Ch.5

I had a weird night last night. Aaron and Jenna didn’t come home until early this morning but what was so weird about my night was, I kept dreaming about Caeleb. These weren’t just normal crush dreams. They were dirty. I may have only had 1 boyfriend and never did anything with him but I know about s*x and other s****l things. I have never had a dream like this before so it kind of freaked me out at first and I kept waking up but after the first 3 dreams I didn’t wake up as quickly or as much. The last dream I had before getting up this morning was the dirtiest. Things happened in that dream that I never would have thought was possible and it made me blush replaying it in my head. After getting dressed, I went down to fix myself breakfast and Aaron was standing at the sink.

“Morning sis. You enjoy working out in the field yesterday?”

“Yes, I actually did enjoy it. The only thing I hated about it was Sal not letting me use the machine.”

“He is the foreman out there and what he says goes.”

“That’s bullsh*t, Aaron. You know as well as I do that I can run that machine. You know I am careful with it and you know I follow all protocols. Why can’t you tell Sal to let me every now and then? I mean for f*cks sake I am the original owner's daughter and the current owner's sister.”

“Don’t get smart with me, Skyla. Sal runs the fields. Talk to him, not me.”

“I don’t get why you treat me like sh*t Aaron? I am your sister not some strange girl you took in off the street. I have never done anything to you for you to act this way towards me.”

“I don’t treat you like sh*t, Skyla! If it weren’t for me, you would be in a foster home! I didn’t have to agree to take you so show me a little gratitude for keeping you here in the home our parents built for us.”

“F*ck it! I’m working in the field today. I don’t think I need to be around you right now after what you just said.”

I grabbed the cart keys and headed out the door as Aaron headed to his room. As I got on the cart, Caeleb pulled in and I told him to get in. I didn’t say anything to him as we headed out to the field and stayed pretty quiet most of the morning. During our first water break, Caeleb walked up to me and stared at me.

“Skyla, are you ok?”

“No.”

“Want to talk about it?”

“Not out here around all these f*cktards that work for my jackass brother.”

“Back at the house then?”

“No. Aaron is home and I can’t talk there.”

“So where can we talk about it then?”

“When we get off can we go somewhere and sit?”

“Yeah, I know somewhere we can go.”

After work, I drove the cart back to the house and I hopped in Caeleb’s truck and we left. I didn’t bother asking him where we were going but found out when he pulled into a little motel. My face must have paled because Caeleb asked if I was ok. I nodded but couldn’t speak.

“Skyla, I promise you I didn’t bring you for anything but to talk. I figured this would be the most private place to talk since you know a lot of people in this town.”

“I’m sorry. I’m not used to being alone with guys.”

“It’s ok, Skyla. I promise you I only brought you here for privacy to talk to me about what’s bothering you.”

He got out of the truck and came around to my side and opened the door. I hopped out and followed him to his room. I was surprised to see his room was actually decent-sized and clean when he turned the light on. He told me to sit wherever I wanted and he grabbed 2 sprites from a little fridge in his room. He handed me one and he waited on me to sit before he sat down. I chose to sit in the chair at the little table by his bed. He sat on the side of the bed facing me.

“Tell me what has had you so quiet today.”

“My jackass brother.”

“What did he do?”

“He didn’t actually do anything to me, just something he said to me that hurt more than anything.”

“I’m a good listener.”

“I was complaining to him about how Sal treats me in the field and told him he treats me like crap. He had the balls to tell me I should show him more gratitude because if he hadn't said he would take care of me I’d be in a foster home.”

I broke down and started bawling. Caeleb sat there for a minute before setting his drink down and moving closer to me. He was so close that my face was pretty much touching his stomach and he put his hand on my back and began to move it back and forth. I think he was trying to comfort me but wasn’t sure what to do. When I calmed down, he stepped back and I could see that I left mascara marks on his shirt. I apologized and told him to take it off so I could get the mascara out of it. He lifted his shirt over his head and when I saw his chest I had to squeeze my legs together. He had 2 tattoos on his chest. One was a dragon and the other was a wolf howling at the moon. He handed his shirt to me and I quickly walked over to the sink and began washing the mascara out of it. I could help but glance in the mirror as I was doing this. He had a nice body.