The Perfect Ride

Chapter 41

As soon as the show was over, I got back to the room and talked to Jess.

"Baby, I'm finally ready to talk" I say and sit down with him.

"About?" He asks.

"When this tour ends" I reply.

"I don't think long distance will be bad" He says.

"No, just let me talk" I say. He agrees.

"Roz is moving in with Cooper" I say.

"Yeah. She told me" He says.

"So, I think I should move to Texas too" I spit out. He just looks at me.

"What?" He questions.

"You, Me, Roz, and Cooper. Just like it has been for this tour" I say.

"Wait. Babe. What about the rodeo school?" He asks.

"Ellie can take over my class. She can trick ride too. She just doesn't. Daddy teaches the rest of them. Mama runs the business" I say. "I don't absolutely have to be there".

"Well, where would you work?" He asks.

"Roz and I can both get jobs at other rodeo schools. She won't be in maternity leave forever. You and Cooper will work at the grounds. It's perfect" I say.

"And, have you told your parents?" He asks.

"No. I will, but I haven't. They can't really stop me, though. I'm twenty three years old. Plus, I want too" I say.

"Well, I want you to too, but I want you to be happy. Do you think you'll be happy in Texas?" He asks.

"Texas has you. I would be happy anywhere as long as you're with me" I say. "It doesn't matter if we're in Texas, or Canada, or Mars. We can make any place a home".

"What brought this on?" He asks.

"Cooper did. Saying how lucky you and I are to have each other. It made me realize that we are lucky. I can't throw something like this away, and I can't do long distance. I want all of you with me every single day for the rest of our lives, Jess. I want us to build a life together. We can't do that if we're apart. We can do that in Texas. I said before I want our kids riding horses, and growing up on a ranch. That will happen in Texas. It's just...one step closer to our forever".

"You're right" He says. "You're absolutely right. I don't want a future that you're not in. We'll build a house. We'll have a football team of kids. We'll raise horses and cattle. We'll grow old holding each other's hands, and we'll look back on all of this and smile". I leaned in to kiss him. Seconds later, I pulled away.

"Then let's do it, baby. Let's move to Texas" I say. He kissed me again.

"Sadie Rosen, we're moving to Texas".