No Ryker come back!!!)

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Abby sighed. "Name one then" her exuberant happiness quickly changed to seriousness as she rolled to her back beside him. "I haven't met one person that would kiss me because he actually meant it. Gavin obviously didn't. I was too naive to listen to Jess about him. I'm so dumb..." she stared up at the clouds. She felt like running away, like leaving everything she had worked so hard for so she could erase the memories of her past and start over. That was what she just did right? Start over? Abby signed and looked away. "I ruined the moment. I'm sorry"

Ryker slowly blinked and looked at her. +Whoops+ he thought when she suddenly turned serious. He could only guess she was thinking about Gavin. He stayed quiet as she started talking, sighing a little. "You're not dumb. At least you're beautiful enough to get anything- whereas I'm stuck with bullying. That doesn't matter, because it is in the past. You are going to find a GREAT guy that LOVES horses and that will treat you like a queen. I'm sure of it." He smiled comfortingly, although deep down somewhere he was thinking +I wish I could be that great guy...+

Abby smiled at his words then crushed him in a hug. "Thank you. But you don't have to be stuck with bullies. And I can't get anything. There's a reason why I lived with my friend and not my parents. But your backstory is much worse than mine. But believer me, with me by your side, no bully will come near you!" She finally let him go then took his hands in hers. "Plus your not mean or anything. Your really funny. I would die to have a guy as funny and kind as you. Especially one just as strong " she poked his arms, her old self slowly shining through

Ryker let out a sort of squeak as he was practically crushed, patting her back before dramatically wheezing and coughing as she let go. "No, no bully will ever come near me." He snorted. +no one else can stand you!+ he thought with a grin. "Aw shucks, I'm flattered." Ryker joked as he rolled his eyes.

(AHHH i have provided so manyyyyy AHHHH xD)

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Abby giggled at him "what was that grin for?" She cocked her head toward him "come onnnnn tell me"

"I can't tell you everything! It was just because... you're special. That's all." Ryker laughed, shaking his head a little. +aww cmon this would be the perfect time. Man up. Stop being a wimp. Tell herrrr+ he thought, a small whispered on his mond

"Special..? How? Oh wait. You can't tell me" she joked with a blushing smile. +special...+ she thought. Abby leaned back on her elbows. She sighed and rolled her eyes, landing on him. Sun gave a small whinny from the barn and Shadow followed suit. Abby giggled at the horses and looked down with a smile

A slight, very slight hint of color whirled it's way into Ryker's cheeks. "We-ell... um.. Abby I.. have kind of.. liked you... for a while. That was the most awkward way of setting it up ever." He said slowly, wincing a little at the slow words.

Abby was still giggling when Rhker started speaking. "You have? And it wasn't that awkward. It could have been much worse" she smiled brightly. "So when you say someone better than the dirt should be the one I should kiss, you meant, yourself...?" She turned to look at him.

"Wow, what an astonishing lack of a normal reaction." Ryker snorted with a slight raise of his brows. "I didn't neccesarily mean myself at first, but then you just had to ask who else." He pointed out