Disclaimer: I do not own South of Nowhere or anything related to it. Most likely never will (There's always hope that one day I'll be rich and famous :) But until then nada)
AN: So this is just a little short story I've whipped up. So there'll be a couple more chapters after this one. Enjoy!
It was turning into another scorcher of a day today. Even worse it seemed like this day might never end. Spencer had been up since the crack of dawn trying to get everything ready to go and now she had nowhere to go. She just had to sit around and wait, hoping that someone would come along that wanted to buy some of the wares she was trying to sell.
She leaned back in the chair she was sitting in and kicked her feet up on the tailgate of the truck. She pulled the cowboy hat she had on her head down over her eyes. It didn't seem as though she'd have any customers any time soon so she decided it would be worth it to try and catch a few minutes of sleep.
She sat for a few minutes thinking about how good it felt to relax. This was the busy season. She was outside most of the summer. There was everything to do from harvesting crops that were grown on parts of their property to hauling hay which was cut on another part. She couldn't complain too much though, being in the sun had certain benefits. She always sported a deep tan and in the summer months her hair took on more of a golden color as opposed the dirty blonde it was naturally.
Just as her breathing had started to even out and she'd lightly drifted off the sound of an approaching vehicle pulled her from her slumber. Spencer took her feet down from where they were perched on the tailgate and pulled her hat off of her face. She couldn't be absolutely positive at this point, but it looked like some fancy sports car.
She waited until it approached to further assess what was coming her way. She noticed that the car started to slow down as it approached. It was a black convertible, the top was down, and in the driver's seat sat a dark headed woman who looked to be about her age. Spencer thought she was one of the most beautiful women she'd ever seen.
"Ugh, thank God I finally found some kind of life form. I'm south of nowhere and there's like no cell reception out here," the dark headed woman said with a hint of disgust in her tone. "Can you tell me where the hell I'm at and how to get out of here and back to civilization? I'd like to get the hell out of this backwoods, redneck hick country as soon as possible." She said as she turned off the car and stepped out of it.
"Yes ma'am," Spencer replied in as polite a manner as she could muster. She didn't appreciate city people coming down here and just assuming the worst about everyone and everything here.
"And don't call me ma'am," the woman interrupted her next line, which were going to be directions on how to get out of here as quickly as possible, as she walked towards her. "If you're going to call me something, call me Ashley. And what's all this stuff?" She asked, looking at what was laid out on the truck's bed and tailgate.
Glancing at the car once more she notice a vanity plate that read Hollywood. That explained the woman's stereotypical thinking that she had just spouted out loud. "It's produce," Spencer pointed out. "You know fruits and vegetables," she said standing up out of the chair where she had been seated and placing the cowboy hat back on the top of her head.
"Okay, got it. But what are you doing with it out here?" she asked.
"Oh I like to take it for a drive in the afternoon and got tired and pulled over. Thought I might take a nap before I drove it back home," she smiled a crooked smile at Ashley. "It's extra that could go to waste, so I'm out here trying to sell it, so I don't have to take it back home and find something to do with it before it does. Despite what you may be thinking this road does get a pretty good flow of traffic and is the best place to have it out."
"Oh, such a smartass," Ashley replied, but giving her a nose crinkling smile as the same time.
"I have my moments. Can I ask you something?"
"You just did, but if there's something else you'd like to know, sure go ahead."
"If you hate it out here so much what are you even doing here in the first place?"
"My lawyers were looking over all of my estate and discovered a document that contained the deed to a piece of land out here. Apparently my father owned it before he died and in the transfer of his estate to mine it was lost in the shuffle and only now discovered. Along with the deed they found a note that was made that I had to at least view the property in person first before I am allowed to do anything with it. So, here I am. I came out and looked. It is what it is, and now I just…"
"Want to get the hell out of this backwoods, redneck hick place and back to the land of people who know all in Hollywood," she finished for Ashley. There was a bite to her tone that warned Ashley she didn't like the things she had said a few minutes ago.
Ashley stood there dumbfounded by what had just been said to her. She looked down at her feet before she spoke again. "Something like that I guess," she replied; sounding rather guilty about the things she had said earlier.
"Get back in your car and continue the direction you were going. About three miles ahead you'll see an old country store. There's a lot of old, hand painted advertising signs on it. It's just before a four way flashing caution light. Stop in, ask Ms. C for some of her sweet tea. You can't really say you've been to these parts if you leave without trying some. Then, when you get back in your car and pull up to the caution light turn left. In a few miles you'll hit the interstate and you'll be back in civilization before you know it. If you turn right, you'll end up right back here with me."
"Okay then," Ashely replied as she looked up and crossed her arms over her chest. "I'll just be getting on my way."
Spencer watched her as she made her way back to her black convertible. "Thanks for the help," Ashely said as she slid down into the car.
"Ashely," Spencer called. Ashely turned and looked at her. "There had to be a good reason that your father bought that land and wanted you to see it before you did anything with it. Maybe you need to take another look at it. Or have someone else take a look at it with you. Maybe there's something you missed about this place the first time you looked at it. You just need to look a little deeper." She gave Ashely a little wink, but she wasn't sure she saw it from the car.
Ashely nodded her head that she had heard what Spencer had to say. But Spencer didn't know if she had understood what she meant. Ashley started the car and pulled back on to the road. She was gone just as fast as she had appeared.
Spencer sat back down in her chair. It was going to be a long afternoon yet. She kicked her feet up on the tailgate once again and prepared herself to wait it out.
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