Post by GalwayGirl on Jun 10, 2014 22:34:25 GMT -5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The lads were about to follow the girls into the bookstore when a loud varoooooom startled them a bit.
Everyone in the group turned around to see Jayna and Isabelle pulling up on Jayna's motercycle.
Their appearance out of nowhere startled Emmet so much that he jumped back with a loud yell, got off balance with his arms flailing around, falling backwards right on top of Danielle.
She had braced for impact but wasn't able to stop it from happening.
Somehow on her way down she managed to bump the back of her head on the door, her last thought before blacking out was, “Oh dear, Em and I are never going to hear the end of this!”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Danielle awoke spluttering and gasping for breath, not to mention dripping with water.
Alli and Emmet helped her to her feet gently as Keith had Colm in a headlock, “What do you want me to do with this crazy guy who just tried to drown you?” he asked gallantly.
“I was only making sure she wasn't dead!!!” Colm defended himself, “Emmet could have smushed her lungs for all we knew.”
“Like you totes know that type of super geeky stuff?” Jayna asked with a grin schooching closer to Emmet who ran and hid behind Damian.
“Save me from the scary redheads mate!” Emmet exclaimed.
“Hey!!” Jayna and Alli both exclaimed at once, Alli continued, “I should just classify you all into Irish leprechauns then?”
Emmett was just grinning and looking on, “What are you so happy about?” Isabelle asked.
“I'm just an innocent bystander to all of this,” he insisted, “I know nothin, and I think it may be safer just to stay out of all of this.”
“The only intelligent one here,” Danielle muttered to herself as she wrung a bit of water out of her now soaked hair.
“By the way, why were you trying to drown my sissy?” Jayna asked Colm curiously.
“I wasn't trying to,” Colm said defensively, “I was just meaning to pour a little water from the pitcher here onto her, but Damo here....stuck his foot out and tripped me!” he added glaring at Damian who was staring up at the ceiling and whistling pretending to have a halo on his head,
Keith released Colm and hurried over to Isabelle enveloping her in a bear hug.
“It's been SOOOO long since I've talked to you!” Keith exclaimed.
“Can't.....breathe.....” Isabelle panted out,” Keith hurriedly released her as she grinned, “We just talked yesterday, I forgot how you have withdrawels after an hour! Imagine if you had smushed me, then what you would have done?”
“Wait a minute.....” Alli said glaring at Isabelle, “You mean this whole year when Danielle and I haven't said a peep to the lads you and Keith have been talking to each other every day???”
Keith and Isabelle both started blushed and Damian, Emmet, Colm, and Jayna all started chanting together, “Keith and Izzy sitting in a tree, K...I...S...S...I....N....G!!!”
“Okay kids.....” Keith said sternly going all Dad on them, “I promised Isabelle her a private tour of my boat and the harbor, so behave yourself for a few hours!”
Isabelle giggled and waved back at a stunned Alli and Danielle as Keith dragged her off without another word.
“Well that was unexpected, and incredibly girly of her....” muttered Alli.
“Not to mention suspicious, crazy, and ….any other description you would like me to add for you?” asked Colm gallantly.
“Speaking of which I think you need a little roadtrip, Colm said with a grin, a little birdie told me of something you want to do very much out here. See you all later!” he called out as he offered Alli his arm and led her toward a waiting rental car.
Looking back at Jayna and Danielle, Alli mouthed the word “Help me!”
Jayna just grinned and waved exhuberently and Danielle shrugged in helpless amusement.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After splitting up and finding herself paired off with Colm for a change Alli was unsure of where he was taking her.
She found herself surprisingly hesitant to ask any questions, texting Isabelle she said : “Izzy....where are you, and where is this crazy taking me?”
“I am not crazy!” Colm said idignantly reading over her shoulder as she sent the message.
“Watch the road dingbat!!” Alli cried as they veared dangerously over the center line barely missing an oncoming semi as Colm refocused on the road.
Colm stared at Alli in shock, “Dingbat?? That is something I would expect Izzy or Jayna to use, not you, are you running a temperature or something?
“Why does everyone always think I am sick when I do something they think my sister or friends would do?” Alli said pouting a bit. “I just want people to accept that I am my own person whatever I say!”
“I'm sorry,” Colm said meakly.... “To make it up to you, I'll tell you where we are going, your sis told me that you love horseback riding, so here we are!” He finished gesturing with a huge grin as they pulled under a large wooden sign “Irish Greenhorn dude ranch.”
