making a cowboy

Governor

It's been a few weeks since I got kidnapped. My ribs and face still really hurt but I have to still get up everyday to work, I have gotten really good at the whole cowboying thing. Today the governor was having a party. Governor Dutton. We were all playing poker.
"No way you have dresses." Colby said to teeter.
"I have got dresses." Teeter says back.
"Like multiple?" Ryan asks.
"Hey Jake's got dresses to." Walker say and we all laughed.
"What the fuck yall coming at me for." Jake say and rip walks in.
"I don't need yall drunk before this party, hell grace ain't even old enough to drink."
"Hey I am to." I say back.
"Your 18 not 21." Rip says in almost a dad voice.
"Well I am being supervised by adults."
"These ain't adults." He say referring to the rest of the cowboys. I keep drinking.
"Well Jake is trying to wear one of his dresses to the party." I say.
"His what?" He say and all of us laughed but Jake. "Jake I swear to god if you wear a dress I will hang you in it you understand, just be good alright behave please, now all of you go put your show shirts on." Rip say walking out the door. We all put our shirts on and went outside we all order drinks and then played cowboy Jousting with the other ranch. I was actually really really good at it won almost every time.
"Grace come here." I hear someone say it was Mr. Dutton.
"Yes sir." I say running up to him.
"Go find rip for me will you."
"Should I tell him anything?"
"No just go find him, I am sure he is hiding away from all the people."
"Yes sir." I walk off and spot rip laying up on the hill. There was dancing music on and everyone was dancing with a partner. I walk up the hill to rip and sit down next to him.
"What are you doing up here?" He asked.
"Oh just being supervised." I say handing him a beer and opening mine.
"So that's why you came up here?"
"No Mr Dutton or I guess governor Dutton sent me to find you."
"Why?"
"Don't know."
"There gonna lose this place." Rip says.
"Yep this is the calm before the storm." I say back.
"Why aren't you done there finding a lady to dance with?" I ask.
He chuckled. "Not really my thing."
"What lady's or dancing."
"Oh no I like the lady's part, but it's the having to ask and dancing and people."
"Ah your nervous."
"What no."
  "Yes you are, your nervous to talk to girls."
   "I am talking to you, your a woman, and I am not nervous, I have the looks."
    "Your not wrong."
    "Woah you think I am good looking."
   "I mean your yeah pretty good looking."
   "See I have a good chance."
   "No you talking to me and I don't count because I work for you and you don't find me attractive."
    "Who says."
    "What do you mean, who says."
    "Who says I don't think you attractive."
     "I mean I guess me, am I wrong?" He stayed quiet and looked at me, he laughed.
    "So your just gonna sit up here and watch everyone else?" I asked.
    "I am probably gonna turn in."
    "Hmm well I am gonna go have fun Like a normal person."
   "You ain't normal, and neither am I, how have you been feeling?"
    "It's fine I guess."
     "That don't sound fine to me."
    "I mean my ribs still hurt and my face hurts to."
     "No I know your fine physically, how are you feeling?"
     "Huh didn't take you as the type."
    "Grace you killed a man and got kidnapped."
     "Rip I am used to the pain."
     "You don't care at all."
    "I well." Tears started to form.
     "Come here." Rip said pulling me in. We sat for a while.  Rip went up to his house, and I went back down to the party.