Dani ran towards the Foster farm to bring Court a jug of water. The weather was getting hotter and just stepping outside for second made you feel all sweaty. As Dani got closer to the Foster's she noticed Court ploughing the field with a tractor and continued running towards him. Court noticed Dani running towards him and stopped the tractor and waited for her to get closer while rubbing the sweat off his forehead. Dani finally reached Court and stopped to catch her breath.
"Hey, here." Dani said as she reached up to hand him the jug of water. Court reached down and took it from her.
"Thank you, that's nice of you." Court said briefly before he took a long sip and made a gasping noise after he was done. He wiped his forehead again and took another sip.
"Well I figured you'd be out here." Dani replied looking up at him, squinting from the sun in her eyes.
"Yeah I figure I'll be out here every day for along time." Court said and took again another sip of water. Dani kept looking up at him as he drank the water she brought for him and stood there in silence thinking of something to say.
"Sure is hot." Dani said looking more intensely at Court.
"Sure is." Court said briefly with a smirk on his face.
"Yeah it's gonna get hotter too, sure be nice to go for a swim." Dani said hopefully hoping he would get the hint.
"I can't take off and go swimming with you Dani, I gotta make the most of the daylight. Court said back looking at her and then looking around at the land.
"Well I can go swimming after dark." Dani replied hopefully although she knew very well that she couldn't and that she would have to sneak out.
"What are your folks gonna say?" Court asked with amusement in his voice.
"They won't say anything." Dani said with a smirk on her face.
"Okay." Court said giving in and giving back the jug of water to Dani. Dani slowly walked backwards and then turned around to leave as Court continued ploughing the fields.
Later that evening Dani lay awake in bed and looked over to see if Maureen was asleep. When she was sure she was sleeping she got up out of bed quietly and left the room to go outside. As soon as she got outside she took off her nightgown to reveal her bathing suit and threw on a long sleeve button down shirt over it and ran for the lake. Dani climbed down to the lower dock and saw only Court's clothing, but he wasn't to be seen. Dani called out for him, but nothing answered. She took off her shoes and shirt and slowly climbed into the water and looked around.
"Court!" Dani shouted and then he popped out of the water scaring her and rubbing his hair out of his face.
"Hey kid." Court said with a smirk on his face.
"I'm not a kid." Dani said smiling as she looked at him.
"Sure you are, you're my favourite kid in the whole world though." Court said shortly and dunked Dani's head into the water and swam away. Dani quickly followed him and they splashed each other and laughed. Court pushed her back into the water and swam towards the ladder. Dani quickly followed and as his back was towards her, she jumped onto him playfully attacking him. Court turned and brought his hands to her waist. Dani's arms ended up wrapped tightly around Court's neck and the two of them looked in each other's eyes. Court slowly brought one of his hands up to Dani's hair, touching it softly, bringing her head closer to his. Just before their lips touched Court pushed Dani away and climbed out of the water and started putting his clothes on. Dani stayed in the same spot looking at Court confused.
"Court what's wrong?" Dani asked nervously as Court raced to put the rest of his clothes on.
"Nothing's wrong." Court said quietly avoiding Dani's gaze and focusing on his boots.
"What did I do?" Dani questioned more feeling more confused.
"You didn't do anything." Court said back swiftly, Dani looked at him a bit annoyed.
"Just tell me what I did wrong." Dani replied, Court stopped what he was doing and looked at Dani annoyed.
"I said you didn't do anything." Court said and then put on his pants as an awkward silence went between the two of them. After he was done he looked at her. "Have you ever been kissed before?" Court questioned, Dani looked down awkwardly.
"Sure, lots of times." Dani lied
"Yeah I'll bet, well you just almost got yourself more then kissed little girl!" Court said back standing up and looking down at her.
"I'm not a little girl!" Dani shouted starting to feel sadness wash over her.
"You are to Dani! You're a little girl and you don't know what you're doing, one of these days somebody's gonna get your cherry, but its not going to be me because I don't think I'd like myself very much for it." Court shouted back at her and ran off back home. As Dani felt the tears well up in her eyes she got out of the water quickly and threw on her shirt and ran towards her home. Thunder started to be heard and Dani ran faster so she could get home before the rain started to fall. When she reached the gate by her house she saw her mama was looking for her and as she started running for her, her mama tripped over a root that was sticking out of the ground and fell. Matthew came running out of the house hearing the commotion. Matthew shouted at Dani to get into the house and Maureen brought Matthew his keys so he could take Abigail to the hospital. As Matthew drove away Dani ran inside the house crying.