Chapter 5
I really don't know what made me go outside, but I did. I guess I just wanted to be there, in the middle of the action and excitement. I'm not exactly well known for my bravery and I guess I was just so eager to prove to myself that I had guts I didn't really think about anything else. Luckily nothing happened but this is where my life started to change.
I looked around me as everyone outside fell silent, the cloud of dust moving closer and closer to us. I squinted my eyes trying to make out the figures and see how many of them there were. I counted four at first glance but as they got closer I saw that there were five of them the same as there had been before. I knew that Sheriff McMahon wouldn't try and get rid of them using guns and attacking them, he'd probably just let them do what they wanted till they got bored and left.
"Chris get inside now, your going to get yourself killed!" Edge hisses grabbing my sleeve and dragging me inside "Sometimes I wonder if you have any brain at all cos you don't have no guts!"
"How could I get shot, they wont fire at us if we don't fire at them. Besides, I'm just interested In what's going on that's all" I say pressing my nose against the glass, watching my breath cloud it "I'd like to know who I'm dealing with before I save the town single handedly ya know!" I laugh a few seconds later wishing I'd never said that.
"Saving the town huh" She says putting her hand on my back, I quickly turn round to face her nearly dying of fright, I look at Edge who starts whistling to himself and walks off over to the bar. I pull my hat off and place it down on the table and smile at her.
"How are you today?" I ask politely again congratulating myself, I was definitely getting better at this whole talking to Stephanie thing. I pull out a chair for her to sit down in and then sit down opposite her scratching my ear nervously.
"I'm just great, have you seen them yet?" She says tapping her fingers on the table, if I didn't know better I would have said it was like a snake charmer..Only not because, well I'm not a snake but I might as well have been. All I could do was watch her fingers like I was in a trance. She noticed this after a while and waved her hand in front of my face making me snap out of it. "You ok, you look kinda distant there"
"No I'm fine, I'm just thinking about them that's all" I say smiling at her while looking into her eyes, I had to keep reminding myself she'd think I was some kind of lunatic if I kept staring at her like I was. I place my hands one over the other on the table trying to stop myself from shaking because I was so nervous.
"Your so sweet" She giggles, I wonder if she'd seen how much I was shaking because she puts her hands over mine, instantly making my skin tingle. I sit there smiling awkwardly at her for a little while almost a little relieved when Edge comes over to get me.
"Come on lover boy, put the poor young lady down and lets go" not exactly the kind of the thing I would of liked him to have said but I wasn't really bothered at the time. I move my hands from under hers and stand up stepping out from behind the table.
"I'm sorry to just leave you like this, I know it's rude of me to leave a lady alone in the saloon" I say trying to sound as gentlemanly as I can, pretty pleased at how my acting skills turned out. I tip my hat to her like I'd seen Deputy Test do and take her hand and kiss it. "I'll see you around?"
"I'll come looking for you if you don't" She says smiling; I smile back at her before being physically dragged away from her by Edge. I wave back at her before seeing Deputy Test walk over to her and start talking to her, what kind of man would just stand there gawking at the sheriffs daughter when there is more important matters such as the outlaws to think about I say to myself, before realizing that was exactly what I had been doing and take it back.
"Chris snap out of it!" Edge yells grabbing my shoulders firmly and shaking them hard "I've never seen you so..Mushy. By letting her do this to you your letting her make you weak, she's making you drop all your defenses along with your common sense, it's what women do!" He says smacking me round the back of my head.
"What?" I say looking at him, he lets go of me and puts his head in his hands. I think he was angry with me for not paying attention to what he was saying even though I was, he was talking about fenses..Or something like that!
"Have you listened to a word I've been saying? Every time you see her you get worse, you don't even listen to me anymore! Soon your just going to be some brain dead blacksmiths son with no friends!" That's when he walked off and left me on my own in the middle of the street, I did think about going after him but I thought maybe he needed some time to cool off. I thought he was over re-acting about the whole thing, but I wouldn't tell him that to his face. I'd completely forgotten about the outlaws, that was until I remember that me and Edge had been standing in the middle of the street before he walked of and until I nearly got mowed down by five DX members on horseback. I had two options, stay and be trampled to death or do what any sensible young man would do..run as fast as my legs would carry me! So run I did, until one of them grabbed me..
