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"I can't believe he actually invited us," Jake said shaking his head. Sam swallowed hard, how was she going to get him to go? Or at least let her...she really wanted to ride Nava.
"He was just being nice...," she said and picked up a bucket of water. They were by the river collecting water for the horses. She shrugged. "I mean, maybe we could stop by for a little," she offered trying to sound nonchalant.
Jake snorted and stood, he was in the river, the water was up to the middle of his calf and he had his jeans rolled up so they wouldn't get wet. "You're joking...right?" He stared at her and she blushed, looking away.
"Wow...you're serious?" The teasing left his voice turning serious. "Why?"
Sam bit her lip and looked up sheepishly. Jake sighed and treaded out of the water coming to stand in front of Sam.
"You want to ride that horse that bad? Imagine how that must make Ace feel," he said, his voice picking up its teasing tone again. He wrapped his arms around her waist and bent his head so their foreheads touched. "Probably jealous."
He kissed Sam and she sighed. "Jake...I'm serious. I want to go."
Jake pulled back frowning. "Well...I don't," he said.
Sam's shoulders sagged. "Jake!" She knew she was whining like a toddler but she didn't care. She was past the point of being ridiculous...she past that point when she decided she wanted to go to that party.
"Sam," Jake matched her whiny tone; even making it high pitched.
She pouted and looked up at him through her lashes. "Please?" She blubbered and Jake chuckled.
"Puppy face? Really?" He faltered and Sam didn't let her gaze up. He sighed and rubbed his face with his hands. "Ugh," he wrapped Sam in his arms again. "Fine...maybe."
Sam smiled and stood on her tip-toes to give him a kiss. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled herself into him, deepening the kiss. Jake's hands slid under her shirt and up her back making her shiver. He bent and lifted Sam off of the ground. Sam felt him smile against her lips and she opened her eyes.
Jake turned towards the river and Sam pulled away from their kiss. "Don't you dare," she warned glaring down at him.
He just smiled and shook off his hat before running for the river. Sam screamed and tried to break free--it was a fruitless attempt but that didn't keep her from trying.
Jake ran in the river until it was knee deep and jumped in even further. Sam squeaked as she landed in the cold water. Jake pulled her under and she came back up sputtering.
She wiped the water from her face and pushed her wet hair back so she could glare at Jake. He was soaked too, but unlike Sam he was laughing.
"Oh-ho-ho. You're in trouble now...," she said as menacingly as she could.
Jake stopped laughing and smiled at her. "Oh yeah?"
Sam smiled mischievously before diving under water; she pushed off the river floor towards Jake. When she popped out of the water she landed in is grasp and he grinned at her.
"Is this my punishment?" He asked amused.
"No...," Sam wrapped her legs around him and let them slide down until the were in the crook of his knee, she kicked and his legs gave out making him go under. She laughed when he shot back up looking surprised. "That was!"
"You play dirty," he pretended to pout and Sam rolled her eyes.
Then she raised a brow. "No," she peeled off her shirt--thankful she was wearing a black bra--and Jake's eyes nearly popped out of his head.
She sauntered over to him, twisting her shirt under water so he couldn't see what she was doing. He watched her every move and Sam smiled at him wickedly.
"This is," she raised the shirt out from the water and snapped it at him. It hit him on the chest and he jumped back. Sam laughed…a perfect rat tail.
"So it's like that...," he peeled off his shirt and Sam's eyes widened feeling the roles reversing. She stared at his chiseled chest and the water that dripped down it. She didn't even bother paying attention to what he was doing until he had gotten closer.
His shirt snapped and barely hit her on the arm. She squealed and tried to leap away but Jake caught her around the waist.
She laughed and twisted in his grip so she was facing him. He smiled at her and Sam cupped his face in her hands and bent in for a kiss. Jake smiled and fell back into the water.
They were both laughing when they came back up.
"Oh. My. God."
