Page 17 of And a Smile


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Nah. Dillon had already learned that he flew better by the seat of his pants.

pharris:hey cowboy.How’s you

brrlman: good. miss you. how’s blind and gimpy?

pharris: loud. glad im stayin with the kids

brrlman: LOL. it snowed a few days ago

pharris: no shit. like snow-snow

brrlman: three inches. bizzare-o land

pharris: only in yankeeland is three inches a good thing

brrlman: you’re kind of sick. i like it. has jason ridden any?

pharris: yeah. couple times. gotta keep his eyes open or he pukes.

brrlman: oh gross. poor jase. buy him a beer

pharris: bax sez no beer

brrlman: ominous. next time i come with you

pharris; really? Id like that. lots.

brrlman: yes. no more running off without me

pharris: its a deal. we should go have

pharris: ice cream

brrlman: burgers. sex

pharris: ok when soon

brrlman: one more week

pharris ok i guess i can wait *wink*

brrlman: see you then, babe

pharris: ok cowboy. be good.

brrlman: i’ll be as good as i can. wait for me, huh?

pharris: always. you got my word

Chapter Eight

The break was over, and Dillon had never been so glad.

Usually he loved to putter around at home, riding his horses and working on his fence line. This time, though, he’d been restless, bored and looking forward every day to Coke’s text message.

God, he was a dork.

Really. When was he ever gonna learn that he had to stop pining over the guys he couldn’t have? Clearly the universe was against him when it came to Coke. Something always happened. Like in that freaking hot tub, where he’d been all ready to do the sexy kitty dance, and instead his legs had swollen all up and turned Technicolor. Like, terrifying, fall off colors.