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Post by Bri on Oct 29, 2023 20:58:56 GMT -6
Reed tapped his fingers against the steering wheel of his truck as he pulled into the school parking lot, singing along to the radio as he was in a pretty good mood. He had gotten some good practice in for the rodeo and he'd had time to goof around out on Silas's property where it was still muddy from the rain, his truck coated in the still drying muck but he didn't care. It was fun and a good time to cut loose but now it was back to school where he should probably do some homework but...then his eye caught on that fiery blonde and he couldn't stop himself from grinning as his heart picked up a few beats, especially when he saw the spot next to her was wide open...which gave him an idea. Instead of parking the way he knew how he pulled in and reversed in to the spot, watching his mirrors as he lined up his truck right next to Shannon's driver side door, blocking her in, the car on her other side a parked precariously close as well.
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Post by Kiersten on Oct 29, 2023 21:12:03 GMT -6
Shannon hadn’t realized just how cold this place as going to get, though she should have with having a family condo in New York, but she hardly visited that city. She preferred her home in L.A. with the warm weather, sunny skies, and beaches. However, since she came straight from L.A., she didn’t have that many warm clothes and was headed for the shops to buy more, since she didn’t want to drive for five hours down to New York. She dug through her purse for her keys and stopped short when she heard a very loud diesel engine. She frowned, noting that not only did the person on the passenger side park fairly close, there as now a very large truck blocking her driver’s side. “Ugh,” She groaned, just wanting to get off this forsaken campus and walked towards the driver’s window, noting the driver had a cowboy hat and dread started filling her chest. “EXCUSE ME!” She crossed her arms and stood waiting for him to roll the window down, partially praying it was the one twin, or whoever that was that kicked her out of their lap at the bonfire.
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Post by Bri on Oct 29, 2023 21:57:15 GMT -6
Once he was parked Reed glanced down at his phone but he could hear Shannon from outside, the corner of his mouth turning up into a smirk. He slowly put down his phone and rolled down the window, sticking his head out and grinning at her. "Yeah? Can I help ya?" He asked, shutting off his engine so they wouldn't have to shout.
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Post by Kiersten on Oct 29, 2023 22:11:18 GMT -6
The second he rolled down his window Shannon made a big show of rolling her eyes. “Can you please move your goddamn truck.” She at least said please, but if she had her way, she would have punched him in the face for being an ass. She knew he was doing this on purpose, though she wasn’t sure how he knew this was her car, unless he was stalking her.
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Post by Bri on Oct 29, 2023 22:44:46 GMT -6
Reed grinned wider when he saw her eye roll. "Now why would I do that? I just parked." He told her, leaning out his window as he looked at her then at her car and back. "Now dang I wouldn't have thought a girl like you would drive a car like this, but I can't say I'm not impressed." He smirked, finding it more fun than like some kind of little car he saw some girls driving.
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Post by Kiersten on Oct 30, 2023 10:27:16 GMT -6
Shannon stood there, arms crossed, feet apart, her eyes glaring daggers at him. Why the hell does he have to torture her? She was sure there were plenty of people, some other chick, he could bother. “Fuck you.” She said, flipping him off deciding it wasn’t worth arguing if all he was gonna do was tell her he wasn’t going to move the car. She turned to her car and debated with herself, unsure if she could access the car from the trunk. It was either try that and fail, or just give up and try again tomorrow. She sighed with annoyance, feeling her shoulders grow heavy with everything she had to deal with her mom and now this. “Let’s see.” She whispered to herself before popping the trunk and crawling inside to check if there was a way to unlatch the seats from there. She didn’t care, she’d crawl through the car if she had to, she was wasting time, and she hated wasting time.
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Post by Bri on Oct 30, 2023 21:06:16 GMT -6
Reed looked back at Shannon with an easy smile, laughing when she flipped him off and continued to watch her as she tried to figure out what to do. When she sighed he perked up, wondering if she was going to fold but then she opened the trunk, something he hadn't been expecting. His eyes narrowed as he watched her, wondering if she end up getting stuck. That would definitely be a story to tell. Reed leaned out of his window as he watched her, tilting his head. "What are you doing there blondie?"
