What the..... Country!!???

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Its so early in the morning around  6'o'clock. Its so strange because I don't usually see this part of day, I'm actually supposed to be peacefully asleep. But no, I'm woken up by the sound of horses just outside my window. Wait....horses!!???. The last time I checked, OK well I haven't actually checked, but so far from what I've learned about the farm from Hailey's constant babbling, they don't own any horses.

I get up to see what's happening and I think I must be dreaming because I can't see any horses out side my window. "Must be my imagination, better head down stairs".

I take a quick shower before I start hallucinating that the water turned into milk again. As soon as I'm out, I dry my body with a towel and throw on a pair of skinny jeans and a shirt.

As I walk down the stairs, I hear some voices, one I recognise as Aunt Tracy's, but the others were unknown to me. Just when I was near the end of the stair, a pair of hands hijacked me from behind and I was blindfolded. Just as I was about to scream, I felt a hand cover my mouth.

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My eyes are uncovered and I can barely see because the light is very dim. I manage to make out Dallas' figure and finally say something, recovering from my dumbfounded self. " What's going on!?".

Dallas gestures for me to keep my voice down. "Aunt Louisa is here".

" Who's Aunt Louisa?"

Dallas gives me a blank stare and I see a hint of worry on his face. When he doesn't reply I ask again, but still no answer.

Before I could say another word, a voice with a strong country accent coming from the other side of the room said "I don't think you'd like to know the answer to that question ".

My head snapped in the direction of the voice which I recognized as Hailey's. I didn't notice she had been standing there the whole time.
I now focused my attention on her as I clenched my hands into fists involuntarily.

"Of course, I'd want to know, if not, I wouldn't be asking. Besides, I don't think there's anything going on that I can't handle".

Hailey and Dallas exchange glances and burst out in fits of laughter, which kinda makes me feel bad.

" Hey, what did I say!?" I uttered angrily. "Dallas, you too?"

"I... I'm so...sorry Liv. I..Its just...",Dallas says in between laughs not seeming to be able to get the words out. I wonder what's so funny.

"Its just that you're so ignorant of everything". I glare at Hailey and Dallas stops laughing.

"Its not like you're any better", I snap back.

Ha, says the girl with no manners".

"Why you little......"

"Would you guys just stop fighting for a second!!!", we both look at Dallas and share a silent agreement to handle this later. " Hailey, you promised me that you'd help, not make her feel bad".

"Fine, fine. OK, if you really want to know who Aunt is, I'll tell you".

"Thank you".

"Aunt Louisa is one of the roughest, toughest and most dedicated country girl I've ever known, from her cow boy boots to her down horn roots. You couldn't get more country than her".

I stare at Hailey and Dallas unsure of how to reply. I want to laugh, because this whole ordeal is just ridiculous.
"Sooo, how does that concern me. Am I supposed to yell 'yeee haaa' at the top of my lung and ride of into the sunset on a horse".

For the second time today, they both start laughing uncontrollably and take a lucky guess who their laughing at? That's right, me!
"If you guys aren't going to be serious, then excuse me". I make a move to leave but Dallas catches my wrist.

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