America & England: Country Boy
Inspired by Tim McGraw's "The Cowboy In Me"
America – Alfred
Fem!England - Alice
The lorry was once green, now faded and rusty. It looked ready to fall apart and yet withstand a hurricane. It rumbled and roared with the accelerator, the muffler puttering and puffing. It was a full bed, a tire strapped the rail and a large tool box resting inside. The furniture and boxes were hidden by a moth-eaten blanket with rope tethering it down. The cab was a single, long bench seat, an empty gun rack hanging across the rear window. A worn leather cowboy hat lay upon the dash.
Alice felt her stomach curl inward. She couldn't tell if it was disgust or something else as her cheeks flushed pink. What a…obnoxious automobile. There was nothing like it in London. And in the two years she'd been in the United States, she had never encountered such a disruption in the form of a vehicle.
The rusty "pick-up" truck pulled into a parking space, permit dangling lazily from the rear-view mirror. She saw the leather hat disappear just before the driver's side door squealed and creaked open. Frowning, Alice tossed a pigtail over her shoulder. She should just turn around and keep walking. She had a lot of unpacking yet to do and her roommate had yet to arrive and she wanted to be prepared for her. But she simply couldn't remove her eyes. Not until she got a peek at who could drive such a conspicuous monstrosity.
Slim, tattered denim jeans capped with leather boots. A dark blue plaid shirt under an old leather fighter pilot jacket. Tall, slim and muscular with a farmer's tan. Yellow blond hair trimmed neatly with a cowlick just off the brow. The worn hat was carefully wedged upon the head, masking the beautiful hair. Bright sky blue eyes lifted, meeting dark evergreen. Then, he flashed a pearly white grin.
"Howdy, miss." The southern drawl wasn't thick but it was noticeable.
Alice felt her cheeks heat to a bright red.
What on earth was this country boy doing so far north?
Disclaimer: I Own Nothing! © 2008 Hidekaz Himaruya and GENTOSHA COMICS INC.
02/26/2011
