A/N: I DON'T OWN ANY OF THE SONGS IN THIS CHAPTER, HOWEVER, IN THIS STORY, KATIE WRITES AND SINGS THEM.
So it's been a few months since Joe and I had that fight and we're doing better. A lot better. We've been home visiting family and our kids. It's been an amazing trip so far. Connor is crawling already and it broke my heart that I wasn't there to witness it for the first time but I had a job to do.
I was sitting in the living room with Joelle and Connor. Joe was somewhere else in the house. I'm not really sure where. Joelle wanted to watch Spongebob and, of course, I always watched it with her. It's become our tradition while Joe and I were home.
"Babe." Joe said.
I looked up at him and he had a book. My song book.
"I didn't know you wrote songs." he said.
"I didn't really want you to. Or anybody." I said.
"These are really good babe."
I got up, grabbed the book from him and walked to the bedroom, shutting the door. I sat down on the bed. The door opened and I looked up to see Joe standing in the doorway. He walked over and sat down beside me.
"Why didn't you want me to see them?" he asked.
"Because, Joe, every song in here is about something I went through. Most of it about ex boyfriends. I don't want you to read them and think I'm still into them. I wrote these periodically throughout my life. I never wanted to see them because I don't plan on doing anything with them. They're just songs I wrote." I said.
"Sweetheart, listen, I read those songs before I brought them out to you. They're good. I don't care if they're about your ex boyfriends. You should sing them and record them. People deserve to hear your art and you deserve to make something out of them. Don't hide them." he said.
"I don't know if I can." I said.
"Sure you can. Ask your uncle John to get in touch with Joe Nichols and then go from there." he said.
"Are you sure? I don't want to start recording them and then you feel...."
"Katie." he said cutting me off. "I am only going to feel proud of my beautiful, talented wife."
I smiled at him. "Okay. I'll call him."
***
I was at the studio with Joe, my uncle John, Jon and Joe Nichols. Today I was recording my songs and I really was happy about it.
"Okay. Let's record Sometimes You Leave." Joe Nichols said.
I walked into the area with the microphone and the music started. Joe was smiling at me and I couldn't help but smile back.
"All the rain drops in the sky at night can't compare with all the pain and all the tears I've cried. But now, I'm done. All the make believe locked in this picture frame is gonna stay behind along with all the burning rage that's been tearing through my heart. It's killing me slowly. Every beat, I was falling apart. Sometimes you give. Sometimes they take. Sometimes you bend and sometimes they break you down. Sometimes you stick around trying to change them, make them someone that they'll never be. And sometimes you leave. All this time I've spent staring at the door, I never had the strength to pack my bags and leave before. But now, I'm done lying to myself when it's clear that you're not the one. Sometimes you give. Sometimes they take. Sometimes you bend sometimes they break you down. Sometimes you stick around trying to change them, make them someone that they'll never be. And sometimes you leave. When there's nothing left for me to leave behind and you're already too far gone to say goodbye. Sometimes you give. Sometimes they take. Sometimes you bend and sometimes they break you down. Sometimes you stick around trying to change them, make them someone that they'll never be. And sometimes you leave. Sometimes you leave."
"That was amazing." uncle John said smiling.
All of the guys just looked at me with their mouths dropped. I guess I really did good.
"Okay. Katie. I want you to sing the one you wrote for Joe." Joe Nichols said.
"Seriously?" I asked.
"You wrote one for me?" Joe asked.
"Yeah." I said.
"Let's hear it." he said.
"Okay. This one's called Look At Me." Joe Nichols announced.
The music started.
"I would bet my life like I bet my heart that you were the one baby. I've never been so sure of anything before. You're driving my heart crazy. I can't hold out. I can't hold back now like I've done before. Darling look at me. I've fallen like a fool for you. Darling can't you see I'd do anything you want me to. I tell myself I'm in too deep then I fall a little farther every time you look at me. How do you do that, babe, make me feel like I'm the only girl alive for you. I don't know what it is that makes me fall like this. First time in your arms I knew. The way you held me I knew this could be what I've been waiting to find. Darling look at me. I've fallen like a fool for you. Darling can't you see I'd do anything you want me to. I tell myself I'm in too deep then I fall a little farther every time you look at me. Every time you look at me." The music ended.
I looked up to Joe smiling at me. He walked in and pulled me into him. "I'm so in love with you it's crazy. You're amazing, beautiful, talented. Everything I have ever wished for. And I fall for you every time you look at me too." he said. He leaned down and kissed me.
Once we were done recording all of the songs, we decided that it was time to wrap it up and go home. It was amazing to record the songs that were rightfully mine and it was amazing to know that Joe was extremely proud of me for it.
