On the trip back from the stables I decided I was going to talk to Ari. I needed to see if we could make a go at being something more than friends. Especially now that I knew she wanted the same life I did. I planned on talking to her after dinner. I was going to just tell her how I felt and pray she felt the same way. I dared to let myself get excited.

That was until I saw her bouncing downstairs right before dinner with Ellie and get so excited when a text message from the cheating bastard Jason came through. Her excitement sent a clear signal. She obviously loved him. Fucking prick didn’t deserve Ari….she was way too good for him and he would end up cheating on her just like he did with all the other ones.

I tried to clear my thoughts so I could get to sleep. After tossing and turning damn near all night the clock read 4:30am when my eyes finally closed.

The next morning I woke up to find Garrett and Ari sitting in the kitchen drinking coffee. Where the hell was everyone else?

“Where is everyone?” I asked as I poured a cup of coffee and sat down at the table.

“Emma ran into town to attend a church meeting, Gunner mentioned something about giving Ellie another first and they took off for town. Gramps here…he was just bitching to me about a fence that needs repairing.”

I had to let out a chuckle at Ari’s reference to Gunners grandfather as Gramps…..only Gunner ever called him that.

“What fence needs fixin’ Garrett? I can head out and fix it for you.” I said as Ari quickly shot her head up and looked at me.

“Well it’s on the north side of the ranch…butts up against the property you’re interested in buying.” Garrett said with a wicked smile on his face.

FUCK ME….Ari sat up straighter and gave me a look of pure shock.

“WHAT? You’re buying property out here? Since when did you decide this? Does Ellie know? What about Gunner does he know? What in the world are you going to do out here? I can’t believe you didn’t tell us….”

“For Christ sakes Ari please shut the fuck up!” I said as I shook my head. Goddamn it that girl could just rattle on.

Ari shot me a dirty look and I could tell she wanted to say something back to me but didn’t because Garrett was sitting right there.

“Anyway, back to the fence….I can take the truck and head on over there right now.” I said as I saw Ari still staring at me. I’m sure she had a million questions she wanted to ask me. Thank the fuck I was leaving to mend a fence.

“Oh Jeff that would be great since Gunner took off with Ellie and Drake and the boys ran into town to get feed and run some errands. I don’t want you going alone though….Ari you go with him. It will do you good to get some fresh air.”

Ari and I both looked at Garrett and spoke at the same time.

“WHAT?!”

“No really Garrett I’m perfectly fine heading out there on my own, there is no need for her to come.”

Ari nodded her head in agreement. “Yeah I mean I was just planning on sitting in the porch swing and reading so…”

“Well then that’s perfect. Take your book and read while Jeff fixes the fence. I have a strict rule…no one out in the pastures by themselves.”

“Oh well um….” Ari said as she shrugged her shoulders and looked at me.

Fucking great…just what I needed. I was going to have to listen her go on and on for at least an hour while I fixed the fence.

“I want you to take the jeep though; I’ll go and get it ready while you go change into some working clothes.” If I didn’t know any better I would have sworn he just gave me a wicked grin and then winked at me. What the hell?

I stood up to go change. I looked at what Ari was wearing…..short shorts, a tee shirt and some flip flops.

“Maybe you should at least put on some sneakers Ari.”

She just looked at me, nodded and went up stairs.

Five minutes later I walked out to the jeep that Garrett had already pulled up to the house and had running. That was strange. I heard the front door screen shut and I turned to see Ari walk out in the same clothes but she changed into a pair of black cowboy boots.

Holy fuck….I’d never in my life seen anything so fucking sexy than this girl in a pair of shorts and cowboy boots. I had to take a few steps to ease my growing erection that was pressing into my fucking zipper.

She walked down towards the jeep and smiled at me as she hopped into the passenger seat. Fuck she even had on a cowboy hat….how the hell did I not see the hat. I let my eyes roam down her legs and then back up again. God how I wanted this girl so fucking badly but I needed to get a grip. She has a boyfriend…..she was not meant to be mine.

Garrett gave me a slap on the back and a wink. “I put plenty of water in there for y’all and even a few snacks…..just in case!” Then he laughed as he walked back towards the house. He waved and shouted back to us.

“Y’all have FUN!”

I got in the jeep and looked at Ari who just shrugged her shoulders and put her ear plugs to her iPod in. Yep…this was going to be fun.

I spent the next hour mending a fence that I swear looked like it had been cut in four different places on purpose. Nah….who the fuck would cut the fence on purpose. I was just about finished when I looked up at Ari sitting in the jeep kicked back and reading her book. Fuck she looked hot as hell with those legs propped up. They looked so smooth. I bet they were smooth. Just like her back was so smooth. I was able to get a feel of it when I was desperately trying to get her bikini top back on before fucking Dewey saw her. I wiped the sweat off my face with my t-shirt and started to gather up the tools.

