A Midwest Kind Of Love
Chapter 2- Savin' Angel
[The Connor Ranch]
Fang woke up, at about five in the early morning, and ran off to the stables. He needed to get a practice ride in on his horse, Midnight, before he was trampled by the heavy crowds of girls. Good Lord, if he we to die, he'd at least want one more ride on his prideful horse.
"Fangles!" he heard his best friend, Iggy, call out as he was running towards him. "Where the hell ya' at, boy?" he cried out, pale eyebrows furrowed.
"Comin' Iggy, no need to freak," was his reply.
Iggy, of course, was already up. He was always awake before Fang was, considering he'd always make breakfast for everybody, including the Connor family. Fang and Iggy were best buds, although Fang — which Iggy hates to admit — was always the one more popular around the lady-folks.
The Connor family as well as Iggy's family were really close. They'd lived next door to each other for a very, very long time, which caused bondage between the great Fang Connor and (partially great) Iggy Williams.
Fang ran over to Iggy, who was standing by Midnight, his horse.
"What're ya' doin' by my horse, Igs?" Fang asked him, his dark eyebrows raised.
"Just waitin' for ya'," he replied, whistling awkwardly. Iggy was either a funny-awkward, or a funny-cheerful lad, which was quite the opposite of Fang, the dark and silent brooding one.
Fang rolled his eyes. Iggy and his days... "And?" Fang prompted, stepping closer to Iggy, who was inching closer to Midnight with every step.
"You wanna tell me now what happened a month ago, when those kids came by?" he asked mischievously, now completely behind Midnight, where his strawberry-blonde hair stuck out in tufts behind Midnight's black torso. "How you got so famous 'round here?"
"What're ya talkin' 'bout?" Fang thought back to a couple of days ago, vaguely remembering what had happened.
[Flashback]
"The kids from the school nearby are comin' to visit the ranch today," Fang's mom, Alice, announced during breakfast. Fang simply acknowledged her with a tiny nod, barely visible to Alice. He finished his breakfast and walked over to Iggy's, which wasn't far from his house at all.
"What'cha doin' here?" Iggy asked him when he entered the Williams' house. Their house had a similar layout to Fang's, which connected to the ranch in the back.
"What, I'm not allowed ta' be here anymore, Igs?" he replied with a smirk on his face.
"Just wonderin,'" Iggy said, shrugging.
"Uh- huh. You ready to go ridin'?" Fang asked him.
"Yeah, gimme' a sec," he muttered melodramatically in response, strolling to his room to retrieve his boots.
Meanwhile, Anna, Iggy's mother tried to make some good old conversation with Fang. "Hey, Fang!" Anna said, greeting him.
"Hey Mrs. Williams," Fang simply replied curtly.
"Fang, Iggy can't ride with ya', today; he's a bit… What do y'all kids call it? Grounded? I'm sorry," she apologized sincerely, shooting a pointed look at Iggy who had returned in the room.
"It's alright," Fang muttered, ready to head out the door when Iggy sighed dramatically.
"But Ma!" he whined. She gave him a stern look, and he shut up.
Stepping out of the old town house, onto the dirt driveway, Fang turned around. "See ya' later, Igs. Bye Mrs. Williams!"
"See ya' later!" Iggy called out to him. Fang heard a smack, followed by Iggy's pained "Ow", and mumbles from Anna.
"Bye, Fang," Anna said warmly, allowing Fang to finally go and ride.
Fang closed their front door behind him and jogged off to the stables near his house. He un-hatched the lock to the barn doors to get Midnight and ride for a bit, while it was still nice out. Fang lead a trotting Midnight out of the barn, walking casually.
"Kids — this is the stables," Fang heard his mom inform the kids.
"Hey! Lookie there! It's Fang Connor!" he heard a little kid from the group gasp, and then the whole group erupted into a bunch of greetings as they started asking all sorts of questions, even about his love life. Little kids asking him about love? It was honestly too much for him to handle.
He quickly waved at them and brought out Midnight, just to draw the attention away from him.
The kids gasped in awe, and admired the horse for a while until Fang announced that he was going on a ride.
"Where's Angel?" Fang heard a kid say. The boy's voice rose out of the crowd, and even Fang paused. Just then, the whole group looked around frantically.
Alice shot a frantic look at Fang, who just shrugged and took off for his ride; she was probably hiding somewhere around the yard. Not in danger or anything.
