Kayce found Beth at her and Rips place, she was smoking on the porch.
"What can I do for ya?" She asked, Kayce approached her and sat down.
"Wanted you to know before Tate slips up or something…Monica's pregnant."
"Congratulations. Another accident?" She asked taking a drag.
"Ha…guess you could say that." Kayce said considering they weren't trying but weren't preventing much.
"Must be nice." She said slowly blowing the smoke. Kayce was now in the awkward predicament he wasn't looking forward to.
"I'm sorry about what happened Beth-"
"Why? Why are you sorry? You didn't do it, you didn't drive me to that clinic. Fuck, if I'd of went to you who knows would've happened." She said.
"I probably would've told dad." Kayce admitted, Beth looked at him straight.
"He'd of killed me. And Rip." Beth said,
"It was Rips?" He was surprised.
"Who the fuck else?"
"that Steven kid from school? Remember dad caught you too in your room?" Kayce said laughing bringing back the memory.
"Ha…hard to forget, I still don't know how he got out of here alive." Beth said shaking her head, thinking back to how mad her dad was.
"Jumped out the window and took off wearing nothing but a damn pair of boots and boxers." Kayce said chuckling.
"Dad had nothing to worry bout with him, he was clueless."
"Dad don't know that. I'd react the same way, it had been my daughter."
"What if it was Tate?" she asked taking another drag.
"Ha, fuck I don't know. It's different with boys." Kayce said.
"How?" She asked.
" I don't know, they ain't the ones pregnant." He said shrugging. Beth took one last drag, thinking about everything.
"What if it was Carter?" Kayce asked her. She blew the smoke out and sighed, in thought.
"I'll worry bout that when he gives me a reason to worry." She said.
"Fair enough." Kayce nodded, Beth got rid of her cigarette and was fixing to go back inside when Kayce's phone rang.
"Hello?…yeah I'm here with her actually…what happened?" Beth grew concerned, only hearing kayces end of the conversation. She came down the steps and waited for him to hang up.
"Alright…we'll be right there." He said and hung up.
"Rips trying to get a hold of you?" He told Beth seeing the worry in her face. She felt her coat pocket.
"My phones inside, what's wrong?" She asked going to get her phone quick. She came back out with it looking through to see a couple calls from Rip all in the last 30 minutes.
"Carter got into some trouble I guess…" Kayce said and headed for his truck, Beth got in to go with him.
"Did he say what it was about?"
"No." He answered and there was silence.
"Fuck." She said, trying to wrap her brain around to figure it out before they got there.
A couple minutes later, they pulled up to the barn, Carter was outside sitting on a bucket with a shirt wrapped around his arm. The wranglers were all out of the bunkhouse, not doing much. The doors propped open. Rip emerged from the bunkhouse with an empty bucket. He set it aside and walked towards Beth as she got out and was anxious to talk to him.
"What happened?" She asked.
"Why didn't you answer?" He asked blunt.
"I didn't have my phone, I was on the porch smoking." She told him.
"You ain't the only one." He told her and made eyes at Carter.
"What happened?" She asked again seeing the shirt wrapped around his arm again.
"He just bout burnt the whole fucking place down." Rip said, Beth concerned, she had the mom panic in her heart now. She wanted to know everything right at this moment. Rip wasn't talking fast enough for her liking so she left and headed straight to Carter.
"What the hell did you do?!" She got pissed, Carter knew he was dead now.
"I burnt myself." He said.
"On what!?" She yelled, everyone was trying not to watch and keep at their work but they couldn't help it.
"Huh." Carter sighed.
"You fucking tell her!" Rip yelled, he was so mad at him.
"I accidentally lit the bathroom curtain on fire."
"How?" She asked.
"Well I was smoking out the window and…" Carter started to say but Beth cut him off.
"Why the fuck are you smoking!?" She shouted.
"Just trying it out." He said, just then John had gotten down there to see what all the commotion was.
"No absofuckinglutly not!" She yelled and Carter played with the shirt, he was embarrassed, everyone was around including John now, and Beth certainly wasn't making any of it nonchalant.
"Where the hell did you get cigarettes!?" She asked.
"Gee Beth I don't know!" Rip interjected, raising his voice at her with the sarcasm. She turned and scowled at him, she didn't like him talking to her like that.
"Oh so it's my damn problem!?"
"Probably doesn't help you smoke a pack a day!" He told her. He was stressed out with this whole thing knowing had no one saw smoke out the window the whole place could be burned down.
"Hey! Rip!" John shouted.
"This isn't about me damn it!" Beth's blood was boiling now, she started pointing fingers at Rip.
"Sure as hell ain't mine!" Rip said back.
"Hey! For fucks sake! You two!" John wanted to know what was going on and he wanted to know now.
"Fuck you! Carter let's go!" She walked off and Carter followed, hesitantly.
"You want me to drive you guys back?" Kayce asked her.
"Nah, I'll take Rips, he's not gonna need to come home tonight." She said and got in Rips truck.
"No your fucking walking, better get your ass moving if you wanna make it home before dark." Beth told Carter when he opened the passenger door. He listened, shut the door and headed up the drive.
"Fuck." The keys weren't in it of course. She was gonna make the perfect exit until now.
"Beth what are you doing." Rip came over and asked. He couldn't help but love the fact he had the keys.
"Give me your god damn keys and leave me the fuck alone." She said.
"He ain't going with you." Rip said pointing.
"Fine, he can sleep out in the horse shit with you." Beth said, starting the truck and drove off, fast.
"Hey! Carter Mr.Duttons gonna wanna talk to your sorry ass. Get the hell back here." Rip shouted at him, he was alway already halfway up the hill. He wasn't ready for this.
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Well that was a little a rocky! Rip and Beth Not on the best terms, and carters causing more trouble. Leave you comments, thoughts, suggestions! Thanks for reading!
