Chapter Six

Saturday morning came around and I texted Tye to make sure we were still on for tonight.
'We are still on for tonight right?'
'Yeah Amy. I got the reservations all ready as well.'
' That's great! Where are the reservations at?'
'The new Italian restaurant Apollo's'
'Okay cool! I'll see you at six'
'See you tonight. Bye Amy.'
I went to my closet and looked to see what I was going to wear to the date tonight.
"Should I wear the cute red dress? Or a skirt and nice shirt?" I thought while looking through my closet.
"Mom!" I called down the steps from my room
"Yeah Amy? What is it?"
"I don't know what to wear tonight for my date with Tye."
"Bring what two things you are thinking of wanting to wear, and I will help you choose."
I brought the red dress, plus the skirt and matching shirt down for mom to see.
"I think yo should wear the red dress with a cute pair of blick high heels."
"Mom, I don't have high heels."
"Well you can try mine and if they don't fit then we can go get you a pair before your date."
She walked back to her room and went to her closet to get her shoes.
"Here, try these on." She said handing me the pair of heels.
"They fit perfectly mom. Thanks!"
"No problem. Hope you have fun on your date tonight with Tye. Don't do anything stupid tonight."
"I won't mom. I promise. What time is it mom?" I asked
"Quarter past four."
"Oh I should start to get ready then. Thanks mom for the heels!"
"Have fun tonight sweetheart."
"Okay bye mom"
I left the kitchen and walked upstairs to get ready. I turned on my curling iron and started to curl my hair.  I look at the clock and it said five forty-five.
"Crap! I have to hurry." I said to myself.
I finished curling my hair and went into my room to put on my dress. I heard the doorbell ring, and then heard my mom answer the door.
"Hello Tye." I could hear my mom say
"Hi Mrs. Nixon"
"She will be down in a minute. Can I get you anything?"
"No thank you Mrs. Nixon."
"Okay. Here she comes." my mom said s I walked down the steps.
"Wow, Amy. You look amazing."
"Thank you Tye. You ready to go?"
"Yeah."
"Bye mom. I'll be back at 11:45 p.m. Love you."
"Bye sweetheart. Have fun."
Tye walked me out to his truck and helped me into the passenger seat.
"You ready for this Amy?" He asked
"Yeah. I need some time off from training. Besides, I want to spend time with you."
"Awww. Thanks." He said to me as he started the truck
"We are still going to Apollo's right?" I asked him
"Yeah. I heard they have good pasta."
"Yeah me too. My friends say that the spaghetti is really good."
We talked for fifteen minutes until we pulled into the parking lot of Apollo's. Tye got out of the truck and walked over to help me out. We walked into the restaurant and were greeted by a woman at the front door.
"Welcome to Apollo's" She said to us
"Hello, we both said at the same time."
"Is it just the two of you dining tonight?"
"Yes ma'am"
"Okay, follow me to your table."
She grabbed two menus and showed us to our table.
"Here you two are. Your waitress will be with you in a minute." She said
"Thank you" We said together
"So what do you want to eat?" Tye asked me
"Ummm....I don't know.Do you want to share spaghetti?"
"Sure. Sounds good to me." Tye said
"Hi, my name is Aleisha and I will be your server tonight. Can I get you anything to drink?"
"Ummm....I'll have a water." I said
"I'll take a coke." Tye responded after me
"Okay. Do y'all need some time to look over the menu?"
"No. We are ready to order." Tye said to Aleisha
"Okay, what can I get you?"
"We are going to share the spaghetti."
"Okay, I'll have that out to you in a few minutes." Aleisha said to us
"Thank you."
Aleisha took our menus and walked back into the kitchen
"So, how old are you?" I asked Tye
"Twenty. How old are you?"
"Eighteen."
"Wow. Never would have thought that. You look like you are twenty-two."
"Awwww. Thanks Tye."
"No problem Amy. So how did you get into horses?" Tye asked
"Well, when I was little, my grandparents had a farm in Arkansas and we would go visit them every Christmas and Thanksgiving. When we went to their house the first thing you saw was a field of horses, any color and any breed you could think of. My mom thought that horses were dangerous and wouldn't let me go see the horses without someone with me. The first time I looked into the horses eye, I immediately fell in love. I saw past the aggressiveness and saw that horses are just so misunderstood. They are just like anyone else in this world. They just want to be loved. We all do." I said
" Wow. That is quite true. Horses are so misunderstood. I mean, no horse wants to be aggressive. They want to please us. People are just cruel and can't see past the aggressiveness."
"Yeah. Take Ebony for example.He was abused by his last owner because he wouldn't do a Paso Largo correctly. It took us several years to gain his trust. Every time we would go near him he would run away or kick us when we went near him because he thought we would hurt him."  I said
"Yeah, it takes a lot of TLC to gain a horse's trust back or to even gain it in the first place."
That moment Aleisha came over to us with our food.
"Okay you two, here is your spaghetti. Do you need snything else?"
"No thank you." We said
"Okay, enjoy then."
Aleisha walked away and we ate our spaghetti.
"Do you want the meatball?" Tye asked me
"No thank you. You can have it."
"Okay then." Tye said to me while taking the meatball
"So, Tye. How did you start working for my parents?"
"Well. I went to one of your dad's competitions and after the competition I went up to your dad and he told me that they were in need of a few stable hands. Being me, I accepted the offer and I've been working for your parents for three and a half years now."
"How have I not seen you? I'm in the stables almost everyday." I said
"I working in three of your five stables. I go to a different one everyday. I don't work in your stable. That is why it is called YOUR STABLE."
"Gee, thanks. I don't even get help in my own stable." I said sarcastically.
While we were talking. I didn't realize that we had the same piece of pasta in our mouth. Before long, my lips touched his. I jerked backwards and grabbed my things.
"Sorry. I have to go." I said to Tye
"Amy. Wait!" Tye called after me
I ran out of Apollo's and out to the truck.
"Amy! Wait! Come back!" I could hear Tye call after me.
I turned around and looked at him
"What do you want Tye!?!"
"Why did you run out of there?"
"I....I don't want to talk about it."
"Amy, you can tell me anything. I won't judge you. I promise." Tye said softly
"It's just that... I kissed you. I...I didn't mean to. It just happened. I thought that you would hate me because of it."
"Amy, it was an accident. I understand. There is nothing to be afraid of. I would never hate you for such a small thing.In fact, I don't think I could ever hate you." Tye said calmly and quietly
I dried my eyes and looked at him
"Really?"
"Yeah. Why don't I take you home. We can forget that this ever happened. Come on."
He took my hand and helped me up. On the drive home, the truck was quiet. Both of us were thinking about what had happened that night.