WHEW! My apologies to everyone! Both myself and my wonderful beta (bless her!) have been swamped with end of the year joys..yeah NOT!

She's got finals that are being shoved up her nose, and I've got graduation preprations and I'll be starting college soon myself (GO CLASS OF 2010!)

But graduation is Saturday and then I'll be free for the rest of the summer to write more! :) Just know I havn't forgotten about you guys! and thank you all for the reviews.
Much love,

Stephie V :)


VPOV

I was just about to walk in the barn when Nate became, I don't know any other to explain it except, bouncy? He seemed nervous and excited at the same time. We walked around the open barn door and I was greeted with a bunch of cowboy yells. There was a huge yellow sign hanging from the rafters saying "WELCOME TO THE FAMILY VIVIAN!" Everyone was crowded around a small cake which an albino horse was trying to get to. My eyes misted over and Sam walked up to me but before she got to me I ran the rest of the way to tackle her into a hug. She squeezed me back tightly and turned her head to my ear.

"I missed you V, I'm glad you're here." I let go and held her at arm's length smiling brightly.

"Me too Sammy."

The party passed in a happy blur of laughs and smiles. The sun was setting in the horizon before the horses started crowding around the gate, reminding everyone that they were hungry. The albino's name was Popcorn. An odd name but cute none the less. Nate walks up to me a grimace on his face.

"Are you ready for the party?" I honestly tried not to but I couldn't help but let out a chuckle at his scrunched up face.

"Why are you so unwilling to go to the party? Mr. Salcom cannot be THAT bad." He just shook his head.

"You have no idea." Then he looked at me, suddenly serious.

"Don't believe anything he says Vivian." My stomach started doing back-flips with the sound of my name on his lips.

"I promise."

He rubbed the back of his neck, looking uncomfortable.

"Okay well I'm leavin' to go get ready so ummm would you like to ride with me to the party?"

Riding in a car with him. Alone. Yeah, probably not. I'd perfer not to have a heart attack at age seventeen.

"Umm… I think I should ride with Sam. You know we have a lot to catch up on. I'm sorry." I looked down at my shoes.

NPOV

She was looking down biting her lip. My heart was still pounding in my chest from when I asked her to ride with me. I was disappointed but I didn't want her to feel bad, I thought it was great that she wanted to hang out with Sam. Maybe she would open up and relax around us more soon.

"That's fine. I understand." I smiled at her before I walked over to Jake who was waiting impatiently by the truck.

"What took you so long?"

"Why? Quit buggin' me." He just grumbled and got in the passenger seat. I couldn't wait to get to the party to see Vivian.

SPOV

Vivian and I were in her temporary room looking through her clothes. There was one dress that stood out to me. It looked like silk and had a scoop neck. It was mostly brown but had a random pattern of gold and grey. I squealed and threw the dress at her ordering her to put it on. She walked out of the bathroom looking self-conscious. But i was thinking that she looked like a super model. The dress accented figure very nicely, hugging her hips and the tops of her legs. I squealed again and ran up to her.

"I HAVE THE PERFECT SHOES!" She looked at me like I'd gone nuts. I ran to the house and grabbed the shoes out of the closet and ran back.

"Hope you are a size 7 'cause if not your just gonna have to squeeze!"

She just smiled and nodded before putting on the shoes. She looked amazing, the dress and the shoes made her legs look longer. I knew that Nate would love it. I smiled internally at the thought. I already had my dress on so I slipped on my black peep toe pumps and stood up. My dress was black and had a plunging neck line that bunched between my cleavage. It was open backed and tied at the base of my neck. I put on some silver bangles and fluffed my hair.

"Ready to go V?"

She nodded and we walked out the door to where Dad and Gram were waiting. Dad looked like he was about to have a heart attack and I quickly tried to soothe him.

"Dad, it's okay. Breathe. I may be a cowgirl but I still know what would look good at one of Salcom's parties." I smiled at him and hopped in the truck quickly followed by Vivian.