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Post by Kiersten on Oct 30, 2023 22:31:59 GMT -6
Shannon ignored Reed, not wanting to make him feel the need to continue bothering her, she was either going to get into her car, or she was going to give up. She felt around the backside of the seats, feeling along the edge, partially sticking out of the trunk. She felt her heart drop as she felt nothing along thee on side, knowing it would be the same, but checked anyways.
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Post by Bri on Oct 30, 2023 23:18:52 GMT -6
Reed continued to watch her, trying not to laugh at her feeble attempt to get inside her car. "You ready to give up yet?" He called out to her, "I don't think you're gonna find anything that's gonna be of use." He told her as he pushed his hat back on his head, trying not to laugh, knowing that it would just make everything worse, but still hilarious and liked how he could push her buttons so easily.
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Post by Kiersten on Oct 31, 2023 8:58:44 GMT -6
Shannon sighed with defeat before just sitting in the trunk of her car, wondering hat she could do until either the asshole decided this wasn’t fun anymore, or the other person moved. She wasn’t sure how long that was going to take, “This isn’t funny.” She groaned as she took in her surroundings, finding her spare riding boots, and debated on a ride when her phone rang out with the Imperial March from Star Wars played on her phone. “Nooo, this can’t be happening today.” She groaned as she started digging through her purse for her phone, still sitting in the trunk. “Yes, mother….” She glared at the ground, wondering what this woman could want now.
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Post by Bri on Nov 1, 2023 11:13:37 GMT -6
Reed chuckled under his breath, about to get out of his truck to antagonize her a bit more when he realized he was stuck himself. He frowned before realizing he could get out on the passenger side and hopped out that way, walking over to Shannon was her phone rang. His eyebrow raised, surprised by the choice but didn't say anything as she answered. His head cocked to the side as he watched her then spotting her riding boots, picking one up and looking at it before walking away back to his truck with it.
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Post by Kiersten on Nov 1, 2023 12:23:32 GMT -6
Shannon wasn’t paying attention to Reed anymore, didn’t realize he also trapped himself in a way, though it wasn’t long before he walked over to her truck and took one of her boots. She wasn’t sure if he could hear her mother rambling in the background, but she pulled the phone away, “What are you doing?” she hissed quietly, though her mom screamed her name a second later and she was distracted again as she struggled to listen, talk, and get out of the trunk. “I understand mom… I don’t want to go.” The thought of spending her weekend with her mom, some fuck boi and his parents, just because she wanted to ride their yacht made her sick. She held her breath and waited for her mother to tell her she didn't have a choice, but it would mean she'd have to find a dress to wear, and this insuferable twin was making it harder to do.
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Post by Bri on Nov 1, 2023 20:07:12 GMT -6
Reed smiled sweetly as she hissed at him, not responding as he went to the other side of his truck, finding a Sharpie in the pocket of the door panel. This might make her pissed at him, which wouldn't be new but there was no looking back as he wrote out his name on the bottom of her boot in his best imitation of Andy's signature from Toy Story, writing out his number in smaller font under it before walked back over to Shannon. He set the boot back next to the first one, raising an eyebrow at the look on her face when he started to dance in an absurd manner, shaking his hips and doing his best to do the floss dance move then turned around and started to twerk, not taking any of this seriously but wanting to be obnoxious as possible to see if he could get her to crack some sort of smile or laugh while she looked miserable.
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Post by Kiersten on Nov 1, 2023 20:54:45 GMT -6
Shannon sighed, turning her back on Reed, unsure where he was taking her boot, but if she ever got out there to shop, she was replacing them. She eventually got out of her trunk and leaned against the side of her mustang away from Reed’s truck. “I don’t want to do this again, how many times do I have to say that?” She already told her mom no before, already been told she didn’t have a choice, but she wasn’t going to give up. She eyed Reed from the side as he returned her boot, narrowing her eyes at him. “Fine. Whatever, are you going to tell me his name at least?” She glared at Reed, even as he was dancing around, though she felt a tug of her lips, she forced herself to frown instead. “Dinner? Alone?? That’s a full-blown date I didn’t agree to.” She hissed into the phone, turning slightly away from Reed so she wouldn’t piss off her mom, somehow.
