Summer Love

I had been waiting at the train station probably about two hours. My foster family had dropped me off at the station back in Nebraska and I had taken the express to here- Impact, Texas. I was going to be picked up by another foster family.

My mom had given me up for adoption when I was about two. Her husband had left and she knew she couldn't take care of me by herself so she gave me up. But apparently nobody wanted me so I was moved on to an orphanage. From there I have been in probably about five different orphanages and foster homes since I was five- that was over eleven years. Well yep that pretty much sums up my whole life!

Just then a train whistle interrupted my thoughts and I looked up from my bench I was seated on. A green and white striped train was pulling into the station. I sighed and fell back against the back of my seat.

I just had to accept it- no one wanted me.

“Um.. excuse me? Um... Miss...”

What the... I sat up and rubbed my eyes vigorously. What just happened? I glanced around anxiously. Was I in the middle of a desert ready to get pounded on by a lion? Oh but wait... lions can't talk. Or can they??? Maybe their secret was kept from humans until this precious time when they dared to speak up...

“Uh...”

There it was again.

“Don't kill me!” I shrieked, jumping to my feet and whipping my head around trying to catch sight of my predator.

“Holy crap, girl!”

I spun around and this time it wasn't a lion standing in front of me- it was a guy. A tall blonde haired dude. Well for god's sake...

I sighed in relief and pushed my hair out of my face. “Jeez, I'm sorry. I'm just a little tired, I guess,” I mumbled. “Wait.. who are you?” I froze. If it wasn't a lion, maybe it was a kidnapper. Going to capture me and....and...

The guy chuckled and stuck out his hand. “My names Dylan Thonier. I'm here to pick you up. You're our new foster kid!” he introduced himself cheerfully.

Oh right. I was just a “try-out”. I hesitated and then slowly extended my hand. Surprisingly Dylan's hand was warm and... Jesus girl! You're such a freaking perv!! GOD!!

“I'm Emily Somas...” I muttered slowly.

Dylan laughed at my face as he released my hand and straightened up. “Well, let's get you home!” he suggested, turning to leave.

“Oh, yeah, right. Um...” I stammered and reached down to grab my bag that was on the ground beside me. I hurried to catch up with him.

When I reached him, he was leaning against the side of a beat up old black jeep.

I raised my eyebrows as I stopped a few feet away.

Dylan looked up from his phone when he saw me. “Oh, yeah. Just throw your bag into the back. Mom wants us home as soon as possible. She wants to get everything sorted out tonight because she has to go a horse auction tonight,” he explained.

My eyes traveled back to his small trunk. There were pieces of hay and rocks... and random things I had no idea what the heck they even were. “Um.. yeah. I'll just put it on my lap,” I quickly replied.

Dylan chuckled. “Suit yourself. And sorry about the mess. I'm a guy you know and guy's trucks aren't exactly what you would call clean. Especially where I live,” he told me.

“Yeah... I didn't know you were a guy and yeah you do need to clean your truck,” I answered sarcastically and climbed into the passengers seat as he hopped into the drivers.

He just laughed and as he buckled his seat belt and I did like wise. He began to drive out of the parking lot and onto the street.

Silence filled the truck and apparently he didn;t find it awkward (or maybe he did??) but he started humming.

And then almost instantly he switched the radio on and began singing to a random song I hadn't even heard before. I rolled my eyes and turned to look out the window expecting to see a huge city with stores on all sides of the road and a thousand cars rushing by. To my surprise the only thing I could see were fields and fields. And a few cars would drive by- not really fast- just leisurely. And not even a freaking store in sight. Great.

Dylan seemed to notice my disappointment and chuckled. I turned my head to look at him.

“If you're expecting something like Nebraska's cities, you're gonna be greatly disappointed,” he spoke up.

“Excuse me?” I asked.

“I mean Impact is like the smallest city in Texas. There's like barely even a mall. And one big school where people from all the cities near us go to,” he explained.

I groaned. “Not even a freaking mall?” I complained, hitting the back of my head against the seat.

Dylan laughed.

“It's not funny,” I growled.

“No, but you are,” he replied.

I turned to look at him in surprise but his gaze was directed to the road.

“Where do you live? In a tiny home with only one room?” I asked, not really wanting to know the answer. It was actually probably true- well with what I saw from the window there wasn't even a house in sight.

“No, a tent actually,” Dylan replied.

My jaw dropped and he laughed out loud.

“Oh, my god, I'm kidding,” he laughed out loud and my mouth closed. “You'll just have to wait and see.” he replied and winked.

I felt my jaw going to drop open again so I quickly restrained it. I just raised my eyebrows and turned to look back out the window again. The fields stared back at me- their corn stalks seeming to wave friendlily. I smiled slightly. They did kind of look pretty against the bright blue sky. The sun shone down, welcoming me also into the land of the barren. (JK....kind of)

I took a deep breath, smelling the fresh air. Okay so maybe moving to Impact, Texas wouldn't be such a bad thing... I glanced quickly at Dylan. His pink lips were in a straight line but kind of bent up in a hidden smirk. His eyes were squinted, concentrated on driving. His tan face looked so smooth... with his short blonde hair just staying there on his head so perfectly..... OH. MY. GOD. I let out a quiet groan. Just call me a pervert already.

Sooooo this is my new story! I'm not exactly sure if I am going to continue this or not! Comment if you want me to update more! And if you have another title for the book I'd love to hear your thoughts! Also if someone can make me a cover that would be great too!! And I need some suggestions for the cast too ;)  So long mates!! <3 xxx Emily out! XD