Behind the Anger

An Owd Bob FanFic

Summary: Adam McAdam has been mad at the Moores' for years because they took his dog from him and will not forgive them. But what happens when the Moore's eldest daughter Meg tries to become his friend? Find out in this story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Owd Bob or any of the characters. AN: If your curious about the movie Owd Bob here is a link to the story line: .com/owdbob_v186845/summary

It's a good movie. I highly recommend it.

Thoughts and Confrontations

The morning was bright and early in County Kenmuir as Meg & Maggie Moore cooked breakfast for their parents. Their mom had been quite ill for some time and could not cook anymore, so the girls had taken on the job for her. Maggie was 15-years-old and about to start high school in the fall and Meg was 23-years-old and starting at the local college that fall to study Agriculture. Maggie sat down her scones that she made, Meg walked to the door.

"Mom! Dad! Breakfast is ready!"

Their mom Heather walked through the door, she was a kind woman whom everyone in the county loved followed by their dad Keith. Then came their devoted border collie Bob mostly just coming in for scraps.

As they all sat down for breakfast Keith and Heather asked their daughters what they were doing for the day.

"I'm probably going to go for a walk and read up on the hill." Maggie said.

"And dad I was wondering if I could go down and help you with the flock" Meg asked.

As an Agriculture major she was always helping her dad with the farming.

"Sure honey." Keith said smiling.

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As soon as breakfast was over, Meg, her father & Owd Bob set off up the hill.

Keith looked over thoughtfully at his daughter besides him. She hadn't acted like a regular girl for years. Of course she was a girly-girl in the way she dressed, but in other situations she was never like a regular girl. She was always out playing with the dogs instead of hanging out with friends, she was always helping him with the farming instead of shopping, and never had had a boyfriend. He had to admit he was somewhat pleased with the last thought.

"Although it would be nice for her to find someone." He thought.

Beside him, Meg had her own thoughts. She was thinking about a certain Adam McAdam. Adam was a sheepfarmer just over the hill from their home who had a bad past and didn't really like the Moores' much. For years she and McAdam's dog Zac had become friends and played around whenever they saw eachother. One day last week, McAdam had seen the two friends playing and was really mad. He had stormed over to the two and put Zac on the leash. She remembered his words clearly.

"You stay away from my dog you hear? All you Moores' I swear trying to steal my animals, well you'll not get away with it this time, you hear?"

The words had stung Meg deeply. She would never steal Zac or ever try and hurt him. That didn't stop them from playing anymore though. But she had felt something else after that little tift. A connection she couldn't quite put her finger on. She had considered walking with her dad that morning that maybe she was falling for him, but she shook the idea out of her head.

"He would never look at me that way, the way he hates our family, I highly doubt it."

Meg and her father were brought out of their thoughts by a sound of yelling nearby. Meg turned around and saw McAdam, a boy, Zac and a bunch of men in an all out fued.

Peter, the head guy said. "That curd of yours attacked my dog and I want satisfaction."

Meg was bubbling with anger by that moment and ran down to help defend her Zac, never mind that McAdam didn't like her family.

"Zac didn't attack anybody Peter Quill and you know it!" She snapped angrily at the man.

The man looked the girl in the eye and snapped back. "I saw him attack my dog and I want satisfaction!"

"Oh I'll give you satisfaction Peter Quill, anytime you damn well please." McAdam said to the man and walked away.

Meg looked at McAdam's retreating form wondering if he was ever going to acknowledge her.

"Whoa girl!" She thought "Where on earth is this coming from? You can't possibly be falling in love with Adam McAdam!" But she still stood there and gazed at McAdam's retreating form.

"I'll have the law on ya." She heard Peter's voice behind her.

McAdam turned around fast and pointed at him. "Don't you threaten me, I keep my dog close."

Peter scoffed, gestured towards Meg and said "Then how come I see this girl runnin' around playin' with him often?"

McAdam turned his eyes towards Meg and shook his head. "You don't see him attacking any animal when she's with him do ya'? He asked.

Peter shook his head and walked away with his cronies. Meg turned back to look at McAdam not knowing what to say.

"I thought I told you to stay away from him?" He said.

Meg just looked away at Zac who was spinning around and wagging his tail at her. She was about to say something when her dad walked up?

"What's the problem McAdam?" He asked.

"Nothing that involves you Moore so I advise you to stay out of it. You'll also do well to keep your daughter away from my dog."

Meg looked down as the tears welled in her eyes.

"Why am I acting this way?" she thought. "Maybe I do have feelings for the man."

McAdam turned away again, but not before he saw the girl wiping tears away from her face with her father leading her away.

Keith had his arm wrapped tightly around his daughter's shoulder. For the first time in her whole life, he saw the love in his daughter's eyes. Meg had finally found someone that she was falling for.

………………….

That night Meg lay in bed and stared out at the pastures thinking.

"Oh my god, I'm in love with Adam McAdam! This cannot be happening!"

Meg had seen so many girls get heartbroken over unrequited love it wasn't even funny. That's why she had never gone for guys in high school. This was just a recipe for disaster and heartbreak. But it had gone too far for her to turn back now. She shut her eyes and wrapped an arm around Bob laying next to her. The last person that crossed her mind was Adam McAdam.

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About that same time Adam was sitting in his chair in the parlor thinking. His g randson David had come to stay for the summer because his parents had died in a car wreck and now he was thinking back about his old dog Samson, his daughter hating him, and now the Moore girl Meg.

He turned his thoughts toward his grandson David. He was David's only surviving relative. He had promised to take the boy in for the summer and wondered what living with a teenage boy would be like. He looked at a picture in his lap of his daughter, his wife and him in the younger years. They looked so happy and he wondered if he would ever feel that same happiness again.

And then there was Meg. "That girl has the nerve to run around and play with my Zac behind my back. Who does she think she is?"

That girl confused him beyond belief. Zac liked her and him but no one else. Everytime he and the Moores' were in the same area he always caught her glancing at him, she even SMILED at him. And at that moment sitting there, he swore that that girl was in love with him.

"Why would anybody love me?" he thought bitterly. "Everyone I've ever loved has left me. "She might have had something in her eye" he concluded. There was no way she was actually crying.

He put the photo he was holding in his book, put it back in his place and walked up the stairs to bed.

His dreams were filled with her that night.

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