I tried to concentrate on what I was doing. I really did but my mind just kept wandering back to Dallas. It was an accident. I kept telling myself but an hour later my lips were still tingling. So what did this distraction result in? Me hitting myself with a hammer seven times. (Yes, I counted.) I was about halfway done when I thought it couldn't possibly get worse and then... it did.
"Oh come on!" I yelled at the sky as the rain splashed my face.
"Susan!" Someone called from the doorway. I turned and saw Steve's figure.
"What?" I asked, apologizing in my head for sounding so harsh.
"It's raining!" He told me. Idiot.
"Gee! It is? That's for telling me Captain Obvious!" I yelled. I just needed to finish. Ignore the rain Susan, ignore the rain. I turned back the the fence and started to work again.
"What are you doing?" Steve asked. I didn't bother to turn around I just needed to get this done.
"Fixing the fence!" I yelled.
"Are you nuts?" He asked, "It's raining cats and dogs!" He reasoned, "Don't make me come out there are get you!" I ignored his threats and kept working. I got a bit more done and was just about to start on the last side when-
"GOTCHA!"
"AHHH!" I screamed as someone flung me over their shoulder. I looked down and saw the smiling face of Two-Bit. (Dallas had cough him but let him off the hook.)
"Time to come inside princess!" He told me, laughing.
"TWO-BIT! LET ME DOWN!" I demanded while punching his back. Though he just laughed and carried me inside with my tools. He got inside and set me down on one of the kitchen chair. Everyone else (Steve, Soda, Pony, Johnny, and Dallas.) was laughing. I glared at Two-Bit.
"You suck." I told him.
"You'll thank me later." He told me and grabbed a drink off the counter before joining Steve on the couch. Soda come over a pulled me up.
"Come on." He told me, leading my up the stairs, "Let's get you out of those wet cloths and into something dry. You can borrow something of mine. I'll get it back when you finish the fence... next time when it's not raining." He told me and thew a large shirt and sweat pants at me. I thanked him and went into the bathroom to change. I came out and took my hair out of the bun it was in. I went back into the living room and thanked Soda again.
"Whoa, you have really long hair." Pony commented. I smiled at him.
"Thanks." I laughed and turned to look out the window. Lightning flashed across the sky. I groaned.
"How on Earth am I going to get home?" I wondered aloud.
"Well, how did you get here?" Soda asked.
"I walked."
"Oh..." He told me and scratched the back of his head for a moment, "Well... I know someone who can drive you." He told me.
"Really? Who?" I asked. His eyes wandered over to Dallas along with the other's in the room. Both Dallas and I groaned.
"Do I have to?" Dallas asked. Everyone nodded, "Fine." He growled and grabbed my hand, pulling me out. We hurried into the T-Bird that was parked in the driveway. Once I got in my teeth started to chatter uncontrollably. Dallas turned to me,
"Will you knock that off?" He asked.
"Sorry." I told him, "I'm cold." I groaned and reached for something in the back. For a moment I thought he was going to get a bat and hit me but pulled out a leather jacket. He handed it to me.
"Here." He offered. I smiled. Was Dallas Winston being... nice?
We rode in silence for a while longer until Dallas had to ask me where I lived. I wasn't really happy to tell him but I did anyways. Finally I broke the silence once more.
"Why did you do it?" I asked him. He looked to me, his ice blue eyes confused.
"Why did I do what?" He asked. I rolled up my pant leg and showed him the scar that was already forming. Something flashed across his face for a moment... Guilt? He looked strait at the road, almost as if that was his way of saying sorry.
"I had gotten into a fight. I was in a bad mood and you were just in the wrong place at the wrong time." He explained. I nodded, it wasn't a very good apology but it's probably the best one I'll get.
"I accept." I told him. His head whipped to look at me and for a moment we swerved off the road.
"What do you mean?" He asked once we were back on track.
"You know exactly what I mean, Dallas." I told him. He shuddered.
"I'm Dally." He told me, "No one calls me Dallas unless their looking to get their head bashed in." I just starred at him. Was he really being this hypocritical?
"If you call me Susan, I'll call you Dally. Deal?" I offered. He looked at me for a moment then turned back to the road.
"Deal." He mumbled. I smiled. I looked out and saw that we were just pulling onto my road.
"You live on a farm?" He asked me. I nodded, "You have any horses?" He asked. I smiled.
"We have two. Kaylee, the nicest little bay you will ever meet. We use her for the really simple stuff around the farm. Then we have my horse. I saved up money to get her for 6 years; starting when I was seven. His name is Jay and hes a pure breed mustang." I told him, beaming with pride while I talked about my horse. Dallas let out a low whistle as he parked.
"Must be great in races." He said. I smiled at him. His eyes were lit up like a little kids on Christmas.
"I don't really race with him." I told him, then a though came to me, "You wanna see him?" I asked. He gave what seemed to almost be a smile.
"Sure." He told me. We got out the car and ran through the ran into the stable. I lead him to Jay. I walked into Jay's stall and rubbed his head. I grabbed some oat and gave them to Dallas.
"Just come slowly and don't like him in the eye." I told him. He took a step forward and Jay tensed. I kept rubbing his nose and her relaxed. The second he got the oats from Dallas he liked him. (Jay is a sucker for food.) He even licked the side of his face. We pampered and brushed Jay for a while longer until I looked at my watch and saw that it was 10.
"Goodness! Where does the time go?" I asked, "I better get going. I'll see you when I got back to finish the fence. Maybe tomorrow." I told him. He nodded and went back to his car. (The rain finally stopped.) I waved and turned to go back into my house.
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