Actually, baiser is the noun form of kiss and embrasser is the verb form.
In this case, I was using the noun form, but you are right. It also means
fuck. Thanks for pointing that out. (I'm sorry to who ever wrote that
review. My computer is being a pain and it won't let me read my reviews so
I didn't remember your name.)
Thanks to every one else who reviewed!
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"…and you remind me of Allan." Summer's hands quickly covered her mouth when she let those six words slip out. She hadn't meant to say them, but she wasn't thinking at the time.
"You hate me 'cuz I remind you of an ex-boyfriend?" Jack chuckled at the idea.
"He was never my boyfriend. I would never date someone that vile." The anger that once clouded her blue eyes was now covered in fear as she thought of the man. His words and actions still haunted her mind.
"Yeah but still, that's no reason ta hate me 'cuz I remind ya of a guy you dated." Jack hopped off of the bunk as he spoke, taunting Summer with every word seeing how riled up he could get her.
"Can't you get it through your thick skull! I never dated him!"
**
"They've started to yell at each other again." Emmy said from her position on the other side of the door.
"A buck says Summer soaks Jack for whatever he said ta her."
"Race!" Emmy punched his arm.
"What I do?" He said as he rubbed the soar spot.
"This isn't something to bet on. We're trying to get them to be civil to each other."
"Don't you need ta go 'n' find your boyfriend?"
"He can wait till later. I want to hear what happens." Emmy pressed her ear to the door trying to pick up the whispering to between the two inside.
"Ah. So you do want ta take me up on da bet."
"Race!" Emmy swatted at him again, but this time he moved out of the way. Race just smiled at his friend as he relit his cigar.
**
Jack was shocked. Not at the fact that she had yelled at him, but what was in her eyes. Tears began to pool in her ocean blue eyes, threatening to fall with one blink. In the two month he had known Summer, Jack had never seen her cry.
"Did you ever think that there were other reasons that I came to New York?" Summer paused for a second, but didn't wait for Jack to answer. "Did you ever think that my parents sent me here not just to baby-sit all of you, but to escape someone?"
Jack walked next to the bunk that Summer sat on, intrigued by what she had to say. Summer didn't look at him, just at the wall across from her. She didn't want him to see the tears that she was wishing away.
"Who's Allan then?"
"Allan is the one I'm running from. He has always hated my parents and he's always wanted the land my father owns. He said that my father cheated him out of the land, but I know that's false. My father would never cheat anyone. Allan has always tried to threaten my father, but it was always been in public where he couldn't do much." The tears freely flowed down Summer's sun-kissed skin.
"We never really worried about it that much. That is until the letter arrived. Allan wasn't threatening just my father anymore. The letter said that my father better keep an eye on me because bad things can happen to little girls when they are out alone in the middle of nowhere.
"So I couldn't go anywhere anymore. Wherever I went, I always had Robby and Duke with me and I always carried my father's pistol or my rifle with me. One day, Robby and Duke had gone into town to get something for my father. They thought I would be ok by myself since I was so close to the house. But he grabbed me." Summer's words were stretched out between silent sobs. Jack didn't know what to do. He just continued to listen to her story. "He grabbed me and pulled me into the barn."
"Did he…?"
"No he didn't. Thank God Dakota and Michael heard me scream. The next day was the day that we got the letter that my grandfather had died. I guess in away it was kind of a blessing. My parents thought if I came here, he would stop the threats. From what my parents have written, his backed off for now." Summer turned and looked at Jack. Her eyes were no longer filled with independence and strength, but with fear and helplessness.
Jack carefully wrapped his arms around the sobbing girl. He didn't know what to say to make her calm down some. He just held her in his arms and let her cry. All his reasons for hating her were now gone, washed away with her tears.
**
"What are dey sayin'?" Race asked Emmy.
"I don't know. All I can hear is mumbling and even that stopped a few minutes ago. Here, I'm going to look in and see what's going on." Emmy carefully stood up and cracked open then door. She then closed it and headed towards the stairs.
