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Authors: Pauliena Acheson

My Texas Sweetheart (book one)

BOOK: My Texas Sweetheart (book one)
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My Texas Sweetheart

(Book one)

By: Pauliena Acheson

 

This book is dedicated to all the amazing people in my life, and our family dog…Patricia Vukusich; my brother-in-law, Artie Campbell; and our dog, Pippy. They all passed away in the month of July, and they will be sadly missed by those who love them. All of you will forever be in our hearts!!! Also my sister, Chrissy, who believed in me and was one of the first to read my book, and my husband and kids. “Artie this is for you”!

  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9
  • Chapter 10
  • Chapter 11
  • Chapter 12
  • Chapter 13
  • Chapter 14
  • Chapter 15
  • Chapter 16
  • Chapter 17
  • Chapter 18
  • Chapter 19
  • Chapter 20
  • Chapter 21
  • Chapter 22
  • Chapter 23
  • Chapter 24
  • Chapter 25
  • Chapter 26
  • Chapter 27
  • Epilogue

Chapter 1 (Maggie)

 

It's the first day of my senior year, and I really can’t express how excited I am. Amy and I are supposed to meet outside, but she isn't here yet so I'm sitting in my jeep, waiting on her. We live in a small town in Texas called Bumble Bee. I love it here, even though there’s not a whole lot to do. We always find some way to entertain ourselves. We all love football, and most people here either own their own ranch or are employed on one. My family owns a large ranch about ten miles outside of town. I guess you can say that we’re rich. My dad has a lot of people working on the ranch, including two of my brothers when they aren’t bull riding. Our mom hates what they do and I don’t blame her. It’s scary but both of them are really good. I race barrels, which is really fun, I’m not going to be like my brothers and do it professedly though. I have two brothers in collage, and another brother whom is a Navy SEAL. My twin brother, Adam, and I are high school seniors.

I look out my
jeep window and see my brother and his football buddies “Great. Please don’t let them see me,” I mutter. He looks over, sees my jeep, waves, and starts walking over. Damn it
.
I don’t feel like dealing with his buddies this early.

All
my brothers are tall at around 6’5”, with black hair, green eyes, and nice looking bodies. Every girl thinks they’re gorgeous. They’re also players…love ‘em, leave ‘em type of guys. Most girls know the score, but there’s some that still try to push them into dating. I roll my eyes every time. I know that they aren’t going to change for just anybody.  It’s going to take a really awesome girl. I kind of think that my brothers are scared of getting their hearts broken so that’s why they don’t date.

Adam opens
my door and pops his head in. “Hey, baby girl. Why are you sitting in here?” I hate when he calls me that and he knows it. All of my brothers and dad use my nickname, and I want to slap their face when they do. I have black hair and green eyes, just like my dad and brothers; I’m around 5’7”, and all the guys say that I have a killer body. I'm wearing a light blue jean mini-skirt, yellow tank top, and yellow heels; I have my hair down and a little bit of make-up on; my belly button ring is showing; and I have a tattoo on my back.

I give Adam a dirty look and
he laughs at me
.
“I was hoping not to see you,” I grumble.

He smirks. “
Come on, brat. Don’t be bitchy. Are you waiting on Amy?”

Before answering,
I look out my window and see that his friends are laughing at something. I’m not sure what it is until I look over and see a girl on the ground. I open my door, pushing Adam out of the way, and start walking over to the girl, whose knee is all scraped up “Hey, are you alright? Do you need me to help you up?” I ask her.

Poor girl looks so
embarrassed and I feel bad for her. She looks like a new student, and this isn’t a good way to start out your first day of school. She looks up at me. “No, thanks. I’m used to this happening,” she says. It makes me laugh, which makes me feel bad. She smiles and gets to her feet.

“By the way, I’m Maggie,”
I say.

She
looks at me again, then looks behind me at my brother and his friends. Her face turns bright red before she turns back to me. “It’s nice to meet you Maggie. I’m Heather,” she says.

I
smile at her. “Is this your first day?” She doesn’t answer, and she’s looking behind me. I follow her line of vision and see that she is looking at Adam, who’s also looking at her… ‘Huh’. Oh, my god. I don’t think so, Adam. Leave this girl alone.
Looking back at her I say.
“That’s my brother, Adam, and his jackass friends. Pay no attention to them.”

