Ennis and Jack stand and watch the sunset falling off into the horizon till it disappears - in the next few seconds they begin to walk back to the Twist residence.
Once there, Ennis goes to the barn to bring the horse back to its stall along with Jack's and Jack goes inside to wash up for dinner.
Jack steps in the house and takes his hat off and puts it on the hat hook nailed into the wall by the front door. Mrs. Twist hears someone coming inside so she steps away from the stove where she was cooking a pot roast and notices that it's Jack so she wipes her hands on her apron and gives her son a hug and kiss on the cheek.
"Dinner will be done soon."
"Okay ma. I was just gonna go get washed up."
"Jack?"
"Yes ma?" asks Jack and he turns back around to face his mother.
"Are you really gonna move into that house?"
"Yes ma'm. As soon as we can," explains Jack with a big smile. Mrs. Twist looks at her son and can see the sparkle in those beautiful eyes of his. She can see how much he really wants to move and be with Ennis more so than anything else he has ever wanted to do.
"Will you come and visit often?" Mrs. Twist asks knowing how hard it can be to visit family when they're not right next door. Jack and Ennis may be living not too far from here but still she has a terrible feeling that she'll never see her little boy again and maybe it is so because her little boy hasn't been around in a long time. She has a hard time realizing that her little boy is now a man and can do things for himself without her help.
"Of course. We'll come and visit. Are you feeling alright, mama? I can't live without seeing you every once and awhile," Jack says with a genuine smile. Mrs. Twist grabs Jack's hand and pats it a few times.
"Yes, I'm fine. You go and get washed up now," Mrs. Twist says and Jack walks over to the washroom in the exact same time that Ennis and Mr. Twist walk through the door.
Ennis goes up the stairs to use the bathroom and Mr. Twist, unbeknownst to Jack, heads into the washroom where Jack is.
Jack is wiping his hands with a towel when he is suddenly pushed out of the way and hits the wall. Jack looks up and sees his father standing there with his usual sour expression. "Hate spreads across that man's face 24/7," thinks Jack at that very moment.
Ennis comes down the stairs and takes a sit in his usual chair at the dinner table thumping his fingers down on his knees underneath the table impatiently waiting for everyone else so he can go back up to his room. He hates eating dinner here - it wouldn't be so bad if it was without Mr. Twist. Just the tension turns his stomach into knots - he can't believe that Jack had to put up with this all his life.
Jack comes out the washroom with a sorry look on his face until he sees Ennis sitting at the table and then he can't help but feel joy. He goes around and gets the dishes to help set the table for his mother and then once that's done he takes his seat by Ennis and his mother.
Mr. Twist comes out of the washroom and takes his seat while Mrs. Twist begins to serve the food.
As usual the room is filled with silence the entire time even when you try to make conversation. Mr. Twist always seems to just bring this kind of mood wherever he goes that just takes the joy out of everything and you just can't wait to get away from him and that glooming cloud that's over him always.
After dinner Ennis steps outside and goes to the barn so he can brush his horse's hair that he had been neglecting to do for a day or two. Jack comes up behind him his cigarette smoke giving him away. Ennis steps aside and Jack falls face first in the dirt
"Hey," Jack yells playfully. Ennis holds his hand out to help Jack up. "You better be glad my cigarette didn't set something on fire," Jack states.
Ennis turns and looks around for anyone and then starts touching Jack between the legs. "Feels to me like everything's alright," whispers Ennis with his lopsided smirk.
"Oh yeah, I think maybe you should check some more," Jack says with his hand pushing Ennis's. "We really need to move in our house soon," Jack says pushing up towards Ennis.
Ennis starts to move Jack over to the hayloft when they hear footsteps coming over towards the barn.
Mr. Twist walks into the barn to see Jack shovelling hay and Ennis over by the horses stall combing his horse's hair. He just shakes his hand and walks over and gets some tools and walks back out mumbling. Jack just throws the rank down and begins laughing. "Man, that was close," Jack says with his head lying on Ennis's shoulder. Ennis doesn't find anything funny about it, but seeing Jack like he is, he can't help but chuckle a little, too.
"Will you be coming in soon?" Jack asks while his fingertips stroke Ennis's arm up and down.
"Yeah, I'll be in soon," Ennis answers and gives Jack a nudge to go inside the house before they had another close call and this time not be lucky.
"I'm going, geez," Jack says and walks out the barn door. Ennis just watches him go and shakes his head with a smile.
The next day
Ennis and Jack are heading to town to check out if they can find any affordable furniture on sale, so they head to some local thrift-stores. By the end of their three-hour search, they've only found two things that they can afford, which Jack really doesn't like, but Ennis is aggravated and isn't ready to go away with nothing, if that's how it's gonna be. Jack decides that it's okay for now, so, they end up buying them. It's a kitchen table set which includes four chairs and a couch so they pay for it and they take the kitchen table first to the house and then they go back and get the couch. By the time they have everything in its place, they are both tired as hell with Jack sitting on the couch and Ennis sitting down on the floor.
"Well, two down," Jack says out of breath. Ennis nods his head.
"It'll be awhile before we can save up enough money you know," Ennis says.
"Yeah, I know," Jack says. Ennis hears the disappointment in his voice. "How can moving into a house take so much time?" Ennis wonders.
"Well, let's go get to work Ennis," Jack says bringing Ennis out of his thoughts.
"What are you talking about?" Ennis asks puzzled.
"You'll see," Jack says with a funny but adorable smile on his handsome face.