Sam and Jake both looked guiltily towards the shore where Darrel and Tara stood. Tara smiled wickedly and grabbed Darrel's arm.
"Sorry...didn't mean to interrupt," she went to pull Darrel away but he didn't budge. He was grinning stupidly at them.
"Jake...," his smile broaden and he gave him a thumbs up. "You da man!" He yelled stupidly and Sam winced. He was going to draw everybody else's attention.
"What are you," Sam cleared her throat because her voice was coming out a little too high. "What are you guys doing?" She asked, getting control of her voice. She realized she was still in Jake's embrace and climbed out of it reluctantly.
Tara raised her brows. "I should be asking you that," she said shaking her head. "Actually, Jen sent us over here to see if you needed any help."
Darrel waggled his eyebrows suggestively. "So do you guys need any help?" He winked and Jake glared at him.
"No, we were just...finishing," Jake said climbing out of the river. Sam followed him and blushed realizing she was standing there in her bra.
Darrel frowned disappointed. "Dang."
Jake hit him.
Tara rolled her eyes and nodded to Sam. "You might want to uh...get dressed or Jen might be tempted to kill Jake," she said and Sam hurriedly put her shirt back on.
Tara and Darrel helped Sam and Jake carry the buckets of water back to the corral. Jen looked up at them and frowned.
"Why are you all wet?" She asked Sam, sparing Jake a quick glance.
Darrel cleared his throat trying to mask his smile and Sam blushed. "I-uh...fell in," she said not sounding the least bit convincing.
Jen glared at Jake again. "With the help from Ely no doubt."
Jake shrugged.
Darrel lost it and Sam glared at him as he doubled over in fits of laughter. He elbowed Sam and winked at her.
"Yeah...fell in! Uh-huh." He walked away laughing and shaking his head. Sam wanted to smack him.
Jen rolled her eyes. "I don't even want to know," she said cracking a smile, Sam smiled back.
"So, what's on the agenda for today?" Sam asked, she peeked over Jen's shoulder and looked down at her notebook. Jen felt it was necessary to plan everything.
She sighed. "I don't know," she frowned at her page filled with scribbles.
Sam sat down beside her. "Maybe we can stop by Ryan's...," she said nonchalantly. Hoping that Jen wouldn't see how serious she was.
Jen snorted. "Yeah, ok. And maybe pigs can fly," she looked over to Sam and her smile faded. "Wait...seriously?"
Sam felt like she was getting that reaction a lot. A little annoyed, she shrugged. "It would be rude not to."
"Uh, Sam? It would be idiotic to do," Jen spoke as if she was reasoning with a toddler.
Her cheeks flushed. "Why?"
Jen's glanced flicked over to where Tara, Allie, and Ricky were all sitting playing a game of cards. "Well, just not the best environment to be in right now."
"Wow Jen, way to degrade them like Ryan did," Sam said. Why did everyone think as soon as these kids went to do something...like go to a party...they were going to go crazy? Give them a little credit. They had definitely gotten better--a lot better.
Jen sighed. "I'm not degrading them Sam. But do you think that's really fair to them?" She reasoned.
"Is it fair to treat them like they are incapable to handle things like this?" Sam shot back.
"You are being immature," Jen said closing her book and starting to stand. Sam grabbed her arm and pulled her back down.
"Jen c'mon...trust me on this," Sam went for the pleading strategy.
Jen looked at her exasperated. "It's not that I don't trust you Sam. It's just that horses seem to cloud your judgment sometimes."
That was a little true.
"Please," Sam gave her the best puppy dog face and Jen groaned. She pushed her glasses up and rubbed her face.
"Fine."
Sam smiled and hugged her. Jen stood and glared down at her.
"But if anything goes wrong...it's on you," she warned.
Sam nodded; she wouldn't expect it any other way. "Of course."
She couldn't wait to ride Nava.
Is Sam annoying anyone else? She's annoying me! Let's hope she will have a moment to reflect on her selfish decisions...ha
