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Buffalo Grove/Janet Marie & Duncan
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Buffalo Grove/Janet Marie & Duncan |
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Duncan Member Ascendant
since 2001-08-07
Posts 5455 |
Buffalo Grove Jake wanted to check out some horses up north, so we headed out after breakfast. I slid into the corner the truck seat made with the door and propped my arm up on the open window, the wind, whipping my hair against my face. The sting felt good, and I made no effort to deflect it. I lifted my boot to the dash, closed my eyes to the sun and thought about Katy, ‘cause women were what I thought about when I didn’t wanna think. It wasn’t long before the rhythm of the wheels on blacktop rocked me to sleep. … … … … Jake glanced over at Jackson ... feet up on the dash, hat pulled down over his eyes, that kid could sleep anywhere. Just before dozing off he said something about Katy and her eggs being just the remedy for a cowboy with a hangover and heartache. Jake hoped Jackson wasn't becoming too attached to her, he had a history of wanting women who weren't his to have, and a weakness for blondes who belonged to someone else. Not that Kate belonged to anyone. Jake's own thoughts turned to Kate. Everyone else called her Katy 'cept Jake. He had always said she was too much woman to answer to a little girl's name. Jake had never told anyone, not even Travis how he felt about Kate. For that matter, he hadn't told her either. Some things were just understood even if left unspoken. Travis had found healing in Kate's arms and cooking for a time too, though both knew it was a lame attempt by Travis to take his mind off Iambe. In each man's life, there was that one woman who made him rethink all he had ever planned on. Iambe was that woman to Travis, Kate was that woman for Jake, for that matter she had been that woman for many a man, but she had been hurt one time too many by a cowboy just passing through and had decided a long time ago, she'd never wear one man's brand. Jake's thoughts of Kate were interrupted by Jackson talking in his sleep and thrashing around. Again causing Jake to wonder what it was that had the kid so restless. They had all been dealing with their own demons since the news of old man Konrad's passing, but Jake's family's skeletons in the closet shouldn't be haunting Jackson. Just then the kid called out in his sleep again, Jake shook him awake. They were almost to the ranch anyway, and Jake was looking for conversation to distract him from his own thoughts. … … … … Sometime around noon, I felt a hand, rough against my shoulder. ‘Wake up kid’ ‘We there?’, I asked, barely roused. ‘No, not yet. You were talkin’ in your sleep. Who’s Clayton?’ ‘My old man, why?’ ‘You were talkin’ to him.’ ‘Not likely.’ ‘Why’s that?’ ‘Never met him, that’s why.’ We got to the ranch and Jake had him a look around, just casual though, his mind seemed to be somewhere else. It was then I noticed, that he hadn’t hooked up the horse trailer before we left. Maybe he’d just needed to take a ride. At the end of the drive, Jake stopped the truck, looked left, then right. ‘Well kid. We can head back to my place, or we can make a right outta here, head up north a bit further and you can tell me what you know about Buffalo Grove.’ ‘Don’t think I know it Jake. But buy me a beer, maybe somethin’ll come to me.’ So we turned right and I stared silently out the window, knowing Jake would write off my moodiness as havin’ to do with Katy, and figurin’ it’d buy me some time to figure this thing out myself, before I went yackin’ to him and lookin’ like a damn fool scared of his own dreams. [This message has been edited by Duncan (02-18-2003 02:31 PM).] |
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the_loner_23 Member Ascendant
since 2002-06-08
Posts 5479Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
I really like this. it is a awesome story. Cold hands means a warm heart |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
  More.... |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Interesting...very interesting...write a book...publish...make money...James |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
well.. about time you two... really.... I waited all morning for this!! ( laughing) you two write well together..the complements to each others style bringing out the best in both of you... well woven...but then I didn't expect anything less fron you two. You know the next part... so want me to save my breath and just say go write it or cajole you a while? write us a revelation... and weave in a heartbreak! |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Amazing...you two play off each other very well. Much enjoyed...more please??  ~Hugs to you both~ ~ Trace my body with your words.. |
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