ENTANGLED 11

trais wasnt very happy boy. today he jumped in and worked as hard as zane, done everything asked of him, made a point to not whine or complain and still come out looking like a rookie. his leg was scrapped pretty good. the loss of the fancy britches wasnt that big of a deal but getting kicked while cassie was watching was. zane didnt get kicked all day. travis had hooked a water hose to his trailer and he had a shower in it. stripping down he got in the shower and washed the dust of the corral off his self. the hot water running over the raw leg stung but he gritted his teeth and scrubbed the dirt and manure off his leg. he was argueing with himself about staying on. maybe draw his wages and get on down the road. he just couldnt stand the thought of cassie and zane thinking him a gunsil. after all he RODEOED! when at rodeos he was sighning autographes, little kids looked up to him. he got dressed and headed over to the house. mollie had a meal about ready. it suddenly dawned on him here was a very attractive woman who put in a day working out in the corrals and still came in a cooked a meal for a hungry crew. he had never even heard of such a thing. he stood at the door looking in at the table set with silver wear and plates. cassie was scurring around helping her mom. travis suddenly felt a pang of shame. these hard working people had been tolerating him and giveing him every chance to prove himself and they still treated him respectfully. and he thought all along they were beneath him. mollie looked up from what she was doing and saw him standing there" come in here, lets look at that leg." she pointed to a bedroom . travis hobbled into the bed room and sat on the edge of the bed. " shuck those pants and lay back so i can see the cut."mollie was rummaging around a medicine cabinet in the bathroom. travis slowley unbuckled his belt and his pants he wasnt real comfortable about dropping his pants around this woman. " get them off. ive seen lots of bare bare legs cowboy get those pants off. " she stepped over to the bedroom door and closed it. a little while later they came out of the bedroom she had put some antiseptic on the scrap then covered it with a salve. then wrapped it. travis had to admit that it felt much better. when he came back to the kitchen leo, zane and cassie were at the table wolfing down a good meal. zanes face was clean but he was still covered in dust. when travis sat down he quietly told zane he was welcome to the use of his shower in the trailer. everyone stopped eating for a few seconds and stared at travis. zane looked over at travis" thank you, i could use a shower. maybe after supper huh?" travis nodded and started eating. leo looked over at mollie and she smilled a knowing smile.