Both Miranda and Savanna were sitting on the couch, looking at all of the pictures. When we walked in, I watched Ty walk over to his wife and kiss her. It wasn’t a normal peck like I gave Savanna; it was a more full-blown kind of passion, like they hadn’t seen each other in months. I shook my head and tried not to watch them swooning.
Conner walked right past them and headed into the kitchen. I could hear the fridge opening and a beer cracking open. Being that we had so much shit to do, I followed suit. We both stood in the kitchen, leaning up against the counter.
I could hear Savanna in the other room talking to Ty about the photos. She had showed me the one of him and Bella, and I knew he would love it. Savanna made a point to order the pictures as a way to let them know she was completely okay with them being together. I had no reason to worry about either of them having feelings for one another. Savanna found Ty to be annoying and immature, while Ty constantly got on Savanna for being uptight. They loved each other, but there wasn’t an inch of romance involved. I often found myself wondering what they were like as a couple. They had no chemistry and although I know, it hurt Savanna deeply when they broke up, I don’t really think Ty was ever that serious about her.
My wife to be always seemed to end up a victim. She had the worst luck, and the newest of such luck resulted in us having to bust our asses to create a new wedding location. After Conner and I both had a beer, we walked back out into the living room and found Miranda in Ty’s lap. They were still looking at the photo books with Savanna.
“You ready to get to work, or do ya want to hang out and watch Lifetime Network all afternoon?” Conner teased.
Ty got a big smile on his face. “You’re just jealous cause you weren’t invited.”
Here we go again!
“There ain’t nothin’ about you to make me jealous,” Conner said defensively.
“Till I take off my pants. Then you will be.” Conner started approaching Ty and Miranda held her hands up blocking her brother from her husband. She was laughing so hard she couldn’t speak.
Conner turned around and walked out of the door. “Forget this shit! Let’s roll Colt.”
Once Conner was out of the house, I turned to look at Ty. He and Miranda were already back to their cuddle fest. “Seriously, can you just keep your mouth shut until we get finished workin’?”
“He was taunting me.”
“Act your age, instead of five, please,” I begged.
Ty scooted himself off of the couch. He leaned down and kissed Miranda again. I watched their eyes intently focused on each other. It was like they were having mind sex or something. I shook my head and turned to Savanna. “We have to get to work on your surprise. Love you, Darlin’.” To prove a point to myself, and everyone in the room, I let my kiss linger over Savanna’s lips. As I walked out the door I laughed at myself for being jealous of Ty and Miranda’s kissing.
Damn, he is rubbing off on me!
I was blown away when we got to the barn and the cleanout crew had shown up early. I hadn’t expected it, but when someone in our town needed help, people showed up. It was even better that they brought a roll off dumpster. A group of four guys were pulling out large metal tractor parts as we approached the barn. Ty started to unload the generator, while Conner grabbed the pressure washer. My intent was to pressure wash the entire outside and take the tractor around to cut the high grass that had grown all around the outside of the barn.
With every prayer I had focused on my two cousins working together proficiently, I started walking back to get the tractor. It took me a good fifteen minutes, but I was more than pleased when I arrived back to find Ty and Conner working together. Instead of cutting the grass and having it uneven, I had bought a whole truckload of sod that was to be delivered the next day. I took the tractor and tore up the existing weed filled grass to give the dirt a nice even bed. When the landscapers arrived all they would have to do was roll them out evenly.
It took the guys a few hours to pressure wash the whole outside of the barn. For the most part, all of the old paint came right off. The sun was shining down, drying the wood quickly. To give the barn the exact look of the original, we picked out the same red paint and had to rebuild the barn doors from scratch. Conner worked on the doors, while Ty painted all of the white trim.
As the sun began to set, we started spraying the outside the deep color. I had rented the sprayer for two days and it worked so much faster than rolling it. Since the roof was metal, we climbed on top and sprayed it the dark gray color that it once had.
When the moon replaced the sun, we had already painted the whole roof, the front and one side. The cleanout crew finished in less time than they had expected and we were able to get into the empty barn right away. Since there was nothing in it, and the paint on the outside had dried for the most part, we started gently spraying the inside. I knew the outside would need another coat, especially since we had sprayed some of it with water, but we had a good head start.