Hey guys!  This is based on a song called “I Learned That From You” by Sara Evans.  But I’m adding some stuff.  So it’ll be a bit different.

I Learned That From You

            I remember when we first met.  We were in our senior year of high school, and I was a new student.  I was having trouble finding my classes, so you helped me.  We started talking, and at the end of the day, you found me and asked me if I wanted to go out with you that night.  I said yes, because you seemed nice.

            When you picked me up in your daddy’s old Chevy, my daddy asked you to come in.  We all talked for a little while, and both of my parents loved you.  So we left to go to the diner.

            We went out many times after that first day, and then you asked me to go steady.  I told you yes right away, because I thought I had fallen in love.

            When we were going steady, we would just drive around town in your daddy’s old Chevy, like we were goin’ somewhere.  The year went by quickly, and summer came.  We thought that that summer would last us forever, that goin’ steady was just somethin’ you do.

            I didn’t know much about love, but I learned that from you.  I learned how to kiss on a ferris wheel, and we would go to wishing wells and I would make wishes.  I always wished that we would marry one day and stay together forever.  I fell into the fairy tale of love.

            Then you got a call to go fight in World War II.  When you told me, my heart broke.  But then you got down on your knees and asked me to marry you.  My heart was put back together.  I was so happy.

            So when you left to go fight, I stayed home and waited for you.  We had decided not to tell anyone that we were engaged until you came back and we could actually get married.  I used to walk around in a lively, ecstatic mood everyday, and everyone would ask me why I was so happy.  But after awhile, I was still happy, but it had been about a year since you had left.  You wrote to me almost everyday, and I wrote back, but because of your duty to war, you eventually had to stop writing, because of secrecy.

            But then one day, about two years after that fateful day when you asked me to marry you, I heard a knock on the door.  I was alone in the house, so I got up to answer it.  As soon as I saw you on the door, I jumped into your arms.

            We got married soon afterwards.  Our marriage started out great.  We were in love, and about two months after we married, I became pregnant.  We were both so happy.

            So I had your daughter.  You loved her with all your heart, but you had also hoped for a boy.  You at least wanted a boy first, so that your daughter could have a “protective older brother”.

            Years passed, and we didn’t have any more children.  Our love had started to wear out, and you started to go out to bars every night after work.  You would come home late and fall asleep in the bed right away.  The only thing you did before you stumbled into the bed was stop to kiss your daughter’s head.  At least you showed her affection and loved her, even though you got drunk every night, I thought.

            But the nights got later and later, and I eventually I just started to go to bed instead of stay up waiting for you.  I never knew nothin’ ‘bout lonely, but I learned that from you.  Now I know that love ain’t so easy, but we tried.  But I learned that some dreams weren’t meant to come true.

            So one night I left you a note.  I told that I’d always miss you, then I let you go.  I left with our daughter.

            So now I’m living outside of some town I ain’t heard of.  I think about the boy that I knew in high school.  The boy that I had fallen in love with, not the one that grew up to go to bars every night and neglect his wife and only daughter.  I didn’t know that you could fall out of love.  But I learned that from you too.

            Every night I think about when we were in love.  I remember how we drove around in your daddy’s old Chevy, with the windows rolled down, and the wind in my hair…

            But those were better times.  Then I lived in my teenage girl fantasy.

            Now I live in real life.

***End***

Was that good?  Please tell the truth.  But please be nice!  Please review!  And please read and review my other stories:

Falling In London

An Honest Pirate

And my poem on my other account:

You Will Always Be

Oh, and here’re the lyrics to the song I based this on:

I remember the windows rolled down and the wind in my hair
Driving 'round in your Daddy's old Chevy
Like we were going somewhere

We thought that summer would last us forever
Going steady was just something you do
I didn't know much about love
I learned that from you

Now those were some good times
Lately they don't seem to last
I guess I'm not nearly as strong as a drink in your glass
And the nights just get later
I can stay up and wait or just go on to bed like I do
I never knew nothing about lonely
I learned from that you

And I learned how to kiss on a ferris wheel
And I made wishes at wishing wells
And I fell into that fairytale too
And I know that love ain't so easy
But we tried, didn't we baby
It's alright
Some dreams weren't meant to come true
I learned that from you

One night while the whole world was turning
I left you a note
And I told you that I'd always miss you
Then I let you go
I'm living outside of some town I ain't heard of
And I think about the boy I knew
I didn' t know you could fall out of love
I learned that from you

And I learned how to kiss on a ferris wheel
And I made wishes at wishing wells
And I fell into that fairytale too
And I know that love ain't so easy
But we tried, didn't we baby
It's alright
Some dreams weren't meant to come true
I learned that from you

I remember the windows rolled down
And the wind...

-Sara Evans, I Learned That From You

Thanks!

Farewell,

Alleyne

P.S.-Sorry this story is so short, I thought it would be a bit longer…

Alleyne