Life and Love. (ON HOLD)

Ch 10: Diner conversations are the best (for some)

"Take that." Nate says as he punches me in the arm and laughs as he slides off of Star.
"Fine, you must have cheated though because no guy has ever beaten me." I say as get off of Meako as Nate and i start to take off all their riding tack to put them to bed.

"I guess you are going to really need my help to get back in the rodeo feel." Nate winks as he leads Star into the stable.
"Don't get to high and mighty because after i kick you off your throne, it just makes it a bigger fall to land flat on your ass." I say as Meako walks into his stable.

Nate rolls his eyes and helps me lock up and put the horses to bed. We walk to the house and find that we were exactly on time because they started setting the table.

"Perfect timing you too." Caitlan says as she carries knives and forks.
"Why thank you." Nate says as he gives a bow and suddenly as Caitlan walks towards the table with the cutlery, she trips and one of the knives go flying towards Nate.

"Nate!" I yell as he ducks and the knife just clips the side of his head.

"Oh crap Nate i am sooooo sorry. I swear i didn't mean it this time." Caitlan says with a tiny giggle and starts picking up what she dropped.

"Yeah this time. I now have a scare from that knife you threw at me." Nate says as we smiles and moves his fingers across the bleeding cut.

"I swear everyone here has their battle scars." Amber says as she stands in surprise.
"Yeah." Everyone says in unison and we were all being dead serious.

"I do want to hear about why you threw a knife at Nate though." Travis says with a huge grin on his face.
"Oh i cant tell you and i aren't going to get along." Nate says with a smile as he grabs a corona from my fridge and Travis just smiles.

"Look Nate has helped himself to drinks to on the bottom shelf is all the drinks so help yourselves and since you're there can you grab me one?" I say as i flutter my eyelashes and Nate just looks at me.

"Alright but you owe me a solid and i mean it." Nate says as chucks one to me.

We all start sitting down and diner was served.

"So i still want to know that story." Travis says as he picks up his drink.

"Alrighty well he came over to our hotel room all the way in Gunnedah for a rodeo early in the morning so he could surprise Dakota with a gift he got and well i was just doing the dishes because i couldn't sleep. I told him if wanted to stay that he would have to help with the dishes so i washed and he would dry them. We got so lazy that instead of walking to each other that we just started throwing them to each other but it wasn't that fair from each other. We would just lightly chuck plates and glasses but it came to the cutlery. Spoons were fine and forks weren't that bad but without even thinking i had this steak knife in my hand and as if left my hand towards Nate i just thought this isn't really a good idea but it was too late now. For some weird reason he turn luckily because as he turn the knife stabbed him straight in the right butt cheek." Caitlan finishes as everyone except Nate start laughing their heads off.

"To this day i still cant believe how lucky i am that i turned around but i still have this little scare that looks like i got branded just its a little skinnier." Nate says as he shoves a bit of chicken in his mouth furiously but in a joking manner.

"Wow stories are coming out." Mitch says with a huge smile on his face.
"Yeah does anyone else know anymore funny stories." Damon says.
"Well i know one about your girly." I say as Amber starts to worry.
"Oh do tell." Damon says and he sits up and fold his arms.

"Well your girlfriend... Well actually lets say the 'notorious goat killer'." I say as i look toward Amber who has sunken into her chair and Caitlan who has already started laughing because she already knows exactly what I'm about to say.

"What?" The four boys in the room say together.

"Well you know how in some rodeos you have little kids go around riding goats and sheep?" I ask the table.

"Yeah." The boys says questioning why I'm bring that subject up.

"Well for some reason Amber decided to give it a go just for laughs. Everyone is waiting and these cute little kids in cowboy hats start riding out on the goats and sheep and all of a sudden everyone sees this grown woman on this poor little goat which is struggling with every step. Its actually struggling so much that its legs were shaking. Everyone thought it was hilarious then suddenly Amber stands up and as soon as she does this poor little goat screams and runs around like a maniac and the Amber try's to stop it but the little thing is so terrified of her that it runs away. Amber is running after the goat and the goat is so focused on Amber that it slams straight into the wall and knocks itself out. The crowd went dead quiet and 5 minutes later the goat was pronounced dead of a heat attack and if it didn't have the heart attack that the goat would have had major muscle damage. Within the next week a newspaper article was released and said 'The Notorious Goat Killer Has Struck In Gunnedah Rodeo'."

"That was one time!!" Amber yells as she shakes her finger in my face.

Everyone at the table is crying with laughter, well everyone except Amber of course.

"I actually remember reading about that." Nate says with a huge smile as Amber throws a carrot stick at him and Damon wraps his arm around her since they were sitting next to one another.

"I hate that story." Amber says as she takes a huge drink of Damon's corona.
"Well at least she doesn't have to say it again for a while because we all know it." Damon states as he gives her a slight kiss on the head.

"This is true but I'm bringing it up on your wedding day." Caitlan says as her and i laugh in agreement.

"Diner is fun with you guys." Mitch says as he gets up and gets a drink.

"Its only because there is stuff to talk about." I say as i notice something.

I notice that every know and again, Caitlan and Travis look at eachother and its not just a glance but its something more.

Hmmmm interesting...