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Jim's P.O.V.
I sat on the bank of the creek for about ten minutes before Billie got there. She apologised a hundred times for bein' late but it was nothin' I actually didn't mind the time alone it's pretty different out from Missouri. You can just sit there and not wonder 'bout nothin' and not feel bad.
" Jimmy, You comin'?" Billie asked.
" Yeah just gimmie a second." I had to take in the beauty of the scene. Little did I know that it would only last a couple more hours. Billie turned around and faced me.
"Jim the water is great come on."
" I'm comin' hold on." I said finally gettin' up and pullin' off my shirt. I ran in and splashed her. We played around in the water for a good three hours be fore gettin' out. I laid on the bank of the creek in the sun with her in my arms for awhile. Then she asked me the strangest question.
" Do you think we'll ever get back to Liberty Jim?" I wasn't sure how to answer part of me wanted to say yes, the other part wanted to stay in Missouri.
" I don't know Billie, I like things the way they are right now." I finally said.
" You know Younger if I didn't know better I'd say you were …" Then for once in my life I took the first step and kissed her.
" I was." I said, she laughed.
" You gotta stop taking advice from Cole." She said. " It usually get people in trouble."
"But I thought trouble was in the James blood?"
" It is but we make our own trouble. And we're going to be in a lot of it if we don't get goin' 'cause it's going to pour rain pretty soon." She said before gettin' up.
" It's to nice to rain. The wind is barely blowin'." I said.
" Trust me Jim it's goin' to rain plus I never said we had to go home."
" Are implyin' somethin' Miss James?"
" What are you sayin' Mr. Younger." She said before laughin' and grabbin' my hand and pullin' me to my feet. " I love you Jim." She whispered. I put my arms around her.
"Billie Do you gotta go tomorrow." She nodded.
" I wish you were coming with me." She put her head on my shoulder.
" I do too but you know we can't go back. You're the only one with barely any implication in to this. My face all over on wanted posters."
" It's just to bad they can't have you 'cause you're mine. Jimmy I'll miss you."
" I'll miss you too but don't worry its only four or five days."
"Yeah four or five days." I held her tight and kissed her forehead.
" So where are Jesse and Cole gone?"
"Honestly I don't care." I said not that I didn't care about my brother and Jesse it's just right now Billie was my main concern. " Come on let's go for a ride."
