chest.
"Nothing. Got it?"
Jayden knocked Boone's hand aside. "Yeah, yeah. Just
get your woman and get out of here. We'll be safe with old Dallas here in
charge."
Boone stared at his brother, then shook his head, as if
giving up.
Dallas took the insult and swallowed it. He couldn't help
being the responsible person he was. Hell, if he ever let loose, his buddies
would have him locked up and examined for extraterrestrial infiltration.
Boone smacked Dallas on the shoulder. "Thanks for an
outstanding night." He looked at Dallas and Jayden. "You guys really
pulled it together for me."
Dallas had done all the planning. Jayden had taken half the
credit, but it didn't matter. It was Boone's last fling before he settled down.
He just wanted his buddy to have a good time.
Boone strolled to where their women sat. He bent and
whispered something to his fiancée, and she stood and threw her arms around
him. Boone dipped her backward, real low, kissing her soundly.
The other girls stood and cheered, someone put a spotlight
on the kissing couple, and the crowd joined in the hoots. The two of them
parted, Gigi grabbed her little purse and turned to hug each of her friends.
The front of her shirt was lit with multicolored lights announcing, "Bride
to Be."
Rance laughed. "Bet Boone gets a shock trying to get
her out of that contraption."
Dallas smiled and pulled out his camera, hitting the video
button to record Boone and Gigi.
Jayden nudged the other cowboy. "Hey, that's my future
sister-in-law you're talking about."
"My apologies." Rance elbowed Jayden. "But
wasn't it you who told me my sister was the hottest piece you'd seen in a
month?"
Jayden had the smarts to dip his head. "All right.
We're both pigs."
When Boone bent and swept Gigi up into his arms, a loud
"Awww" went up from a hundred female voices. Still in the spotlight,
they walked toward the door.
Dallas filmed the scene to be used as footage at their
wedding reception.
Gigi gave the three of them a finger wave as Boone carried
her past them and out the door.
"Cowboys!" a very loud female voice called as the
spotlight landed on Rance, Jayden, and him.
"Oh shit." This was outside Dallas's comfort zone.
He couldn't see much for the light in his eyes or he'd skedaddle.
The rest of the crowd took up the chant.
Jayden lifted his cowboy hat and swung it above his head,
his grin downright naughty.
Rance set his fists on his hips and bulged out his chest, smiling
and winking.
"Oh hell. Why not?" Dallas stuck his thumbs in his
pockets, bracketing his package, and stood hipshot like Jayden had shown him.
He forced a wide smile.
Over the din of the cheering women, he heard Kira's voice.
"That's my cowboy!"
Dallas lifted a hand in a gunshot move toward her general
direction.
He heard her laughter ring across the room.
The music changed to a famous song about riding a cowboy
instead of a horse. "C'mon boys, show us your stuff," the DJ called
over the speakers.
In the seconds it took for Rance and Dallas to give each
other the "let's get out of here" nods, Jayden had stepped forward.
The spotlight followed him.
"There he goes." Rance leaned back against the
doorjamb. "And he calls me crazy."
Dallas pulled out his phone and pressed the video record
button. "You are crazy, bull rider. But that boy's one head injury short
of being certifiable."
****
Kira watched as Jayden used Gigi's empty chair to step up on
the stage.
A bouncer shouted for him to get down, but the DJ said,
"Let's see what he's got for us, right, ladies?"
The crowd went wild.
"Unreal." Kira looked at Stormie.
Her cousin's eyes were wide and her smile a little shocked.
"Oooh, look at him."
"That's what you want to get yourself mixed up
with?" Kira gestured to Jayden as he strode along the stage just grinning
at the women who held up dollar bills toward him.
"He's so cute." Stormie laid her hand over her
heart.
"Oh no you don't." Kira pinched her cousin's arm.
"Snap out of it. No rodeo cowboys,
"Nothing. Got it?"
Jayden knocked Boone's hand aside. "Yeah, yeah. Just
get your woman and get out of here. We'll be safe with old Dallas here in
charge."
Boone stared at his brother, then shook his head, as if
giving up.
Dallas took the insult and swallowed it. He couldn't help
being the responsible person he was. Hell, if he ever let loose, his buddies
would have him locked up and examined for extraterrestrial infiltration.
Boone smacked Dallas on the shoulder. "Thanks for an
outstanding night." He looked at Dallas and Jayden. "You guys really
pulled it together for me."
Dallas had done all the planning. Jayden had taken half the
credit, but it didn't matter. It was Boone's last fling before he settled down.
He just wanted his buddy to have a good time.
Boone strolled to where their women sat. He bent and
whispered something to his fiancée, and she stood and threw her arms around
him. Boone dipped her backward, real low, kissing her soundly.
The other girls stood and cheered, someone put a spotlight
on the kissing couple, and the crowd joined in the hoots. The two of them
parted, Gigi grabbed her little purse and turned to hug each of her friends.
The front of her shirt was lit with multicolored lights announcing, "Bride
to Be."
Rance laughed. "Bet Boone gets a shock trying to get
her out of that contraption."
Dallas smiled and pulled out his camera, hitting the video
button to record Boone and Gigi.
Jayden nudged the other cowboy. "Hey, that's my future
sister-in-law you're talking about."
"My apologies." Rance elbowed Jayden. "But
wasn't it you who told me my sister was the hottest piece you'd seen in a
month?"
Jayden had the smarts to dip his head. "All right.
We're both pigs."
When Boone bent and swept Gigi up into his arms, a loud
"Awww" went up from a hundred female voices. Still in the spotlight,
they walked toward the door.
Dallas filmed the scene to be used as footage at their
wedding reception.
Gigi gave the three of them a finger wave as Boone carried
her past them and out the door.
"Cowboys!" a very loud female voice called as the
spotlight landed on Rance, Jayden, and him.
"Oh shit." This was outside Dallas's comfort zone.
He couldn't see much for the light in his eyes or he'd skedaddle.
The rest of the crowd took up the chant.
Jayden lifted his cowboy hat and swung it above his head,
his grin downright naughty.
Rance set his fists on his hips and bulged out his chest, smiling
and winking.
"Oh hell. Why not?" Dallas stuck his thumbs in his
pockets, bracketing his package, and stood hipshot like Jayden had shown him.
He forced a wide smile.
Over the din of the cheering women, he heard Kira's voice.
"That's my cowboy!"
Dallas lifted a hand in a gunshot move toward her general
direction.
He heard her laughter ring across the room.
The music changed to a famous song about riding a cowboy
instead of a horse. "C'mon boys, show us your stuff," the DJ called
over the speakers.
In the seconds it took for Rance and Dallas to give each
other the "let's get out of here" nods, Jayden had stepped forward.
The spotlight followed him.
"There he goes." Rance leaned back against the
doorjamb. "And he calls me crazy."
Dallas pulled out his phone and pressed the video record
button. "You are crazy, bull rider. But that boy's one head injury short
of being certifiable."
****
Kira watched as Jayden used Gigi's empty chair to step up on
the stage.
A bouncer shouted for him to get down, but the DJ said,
"Let's see what he's got for us, right, ladies?"
The crowd went wild.
"Unreal." Kira looked at Stormie.
Her cousin's eyes were wide and her smile a little shocked.
"Oooh, look at him."
"That's what you want to get yourself mixed up
with?" Kira gestured to Jayden as he strode along the stage just grinning
at the women who held up dollar bills toward him.
"He's so cute." Stormie laid her hand over her
heart.
"Oh no you don't." Kira pinched her cousin's arm.
"Snap out of it. No rodeo cowboys,
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