Chapter 1: Meeting the Ranch Hand.
A/N Real quick I just wanted to say that this story is inspired by one I read a few years ago and have been trying to find but can't. All credit goes to them.
I was humming to myself while scrubbing dirt off my favorite horse, Charlotte. She's a gorgeous pale/beige/gold like Andalusian horse with deep blonde hair and is - no pun intended - healthy as a horse. As I started gently scrubbing up the back of her neck and onto her head she started to squeeze her eyes shut and turn her head away from me.
"It's okay Charlie." Charlie is my nickname for her. "Shh it's okay. See? It's not even in your eyes." I said softly while grabbing my bucket of warm water and lightly pouring it down her neck rinsing off the suds. Just then I heard my phone go off. I sighed and put down my sponge and bucket and climbed off my step-stool as Charlie began to shake the water off her making me giggle.
I picked up my phone to see who was calling. "Dad". I hit "answer" and put the phone to ear. "Hey dad!" I said trying to wipe the water and suds off my hands.
"Hey Bells. Listen, I know this is on short notice but there's this kid, Edward, who's really interested in working here. And you know how much we could use the help with cleaning the stalls and handling stock orders. He's 1 year older than you - 28 - and agreed to stop by at 6pm tonight." What?! Why is he just now telling me about this? He could've talked to me before arranging anything. Then again I guess we could use the help considering that at the moment it's just my dad Charlie, my sister Angela, and I.
I sighed. "Fine. But next time consult me first maybe?" I said a tad hurt. I could he was smiling as he spoke. "Thanks Bell's and I will I promise i'm sorry." Smiling I said, "Alright thanks and I gotta go. I'm trying to wash Charlotte before it gets any colder and she's starting to get fussy." I said looking over at Charlotte who's shivering and trying to pull away from her rope that was tied up to a piece of wood that was connected to her stall. "Alright I'll let you go. Love you lots kiddo." He said in his signature gruff voice. "Love you too daddy." I said before hanging up. I looked down at my phone to check the time. "4:43". Ugh. I quickly finished washing down Charlie and put her in stall and kissed her forehead before heading back to the house.
After I washed up and found a red and black flannel, some jeans, my black cowgirl boots and put my hair up in a messy ponytail with a few strands on the sides of my face, I went downstairs where my father was waiting.
Charlie was a relatively quiet man. He kept to himself a lot but had a heart of pure unscratched gold. He took me in about 10 years ago when I was 17 when my mom and her boyfriend got in a horrific car accident and died instantly. It was by far the worst thing I have ever went through and Charlie has been there for me every single step of the way and together we opened up "LeChella Horse Ranch" with the help of my 22 year old sister. The ranch is about 30 minutes outside of Forks Washington on 60 acres of lush green hills.
Charlie was sitting down watching some football game that I couldn't care less about. I walked over to the kitchen to see the time. 5:50. I sighed. 10 minutes… I thought to myself suddenly nervous.
I walked over to where Charlie was and sat down next to him trying to make small talk about nothing. About 10 minutes went by and we heard a knock on the door. Here we go. Charlie got up and went to answer the door while I straightened out my clothes. When I looked over I almost died of shock. There he was - Edward - wearing clothes far too nice to be working on a farm in. A very nice black button down dress shirt, grey pants and shiny black shoes. I scoffed to myself. This is gonna be fun.
I got up and went over to shake 's hand and when we shook hands I noticed how his hand fit into mine. It was like wet cement pouring over my hands and covering every inch and space on my fingers. I realized I was staring and I looked up at him to see him smiling a crooked yet sexy smile at me.
"Hello." He said, his voice smooth as silk and soft as velvet. "I'm Edward Cullen"
A/N CLIFFHANGER! I'm sorry I just had to I love dramatic cliffhangers like that. Tell me what you guys think so far! Was it too detailed? Anything you guys want me to add in the next chapter? Let me know ! Also It was kind of short but i'll try to make the chapters longer 3