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.What the hell was this girl s story and why wouldn'tshe share it with me?"Yeah, um.I'll come grab you around five?" Ipushed my hands through my hair as I removed my ballcap."Okay, I'll be ready and waitin' at the end of thedrive." Before I could react, she was already limpingdown the hill and headed towards her house.I silentlycursed myself for not going after her, yet again, but therereally wasn't much I could do.She was closed off andobviously, that barrier wasn't coming down anytime soon.Or at least not soon enough. Chapter 15KaylaI had been elated to see him.When his tall,muscular figure appeared over that hill, my heart jumpedinto my throat and practically shot out of my mouth.Helooked even better than he had in town.Maybe it wasbecause he didn't have a skanky tramp hanging off of him,but either way, I knew I wanted him.And when his lipspressed softly against mine, I was all but in heaven.My day had gone from mundane, to exciting in lessthan four hours.His scorching emerald green eyes had meat a loss for words and short of breath.But, as soon as hementioned Arizona, my whole world shifted and my mindquickly threw up a wall and completely shut down.Howwere we ever supposed to make anything work, when hewas going back to the very state I had just left? Granted,he wasn't aware of the situation or anything that hadhappened in between then and now, but would it reallymatter now?What was I even thinking? We weren't anything.We had just met and I was definitely readin' too far intoanything with him.For crying out loud, he was eighteenand off to college and I had just barely turned seventeenand was starting my senior year in high school.What typeof relationship could we even have?I knew pushing him away, was the wrong thing to do, but at this point, I needed to protect myself.Madison'sfeelings be damned.I still wanted more than anything, togo see his band play tonight, so I made sure to ask himabout it before I headed home.Part of me was excited thathe was bringing me into his world with the way he was.Itwas a nice world filled with hope, happiness andsomethin' else I just couldn't quite put my finger on.As I walked away from this amazing guy and theblissful hour I could have had with him, I pulled my phonefrom my pocket and dialed the one person I knew wouldalways be there."Hello." Her voice rang high and happy.What Iwouldn't give to feel that type of happiness at this moment."Hi love.How's it going?" I tried to make myvoice more chipper than I felt, but she of course saw rightthrough me."What's wrong? And don't you dare lie to me?"I took in a deep breath before explaining Madison,his grandparents and everything in between.I didn't leaveout one iota of information and I knew her mind wasreeling with all that I had given her to think about.I waitedpatiently for her to respond and after a clear two minuteshad passed, I pushed her."Well?" I panted.I hadn't realized where I was going until I had reached the other end of my grandparent'sproperty."Cami, you're killing me.Please say something."I urged."Sorry, I was just trying to digest everything.So, acowboy huh?"I moaned loudly."Seriously, that's what younarrowed in on?""Uh, duh.Do you know how long I have waited tobe able to go out to your grandparent's farm, just so I couldmeet me a tall, dark and handsome cowboy.Mmmhmmm."I shook my head and let out a loud laugh thatechoed off of the nearby trees.Leave it to Cami to makeme feel better, all by talking about a damn cowboy, whenit was the one thing I didn't want to think about."Kay, the only thing I can tell you is to hold ontoyour cowboy boots, because I'm pretty sure he is going totake you for one hell of a ride.""Ya know, if I wanted to get sarcasm, I would'vejust talked to my granddad about all this.You're so nothelpin' the situation, bitch.""I love how your accent comes back the minuteyour tiny little feet hit that Texas soil.Well, I guess thequestion is, are you willing to see where it goes andpossibly come back here?" I knew she was serious by the intensity in her tone.I didn't want to think about going back to Arizona, ever.Isuppose it was a good question though."Honestly, I don'tknow if any guy would be worth that pain." I hadn'thesitated in my response, because in all actuality, I wasn'teven sure this thing that was happening between me andMadison, was even the real deal.I still needed to finishhigh school, he was headed off to college, and he had aband.I mean what future did we really have?"Well honey, I guess that's what you need to figureout first and foremost.Kay, just don't hold anything back.Iknow how hard it is going to be for you to open up and letsomeone in, but I think you owe it to yourself to try.Takethis move as a chance to explore the real you, all of you, ifyou catch my drift." Her laugh brought a smile to my faceand I couldn't help but giggle right along with her."I'll talk to you soon, Cam.Take care.""Oh I will." She laughed."Love ya, girly.""Me too." I closed my phone and sat down underone of the tall oak trees, swaying in the breeze.I laid backand stared at the afternoon sun through the sparse brancheshovering above me.Why did life have to be socomplicated so early on? Of course I blame my mother, ormaybe my father.Oh hell, I'll just blame everyone else andtake no responsibility, that sounded better.I'd rather be arrogantly oblivious than have to deal with my life.*****I must've dozed off in my hasty state, because whenI came to, the sun was no longer shining brightly aboveme.I quickly checked the time on my phone and realizedthat I barely had a half an hour to get ready.I brushed thestray pieces of grass and leaves from my hair and hobbledmy way to the house.I hadn't seen my grandmamma sincewe had gotten back, and I was now starting to feel a littleguilty about it.I had let the day get away from me and Ineeded to find her and apologize.When I entered through the back door, I wasstartled when a small hand grasped the screen door behindme and clutched my arm.I jumped back in full onprotection mode, as my eyes wandered up the frail arm,landing on my grandmamma's weary eyes."I'm sorry, sweetheart.I didn't mean to startle ya."I let out the small breath I had been holding,pulling my small grandmother into my chest and closingmy arms around her [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]