Take Me There

Take Me There - Chapter Three

Niall’s dad gets a new job in the south. It’ll be a big change from living in the nonstop pace of St. Louis to living on a ranch out in the middle of nowhere in southern Texas. But Niall soon finds out that the south isn’t all that bad. Especially when the boy next door is a charming and rugged cowboy.

Chapter Three

                Niall was slowly becoming more awake. Someone was shaking him. It was way too early to be getting up. He curled up in a ball and put the pillow over his head to protect him from the outside forces that wanted him to wake from his slumber.  Niall moaned and removed the pillow and glared up at the person who insisted on disrupting his sleep.

                “Liam?” Niall asked confused.

                “I was wondering if you wanted to hang out with me today on the ranch. My Mom called your Mom and she thought it was a good idea.” Liam told the boy as he continued getting dressed. He’d just gotten out of the shower.

                “What would we be doing?” Niall asked as he sat up and stretched his arms above his head.

                Liam turned around to look at Niall and pulled on a pair of wrangler jeans, “Oh. Well we have to heard some cattle and then I’m supposed to till up some land to the west of the house.”

                “Till? Heard?” Niall questioned.

                “Yeah. We’ll ride some horses to heard the cattle. And you and I can fit into the tractor; I think. Yeah. We will.” Liam nodded his head as he pulled on a plaid button up shirt.

                “Okay. I guess I can. I don’t have anything else to do.  But I’ll have to go home and get some clothes.” Niall  stood up and started heading down the hallway towards the guest room but Liam called out for him.

                “Niall you don’t have to go home. You can borrow some.” Liam leaned out of the doorway.

                “Okay. I hope they’ll fit me.” Niall laughed as he entered the guest room to pick up his stuff. He found that nothing was there anymore. Confused he called out to Liam, asking him where they had gone to.

                “Oh. Mom must have stuck them in the wash.” Liam answered casually.  He handed over a pile of clothes to Niall and told him to shower.

                Niall stepped under the warm spray and lathered up his body with the bar of soap. He turned the water up hotter until it almost burned his skin. He sighed and pressed his fore head against the tile. He was still waking up and the warm water wasn’t helping him.  Niall rinsed off and stepped out of the shower.

                After he was mostly dry, the blonde walked over to the pile of clothes and pulled out the jeans, letting them unravel. Out fell a pair of black boxer briefs. Niall blushed and picked up the underwear. He debated wearing his old ones or putting Liam’s on. Niall shook his head and stepped into them. He quickly pulled up the pants and slipped the shirt on.

                The boy walked out of the bathroom while buttoning up his shirt. He wasn’t watching where he was going and walked right into a strong chest. The force made him sway to the side; two strong arms shot out and stabled him. Niall looked up at Liam and smiled.

                “Sorry about that. I made us something quick to eat before we go head out.” Liam led his guest to the kitchen and the two quickly ate their breakfast.