Love Isn't Always Fair (A Ashley Purdy Love Story) *On Hold*

Chapter 32: Country Girl At Heart

Izzy’s POV

Today was the day off and we flew into Tennessee late last night after the show. We got to my grandma’s house and she was already asleep. She knew we were coming in late so she left a key outside for us and we went upstairs to sleep. She even dug out my old baby crib for Melody and Austin. I woke up early to the smell of my grandma’s cooking. She lives on a farm so everything she makes is homemade. She buys nothing usually. I picked up Melody and Austin and headed downstairs. “Morning Memaw.” I said kissing her cheek. “Morning my little honeybee.” She said. “I’m not a little honeybee anymore.”  I said laughing. She smiled and kissed my forehead. “Whatcha cooking?” I asked. “Bacon, eggs and waffles.” She said. I smiled and got all happy. Her waffles are the best in this whole county. “Memaw, this is Melody and this is Austin.” I said showing her, her great grandbabies. She smiled and took Melody. “Is she going to be a pageant queen like her momma?” she asked. “I don’t know yet. And can we not talk about that.” I said. “Why honeybee? You won the title Miss. Tennessee.” She said. “Ya I know but I never liked it. You know I never liked being a princess.” I said. She nodded and kissed Melody. “And Austin will be your little rock star won’t he.” She said. “Yes he will.” I said kissing his cheeks. She passed me back Melody and took Austin. She kissed his cheeks and tickled his belly. He giggled and blew bubbles with his mouth. She smiled and handed me back Austin. I sat down on a chair and breast fed them. My Memaw finished making breakfast and I went to wake Ashley up while she changed Austin and Melody. “Ashy, baby time to wake up.” I said shaking him. He moaned and pulled me back into bed straddling me. I laughed. He leaned down to kiss me. I moved my face and he got my cheek. “Naughty girl.” He said. I giggled and kissed him. He put on a shirt and we headed downstairs holding hands. “Morning Memaw.” Ashley chirped. She smiled and kissed Ashley’s cheek. “Ashley, you are just skin and bones. Has my grandbaby being feeding you.” She said. I laughed. “We don’t get many home cooked meals on the road. But I always love having your cooking.” He said. She smiled and placed all the food on the table. We put the kids in their carriers and ate. “So how has tour been?” Memaw asked. “So much fun and it is a lot more special this time because I have my family with me.” Ash said. I blushed. He kissed my cheek. “You guys remind me so much of me and your Grandpa when we were young and just married.” Memaw said. I smiled and kissed her cheek. It has been five years since my Grandpa died. We missed him so much. “How is your mother?” she asked sounding disgusted. “She is in jail.” I said. “I’m not surprise. I raised her so much better than the way she has been acting and treating you.” She said. I smiled and held her hand. “Memaw, you really should come move closer to us. We love you and we want to be able to see you more.” I said. “Honeybee, you know I would love to but I couldn’t bear to leave my friends and the little family we have left here.” She said. I nodded that I understood. We finished breakfast and Ashley cleaned up the dishes despite my Memaw’s demanding to do them herself. “We are having a hoedown tonight.” She said. “Yay, I miss the hoedowns.” I said. “And you were asked to sing.” She said. “Fine I will sing but only for you Memaw.” I said. She smiled and kissed my cheek. I headed upstairs and took a shower. I got out and blow dried my hair. I threw on my tight Hooters tank top and my acid washed skinnies. I slipped on my black cowboy boots. I put on my cowboy hat and headed downstairs. I grabbed a can of Arizona iced tea, an apple and a sandwich. I slipped out to the barn and found my beautiful baby girl. “Hi Honey.” I said running my hand down her honey golden coat. She neighed and nudged my side. “I missed you too girl. When I get home I’m going to see if you can come home.” I said. She flipped her lip up and smiled. I laughed and put oats in her feeding bucket. She started eating and I brushed and groomed her. I threw my riding pads and saddle on her and tightened the girth. She looked at me and I slipped her bridle on. I put my sandwich and tea in the pocket attached to the saddle and jumped on her. She nudged my foot and we headed off to the trails. We