Wide Open Spaces

To Make You Feel My Love

Lindsey and his band the Desert Dogs are all set up and people are spread out on the grass on blankets. The turn out was phenomenal and it made Lindsey nervous. He focused on Stevie as he went through his set of Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz, and a little Dave Matthews for good measure. Everyone was having fun and the cheers he received after every song got him more excited, bringing him out of his shell a little. Stevie was amazed. He was on fire! He looked so handsome as he ran his hands through his curls. She looked him up and down, imagining what life used to be like with him. Before Brock they were practically together without labels. She was looking for someone totally opposite from Lindsey, the old Lindsey but what she got was so much worse. She looked up at him with tears in her eyes as his set suddenly shifted gears. A soft melody was being played and still he looked right at her. He looked concerned at first, wondering why she was crying but it faded as he began to sing. It was if she were the only one there.

When the rain
Is blowing in your face
And the whole world
Is on your case
I could offer you
A warm embrace
To make you feel my love

When the evening shadows
And the stars appear
And there is no one there
To dry your tears
I could hold you
For a million years
To make you feel my love

Stevie's tears picked up in intensity and she had to close her eyes. Her children were playing around with friends and she was lucky they weren't there to witness her pain.

I know you
Haven't made
Your mind up yet
But I would never
Do you wrong
I've known it
From the moment
That we met
No doubt in my mind
Where you belong

I'd go hungry
I'd go black and blue
I'd go crawling
Down the avenue
No, there's nothing
That I wouldn't do
To make you feel my love

Tears were in Lindsey's eyes too but he pushed on. He practiced this song a million times and even sang it in the shower but now, in front of her, it was much harder to do.

The storms are raging
On the rolling sea
And on the highway of regret
Though winds of change
Are throwing wild and free
You ain't seen nothing
Like me yet

I could make you happy
Make your dreams come true
Nothing that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends
Of the Earth for you
To make you feel my love

He finished playing and sat down his guitar. "Thank you" he said softly and left the stage. Stevie had to walk away, she was inconsolable by the end and she couldn't face him.

"Baby" he says, coming up behind her. "Don't hide from me"

"I'm so sorry, Lindsey. You did a beautiful, beautiful job" she sobs. She inhaled deeply, consumed with tears and he embraces her. "Everyone in the world has done a version of this song and for some reason, yours is the only one I ever want to hear again" she says when she's finally calming down.

"That's such an honor, Stevie"

"I love you" she says, willing herself to hold it together. She can't get a grip.

"I love you too"

"I don't want to go, but I have to" she confesses

"No you don't, stay"

"I can't..." she says. He kisses the top of her head and holds her like it's the very last time. He doesn't push her further.

"Do you want me to cut my set and take you home?"