Falling For My Cowboy (Cowboys of Sunnydale)

Chapter 2-1

Chapter 2

PeteAll week, I thought about the girl I’d picked up off the side of the road. Her long tan legs in those tiny white shorts and ridiculous sandals. Her sea-green eyes starred in my dreams every night, since. But like an i***t, I didn’t get her name or phone number or even where she was going. I guess I’d been out of the dating game for far too long.

A knock sounded at my door, and Todd, my supervisor, stuck his head into my office.

“How are the prototypes going?” He invited himself in and sank into the only other chair in the room.

I looked at my screen, back at him, before shrugging.

“That good?” He laughed. “A bunch of us are going to the bar after work. You should come, too.”

He was more of a squishy teddy bear than a ruthless slave driver. I hesitated, spending a night out at the bar wasn’t something I usually did. There were too many chores to be done at the ranch. Fences needed to be mended and hay to cut. A sigh escaped as I rocked back in my chair.

“What about your wife?” I asked a smiling Todd.

“She’s coming, too. That new country band is going to be there, so it’ll be the place to be tonight. You’re coming.” He exclaimed before dancing down the hall, whistling a country tune.

My desk clock showed 4:35 PM, only twenty-five more minutes until the end of the shift. This prototype needed to be done by Monday so that the welders could start fabrication. The image whirled around on the screen as I tweaked it a little here and there. But, the girl with the green eyes kept interrupting my thoughts. Did she get where she was going? Will I ever see her again? The image was still rotating when the factory bell chimed. With a sigh, I saved it and sent it to the next person as I wasn’t getting anywhere with it.

Todd stopped at my door and waited. “Come on Pete, let’s go. I’m not letting you off the hook this time. The ranch will be there in the morning.” He knew I was more likely to duck out on him to go work on the ranch than to spend my night dancing to the latest tune. He blocked the doorway with his body until I grabbed my keys and wallet.

“Fine,” as I followed him to Cowboy’s Bar.

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