Put Together
Note: I don't own any characters from The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, That Was Then This Now, Taming The Star Runner and Tex.
Chapter 1: Ranch Boys
"C'mon Mason," Tex yelled while outside of the airport. Mace was walking slowly out of the building. At the beginning of the summer, Tex was given a job at a different ranch in Denver.
"I'm going to another ranch, not prison."
Mason looked up.
" I know" he said finally. "But I won't see you for a while. We were having a good summer."
"Hey, I'll be fine," said Tex.
Mason smiled and said "Alright. You be good to these people, okay."
"Okey-Dokey," Tex said brightly.
Tex caught a taxi and told the driver the place, reading them off of a sheet of paper.
He looked out of the window and waved goodbye to Mason and Mace waved back. The taxi then took off.
Tex got to the ranch and got his stuff out of the trunk. A man then greeted him.
"Are you Tex?" he asked and Tex nodded.
"Hi, my name's Ken."
"Hello Ken."
Ken started showing Tex around the ranch. He would get started tomorrow. Before Tex went to his room, Ken asked,
"How old are you?"
"Fifteen," Tex answered.
Ken then smiled and said and
"My nephew lives here also. He's around your age and will be helping with the horses. He's in the barn if you want to meet him."
Tex walked into the barn and saw a boy cleaning up.
"Howdy," greeted Tex.
The boy looked up and said "Are you the new kid?"
"Yeah, the name's Tex," he answered and stuck out his hand.
The boy stuck his hand out and shook Tex's.
" My name's Travis."
The two started up a conversation.
"Ever been to the city?" asked Travis.
"Yeah, I got accused of trying to steal something there."
Travis nodded his head.
"I used to live in the city. Before I moved here."
"Why did you move here?" asked Tex.
" I had to get away from my step-dad."
Right then, Ken stepped into the barn.
"Well I see you two have became friends. Dinner's ready."
While at dinner, Ken made an announcement.
"I just got a phone call. It seems I'm gonna have to leave town."
"Again?" said Travis with no surprise in his voice.
"Yes, it seems I have more divorce stuff to go through. I'll be leaving tomorrow afternoon. Travis you know the drill."
"Yeah, yeah" said Travis. "I'll tell Tex everything."
"Okay," said Ken getting up.
After dinner, Tex and Travis talked even more.
They soon went to bed. Tex had Christopher's old room. As Travis got into his room he thought
'This kid won't be so bad'.
