Not Your Typical Country Girl Chapters Forty Five
Tex's POV
She laid there motionless for a few minutes and then thankfully got up.
"Harmony! Are you okay?" I asked as she climbed down from fencing.
"Umm, just gonna be sore." She said oddly. "Jack! I haven't seen you in a long time!"
I watched as she went over to him and hugged his neck.
"It's been 5 minutes; are you okay?" He asked worried.
"I'm fine. I'm just gonna be sore." She shrugged.
"Jack can you watch her while I ride?" I said. "Somethin seems off bout her!"
"Yeah I can. But I think you're over reacting." He said.
I had a good ride but not as good as Harmony. She had an unfortunate incident after she rode but she had a great ride. She ended up coming in first, Jack came in second, and well, I finished third. I was really disappointed in myself. I thought I should have done better. I needed to do better. We collected our winnings and it was time to head out.
Harmony stared at the belt buckle for the longest.
"Are you gonna wear it home?" Jack asked with a laugh.
"I don't know. This isn't my style." She said to him.
"Well you look nothing like I remember!"
She mumbled something but I didn't catch it.
"Harmony, are you ready?" I asked as she gave me a funny look.
"Uh yeah. Did I come here with him?" She tried to ask in a whisper.
"Yeah you did. Are you sure you're okay?" Jack asked.
"I'm fine." Harmony said as she sighed heavily. "Let me go to the bathroom right quick."
Once she got over to me, she handed me my helmet and vest.
"Oh Tex! Can I borrow your horse for tonight and tomorrow?" Jack asked. "I'll take good care of him!"
"Yeah sure. Can you bring him home tomorrow?" I asked.
"Yeah, thanks I owe you!" Jack said.
"No problem! See ya." I said.
"Bye Harmony, it was great to see you!" Jack said.
"Bye." She said awkwardly.
"I bet your itching to get home!" I said with a laugh.
"Why would you say that?" She asked in a mean tone.
"Because Clay is leaving tomorrow." I stated as she gave me a weird look.
"Oh right!" She said with laugh.
I left my horse and trailer with Jack. I hated to leave him here but I knew he would take good care of him. I had known Jack for a while now. We had been competing against each other for five years or so.
"So how long have you've known Jack?" I asked.
"Umm a few years." She said as she got in the front seat.
"Oh okay. How did you two meet?" I asked being nosey.
If I was getting too nosey she would shut up. She always does.
"We met at a group home." She said.
"So y'all were good friends?" I asked.
"Yeah we stuck together in the group home. It wasn't a good situation." She said as she stared in front of us.
"Oh really?" I'm sorry." I said.
"Do they have rodeos a lot?" She asked suddenly.
"Well, yeah." I said as I chuckled.
"I haven't been to many." Harmony stated.
"You've been to a good bit already." I stated.
It was silent for a little while. Something felt different between us. I don't know if it was because Clay was leaving in the morning or she was hurt and not telling me.
"Are you my boyfriend?" She said as she spoke 90 miles per hour.
"What?!" I asked shocked.
"You heard me." She stated.
"No, we are just friends." I said as I drove. "Why would you ask that?"
"I don't know. I'm trying to figure out who you are." She said.
"Figure out who I am?" I asked. "Do you know who I am?"
"Not really! Am I suppose to?" She asked nervously.
"It's me! Isaiah! What's the last thing you remember?" I asked worried.
"The group home." She said.
"Do you know what happened tonight?" I asked.
"You and Jack rode cows." She stated as if she was right.
"They're bulls." I said with a laugh.
I drove over bridge and past an exit ramp.
I glanced over at Harmony who was looking at me. It was hard to see with the bright lights coming at us.
Harmony's POV
I woke up and my had was pounding. I looked around and we were next to a tree. There was a boy in the drivers seat. I didn't know who he was at all but he had his hand on my arm. I smelt gasoline so I scrambled through the broken windshield and went to the driver's door. I pulled him out and dragged him across the grass. He was heavy.
I went back to the truck and grabbed everything I saw. I didn't know if it was important or not so I just got everything.
I ran back to him and dropped the stuff. I wanted to go sit against a tree but I fell and hit my head. I heard a big noise as saw the truck in flames. But things kept going black, then they would reappear, and go black again.
I could hear sirens. They were loud. The lights were bright. They were in my eyes. My neck felt like it was pushed as far away from shoulders as possible.
I could hear people talking around me. Lights in the ceiling were flying above me. My head was still pounding. It hurt badly. I just wanted to cry.
Isaiah's POV
I woke up in the hospital and there were some people in the room, My mom, Mrs. Abigail, and Mr. Bryce.
I looked over and saw Harmony laying there. She looked peaceful, kinda like she was having a nice rest.
"I'm so sorry!" I said as I took a deep breath.
"It's okay! It wasn't your fault!" Mom said.
