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Chapter 5

"Phew, I am plum tuckered out!" I said, falling back into my bed and letting out a giant sigh.

I stared up at the ceiling, thinking about the last few days' events. I felt the bed dip beside me and a warm hand lay upon mine. I smiled to myself, already knowing who it was.

"So I take it you had a fun time today?" He asked, turning his head slightly to see my face.

"Yes I did" I paused and looked at him. "And it's all thanks to you John Luke." I smiled.

"How is it all thanks to me?" He asked, knitting his eyebrows together.

"If you haven't picked me I wouldn't be here right now. I wouldn't have met you, and I wouldn't have completed my dream." I said, looking back at the ceiling.

I heard him sigh and I saw him shift positions from the corner of my eye. I noticed that if you concentrated hard enough, the ceilings patterns would move. He sighed heavily before he spoke.

"What was your dream?" He asked, removing his hand away from mine and sitting up, looking at me.

"Well-'

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Monday

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"Listen here Jack, if a hippopotamus only eats leaves, how is it so dang fat?"

As you can probably tell, Jase, Martin, Godwin and I are all listening to Si' s outburst on fat hippos...

"Si, hippos aren't fat, it's all skin and muscle." Jase said, trying to get it through Si's thick scull that they aren't fat.

"Ah whatever" he replied taking a sip out of his tea cup. How did that man go through school?

"Hannah?"

"Yes sir?" I replied.

"What's the matter?" Martin asked.

I replied, "I'm just a little nervous is all. I reckon it'll go away before the interview though." smiling weakly.

"Do you got friends back home watching for this?" He whispered.

"Ya, bout the whole town is..." I chucked lowly. His eyes widened in shock.

"Wow... that's allot of people... any kin?"

"My Mamma.." I said looking down at my lap. By now the whole clan was listening in on our conversation.

"What happened to your Papa?" Godwin asked.

"He um... was a pro bull rider and uh,-"

"Ok that's cool... I need to try that!" Jase said.

"No! please never go bull riding, just don't..." I said, letting a single tear fall from my eye.

"What's wrong?" Martin asked.

"We-"

"She's probably afraid we'd lose!" Si exclaimed. The room erupted into a bunch of 'yeah' s. One coming from everyone, except MartIn.

"No, you don't get it! My dad is dead!!" The room feel into an uncomfortable silence. "He had set the record for longest ride but he made one false move and slipped onto the bulls horn, it pierced his side and he bled out..." taking a deep breath and wiping a few tears I continued. "Even though we wanted the competition to stop, the host kept it going. Dad still has the record... 48.65 seconds. We got the winning money but sent it all to charity..."

I looked up from my lap to see that they all had tears in their eyes, if not on their faces. The air suddenly got tense and everyone stirred in their seats. For the first time in a while, they all worked in silence.

"I'm really sorry Hannah..." Goodwin said. Everyone nodded in agreement and the regret was evident in their faces.

"It's ok guys... You didn't know, so don't beat yourselves up." I replied, giving them a weak smile.

The door opened revealing a camera crew, Willie, John Luke, Sadie, and Korie. I guess it's time for the interview....

Willie looked over and saw that I'd been crying. Apparently so did everyone else... Sadie and John Luke ran over to my side while Korie told the camera men not to record this.

"Guys, I'm fine... No big fuss" I laughed, trying to convince them that there was nothing wrong.

John Luke have me a stern look saying 'well talk about this later' and I simply nodded.

"Are you sure your ok?" Sadie asked. "Cause we can move the interview to a later time..."

"I'm fine, your making a mountain out of a mole hill." I laughed.

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Interview

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Right now I was sitting in the warehouse with Willie on my right side and John Luke on my left. We were waiting for the interviewer to ask me some more questions... So far they have all been really random...

'What is your favorite color?' or 'How many pets have you previously owned?' most likely asked by younger audience members.

"So, Hannah.. Claire Stevenson asks 'Who was your favorite on the show, before you were apart of it?'"

"Well um... John Luke definitely and Sadie... adult wise... Jase" I replied with confidence.

"Oh I see." Willie scoffed. I heard Jase snicker from the other room, they were watching from a smaller screen, like a monitor.

"Sorry Mr.Robertson..." I laughed.

"I told you, you can call me Willie."

"I know." I smiled.

"Next question, Miss Carrie Clemons. She wanted to know 'When are you going to make your move?'" the interviewer asked with a smile.

"Oh Carrie, poor poor little Carrie, you see... I'm not asking him out for you. You can do that yourself. Cole would love to meet you." I said smiling like I just won World War III.

"Now is like to ask a question..." John Luke said. "Who is Carrie Clemons?" He turned his head my way and scrunched his eyebrows together.

"A close friend from back home... she's a nut... and is crazy about your cousin." I finished.

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Authors Note~

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Hello sexy people!

Sorry I haven't updated but I also wanted to say something...

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