“Night Jefferson and sleep good.”
Gunner took me in his arms and gave me a wonderful goodnight kiss. So wonderful I didn’t want it to end. He pulled away and smiled at me.
“Think about me tonight okay?” I said as I gave him another quick kiss.
“Always!”
He turned and walked out the door shutting it behind him. I walked over to my bed and just fell back on it. I started to jump around like a school girl who just got her first kiss. Holy hells bells this has been the most wonderful day of my life!
I sat up quickly to look at Ari. I had to tell her or I was going to burst! Just then I heard her snore. Pesh, there would be no way of me waking her up. I would have to just wait until tomorrow morning.
I tip toed into the bathroom, changed and brushed my teeth. As soon as I laid down on the pillow I drifted off into a dream.
Me….Gunner…..and an open field filled with people looking at us………I never wanted to wake up.
CHAPTER FORTY TWO
G unner…….
“Alright Gunner what the fuck happened between you and my sister last night asshole? You have not stopped smiling all goddamn morning and my mind is going fucking crazy here!”
Jeff said as were mending the fence in the east pasture.
I stood up and took my cowboy hat off and wiped the sweat off my face with my shirt. I smiled over at Jeff and I thought for sure he was about to walk up and punch the shit out of me.
“Dude, nothing happened like what you’re thinking happened. I already told you I respect your sister and your friendship more than that.”
“Well then shit Gunner, something must have happened because you are fucking walking around on cloud nine.”
“I told Ellie last night that I loved her and she told me she loved me. We talked about where we saw our futures, she asked me if I was going to go play pro and I told her no. My dream was to be here and she pretty much told me she loved the ranch as much as I did.”
Jeff ran his hands through his hair and looked at me. The smile that came across his face was all I needed to see. We walked up to each other and he grabbed my hand and smacked it and then shook it.
“Holy fucking shit…..Gunner Mathews is in love and it is with my baby sister. I never thought I would see the goddamn day! That’s great Gunner….that’s fucking great dude. I know you make my sister happy. I have not seen her this happy in…..well fuck….I’ve never seen her this happy!”
I started to laugh as I slapped him on the back. “Well the feeling is mutual. She makes me happy Jeff and I can’t stand to be away from her for a second. I just want to make her happy for the rest of her life.”
“That’s good to hear. Really good to hear ‘cause if you ever hurt her Gunner, I’ll fucking kill you and not think twice about it.”
I stopped taking a drink of my water and looked at Jeff. He went back to fixing the fence like he didn’t even just threaten me with my life.
“Well I don’t ever intend on hurting her but that is good to know dude…..”
Jeff and I spent most of the morning fixing the back east pasture fence. Drake said they lost a few cattle last week so hopefully this will put a stop to that. I fucking loved it out here. Working with my hands in the Texas summer heat, shit there wasn’t anything else like it.
“FUCK! I’m ready to cool off. How hot do you think it is today?” Jeff said as he pulled his shirt off and wiped his face off with it.
“Fuck if I know…..Gramps said yesterday it got up to 101 but it sure as shit is different when you are sitting in a barn drinking fucking cold beer!”
Just then we heard Highway to Hell blaring from up the gravel road.
“That has to be Dewey. Fucker always did like AC/DC.” Jeff said as he grabbed his shirt and put it back on. “Why the fuck he is going to river with us anyway? Did you see the way he was looking Ari up and down that asshole.”
I had to laugh at Jeff. He won’t admit his feelings for Ari but he didn’t want anyone else to notice her either…..it was all to fucked up for me to try and understand.
Dewey pulled up next to Gramps truck and parked. He jumped out and made his way over to us.
“What is up dudes? You heading down to the river, It’s almost one and Ari said that is what time they were meeting you.”
Holy fuck this bastard had already been drinking. That was not cool, not at all. I wonder if this is a normal thing for him.
“When did you talk to Ari Dew?” Jeff asked as he loaded the tools up in the truck.
“Oh I stopped by earlier this morning. Ari and Ellie were in the garden with Mrs. Mathews. Goddamn that Ellie has a nice fucking ass.”
I’m not even sure why I did it but I reached for Dewey and slammed him against the truck.
“Don’t you EVER fucking say something like that again about her or even fucking look wrong at her Dewey or I swear to you I will beat the shit out of you!”
Jeff came running over and tried to pull me off Dewey as Dewey threw his hands in the air.
“Dude! Holy shit I’m sorry I didn’t think you were that serious about her…..”
“Listen to me Dew; I’m going to marry that girl someday so you better keep your fucking distance from her you got me?” I said I as I gave him a good push and walked to the driver’s side of the truck.
“Dewey we will see you down at the river in a little bit…why don’t you let Gunner cool off a bit before you come down there okay?
“Um yeah sure….see you in a bit.”
Jeff loaded the last of the tools and jumped in the truck. “Jesus Gunner, I think you scared the shit out of Dewey.” Jeff said with a laugh.
“Would you have let him talk about Ellie that way?”
“Fuck no…I was about to kick the living shit out of him but you beat me to him!”
“Let’s just get to the river first before he shows up.” I said as I put the truck in drive and took off. The thought of Dewey seeing Ellie in a bikini made me sick to my stomach. Goddamn fucker….
Well pulled up and saw Ellie and Ari sitting on the tail gate of my truck and I had to smile. Just the thought of her driving around on the ranch in my truck brought a smile to my face. I looked over at Jeff who had a shit eating grin on his face. What was he up to?
“Do I even want to know what you’re planning?”
“No. I don’t think you do!” Jeff said as he gave me a wink and jumped out of the truck. The girls jumped down from the truck and they were both dressed in short ass jean shorts and tank tops. I could see the white strap of Ellie’s bikini top and just the thought of her taking off that tank top had my damn dick jumping. Ellie came running over and jumped in my arms as I spun her around.
“Good morning Drew!” She said in my ear. “Oh my god I missed you this morning!”
The heat on my neck from her breath was about to drive me insane. Why is it that everything this girl does it drives me crazy!
“Good morning Ellie. I missed you too sweetheart, more than you know. Did you sleep okay last night?” I asked as I put her down and pushed a piece of hair behind her ear.
“I did. I had a dream and I remember waking up so happy but I cannot for the life of me remember what the dream was about. It kind of pisses me off really.”
I threw my head back and laughed at her. Damn she was so fucking cute! I swung down and picked her up while she let out a small scream and carried her back over to the truck. Jeff was already arguing with Ari. Jesus Christ those two……
“I seriously doubt I was calling out your name in my sleep you dickwad! You only wish I was!”
“Tell her Ells, tell her how when I carried her up to bed she was saying how wonderful and strong and handsome I was.”
“Um, that’s not really how I remember it Jefferson.” Ellie said with a shrug of her shoulders.