Free My Ranger Weekend by J.D. Lowrance Page A

Only with you, ” he said. A shiver of need ran through me that he mistook as a
chill. “ Come on pretty girl,
let ’ s go dry off and soak
up some rays. ” Flint ’ s hands slid to my lower back as he helped me to stand.  
    “ Sounds like a plan
Ranger. ”

CHAPTER SEVEN
     
    Flint  
      Ryan was turning into
quite the adventure. I could not get over how easy it was with her. It was like
breathing; effortless. It was not just the sex; there was a connection I never
felt before. After making it back to our blankets, Ryan laid on her back while
I cozied up next to her on my stomach. My eyes closed at the peacefulness of
this moment. I found myself soaking it in like my skin was doing with the sun.
As the sun was changing my skin color, I could feel Ryan changing me from just
being with her. My initial thought that they were special was spot on. I
was sure Reggie was special in her own right but nothing compared to my Ryan. My
Ryan? Where the hell did that thought come from? She was not my anything.
She could never be. Could she? I was leaving in less than 24 hours and
nothing she did, we did, I did was going to change that fact.
    “ You guys heading out? ” Ryan asked, pulling me from my thoughts of her, of us. I
lifted my head to look at Ryan. She is so beautiful.
    “ Just a quick walk down
the beach, ” answered Romeo. I turned to see him and Reggie walking away
hand-in-hand.
    “ They have hit it off, ” whispered Ryan. I turned back to find her lying on her side
facing me.
    “ Appears so. ” I laid my head back.
    “ So Dakota, tell me
about your family. ” I guessed it was time
to get to know one another.
    “ Nothing to tell. ” My voice muffled as I
spoke into my arm.
    “ Oh come on. Hot Ranger
who looks like a surfer boy if his hair was not in the standard high and tight
military cut. You are from Dakota. Lived on a farm. Know a lot about faces
carved into a mountain. What else? ” She took a deep breath
before continuing. “ There has got to be more than that. ” The last was a statement, although it sounded like a
question.
    I chuckled at her brief summarization of me. “ You are very observant
Ms. Wethers, ” I said as I rolled onto my back and placed my hands behind my
head. I turned to look at her but only found my reflection in her sunglasses. I
saw everything she said staring back at me. “ There is not much else to tell. ”
    “ Fine. We can do this
the hard way then.   You get one and I get
one. ”
    “ One what? ” I asked as I propped
myself up on my elbows still staring at her.
    “ Duh, ” she answered, “ a question. ”
    “ Ok. You first. ” I lay back down.
     “ What is your full name? ”
    Easy . “ Flint Rogers Emerson. ”
    “ Rogers? ”
    “ My mother ’ s maiden name. And that
there Ms. Wethers was two. My turn. ” I paused as I tried to think of something good to ask and
fell short. “ What
is your full name?
    “ Ryan Elizabeth Wethers. ”
    “ How very country club
of your parents. ”
    “ Oh shut it Ranger. Don ’ t hate the player, hate
the game. ”
    “ You are such a dork. ”
    “ Whatever, takes one to
know one. ” I chuckled at this new side of Ryan that she was showing me. “ My turn. What is your
favorite movie? Ok, wait. Don ’ t tell. Let me guess, ” Ryan said as she turned
and bent her legs to sit cross-legged in front of me.
    “ Tommy Boy? ” I shook my head.
    “ Old School? ” Another shake.
    “ The Hangover? ”
    “ Nope. ”
    “ Ok, just tell, ” she said.
    “ Top Gun. ” I closed my eyes at
the sound of her laughter.
    “ I should have been able
to guess that. ”
    “ Ok, what about yours? ” I asked, looking back at her.
    “ Clueless. ”
    “ As if, ” I mocked in my best sorority girl impression.
    “ She could be a farmer
in those clothes. ”
    “ Ok. That is sad. ” I laughed as Ryan scrunched up her nose at me.
    “ What Maverick, you
haven ’ t got any lines? ”
    “ That ’ s another question, ” I