back porch. Jethro slid his class ring off of his ring finger and slipped it on to the cross on Jenny's gold-chain. The cross and chain had been a gift from Lin at Jenny's baby shower. Jethro wasn't sure how he felt about Jenny revisiting her faith. On one hand it may be hard to raise their kid but on the other one of them should put aside their pain and have faith. Jenny smiled and backed him up against the wooden paneling on the porch wall that separated Tyler's apartment from the adjoining unit. Even in the two years he had dated Jenny. Jethro had never been kissed like that. It was magical and he knew right then and there that this night would be clear as day as well. Unfortunately what he didn't know at the time was why.

There ain't one second time erased.

Every detail is still in place.

You hold on to what you love.

Some things never fade.

And that night's still clear as day.

Jethro and Jenny had just finished their kiss. When Tyler stuck his head out of the back-door and informed them that he'd had enough and everybody had ten minutes to get out before he called the police. He had already called his own parents and they would soon be picking up Frankie.

I walked you out to your brother's Silverado.

When he got behind the wheel he seemed OK.

Last thing you said was I'll call you

tomorrow.

But that's a call you never got to make

They blamed it on the fog and pouring

rain.

That night's still clear as day.

Jethro walked Jenny to the Silverado, Frankie shared with Lin. Since Lin seemed OK. She would be driving G, Sam, and Jenny home. Jethro didn't feel guilty about it. Especially since they were all talking about stopping for food and Jethro just wanted to get home and do a little woodworking before bed. Jenny decided to spend the night with Lin since they had plans for the next day. Little did she or Jethro know. That was a call she would never get to make. Just as everybody was leaving the party the sky broke open. It was foggy and pouring rain when the kids were driving home. Jethro made it home just fine and went to work on the crib he was building for the baby. Still feeling nervous he put on his pajamas and climbed into bed. He was just falling asleep. When he heard footsteps on the basement stairs. Assuming that it was Jenny coming home for the night after all. He smiled and scooted towards the west side of the bed. He heard the pocket door slide open. The smell of sawdust and the cleaning solution Jack used in the store. Tipped him off that it was his father and not Jenny.

"Leroy! You have to get up now!" Jack called.

"What's going on?" Jethro asked climbing out of bed.

"We have to get to the hospital right away." Jack replied.

"What's wrong? Is Tony OK?" Jethro asked.

"It's not Tony, it's Jenny. Jack replied.

"What happened? Is she OK? Is the baby OK?" Jethro asked.

"There was a car accident. The Porter's blamed it on the fog and rain but after hearing about Frankie it wouldn't surprise me if Lin had been drinking." Jack explained.

"How are Jenny and the baby?!" Jethro demanded.

"The baby is OK but Jenny... Jenny was dead upon arrival at the hospital. Lin walked away, G is hurt pretty bad but should be OK, and Sam I am sorry Leroy but Sam didn't make it either. From what I understand. Lin was driving and Jen was in the front seat. G was in the backseat behind Jen and Sam was riding in the bed of the truck when they side swiped a building. Sam was thrown from the back and broke his neck he died on impact. Jen saw the crash coming and turned herself to protect the baby. Her head went through the windshield and she bled out." Jack explained.

"And that night's clear as day." Jethro whispered to himself.

A/N: At least the baby survived. How will Jethro cope with raising the baby on his own. New chapter will be up soon. Please review and thanks for reading.