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“Yeah.” Donny furrows his brow. “Isn’t thatexactlywhat you’re doing?”
I have no answer for my brother.
I have no answer because he’s right.
“Why do you want to do this anyway, Brianna? Ever since you put on your first pair of cowboy boots, all you wanted to do was work on the ranch. Now you’ve got a degree in agriculture. Lots of new knowledge, and the best teacher in the world in Dad. I don’t get it.”
Donny is painfully oblivious. He’s going to hate me going after Jesse Pike.
Too bad, how sad, though.
Jesse’s been my one and only since I was fourteen years old.
No one knows this, not even the awesome foursome, but…
I’ve been saving myself for him.
My virginity—a gift I can only give once.
And I’m going to give it to Jesse Pike.
I look toward the gazebo where I saw him a moment ago.
He’s gone.
Chapter Four
Jesse
I finish my beer, toss the bottle in a nearby recycling bin, and decide to enjoy the night. It’s clear, as the majority of nights in Colorado are. Here in the country, the stars are brilliant and plentiful.
I walk away from the yard, up one of the many winding paths, and I find Dragon sitting against a tall tree, his coal-black hair bound behind him in a band. The sweet yet pungent scent of marijuana still hangs in the air.
“Hey, Dragon. You doing okay?” I rub my arms against the chill. It is December, after all, and without the outdoor heaters, it’s pretty brisk.
He glances up at me, his hazel eyes a bit bloodshot. “I’m good.”
“You want to come join the party?”
“Not particularly.”
I sit down next to him. He offers me a smoke.
I shake my head.
“One day you’re going to take me up on it.”
“Doubtful. I stopped smoking five years ago.”
“And you really don’t miss it?”
“Not really. You ask me every time, and my answer’s the same, bud. I’m not into weed.”
Dragon leans back against the tree trunk, twists his back as if he’s scratching an itch. “I just need to take a load off after the performance, you know?”
“We get it. Nobody’s giving you any shit about it. Long as you don’t come to practice or a performance high.”
“I haven’t yet, have I?”