"The important thing is that y'all are safe!" Mrs. Abigail said.
Everyone looked as if they had been crying.
"Is she okay?" I asked worried.
"She will be fine." Mr. Bryce stated as my mom sat on the bed and held my hand.
"What's around her wrist?" I asked as I sat up.
I was stiff like I had been laying around for a while or just got thrown off by a bull.
"She has amnesia and started acting aggressively. She was going to hurt herself so they have to sedate her. Let her brain rest and heal." Mr. Bryce said.
"Well that would explain her behavior in the truck on the way home!" I said.
"She had this before the wreck?" Mrs. Abigail asked.
"Yeah I think so. She got bucked off pretty hard last night. She was asking me all these odd questions." I said.
"Oh my goodness. How could you..." Mrs. Abigail said as Bryce cut her off.
"It's not his fault. She was hiding it from him." Mr. Bryce stated. "It's not his fault at all!"
"So when will she wake up?" I asked.
"They were going to try today and see if we can do anything to calm her down." Mr. Bryce said.
"Oh okay." I said.
Abigail looked like she was terrified about that. She acted like it was going to be a bad thing.
They were trying to wake her up but it was taking a little bit for the medication to wear off. But she eventually woke up and was yelling. She was pulling at the wrist restraints. I had never seen her so angry or scared before. She was scared of everybody here.
"He is going to be so mad! You have to let me go!" She pleaded.
"You're fine here." A nurse stated.
"He's going to hurt me!" She mumbled.
Then it clicked with me about the conversation we had before the wreck.
"Harmony!" I finally said as everyone was pleading with her to stop yelling and to stop trying to get out of bed. "Would you jut stop? They're trying to help you!"
"No they're not! They are making it worse." She said angry.
"Hey, he's gone. They caught him. He can't hurt you no more. Jack is fine too!" I said.
"What?! How do you know him. Where is he?!" She asked suddenly as she started to calm down.
"He's at a rodeo. We just saw him last night." I said.
"It happened 2 night ago." Mom stated.
"Everything is fine. This couple adopted you a while ago. These are your parents." I stated.
"How do you know so much about me? Who are you?" She asked kind of snappy.
"I'm a friend. We go riding all the time together. It's me, Isaiah!" I said with a smile.
"I don't know you." She stated. "I've never seen you!"
"You don't remember. The bull hit you the other night and you lost your memory." I said.
It hurt my feelings a good bit that she didn't remember me. But I knew she didn't mean anything she said.
Tex's POV
She laid there motionless for a few minutes and then thankfully got up.
"Harmony! Are you okay?" I asked as she climbed down from fencing.
"Umm, just gonna be sore." She said oddly. "Jack! I haven't seen you in a long time!"
I watched as she went over to him and hugged his neck.
"It's been 5 minutes; are you okay?" He asked worried.
"I'm fine. I'm just gonna be sore." She shrugged.
"Jack can you watch her while I ride?" I said. "Somethin seems off bout her!"
"Yeah I can. But I think you're over reacting." He said.
I had a good ride but not as good as Harmony. She had an unfortunate incident after she rode but she had a great ride. She ended up coming in first, Jack came in second, and well, I finished third. I was really disappointed in myself. I thought I should have done better. I needed to do better. We collected our winnings and it was time to head out.
Harmony stared at the belt buckle for the longest.
"Are you gonna wear it home?" Jack asked with a laugh.
"I don't know. This isn't my style." She said to him.
"Well you look nothing like I remember!"
She mumbled something but I didn't catch it.
"Harmony, are you ready?" I asked as she gave me a funny look.
"Uh yeah. Did I come here with him?" She tried to ask in a whisper.
"Yeah you did. Are you sure you're okay?" Jack asked.
"I'm fine." Harmony said as she sighed heavily. "Let me go to the bathroom right quick."
Once she got over to me, she handed me my helmet and vest.
"Oh Tex! Can I borrow your horse for tonight and tomorrow?" Jack asked. "I'll take good care of him!"
"Yeah sure. Can you bring him home tomorrow?" I asked.
"Yeah, thanks I owe you!" Jack said.
"No problem! See ya." I said.
"Bye Harmony, it was great to see you!" Jack said.
"Bye." She said awkwardly.
"I bet your itching to get home!" I said with a laugh.
"Why would you say that?" She asked in a mean tone.
"Because Clay is leaving tomorrow." I stated as she gave me a weird look.
"Oh right!" She said with laugh.
I left my horse and trailer with Jack. I hated to leave him here but I knew he would take good care of him. I had known Jack for a while now. We had been competing against each other for five years or so.
"So how long have you've known Jack?" I asked.
"Umm a few years." She said as she got in the front seat.
"Oh okay. How did you two meet?" I asked being nosey.
If I was getting too nosey she would shut up. She always does.
"We met at a group home." She said.
"So y'all were good friends?" I asked.
