A Duck Dynasty Story: Love Sparks ON HOLD

Chapter Seven

Cole's P.O.V

My name is Cole Robertson and I think I'm a nervous wreck. Scratch that; that would be an understatement. I was far from a nervous wreck. I was thinking more along the lines of a nervous breakdown? Don't question it. Bottom line was that I was a mess; that was clearly evident.

Thank god I still remembered my name because I wasn't sure if I remembered anything else. However, I didn't seem to forget that the most beautiful creature was standing in front of me. That in itself was also a concept I was yet still trying to grasp. Who knew that one girl could drive me so crazy?! I sure as hell didn't.

I looked up at the mirror across the room to see my reflection. Except it wasn't me. It was someone else entirely. Someone with very bright red cheeks. I looked at the mirror more closely..who was that?

Oh wait, that was me. Clearly something was wrong with me! I've never experienced this kind of feeling before. I knew Elle made me flustered, but I never knew how much control she possessed over me. Her wish was my command. And just like that, she snapped me out of her daze.

She was leaning into my ear at this point and I felt excitement rush through my veins. She cupped her hand over my ear and whispered, "I think I like you too..", and then started to trail off again.

Could she hear my heart beat more rapidly by the second? I'd be surprised if she couldn't. More than anything in this moment I wanted to start jumping up and down like an excited little kid, If only; those were the days.

She walked off without acknowledging John Luke and slammed the door on her way out. John Luke and I were now the only ones left. I looked down at my feet in embarrassment, cheeks still red. I knew I had it coming, I expected a full on fight any second now. I could now either do two things.

As the coward I knew I was inside I could pull my hands up in surrender or I could be the bigger person and try to walk away without looking like a scared five year old. I think I'd opt for option number two. If anything Elle needed a man, not a child to be trailing after her. 

I looked up from the ground to see a blank faced John Luke.  This was already awkward enough as it was so I turned my back on him and left. Hopefully, he wouldn't cause a scene. 

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Blake's P.O.V

Before the whole thing could blow up in my face, I quickly retreated to the inside of my car. Sigh. Was anything going to go right? 

I waited for what seemed like hours, but only appeared to be a couple of minutes later when I saw Cole exit the Starbucks and head towards my car. Once he got in, I locked the doors and ran the engine once more. I looked over to see him withholding an unmistakable grin. By the look on his face, something must have gone right. Now it was his turn to spill.

I cleared my throat in attempt to gain his focus, that didn't seem to work. I tried again and finally snapped him out of what looked like a day dream. 

Cole: Wha-

Blake: Cole, you know you were day dreaming right? Care to tell me about the blonde you couldn’t seem to stop drooling after?

Cole: Maybe I was day dreaming or maybe I wasn’t. That doesn’t matter anymore. What does matter is what just happened…

Blake: If it’s so important, don’t you think as your best friend you should tell me?

Cole: Okay you got me there…Fine. I’ll tell you. But that’s it Blake. No more.

Blake: Yeah whatever dude, just get on with it!

The next hour was spent by Cole pouring what seemed practically his whole heart out to me. Damn he’s got it bad. I couldn’t help, but laugh a few times and then stopped when he started giving me the silent treatment.

It wasn’t normal for him to overreact so much! Maybe he was starting to...no.  That’s not possible. Cole in love? Nah! From what he told me it had only been about three weeks. I doubt he could fall for her that quickly. Though, there was always a possibility. From seeing John Luke’s reaction at Starbucks, something told me that he was going to have some competition. Was he ready for that?

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Cole’s P.O.V

I’m not exactly sure what Blake was up to, but he really needed to concentrate more on driving. I guess that was a hard thing for the both of us to do today. As he pulled his car up to the stoplight, I heard a honk and felt an upright jolt as he pushed the down on the peddle. I looked up at the light in front of us and saw that it was still red. CRAP! “BLA-“, I started to scream until we found ourselves in a collision with another car.

I was starting to feel light headed and tried to scream for help. Nothing escaped my lips. I felt blood trickle down the side of my face as I slowly began to gain unconsciousness. Then, everything went black. 

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Hey everyone, sorry for the short chapter! I would have wrote more, but I wanted to leave the story at a cliffhanger! Promise to update soon!  Vote, like, and comment! Thanks readers :)

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