Kick the Dust Up

Chapter 1

( Luke's POV )

I'm on my way out of sound check, in our first city, Charlotte NC. I'm not feeling my best today, maybe it's just because I'm nervous, it is our first concert for the new tour Kick the Dust Up. Today is my fiancée, Caroline's birthday. I had been at the stadium all day due to sound check, and we had to make new plans for our new song Kick the Dust Up. I wasn't supposed to get off just yet because I had about another hour or two left, but I'm canceling so I can surprise her. I grabbed the bouquet of flowers my manager bought from the table. I soon then headed towards my bus. As, I walked in and silently closed the door behind me.
' Dave! ' I heard Caroline yell from the back room. I hurried on over to the back of the tour bus to find my bedroom door locked. I moved the knob around to see if it would lessen but then I just slammed into the door it making it swing open. Entering the small room I found Caroline spread out on the bed while some man was banging her. Some man was banging my wife! My soon-to-be wife!!
" What the Fuck, Caroline! " I yelled. My natural instinct was to grab the man and kill him. So that's what I did. I grabbed the man, Dave, I'm assuming since she screamed out his name, and threw him against the wall. I then threw him onto the floor and started to hit his face into the ground. My hands quickly covered with his blood but that did not stop me.
" Luke! No! Stop! " Caroline screamed. I got up afterwards and stared at the man on the floor.
" Caroline get the hell out of here, and I swear, If I see you again, it won't be pretty. " I said. Trying to keep my calm.
" But... but Luke I love you! " she said starting to cry.
" Caroline I loved you too, but just leave and get away from me, please. " I said.
" Loved? " Caroline asked.
" Yes, Loved " And with that said, I couldn't stand being next to her anymore so I walked out of my bus slamming the door. I took off for the woods, I heard there is a lake somewhere out there. I walked for about 20 minutes before a golden retriever came running up to me barking his head off & his dirty blonde fur soaking wet.
" Hey boy, what's wrong? " I asked crouching down and rubbing his neck. He began to wine and looked behind him down the path nervously. I got back up on my feet and he ran down the path. I looked at him weird but stayed in my spot, he soon came up to me, tugging at my jeans
"Hey! Would you stop that!" From being pissed off already, I didn't want my day to get any worse.
The dog soon grabbed ahold of my hand in a gentle tugging manner and started leading me down the path.
' Help! ' I heard a faint cry from the lake that was revealed right in front of us. I looked out over the water and saw a girl struggling to stay a float. I ran down the rocks that were in the way, taking my shoes and sweatshirt off on the way over. I jumped in without thinking and swam as fast as I could toward the girl. Once I reached the spot where I last saw her she was gone.
" Shit! " I yelled before diving under the freezing cold water. I opened my eyes and saw her gasping for air. I wrapped my arms around her and swam to the top. I took a big breath of air as I reached the surface and swam to the shore with her struggling to breath. I spotted a small dock and swam over. Once there I layed her on the dock and climbing up there myself. Sitting next to her, I pressed two fingers against her neck to feel a pulse but there wasn't anything. That is when I started to perform mouth to mouth CPR on her to try to get her breathing again. Soon she was breathing steadily but her eyes were still closed and she was shivering. I stood up and picked her up. Walking over to my boots and sweatshirt, I grabbed them both and carried her to the bench that was by the lake.
I held her close to me as her eyes slowly opened and she snuggled into my side, and I let out a small deep chuckle, then her eyes flew open and she jumped off of me. I know I just met her, but I kinda didn't want her to leave.
My side where she was at felt cold now.
" Sorry! " she said.
" It's fine, Darlin " I said laughing, looking up at her, there was a little pause before she replied.
" Umm... I'm Alene..." She said looking down.

( Alene's POV )
It was freezing cold outside, so I snuggled my head into whatever was next to me, something warm. My eyes shot open when I heard a familiar chuckled escape a certain someone's mouth. A certain Luke Bryan! A chuckle that could easily be picked out of anyone's in the world! My eyes shot open and I jumped out of his arms.
" Sorry! " was the first thing that came out of my mouth. Shit Alene! It's freaking Luke Bryan! You just snuggled up Luke Bryan!
" It's fine, Darlin " Luke laughed. Gosh he's so perfect! He always knows what to say! Alene! He's about to be married! Stop! Why is he staring at me?! Wait I need to reply. What do I say? My name! I need to tell him my name! I was about to face palm myself. I'm such a klutz.
" Umm... I'm Alene. " I said.
" Alene. " Luke tried it out. " What a beautiful name! I'm Luke. "
(I know! Duh!) I thought.
" Luke. " I said. "What a handsome name." I laughed as he chuckled.
" I won't hurt you, ya know? You can sit. " Luke said patting the seat beside him.
I sat down before asking " So, what exactly happened that I am in damp clothes, I'm assuming your sweatshirt, my hair is wet, and it's like -100° outside? " I said laughing nervously. Luke smiled and nodded.
"Well... Your dog here....." he said pointing to Ford who was laying beside the bench, "...led me to the lake here, and you were drowning. " Luke sighed. " So how did that happen? " He asked.
" Well first off, thanks for saving my life. To be honest, I'm not really sure. Last thing I remember is taking a walk in the woods. " I answered truthfully.
" Oh, well are you still cold? " Luke asked me.
" Yeah, a little bit. " I admitted.
Luke pulled me into his lap and ran his hands up and down my arms trying to warm me up. I was shocked! He is engaged! Why would he do this? Maybe he just thinks it's not weird? I'll relaxed a little bit.

