Just a Little Bit of Love, Barrels, and Horses

Chapter 18

When we get back to his house he opens the door and pulls me out of the truck and twirls me around.

"Alec! Put me down!" I half scream half laugh. When I hit him on the arm he finally let's me down.

"Okay. Okay. No need to be violent," he says. "I'm gonna get jake okay?" He says.

"Yeah that's cool," I state. He smiles and gives me a quick peck on the lips and runs into the house. I walk over to magic. "Don't give me that look. I know not to get to attached and I don't trust him yet," I say. He just shakes his head as if agreeing with me. I laugh.

"You don't trust my brother?" Jake asked me making me jump a mile.

"Jesus you scared me and no because he hasn't earned it," I say.

"What about that not getting attached stuff? Are you moving or something?" He asks curious.

"No. It's just that guys like him don't stick around. They always leave the minute they see someone that catches their eye," I explain.

"Who made you like this?" Jake asks concern in his voice.

"All the people that have hurt me. My sister doesn't even care about me. I bet you when we get to my house she won't even be there. She'll be at the bar with her friends. Abby? She stole my boyfriend right under my nose. But then I forgave her and she has been nothing but nice to me," I explain.

"Listen to me. Forget about that. That's the past. You don't look back you look forward. Because if you look back you won't notice the people that care about you," he says gently. Then he wraps his arms around me.

"I think we should go," I say. He just nods. I load magic and Dakotah in the trailer and we head to my house. Once we get there I unload magic and Dakotah and let them loose in the pasture. Once I was about to head into the house I hear jake.

"Hey!" He yells.

"What?" I yell back.

"I know you and Alec made out today!" Jake yells laughing. He then pulls out of my driveway and I blush. I open the door to the house and I see

That my sister is home. Wow. That's new. I go to my room and walk in on something that I don't want to see.

And they don't even stop. I run out of my room and sit against the wall.

I heard this all night. My sister: "faster" "harder" "oh my god Joey!" Joey: "oh my god" "damn" "you're so tight!" "Say my name" I thought I was gonna gag. I heard that over and over. I didn't sleep a wink. I saw Joey come out at 4 in the morning.

"Hey doll. I can stay here if you want a round," he says licking his lips.

"I'm 13," I say.

"So age doesn't matter," he says lust in his eyes. "Damn those curves," he says. "Your sister doesn't have any. She's like a stick," he says. He grabs my waist and tries to kiss me. I knee him and grab his arm and push him out the door. I bring him to his truck and throw his keys at him.

"Bye man-whore," I say. I go back to the house and flip him off. My sister is in the kitchen.

"What the hell?" I shout at her.

"Shhh! Keep your voice down. My head is killing me!" She says.

"You bitch! You have the nerve to have sex with an unknown guy in MY bed and make.. Noises all night and keep me up all night, plus your boy came down her trying to make a move on me even after I told him that I was 13 and you have the nerve to tell me to shhh!" I yell.

"Shut up! He's gone isn't he so just leave me alone," she says. I gasp.

"I cant believe you! You are so selfish! You are no sister of Mine! You go off and get drunk and usually don't come home! Which is better than this!" I yell.

"Look! I Only had sex in your bed because I didn't wanna get my sheets dirty from the... Liquids," she tells me.

"I hate you!" I yell. I can see the shocked look on her face and I leave. I go get magic and I swing up bareback and I let him go. And where does he run too? He runs to Alec's house. I swing off magic and I see Alec running towards me.

"Whats wrong? What happened?" He asks concern filling his voice. I tell him the story and he hugs me. "That's messed up. You shouldn't have to go through that," he says. I kiss him and he kisses me back. It turns into a deep kiss so I pull back before things get out of hand.

"Thanks for being there Alec," I say.

"No problem mckenna. I'll always be here," he says.

"I'm scared," I whisper.

"I know babe," he says.

"You won't be able to fix me," I say.

"I'll try my best. You are not something I'm going to give up on," he tells me.

"I'm broken. No matter how hard you try you'll never be able to fix me," I say. "So why are you trying?" I ask him.

"You are strong mckenna. I don't know why you can't see that. You just need a push to realize that you're not broken. Just injured," he says. I smile and kiss him. Just a sweet kiss and I fall asleep in his arms. I wake up by someone carrying me. He lays me down on a bed. "Go back to sleep babe," he says.

"Stay with me," I say patting the bed next to me. He just stands there.

"Fine," he says climbing in. I lay on his chest and he wraps his arm around me. I immediately fall asleep.