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Post by Bri on Nov 1, 2023 21:56:29 GMT -6
Reed swore he almost saw a smile on her face but it was gone so fast as she turned away and continued talking on the phone, his eyebrow raising when she growled about something he wasn't completely sure what it was about. He toed at the dirt, then walked around Shannon's car, peering into the windows and making faces at himself as he killed time, ignoring the slight ache in his back then drew a smiley face on a thin layer of dust that had accumulated.
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Post by Kiersten on Nov 1, 2023 22:12:32 GMT -6
It felt like hours later when her mom finally got off the phone with her, Shannon being left even more irritated, and was going to just head back to her dorm and try shopping tomorrow. She grabbed her purse and boots out of the trunk and closed it, spotting Reed drawing on her car. “I give up. I’m going back to bed. Thanks for fucking the day up.” She turned on her heels aiming for the dorm just to drop her purse off before heading for the barn.
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Post by Bri on Nov 1, 2023 22:40:24 GMT -6
Reed straightened, looking over at her with a slight frown. "I barely did anything! If anything I made it fun until the Dark Lord called you." He pointed out to her. "Besides, why end the day now? I was gonna offer to take you out to wherever it is where you going." He told her, pulling that part completely out of his ass but for some reason he wanted to try to get to know her and maybe get under her skin a bit more.
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Post by Kiersten on Nov 2, 2023 16:09:17 GMT -6
Shannon stopped walking and sighed, “Barely did anything?” she asked, her tone low and aggravated, as she slowly turned to face him. “You blocked me in? I think that’s a little more than barely.” she stated, crossing her arms, and narrowing her eyes at him and his ‘suggestion’. “Why on Earth, would I want to go anywhere with you?” She rolled her eyes, wondering where he got off thinking that was going to happen. She needed warmer clothes, a dress for the date, and another outfit for when her mom took her to meet his parents, as if they were arranging a marriage. Part of her worried one day that would happen.
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Post by Bri on Nov 2, 2023 19:49:14 GMT -6
Reed looked at her, blinking innocently as a smile crossed his face. "You say blocked in, I say that I used a creative method to get you talk to me." He said, completely pulling that answer out of his ass too. "Obviously trying to pick you up with a song didn't work so I had to use a more...out of the box method, then the phone call threw off my groove." He waved a hand. "And you'd want to go somewhere with me because...I'm willing to carry all of your bags and sit through as many outfit changes as you need?"
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Post by Kiersten on Nov 2, 2023 20:30:18 GMT -6
Shannon didn’t understand this guy, constantly needing to torture her with his presence, even if it was less irritating than most of the boys her mom forced her to ‘date’. “Yes well, the phone call wasn’t enjoyable for me either.” She definitely blamed her mom for ruining her day even worse, with the mention of her plans for the weekend. She rolled her eyes, not believing him for a second that he’d carry her bags or sit through her outfit changes. “Please, haven’t met a boy that doesn’t eventually complain.” She loved shopping, she could do it all day, plus she wanted to go to the bookstore. She couldn’t with him tagging along.
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Post by Bri on Nov 2, 2023 22:04:59 GMT -6
"You have now," Reed countered, putting his hands on his hips as he looked at her, "honestly I'm surprised you're not jumping at the change to potentially torture me." He teased, wondering she would take the chance or call him out on his bluff. "Really, that's just an a bonus, use me as a pack mule, torture me, get some free dinner out of it."
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Post by Kiersten on Nov 3, 2023 17:53:17 GMT -6
Shannon didn’t believe him still, she was sure he’d complain in an hour or two. “Torturing you, would mean I’d have to endure more torture from you,” She informed him, starting to chew on her bottom lip as she stared at her trapped car, now wishing she hadn’t gone with this type. She whipped her head towards him, “I am NOT going to dinner with you. The mall and that’s it.” She said before walking to her trunk once more to place her boots back in. She turned to Reed, narrowing her eyes, “No funny business.” She instructed him as she walked past him to the passenger side, thinking this was a bad idea.
