[Sulfurix and Gilmore] Ranch loss

[Dark_Psycho]

Vixi smiles and dances with him. When he messed up she just laughed and danced with him. When the song slowed down, she stepped back and cleared her throat. " lets grab a drink."She says and walks off. Vixi sighed and bit her bottom lip. She blushed and laughs, " so tell me about your family."She says and looked at him getting them water." By the way you are a fast learner. And not bad at country dancing. "She says to him and fixes her hat and hair.


Irish Ice Queen

 

[Sulfurlix]

He could only laugh at himself when he messed up, quickly looking over to other men's feet to see how they were going before once again mimicking how they went so he could learn faster. While dancing, he had a genuine smile slightly tugging at his mouth, and staying there even as she stepped away from him to mention getting drinks. "Alright," he followed suit after her, sliding his hands into his pockets and giving a nod of his head to anyone who seemed to acknowledge him, just to be polite.


He also snagged a cup and filled it with water, lifting it to his lips to draw in a few sips before her question sunk in. "My family?" He questioned as if to assure he heard her correctly. While he was thinking for a split second, he caught her comment about learning quick, lifting a hand from the paper cup to rub the back of his neck. "Thanks," he mused, "you're good at dancing too. Though I'd guess you have been dancing a lot longer than me." He lifting the water to his mouth again for a quick sip. "Well...my family, it's just my mom, my sister, and me." He explained, not wanting to even dive into anything about his father. "My sister, Lindsey, she's still in high school. I had to get her up and to school this morning, that's why I was late," he chuckled softly, remembering dragging his sister out of her bed. "My mom, Stephanie, she's great." A smile once more spread on his face, before faltering and fading away, but after a second to clear his mind, he shook it off and forced a. awkward smile on his face, "she works at a daycare during the day." He decided not to mention the fact the poor woman had to work a nigh shift at a pub as well, it didn't seem to be needed.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

Vixi nods. She looked away from him.


"Yeah I been dancing a bit." She says


"yeah family is nice to have around." Vixi says.


"You seem close to your family, which is good." She says. Vixi sighed she knew he didn't say something about his dad for a reason and she left it before now. She wasn't about to mention her mother. "Maybe, you could take me to the city some time I would love to meet your family." Vixi bit her lip.She drank some water and smiles.


"So want to dance more, or walk around a bit more. "She asks him. She really owed him for earlier today.


"you know I owe you for today and coming to help me.Thank you. "


Irish Ice Queen

 

[Sulfurlix]

"Yeah, we're pretty close." He uttered, shadow of a smile still playing his lips. They were all they had, since the rest of their family lived far off, and their father wasn't around. He rose a brow to her words of her meeting his family before nodding slightly. "I'm sure they'd love to meet you," he mused, sliding one hand into his pocket before drinking some more of the water that was in the cup.


"Uh-," he thought for a moment, looking around. "We could go see what games they have, if you want? What's a fair without games?" Harrison glanced around, accidentally letting that same..blank look take his features over as he thought. "Nah, you don't owe me anything," he gave a small shrug. It was, technically, his job to now; and Harrison always took his jobs seriously.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

Vixi laughs" I would have an assault charge."vixi says.She sighed and rubbed her head. They walked for the games. She watched and looked them over. She stopped at a ball toss and put down money. She wasn't great. She threw at the bottles. Vixi groaned and sighed. " well thay sucks.you any better at this then me city boy." She asked with a small smile.


Irish Ice Queen

 

[Sulfurlix]

He rose an amused brow at her, "I guess so. Then again, those guys should have given up the first time you said no." Harrison gave a small nod to confirm his thought as they began to walk to the games.


Harrison looked around at everything, remembering the first time he had been to a fair, and his mother had to help him with most of the games because he was too short. A fond smile drew over his face as they stopped at the ball toss. He couldn't help but laugh lightly at her attempts to throw the ball at the bottle. When she turned and asked him if he would be any better, he shrugged. "I have good aim, played football most my life." He said, glancing to the ball toss.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

Vixi laughs."want to show a city girl."She says smiling. She bit her bottom lip and watched him. She leaned on the railing and watched Him. She looked him over, he looked good for a city boy. She shook her head and shrugged."hey bumpkin actually out who's your friend" a voice taunts.vixi glares and turns " yeah This Harrison and I will beat your ass again so walk away."vixi snapped. The guy smirked then glared "fine. See you. " He says


