"This is going to be so fun!" Maxine said cheerfully.
"You bet! I'm sorry to keep you away from Kit; I know how much you missed him." Gram said turning in her seat to see Maxine.
"Oh, it's fine. I lived with him for 18 years, I missed him but, after a week, I've been wondering why I missed him so much." Maxine told them smiling. Everyone chuckled.
"I don't know if I'll miss Sam, at all!" Bryanna joked.
"Who said I was leaving?" Sam joked back.
"Oh, I'll miss you a lot." Bryanna told her all joking aside.
"I'll miss you, too." Sam hugged her step-mom then added, "If I leave."
Everyone laughed.
"Trudy, how's Faith?" Sam asked turning to face the lady.
"She's great. She's quite the filly." Trudy told her.
"Good." Sam said as they pulled into the parking lot of a bridal shop.
3 hours and 40 dresses on each lady later
"They look great on all of you." Sam told Maxine, Bryanna, and Trudy. They nodded then waited for Gram to decide if she liked the dresses.
"I like it. I think this these are the perfect dresses for you three." Gram looked at the dresses. The dresses were a dark purple that flowed down to the ladies' ankles, there was thick but, elegant, straps.
"Now, to find Sam a dress." Bryanna called an employee over to help.
"We need a purple, short dress that goes to her knees and strapless." Gram informed the man that came over to help.
"Yes, I think I've got a few that'll work with this young lady's figure." The man walked away then came back with six dresses. "I got the ones that match the dress you already chose." He handed Sam the dresses and pushed her into the dressing room.
The first dress was nice but, Sam didn't like how it was puffy at the bottom, she didn't bother showing the others that one. The next was slim fitting and had padding in the breast area it made Sam look like Dolly Parton. She decided to show the others just for a laugh.
"Wow. I think that's the one." Trudy joked.
"I agree. I mean look at it. Wyatt will have to fight off boys." Bryanna agreed jokingly.
"My boys will have heart attacks." Maxine said laughing.
"I love it." Gram said with a straight face. "I think you should wear it. I just think we need to shorten it."
"The dress is already above my knees. If we shorten it how am I supposed to bend over?" Sam was getting worried that her Gram really did like it.
Gram chuckled, "I was kidding Sam. I don't like that dress." Gram told her.
"Good, you had me worried there for a minute." Sam walked away and went to try on the next. It had purple feathers and beads on it. It looked like it was in a craft store when it blew up.
"I look like a duck that rolled in purple paint and beads." Everyone nodded laughing.
The next one was perfect. It went to Sam's knees it was cream on the top part of the dress then purple and cream beads separated the purple from the cream.
"I like this one a lot." Sam told them.
"Me too." Bryanna agreed.
"It fits perfectly on you." Trudy told her. Maxine just nodded.
"That's the one you're wearing at my wedding." Gram said.
"Gram are you sure you don't want a dress?" Sam asked.
"I guess I'd like one." Gram confessed.
"Then let's go get one!" Bryanna and Maxine said as they pulled Gram behind them. It didn't take long for Gram to find the perfect dress for her. It was an old style but, Gram was old so it worked.
I'm leaving it up to your imagination. Remember old style.
"I've had enough shopping let's go home." Gram said.
Sam linked arms with her Gram and Bryanna. Maxine linked her arm with Bryanna and Trudy, Gram.
"Can we stop at Clara's and get ice cream on the way?" Sam asked hopefully.
"Yes we can." Gram said as she started driving towards Clara's.
Apparently they weren't the only ones who wanted ice cream. Wyatt, Dallas, Pepper, Ross, and Jake where they're getting ice cream too.
"Hi. Are you guys done shopping too?" Bryanna asked as she walked over to Wyatt.
"Yeah, we got our tuxes and left." Wyatt told them.
"Wait you guys are the groom's men?" Sam said looking at them.
"No brat, we just wanted to go shopping for tuxes. Of course we're the groom's men." Jake told her.