( Luke's POV )
It was a long shot. But I had to try. I pulled her into my lap and ran my hands up and down her cold arms to try and warm her up. She was a little shocked at first, but then she relaxed.
" I'm going to your concert tonight. " She said. That surprised me!
" I thought you didn't know who I was? " I asked.
" Oh, I know who you are! " She giggled, her cheeks got a hint of red.
" Oh, you do huh? " I laughed. " What kind of tickets do you have? " I asked.
" I am not great on funding right now, so I have cheap tickets, in the back. But at least I have tickets. " She smiled genuinely.
" Well, I can do something about that. What's you last name? " I asked pulling my phone out from my sweatshirt pocket.
" No, Luke it's fine! " she said putting her hand on mine to stop me, I can't say I didn't feel anything, because that would be lying. Im gonna take a guess that she felt it too because she quickly pulled it away.
" No way! I want to see a pretty girl like you in the pit " I smiled. Pretty was an understatement for this girl, she was gorgeous. And what I said was making her blushing like crazy.
"C'mon, what's your name. I'd like to see you there" I began to beg
" Well, okay then I guess, Alene.... Alene Johnson. " She said.
" Great! " I called my manager and made the changes also adding some meet and greet passes on there.

I walked her to the parking lot where she parked out at the front of the woods. We came across a red Chevy and I looked in amazement and amusement. She loaded up her dog, in the passenger seat.
" What? " she asked hopping in and starting it up then turing towards me.
" I didn't expect you to drive this. " I stated.
" What does that mean? " She asked.
" Well I mean you're a beautiful girl. "
I said.
" Oh trust me Luke, I'm not what I look like. " She said as I smiled
"I guess so" I know it was to soon, but I don't know I couldn't control myself. I have never felt this way before, I thought I had a once in a lifetime thing with Caroline, but what I feel with Alene is different. I leaned up and kissed her cheek and whispered " I'll see you later. " before heading my way back to the stadium.

( Alene's POV )
Luke just kissed me on the cheek! Let me say that again. Luke Bryan just kissed me on the cheek! And let me say I felt something for sure! I really like Luke, he's really down to earth, I don't just like him because he's a hot country star, I like him for him. He's almost married though! I can't think like this! I think he was moving to fast when he pulled me on his lap. But he is a southern gentleman so maybe that is what he does to every girl.

It was 4:00 when I arrived home, and the concert was at 8:00! I jumped in the shower quickly and listens to my Luke playlist. I hopped out and carried my beats pill into my bedroom. I turned on the curling iron before retreating to my closet where I rummaged through my closet. I quickly picked out a pair of light jeans and slipped into those. I then put on my Jack Daniels shirt. And sat down in front of my mirror on the floor. I quickly dried and curled my hair then brushed it out so there were curls at the end. I checked my phone to see 6:30. Perfect. I grabbed a my purse but then realized I still had Luke's sweatshirt with me. I decided to bring it. Instead of my purse I went with a black Nike bag that had the check on the front. I shoved my sunglasses, and some other stuff in the bag before heading down to wait for my friend Sophia to get here. She pulled up and I ran to her truck and hopped in then turned to face her as she pulled on to the dirt road.
" Guess What? " I asked/yelled.
" What? " She asked/yelled.
I told her the story and everything that happened and her mouth dropped open.
" What the hell! " She screamed.
" I know! Do you think he was being a little to touchy? He is engaged. " I asked.
" Well in my opinion Luke is, but maybe it is just him being a southern gentleman. " She said.
" Yeah I guess, but that's not all! " I said.
" What else could there be? " She asked.
" Luke moved us to the pit and got us meet&greet passes! " I screamed.
" What! Really! Oh My God! Maybe he does like you... " She trailed off.
" Well no, he's engaged. "
" Yeah, whatever, I think your wrong. " She insisted.
" Ok, believe what you want. " I said.
The rest of the way to the stadium we sang to almost all of Luke's songs. It took us about 1hour total with parking and all to get inside the stadium. Once in we asked the person by the escalators where the meet&greet was and she told us in the back. That wasn't very helpful but oh well. We walked to the back and found a line that looks like it was never ending.
" I guess this is it. " Sophia laughed.
" Yup. " I popping the 'p'.
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