Irish Ice Queen

 

[Sulfurlix]

He shrugged, "sure." Harrison looked to the man who ran the ball toss as he handed him the balls. He placed them on the counter, just holding one, and launched it at the stack of bottoles, the ball crashing into them and knocking them down. He shot her a smile before the man came up to taunt Vixi, a frown creasing his mouth in an almost dangerous manner. After all the things he had heard his father scream at his mother, Harrison /hated/ any man who seemed to want to start something (in a bad manner) with a woman. "Who's the jerk?" He asked before he could stop the words from coming out of his mouth, rolling a ball in his hand.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

Vixi shrugged. "Just another town ass.His name is Bill."She says. She bit her bottom lip angrily. Bill turned hearing his comment then hers."what was that Vixi? Have a death wish girl your PA can't save your ass this time."the guys says and walks for vixi. He grabbed her and moved her out of sight of the balk toss. He slammed her into the wood and slapped her."your such a bitch. Your knew boyfriend know about this attitude you have or is sweet nice vixi here."He growled at her.


Vixi glared at him when he slapped her. She spit at him." Your scrum and I am not dating him.Now let go of me."She said and tryed to break free of his grip.


He slapped her again. " your lying girl, come on daddies princess can't even fight back?"He asks her and pressed his thumbs on her air way. She gasped and tryed to move his hands.vixi struggled and kicked out hitting her mark. He dropped her. She coughed and started to get up. He pulled her down and pinned her."oh no, you will pay for that." He held a hand over her mouth to quite her down. His knees pinned her arms. Vixi shook her head and looked for a way out.


Irish Ice Queen

 

[Sulfurlix]

A frown pulled at the edges of his mouth to her words, rolling the ball in his hand and turning to throw the ball into the ball toss, knocking the bottles down again. That one second turned away was enough for Bill to force Vixi away, because when he looked back, she was gone. Harrison blinked. Where'd... He heard the thump of someone hitting the ground. Harrison rushed over. Something...seemed to snap inside of him and shatter. That man was pinning her down like he owned her, /owned/ her. Anger swelled onto his face, and before he knew it, Harry had charged forward and smashed into the man's side to tackle him away from Vixi. He watched his mother get verbally and physically abused by his own father; that was enough to make this man snap. His years of football helped, making the tackle easy on him, but hard on the other. "No. /You're/ going to pay for it," he snarled. Acting quickly, Harrison put his hand against the ground by the man's head before bringing his fist to his face as many times as he could and as hard as he could.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

Vixi watched him in almost horror and amazement. She walked over and put a hand on Harrison. "Enough your going to kill him. I would rather you not have a murder charge."She says. Vixi watched him carefully. She could tell he was pissed. She had caused this, she worried her bottom lip and sighed. Vixi stepped back a bit, She was freaked, she knew she was on the verge of tears. Vixi shook her head. "We should go "she said quietly.Vixi wanted to thank him; but no words came.She could feel tears stinging at her eye's.He saved her life. she now really owed him, a lot twice in one day he had come to her rescue.


Irish Ice Queen

 

[Sulfurlix]

Right before he slammed his fist down again, he felt the hand against him, fist still clenched and ready to be thrown down, but it stayed frozen in the air. Harrison stared at the man, eyes cold with blind fury. He busted the man's face up pretty bad, and the warmth on his knuckles told him he went too far, but the man deserved it in his mind. A shakey, almost unstable breath filtered from his lungs before getting up. Harry bent down and hauled Bill up by the collar. "You ever lay a finger on her again and I won't stop next time," he snarled, pushing the man away to make him stumble off. He made sure the man really would leave before wiping his hand off on his pants, turning to Vixi. His facial features softened instantly, "are you okay?" He asked with genuine concern, taking a step towards her but stopping. He..he wasn't sure if she'd be scared of him after that. Harry was deathly loyal, almost like a canine, and jumping that man was what he had to do.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

Vixi nods."Yeah, fine.thank you. "She says. She could feel the bruises starting where is knees were. Her lip was busted, her cheek hurt and the back of her head was throbbing other then that she felt perfectly fine. Vixi was pretty sure she was in shock. She stopped when he got up. She stepped away almost as a reaction then stepped up to him. Her shock had definitely worn off."Thank you."She said and started to cry. She never cryed, but she was so overwhelmed and it had been scary she thought she was going to die if Harrison hadn't stepped in.Vixi wrapped around him as she sobbed. She basically couldn't control it.She had wrapped around him tightly and just stood there even after her tears finally stopped. She didn't want to move, from being wrapped around him.


