Clay stopped in the center of the stage with one hand and his face raised to the ceiling. He suddenly yelled into the microphone, “I love Katie Parker!” The audience screamed and out of the blue a very large bouncer was escorting her to the steps leading up to the stage, Clay thrusting his free hand out pulling her up the last stair. Immediately, he drew her close and kissed her knuckles looking at her with glistening eyes, the music loud and the lights hot on the infamous platform. Beads of sweat trickled down his temple as he sang to her in front of millions of viewers.
“I miss you darlin’ when you’re gone.
Nothin’ bout our love is wrong. I need you baby.
You gotta know by now that you drive me crazy…”
Katie giggled bashfully, too shy to look out into the audience, her eyes fixated on Clay’s as she bit her bottom lip.
“Lookin’ over the river, at the moon and the stars, they make us shiver.
Drinkin’ in the neon lights, stayin’ up all night.
Let’s keep dancin’ real slow…”
He pulled her into his chest and they swayed together to the beat of the song.
“Baby tell me, I gotta know.
What would happen if…
We stayed in bed all day long and I wrote you a love song, yeah.
What would happen if…
You promised to stay by my side, oh our love is somethin’ I can’t hide.
What would happen if…”
He chuckled at her shyness tucking her hair behind her ear and tilting her face up by the chin as the band went into the bridge of the song.
“You have my heart. We belong together. I want this love to last forever.”
“I do, Pretty Girl,” he said, kissing her on the cheek. The band brought the music down a notch and Clay looked out into the crowd. “Sing it with me!”
The entire crowd sang along, their voices sharing the unforgettable moment that was Katie and Clay’s.
“What would happen if…
We stayed in bed all day long and I wrote you a love song, yeah.
What would happen if…You promised to stay by my side, oh our love is somethin’ I can’t hide. What would happen if…”
Clay sang the tag on his own staring into her eyes. She was floating, as if in a dream, the gold flecks in his eyes bold, drawing her into his strong love.
“This is our forever. Forever. Forever…Let’s make it happen.”
Throwing his arms around her, they embraced to a thunderous roar of applause, his voice barely audible when he whispered, “I love you” in her ear again. She would never get tired of those three little words, and she would never forget the magic that was Georgia Clay.
