Nervous
Amy was in the kitchen eating breakfast when Ty walked in.
"Hey I wasn't expecting you," said Amy with a smile.
"I know I'm actually here to see Jack," responded Ty as he came up to give her a kiss.
"Oh I was kind of hoping that you were missing me so much, that you just had to come and see me. You know I've barely seen you over the past couple of days. You missed dinner yesterday," said Amy.
"I know. I'm sorry. It's just I have work at the clinic and I have my finals right now. But I promise as soon as my finals are over you'll be seeing so much of me that you'll want me to go away," said Ty with a laugh.
"Yeah I highly doubt that," said Amy with a smile as she went in for another kiss.
"Do you know where Jack is?" asked Ty looking down.
"Um he should be in the barn," responded Amy finding it odd how nervous Ty was acting.
"Okay. I'll see you later," stuttered Ty as he left.
Amy thought there was something unusual about the way Ty was acting. He looked more sleep deprived and stressed than usual. She knew it was probably just because of his work and school, but he wasn't just stressed he was nervous. She wanted to ask Ty if something was going on, but decided to let it go for now not wanting to bother him.
Ty walked into the barn, and saw Jack mucking out the stalls.
"Hey Jack," said Ty.
"Ty. I don't suppose you have some time for your old job," said Jack as he walked out of the stall and closed the door.
"Actually I don't. I have to head to the clinic soon, but I was wondering if I could talk to you about something," asked Ty.
"Sure. What's going on?" asked Jack as he put down the shovel.
"Well something's come up, and I'm not really sure how to handle it," said Ty nervously.
"Okay. What is this something?" asked Jack.
"Well it's um…" Ty began to say but Lisa walked into the barn interrupting him.
"Lisa. What a nice surprise," said Jack as he walked up to give her a hug.
"I was on my way back to Fairfield, and decided to stop by and see my husband," said Lisa with a smile.
"Well I'm glad you did," said Jack as he gave her a kiss.
"Hey Ty," said Lisa.
"Hi Lisa," said Ty as he began to fidget with his fingers.
"Oh Ty. What were you saying?" asked Jack.
"Um it's okay. We can talk about it later. I have to head to the clinic anyway," Ty stuttered.
"Okay if you're sure," said Jack.
"Yeah. You two kids have fun," said Ty as he walked out of the barn.
"Is he okay? He seemed overly anxious," said Lisa.
"I'm not sure," replied Jack.
Ty walked towards his truck and got in. He began the drive to the clinic. He really needed to talk to Jack before things got out of hand and he had to lie to Amy anymore then he already had. His finals had actually ended a couple days ago, but he didn't want Amy to know the real reason he had been bailing on her lately.
Amy had just finished up work with a client's horse when Georgie came running up to her.
"Hey Georgie how was school?" asked Amy.
"It was the usual. Math, science, history, blah blah," said Georgie as she walked with Amy into the barn.
Amy laughed as she walked towards the stall.
"Um Amy do you think you can drive me to Maggie's. I told Stephen I'd meet him there after school," asked Georgie.
"Okay but go ask Lou first," said Amy.
Amy put the horse into the stall as Georgie ran off.
"Hi Grandpa," said Amy as she saw Jack walk in.
"Amy. How are you doing?" asked Jack.
"I'm good. I actually wanted to ask you what Ty wanted to talk to you about this morning," said Amy.
"I'm not sure exactly. He was about to tell me, but then Lisa walked in and he said he had to head to the clinic," said Jack.
"Oh okay. Thanks," said Amy looking disappointed.
"Is everything okay?" asked Jack.
"Yeah. I don't know he just looked more stressed then usual and it was almost like he was nervous," said Amy.
"I'm sure everything's fine. Just ask him when you see him," said Jack.
"Yeah I guess so. Well I'm headed to Maggie's to drop Georgie off. Do you need anything?" asked Amy.
"No I'm good," responded Jack as he walked towards Paint and took him out of the stall.
Amy walked out of the barn just as Georgie ran up to her.
"She said I could go. C'mon or we'll be late," said Georgie as she ran to the truck.
"Okay hold on Georgie I'm coming," said Amy with a laugh.
Amy got in and began the drive to Maggie's.
"So Stephen. Anything going on between the two of you," said Amy with a smile.
"Eww no. He's my friend," said Georgie as she made a face of disgust.
"Okay okay just asking," said Amy with a laugh.
Georgie reminded Amy of herself at that age sometimes.
Ty's shift had just ended and he was about to get in his truck to head home when his phone vibrated. He took out his phone and read the text.
Amy parked Jack's truck in front of Maggie's. Georgie got out and ran inside. Amy was going to leave Georgie and pick her up later, but then she saw Ty' truck parked a few cars down. She smiled and decided to surprise him and walked into Maggie's. She looked around for her man. She spotted the back of his head, but noticed that he wasn't alone. He was talking to someone, but it was someone Amy didn't recognize.
"Who is she?" Amy thought to herself.