Irish Ice Queen

 

[Sulfurlix]

He looked her over with a frown. She didn't look fine. Bill did a lot of damage for just a few minutes, which only made that anger burn in his stomach, fists clenching slightly before she started to cry. Once she did, Harrison was about to walk forward to hug her, but she had already wrapped around him. He didn't hesitate in hugging his arms around her in a protective manner. He stayed silent to let her let it out, knowing this whole ordeal had go have been terrifying for her. He felt at a loss for words. He never knew what to say after these things. All he knew is that he wished it'd never happened. He gave her a comforting squeeze, sighing softly. "If he ever lays another hand on you..." Harrison had to trail off his muttered words before be said something he'd regret. Then again, his final statement to Bill wasn't a threat. It was a promise.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

Vixi felt oddly comforted by his embrace. She didn't normally like guy's, but this was different. She trusted him. Even after a day, she knew she could trust him. Vixi stayed wrapped around him. She was starting to feel everything now her body ached.She shook slightly," we should go before anyone notices and asks questions. "She says. She wiped at her tears. She winced. It definitely hurt, she was feeling a bit dizzy.She tried to shake it off. She hadn't moved from being wrapped around him. Vixi still clung to him tightly. She wasn't sure if it was so she didn't fall over or because she was still in need of comfort or both. She finally looked up at him."thank you again. I am sorry. "She says


Irish Ice Queen

 

[Sulfurlix]

Feeling her start to shake, he felt more worry seep into his thoughts. "Yeah... Do you want me to drive?" He asked gently, knowing she was still shaken up. When he heard her apology, a small frown traced his lips, "no, it's not your fault. Come on...let's get going." Harrison pulled back slightly, looping his arm around her to help her back to where they parked the truck so they could get her back to her home.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

Vixi handed him the keys and just clung to his side. She limped and felt like a car had hit her.She put her stuff in the bed of the truck and pulled herself in to it.vixi leaned back as she let him driven she leaned into him and sighed she was still pretty shaken up by this.Vixi saw the farm insight when it got closer, she let out a sigh of relief. Then stopped seeing her father on the pourch. "Oh boy."She says. She slowly got of the car."PA, what are you doing up you should be in bed."Abigail says.He saw her face and arms."what the hell happened. That city boy do this to you?"he asks.Vixi shook her head."No he actually saved my life, I am ever great ful he did. Bill did it."She says. "That ex hudlum you use to see. I told you not talk to him any more. Now look what he has done.next Vixi you won't be so lucky."He says scolding her."PA it wasn't my fault, and didn't give out of my way to talk to him he talked to me."She says. He sighed, "get inside now, both of you."He says. He nodded to Harrison his thanks."thanks for saving my daughter. "He says.He walked in slowly and went upstairs to his bedroom slamming the door shut.vixi flinched and jumped at the noise.


Irish Ice Queen

 

[Sulfurlix]

Once they got into the truck, he started it up and started to drive back silently, not minding her leaning against his arm as they went. He let out a small breath as they got back, watching her get out to make sure she could before getting out himself and walking to the bed of the truck to get her things out for her. He froze to the man's words, looking over before Vixi had spoken up for him. Harrison picked up her things and walked up, but kept his distance as the man spoke to his daughter. Ex hudlum? He nodded to the man to his order of going inside, looking up to hm when he thanked him, nodding once more. Harry would do it again if the need ever came without a moment of hesitation. Once the man had left and went inside, he looked to Vixi. "Are you sure you're okay?" He asked, worry striking his tone as he went over to her to place a comforting hand on her shoulder.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

Vixi nodded. "Yeah I think so."She said. She went move and made a face. She caught herself and leaned on the railing of the Banister. "Yep going to be sore tomorrow. See you around 4 in the morning. She aaid. It was about ten now so it would be a six hour sleep. "You can go on. I will eventually make it upstairs." Vixi says she sighed. This was going to take forever. She might as well sleep on the couch. Vixi went ip the steps slowly. She stopped after the third step and held on to the railing."oh for christ sake."She says


