Falling Slowly

Tailgating in the Fire Light

Ashley's POV:

I must've fallen asleep in the truck because the next thing I know was a hand shaking my shoulder softly.

"Darlin', time to go inside," Luke whispered.

I groaned.

"Emily honey, you gotta wake up," I heard Blake call softly. It sounded like he was by the driver's side door.

"Blake we ain't gonna get these lazy bums up so lets just carry them in and save us some time," Luke suggested.

"Good idea."

I felt some weight being lifted from my left shoulder and assumed that it was Emily's head. Luke's arms wrapped around me and he scooped me up. I put my head on his shoulder and rested my face against his neck.

"Luke! Be careful of her wrist!" Jason quietly hissed.

"Jason I'm not an idiot!" Luke growled.

"That's debatable," Tim said.

I felt Luke's hand move on my back and knew the he was flipping Tim off.

I smiled and fell back asleep.

*A few hours later*

"IF YOU WANNA CALL ME, CALL ME, CALL ME, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY 'BOUT IT BABY! YOU CAN WAKE ME UP IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT! WRECK MY PLANS, BABY THAT'S ALRIGHT!" Luke woke me up, singing at the top of his lungs.

"LUKE!" I yelled. "I'M TRYIN' TO SLEEP!"

The door to the bedroom opened and Luke walked in. "THIS IS A DROP EVERYTHING KIND OF THING! SWING ON BY I'LL POUR YOU A DRINK! THE DOOR'S UNLOCKED, I'LL LEAVE ON THE LIGHTS! BABY YOU CAN CRASH MY PARTY ANYTIME!"

I threw a pillow at him and buried my head under the other one. This is one of the bad things about dating a singer.

Luke jumped on the bed and kneeled next to me. He started bouncing on the bed. "Come on baby girl! Time to wake up!"

"Luke, I swear, if ya don't stop that bouncing I'm gonna shove you off this bed!" I growled.

"I'm soooo scared!" Luke teased.

Just for that I turned over and pushed him off the bed.

"Hey!" Luke whined, sitting on the floor, pouting.

I shrugged. "I warned ya."

When I glanced outside I saw it was pitch black. The clock read 1:38am.

"LUKE! IT'S ONE IN THE MORNIN'! WHY'D YA WAKE ME UP?!" I yelled at him.

Luke got up and crawled into bed next to me. "Well I was really bored and the boys all left. I just wanted someone to play with."

His big brown eyes bore into my light blue ones and I knew I couldn't stay mad at him. "Okay Baby. Whadda ya wanna do?"

"Bonfire?" Luke suggested.

I kissed him.

"Sounds perfect," I whispered against his lips.

He got it ready as I changed into some jeans, boots, a blue plaid shirt, and my camo hat.

I walked outside and saw my truck by the fire with the bed facing it. I got the tailgate down and hopped up on it, staring at the fire.

"She was sittin' all alone over on the tailgate. Tan legs swingin' by a Georgia plate. I was lookin' for her boyfriend, thinkin' no way she ain't got one," Luke sang as he walked over to my, knowing it was my favorite song. He plopped down next to me. "Soon as I sat down, I was fallin' in love. Tryin' to pour a little sugar in her Dixie cup. Talkin' over the speakers in the back of that truck, she jumped up and cut me off! She was like-"

"Oh my god! This is my song! I've been listenin' to the the radio all night long. Sittin' 'round waitin' for it to come on, and here it is," I cut in.

"She was like-"

"Come here boy. I wanna dance." I grabbed his hand and pulled him up so we were standing in the bed of my truck. Then I pulled him close and we started swaying to Luke's voice.

" 'Fore I said a word she was takin' my hand. Spinnin' me 'round 'til it faded out and she gave me a kiss. And she said-"

I kissed him and whispered in his ear, "Play it again, play it again, play it again."

Luke had is arms around my waist with his head resting against mine. "And I said play it again, play it again, play it again."

We danced slowly around the turck as Luke hummed the rest of the song.

When it ended I pulled my head back and looked into his eyes. The fire light made them glow and look even more beautiful. I leaned in and gave him a light kiss. Everything was perfect.

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