"Jake, watch your tone with Sam. She didn't know." Maxine scolded her youngest son.
"Who's with who when we walk in and walk out of the ceremony? And dance with at the reception?" Sam looked at her Gram.
"Bryanna and Wyatt. Trudy and Ross. Maxine and Pepper. You and Jake." Gram answered.
"Why isn't Jake with Maxine? Or me with Dad?" Sam asked.
"Because, we're going by age, kinda, except for your Dad and Bryanna because they're married." Gram explained.
"But, I don't want to dance with Jake." Sam whined.
"I don't want to dance with you either Brat." Jake told her.
"See we don't want to dance together!" Sam exclaimed.
"To bad." Gram told them sternly.
Everyone got their ice cream and sat down. Wyatt and Bryanna sat down together, as did Dallas and Gram. Trudy sat in between Dallas and Bryanna and Maxine sat next to Gram. There was no room for Sam, Jake, Pepper, and Ross. They sat in a booth. Jake and Ross sat on one side and Sam and Pepper on the other.
"Hi Pepper."Sam said to the cowboy with red hair.
"Hi Sam."
"Hey Ross." Sam said to the shy cowboy across from her. Ross just nodded. "So what's up?"
"Nothing much." Pepper said.
"What about you Ross anything going on?" Ross shook his head. "How come you don't talk ever? I don't mean to sound mean but, I don't think I've ever heard you talk before?" Pepper looked at Sam then waited for Ross's answer. Jake did the same.
"I stutter." Ross answered.
"You didn't then." Sam pointed out.
"I don't always." Ross told her.
"Do you do it every 30 minutes or something?" Sam kept pestering she was going to get him to talk.
"No. Just sometimes." Ross said.
"How often?" Sam asked.
"I don't know. It just happens." Ross was surprised he hadn't stuttered yet.
"Do you like working at River Bend?"
"Yeah, it's nice." Still no stuttering.
"Where are you from?"
"Another part of Nevada. In the country." No stuttering.
"Do you have any siblings?"
"Yeah, I have a little sister named Katie." Talking wasn't so bad with no stuttering Ross decided. "She's 21."
"Really? I didn't know you had a sister. I'm 21, too" Pepper said.
"How old are you Ross?" Jake asked.
"23." Ross told them.
"Did you have horses when you were a kid?" Sam asked.
"Yeah. My Dad was a farmer, but, my mom liked horses. So my Dad got her a horse when they go married. My mom took me and Katie lots of places with the horses." Everyone included Ross was surprised a t Ross's long answer.
The adults from the other table had heard the four talking and had been surprised when they saw Ross talking. Ross saw them looking. "M-my M-mom was an accountant." Everyone ignored the stuttering. Ross knew they noticed. He always stuttered when he was nervous.
"Why don't you go visit your parents ever?" Gram asked.
"B-b-because m-my M-mom died of c-cancer. And my d-dad d-died of l-loneliness a w-w-week later." Ross managed.
"Oh, I'm sorry but, what about Katie? Why don't you visit her?" Bryanna asked.
"I d-d-don't know where she is, she left when my Dad died. I sold the farm and moved. And I haven't seen her sense."
"That's terrible! You should find her!" Trudy said.
"I don't know how to." Ross's stuttering had stopped when he calmed down.
"You can use the internet" Dallas suggested.
"I don't have a computer." Ross told them.
"You can use my laptop." Bryanna offered.
"Thanks." Ross said to Bryanna. After that everyone headed home.
When they got home Bryanna gave Ross her laptop and he started searching. No luck at first but, he found a Katie Adder from Nevada at the age of 21. He decided he'd call the next day. Ross's last name was Adder.
"It's probably her." Dallas said. "I mean how many Katie Adders in Nevada at the age of 21 are there?"
Ross shrugged. He hoped it was her. Everyone did for his sake. Ross had been working at River Bend sense Sam's accident. He hadn't seen her for almost three years. He missed her.
Ross talks! I hope you liked it.
