Ch.2

It has been 8 hours since I met Caeleb and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about him. I’m not going out to the field today so I won’t get to see him before he leaves. When I took his driver’s license to make a copy, I saw he was only 19. Knowing he is closer to my age makes crushing on him less awkward for me. I have had one boyfriend in my 17 years and it was a very weird relationship. He was the same age as me and was big into video games. We didn’t spend a lot of free time together since he played in video game tournaments and we never did anything a couple our age nowadays does except hold hands and kiss. He never tried to touch me and I was too scared to bring any of that up to him. Thankfully we both felt the same way and ended things without anyone getting hurt. Maybe if I had been in an actual relationship before, I’d be able to handle being around Caeleb better. I don’t want him to think I’m some weird teenage girl who is immature for her age. I’m actually very mature to be 17. Some have even said I am more mature than Aaron and he is 25. When Aaron finally got up and wasn’t being a jerk to me I asked him about going into the field tomorrow and possibly getting some hands-on work done. He turned and smiled.

“About time you get into the spirit of working for the family business little sister.”

“So is that a yes then?”

“Yeah have at it. Get those hands dirty and maybe one day I’ll give you partnership to the business.”

“Thanks, Aaron!”

I washed the bowl I was using for my soup and headed into my room. I plopped down on my bed and sighed. I just asked to go work in the wheat field. I have no clue what I am doing. I covered my face with my hands and shook my head. “Why did I think this was a good idea? Oh wait that’s right, there is a hot guy out there that won’t leave my mind.” I said to myself. I changed into my pajamas and climbed into bed. I grabbed my laptop and found a movie to watch on N*****x. When my movie was over, I closed the laptop and placed it on the nightstand. I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

“Yes! Yes! Oh god yes!”

I jumped up and looked around my room for whom ever was yelling. I realized it was coming from Aaron’s room and I gagged. I banged on the wall and told them to shut up. I could hear my brother laughing. I grabbed my headphones and turned my favorite playlist on and drifted back off to sleep. I was startled awake by a loud buzzer going off and realized it was time to get up. I went to my closet and grabbed a pair of jeans and an old rock T-shirt and got dressed. I put on a pair of my boots and headed to the kitchen to make myself something to eat. When I was done eating, I brushed my teeth and pulled my hair up into a ponytail, and headed out the door. As I was getting on the cart to go down the road to the first field, I saw the black pickup Caeleb drives pulling in. My heart began racing and I had to calm myself down before he got out. He asked me where he was supposed to be today and I told him to come with me and I would take him to the field. He sat next to me in the cart and I drove down to the field. As we were getting out of the cart, he turned to me.

“So Skyla, how old are you?”

“17. I’ll be 18 in 3 months.”

“17 and running a business. That’s cool.”

“Well my brother runs the business and I just help out.”

“Same thing to me. I think it’s cool that you haven’t even graduated and are already out in the business world.”

“Well I hate to burst that bubble but I have graduated. A year early actually. I don’t really want to run the family business but I have no choice right now.”

“Oh. Sorry.”

“It’s ok, Caeleb. I know I look younger than I am but I am very mature for my age and this business isn’t what I want to do with my life. My parents knew I wanted to do something else and were ok with that but when they died, Aaron took it upon himself to force me into this.”

“Damn. That sucks! Sorry to hear about your parents. I know how that goes though. My parents died when I was 15.”

“I’m sorry to hear that, Caeleb. Come on let me introduce you to the group you will be working with.