Spoilers: After cattle incident and snippets of future episodes
Disclaimer: I own none of these characters. They are the property of Nickelodeon.
Pairings: C/E, snippets of C/W
Chapter SeventeenCaitlin felt miserable. She hadn't seen or talked to either Will or Eric in a week. Grant it, she had been quite busy with homework and helping Dori, but Caitlin hated the tension that filled the air whenever she saw Eric; and guilt when she saw Will.
Caitlin didn't know how to deal with any of this. She'd never had a serious boyfriend before and Caitlin didn't' think it was going to be this complicated.
As she stared out the glass patio doors, Caitlin ran her hand through her hair. "I can't think about this anymore," she said to herself out loud.
With that, Caitlin lifted the earphones that rested around her neck to her ears.
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Eric rounded up the cattle, which lingered in the grazing fields. He loved this time of year. Eric tipped his felt hat up, and stared at the setting sun. He'd missed this!
Just as the final cattle made its way into the fenced pen, Eric caught a dark figure riding towards him. Eric wondered who could be riding this late in the afternoon. Eric soon got his answer, in the form of a grey palmetto and one tall, dark-haired teenage boy. Will.
He did not need this. Eric rolled his eyes and clicked his tongue, signaling Jasper to head home. He nudged his horse forward with his heels.
"Hey!" Will shouted.
Eric ignored him. Maybe if he pretended he didn't hear him, Will would go away.
"Hey Eric!" Will yelled again.
No such luck.
Eric tugged the reigns to the left signaling Jasper to turn around. As Will rode up a couple of feet from Jasper, Eric reigned in the fidgety horse.
There was silence between the riders. Eric finally broke the tense silence. "What do you want?" he aksed, patting Jasper's neck. "Whoa boy."
"Stay away from Caitlin," Will warned.
"Is that what you came all the way out here to say? 'Stay away from Caitlin'?" Eric asked sarcastically.
"I'm serious," Will growled, stroking Sinbad's mane.
Eric shook his head sadly. "You don't get it do you?" he smiled and bit his bottom lip. "Caitlin and I are friends. There's no way I'm staying away from her. Get it through your thick skull, we care about each other."
Will dismounted off his horse and walked over to Eric. His eyes gleamed, clouded by anger. "No, you are the one who doesn't get it." Will pointed at Eric. "She's my girlfriend. You might weasel your slimy way into her life by being Griffin's friend, but she's only being nice. In the end, she'll always want to be alone with me."
Eric watched Will mounted his horse. Eric opened his mouth to say 'The kiss we shared said something different', but Eric bit his tongue. Caitlin would kill him if he'd blurted it out, and they weren't on good terms already because of that kiss.
How's it going my legion of CW fans? I hope this is going okay. Seems in character? Pls. R&R
