Lucille gazed out at the dusty town that lay before her, this was not where she wanted to spend the next two weeks. Lucille was a city rattler born and bred the though of living in a town whose name was the very bane of her existence did not bring warm feelings to her heart. She tossed her golden hair to the side before quickly gliding towards her husband, who was in the middle of very loud conversation with the local Inn owner.
"Now listen here you, you vermin! You told me that you had a vacant room available for my wife and I, and now you tell me its…GONE!" Amstar spat out.
"Now sir y'all have te understand something 'ere…I did say that I had an empty room, but that was…three weeks ago. I ain't runnin' a hotel 'ere, its first come first serve."
"Why of all the low down…fine, is there another public house where my wife and I could possible spend the soirée?"
"…Come again?"
"Is there another Inn, or a tavern?" Amstar grumbled out.
"There ain't no Inn, but there is a saloon! Right down the boardwalk te yer left, ya can't miss it." The inn owner pointed in the direction of the saloon, Amstar nodded curtly then gathered up his bags and began to slither down the boardwalk.
"Lucille, are you coming?" Amstar huffed out as he waited for his wife to join him. Lucille gave him a snide look before she came along side him.
"I'm not going to like it here!" She whispered harshly in her husband's ear.
"Well we don't exactly have a choice now do we," he responded in a dark voice causing a tiny shiver to race up her back.
"Look we're only here for two weeks, that's fourteen days, it will go by fast I promise." Amstar bent down and gave her a tiny reassuring kiss on the forehead; Lucille just ignored it and kept on slithering towards the Saloon.
"Hon, I brought you lunch," Sofia called out as she entered the sheriffs office carrying a rather large paper bag.
"Jake? You there?" She set the bag down on the counter and slithered to the back, where she found her husband sleeping. His head was on the desk with his hat covering his eyes. Sofia let out a soft chuckle as she gently placed a small blanket on her husbands shoulders.
"I ain't sleepin' darlin'," Jake let out a small chuckle as he rose up from his desk.
"Well you could have fooled me," Sofia said as placed a small kiss on his lips.
"Mmm, I smell lunch! Yer spoilin' me again woman," Jake said in a husky voice and pulled his wife into his coils.
"Everyone deserves to be spoiled once in a while…" Sofia whispered against her husband's lips.
"Lord I love it when you talk like that," he let out a low groan before closing the space between their lips.
"Sheriff! Sheriff!"
"Why does disaster always strike when we want to be naughty?" Sofia pouted causing Jake to laugh.
"Well y'all have te excuse me lil darlin' duty calls," Jake tipped his hat and started off to the door.
"Don't forget to eat your lunch," Sofia called out causing her husband to turn and reveal a tiny blush.
"I won't," he mouthed out before disappearing onto the boardwalk.