Disclaimer: I own nothing. Based on the book A Walk To Remember and the song I Loved Her First by Heartland.

Look at the two of you dancing that way
Lost in the moment and each others face
So much in love your alone in this place
Like there's nobody else in the world

Hegbert Sullivan knew as he looked at Jamie dancing with Landon Carter that she was right in marrying Landon, even if the union only lasted a few months.

I was enough for her not long ago
I was her number one
She told me so
And she still means the world to me
Just so you know
So be careful when you hold my girl

Hegbert knew that Landon would be careful with Jamie in the next months before their marriage came to an untimely end.

Time changes everything
Life must go on
And I'm not gonna stand in your way

Landon whispered something to Jamie and she laughed. Hegbert took a seat next to Landon's parents.

But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me

One of the first times Jamie had really, consciously smiled at him, when she was able to talk, had been when he'd presented her with her first Bible, her reward for learning how to read at age three.

I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
But it still hard to give her away
I loved her first

How could that beautiful woman with you
Be the same freckle face kid that I knew
The one that I read all those fairy tales to
And tucked into bed all those nights
And I knew the first time I saw you with her
It was only a matter of time

Cinderella had been her favorite fairy tale. Hegbert would always remember that.

But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
But its still hard to give her away
I loved her first

Hegbert had prayed that someday, a nice boy would love Jamie. Even after she was diagnosed with leukemia, he prayed all the more fervently that she would find someone to love that would love her until she died at a cruelly young age.

From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
Someday you might know what I'm going through
When a miracle smiles up at you
I loved her first

It was true. Hegbert had loved Jamie first, and he knew that he would always have a spot in Jamie's heart, but now it was Landon's turn to love Jamie, and Landon would be the one to love her last.