Cowboy Kind of Love

Family Day

I woke up and it was day, normally I was up at the crack of dawn and heading to the stables so it being around 8 or 9 was definitely sleeping in. I figured dad was gone doing who knows what. Jamie his asshole self was doing the lawyer thing, Beth was a high-up banker, Kayce was on the rez and was never around and Lee was working the horses. I was home alone. I tossed on a robe opening my door and walking down. When I got by dad's office I stepped off to the guest room cleaning it up, I had a cup of coffee and I heard someone come in. Walking into the hall I spotted Rip, clearing looking for dad.

"He's not there." Rip turned looking at me.

"You're up late." He replied smirking.

"Yeah feels weird."

"You coming down sometime today?"

"Don't I always." I responded watching as his eyes trailed over me considering I was in a robe.

"Yeah, you do. Just don't wear that."

"Smartass, do I really look like I'd go out there in a nightgown, I'm not fucking Beth."

"I know, besides those assholes don't need to see that."

"Oh and you do?"

"Have before."

"Fuck you." Rip walked up to me and looked down at me. He was intimidating as hell but dammit the asshole was attractive as fuck and always had been. Dad had practically adopted him as a teen when his family was killed and I just somehow stuck by him and even though he was 5 years older than me he never thought I got on his nerves

"What was that princess."

"I said fuck-" I gasped as his lips met mine as he kissed me, hands holding my hips as he walked us back into the guest room I had cleaned and lifted me up on the dresser, rough calloused hands running up my legs.

"What the fuck are you two doing!" I leaned back head on the dresser mirror as I looked over his shoulder at my older sister. "Lexi you have your own room for that shit, get the fuck out. Hi ass hat."

"Beth." Rip said backing away and grabbing his hat. He walked out and I got off the dresser Beth stopping me from walking out.

"See you two are still fucking around."

"Who said we were fucking around."

"Do we need to rewind to 30 seconds ago when you were making out on my goddamn dresser."

"Ok so we were kissing."

"Yeah and if I hadn't walked in you'd be fucking, thought that was over."

"Don't know what it is, probably never will be."

"Not even after James."

"We are not talking about it, fuck off sister." I walked off going to my room and changing. I tossed on jeans, a shirt, and flannel, my boots and a baseball hat. I sighed my sister getting under my skin. A few years ago I had been hooking up with one of the ranch hands, this guy a year older than me named James. He was gorgeous as hell, dark hair, blue eyes, sweet. We hadn't told anyone but one day Rip had walked in on him and I, he jerked him off me and beat his ass before telling me to get dressed and fired James and told my dad. I got in trouble which being early 20's I thought was shit and I didn't speak to Rip for 6 months. He was jealous I had gotten with someone who wasn't him, finally fucking admitted it. I had been messing around with Rip for years, I was always attracted to him and honestly didn't think he liked me or would go more for Beth but that changed my 18th birthday when he fucking kissed me. I think everyone kind of knew we liked one another but we never admitted it or even acted on it just hung out or said something semi flirtatious to one another. Getting down to the barn I saw Lee with my horse. He was a black mustang dad had gotten me. "The hell you doing with my horse."