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Post by Bri on Nov 3, 2023 21:12:39 GMT -6
"How can I torture you when I'm busy being tortured?" Reed countered, figuring she wasn't going to go for this but at least he tried. He was ready to climb back in his truck and head out when she snapped at him about not going to dinner but agreeing to the mall, instantly perking up. "Okay, we'll see how that goes when you get hungry." He replied. He snapped his feet together and saluted her, "scouts honor, no funny business." He replied, holding up his free hand so she could see that his fingers weren't crossed. He walked with her to the passenger side and opened the door, hesitating slightly, "I, uh, have to get in first...I kind of trapped myself too." He said sheepishly before climbing in and sitting in the drivers seat.
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Post by Kiersten on Nov 3, 2023 22:05:27 GMT -6
Shannon frowned at him as he followed her to the door, and opened the door for her, or so she thought. Her mouth dropped open, and a feeling of pity embarrassment washed over her, causing her to shudder. She shook her head, “Ready to deal with that every single time you have to get into your truck just to mess with me?” That sounded like a pain to her, and decided from now on, she’d always find a parking spot with a curb on one side. This time, her lips curled into a small smirk at one corner, and she rolled her eyes not to be dramatic, but in more of sarcastic way. If he was going to play that game fine.
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Post by Bri on Nov 4, 2023 15:34:56 GMT -6
"Oh yeah, I'll be ready. Maybe next time I'll climb through the back window so you won't be tempted to stare at my ass." Reed joked as he settled in his head, ignoring the jab of pain in his hip and started up the truck. "And if I need to, I'll borrow my brother or cousins truck to bother you." He joked, waiting for her to get in her seat and buckle up before leaving the parking lot.
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Post by Kiersten on Nov 4, 2023 16:15:22 GMT -6
Shannon just shook her head, putting her blushing face in the palm of her hand, “I’m about to change my mind.” She told him, but she didn’t move as she waited for him to climb into his truck, though she debated on just running away at this point. Once he seemed settled on the driver’s side, she pulled herself into the truck, grateful it wasn’t all that tall like some trucks she’d seen driving around. “Goodie, a whole clan of you out here.” She buckled in, crossed her arms and her ankles, and turned to face the window, determined to enjoy the silent ride.
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Post by Bri on Nov 4, 2023 18:53:34 GMT -6
Reed chuckled, surprised she didn't run away while he was back was turned. He laughed against at her comment, shaking his head. "To make you feel better, one of the riding instructors is my uncle." He told her, figuring she either had or was going to meet Silas eventually since he was almost always in the barn at school.
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Post by Kiersten on Nov 4, 2023 21:51:36 GMT -6
Shannon had already met Silas when she went out to meet Cosette, her riding instructor for the first time. She definitely got the feeling of sexual tension in the air between the two, but he hadn’t mentioned anything about nephews. “Great. Anymore of your family running around?” she asked sarcastically, feeling like at this point she needed to avoid the whole town.
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Post by Bri on Nov 4, 2023 23:03:36 GMT -6
Reed laughed, shaking his head. "Nope, not unless my uncle has some kids we don't know about running around." He joked, not thinking his uncle had anything like that in him. Silas was a great guy in his eyes, the kind of man, like his father, that he wanted to be like. He headed towards the mall, tapping his fingers on his steering wheel along with whatever country song played on the radio until he found a parking spot and reversed in, this time leaving plenty of space between himself and the cars next to him. He shut off the engine and hoped out, walking over to Shannon's side and opening the door for her.
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Post by Kiersten on Nov 4, 2023 23:19:09 GMT -6
Shannon leaned as far away from him as possible, thinking the farther away she was the better, glad that he was fine with the rest of the ride to the mall was silent. She had no desire to talk about him or his family, and in general didn’t want to talk to him. She was lost in thought for a moment, her mind somehow slipping into the world of daydreams, until he pulled open the door. “Good to know you can in fact, park like a normal human being.” Though it wouldn’t do her much good if she got trapped like she had today.
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