Irish Ice Queen

 

[Sulfurlix]

His worried expression didn't falter, ready to go forward and catch her from falling if she ever needed him to. Harrison followed after her, stopping at the bottom and watching her struggle up only three stairs. "I'll carry you up," he said, walking to the bottom step, and placing one foot on the bottom step. He put an arm behind her legs and one behind her back, scooping her into his arms bridal style. He started up the steps, keeping a firm grip on her as he went. When he got to her closed doors, he looked to her, "can you open it for me?" He asked gently.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

Vixi wanted to protest. She let him Carrie her up. She held on to him and rested her head on his shoulder.Vixi looked up when he asked her to open the door. She did and pushed her door open. She used her foot to turn on the light. Her room was made of all cherry wood. She had a dresser,a desk, and queen size bed with cherry wood frame. Her walls had photos of her when She was younger and through out the years. On her desk was a jewelry box and a mirror behind it.Her room was neat even her boots were all linned up.


Irish Ice Queen

 

[Sulfurlix]

He walked into her room sideways when she pushed it open, blinking to the sudden light that turned on. He went over to her bed and laid her down, glancing around for a moment before looking back to her. "Do you need anything?" Harry gave her a concerned look.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

Vixi shook her head. "No, but thank you." She said. She moved so she was sitting up.She sighed at the pain,"you get some sleep.Thank you very much."vixi says. She slowly pulled her self off the bed.She needed to change and doctor her wounds. Vixi winced and turned to him. She leaned forward and hugged him.She couldn't say thank you enough. She looked up and kissed his cheek. "Thanks for being a good guy" she said


Irish Ice Queen

 

[Sulfurlix]

He watched her sit up to make sure she wouldn't hurt herself, taking a step back as she stood. A sigh left his mouth to her words, nodding slightly. "You get your rest to," of course after she did what she needed to do before bed. He returned the hug, giving her another reassuring squeeze, gentle though as to not harm her. Harrison blinked to the kisses against his cheek, staring at her for a moment before shaking his head. "Please, you don't need to thank me. I'd do it again," he uttered before pulling away. "Sleep well... You know where I am if you need anything, anything at all," he nodded before turning and leaving. Harrison shut her door for her so she wouldn't have to walk all the way to the door.


Going into his room, Harrison let out a small breath, sitting on the edge of his bed before pulling out his phone. He'll change and then call Lindsey to make sure everything was okay. He stood up and yanked off his shirt, dropping it at the foot of the bed along with his pants and dirty boxers before pulling on a clean pair of boxers. There. Sitting on the edge of the bed again, he picked up his phone and called his sister, the girl soon answering. "Hey," she answered, and he could hear the TV in the background. "How was school?" He asked. "Ugh, boring! And my teacher! Ugh! He's soooo annoying!" He laughed lightly, "yeah, yeah, you never like your teachers." He mused. "Oh shut up! Mom said the same thing when she had lunch with me!" The girl groaned. "Speaking of mom, how is she?" He asked, rubbing a hand through his hair with a yawn. "She's still at work, Harry," Lindsey said softly. "Well, yeah. Her shift at the pub is until two in the morning," he explained. "I know, but I just... I feel bad, Harry!" She whined, "you and mom work, and I can't do anything but go to school!" Harrison frowned. "Dont beat yourself up. You have to go to school, like it or not, okay?" He sighed. "Alright." "Now you should head to bed... I called to see how you were. You have school in the morning. Is your friend driving you?" He asked. "Yeah, she's going to get me in the morning." Lindsey answered. "Good. Now get some shut eye. C'ya," he said. After he got a bye from his sister, he hung up and laid back on the bed, feet on the floor.

 

[Dark_Psycho]

Vixi went to her bathroom to shower and clean herself up. She looked at her cuts and bruises. She sighed she fixed herself up and went to her bed. She closed her eye's and fell faat asleep. She tossed and turned in her sleep. Vixi woke, and stared at her ceiling. She sighed and walked to her door. She went to knock on his door.Vixi bit her lip, she raised her hand and stepped away. She bit her bottom lip and let out a small yelp as she bit down. She had almost forgotten about the night before. She sighed and knocked on his door, she couldn't sleep. She had nightmares about being killed now.Vixi leaned on the door frame tiredly.


Irish Ice Queen