The Summer Love In West Virginia

Chapter 24

He smiles at me with a smile that. stretches ear to ear and could make the sun look dim. He picks me up and spins me around, sets me back down and kiss me. He says," Ready, to go Girlfriend?" I smile at the sound of him calling me that and say," Of course Boyfriend." He starts the motor and we go flying off looking for Stephen to go back to the house for dinner. Because its 10:30 and will take us awhile to clean up. We follow the rode back to the fork and take the left trail after Stephen. We follow his tracks and finally find him parked in a meadow on the side of a hill. We drive up and park next to him. We get off the four wheeler and sit down next to him. I grab Derrick's hand and nod my head at him. Telling him to tell Stephen about are news. "Hey, man",Derrick says nervously. "We have some news." Stephen looks at the worried look on my face and says cautiously, " What kind of news?" I hold our hands up that are entwined with each other and say, " Where dating." Stephen looks and the ground and starts to pick at the grass nervously and says," I couldn't of stop you if i tried. But if you hurt her i will hurt you twice as bad." I smile knowing he's okay with us being together. And the fact that he protects me like his little sister and sometimes daughter. Derrick looks at his watch and says, " time for dinner." He helps me up and wipes the grass off my butt even though Stephen standing next to us watching Derrick's every move. Raising a eyebrow at the fact that Derrick put his hand on my butt. I climb on the four wheeler that's almost as muddy as me and Derrick. Derrick starts the engine and we head for the house leaving Stephen in the dust to soon catch up to us at the locked gate.