Chapter 4

Unusual Thoughts and An Unusual Day

ABBY'S POV. THAT NIGHT.

I had checked Sonia and made sure that she was alright. The second we got back home, she broke out into sobs and hugged me tight. I held her as I calmed her down. This had been a long day for both of us. My thoughts went to Tennessee, and for the first time, they weren't bad thoughts about him.

He had risked his own life to save Sonia's. he didn't have too, he didn't expect anything from it, which is not something I expected from him. I guess I did assume that he would only look out for himself and only himself. But I guess I was wrong. Well, I guess that was something good about him, apart from him being really handso- woah.

Hold on there Abigail. He was a thief, you're a sheriff. You can't have thoughts like that about him. I mean yes, he had rugged good looks, and the thick, sexy western accent and…

I should go to bed now.

I felt my face heating up. I didn't even want to see what my face looked like in the mirror. I headed to my room, and changed into my night gown once again and got into bed. I slowly closed my eyes and let sleep take over me. Maybe things would go back to normal again tomorrow…

Okay, so it's been three weeks since what happened. Things had gone back to normal…for the most part. Whenever I would chase Tennessee down, I would be able to blush at him flirting with me sometimes. Which was weird, because usually it just disgusted me. Today was one of those days…

"Get back here!" I shouted.

"You gotta catch me! You know that, little lady!" he exclaimed.

I growled. It had been a peaceful afternoon, then he showed up.

Just then, he jumped onto a rail line and walked across to another rooftop. I stopped short at the edge. I looked over at him and glared. He smirked and spoke, finding this all amusing.

"What's wrong? I thought you would stop at nothing to catch me?" he mocked, making me growl.

"I'm not trying to fall or get caught in a clothing line again Cooper." I stated.

He closed his eyes and smiled. He put down the bag of bank money and his gun, then walked back on the line and to me.

"Do you want me to help you?" he asked, raising his eyebrows and smirking at me.

"You really want me to throw you in jail huh?" I asked.

"As long as it's you throwing me in jail, and you're with me." he said smirking, making me blush a bit, but luckily I was able to hide it.

"So?" he asked.

"Why would you help me do something that would be helpful in me catching you?" I asked.

"I guess I'm just enough of a gentlemen to help a lady in need." he said, taking a step closer to me.

I thought for a minute. Why not. I'll humor him…

"Fine. So how does this work?" I asked.

"Well first, you need to relax, then concentrate on walking on the rail." he said.

I took a deep breath and tried to concentrate.

"Your too tense." he stated.

I opened my eyes and glared.

"I'm about to walk on a rail line and hopefully not fall. I can't exactly get concentrated and relaxed just like that." I stated.

He thought for a moment, then held out his hands.

"Here, take my hands, then try to concentrate and relax." he said.

I looked at him suspiciously, then at his hands and back at him. He chuckled.

"I promise you'll be okay. Trust me." he said.

I don't know what it was, but…I did. I took his hands and closed my eyes, then took a deep breath and began to concentrate. A minute later I was completely calmed, and he spoke.

"Are you calm?" he asked softly.

I nodded my head, eyes still closed.

"Okay, now take a step forward." he said.

I tensed slightly, and held his hands tighter as I took a step.

"It's alright. Just keep relaxed and concentrated. I wont you go." he said.

There was certain something in his voice, but I didn't know what it was. I pushed it away and kept concentrating. I continued to take steps. After a minute he spoke.

"Okay, we're almost halfway there. Now open your eyes."

I took another deep breath and opened my eyes slowly. I saw that we in fact were almost there, but then I looked down and saw how high we were. I got nervous and felt my foot halfway off the rail. I stumbled a bit, right into him. He wrapped his arms around me as I gasped from shock and clung to his shirt, still looking down.

"Hey, it's alright. Just remember what I said." he stated.

I began to breath in deeply, and slowly, let go of his shirt. He walked away to the other side, and waited. And I began to walk, keeping my balance. I then began to speed up my walking, until it finally turned into a run, and I made it to the other and to him. I was actually excited.

"I did it! I did it!" I exclaimed excited. I suddenly hugged tight, and after a second, realized what I was doing, and quickly pulled away, blushing slightly as well.

He smirked, with an eyebrow raised. I cleared my throat.

"W-well…thank you Tennessee. Maybe now I have a chance to catch you." I said, turning around and smirking.

"Don't count your chickens before they've hatched, Miss Abby." he said, smirking.

"Well, now that this is over, let's continue where this left off, thief." I said, pointing my rifle at him. I had turned around to find, he was already running!

"My thoughts exactly, Miss Abby!" he called, continuing to run.

"Why you slimy little…!" I gave chase and caught up fast.

Then he jumped up onto one of the roof tops again, I followed. I jumped up to it and continued to chase him. I was really getting close. He was still a way ahead of m, but I could see him. Just then he stopped and stood there.

He smiled when I caught up, and so did I, but then pointed my rifle at him and smirked triumphantly. Then he looked at the gun, then at me and smirked. He took the hand with the riffle and acted like he was about to take it, so I tightened my grip on it.

He pulled it forward, making me go into him. He grabbed my waist with the other hand and then did something I didn't expect…he kissed me. That's right. He pulled me to him and kissed me square on the lips.

It lasted for a few seconds, and soon he pulled away. Then he whispered into my ear.

"Have a good night Miss Abby." he stated, then leapt onto a another rooftop, and out of sight.

'Why would you Tennessee…?' I thought to myself. This whole thing was just…well, I don't even know what now.

Once I was able to come back to reality, I looked at the sky and saw that the sun had just set. I knew that Tennessee was now gone, so I decided to just head home, while there was still light out in the sky. I couldn't believe what had just happened. My face felt warm as I walked home.

I made it home in no time. My parents had to extend their leave so they would be back until a week from today. This was the longest they had been gone.

"Hey, Abby!" Sonia said.

"Hey Sonny…" I stated, forcing a cheerful tone.

"…Are you okay?" she asked.

"Yeah, just fine." I said.

"Did you get Tennessee?" she asked.

"…No. not this time." I said.

'More like the other way around…' I thought to myself.

"Did something happen?" she asked, a smirk tugging at her lips.

"No." I said a bit too quickly.

"Really?" she asked, giving me a 'really?' look.

"Yes." I stated.

"Then why is your face all red. And why did it turn red when I asked you about Tennessee?-your doing it right now!" she stated.

"Look, nothing happened and my face is red out of anger. This isn't the first time you've seen my face red from anger Sonny." I stated.

"Okay, okay, okay. So what are we having for dinner?" she asked, going to the kitchen and thankfully dropping it.

I couldn't help but put my fingers on my lips and blush even more, but luckily, Sonia didn't see. Today had been a long day…

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