"Well, what's goin' on in dere?" Race's words were met by Emmy's satisfied grin.
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**
"…and you remind me of Allan." Summer's hands quickly covered her mouth when she let those six words slip out. She hadn't meant to say them, but she wasn't thinking at the time.
"You hate me 'cuz I remind you of an ex-boyfriend?" Jack chuckled at the idea.
"He was never my boyfriend. I would never date someone that vile." The anger that once clouded her blue eyes was now covered in fear as she thought of the man. His words and actions still haunted her mind.
"Yeah but still, that's no reason ta hate me 'cuz I remind ya of a guy you dated." Jack hopped off of the bunk as he spoke, taunting Summer with every word seeing how riled up he could get her.
"Can't you get it through your thick skull! I never dated him!"
**
"They've started to yell at each other again." Emmy said from her position on the other side of the door.
"A buck says Summer soaks Jack for whatever he said ta her."
"Race!" Emmy punched his arm.
"What I do?" He said as he rubbed the soar spot.
"This isn't something to bet on. We're trying to get them to be civil to each other."
"Don't you need ta go 'n' find your boyfriend?"
"He can wait till later. I want to hear what happens." Emmy pressed her ear to the door trying to pick up the whispering to between the two inside.
"Ah. So you do want ta take me up on da bet."
"Race!" Emmy swatted at him again, but this time he moved out of the way. Race just smiled at his friend as he relit his cigar.
**
Jack was shocked. Not at the fact that she had yelled at him, but what was in her eyes. Tears began to pool in her ocean blue eyes, threatening to fall with one blink. In the two month he had known Summer, Jack had never seen her cry.
"Did you ever think that there were other reasons that I came to New York?" Summer paused for a second, but didn't wait for Jack to answer. "Did you ever think that my parents sent me here not just to baby-sit all of you, but to escape someone?"
Jack walked next to the bunk that Summer sat on, intrigued by what she had to say. Summer didn't look at him, just at the wall across from her. She didn't want him to see the tears that she was wishing away.
"Who's Allan then?"
"Allan is the one I'm running from. He has always hated my parents and he's always wanted the land my father owns. He said that my father cheated him out of the land, but I know that's false. My father would never cheat anyone. Allan has always tried to threaten my father, but it was always been in public where he couldn't do much." The tears freely flowed down Summer's sun-kissed skin.
"We never really worried about it that much. That is until the letter arrived. Allan wasn't threatening just my father anymore. The letter said that my father better keep an eye on me because bad things can happen to little girls when they are out alone in the middle of nowhere.
"So I couldn't go anywhere anymore. Wherever I went, I always had Robby and Duke with me and I always carried my father's pistol or my rifle with me. One day, Robby and Duke had gone into town to get something for my father. They thought I would be ok by myself since I was so close to the house. But he grabbed me." Summer's words were stretched out between silent sobs. Jack didn't know what to do. He just continued to listen to her story. "He grabbed me and pulled me into the barn."
"Did he…?"
"No he didn't. Thank God Dakota and Michael heard me scream. The next day was the day that we got the letter that my grandfather had died. I guess in away it was kind of a blessing. My parents thought if I came here, he would stop the threats. From what my parents have written, his backed off for now." Summer turned and looked at Jack. Her eyes were no longer filled with independence and strength, but with fear and helplessness.
Jack carefully wrapped his arms around the sobbing girl. He didn't know what to say to make her calm down some. He just held her in his arms and let her cry. All his reasons for hating her were now gone, washed away with her tears.
**
"What are dey sayin'?" Race asked Emmy.
"I don't know. All I can hear is mumbling and even that stopped a few minutes ago. Here, I'm going to look in and see what's going on." Emmy carefully stood up and cracked open then door. She then closed it and headed towards the stairs.
"Well, what's goin' on in dere?" Race's words were met by Emmy's satisfied grin.
