A COUNTRY COWBOY'S HEART

PART 2

BRAD'S POV

I WAS  STUNNED BY WHAT RILEY JUST TOLD ME NOT ONLY ABOUT BLAKE , BUT ALSO ABOUT THE WOMAN I'VE ALREADY FALLEN HARD FOR .

RILEY , HOW ...... HOW...... HOW CAN I MAKE HER SEE THAT I'M NOT HIM , AND I'M NOT GOING TO HURT HER LIKE HE DONE ?

RILEY SIGHED AND SAYS .....

BRAD , YOU JUST GOTTA BE PATIENT WITH CLARISSA . SHE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO BE SCARED AND SKITTISH BECAUSE OF BLAKE . BUT MY ADVICE TO YOU MY FRIEND IS DON'T TAKE ANY OF HER SHIT WHEN SHE GIVES YOU ATTITUDE . GIVE IT RIGHT BACK TO HER MAN . ANOTHER THING YOU CAN DO IS LISTEN TO HER . REALLY LISTEN WHEN SOMETHINGS ON HER MIND . I'LL HELP YOU OUT WITH THE NEXT PART AS WILL THE GUYS TOO . BUT YOU NEED TO SHOW HER YOU CARE AND AREN'T GOING TO HURT HER OR RUN AWAY WHEN THINGS GET TOUGH . GIVE MY COUSIN SOME ROMANCE AND DON'T GIVE UP ON HER WHEN SHE TRIES TO PUSH YOU AWAY .

BUT WHAT ABOUT HER RELATIONSHIP WITH BRANTLEY ? THEY SEEM AWFULLY CLOSE  ?

BRAD , BRANTLEY IS ONE OF HER BEST FRIENDS BESIDES JASON AND THE OTHER GUYS AND I . THEY MAY FLIRT BUT THATS ALL THEY DO .

BUT .....

NO LET ME FINISH FIRST BRAD ..... BRANTLEY IS LISSA'S  KNIGHT IN SHINING LEATHER AND BIKER BOOTS AS SHE SAYS . HE SAVED HER THAT NIGHT FROM BLAKE THAT'S ANOTHER REASON THEY'RE SO CLOSE . I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND BRAD , LISSA ISN'T THE TYPE TO JUST GO AROUND SLEEPING WITH EVERY GUY SHE'S FRIENDS WITH .

I UNDERSTAND THAT RILEY , I REALLY DO . I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND HER MORE BECAUSE AS YOU SAID IT'S OBVIOUS THAT I HAVE FALLEN HARD FOR THAT LITTLE LADY ALREADY ......
BUT SINCE TODAYS HER BIRTHDAY , CAN YOU HELP ME GET HER SOMETHING SHE'LL LIKE ? BRAD SAYS

SURE BRAD AND I KNOW JUST THE THING TO....

WELL ARE YOU GONNA TELL ME RILEY ?

BRAD , FILL HER ROOM FULL OF YELLOW , WHITE , PINK , AND PASTEL PURPLE ROSES , AND WILDFLOWERS AND DAISEYS . THOSE ARE HER FAVORITES FLOWERS .....

UHHHH OKAY , BUT I MEAN SHOULD I DO SOMETHING ELSE TOO ?

PATIENCE GRASSHOPPER , FLIRT LIKE HELL WITH HER , MAYBE EVEN STEAL A KISS FROM MY SWEET COUSIN ! SHE LIKES YOU TOO .

HOW DO YOU KNOW RILEY ?

SIMPLE , LISSA TALKS IN HER SLEEP . BUT SHE NEVER REMEMBERS WHAT SHE SAYS OTHER THEN SHE TALKS IN HER SLEEP .

BUT RILEY , I CAN'T JUST GO OVER AND KISS HER LIKE THAT MAN . IT'S TO PERSONAL .....

BRAD , DO YOU OR DO YOU NOT WANT MY COUSIN TO FALL FOR YOU MORE THAN SHE ALREADY HAS ? TRUST ME JUST TAKE MATTERS IN YOUR OWN HANDS AND KISS LISSA ! YOU WILL THANK ME LATER ON FOR IT . AND LIKE I SAID DON'T TAKE HER SHIT , GIVE IT RIGHT BACK TO HER . HELL MAN I'M SURE SHE'LL HAVE YOU WANTING TO SMACK HER ASS TILL IT'S RED . THAT'S WHAT SHE NEEDS . LISSA WANTS ROMANCE BUT SHE ALSO WANTS A MAN TO SHOW HER SHE'S LOVED AND BELONGS TO HIM ALONE ..... RILEY SAYS SMIRKING NOW SEEING THAT BRAD FINALLY UNDERSTANDS NOW .....

