Piece 8: Before Your Love
I never lived before your love I never felt before your touch I never needed anyone to make me feel alive But then again I wasn't really living I never lived before your love
I wanted more than just an ordinary life All of my dreams seem like castles in the sky I stand before you and my heart is in your hands And I don't know how I survived without your kiss Cuz you've given me a reason to exist
I never lived before your love I never felt before your touch I never needed anyone to make me feel alive But then again I wasn't really living I never lived before your love I never lived before your love
And I don't know why, why the sun decides to shine But you've breathed your love into me just in time
I never lived before your love I never felt before your touch I never needed anyone to make me feel alive But then again I wasn't really living I never lived I never lived before your love
-Before Your Love; Kelly Clarkson
(single)
Nick looked down at her sleeping form snuggled up against him. She was beautiful and the best part was, she was his. He'd never felt so alive and he had no idea how he'd made it as far as he had without her.
“Kel,” he whispered, shaking her shoulder in an attempt to wake her up. He just needed to see her eyes once more before he fell asleep. “Kel, you didn't say goodnight,” he joked as Kelly's eyes opened and she looked at him, not amused.
“One thing you need to know, if you're gonna sleep with me, mister,” she poked his bare stomach, “never wake me up unless the house, bus, car, hotel, whatever, is on fire. Got that?”
“Got it,” Nick grinned.
“Gosh, I must be in love,” Kelly laughed, running her fingernails across his chest lightly.
“Why's that?”
“'Cause I actually didn't care that you woke me up.”
He gave her that half grin that made all the girls swoon--including Kelly. “Well, I love you, too, dearie.”
“Yeah, you better. I don't sleep with people who don't love me.”
“Gee, it takes a lot to get into your bed, doesn't it?”
“These legs stay closed, baby.”
Nick laughed, shaking his head at her. She was weird. “Not for me.”
“Yeah, well . . .” Kelly giggled as he leaned over, kissing her neck, his hair tickling her skin.
