Chapter 2
"I told you, he asked me to prom." I said lightly.
"And you said you were busy. Right?"
"No I told him that I would love to go."
"Have you lost your mind?"
"Ya know he's really not that bad."
"Uh-huh… and neither is a mountain lion, sweetie."
"What ever, now are you going to help me look for a dress or insult my date?"
"Well, I probably should help you look for a dress, since I'm going to."
"Really with who?"
"No one."
"Come on Jen your only a freshman, you have to have been asked by at least a junior. Now who?"
"Darrel."
"This is going to be awesome!" I yelled scaring Ace. "It's ok boy."
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That night after dinner I decided that I needed to tell some one so that I could go into town that weekend and pick up a dress. I decided my safest bet was Bryanna. I walked into Cody's room to find Bryanna rocking him lightly to sleep.
"Hey sweetie, what's up?"
"Um… well I kind of need to go into town this weekend."
"Can I ask why and if this has anything to do with why you almost ran me over this evening?" she asked with a smile.
"Well, Jake kind of asked me to the prom." I said quickly.
"Sam that's great. And I'm sure I can find time to bring you to the mall to find a dress. Can I assume that you have yet to tell your dad or Grace?"
"Yeah." I said wondering over to peer at my little brother.
"Do you want me to tell Wyatt?"
"You would do that for me?"
"Of course I would, now why don't you go finish that homework I know you haven't done this weekend."
I softly kissed the soft top of my brother's head before starting to walk out of the room, "Bryanna?"
"Yes Sam?"
"Thanks again."
"No problem."
I walked to my room closing the door behind me. I looked at my backpack on the floor by my desk where it had sat since Friday. I slowly walked over and opened it up. I decided to start with history. History was the easiest for me since it was Jake's mom, Mrs. Ely, who taught it. I slowly opened my book and turned to the page where the assigned reading started. The chapter started with a story of some rich family that had lived in the mid-60's. As I read on my mind slowly shifted to Jake. I smiled at the thought. We had been friends since I could remember. He had been there to comfort me when my mother had died, he had been there when I fell off of Blackie, my old colt, he had been there when I had boarded the plain to Los Angeles when my dad had sent me away. He was even there when I first come back to the ranch. I smiled wider as I remember my first day back at the ranch. I had seen Jake quickly jumping up from the dirt were the mare that he had been training at the time, Pocahontas, had thrown him. His Indian black hair was pulled back in its leather strap and he was walking to retrieve his Stetson when he had first noticed me. I remembered the way his voice had drawled with its southern accent when he had recognized me. I also remembered how I had noticed the way Jake had changed from the last time he had seen me. I shook my head to clear it before finishing the reading.