Chapter 20
Hands touching ever so slightly, we walked slowly to the Ferris wheel. Ross and I gave the man working the ride our tickets and got onto the seat. I watched as we rose higher to the top of the wheel.
We were in the perfect spot. I felt like I could see forever on top of that Ferris wheel. It was sunset and the sky was turning the perfect shade of orange and gold dotted with pink and red clouds. The sun was slowly dipping down to meet the wide open space and mountains in the distance.
"Amazing," I whispered as I gazed out at the horizon, forgetting that I wasn't alone.
"Isn't it?" Ross murmured awakening me from my trance.
"Mhm. Now I can see why Sam loves it out here. I bet even Jake does."
He smiled ever so slightly. "There's n-nothin' like it."
"Do you love it out here? I mean, have you always wanted to be out here working with the horses?"
"Is a n-nice view, but no, not always," he said sounding a little unsure of himself.
I studied him, trying to understand him and read him. "Tell me more."
"Well," he paused to look at me, his eyes watching mine, "Had lotsa different jobs, but none of 'em were … quite right."
He stopped again this time pausing to look at his hands. "Outdoor jobs mainly a-and construction but…"
"None of them were you." He looked up at me and gently nodded. "Then why here? Why Riverbend?"
"It fit," Ross said simply and adding a shrug. I nodded knowingly.
We sat in silence for a bit and went around again. I had to break the silence.
"What's your favorite book?"
He chuckled and raised his eyebrows as if to ask Really?
"Go on," I said.
He smiled and said, " I guess To Kill a Mockingbird. Don't read much."
I laughed. "That's one of my favorites too, but my favorite is The Outsiders."
He looked surprised and then quoted, "''Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.' Stay gold Ponyboy.'"
This surprised me. "I love that poem. It's my favorite too. You know Robert Frost?"
His faced lifted to reveal a crooked grin. "Two roads diverged in wood, and I-, I took the one less traveled by…"
"…And that has made all the difference," I said finishing the poem. He smiled and nodded a sparkle in his eye. "Now I have one for you. 'But the woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep…'"
"'And miles to go before I sleep,'" he quoted.
Together we said the last bit, "'And miles to go before I sleep.'"
I paused and stared into his deep blue eyes. "How do you know so much poetry?"
He shrugged.
"Hmm. A secret poetry buff?" I said raising my eyes to his. "It suits you."
He chuckled and smiled brilliantly at me. Sitting there staring at the sunset made it feel all so dreamlike. Like it wasn't real at all because the sun was melting all my troubles away. Our ride slowly came to an end then and we got off. I glanced back at our seat. Another couple was climbing into and thinking about it now, I wondered how Ross ever fit in that tiny seat to begin with.
A silence fell between me and Ross and I can honestly say I didn't mind the silence. It was comforting to know that we could be ourselves with each other and not have to fill every second with meaningless chatter. Before this I had been told by my nana that when you are with someone and you feel perfectly comfortable being quiet with them then you knew they were truly your friend, or hopefully more than friend in this case. And that's how I felt with Ross. I felt completely at ease and happy just being with him like this. There was no pressure for anything else.
We continued to walk on when we passed the band. Everyone looked like they were having a great time dancing and singing along to their favorite country classics.
"Hey look there's Pepper, Darrell, Jake, and his brothers," I pointed. I walked over there to them.
"Hey guys," I called to them and before they could respond, DJ grabbed my arm and pulled my arm towards the dance floor.
"Thank goodness you're here Lea. Sam, Jen, and I were waiting for you to get here so we could all dance," she chatted and pulled me further onto the dance floor. I glanced back at Ross and smiled and he gave me that brilliant one of his which made me want to melt right then and there.
There were Sam and Jen already rockin' out to the current song. Then we all started dancing together, but then that song ended and a new one came on.
"I love this song!" I shouted over the music and began to sing along.