THANKS RILEY . NOW THEN WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT LITTLE FIRECRACKER ? BRAD ASKED SMILING

JUST AS DIERKS WALKED IN , SHARING A KNOWING LOOK WITH RILEY .......

MEANWHILE OUT WITH BG AND JASON

TWO HOURS LATER

BRANTLEY'S POV

JASON WAS STILL DRIVING AS WE NEARED OUR DESTINATION ....... POOR CLARISSA HAD FALLEN ASLEEP A WHILE AGO WITH HER HEAD ON MY SHOULDER . I MOVED HER TO BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH HER HEAD IN MY LAP AND HER LEGS ACROSS JASON .

BOTH JASON AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TOUR WHEN WE HEARD CLARISSA TALKING IN HER SLEEP AS WE BOTH SMILED .

WELL SHOULD WE WAKE HER ? JASON SAYS

NUT UHN LET HER REST A BIT MORE JAY . SHE SEEMS EXHAUSTED , RILEY SAID SHE HASN'T BEEN SLEEPING MUCH AGAIN .

B , SHE'S GONNA BE OKAY AGAIN . WE BOTH KNOW SHE HATES HER BIRTHDAY , AND WHY .

I KNOW JAY , IT JUST HURTS TO SEE ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS HURTING LIKE THAT . I STILL WANT TO MURDER BLAKE FOR WHAT HELL HE PUT HER THROUGH BEFORE I FOUND HER THAT NIGHT ......

B , CALM DOWN BUDDY WE ALL KNOW THAT KARMA'S A BITCH AND BITE'S YOU ON THE ASS EVENTUALLY . TRUST ME BROTHER , BLAKE'S DAY IS COMING SOONER THEN WE ALL THINK . KNOWING LITTLE BIT HERE , SHE'S GONNA LOSE IT SOON AND PUT HIM IN HIS PLACE GOOD THIS TIME . RILEY STILL HAS ALL THE PROOF WE NEEDED TO NAIL HIS ASS TO THE WALL .
AND HONESTLY IF WHAT RILEY SAYS IS TRUE BRAD IS THAT MISSING PIECE OF HER PUZZLE .

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING JASON ?

I'M SAYING THAT WE ALL SEE HOW MUCH BRAD IS HEAD OVER HEELS FOR LITTLE BIT ALREADY , HE'S GOING TO BE THE ONE TO FINALLY CONVINCE CLARISSA TO NAIL BLAKE'S ASS TO THE WALL . DEIRKS LOOKED INTO IT AND THERE'S NO STATUTATION LIMITS SINCE SHE WAS UNDERAGE , AND IT WENT ON FOR YEARS . PLUS IT'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE . EVEN THOUGH THEY WEREN'T LEGALLY MARRIED LIKE A NORMAL COUPLE , IN TENNESSEE THEY HAD A COMMON LAW MARRIAGE LEGALLY .

OMG , DOES SHE EVEN REALLY KNOW ? I MEAN SINCE HE MARRIED GWEN AND STUFF LEGALLY .....

JASON SHAKES HIS HEAD NO . THAT'S WHY RILEY AND DEIRKS ARE TALKING TO BRAD WHILE WE HAVE LITTLE BIT HERE . WE ALL KNOW ONCE SHE FINDS OUT ABOUT IT , THAT ALL HELL IS GONNA BREAK LOOSE WITH HER TEMPER TOWARDS HIM . HOW MUCH YOU WANNA BET SHE'S GONNA TAKE HIM TO THE CLEANERS FOR EVERYTHING HE HAS AND MORE ?  JASON SAYS SMIRKING NOW AS THEY PULL INTO THEIR DESTINATION .

AS WE PULLED IN I HAD TO LAUGH BECAUSE STANDING ON HER PORCH  WITH HER HANDS ON HER HIPS GIVING US A DEATH GLARE WAS CLARISSA'S BEST FRIEND SARAH .

NOW KEEP IN MIND THESE TWO GIRLS WERE SOMETHING OUT OF EVERY MANS FANTASY AND NIGHTMARE IF PISSED OFF
AND BOTH WOMEN STOOD NO TALLER THAN 5' 4" TALL .

WELL IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME YOU GOT YOUR ASSES OUT HERE ! SARAH SAYS TAPPING HER FOOT .

CALM DOWN PEANUT WE'RE HERE NOW . BUT HUSH LITTLE BIT'S ASLEEP . RILEY SAID SHE'S NOT SLEEPING AGAIN SARAH . WE ALL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS