“Fuck this; I’ll just carry her up to your room. ” Jefferson bent down and scooped up Ari like she weighed nothing.
“Her bed is the one closet to the door. ” I said as he walked by and headed up the stairs with Gunner and me following behind.
Once we got in our bedroom I pulled the covers back as Jefferson started to lay Ari down. She opened her eyes and looked at him and smiled. He instantly stopped moving and just looked at her. Ari mumbled something about this being the best fucking dream ever and Jefferson smiled back at her and set her on the bed. Then he leaned down and kissed her on the cheek. Ari put her hand up to her cheek and smiled.
Then she let out a snore……I had to giggle.
“Figures” Jefferson said as he shook his head and turned to walk out.
“Night Ells…. ” Jefferson said as he leaned down to give me a kiss.
“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
Gunner…….
“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.