Love or Pity

"Ben, quick!" "Shut that gate, shut that gate!" Working on your fathers ranch with your boyfriend is the best, except when it's not. Every now and then we fight but most of the time we are good, like office worker colleagues really. Going about our day doing our own thing as long as it aligns and coincides with each other. We have been together for three years, and i think it is safe to say we will be together for the long run. We have 300 head of cows in the yards and have only just started sorting them out. Normally, all things run smoothly, with cows going one way and calves the other so we can mark them before we turn them back onto pasture. Today was a little off, though. The wind had picked up, and the cows were restless, running about the yards. "Unusual day, isn't it?" Everleigh said to ben as they pushed the last mob cows into the sorting yard. "It is, might storm later on, cows are a bit upset, aren't they" "Is that the forecast?" She questioned as she turned to fasten the chain on the gate. "Ev, Ev, look out, look out !!" 21 year old female, unconscious, subsequent bruising to the left side. Shallow breathing, excessive blood loss through the femoral artery of the right leg. Possible internal bleeding also. "What the bloody hell happened?" Everleighs father Todd questioned. "Last I saw, you were nearly finished the sorting. Now there's a helicopter here, and my daughter is in it, nearly dead. You better get down to that medical centre and find out what the hell is going on while I try and console my panicking wife!" "Anything goes wrong, and you will be to blame Ben, I swear to that"