About ten yards away, he noticed a little girl, swinging a bear around and laughing, about to be flattened to death from a herd of cattle. The dust from the pounding of their hooves on the ground clouded the air.
He rode off closer to her, and then the kid who had first noticed that the Angel girl was even gone, tried to run off and save her.
Fang caught up to the little boy, grabbed a hold on the back of his shirt and said, "Woah there, mister. That cattle can kill ya'. What do you think you're doin,'?" Fang asked him incredulously.
"That's my sister," he said frantically, blue eyes wide with fright.
Luckily for Fang, the little boy was light enough for him to lift up to where he was, which was on top of Midnight. He picked up the boy and sat him behind himself. Fang didn't necessarily care if the boy was comfortable of not, considering there was a little girl about to die from a herd of cattle.
Fang rode faster, as the cattle was nearing the little girl at a very fast pace.
Just in time, Fang reached down, and picked the little girl up by under her arms. The herd of cattle continued on, as if the little girl wasn't hairs from being deceased.
"Gee, golly, Gazzy! It's Fang Connor!" the little girl said excitedly to the boy sitting behind Fang, grinning, showing her teeth.
"What in the world were ya' thinkin'?" Fang asked the little girl outrageously, still holding her.
He put sat her on the horse in front of him and he turned Midnight around, before headed back for the stables, where everyone was watching in utter admiration and awe.
"Sorry mister," she said innocently, as if she wasn't about to be trampled. She gave him a wide smile.
"Sorry mister," the boy behind Fang repeated, the worry still apparent on his tan face.
Fang sighed at the kids. After all, he used to me one of them. "S'fine," he grumbled.
Midnight halted to a stop, and Fang got down first. He helped the kids off the horse and gently set them down on the ground.
"Thanks!" the girl said happily, grinning toothily at him. She hugged his legs, holding onto them tightly.
"Sure, anytime," he said, awkwardly patting the girl's back, as she smiled cutely up at him.
"Thanks mister!" the boy said as well, although he did grab onto his legs.
"Sure," Fang repeated, ruffling the boy's hair.
Everyone was still staring at Fang, until Alice broke the silence. "Alright kids, let's move on," she told the group as they proceeded further around the ranch.
"See ya' guys," Fang muttered, and headed into his own home to relax for a bit.
[End Flashback]
"Oh, that," Fang muttered, looking away from Iggy and averting his attention to Midnight, who needed
a bit of grooming. He could see dust particles and hay stuck to its black hide.
"Yes, that," Iggy mocked.
Fang rolled his eyes. "Ya' missed a whole bunch, Igs," he said sarcastically. "The kids from the school nearby decided to drop by. One of them lil' girls got separated from her group or somethin' and she was 'bout to be stampeded. Her brother, I think, tried to go and save her — somethin' along those lines— so I had to go and pick 'em both up and bring 'em back to their group."
Iggy looked thoughtful for a second. "Uh-huh. Little girl?" he asked. "Brother?"
"Yeah. The girl was probably about, uh, six or somethin.' Had curly blonde hair, blue eyes. Pale skin, that's a giver. She kinda' looked, um, angelic or somethin'?" Fang filled in. "The brother was probably 'bout eight, roughly sayin'. I dunno, the girl called 'im Gazzy or somethin'? I dunno."
"Huh," was all Iggy had to say, and Fang knew gears were turning in his head.
"Whatcha' thinkin' 'bout?" Fang asked him.
"I think I know those kids ya' saved," Iggy pondered, saying his words slowly as if he wasn't sure of it.
This time Fang was the one who said, "Huh."
"Cousins," Iggy muttered, thinking deeply.
"They're your cousins?" Fang asked him.
"I think so," he mumbled, and then ran back to his old town house, leaving Fang completely confused.
Fang shrugged, finishing up on Midnight's grooming, as he thought about those two kids.
[Blackout]
Authors' Note: That's Fang's story, pretty much.
Anna: …Should I be offended that Bubbles gave Iggy's MOM my name? Review and reply to this question! Oh, and somebody asked us how we did it on a review from Behind The Curtains…And my answer is…we email each other. Hehe.
Fluffy: Yippee! I'm using that word a lot… Anyway, how'd you like it? Awkward ending… Oh well! I liked the chapter :) Sorry it hasn't been updated in a while; it was solely Anna and Hank's fault :D
Bubbles: Yay! Another chapter! WOOOO!
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