Fuck with it only being nine in the morning it sure as shit was hot out. I brought the tools back over and put them in the back of the jeep. I let the pliers fall hard against the metal floor and Ari jumped out of her seat. She ripped her head phones off and gave me a go to hell look.

“FUCKER! You scared the shit out of me!”

“Sorry….”

I grabbed a water from the cooler and took a long drink. I couldn’t help but notice her watching me drink it. I wiped the sweat one more time off my face before I got in the jeep.

“Finally, it took you fucking long enough to fix a damn fence that should have been fixed thirty minutes ago.”

“Well if you thought you could have fixed it sooner why the fuck didn’t you bring you sweet ass over and help me?”

“Pesh….yeah right. I kind of enjoyed the show.” She said with a wink.

I turned the key over in the ignition and nothing happened. I let it off and tried it again. Nothing…..Strange….I turned it over again….Nothing…..I did this four more times and now Ari was sitting up looking at the ignition, willing it to start.

“Oh no…NO! NO! NO! NO! NOOOOO! Jeff, tell me that this piece of shit is going to start!” Ari practically shouted in my goddamn ear.

“Okay, this piece of shit is going to start.”

Ari shot me a look and jumped out of the jeep.

“DO SOMETHING!”

“Jesus Ari calm the fuck down, it’s not like we are stuck in the middle of nowhere. Garrett knows we’re here and when we don’t come back in the next few minutes he’ll know something is wrong. We need to just be patient and wait for someone to come looking for us.”

I ran my hands through my hair as I watched her pace back and forth with that sweet ass swaying side to side. The thoughts that were running through my head were not good and I needed to stop. I had to reach down and adjust myself more than once.

FUCK! I pulled my phone out to see how long we had been gone, just a little over an hour and a half so if Garrett was the one who noticed the broken fence he would know that I should have been done by now and would be heading back.

After about thirty minutes of Ari pacing back and forth she pulled out her cell phone. She started walking all over the place holding her phone up. What the fuck was she doing?

“Ari, what the hell are you doing?”

“Well, while you’re being a lazy ass just sitting underneath that tree, I’m going to try and get a signal to call someone to come save us!”

“Save us?” I let out a laugh as she turned and shot me the finger.

“YES! Save us! It is getting fucking hot out here and what if we run out of water?! Did you ever think of that Jeff? HUH?” Ari jumped back up on the jeep and tried to get as high as she could.

“Jesus Christ Ari, it’s not like we are going to be stuck out here for days. Stop climbing all over the fucking jeep. You are going to fall and get hurt.”

“Fuck off dickwad! I got a signal last night maybe I will again.”

“Oh yeah, when you got a text from your boyfriend….how is that working out for you Ari, dating a douche bag like Jason Reed.” I said with a smile. I’ve never known that guy to remain faithful to any girl he has ever dated. I couldn’t stand that mother fucker.

“Jealous much Jeff?”

“Hardly…..” It fucking cut me to the bone knowing that that fucker got to hold Ari in his arms. Kiss her endlessly. The thought of him taking her virginity…..it just fucking pissed me off. He didn’t deserve her.

“Oh. My. GOD! I can’t believe this! We are going to have to be out here for hours! NO ONE has come yet and it’s been over two hours! What if they all left! What if they think we decided to go to the river and cool off or you decided to check out your little piece of land you want?! What if Garrett left and didn’t leave a note where we were and Gunner and Ellie come back and they think we’re just riding or …or….or fuck I don’t know……. What would two people who can’t stand to be around each other be doing! FUCK why can’t I get a signal!”

Ari jumped off the jeep and was now pacing and holding her phone up in the air again. I was going to fucking choke her if she didn’t shut the fuck up soon!

“COME ON! Fucking phone….why the fuck do I pay for all that extra shit if I can’t even get a goddamn decent signal?! Maybe we should start walking? Maybe we should just start yelling…yeah…then someone would hear us! Shit sound travels in the country pretty far right……”

OH. MY. GOD! I can’t take it any longer! I need her to shut her up!

“Maybe if we just….”

I jumped up and grabbed her and pushed her up against the jeep…I looked down into those beautiful green eyes of hers and my heart fucking melted.

“Maybe Arianna you need to just shut the fuck up.”

I don’t know why I did it but I kissed her. My god her lips felt like heaven….just like the last kiss she gave me at Brad’s party…the same kiss I had been fucking dreaming about every day since it happened.

I was afraid she would push me away but she opened her mouth more with a small moan and let my tongue start exploring. She deepened the kiss by grabbing my hair and pulling me in closer. Holy fuck….my head was spinning. Before I could stop myself I was pressing her up against the jeep harder. I wanted to crawl into her goddamn body and just stay there forever.

I started to put my hands under her shirt. Her skin was so goddamn soft I couldn’t take it. She moved her hands under my t-shirt and started moving up and down along my back sending jolts through my entire body. I had never in my life experienced such a powerful kiss.