Authoress Note:: I've been writing up oneshots like crazy, lately! This is called Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic , which is the name of the song my most favorite singer ever, John Barrowman did/re-did.

Anyway;; I thought about submitting this as a oneshot alone, but I remembered this story half way through writing this, so I'd thought I'd submit it here! Also, running a bit out of ideas here, so...request a oneshot, please?

Last two things: I got a request to do a Pepper x Sam one like my other Ross x Sam oneshot, Guilty Pleasures. I am writing that oneshot; it is in progress. Also, this is another way Sam and Pepper could get their feelings out to one another. It stands alone. Read on:D

'Though I've tried before to tell her

Of the feelings I have for her in my heart

Every time that I come near her

I just lose my nerve

As I've done from the start'

"Hey, Sam?"

Sam turned in the saddle, green eyes curious as she rested her hand on the base of the Western saddle."Yeah?"

Pepper swallowed, trying to get the courage back up. His heart beat loudly in his chest, as if it wanted everyone - Sam including - to hear it. At first, when they had been assigned to go out and check on the cattle along the far line of the acreage, Pepper had thought of it as the perfect chance to get to tell Sam how he felt about her. But quickly he felt himself loosing his courage, his throat closing in the words he wanted to get out.

..."I... just wanted to tell you to watch for snakes and rabbit holes. They're sneaky."

Every little thing she does is magic

Everything she does0 just turns me on

Even though my life before was tragic

Now I know my love for her goes on

Pepper peered at the fence closely, trying to detect any cut wire or any possible way a calf or steer could wrangle it's way out. He had almost forgotten about Sam.

"Pepper!" A voice screamed behind him, terrified and shril. Pepper jerked around in the saddle, twisting, to see Sam get bucked off her horse and her flying through the air. A sickening feeling settled in Pepper's stomach when he saw where she was going to land; the ditch was deep and shallow with murky water. The splash that sounded when Sam's body impacted into the water was one that Pepper would always remember.

Pepper jerked on Tank's reins and sent him galloping towards the ditch, and Ace was already panicking and heading back towards Riverbend. Pepper was already out of Tank's saddle before he stopped completely.

Do I have to tell the story

Of a thousand rainy days since we first met

It's a big enough umbrella

But it's always me that ends up getting wet

Shivering, cold, and wet Pepper remembered the first time he had met Sam.

"Samantha, meet Pepper; he'll be working here. Pepper, meet Samantha; my daughter."

"Hi." Pepper had said shyly, not knowing whether or not he should shake her hand or what.

"Hi!" Sam had said enthusiasically, not at all shy of the new boy on the ranch.

Pepper had smiled, knowing that he suddenly liked this young girl.

I resolve to call her up a thousand times a day

And ask her if she'll marry me in some old fashioned way

But my silent fears have gripped me

Long before I reach the phone

Long before my tongue has tripped me

Must I always be alone?

Every little thing she does is magic

Everything she does just turns me on

Even though my life before was tragic

Now I know my love for her goes on

She was soaked to the bone, her clothes still dripping ditch water. She wrapped her arms around Pepper's waist; as he was just as wet as she was, though he had taken off his shirt before he had dived in the water. He could feel her shivering, cold and still in shock from the fall. Pepper felt lucky that she had landed in water, and not the ground.

"Pepper? I know this probably isn't the best time but..."

"Yeah?" He asked absently, as he gently pulled Tank around towards the ranch.

"...I think I love you."