Torn Between Two

Chapter Thirty

Brian and Jessica were working on the project when Nick came in with a bag of food.

"Hey you two, break time," Nick said.

"Good, I'm hungry," Jessica said.

"I'll let you two have lunch," Brian said.

"Stay man, I got enough for three people, I figured you would be here working on another project," Nick said. He got out the food and they sat and ate and talked about the party. They cleaned up and Nick kissed Jessica and went back to work as did she and Brian. That night, they got ready and went to the coffee shop. She sat with Ashley and Melanie and they decided on three songs together. Nick sat with Brian and Alex and they decided on one song together and Nick sings one with Brian and one with Alex. The girls were up first.

"Okay, we are singing three songs by the Dixie Chicks, they aren't dedicated to anyone, we are just singing them for fun," Ashley said.

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I said I wanna touch the earth
I wanna break it in my hands
I wanna grow something wild and unruly

I wanna sleep on the hard ground
In the comfort of your arms
On a pillow of bluebonnets
In a blanket made of stars

Oh it sounds good to me I said

Cowboy take me away
Fly this girl as high as you can
Into the wild blue
Set me free oh I pray
Closer to heaven above and
Closer to you closer to you

I wanna walk and not run
I wanna skip and not fall
I wanna look at the horizon
And not see a building standing tall

I wanna be the only one
For miles and miles
Except for maybe you
And your simple smile

Oh it sounds good to me
Yes it sounds so good to me

Cowboy take me away
Fly this girl as high as you can
Into the wild blue
Set me free oh I pray
Closer to heaven above and
Closer to you closer to you

I said I wanna touch the earth
I wanna break it in my hands
I wanna grow something wild and unruly
Oh it sounds so good to me

Cowboy take me away
Fly this girl as high as you can
Into the wild blue
Set me free oh I pray
Closer to heaven above and
Closer to you closer to you
Closer to you
Cowboy take me away.
Closer to you

(Song: Cowboy Take Me Away by Dixie Chicks)

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Everyone stood up and clapped and cheered. The girls smiled and took a drink before the next song started.

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When the train rolls by
I'm gonna be ready this time
When the boy gets that look in his eye
I'm gonna be ready this time
When my momma says I look good in white
I'm gonna be ready this time

Oh yeah
Ready, ready, ready, ready...ready to run
All I'm ready to do is have some fun
What's all this talk about love

I feel the wind blow through my hair
I'm gonna be ready this time
I'll buy a ticket to anywhere
I'm gonna be ready this time
You see it feels like I'm starting to care
And I'm going to be ready this time

Oh yeah
Ready, ready, ready, ready...ready to run
All I'm ready to do is have some fun
What's all this talk about love

I'm ready to run...I'm ready to run

Oh
Ready,ready, ready, ready...ready to run
All I'm ready to do is have some fun
What's all this talk about love
I'm ready to run
I'm ready to run
I'm ready to run
I'm ready to run...ready to run...
ready to run...yeah I'm ready to run. I'm ready
Whoa I'm ready to run...I'm ready...I'm ready to run...
I'm ready to run...I'm ready
Oh I'm ready to run..I'm ready.

(Song: Ready To Run by Dixie Chicks)

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Everyone stood up and clapped and cheered. The girls smiled.

"I just want to point out that I will not be running anywhere on my wedding day, unless it's into Nick's arms, I'm ready to run, all right, straight into his arms!" Jessica said. Nick smiled and winked at her. She blew him a kiss.

"Last one before the guys take over!" Melanie said.

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Who doesn't know what I'm talking about
Who's never left home, who's never struck out
To find a dream and a life of their own
A place in the clouds, a foundation of stone

Many precede and many will follow
A young girl's dream no longer hollow
It takes the shape of a place out west
But what it holds for her, she hasn't yet guessed

[Chorus:]
She needs wide open spaces
Room to make her big mistakes
She needs new faces
She knows the high stakes

She traveled this road as a child
Wide eyed and grinning, she never tired
But now she won't be coming back with the rest
If these are life's lessons, she'll take this test

[Repeat Chorus]
She knows the high stakes

As her folks drive away, her dad yells, "Check the oil!"
Mom stares out the window and says, "I'm leaving my girl"
She said, "It didn't seem like that long ago"
When she stood there and let her own folks know

[Repeat Chorus]
She knows the highest stakes
She knows the highest stakes
She knows the highest stakes
She knows the highest stakes

(Song: Wide Open Spaces by Dixie Chicks)

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Everyone stood up and clapped and cheered. The girls bowed and came offstage and Nick hugged and kissed Jessica. Kyle hugged and kissed Melanie. Alex hugged and kissed Ashley. Brian brought Tracy over and the girls sat down with her and got to know her better.