walked halfway down the trails and I nudged her and we started cantering off. I loved this feeling. Having the wind blowing through my hair and being with my horse. In a matter of an hour, we came up to our favorite clearing with the river she loves to drink from. I jumped down and scratched her behind her ear. I grabbed my food and took off her saddle. I let her go and she got a drink from the stream and laid down underneath a tree for shade and rest. I sat down in front of her stomach and leaned back. Honey would never in a million years hurt a fly. She is so relaxed and nice. I unwrapped my sandwich and ate it and took some sips of my tea. Honey looked at me and pouted kind of. “Don’t worry I didn’t forget about you.” I said. She smiled and I held out my hand holding the apple out. Honey took a bite out of it and finished it in three bites. I smiled and scratched her head. Ash texted me asking where I was and I said out to clear my head. Soon I heard hoof beats in the distance. I moved and Honey stood up. I saddled her up. I jumped up and she took off without me having to ask her. Everytime I heard hoof beats it usually was my boyfriend at the time coming to check on me. I never really liked him but I couldn’t find a way to break up with him. I stopped Honey and we turned around. I looked and saw Ashley on Ghost. “I’m sorry; I just thought you were someone else.” I said. “It’s okay. Your Memaw told me where you went. She is very smart for an 80 year old woman.” He said. I laughed. “I know she is. I love her so much.” I said. He smiled and leaned over and kissed me. Honey nudged me and I laughed. “Ashy.” I said. “Oh god, what do you want?” he asked scared. “When tour is over can Honey come home?” I asked. “Of course, she can. She loves you very much and I was thinking about getting horses for us.” He said. “Maybe Memaw will let you have Ghost.” I said patting Ghost. Ghost smiled. “Maybe, I really like him.” He said scratching behind Ghost’s ear. I grabbed Ash’s hand and we all started walking back to the house. It felt nice acting like my old country girl self. We got back and took the saddles and everything of Ghost and Honey. I got out both the hoses and we gave them baths. I reached over Honey and sprayed Ashley. I ducked down and hid from him. He ran around and sprayed me. I laughed and we had a water fight with the hoses. I won and we finished bathing the horses. We put them out in the field and headed inside. “Thank you for soaking me.” I said pushing him. “Welcome.” He said kissing me. We took off our boots and walked into the kitchen. “I just put Melody and Austin down for their afternoon nap.” Memaw said. “Thank you so much. Sorry that we were gone for so long.” I said. “Don’t worry about it. I understand. Be lucky that you had that time alone together. It will be hard to have time alone with two babies.” She said. I hugged her and kissed her cheek. “Now go clean up. We are leaving in two hours.” She said. She knew how long it takes for me to get ready and plus with a distraction like Ashley. It will take longer. I ran upstairs and hopped in the shower. I washed my hair with my special honey shampoo sniffing in the amazing aroma. I shaved my legs and underarms. I hopped out and let Ashley get in. I did my makeup and hair. I braided my hair into two braids. I slipped on my white lacey bra and matching underwear. I set out Ashley’s clothes for tonight. I put out jean blue skinnies, a black dress shirt and a bolo tie. I put on my jean blue short shorts, a black tank top and a red and white plaid short sleeve button up shirt. I tied it up under my breasts. I looked like my old country self. Ash came out and put on his clothes and kissed my cheek. We headed downstairs and slipped on our boots. My Memaw was already ready with the kids. “Memaw you don’t need to take care of my babies. You had your time now it’s mine.” I said. “No honeybee. I want to. I miss this.” She said holding them. I smiled and kissed her cheek. She gave me Austin and Melody to Ashley. She headed upstairs to finish getting ready. I put on my white cowboy hat and Ash put on his black one. “It is nice not seeing you in makeup.” I said kissing him. He kissed me back. “I wish I could see you without makeup. You look beautiful without it.” He said. I blushed and got the car ready for us to go. My Memaw came down and got in the back with the babies. She smiled and said it was okay to go.