This is a one-shot set after 8x08.(((Contains spoilers from 8x08))) This is after Amy takes Caleb home from jail and now she is taking Ty home. I thought having this sort of scene in the episode would have been nice so I wrote one. :) I can't decide if it's dumb or not so let me know if you liked it or not.
The Ride Home:
"All my senses come to life while I'm stumbling home as drunk as I have ever been and I'll never leave again 'cause you are the only one."-One by: Ed Sheeran
Amy waited until Caleb slammed the car door shut and stumbled off before driving off. She and Ty were sitting silently in the car.
Ty had called Amy after he and Caleb had gotten put in the slammer. They had been involved in a bar fight with Jesse Stanton and had both had a few too many drinks.
Ty sat very still, feeling his head throbbing. He was resisting the urge to throw up as the truck lurched over a pothole in the road. All he could think about was getting in bed and sleeping the hangover off.
Meanwhile, Amy drove, keeping her eyes straight on the road. She already slightly regretted calling Caleb and Ty "idiots". It was a bit harsh considering she didn't even know what happened, and she still didn't.
"Ty..." She started, trying to sound more friendly, "What exactly *happened* last night?" He shifted slightly and said, "Well...it's kind of a long story."
Amy couldn't hold back her sigh, thinking that Ty didn't want to talk to her about it and he was going to leave it at that. Surprisingly, he continued.
"Caleb and I were supposed to be there celebrating a sale with our horse business. I had just told him that I wanted out of the partnership when Cassandra walked up. Caleb started flirting with her and she said she had a boyfriend."
Amy listened intently, although she tried to make it seem that she was nonchalant about the whole thing. "And the boyfriend was Jesse Stanton." Ty said.
Amy couldn't believe it. "Jesse Stanton!" She exclaimed. "Yeah. Anyway, he and Caleb struck up some kind of deal even though I told him not to, and then Jesse punched me."
"Punched you?! Why?" Amy asked. Ty shrugged. He didn't say anything for a long while and then he said, "I guess trying to get me back for that time I punched him so long ago. That's what he said anyway."
They were both silent for a while. Amy was disappointed in Ty, but she found it difficult to be mad at him. After all, Jesse had punched him first. "And then Caleb started beating up and you can imagine the rest." Ty said.
Amy glanced sideways at him. He was looking out of the window. "Well...I'm just glad you got someone to pick you up." She said. "That was stupid, letting a fight go on like that."
Ty didn't respond until Amy was driving around a curve in the road. He suddenly gripped onto the door handle and turned a funny shade. "Amy..." He said. "Pull over please."
Amy did, bringing the car to an abrupt stop by the side of the road. Ty jumped out. A few seconds later, Amy heard the sounds of him vomiting. She winced, feeling the urge to do...something...anything to help him, but not knowing how or what.
So she just sat there until he climbed back in, looking pale and tired. "Are you okay?" She asked him as he sloppily put his seatbelt back on. "Yeah, yeah." He murmured.
But he put his head in his hands and kept it that way until Amy pulled up at the trailer. "Here we are." She said. She looked over at Ty, wanting to say something but not knowing if he was sober enough to be able to hear it.
"Thanks for bailing us out and driving me home." Ty said. "Sure." Amy said after a pause. "Just don't get yourself in dumb situations like that again. I'm not always going to be around to bail you out."
He opened the car door. "Well, thanks anyway." He said, and for a few seconds he just looked at her. For those quick seconds Amy could see the vulnerability in his eyes, the kindness, and she wanted to tell him exactly how she felt: she loved him, and missed him, and just wanted to feel him in her arms again. Couldn't they be back together? She couldn't stand this any longer.
Instead she said, "Bye." Ty nodded shortly, his bloodshot eyes going back to closed-off and guarded, and she watched as he walked inside the trailer. Then she left, feeling an ache deep down that she couldn't ignore.