I really don't know what made me go outside, but I did. I guess I just wanted to be there, in the middle of the action and excitement. I'm not exactly well known for my bravery and I guess I was just so eager to prove to myself that I had guts I didn't really think about anything else. Luckily nothing happened but this is where my life started to change.
I looked around me as everyone outside fell silent, the cloud of dust moving closer and closer to us. I squinted my eyes trying to make out the figures and see how many of them there were. I counted four at first glance but as they got closer I saw that there were five of them the same as there had been before. I knew that Sheriff McMahon wouldn't try and get rid of them using guns and attacking them, he'd probably just let them do what they wanted till they got bored and left.
"Chris get inside now, your going to get yourself killed!" Edge hisses grabbing my sleeve and dragging me inside "Sometimes I wonder if you have any brain at all cos you don't have no guts!"
"How could I get shot, they wont fire at us if we don't fire at them. Besides, I'm just interested In what's going on that's all" I say pressing my nose against the glass, watching my breath cloud it "I'd like to know who I'm dealing with before I save the town single handedly ya know!" I laugh a few seconds later wishing I'd never said that.
"Saving the town huh" She says putting her hand on my back, I quickly turn round to face her nearly dying of fright, I look at Edge who starts whistling to himself and walks off over to the bar. I pull my hat off and place it down on the table and smile at her.
"How are you today?" I ask politely again congratulating myself, I was definitely getting better at this whole talking to Stephanie thing. I pull out a chair for her to sit down in and then sit down opposite her scratching my ear nervously.
"I'm just great, have you seen them yet?" She says tapping her fingers on the table, if I didn't know better I would have said it was like a snake charmer..Only not because, well I'm not a snake but I might as well have been. All I could do was watch her fingers like I was in a trance. She noticed this after a while and waved her hand in front of my face making me snap out of it. "You ok, you look kinda distant there"
"No I'm fine, I'm just thinking about them that's all" I say smiling at her while looking into her eyes, I had to keep reminding myself she'd think I was some kind of lunatic if I kept staring at her like I was. I place my hands one over the other on the table trying to stop myself from shaking because I was so nervous.
"Your so sweet" She giggles, I wonder if she'd seen how much I was shaking because she puts her hands over mine, instantly making my skin tingle. I sit there smiling awkwardly at her for a little while almost a little relieved when Edge comes over to get me.
"Come on lover boy, put the poor young lady down and lets go" not exactly the kind of the thing I would of liked him to have said but I wasn't really bothered at the time. I move my hands from under hers and stand up stepping out from behind the table.
"I'm sorry to just leave you like this, I know it's rude of me to leave a lady alone in the saloon" I say trying to sound as gentlemanly as I can, pretty pleased at how my acting skills turned out. I tip my hat to her like I'd seen Deputy Test do and take her hand and kiss it. "I'll see you around?"
"I'll come looking for you if you don't" She says smiling; I smile back at her before being physically dragged away from her by Edge. I wave back at her before seeing Deputy Test walk over to her and start talking to her, what kind of man would just stand there gawking at the sheriffs daughter when there is more important matters such as the outlaws to think about I say to myself, before realizing that was exactly what I had been doing and take it back.
"Chris snap out of it!" Edge yells grabbing my shoulders firmly and shaking them hard "I've never seen you so..Mushy. By letting her do this to you your letting her make you weak, she's making you drop all your defenses along with your common sense, it's what women do!" He says smacking me round the back of my head.
"What?" I say looking at him, he lets go of me and puts his head in his hands. I think he was angry with me for not paying attention to what he was saying even though I was, he was talking about fenses..Or something like that!
"Have you listened to a word I've been saying? Every time you see her you get worse, you don't even listen to me anymore! Soon your just going to be some brain dead blacksmiths son with no friends!" That's when he walked off and left me on my own in the middle of the street, I did think about going after him but I thought maybe he needed some time to cool off. I thought he was over re-acting about the whole thing, but I wouldn't tell him that to his face. I'd completely forgotten about the outlaws, that was until I remember that me and Edge had been standing in the middle of the street before he walked of and until I nearly got mowed down by five DX members on horseback. I had two options, stay and be trampled to death or do what any sensible young man would do..run as fast as my legs would carry me! So run I did, until one of them grabbed me..