A/N: DON't SHOOT MEH! D: Haha sorry for the wait-forever-until-this-stupid-kid updates! But hooray for a drama (and funny) filled chapter! Let's just say Jake gets a little jealous perhaps o_O? And things start heating up between Sam and Jake maybey? ;D
Oh and some I think asked what the song was in the first chapter? Well it is All the Pretty Little Ponies by Catherine Raney! :) It's on Flicka too!

Sam felt Gabe watching her warily as she slowly approached the Phantom. His ears were perked in her direction and he bobbed his head as if greeting her. Sam giggled.

"Hey there pretty boy." She cooed as she got closer. Hearing her voice the silver stallion closed the distance by taking the final step. With what sounded like a deep sigh he rested his forehead on her chest. Sam smiled as he closed his eyes and made a deep rumbling noise. It was like he was saying: "ah, home."

Sam scratched behind his ears and kissed him on the poll. One of his mares whinnied breaking the content silence. The Phantom jerked away suddenly alert. He looked past Sam and pinned his ears at Gabe.

"Shh, Zanzibar…it's ok." Sam whispered to him. He perked his ears again at his secret name. But once another mare whinnied he took off. He nipped and shoved at the stray horses herding them together and sending them back the way they came. Never once looking back.

Sam sighed and turned back to Gabe. She was surprised to see another horse standing next to Ace. And by the angry look on its face Sam knew it was Witch. Jake walked towards Sam and she knew she didn't need to see his face to know he was angry. She suddenly wondered what time it was…

"Sam what in the hell do you think you're doing?" He spat. He ponied Ace and tossed the reins in her direction.

"Showing Gabe a good Nevada night." Sam said as if it were the most obvious thing. This only made him madder.

"Did you even bother to tell anybody?" He sighed and rubbed his face. Sam didn't even notice Gabe jog up beside her.

"Plus I'm not even talking about that...you know what I'm talking about." He nodded in the direction that the Phantom took off in.

"Oh please Jake. It's not like it's a big surprise."

He ignored her. "Listen 90210 I know you're not from around here…but common sense would generally tell you not to let someone walk up to a wild horse…a stallion at that."

Sam stared at Jake with her mouth hanging open. How dare he turn this on Gabe? Sam was about to apologize to him but he spoke instead.

"Yes but common sense also told me that that horse knew her." Gabe replied totally calm.

"Does it matter?! He's wild," Jake said slowly as if this should make a difference.

"Jake would you get over yourself? Please…" she scoffed and grabbed Gabe's hand pulling him to Ace. She mounted up and gave him a hand as he hopped on behind her. And before Jake could say anything else she kicked Ace into a lope away from him and towards home.

"Sorry I got you in trouble." Gabe apologized.

Sam shook her head. "You didn't do anything. Neither did I really…well I should have told my dad…but Jake is just overreacting. He always does." But Sam knew he was more angry then usual. She couldn't figure out why either…

Then she remembered. It was Friday…movie night. And she totally blew him off without realizing it.

"Damn it…" Sam muttered.

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Sam slowed Ace to a walk when she got to the bridge. She heard the clip-clop of Witch's hoof beats behind her. She pulled Ace up in front of the hitching post and let Gabe hop off. She couldn't help but smile when he helped her down…even though she is totally capable of doing it herself. But her smile disappeared when she heard the screen door slam shut.

Rut-row.

"Samantha…" Her father's tone sent chills through her body. It was calm and stern. She would have preferred yelling.

"Gabe, Quinn is going to take you back to your place." He told him nodding towards Quinn and his truck.

Gabe smiled unfazed. "Thank you sir. I appreciate everything. Have a good night." He smiled at me. "See you later Sam." Then feeling bold kissed her on the cheek before hurrying off to Quinn's truck. She watched them pull out and realized she still had a stupid smile on her face.

"Take care of Ace then get inside." Wyatt said before going back into the house. The sound of the screen door echoing in the silence. Sam pursed her lips and tied Ace to the rail before working on untacking him.

Jake was still there watching her silently. It looked like he calmed down a bit. But Sam could still see he wasn't just right. Only she would be able to tell. Since Jake was a hard person to read—but she's had lots of years of practice trying to see what was behind that mask. And right now she wish she couldn't see past it. His sadness made her feel guilty.

"Jake?"

"Huh?" He tried to act bored and angry.

"I'm sorry…about movie night. I forgot." Sam apologized.

He shrugged. "Not like it's a big surprise Hollywood."

