My lovely lady May

Sunday dinner

The next morning May couldn't stop thinking about the night before. She couldn't help but smile thinking about her kiss with Ryan.
"What's got you smiling like that?"
"It's awfully late for you to be just getting out bed isn't it Lee?" She said, changing the subject. "It's Sunday, I believe it's my right to sleep in on the lords day"
"You don't believe in that stuff" she said sipping her coffee, "I believe in that, everything else is to be determined"
"Alright" she laughs, "well I have the day off so what's the plan for today?"
"Unfortunately, I have to go with dad to fill out some paperwork for the ranch and then I believe Kayce is coming over for dinner"
"Kayce? As in our brother Kayce?" She asked shocked, "Yeah, he was here yesterday with Tate. We went fishing, and let me tell you, that kid has got some fight in his blood. He's definitely related to us"
"Unfortunately" she joked, handing him a cup of coffee. They sat for a minute before getting interrupted by the same girl that came looking for Rip. May looked up shocked when she saw that she was wearing only Lee's shirt and underwear. "Oh hey! You're his sister right? We met briefly yesterday, I don't know if you remember, I'm Elaina" she said holding out her hand. May awkwardly shakes it, "May. And yeah, I remember"
"Well it's nice to meet you, Again!" She laughs, "oh! Can you please go get my stuff? It's still in the bunkhouse" she asked Lee. "Yeah, I'll head down there now" he smiled. "Great thank you!" May just awkwardly stared at lee waiting for her to leave the room, "Wow."
"I know..."
"Isn't she related to Rip?"
"Yup"
"How?"
"huh?" He said avoiding eye contact, "How?" She asked again more sternly. "His sister" he admitted under his breath, "oh lee." She sighed. "I know..."
"Come on lee, I knew you were slow but you're not stupid. What were you thinking?"
"I honestly wasn't" he chuckled, "are you seriously joking right now? He will kick your ass"
"Look, he doesn't even want her to stay here, I doubt he even sees her as family" he said standing up. "It's fine May, I have it all under control"
"I'm sure you do" she said sarcastically.

After decorating her new room and cleaning for  a while May decided to go look for Ryan. "Can I help you miss?" One of the wranglers asked, "Yeah I'm looking for Ryan"
"I think he's in the barn. But I should warn you miss, the owners don't take kindly to strangers just wandering around here" May smiles, "I'll keep that in mind, thank you." She said walking towards the barn. "Walker!" Colby yelled, "what?"
"Do you know who that was?"
"Should I?"
"She is one of the owners of this ranch." Walker looked surprised, "well shit" he chuckled.

May walked into the barn and found Ryan trimming his horse. "You do know we hire farriers for that right?" Ryan looks up and smiles. "Yeah I know, I like doing it myself"
"Well shit you should just do all of 'em. Save us some money" she laughed. "I'm only gonna break my back for my horse and my horse only" He said as he got up and pulled her in for a kiss. "Sorry my hands are dirty" he chuckled, "speaking of your hands" she grabbed his injured hand, "how's it feeling?"
"It's just a little sore, but I'll manage"
"And this" she pointed at the cut on his face, "I think it's gonna leave a pretty cool scar"
"Oh no"
"Oh no? You don't think scars will make me look cool?"
"Not when it's on this Handsome face of yours" she joked giving him a kiss on the cheek. "Ryan!" Rip yelled from outside the barn. "Duty calls" he sighs, "do you want to meet up later?" She asked, "yeah meet me at my spot at eight"
"You mean my spot" He just laughed and kept walking. She walked out the other side of the barn smiling, then she ran into Jamie and her smile quickly went away. "That's really fucking creepy you know"
"May. What are you doing?"
"Nothing that concerns you Jamie"
"Actually it does"
"How so? Please, enlighten me"
"I'm just trying to keep this family together, and here you are making a mess of things." May laughs, "Yeah I'm sure it was so easy "keeping the family together" while half of us were gone. And I'm making a mess of things?"
"You know how he is May. You know he wouldn't  allow that" he said pointing towards the barn.
"Well good thing I'm a grown woman who can make her own decisions"
"You're a grown woman acting like a fucking child, picking fights with everyone the moment you get here, messing around with one of the wranglers just to spite him"
"You don't know anything about me Jamie, so just leave me be"
"Oh and he does? Or is it Lee, Mister perfect, mister can do no wrong"
"You done acting like a little bitch? Or do you still need to go on with this bullshit. You know, if you stopped putting yourself into other peoples business, maybe then you could focus on being a decent fucking human being. And listen to me fucker, you mention him to dad, and I'll beat the shit out of you" She starts walking away, " and it wouldn't be the first time" she chuckled.