A.N. This is my fist fic, so please no evilness...I don't know if I'm any good or not...so yeah, let me know! And enjoy the story! It does start slow though...may I warn you...oh, and I don't know if they would actually call each other by nicknames….so yeah….ok enjoy now people!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN PHANTOM STALLION :'( so sad

Sam yawned and opened her eyes, looking around her room as the early morning sun shone through the window. As she sat up, Sam rubbed her eyes. She looked around her room wondering if she could grab five more minutes of sleep. "Hmmm..." Sam sighed, and laid back down, closing her eyes. Just as she was about to drift back into dreamland, she heard footsteps on the stairs. Sam moaned and proceeded to pull the covers back over her head, just as her long time friend Jake Ely walked into her room.

"Brat, c'mon, wake up." Jake said pulling the covers off her head.

"Ugh, five more minutes..." Sam wined trying to grab the covers back from him.

"Nope." Jake said, holding the covers high above her head. "We leave for the cattle drive in half 'n hour. Now, up."

And, with that, Jake dropped her covers on the floor, and walked out of her room. Sam sighed as she heard his footsteps going down the stairs. She quietly laughed, he never had been one for long conversations; quick and to the point, that's how Jake was.

Sam grunted and pulled herself out of bed. She looked at her floor and picked up a pair of wrinkled jeans, and a blue tee-shirt. "Oh well, I'm not going anywhere fancy." She thought. Sam then walked to the bathroom, to get dressed, and brush her teeth.

Once Sam was done and she walked down stairs, she found a basket of muffins on the table, and a glass of orange juice waiting for her; everyone else was already outside. Sam picked up a muffin, took a swig of orange juice, and headed outside to see what the day would bring. When she got outside, she saw Jake leading Witch, his big black mare, into the trailer, while Dallas and Pepper stood a little behind holding Ace and Strawberry, who would also be going in their three horse trailer.

Upon seeing Sam, Ace nickered. Probably hoping she had some tasty treats for him. Sam waved to Pepper, the red head cowboy who was holding her little mustang.

"You're finally up, eh Sam?" Pepper asked smiling.

Sam rolled her eyes. "Yeah, Jake took it upon himself to make sure I was up right on time." She said with a glare at Jake who had just come out of he trailer, after tying Witch up so she wouldn't bite anyone.

That earned Sam one of his signature lazy tomcat grins, and a laugh from the other cowboys.

"Oh hardy-har-har." Sam said, clearly not amused. This just made everyone laugh harder.

"Ugh!" Sam grunted walking over to Ace, wanting to ride him far away from these cowboys who seemingly had no trouble waking up early. "They just don't understand! A girl does need her sleep!" Sam thought to herself. Even if she was a farm girl, it's still nice to sleep in from time to time.

"Aw come on Sam, were just messing with ya!" Said Pepper grinning at her.

"Yeah Brat, we know you need your "beauty" sleep." Jake said making air quotes around the word "beauty;" which sent them all off into another round of laughter, and making Sam only want to throw something at Jakes head, to wipe that dumb grin off his face.

Just as Sam was about to take her boot off and chuck it at Jakes head, Wyatt, her dad, and foreman of River Bend walked out the door, saving Jake from having a boot to the head. "Alright, are you all ready?" Wyatt asked.

Everyone nodded. "Ok," Wyatt nodded looking on as Dallas finished loading Strawberry. "Pepper, Jake, Sam, you're riding with me. Dallas, you and Ross are taking the other truck, hauling Tank, George, and Amigo. Oh, and Gram is driving up with you, so they'll be a lot of food in the back. Sound good?" Everyone nodded again, and went their separate ways, leaving Sam to load Ace.

Sam looked at her little mustang, "Ready buddy? Lets go." She walked him toward the trailer, and Ace happily walked up the ramp into his spot in between Witch and Strawberry. Witch of course flattened her ears at Ace, and Strawberry just snorted at him, not really caring one way or the other. Sam tied up Ace, and then walked down the ramp, and closed the door behind the three horses. She turned around and came face to face with Jake.

"Agh, geez you moron, don't scare me like that." She said trying to not to laugh.

Jake snorted. "Sorry Brat, I wasn't sure if you'd need help with Ace." He said smirking, as if thinking back to last year, when Ace had refused to load for Sam, and he had had to load him for her after she had struggled for an hour.

"Oh, ha ha." Sam said pushing down the urge to punch him in the arm. "Come on, lets get in the truck before Pepper decides to put on some crazy song on the radio."

Jake smiled and proceeded to follow Sam around the the truck.

As soon as the each opened a door, they could hear some crazy pop song playing. Sam and Jake looked at each other, "um, Pepper? What song are you listening to?" Sam asked warily.

Pepper grinned. "I don't know! But it's awesome!" He said dancing along to the song. (Haha rhyming)

Just then Wyatt got into the tuck and looked from Jake to Sam, before turning to Pepper and saying, "Pepper, change the station."

Pepper blushed. "Yes sir." He said causing Jake and Sam to chuckle from the back.

-three hours later-

After a fairly long car ride, Sam was anxious to stretch her legs. She could tell Jake was too, although he hadn't said anything; unlike her loud complaints to her father of how bored she was. Once the car stopped, Sam jumped out, and stretched. "Ah, finally." She said. Sam was just turning to say something to Jake, when she heard a loud, "Sammy!"

Sam looked over to see Jake's older brother Quinn, riding over on his horse Chip. "Sup Sammy! Jakers!" Quinn said when he got to them.

Sam looked up at Quinn and said, "Glad to finally get out of the car, and see something aside from Jake's face."

Quinn laughed. "Haha, poor Jakey, Sammy doesn't even like your face!"

Jake looked like was about to roll his eyes. (I couldn't picture Jake fully rolling his eyes) "Quinn, would you just shut up for once?" He then turned to go and get Witch from the trailer.

"Aw, did I hurt Jakey's feelings?" Quinn said with mock sympathy. Causing Sam to explode with laughter, and Jake to glare at him mumbling threats.

"It's ok Jakers." Quinn said once he got down from Chip; tying him up to the trailer. "We all know your secret love for Sam."

Sam laughed even harder, blushing a little, and Jake hit Quinn with his lead rope before shoving him into the side of the trailer.

Quinn laughed, rubbing his arm. "Ouch, Jake, geez, I was only joking."

Jake smirked over his shoulder at Quinn, and Sam was about to fall over with from laughing so hard. Only the Ely's could make you laugh like this.

A.N. So, what did everyone think? I'm not sure how good it turned out, as it is my first story for the Phantom Stallion and what not, lol, I'm at my aunts house, writing this while listening to a British soap opera, or something hehe. So, let me know what you think, and sorry this chapter was kinda slow...I needed to just "set the scene" and such. So, there will me much more Jake and Sam, as they are love birds you know; everyone knows that but them! Haha! Sucks for you Jakey!

Jake: Um...what now?

Me: Nothing! (Shoos Jake out of the room) How did he get here anyway...idk!

Well, I hope you enjoyed! I had fun writing it! :D please review! I need to see what you peeps think of my writing! :P thanks a ton!