Chapter 2
So that's basically how this all started out, news of the outlaws returning to our little town. The same outlaws that our so-called 'local hero' was meant to have got rid of years ago. The town was in uproar; Rocky wouldn't be able to stop them this time. He was soon found out to be a fraud when he admitted that he couldn't stop them alone and that he had lots of help the last time around. His little friend Angle apparently grassed him into Sheriff McMahon, who was, lets just say less than happy to find out that Rocky hadn't been telling the truth this whole time. That's another thing I didn't mention, Angle. Angle is Rocky's little tag along sidekick if you will, he follows him everywhere. Angle thinks that he's Rocky's best friend but really Rocky only lets him tag along because he loves the attention and praise he gets from him. So we go back to the story, I was working that day and Edge had been sitting watching me all morning whining at me over and over to grab this chance with both hands and become the new local hero. An idea, which I wasn't exactly quick to agree with.
"Come on Chris, you don't get chances like this everyday!" Edge says rolling the mallet around in his hands as he sits up on the wall watching me hammer the horseshoes into shape over the hot coals. "I bet if you saved the town Stephanie would like you," he laughs as I snatch the mallet from him and glare at him. He would mention her wouldn't he, another thing I haven't spoken about yet. Stephanie McMahon, the sheriff's daughter. He would always bring her up at the worse times, and especially when he wanted to use her name to make me do something.
"Edge cant you go bother somebody else, I have to get these finished before this afternoon and your distracting me" I moan shoving him hard making him nearly fall off the wall and into the water trough. He pokes his tongue out at me and jumps off the wall; I shake my head and go back to my work as I hear him walk outside. I know he wont leave because he never does, he stands outside for a few minutes stamping his feet till I think he's gone then he'll charge back in and start messing around again. I put my tools down and stand still for a while waiting for him to come back.
"Oh Crissy boy, you have a visitor!" He yells walking back inside grinning, he holds open the door and lets Stephanie in "Look who's come to see you Chris" He says beaming, I drop the hammer on my foot from surprise and try hard not to scream from the amount of pain I'm in.
"Are you alright?" She asks walking over to me and handing me the hammer "You dropped it on your foot" I just nod my head and smile, now if Edge had said something like that to me I probably would have snapped back a very sarcastic comment. I think I might have guessed that I had dropped it on my foot from the amount of pain I was in but I didn't say anything just smiled like a mad man. "Everyone said you'd probably be in here so I just thought I'd stop by and see if you were going to the party on Saturday" I quickly glance over her shoulder at Edge who is dancing around behind her and pouting up his lips.
"Erm, yeah I guess I am" I stutter, trying hard to form a whole sentence. I mentally congratulate myself for managing to say six whole words to her without showing myself up. The last time I spoke to her was a complete disaster, lets just say I was too busy trying to get the words out to ask her to the party that I didn't see the step and fell flat on my face in the dirt.
"Stephanie!" Deputy Test says walking into the workshop, he looks at me like I'm a piece of dirt like he always does then walks over to Stephanie "I've been looking for you all morning, I just wanted to know if you wanted to go to the party with me on Saturday?" I glare at him hoping if I wish hard enough he'd disappear into thin air.
"Oh, I'm sorry Deputy Test but I'm going with Chris" Stephanie says sweetly turning to look at me, Deputy Test looks at me and then to Edge who is now sitting on the wall again trying not to laugh at this situation.
"You are?" I say looking at her confused, I didn't remember at any point me asking her to go with me.
"Yes of course, you just asked me remember" she says nodding her head as if to tell me to go along with it, I turn back to Depute Test and nod my head proudly. Asking her hadn't been as hard as I thought it would have been.
"Well if this loser lets you down you know where I am, see you later..Chris, Miss McMahon" He says tipping his hat to us before walking out, I breath a huge sigh making her look at me strangely.
"You make me laugh Mr. Jericho, I'll see you around then, I can't wait till Saturday," she says leaning in and kissing me on the cheek making me blush wildly. She smiles at Edge before leaving through the door, my legs wont let me stand up anymore and I fall to the floor and sit in the dirt as Edge runs over to me.
"Chris got a date!" He yells running around me making me blush even more, he starts ruffling up my hair till I swat his hand away and kick him in the leg. He kneels down in front of me "Did you see old Test's face, I could have sworn he was going to have a heart attack when she said she was going with you!"
"He wasn't the only one that could have had a heart attack when she said she was going with me" I said holding my heart feeling it race. I look at Edge who is still grinning at me, and then I feel the pain. I'd completely forgotten about my foot "God dammit Edge stop grinning like a fool!"
"Ok, I'm sorry. So what are you going to wear, you gotta look good if your going with her. You can't wear any of the old tat you've got at the moment," he says pulling at my old dirty work shirt "You gotta look smart and presentable. She's the sheriffs daughter"
"I know that Edge" I say climbing to my feet and dusting myself off "I've only got three days to go, what do I do!" I cry the fact suddenly hitting me that I had no nice clothes to wear to this party "I can't even dance!" I say realizing that some kind of dancing experience might come in handy.
"Leave it to me, I'll sort out everything. All you gotta do is trust me and keep calm," Edge says grinning; I frown at him till he stops and then go back to work.
