Protect Me

~Andy~

I sat on the plane to Missouri.
How had it come to this?
I'd just wanted to walk home from a club I was singing at. I just wanted to go back to my apartment with my beautiful girlfriend and cat, and friends, and simple stuff. Now I was flying across the damn country to some back road hick town with a high school drop out and his grandparents.
The plane made an obnoxious dinging noise, and the pilot's voice told everyone to fasten their seat belts. i complied and got off almost first.
Let it begin.

~Ashley~

"Ash dear?"
"Yeah Gram?" I asked, peeping around the corner.
'Why do you always wear such dark clothes dear?"
"I like black." I told her shrugging. She laughed, I think my grandmother was just happy that I don't do drugs. I couldn't wait to finish my senior year of high school and turn eighteen and move out. Not because I don't like my grandparents, but because I wanted to branch out. Hard to branch out when you live in small town Beverly.
"That poor boy from New York will be here very soon Sweetheart, why don't you go finish your chores before he arrives."
"Okay Gram!" I ran outside, deciding what to do first. I opted to feed all the birds I had begged for. Mostly chickens, but I had doves and love birds. They were all beautiful. I heard a car pull up, but needed to finish all my work first.

~Andy~

I stepped out of the taxi and grabbed my bags. A black and white dog started jumping on me,the damned thing was huge. Had to be at least half mastiff.
"Sam! Down, now." A sweet looking, and terribly stereotypical old women came running out of the house. "I'm sorry dear, Ash is the only one Sam listen to."
"It's fine Ma'am." She smiled, and a male voice shouted across the yard.
"Sam! Come on, let's go check on the horses!" The dog stopped jumping all over me and ran over to the already descending figure.
"That's Ashley, he'll be in as soon as he's finished his chores." I smiled. That's pathetic, some guy still living with his parents. He must be at least twenty five. "I'm Carla, my husband Charles will be home soon."
"Andy." i smiled at her and she led me into the house.
"Ash will carry in the rest of your bag. I'm sorry we don't have much room here. You'll have your own bed, but Ashley has it in hi room. Bless his soul. He moved in with us ten years ago, his parents died. On his birthday no less. Gosh that was a while ago. He was only-"
"Gram, do you know were the quad is?"
"Yes dear, your grandfather took it to work." I stared at the possibly most beautiful man I'd ever seen. dark hair and a black and gray plaid shirt and black jeans.
"You must be Andy, I'm Ashley. Sorry but you'll have to bunk with me." he couldn't possibly be twenty five. Nineteen tops.
"Not.. um, not a problem. " he nodded and smiled at me. God he's hot.

Notes

Let the Andley flow free!!