You and I: Wedding

It's been a long time since I came around
It's been a long time but I'm back in town
This time I'm not leaving with out you…

Married. Finally, I never thought it for myself. But, strangely it felt right, I felt right sitting next to him in a white dress. I looked at him, he was obviously nervous, there were too many people he didn't know, and didn't know how to react to all the music, the drinks, so I grabbed his hand. I hoped it would calm his nerves. It worked… for about a second and a half.

You taste like whiskey when you kiss me, oh
I'd give anything to be your baby doll
This time this time I'm not leaving without you…

"And now join us for our newlywed's first dance" the DJ told us. His eyes widened, he obviously had never had to dance before. Still holding his hand, I took him to the dance floor. Then they played it…  our song. We really hadn't been expecting this at all. He didn't want to dance at our wedding, and I didn't want to press the issue. He had already agreed to every ridiculous request I made about our wedding. Yet, here we were.

You said sit back down where you belong
In the corner of the bar with your high heels on
Sit back down on the couch were we
made love for the first time and you said to me

I grabbed him and there, in front of my family, his family… our family, I taught my husband how to dance. I put his hand on my waist and mine on his shoulder, and swayed. He was a bit awkward with it at first, I had to practically move him myself to get him used to the people staring at us.

There's something, something about this place
Something about lonely nights
And my lipstick on your face

He pulled me closer to his warm chest and swayed with me. I was really surprised at first, this wasn't like him then I began to laugh. Here we were dancing like two dorky teenagers at a school dance. That's when I distanced myself and grabbed his hands and swung us side-to-side.

Something, something about my cool Nebraska guy
Yeah there's something about baby
You and I

He figured it out finally, he started to swing me and twirl me in my dress. Both of us were singing the song, laughing hysterically about how ridiculous we looked. Standing in front of those we loved, without a clue in our heads to what we were doing. It didn't matter to us anymore, we were having fun at last. The world wasn't awkward, it was just us. Staring in each other eyes.

It's been a year or two since I let you go
I couldn't listen to a joke or rock and roll
And muscle cars drove a truck right though my heart.

I then leaned up to  whisper in his ear "You're doing great." I almost tripped in my heels being as I've never walked in them, luckily he caught me as the crowds slightly giggled at my failure to slow dance, but it brought us close again, and I hardly minded that.

On my birthday you sang me a heart of gold
With a guitar humming and no clothes
This time I'm not leaving without you

Thinking, I've stood there and acted like an idiot long enough, I felt daring and, and grabbed his older brother, no my brother in law- and began to dance with him. The crowed giggled. I whispered in his ear "Help me make your brother feel a little less awkward." Of course, this only added to his embarrassment.

sit back down where you belong
In the corner of the bar with your high heels on
Sit back down on the couch were we
made love for the first time and you said to me

He walked over to my little sister, and she looked at him as if he was insane, with a certain terror that only she could posses,  a look that said "If you even THINK I would dance with you, you are crazier than I thought" my father then nudged her to get up and dance with my husband, and with a roll over her eyes and a sigh, she reluctantly agreed.

There's something, something about this place
Something about lonely nights
And my lipstick on your face

"C'mon you guys, help a sister out! Don't leave us so alone up on this stage." People finally got up on the dance floor, slow dancing with their date, and if not with a date, were clapping to the beat. I broke away from the dance and politely thanked my brother in law for the nice dance, as I found my sister to cut in with her dance. I doubt that she had ever been so happy to see me before. She rather quickly gave up my husband and went to go sit back down.

Something, something about my cool Nebraska guy
Yeah something about
You and I

As I attempted to be in my dearest's arms again, I found myself pulled away… my old lover. He looked at me with a saddened longing, but past it, you could see a certain happiness. I would give him this dance, as sort of a parting gift, he deserved it..  Sadly, our ship sailed five years ago. I don't think either of us would have had it any other way.

You and I
You, You and I
I'd rather die

As soon as I was able to get away I did, to attempted to be in my husbands arms, and yet again I found myself in the best man's arms. He laughed into my ear and said some nonsense about how my husband couldn't dance and it was rather pathetic and heartbreaking to watch us make fools of ourselves. That was his way of congratulating us. He always had a gauche way with words.

Without you and I
You and I
You, you and I

Somewhere in the groomsmen and congratulatory dances, I finally found myself back into my husband's arms. I asked him if he felt better now. He closed his eyes and told me he had never been better. I laughed and we finally made it to a table to sit at to watch all of the people dancing, it was magical, we just sat there singing our song, me leaning on his shoulder almost crying in happiness.

You, you and I
You, you and I
C'mon!

To think this all happened in a four minute time span. It went by so fast, and yet, not nearly long enough. We were relieved we made it through that, our first dance, and presumably our last. Not that either of us were going to attempt to take on the dance floor anytime soon. I looked into my husband's eyes, and saw our forever after.

It's been along time
It's been long time, but I'm back in town
And this time I'm not leaving without you