So that's basically how this all started out, news of the outlaws returning to our little town. The same outlaws that our so-called 'local hero' was meant to have got rid of years ago. The town was in uproar; Rocky wouldn't be able to stop them this time. He was soon found out to be a fraud when he admitted that he couldn't stop them alone and that he had lots of help the last time around. His little friend Angle apparently grassed him into Sheriff McMahon, who was, lets just say less than happy to find out that Rocky hadn't been telling the truth this whole time. That's another thing I didn't mention, Angle. Angle is Rocky's little tag along sidekick if you will, he follows him everywhere. Angle thinks that he's Rocky's best friend but really Rocky only lets him tag along because he loves the attention and praise he gets from him. So we go back to the story, I was working that day and Edge had been sitting watching me all morning whining at me over and over to grab this chance with both hands and become the new local hero. An idea, which I wasn't exactly quick to agree with.
"Come on Chris, you don't get chances like this everyday!" Edge says rolling the mallet around in his hands as he sits up on the wall watching me hammer the horseshoes into shape over the hot coals. "I bet if you saved the town Stephanie would like you," he laughs as I snatch the mallet from him and glare at him. He would mention her wouldn't he, another thing I haven't spoken about yet. Stephanie McMahon, the sheriff's daughter. He would always bring her up at the worse times, and especially when he wanted to use her name to make me do something.
"Edge cant you go bother somebody else, I have to get these finished before this afternoon and your distracting me" I moan shoving him hard making him nearly fall off the wall and into the water trough. He pokes his tongue out at me and jumps off the wall; I shake my head and go back to my work as I hear him walk outside. I know he wont leave because he never does, he stands outside for a few minutes stamping his feet till I think he's gone then he'll charge back in and start messing around again. I put my tools down and stand still for a while waiting for him to come back.
"Oh Crissy boy, you have a visitor!" He yells walking back inside grinning, he holds open the door and lets Stephanie in "Look who's come to see you Chris" He says beaming, I drop the hammer on my foot from surprise and try hard not to scream from the amount of pain I'm in.
"Are you alright?" She asks walking over to me and handing me the hammer "You dropped it on your foot" I just nod my head and smile, now if Edge had said something like that to me I probably would have snapped back a very sarcastic comment. I think I might have guessed that I had dropped it on my foot from the amount of pain I was in but I didn't say anything just smiled like a mad man. "Everyone said you'd probably be in here so I just thought I'd stop by and see if you were going to the party on Saturday" I quickly glance over her shoulder at Edge who is dancing around behind her and pouting up his lips.
"Erm, yeah I guess I am" I stutter, trying hard to form a whole sentence. I mentally congratulate myself for managing to say six whole words to her without showing myself up. The last time I spoke to her was a complete disaster, lets just say I was too busy trying to get the words out to ask her to the party that I didn't see the step and fell flat on my face in the dirt.
"Stephanie!" Deputy Test says walking into the workshop, he looks at me like I'm a piece of dirt like he always does then walks over to Stephanie "I've been looking for you all morning, I just wanted to know if you wanted to go to the party with me on Saturday?" I glare at him hoping if I wish hard enough he'd disappear into thin air.
"Oh, I'm sorry Deputy Test but I'm going with Chris" Stephanie says sweetly turning to look at me, Deputy Test looks at me and then to Edge who is now sitting on the wall again trying not to laugh at this situation.
"You are?" I say looking at her confused, I didn't remember at any point me asking her to go with me.
"Yes of course, you just asked me remember" she says nodding her head as if to tell me to go along with it, I turn back to Depute Test and nod my head proudly. Asking her hadn't been as hard as I thought it would have been.
"Well if this loser lets you down you know where I am, see you later..Chris, Miss McMahon" He says tipping his hat to us before walking out, I breath a huge sigh making her look at me strangely.
"You make me laugh Mr. Jericho, I'll see you around then, I can't wait till Saturday," she says leaning in and kissing me on the cheek making me blush wildly. She smiles at Edge before leaving through the door, my legs wont let me stand up anymore and I fall to the floor and sit in the dirt as Edge runs over to me.
"Chris got a date!" He yells running around me making me blush even more, he starts ruffling up my hair till I swat his hand away and kick him in the leg. He kneels down in front of me "Did you see old Test's face, I could have sworn he was going to have a heart attack when she said she was going with you!"
"He wasn't the only one that could have had a heart attack when she said she was going with me" I said holding my heart feeling it race. I look at Edge who is still grinning at me, and then I feel the pain. I'd completely forgotten about my foot "God dammit Edge stop grinning like a fool!"
"Ok, I'm sorry. So what are you going to wear, you gotta look good if your going with her. You can't wear any of the old tat you've got at the moment," he says pulling at my old dirty work shirt "You gotta look smart and presentable. She's the sheriffs daughter"
"I know that Edge" I say climbing to my feet and dusting myself off "I've only got three days to go, what do I do!" I cry the fact suddenly hitting me that I had no nice clothes to wear to this party "I can't even dance!" I say realizing that some kind of dancing experience might come in handy.
"Leave it to me, I'll sort out everything. All you gotta do is trust me and keep calm," Edge says grinning; I frown at him till he stops and then go back to work.