“That is um...an interesting name,” Alli said with a grin, “but my sis was right, I haven't ridden a horse in ages!!”
After signing up for a trail ride the ranch hand led them over to the horses that had been assigned to them for the ride.
“This ere's Dark Destroyer, he is for you to ride bud,” the ranchhand said pointing Colm towards a tall dark horse who seemed to be glaring at him as he approached.
“An you gets to ride Lauren miss,” he said winking at Alli, “She's a gentle un and full of sugar and spice.”
“Sure I get the one named after Ry and you get Keith's girl,” muttered Colm, still staring warily at his ride.
“Oh this is going to be tons of fun!” Alli said her eyes gleaming, “It's so nice just to get away from people, and even my sisters and friends for awhile,” she sighed happily.
Colm did his best to cheer up for Alli's sake as they mounted up and headed out, he was surprised at how easy it was to talk to her and they had a great conversation as they rode slowly along.
Just then an unfamiliar rattle filled the air, Lauren panicked and almost bucked Alli off then and there, while the Dark Destroyer galloped off back towards home without looking back like a big sissy, dragging Colm along with him.
Alli and the ranch hand turned around and followed Colm back as quickly as possible, the ranch hand very concerned about what might happen to the greenhorn if they didn't catch them.
Once they reached the ranch Alli burst out laughing to see Colm who his horse had dunked into the water trough, Colm was dripping wet head to toe and spluttering as he attempted to climb out.
Doing so he stepped in a gopher hole and let out a yelp as his as his wet ankle snapped at an unatural angle and he twisted as he fell out of the trough and onto the ground.
“Are you okay,” Alli who had been laughing up to that point asked with concern.
“No...I think I just busted my ankle in a dumb gopher hole....” he said wincing as Alli gingerly touched his ankle which was starting to blow up like a balloon.
“That is a prairie dog here son,” the ranch hand said nonchalantly, correcting Colm's improper termenology.
Alli just shook her head and smiled and Colm started spinning stories to tell the lads of how he was saving a damsel in distress and twisted his ankle, anything to avoid the true reason.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hope you enjoyed all the fun!!! What is your favorite part??
The lads were about to follow the girls into the bookstore when a loud varoooooom startled them a bit.
Everyone in the group turned around to see Jayna and Isabelle pulling up on Jayna's motercycle.
Their appearance out of nowhere startled Emmet so much that he jumped back with a loud yell, got off balance with his arms flailing around, falling backwards right on top of Danielle.
She had braced for impact but wasn't able to stop it from happening.
Somehow on her way down she managed to bump the back of her head on the door, her last thought before blacking out was, “Oh dear, Em and I are never going to hear the end of this!”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Danielle awoke spluttering and gasping for breath, not to mention dripping with water.
Alli and Emmet helped her to her feet gently as Keith had Colm in a headlock, “What do you want me to do with this crazy guy who just tried to drown you?” he asked gallantly.
“I was only making sure she wasn't dead!!!” Colm defended himself, “Emmet could have smushed her lungs for all we knew.”
“Like you totes know that type of super geeky stuff?” Jayna asked with a grin schooching closer to Emmet who ran and hid behind Damian.
“Save me from the scary redheads mate!” Emmet exclaimed.
“Hey!!” Jayna and Alli both exclaimed at once, Alli continued, “I should just classify you all into Irish leprechauns then?”
Emmett was just grinning and looking on, “What are you so happy about?” Isabelle asked.
“I'm just an innocent bystander to all of this,” he insisted, “I know nothin, and I think it may be safer just to stay out of all of this.”
“The only intelligent one here,” Danielle muttered to herself as she wrung a bit of water out of her now soaked hair.
“By the way, why were you trying to drown my sissy?” Jayna asked Colm curiously.
“I wasn't trying to,” Colm said defensively, “I was just meaning to pour a little water from the pitcher here onto her, but Damo here....stuck his foot out and tripped me!” he added glaring at Damian who was staring up at the ceiling and whistling pretending to have a halo on his head,
Keith released Colm and hurried over to Isabelle enveloping her in a bear hug.
“It's been SOOOO long since I've talked to you!” Keith exclaimed.
“Can't.....breathe.....” Isabelle panted out,” Keith hurriedly released her as she grinned, “We just talked yesterday, I forgot how you have withdrawels after an hour! Imagine if you had smushed me, then what you would have done?”
