Hearing the gravel all three boys turned around on the fence, their conversation now forgotten as they tried to figure out who was coming down the drive way. Jake simply raised an eyebrow as Reed leaned forward. 

"Speaking of blondes," he said slowly, "is that Reign? Is she supposed to be back in town?"

Samuel felt his chest tighten a little, remembering the last conversation he and reign had had about her parents. He hadn't expecting her to come back so soon but he wasn't going to complain. He hopped off the fence and started to walk towards Reign's car, putting his hat back on his head.

Samuel couldn't stop a rare smile from crossing his face when she said his name, opening his arms as she threw hers around him. He pulled her close, wrapping his arms around her. "Hey there Reigni, you're back earlier than I though you'd be, not that I'm complaining." He said, giving her a gentle squeeze.

"And he says I have a thing for blondes." Reed muttered to Jake, making him laugh.

"Uh huh, c'mon, lets get some more training done, I don't need you embarrassing me at the rodeo." Jake knocked his knuckle against Reeds head before the two of them hopped off the fence and disappeared into the barn.

Sam loosened his arms, letting them drop to the side as she pulled away from him, "ah...that'll be a fun conversation with the family," he said with a slight grimace, knowing her mom had been pretty encouraging of Reign to go to college so she'd have a chance to get away from the farm life. "Oh, no, we were just taking a break from training for the rodeo." He said, glancing back at where he had been sitting with the twins only to see that they were gone, making him frown a little. "I guess they wanted to get back to it."

Sam nodded slowly, that didn't surprise him that much, he doubted Thomas spent a lot of time in the house after everything that had happened. "Dang, that'll be fun to come home to later," he said with a slight grimace, which turned into a frown when she made it sound like she was going to leave. "Oh, you don't have to, I can practice later, besides the twins don't need to be distracted, their calf roping skills have gone to shit so they need all the practice they can get in." He joked.

"Okay, I won't." Sam shrugged, if she didn't want to talk about it he wouldn't force her, that's how he was and that's how it worked in their friendship. "If you don't know how much free time you'll have then it just makes more sense to hang out now." He smiled at her, always finding the act easier when she was around. He gave her hand a gentle squeeze when he felt her fingers around his, something jumping in his pulse but he ignored it. "Okay, I won't throw a frog at you this time, promise." He joked.

Samuel walked with Reign, their hands swinging slowly between them, nodding as she spoke. "You could try both? Unless that's weird or something, I haven't been back to the dance hall yet but Reed and Jake are itching to get out on the dance floor." He rolled his eyes, having to endure his cousins telling him about the different moves they learned while he tended to stick to the basics. He chuckled a little at the memory of their mud fight, nodding at her question, "yeah, I still think it's stupid that Pops is making me live on campus."

"Side project?" Sam frowned at Reign, a creeping feeling crawling up his back as he imagined what she could possibly be plotting. "Please tell me what it is because I have a feeling that I'm going to end up getting involved somehow." Knowing that she'd end up telling him but he needed to make sure that whatever it was it wasn't going to be too far over their heads. Sam instinctively squeezed her hand back, "and you are the best dance partner," he agreed. The thought of the dorms made him pause a moment, "well I guess since you'll be around I should warn you about my new friend rat-uh-Blake."

Samuel raised an eyebrow, "Reign, I know you and you know you, I'm gonna end up getting involved whether I want to or not." He informed her and of course his suspicions were confirmed when she talked about her parents. He softened a little, thinking about Sunny and Thomas, they had always been there for him and like Reign he knew all about their love story and saw how they were, which had made it seem like some kind of sick joke when they got divorced. He looked back down at Reign, smiling slightly, "I'll help you try to get them back together, but if they get mad I'm putting all the blame on you." He teased her. "Blake is just...a really big flirt, like...obnoxious so don't beat him up too bad when he tries to hit on you, because he will."

"I know you wouldn't." Sam replied, though it wasn't like he would admit to her if he wasn't wanting to do something. There was something about Reign that made it feel impossible to say no to, maybe part of it was knowing that she'd do the same for him. He listened as she talked about his parents, his smile softening, "and how do you plan on making that happen? Lock them in a room for a couple hours?" He joked, he knew pretty much nothing about love so him having any ideas of how to help was pretty much nonexistent. Sam rolled his eyes when she said Blake sounded like fun, the idea of the two of them flirting with each other made bile rise up the back of his throat. "A fun pain in the ass. He made friendship bracelets with his phone number to hand out to girls...I'm not sure if that worked out for him at all."

Sam looked over at the pond as he climbed onto the plat form, sitting next to her, their knees touching. "Do you really think they'll get back together?" He asked, not trying to be pessimistic about the whole thing but he was trying to be a bit realistic.  He stiffened a little when she asked him why he didn't do it, raising an eyebrow. "Yeah...you know dating isn't really my thing." He shrugged, "or hooking up or whatever."

Sam chuckled a little, she had a point. To him, Sunny and Thomas were a perfect balance to each other and sometimes he wondered if his parents were like that. When Sunny talked about his Mom she always said they were thick as thieves and that his mom really supported her when she was pregnant and he loved to hear about them.  Sam frowned a little, shaking his head, "no talks of trying to set me up with someone." He clarified to her.

"You might not have before but I feel like if you and Blake teamed up something might happen." Sam smiled a little, hell she had come back to try to get her parents to reunite, why would she stop at that? They were best friends and Reign had brought around boyfriends (who, of course, never lasted because they were never good enough to him), and he could see her eventually wanting to pair him off with someone so he could experience whatever happiness being in a relationship brought.

Sam nodded but had a feeling the paths would cross eventually, whether it was on purpose or not he had an eerie feeling. "Right..." He replied slowly, turning his eyes to the pond. "I'll be fine," he shrugged, getting attached to people just meant getting hurt anyway, it was easier just to avoid it all together. His parents death showed that and so did Sunny and Thomas's divorce.

Sam watched as a fish jumped from the water, landing back in with a splash as her head laid against his shoulder. He glanced down at her as his arm wrapped around her, giving her a gentle squeeze. "Kinda, I mean Reed and Jake are gonna be here now which will be fun." He said, unsure how the school year would really go but he figured it couldn't be too bad with his cousins around. "Besides...the stuff with your parents and working...what are you going to do out here?"