"Yeah we stuck together in the group home. It wasn't a good situation." She said as she stared in front of us.
"Oh really?" I'm sorry." I said.
"Do they have rodeos a lot?" She asked suddenly.
"Well, yeah." I said as I chuckled.
"I haven't been to many." Harmony stated.
"You've been to a good bit already." I stated.
It was silent for a little while. Something felt different between us. I don't know if it was because Clay was leaving in the morning or she was hurt and not telling me.
"Are you my boyfriend?" She said as she spoke 90 miles per hour.
"What?!" I asked shocked.
"You heard me." She stated.
"No, we are just friends." I said as I drove. "Why would you ask that?"
"I don't know. I'm trying to figure out who you are." She said.
"Figure out who I am?" I asked. "Do you know who I am?"
"Not really! Am I suppose to?" She asked nervously.
"It's me! Isaiah! What's the last thing you remember?" I asked worried.
"The group home." She said.
"Do you know what happened tonight?" I asked.
"You and Jack rode cows." She stated as if she was right.
"They're bulls." I said with a laugh.
I drove over bridge and past an exit ramp.
I glanced over at Harmony who was looking at me. It was hard to see with the bright lights coming at us.
Harmony's POV
I woke up and my had was pounding. I looked around and we were next to a tree. There was a boy in the drivers seat. I didn't know who he was at all but he had his hand on my arm. I smelt gasoline so I scrambled through the broken windshield and went to the driver's door. I pulled him out and dragged him across the grass. He was heavy.
I went back to the truck and grabbed everything I saw. I didn't know if it was important or not so I just got everything.
I ran back to him and dropped the stuff. I wanted to go sit against a tree but I fell and hit my head. I heard a big noise as saw the truck in flames. But things kept going black, then they would reappear, and go black again.
I could hear sirens. They were loud. The lights were bright. They were in my eyes. My neck felt like it was pushed as far away from shoulders as possible.
I could hear people talking around me. Lights in the ceiling were flying above me. My head was still pounding. It hurt badly. I just wanted to cry.
Isaiah's POV
I woke up in the hospital and there were some people in the room, My mom, Mrs. Abigail, and Mr. Bryce.
I looked over and saw Harmony laying there. She looked peaceful, kinda like she was having a nice rest.
"I'm so sorry!" I said as I took a deep breath.
"It's okay! It wasn't your fault!" Mom said.
"The important thing is that y'all are safe!" Mrs. Abigail said.
Everyone looked as if they had been crying.
"Is she okay?" I asked worried.
"She will be fine." Mr. Bryce stated as my mom sat on the bed and held my hand.
"What's around her wrist?" I asked as I sat up.
I was stiff like I had been laying around for a while or just got thrown off by a bull.
"She has amnesia and started acting aggressively. She was going to hurt herself so they have to sedate her. Let her brain rest and heal." Mr. Bryce said.
"Well that would explain her behavior in the truck on the way home!" I said.
"She had this before the wreck?" Mrs. Abigail asked.
"Yeah I think so. She got bucked off pretty hard last night. She was asking me all these odd questions." I said.
"Oh my goodness. How could you..." Mrs. Abigail said as Bryce cut her off.
"It's not his fault. She was hiding it from him." Mr. Bryce stated. "It's not his fault at all!"
"So when will she wake up?" I asked.
"They were going to try today and see if we can do anything to calm her down." Mr. Bryce said.
"Oh okay." I said.
Abigail looked like she was terrified about that. She acted like it was going to be a bad thing.
They were trying to wake her up but it was taking a little bit for the medication to wear off. But she eventually woke up and was yelling. She was pulling at the wrist restraints. I had never seen her so angry or scared before. She was scared of everybody here.
"He is going to be so mad! You have to let me go!" She pleaded.
"You're fine here." A nurse stated.
"He's going to hurt me!" She mumbled.
Then it clicked with me about the conversation we had before the wreck.
"Harmony!" I finally said as everyone was pleading with her to stop yelling and to stop trying to get out of bed. "Would you jut stop? They're trying to help you!"
"No they're not! They are making it worse." She said angry.
"Hey, he's gone. They caught him. He can't hurt you no more. Jack is fine too!" I said.
"What?! How do you know him. Where is he?!" She asked suddenly as she started to calm down.
"He's at a rodeo. We just saw him last night." I said.
"It happened 2 night ago." Mom stated.
"Everything is fine. This couple adopted you a while ago. These are your parents." I stated.
"How do you know so much about me? Who are you?" She asked kind of snappy.
"I'm a friend. We go riding all the time together. It's me, Isaiah!" I said with a smile.
"I don't know you." She stated. "I've never seen you!"
"You don't remember. The bull hit you the other night and you lost your memory." I said.
It hurt my feelings a good bit that she didn't remember me. But I knew she didn't mean anything she said.