Ty slammed on the breaks, causing the wheels to lock and slide forward only a foot before stopping.
But Amy was already moving towards the passenger side before the vehicle became motionless.
"Amy what are you doing? Go back to the house," Ty commanded as she climbed onto the truck bench.
"You. Cannot. Leave. Me." Amy said firmly, closing the door and pulling the seat belt over herself before fastening it.
"Your grandpa doesn't want us together an–"
"I don't care what he wants!" Amy said, her voice rising slightly as the adrenaline that had moved her in front of the moving vehicle coursed through her. "I'm going to be a mother, you're going to be a father and there's nothing, nothing he can do about that."
"Aren't you upset?" Ty asked angrily, his voice showing the strain of his conversation with Jack. "I ruined your life."
Amy paused, looking back to the house to see her grandpa watching them from the kitchen window and Lou hovering anxiously on the porch. "The only way you could ruin my life is by leaving it," She explained softly, unbuckling and sliding over to sit beside him.
Putting the truck into gear then an arm around Amy's shoulder, Ty drove to the road, ignoring Lou as she walked out to the drive to stand where the truck had idled for a moment.
As they drove in silence, the sun finally disappeared behind the horizon and the road grew steadily darker. Ty shifted gears and put his hand on Amy's knee. She looked down at the simply casual gesture and followed his arm up to his face. She was surprised to see the range of emotions playing across his features; from pain to loss and grief to joy. She reached up to trace his jaw and as he turned to look briefly at her, for the first time in her life, Amy found pure and absolute fury in Ty's dark green eyes.
"What did he say to you?" She whispered.
Ty's jaw hardened further a moment before he relaxed it and raised his hand to rub his eyes quickly before returning his hand to her knee and his eyes to the road. "I told him…" Ty sighed and Amy knew he was trying to keep his own emotions out of the explanation. "I told him that I found out why you were sick when I away. I told him that you are pregnant and he just… I don't know," He sighed again. "At first I thought he didn't hear me, he just kept looking at me. He asked 'your's?', I nodded… and he just lost it."
Amy covered Ty's hand with her own and squeezed it lightly.
"He wouldn't even look at me Aims," Ty's voice dropped to a whisper and it pained Amy to hear him speak in such a way. She knew he held a great deal of respect for her grandfather and she knew it would hurt him losing face with Jack.
"He just had a go at me, I've never heard him talk like that before. He actually said 'I hope you're happy, you've ruined her life.'" Ty looked quickly down at Amy to gauge her reaction.
"No!" She gasped.
"He did," Ty said sadly, turning into a gas station and parking. He turned to Amy, putting an arm over the back of the seat and taking her hand with his other hand. "Then he just said 'I think you'd better leave. I don't want you with my granddaughter anymore.' And that's it."
"I don't care where you're going, I'm coming too," Amy said stubbornly.
Ty sighed again, resting his head in his hand with his elbow still on the back of the seat.
Amy waited, playing with Ty's hand in her own, knowing already that they both knew the only option they had.
"I just wish he could be as happy for us as we are," Ty sighed after many minutes of silence broken only by the sounds of passing vehicles.
"He will be," Amy said confidently. "It's just going to take a while, he's only in shock."
"I wish I had your confidence," Ty's voice was sad.
Amy looked down at their hands as he reached his index finger to brush lightly over her stomach. "I wish we waited until after supper," Amy said after her stomach growled audibly.
"There's a restaurant in there," Ty nodded his head to the small gas station. "We can go back after." He spoke slowly, reflecting his reluctance.
Amy leaned forward and wrapped her arms around her fiancée. "What's the worst thing that can happen?" She asked, feeling more confident than she ever had.
"Food poisoning?" Ty said after a moment of thought.
Amy was relieved he was relaxed enough to make a joke.
OK! So. I haven't died and wow do I ever have a story for you!
So as some here know I was in University for Business Administration.
I SAID WAS!?!?!?
(sorry, too much coffee)
So here's the story:
I left for school on the second of September, leaving my boyfriend (of 2 months at the time) at home. *insert knife into heart*. I assumed I would be able to get more writing done there since I had been spending every not working minute during the summer with him. But my god was I wrong. When I wasn't working or at school, I was on the phone or on MSN with him. (for privacy matters I'll call him GH).
SO! In realizing that school really was boring and it wasn't the right program for me (I want to open a small café… and a BBA will make you semi-ready to be a CEO… wrong level!!!) I decided that I would find a better program. LO! There is one in Ottawa!! But why would I start a month late?? So a month and a half after I'd left for school…. I was home. I got a bus ticket and moved back home and am now spending every not working minute with GH.
WAIT! There's more!!!
I'm ALSO working with a horse!!!! (this is exciting stuff considering what this fanfic is about!)
So my mum and I have been visiting a lady who lives about 10 minutes from here. She's a bit older and has breathing problems. She also has 4 horses. (well 4 living there, one [Buck] belongs to someone else, and one [Zaira] my mum is going to own in the near future)
There's Buck the 12-or-so-year-old Buckskin, he's a complete arse and bully, he pushes the others around and I don't like him anymore.
There's Zaira the 3 year old Arabian, she's mum's favourite because mum likes grey and she likes Arabians and Zaira's both so… yeah.
There's Cos(mo) (Cosmo) he's about 12 or 13 and I think he's ring sour. (but really good to work with, he listens really well! He's a Quarter Horse.
And finally, Gunner, the pure Tennessee Walking Horse. He's really jumpy and gets pushed around by Buck and he LIKES ME!!!! He's scared of people but for some off reason, he likes me!
So I've been going out there almost every morning to visit with the horses, feed them, water them and build up some friendship with Gunner. I would like to work with him and eventually ride him (cause he's a walker :D)
And that's the reasons I haven't been updating. So here's a small one, and I hope to type more even though this fic is actually coming to a close!
Did I mention GH likes Cypress oil? … :D
ALSO!!!!
Thanks to all those who added this fic to their favourites, and those who added ME to their favourites!!
Equestrian Star: "UPDATE SOON!! its taken u 3years to write 20chapters! :( "…. Teeheehee… sorry :$
SugarBunnies16: Thanks! :)
Pixy Black: was my reason good enough??
Madusa and The 'Wizard': I'm going to guess that was a bit too long :P
Dove: I'm having loads of luck with my 'friend' thanks! :D
Kris: OMG! I'm SO Sorry I'm SO SLOW at this! Please forgive me!!!
Alexis St. Claire: Better?
Kris: (again :P) SORRRRRRYYYYYY!!!!
SamandJake: Yes, I'm slow.
Kris: (again) wow, lol. I'm sorry :(
Andy-Ander: lol, thx, I'm not as good at the msn slang as you :P
Wheeeeeeew.
And for good measure….
SORRY!!
-MM