Sh
e is a pretty girl with long brown hair pulled back into a ponytail, blue eyes, skinny, wearing a blue dress with blue high heels. Heather finally looks back at me
.
“Yeah, this is my first day.  My family and I just moved here a few days ago.”

I smile at her
. It’s pretty nice having new faces around. “Cool. This town is one of the best, and people are really nice,” I told her.  She had turned toward Adam again. Wow, I think this girl has it bad. Maybe I should say something to her about what my brother is like.

She looks at
me again. “Yeah, so far all the people that we’ve met are nice, but my brother and I didn’t want to move here.”

Okay
, I’m not sure what to say to that.  “Maybe, one day, you and your brother will be happy you came here.  You never know.”  I really should take her over to Adam so she doesn’t hurt herself when her eyes pop out of her head. 

Just then,
someone calls my name. I turn around and see my best friend, Amy. We have known each other since we were in diapers. Amy is shorter than me, skinny, with blonde hair and blue eyes. She is wearing a dark blue mini-skirt, red tank top, and red high heels. “Hey, girl.  About time you got here. I’ve been waiting forever.” 

She just
smiles at me. “Well, you know…got busy with the boyfriend.”  That shocks me because Amy is a shy person, she never says stuff like that around other people.

“Really,
Amy, I didn’t need that info. By the way this is Heather. She’s new here.  Heather, this is Amy,” I say.

They look
at each other and smile.
“It’s really nice to meet you, Heather.”
 

“Same here,” Heather
says.

Amy and I share a look
because Heather is staring at Adam again. I roll my eyes. We hear someone calling Heather’s name, but she doesn’t even hear them. The guy gets closer to us. I can feel my mouth hanging open and I might even be drooling. I mean holy hell this guy is seriously H.O.T!!! I look over at Amy and she looks the same ‘yeah she’s drooling’.  He’s gorgeous…I mean like GQ model gorgeous. He looks to be the same height as Adam, and is built like a football player. He has messy brown hair that looks like he just dragged his fingers through it, and he has the most beautiful blue eyes I have ever seen. He also has some really nice tattoos, from what I can see. Hmm, I wonder if he has more? He is wearing dark worn jeans that hug him in all the right places, and a blue t-shirt that shows off his chest. Damn, this boy has a hot body.

I look at Heather again
, who’s still staring at Adam ‘oh geez, has she never seen a hot guy before’.
“Heather, some guy is calling your name,” I say, touching her arm.

She finally
looks at him. “Oh, hey, Jase. Sorry about that. I didn’t hear you.  This is Maggie and Amy. I just met them,” she says, pointing at us.  “This is my brother, Jase.” 

Amy and I both
say, “It’s nice to meet you, Jase.”
We can tell that he’s checking us out. Why is it that all guys eyes always land right on our boobs?

Jas
e looks back at Heather
.
“Sis, we need to head into the office. Let’s go,” he says. Wow, that’s rude. He didn't say anything to Amy or I. Whatever ‘jerk’. He does have a sexy voice, though.

Adam calls out to me
, “Maggie, get your butt over here! I need to talk to you…NOW!” Damn, my brothers are overprotective and it drives me crazy.

Amy laughs at me
. “Aww, Mags. Looks like your overprotective brother doesn’t like this.”  I give her my best “fuck you” face.

“Thanks a lot for the help, Amy.  It was nice meeting both of you. Heather, maybe we can meet up at lunch or something,” I say.
Adam yells at me again, and I give him the finger. The three around me laugh, and it looks like Adam is about to come drag my ass away. Really, what is his problem?

“Sure, I’d like to meet up for lunch,
” Heather says. I start walking away from
them towards the school, ignoring Adam.

Amy follows. “He’
s going to kick your ass for not going over there, Mags.”
She looks over her shoulder. “Oh fuck. He looks really pissed and he’s coming this way.  By the way, Jase is checking you out,” Amy tells me, smiling. I look back and see that Jase is staring at me while talking to his sister.  I glance at Adam, too.  He looks like he is ready to blow his shit
.