Sam felt her throat clog up at his nonchalance. She rather him be cold or mean. That way she knew that she didn't really hurt his feelings…that bad.

"Oh come on. It's not late we can still watch one. How about Ace Ventura? Haven't seen that one in a long time!" Sam tried to keep her voice light but was having trouble.

Jake mounted Witch. "I'm not really in a mood for a movie. 'Sides I don't think Wyatt's gunna let you." He turned Witch away and kicked her into a lope. Sam watched him until he was over the bridge before burying her face into Ace's neck.

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Sam couldn't believe she was looking forward to Monday. But as she scrubbed the water troughs she couldn't wish for it to come fast. School would be so much better…

As her punishment she was bombarded with chores. On the bright side…at least she didn't have to worry about her dad treating her like normal kid. Sam had to use her fingernail to scratch some of the algae off the trough…

Maybe there wasn't a bright side to any of this…

She brushed her hair out of her face with wet slimy hands and regretted it.

Algae is not yummay. Why don't they teach that in Biology?

Sam wiped her face with her shirt. She looked over to the round pen where Jake was working with one of the horses they just got in. Usually she would be sitting on that fence watching…

But they haven't spoken at all since Friday. Shoot he didn't even spare her a glance. Sam was surprised by how much this upset her. But she refused to cave and apologize. No way. Besides she kind of already did. He was just being a jerk.

Gosh do I miss him though.

NO I don't.

Shoot…yes I do…

Sam shook her mental battles out of her head and finished the troughs.

Deciding that she wasn't caving in but only being the bigger person she walked to the pen and sat on the fence. Jake glanced at her out of the shadow of his hat but still ignored her. Sam continued to just sit and watch him free lunge the wild eyed gelding in the pen.

Sam couldn't help but smile at the gelding as it bucked and kicked out every time Jake urged him on. It kind of reminded her of them. To stubborn to submit.

Suddenly Sam was laughing at this revelation. She felt dirt hit her as the horse came to a stop and stare at her. Jake even managed to look at her longer than five seconds this time. Sam clutched her stomach and folded into herself without thinking. With a shriek she fell off the fence and into the pen.

The gelding squealed and shied away. Even though the wind was knocked out of her she couldn't help but to keep giggling. Jake rushed to her and helped her up. He looked annoyed but also slightly amused. Oh and of course…scared shitless. He picked her up and carried her out of the pen.

"Let…Me…Go!" Sam managed to get out before Jake dropped her outside of the pen. Literally.

"Owwww." Sam howled rubbing her butt and looked up to see Jake smirking.

"Ass." She muttered and giggled again realizing she was actually rubbing hers even though she meant to insult Jake.

"Brat you know…sometimes I question your sanity." Jake said giving her a smug look.

Sam smiled at her annoying nickname. Only because it meant he wasn't completely mad at her anymore.

"Do you ever question yours Ely? You just dropped me!"

"Well you told me to let you go."

"Yes! But I didn't mean literally!"

"Well then next time be more pacific."

"Gee I'll remember that when I can't breath."

"What got you laughing anyway?" He asked.

Sam smiled. "Nothing…"

"Don't make me torture it out of you." Jake said cracking his knuckles.

Sam sighed and stood up. "Alright…you have to catch me first!" She took off towards the barn—her butt still stinging—she ran for her life. She peeked over her shoulder and was surprised to see Jake was no where in sight.

She let out a disappointed sigh and stopped in the shady barn. Guess he was still mad…

Sam screamed as someone picked her up and tackled her into the hay.

"I'll only ask once…," Jake warned poking Sam's tummy.

"You'll never break me!" Sam squeaked before he began his attack. Sam flailed and kicked but couldn't get him off. Her stomach hurt from laughing. But she was happy to have Jake back.

Sam was surprised when he stopped but kept her arms pinned and continued to sit on her pelvic bone. She hadn't even cried uncle. She stared at him confused and out of breath. She was even more surprised to see how serious his face was. She was about to ask what his problem was before he bent down and kissed her.

He was soft and firm. Sam felt the butterflies in her stomach…and in her brain. Jake…kissing…her? Her toes curled and she felt the heat flow through her…and it wasn't from the summer air. Sam didn't know how long he kept her pinned and how long the kiss lasted but he quickly broke away.

If she wasn't breathing hard before she certainly was now. Jake let go of her arms and looked a little dazed. Sam touched her lips thinking it would stop the tingling.

"Uh…sorry." Jake got off of her and hurried out the barn leaving Sam in the barn with hay in her hair, a frenzy in her stomach, and more confused then ever.

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