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Me and God Love Her

Chapter One

Max

I loped after Lupo, making Nani move as fast as she could. Zeva was still faster, the barrel racing bay moving at a speed my buckskin never could reach. I didn't know where Lupo was leading us, only that our fathers had said someone had spotted some loose horses.

Soon, we were skidding to a stop in front of two black horses, one stallion and one gelding. Both were covered in mud, probably having gone through the bad part of our creek that led down to the beautiful lake.

"Max," Lupo called with her strong voice, "Go towards the pump."

I directed Nani over behind the two black horses to the water pump where two shirtless guys were standing. They were both trying to get mud out of their t-shirts and their soak jeans that were sticking to their legs.

They were either maybe a year or two older than Lupo and myself. The taller one had strawberry blond hair and a large cowlick in the front, making it stand up in a way that some guys would gel their hair to make it look like. His ice blue eyes turned to us as he rinsed some of the mud off of his lanky torso.

The other may have been shorter by a few inches, but he still stood maybe a head taller than myself. He had the tall, dark, and mysterious look going for him, with a mop of black hair and obsidian eyes that complimented his olive toned skin. He definitely had more muscle than the other man, with a thicker six back and larger biceps.

They both stood up straight and looked at us for a moment before the taller, lankier one whistled, "Looky here. I told you it was a good idea to ride this way."

The dark one smirked, "They're definitely lookers."

The blond hummed, "Mm-mm, I like the blond. Nice figure there."

Lupo snarled, "Oh, go (cuss) yourself."

This statement seemed to egg the blond on more, "Sorry, sweetheart, I'd rather you do that."

Lupo flicked her reins at him, missing his face by inches as he dodged backwards. "Whoa!" He yelled as he went backwards. He caught himself before he even started falling and looked up to Lupo, "Feisty. Hmm, good. I like them feisty."

Lupo's patience sparked and she began to yell, "How would you like it with a crowbar shoved up your-!"

"Lupo!" I interrupted her, deciding to change the subject. I looked at the two men, "What are you doing on our property?"

The dark one sighed, "We were just riding. Decided to go as far as we could."

Lupo looked at him, "How'd you get inside the fencing? No one can get in without permission."

His eyebrows knitted together, "Our family bought the house on the other side of the creek. You two must be from the house on this side."

I looked at Lupo, "They never told us that house was up for sale?"

Iggy laughed, "That's probably why we found some overnight stuff when we moved in. You two must've liked to stay over there when you got pissed off at the parents."

"Wait," Lupo said, not seeming to have been following the conversation, "Are we sharing the property or was it cut in half? And what stuff did we leave over there? Why did they sell that house? That was our get-away-from-crap house!"

She turned Zeva and began riding off towards home. I turned Nani and heard the blond call out before I was out of hearing range, "See you at the cook out!"

A/N: I know, short. But I WILL, I PROMISE, I will update again in the next two days.