Babette's Story (Lawless Fanfic)

Chapter 9: The Storm

"Oh my goodness! Babette I was so worried about you." I was rudely awakened by a fierce hug from Angie. Ruining my sweet dream about Forrest. "Where did you go? Your pop said he went looking all over town for you."

I stretched feeling the tired ache and stiffness of my body. I sat up "Good morning to you too Ang." My voice sounding a little raspy.

I filled her in on my whereabouts and explained everything to her. "Wait, so you were alone?" I nodded. "With Forrest?" I nodded again and a huge smile spread across her face.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" I shifted uncomfortably.

"Don't play coy with me Babette. Something happened and I gotta know. Please! Please tell me something." She giggled. I grinned at her shaking my head.

She raised her eyebrows and I finally gave in. "I kissed Forrest." The words rushed out of my mouth. Her eyes widened as she place her hands over her mouth to keep from screaming. I felt the blush in my cheeks and rested my eyes on my hands in my lap.

"You KISSED Forrest Bondurant!!" She nearly yelled.

"Shush Ang keep it down!" I hissed at her, worried that my brothers were still around. "Yes I kissed him I don't know why I did it, I just did." I sighed.

"Did he kiss you back? What was it like? Is he a good kisser?" She bombarded me with back to back questions.

I took a deep breath, "Yes, he kissed me back... And I have no idea what a bad or good kisser is like. All I know is the feeling that I got was a good one."

"Your first kiss and it just so happened to be with the most legendary man in the county." She giggled. At the mention of him being a legend I decided to push for some info on the Bondurant brothers.

"What's that about anyway?" I asked nonchalantly.

"Well those boys have sort a reputation 'round these parts. Now I'm only saying what was said to me, okay?" I nodded and she continued. "Howard went away to fight in the war, said he was the only one to survive a beach landing while the rest of the men drowned. As for Forrest, he and his parents got the Spanish lady flu. He was the only one to throw off the sickness, leavin' them boys to take care of themselves."

"So they got a reputation for evading death?" I asked skeptically.

"Yup, that's the word around town." She laughed. "Now why don't we get ready and head out?" She looked at me waiting for my confirmation. I laughed and got up from my bed.

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Before I knew it summer was coming to an end. The relationship between Forrest and I was filled with small smiles, hidden smirks, the brushing of our arms as we passed each other. We hardly spoke but when we did we were always interrupted. Left with unspoken words neither one of us could get out. My brothers still gave me grief about going to the station to hang around with Jack, but they tried to trust me.

One beautiful summer day Angie and I headed over to Cricket's house to see if he and Jack wanted to accompany us to the lake. Me and Ang were giggling and joking around when I spotted a car driving towards our way. The smile on my face faltered as I notice the weird looking deputy staring at us with that disgusting hunger in his eyes. We stood frozen in our place as he drove pass.

Ang finally found her voice, "What do think he was doing up at Crickets's?" She asked worriedly. Her voice a bit shaky. I glanced at her and suddenly took off running towards Cricket's house. As I made it to the front yard I saw Cricket standing in the threshold of his front door, looking a bit shaken up. It wasn't until a small movement caught my eye that I noticed Jack lying on the ground. Horror struck when I seen the blood all over his face.