She rolled in from the west in a summer sun dress hotter than the heat in July
With her wind blown hair it just wasn't fair the way she was blowing my mind
Have you ever noticed every hurricane gets it's name from a girl like this
She's the cat 5 kind keeps you up at night hanging on to the edge of a kiss
She's a beautiful mess, yeah the kind you love to love
But what happens next,
I got a feeling when the sun comes up
I'm gonna wish I had a storm warning
I'm gonna wish I had a sign
I'm gonna wish I had a little heads up, little lee-way, little more time
Some kind of radar system locked in on love
I got a feeling by the time the night finds the morning
I'm gonna wish I had a storm warning
I'm gonna wish I had a storm warning
Ain't it funny how it feels when you're burning your wheels somewhere between going and gone
You get so lost that you can't turn it off, you give in and you just turn it on
She's a harp on a reign red lips like a flame she's the girl from your favorite song
What a beautiful mess,
Ah one part angel, one part perfect, one part wreck
The kind of flood you'll never forget
I'm gonna wish I had a storm warning
I'm gonna wish I had a sign
I'm gonna wish I had a little heads up, little lee-way little more time
Some kind of radar system locked in on love
I got a feeling by the time the night finds the morning
I'm gonna wish I had a storm warning
I'm gonna wish I had a storm warning
I'm gonna wish I had a sign
I'm gonna wish I had a little heads up, little lee-way little more time
Some kind of radar system locked in on love
I'm gonna wish I had a storm warning
I'm gonna wish I had a sign
I'm gonna wish I had a little heads up, little lee-way little more time
Some kind of radar system locked in on love
I got a feeling by the time the night finds the morning
I'm gonna wish I had a storm warning
Yeah, I'm gonna wish I had a storm warning
I'm gonna wish I had a sign
I'm gonna wish I had a sign, or storm warning, yeah
We were having so much fun all the troubles from the past few days faded away and I was able to live in the moment without fretting over anything. Slowly this song faded into the next. It was a slow song. It was a Tim McGraw and it described how I was feeling perfectly. I snuck away from the girls and headed back to the guys to get Ross.
"Hey Darlin'," called Darrell.
"Hi Darrell," I said in a tone showing that I was annoyed with him. "Hey Ross. Will you dance with me?"
He blushed and refused to look at me. "Come on," I whispered, taking his hand. "It won't be that bad."
He blushed deeper and Darrell started to laugh. Ugh. Darrell. He was really annoying me so I gave him a little slap in the back of the head like Gibbs on NCIS and kept on walkin'. I called over my shoulder, "Watch out Dar. Jen's coming for you next."
I pulled Ross out with me to the dance floor and put his hand on my hips and my arms on his shoulders. The position was a little awkward because he was so tall but it felt right, really, really right. And so we swayed.
She's my kind of rain
Like love in a drunken sky
She's confetti falling down all night
She sits quietly there
Like water in a jar
Says, Baby why are you
Trembling like you are
I could feel Ross tensing up. "Relax," I told him, "You're doing fine and you haven't stepped on my foot once yet."
He gave a small chuckle and nodded.
So I wait
And I try
I confess like a child
She's my kind of rain
Like love from a drunken sky
Confetti falling down all night
She's my kind of rain
Night was falling and bright, little stars were starting to pop up. He was still looking at his feet. "Ross, just look at me, not at your feet, and you'll be fine."
He looked up and stared straight into my eyes. It took my breath away and I let out a small gasp. He look back down and mumbled, "Sorry."
"No that's not it. Um, your eyes caught me off guard for a second."
He laughed a little and then gradually lifted his eyes to mine.
She's the sunset shadows
She's like Rembrandt's light
She's the history that's made at night
She's my lost companion
She's my dreaming tree
Together in this brief eternity
Summer days, winter snows
She's all things to behold
She's my kind of rain
Like love from a drunken sky
Confetti falling down all night
She's my kind of rain
"Th-thanks for h-h-head slap earlier," he whispered.
I laughed at that. "Trust me. It was my pleasure." And I pulled myself ever so slightly closer to him and laid my head on his chest. At first he tensed a little, but then he pulled me closer and we continued to dance.
So I wait
And I try
I confess all my crimes
She's my kind of rain
Like love from a drunken sky
Confetti falling down all night
She's my kind of rain
She's my kind of rain
Like love from a drunken sky
Confetti falling down all night
She's my kind of rain
She's my kind of rain
Oh, rain on me
She's my kind of rain
Heres an update! I'm really sorry. I've been wicked busy and yeah so i tried to make it extra long and hopefully I will post something soon. The first song is "Storm Warning" by the very very very talented Hunter Hayes. He is completely amazing and i want to say he played all the instruments featured in this song and in his albums. From it I also like "Everybody's got somebody but me" and "Somebody's Heartbreak" and "Wanted." Then the second song is "She's my kind of rain" by Tim McGraw.
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