“Wait a minute.....” Alli said glaring at Isabelle, “You mean this whole year when Danielle and I haven't said a peep to the lads you and Keith have been talking to each other every day???”
Keith and Isabelle both started blushed and Damian, Emmet, Colm, and Jayna all started chanting together, “Keith and Izzy sitting in a tree, K...I...S...S...I....N....G!!!”
“Okay kids.....” Keith said sternly going all Dad on them, “I promised Isabelle her a private tour of my boat and the harbor, so behave yourself for a few hours!”
Isabelle giggled and waved back at a stunned Alli and Danielle as Keith dragged her off without another word.
“Well that was unexpected, and incredibly girly of her....” muttered Alli.
“Not to mention suspicious, crazy, and ….any other description you would like me to add for you?” asked Colm gallantly.
“Speaking of which I think you need a little roadtrip, Colm said with a grin, a little birdie told me of something you want to do very much out here. See you all later!” he called out as he offered Alli his arm and led her toward a waiting rental car.
Looking back at Jayna and Danielle, Alli mouthed the word “Help me!”
Jayna just grinned and waved exhuberently and Danielle shrugged in helpless amusement.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After splitting up and finding herself paired off with Colm for a change Alli was unsure of where he was taking her.
She found herself surprisingly hesitant to ask any questions, texting Isabelle she said : “Izzy....where are you, and where is this crazy taking me?”
“I am not crazy!” Colm said idignantly reading over her shoulder as she sent the message.
“Watch the road dingbat!!” Alli cried as they veared dangerously over the center line barely missing an oncoming semi as Colm refocused on the road.
Colm stared at Alli in shock, “Dingbat?? That is something I would expect Izzy or Jayna to use, not you, are you running a temperature or something?
“Why does everyone always think I am sick when I do something they think my sister or friends would do?” Alli said pouting a bit. “I just want people to accept that I am my own person whatever I say!”
“I'm sorry,” Colm said meakly.... “To make it up to you, I'll tell you where we are going, your sis told me that you love horseback riding, so here we are!” He finished gesturing with a huge grin as they pulled under a large wooden sign “Irish Greenhorn dude ranch.”
“That is um...an interesting name,” Alli said with a grin, “but my sis was right, I haven't ridden a horse in ages!!”
After signing up for a trail ride the ranch hand led them over to the horses that had been assigned to them for the ride.
“This ere's Dark Destroyer, he is for you to ride bud,” the ranchhand said pointing Colm towards a tall dark horse who seemed to be glaring at him as he approached.
“An you gets to ride Lauren miss,” he said winking at Alli, “She's a gentle un and full of sugar and spice.”
“Sure I get the one named after Ry and you get Keith's girl,” muttered Colm, still staring warily at his ride.
“Oh this is going to be tons of fun!” Alli said her eyes gleaming, “It's so nice just to get away from people, and even my sisters and friends for awhile,” she sighed happily.
Colm did his best to cheer up for Alli's sake as they mounted up and headed out, he was surprised at how easy it was to talk to her and they had a great conversation as they rode slowly along.
Just then an unfamiliar rattle filled the air, Lauren panicked and almost bucked Alli off then and there, while the Dark Destroyer galloped off back towards home without looking back like a big sissy, dragging Colm along with him.
Alli and the ranch hand turned around and followed Colm back as quickly as possible, the ranch hand very concerned about what might happen to the greenhorn if they didn't catch them.
Once they reached the ranch Alli burst out laughing to see Colm who his horse had dunked into the water trough, Colm was dripping wet head to toe and spluttering as he attempted to climb out.
Doing so he stepped in a gopher hole and let out a yelp as his as his wet ankle snapped at an unatural angle and he twisted as he fell out of the trough and onto the ground.
“Are you okay,” Alli who had been laughing up to that point asked with concern.
“No...I think I just busted my ankle in a dumb gopher hole....” he said wincing as Alli gingerly touched his ankle which was starting to blow up like a balloon.
“That is a prairie dog here son,” the ranch hand said nonchalantly, correcting Colm's improper termenology.
Alli just shook her head and smiled and Colm started spinning stories to tell the lads of how he was saving a damsel in distress and twisted his ankle, anything to avoid the true reason.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hope you enjoyed all the fun!!! What is your favorite part??