A Day in the Life / November 19

[morrobay1990]

Title: A Day in the Life / November 19
Author: morrobay1990
Warning:
Genre: canon/1990
Word count: 240
Disclaimer: They are AP's
♥ Jack














Driving to work on Monday it seemed like all of a sudden his life was getting a little
better…he didn’t want to think about it too much, in case he was wrong, or it got
worse again, or something bad happened.

But he did think, for a minute, about the weekend, and how good it was to see
the kids with Chief...Ben had really warmed up to him and Chief turned out to be
one patient dog, letting Meg brush him – even his face – and wrap her skinny little
arms around him in a stranglehold; she played with his ears, even snuggled up against
him to watch TV, but soon he’d had his fill and just got up and walked away...no hard
feelings.

At the ranch, Ennis suggested that he and Ben ride Merlin together, and go a
little further out, on a trail with a creek, that Ben hadn’t seen yet, so they
rode out, the boy holding onto Ennis tight at first, then relaxing as he got
used to it.

When they went to the diner, Ben seemed relaxed and more at ease with Ennis,
talking more than usual, asking questions about the ranch and the horses and the
dog, and why Ennis had named him Chief.

Ennis hesitated just a little, smiled and said, “Well, that’s a real good story...knew
another dog named Chief long time ago...one day I’ll tell ya all about him.”