Chapter 3: Sir Psycho Sexy
Ever since that day Cliff had come to the farm every day to help. He was so eager to learn and having him there made a great improvement to the progress in which my farm was making. At first I had him do easy tasks like collecting the chickens' eggs, feeding the animals and gathering crops. Now I have him do more difficult things like milk the cow or hoe the field. On the plus side I wasn't as lonely during the day and it also wasn't bad that he was extremely attractive while chopping wood and everything else. Oh how well I remember that day, I believe it was the day that I first starting having feelings for him.
*Flashback*
"Everybody stock up on water and sunscreen because today is going to be another scorcher, it's so hot it could even be record breaking! This is such unexpected weather for fall. Stay tuned for your weekly weather report"
The screen then went black as I turned off the TV. Today was indeed going to be very, very hot. How hot can it be? I mean really we live in the mountains! I then laughed about the fact that my sudden outburst of anger had made me talk to myself. Then I came to realization that all this heat could be very bad because my crops would suffer. I sighed, walking towards the door, thinking about how much worse this day could be.
My recent thoughts had suddenly changed when I opened the door to find Cliff sheading his shirt, while in the middle of chopping wood. I instantly blushed as I took in his half naked figure. He was so amazing, standing there face slightly flushed from the heat as he raised the axe above his head with his strong, muscular arms, bringing it down to crash against an old log. Then he set aside the axe to pick up his water as he lightly sprinkled over himself. He put down the water as he caught my gaze.
His face suddenly turned very red as he tried very hard to avoid my gaze.
"Hey Claire, I hope you don't mind but it's really hot out here so I had to take off my shirt" he said.
The cracks in the voice gave away his nervousness.
"Oh… no it's okay Cliff... I-I understand." I stuttered.
"Great, thanks" he gave a short smile as he went back to work.
My day went by extremely slowly as if it wanted me to be around Cliff as much as possible. Later that night before I went to sleep I thought what could this all mean. Why did my face flush when I saw him? Why am I always nervous around him? Why did I tell him it was okay? What do I do? What does this all mean? That was the last thought going through my head as I drifted off to sleep.