“Maggie Grace Summers, get your ass over here!”
Adam yells.

Wow
, really? “Fuck off, Adam. You’re not Dad so stop acting like it,” I
yell back.
I’m
so mad
at the way
he
is acting right now
.

I stop and wait for him to
catch up.
“Damn it, Mags. I told you that we needed to talk and you just walk off!” Adam says.

I
look at him like he is crazy.
“NO, Adam! You feel the need to be an ass because I was standing with a guy that you don’t know!  I really need you to stop being so damn overprotective. I can take care of myself!” I yell.

Adam just stares at me for a second
.
“Maggie, I’m sorry, but I’ll always protect you from anything and anyone.  I’m sorry for how I acted.  That wasn’t cool.  I’ll try not to be an ass.  I’ll even go say hi.” I look at him, wondering if he'll be nice or a jerk. I’m hoping the former, but you never know with him.

“Please be nice. They just moved here and don’t know anybody.”
He looks at them, then back to me. “Alright, sis. I swear I’ll be nice and make friends.” He gives me a big hug.  “I love you, baby girl.  Remember that.” Adam can be the sweetest brother sometimes


I love you, too, bro…thank you.” I smile at him.

Amy and I start walking towards the school again
, while Adam and his buddies walk over to Jase and Heather. I look back to make sure Adam is playing nice and, sure enough, he is. Maybe they will become friends; looks like they are laughing and joking around. The bell rings and we all hurry into the school.
I take my seat next to Jenny, like usual. “Have you seen the new guy yet, Maggie? He is seriously hot.”

I laugh and nod my head
. “Yeah, I met him and his sister before class.” I can tell that Jenny isn’t listening. I look at her and her mouth is hanging open and she is staring at the front of the room. I look and see that Jase is in class with us.


Damn, hottie at ten o’clock,” Jenny whispers.

I
roll my eyes at her. “Close your mouth, Jenny. You’re drooling.”  She gives me a nasty look, which makes me laugh hard.  Everyone turns to look at us. Jenny hides her face in her hands, making me laugh more. “Alright, Jenny, I’m sorry.”

Out of the corner of my eye,
I see Jase taking a seat in front of us, next to Clay. They both turn around. “So what’s so funny, girls?” Clay asks.

I open my mouth to tell
him when she kicks me under the table. “Ouch! What was that for?” I glare at her.


Don’t say anything,” Jenny says, glaring right back.

Jase and Clay laugh
, turning back around. Clay turns back to Jenny. “Nice, Jenny.  Now he knows you were drooling all over your papers,” Clay says. I laugh, and Jenny curses him under her breath.

“Thanks, Clay. I get kicked for just opening my mouth, and you say it and only get cursed at.”
He looks back at me and winks.

We all stop talking when Mr. Jones walks into
the room. “Good morning, class.” A few hours later we head off to lunch, just when we step in. I see Josh heading our way, “oh great! Here we go…” Amy whispers to me. He is also one of Adam friends, I have no clue why. Josh is always trying to get me to go on a date with, I tell him no every single time. Last year he left me alone after my big brother Mark kicked his ass a few times. I guess he thinks since Mark is gone he can start his shit again, really he is in for a rude awaken, cause there is no way I am putting up with his bullshit!

“Maggie, damn girl you look smoking hot”

I roll my eyes at him, ‘he can be so cheesy sometimes’. I start to walk around him, when he smacks my ass… Ouch that hurt!

“What. The. Hell. Josh
...” I growl out, he just smirks at me. I can see it in his eyes that he’s up to something so I try walking away but he grabs my arm, Amy steps in the middle of us. Josh pushes her and picks me up, which really pisses me off. He seriously just pushed my best friend! No one is allowed to touch her. Just then I hear running and Adam roaring “Josh what the fuck are you doing”. He puts me down the minute he hears how pissed Adam is. Josh starts to turn around, not before I slap him across the face. “Don’t ever do that again… I told you to leave me alone Josh” me and the girls walk away to our table.

“Adam is gonna beat his ass…. And did you see Jase’s face? He was pissed”

I nod, yeah I seen his face, he looked like he was ready to kill josh...

 

 

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