Country Aura

Chapter 8

Hannah DuPont's POV
I was standing in middle of nowhere near the forest until I heard my name, "Hannah?" I heard a familiar voice from our right side, "Caitlyn?" I called her name "Hey" Caitlyn said "Hi" I said "What are you doing here? I wasn't expecting you to show up" I saw that Caitlyn got off her horse walking over toward us with her horse, "Uhh...Cal ran away from us, I was trying to find him until I found this place" I pointed out "Oh so that was your dog?" Caitlyn asked "Yeah" I answered "Do you know where he's at?" I asked "Oh yeah, he's with JJ & Victoria, right now. I can take you there if you want me too" Caitlyn answered pointing to where they were "JJ & Victoria are going to be so happy to see you though. They told me you were in town, I didn't believe it at first but now I do" she smiled at me until she looked right behind me and I saw Casey standing there looking at us with an awkward expression on her face. I saw that she walked over toward her it made me a little nervous for about a second until she spoke up. "You're Casey, right?" she asked "Yeah" Casey answered "I also heard you were in town as well 2years later" Caitlyn said almost slightly mad, I saw that Casey rubbed her back neck nervously feeling uncomfortable with what she was saying so I decided to butt in to change the subject before things get heated, "So what's new with you and the far-" I was interrupted by her voice "Do you have any idea what my friend had been through since you moved after graduation?" Caitlyn asked being overprotective of me, Casey looked down feeling guilty, "She literally cried because you left her alone to be stuck with me without a goodbye until she moved to Kentucky because of her parents new jobs" she said truthfully, I had a feeling that she was getting too the point to where that she was going to cry a little bit. I had no idea that would bring back our memory of us being in our separate lives, I started feeling uncomfortable with this situation, "Come on, we have to go so you guys could say hi to everyone else or you might as well say goodbye to them" she said bringing a memory back to us that was never meant to happen, I looked over at Casey knowing it wasn't as easy as before, we both started following her along with her horse with our horses Anna & Cornelius, "How is everything going at the farm?" I asked looking at Caitlyn, "Well you know, the usual without you around here since we were in kindergarten if you remember that day" Caitlyn said, I thought back from when I was a little kid always coming over to visit her everyday once in awhile, "I remember, I would always come by to see everybody because of Cal but also because my parents would always tell me to go visit you guys whenever they were always working" I told her, Caitlyn laughs slightly whenever I said that, "Well now that your back you'll get to see everybody again if you consider working with us again" Caitlyn told me, I was surprised that she never forgotten about me when I was working with them for a few years until I had to move out of Oklahoma City to go to Kentucky, I couldn't believe it until Caitlyn had brought it up to me.

Casey Roberts' POV
It was never easy ever since I got back from my scholarship, I can admit one thing what Caitlyn was saying was true, I didn't say goodbye to Hannah because I was going through some things with her but at the same time and point, I realized I made a mistake, I wish I could take it all back from the beginning but I can't because I'm not a time traveler who has been making so many mistakes in the past, I looked over at Hannah in ways that I never could understand it but that Caitlyn girl was something else, I saw how close she was with Hannah, I was having trouble understanding what she was doing with her, I had an anxious reaction almost immediately but it was more like irritating feeling all over my body including all sorts of emotions inside as well, wait am I jealous? No, I can't be jealous we're just friends, right? I continued looking at Hannah for a few seconds until we arrived at the farm where we needed to be. "Here we are" I heard Caitlyn say, I looked at the farm in amazement where I didn't understand what was happening around here. "Wow this place hasn't changed a bit" I heard Hannah say something as well, I looked at Hannah again remembering the moment she made that look on her face when we were teenagers getting ready for homecoming, "Yeah, it's still needs some work" Caitlyn explains to her "You're horse must be very hungry and thirsty" Caitlyn looked at Hannah again "Oh yeah, she hasn't eaten since yesterday and Cornelius too" Hannah brought up, Caitlyn looked over at me with a little bit of anger, "I can feed them if you'd like? Maybe stay for dinner also a night to get her fixed up" Caitlyn offered and pointed over at me, I looked confused at first but then I realized I saw that she's actually showing some care for me other than being cold to me earlier. "Thanks, we appreciate it but we should get home before sundown otherwise my siblings won't be happy" Hannah said smiling at her feeling grateful "I insist. I can phone them to let them know you're safe with us" Caitlyn said smiling over at her, I saw that Hannah wasn't sure if it was a good idea to intrude with them so she decided to agree, "Alright, we can stay for one night. I'm fine with it if Casey's interested in it" Hannah touched my shoulder caressingly making sure if it was okay with me, I looked over at her, "I'm in" I said "Great, I'll take care of the horses for you just make yourselves at home, the door is opened whoever is in there will offer you something to eat and drink, I'll be back later" Caitlyn calls out to us, Hannah waved at her thanking her, "Oh and they'll give you a room too just a heads up" she calls out again, Hannah helps me walk inside of house, holy smokes this place looks amazing. I wonder why Hannah doesn't spend much time here anymore that was until I saw someone walking outside putting things inside of the barn that was until they saw us, "Hannah?" I heard a call out from the barn where I just saw them at. Hannah turns her head towards the barn feeling less surprised when she saw who just called out to her because she knew I was in pain but didn't want to focus on anything or anyone else, who was she? "Hi" they said with a greeted smile on their face and ran over toward us, "Hi Victoria" I heard Hannah say sternly not feeling happy to see her, "How've you been? I haven't seen you since you left to go to Kentucky" Victoria said "Why should you care?" Hannah asked, I looked confused when she asked that, what happened to the two of them? "Oh come on, Hann. I'm not that kinda person anymore" Victoria said "Really so your still not with that one person who was my ex after moving out of here?" Hannah asked feeling slightly angry, I saw that Victoria looked down feeling guilty knowing that she knew what she was talking about. "No" Victoria said softly, Hannah quickly turned to her with furrowed brows, "We actually broke up for certain reasons and that I did make a mistake for letting it happen. I'm so sorry, I had no idea you were hurt" she explains, I saw that Hannah smiled at her, "I accept your apology" Hannah said, Victoria stuck her hand out to wait patiently for her to shake it, Hannah accepted the handshake. I was surprised Hannah didn't even say anything about the gesture that was given by her nor didn't say one word about it. I started having a gut feeling about this Victoria girl that was never there before so instead of thinking about it I decided to ignore my feeling and start thinking about something else. "Come on, Case" I heard Hannah say to me to get me moving, I decided to make my move and go inside the house so I could rest before my pain gets worse than before, I winced on the way, Hannah started getting concerned for me as usual it was a bit unusual for her to see me moving my childhood best friend, "Come on you still can't be mad about that night" I heard Victoria once again, Hannah froze to a spot where she wanted to go off on her for no reason, I saw that she had turned around and look over at her to get back off on her, "How about you forget about that night and focus on the now" I heard her say, I saw that she was about ready to strike for her, I wanted to step in to help her from making a biggest mistake of her life but I winced a little bit and held where where the pain was then I saw Hannah do something that completely messed up, she punched Victoria straight in the face because of her attitude towards her, I froze there in complete silence and shock.