The Singer's Daughter (A Luke Bryan Story)

Uncle Jason

Another month later Luke and I walked backstage before his concert. I saw Blake and wiggled out of Luke's grasp,  before sprinting over to him.

"Uncle Blake!" I cried as I hugged his legs.

"Hey kiddo!" Blake greeted me, picking me up. "How've ya been?"

"Good. I missed you," I told him.

Blake hugged me. "Awww. Darlin', I missed ya too."

"Who's this pretty gal, Blake?" a man Blake was talking to before I ran over asked.

"Jason, this is Peyton,  Luke's daughter," Blake explained. "Peyt, this is your Uncle Jason."

"I didn't know Luke had a kid. Well it's nice to meet ya Peyton," Jason said.

"Nice to meet ya too Uncle Jason," I replied. 

"Blake! Quit tryin' to steal my daughter from me!" I heard Luke yell.

Blake turned and faced him. "Too late buddy! She's mine now!" Then he looked at me. "Ain't that right kiddo?"

"No," I giggled and climbed into Luke's arms again.

They all talked for a while until someone yelled that Luke was on in five minutes. 

"Alright I gotta go baby girl," Luke told me, passing me to Blake. 

"Where are you going?" I asked,  on the verge of tears.

"Honey, I ain't goin' very far," Luke reassured me.  He pointed towards the stage. "I'm gonna be right there. You'll be able to see me the whole time."

"You'll come back?"

Luke smiled and ran his hand through my long brown hair. "Of course I'm comin' back. I wouldn't ever leave ya. Now I gotta go sweetheart. I'll see you after I'm done performin'.  Love ya." He gave me a kiss on my forehead.

"Love ya too Daddy!" I called as he started walking towards the stage.

Luke smiled at me over his shoulder before heading up onstage. 

As Luke started singing "Country Man" Blake put me down and started dancing with me and so did Jason. Jason grabbed my hand and spun me around before spinning me back the other way.

Then we heard Luke say, "Give it up for my daughter Peyton and my bust buddies, Blake Shelton and Jason Aldean for their awesome dancin'!"

We turned to towards the stage and saw a camera pointed at us with our images on the big screens.  Luke waved us over and Blake and Jason each grabbed one of my hands, dragging me onstage with them and Luke.  The music continued to play and we all started dancing again. The crowd was going crazy!

When the song ended Luke picked me up and said into the mic, "Everyone,  this is my daughter Peyton."

"Hey Peyton!" The crowd screamed.

I waved. "Howdy y'all."

"Now I believe I may be the luckiest man in the world to have a girl as awesome as her in my life," Luke continued. "I'm like every other southern daddy. I'm very protective of my little girl. No boy had better try to get to my daughter within shootin' range of my 22. Who else is a dad or has a dad that is like that?"

The crowd let out a loud yell.

Luke laughed. "That reminds me of a song by Rodney Atkins.  And that is the next song I'm gonna sing with the help of Blake and Jason, for all them boys that will wanna date my baby girl when she grows up."

They sang 'Cleaning This Gun' and the crowd was whooping and hollering when they finished.

"Alright sweetheart, I gotta continue on with the show so ya gotta go back with Uncle Blake and Uncle Jason," Luke told me.

"Alright," I said and gave him a hug around his neck before kissing his cheek. "Love ya Daddy!"

.

Luke gave me a kiss back. "Love ya too Peyt."

The crowd let out a loud "Awwww!"

Jason grabbed me and sat me on his shoulders. "Let's go girly so yer daddy can get back to work."

I giggled and hugged his head as we followed Blake backstage.