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"Hey, how you feeling?" Lisa asked as she came into the living room to find Amy reading.
"A bit sore." She said looking up.
Lisa nodded. "Can I ask you something?" She leaned over her arms resting on the couch. Amy swallowed hard. "You and Ty have been at each other since he got here. So why'd you agree to go get him the other night?"
"He called here looking for Grandpa. He forgot about your dinner party. I don't know, I just couldn't leave him stranded in town."
"You two didn't fight, at all on the way home?"
"No. Why?" Amy questioned.
"I'm just trying to figure out what happened. And why you seem to be in Ty's corner all of a sudden." She raised her eyebrow looking at Amy.
"I'm not. It's just he needed a ride. And he's got no where else to go. How can we kick him out?"
Lisa eyed Amy again. "So you breaking things off with Caleb had nothing to do with Ty?"
Amy glanced down at her book for a second before looking back at Lisa. "It wasn't gonna work out anyway. Better we found that out now." She stated firmly only half answering Lisa's question.
She straightened back up watching Amy. "I'm gonna run a sandwich out to the barn for Ty. Then I'll get lunch started."
"Okay. No rush." Amy shrugged before opening her book again and reading unfazed by anything Lisa asked. Or at least that's the look she was trying to pull off. She just hoped Ty was able to do the same.
"Okay, close your eyes." Amy said as she walked behind Ty her hands covering his eyes. He did his best to hide his smile. "No looking. I mean it. I want it to be a surprise."
"Didn't I ask you out?" Ty asked hiding his laugh as he walked cautious.
"Technically." She giggled. "But it's not like your in any shape to drive to town and see a movie."
"Fair enough."
"We can do a redo if you want when your better." She smiled.
"No take backs now. This is now officially our first date."
"Okay, open." She said pulling her hands away to reveal the over turned boat in front of the pond. She reached and grabbed the hidden picnic basket. "So, what do you think? Up to your standards?"
"Yes. It's beautiful, Amy." He grabbed her hand and she pulled him to the boat.
"Not to spoil the fun but we only have about an hour and a half before we get caught."
Ty nodded as he took a bite from his ham sandwich. "I'd take ten minutes with you over nothing at all."
Amy giggled as she popped a cucumber slice into her mouth. "Very philosophical."
"Hey, I'm not a high school dropout for nothing." He joked. He noticed the way Amy nodded. "I know there are hundreds of guys way smarter then me but I'm glad you see past all that."
"Of course I do, Ty." She grabbed his hand and forced him to look at her. Almost afraid she had offended him.
"Are you seriously okay with my mistakes? I've made a lot of them."
"Why would you think that?"
"Because I've been to jail." He sighed taking a sip of his soda. "You aren't gonna wake up and realize you made a horrible mistake?"
"The only mistake would have been marrying Caleb." Amy ran a hand along Ty's cheek. "I choice you. I'll choose you every time."
Tim was loading Storm into the back of his trailer when Jack and Amy arrived back from town. She glanced back at him before getting out of the truck. "Dad?"
"I thought you wanted Amy to race him?" Jack asked patting the horses neck.
"I put too much pressure on you."
"No you didn't." Amy grabbed the reins. "You are not to blame for anything that happened."
He sighed. "You're in no condition to practice. And the race is next week."
"Exactly. The race is in six days. Please? At least let me try." She glanced back at Jack. He nodded.
"Tim, she's worked hard. At least let her do this race."
"Seriously?" He was shocked.
"Please, Dad I won't let you down." Amy begged.
"Are you still sore?" He raised his eyebrow at her. "Don't try to hide it I've noticed."
Amy nodded. "A bit. But nothing like the other day."
"Amy?" Jack shouted concerned.
"I'm fine. Okay? Can't you people leave me alone?"
Tim and Jack shared a look. "I guess."
"Thank you so much." Amy shrieked. Tim hugged her.
Lisa joined Jack on the porch with her cup of coffee. He smiled up at her. "So...what'd Amy say?"
Lisa shrugged thinking back to the other day. "She was vage. And seemed to be hiding something."
"I knew it. There more she not telling."
"She wasn't gonna volunteer information that's for sure." Lisa sipped her coffee.
"You think she's covering for Ty?"
"Covering, how?"
"That he really was the one driving the other night."
"You really think she'd lie to you. Or for Ty? The two have been at each others neck for weeks."
"That's why her defending him is odd." He sighed.
"Maybe we are over thinking this whole thing. She said she was driving and I believe her." Lisa patted Jack's knee.
"Something's off about them two. And she sure got over Caleb in a hurry." He wrinkled her brow deep in thought.
Amy peaked her head around the corner of the cabinet to see if she was alone. After making sure she was she crept into the dining room where Ty was. He glanced up at the sound of her footsteps. "What's you doing?" She leaned over his shoulder.
"Jack asked me to do some paperwork for him since I'm not much good at anything else right now." He held up his casted arm.
"Sorry about that. Feel like that's my fault." She kissed the side of his cheek before sitting in the chair.
"How many times are you gonna apologize?"
"Until I don't feel guilty."
"That could be awhile knowing you." He laughed. Amy swatted his shoulder.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Oh no! This can't be good."
Amy raised her eyebrow. "Ty!"
"We've only been dating a week and I'm already in trouble." Amy frowned not impressed by his humor.
"I'm worried about what you said to me earlier. At the pond."
Ty shifted to face her. "Amy..."
"It's okay to feel insecure. But what you said about being a criminal or not good enough for me is something you've said before."
"So?"
"Ty, I would never judge you. I don't care about the 4 years you were away. Or what happened to get sent here in the first place."
"It's only a matter of time."
"Hey! That's my opinion. And I don't feel that way. You are in no way any less then Caleb. Or anyone else for that matter. I don't care what people think."
"We are very mismatched. You have to admit it." He sighed.
"Pretty girl with guy from the wrong side of the tracks. Sounds like a good movie." She pushes Ty's hair from his eyes exposing his stitches. "When you collapsed I was so scared. I thought I was losing you all over again. In that moment, if it hadn't already been confirmed in my mind, I knew I loved you. And call me crazy but your someone I want in my future."
"Really? You see us together that long?" Ty smiled.
"Yeah. I do." She touched his hand.