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JACKIE STARED AT JAVI AS SHE OPENED THE DOOR, a look of surprise and uncomfortableness. "Javi...Hey, what are you doing?" She grinned covering Tyler who sat on her bed making himself comfortable with the door, "Just wanted to check on you, seemed a little out of it today." He grinned handing her a cheeseburger, filled with pickles and ketchup, her favorite.

"I'm alright, just got a little beat up by the tornado. Lassoing it is some hard work especially Owen and his team on my ass." She smiled back, "So where is your boy toy, Steven?"

"Scott," Scott grumbled from the shadows, a rugged tone of his voice as he looked suspiciously at Jacqueline raising an eyebrow and taking a long chug of his beer, "Where is that friend of yours?"

"Which one, Clark Kent?" The Harding girl chuckled crossing her arms unbothered and glancing between the two with suspicion.

"The one with the name of liquor and pretty brown eyes?" Scott mumbled, having had a couple of drinks than he could handle leaning against the wall by her motel room door, the door a weird shade of green borderline blue shining lightly from the dim light.

"Brandy?" She nodded, "Okay what do you two really want? I wanna go to bed, I do have to get more data for my analysis's remember to find a way to slow down the tornado and control it?" Jackie said like a momma, her southern accent slipping more as she talked.

"That's her name," Scott hummed, walking away leaving her complexed and Javi unbothered not wanting to deal with his drunk ass.

"Why thank you for the cheeseburger, you might wanna deal with Scotty over there before he messes with my friends." Jackie shrugged as the raven haired guy grinned chuckling following after his business partner.

"You done there, Princess?" Tyler said sarcastically a hint of flirtation in his voice, with a wink he stood up, "Well I better leave you and that cheeseburger."

"Out. Now, Owens." She grinned keeping the door open, sipping the soda Javi got an eyebrow raised.

"Already? We were so close though, you know you wanted to kiss me," He smirked, whispering in her ear brushing a piece of hair out of her faces.

She shoved him off and pushed him out the door blowing a kiss before slamming the door on his face, "see you tomorrow wrangler!"

Tyler sighed walking back to his room a soft smirk on his face, ready for whatever tomorrow will bring.

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THEY ALL STOOD OUTSIDE THE SMALL DINER, sniffling a bit from the sand as Jackie's team looked at the map, sniffing out any sign of a potential twister or something thrilling to get enough data to make the Harding's proud. As Brandy passed out sweet teas and lemonades to her friend group, the only Harding daughter looked around at the sky looking for even the smallest shift in a cloud.

"Find anything yet, Princess?" Tyler smirked walking over to the woman in a pink cameo storm breaker, white shirt, and tight wrangler jeans matching cowboy boots to finish the outfit. Looking at the Owens man with a severe judgment that reminded him of a housewife of Manhattan.

"Why should I tell you? You seem to have a thing for chaos which I don't need." She blew a kiss, sipping her sweet tea.

"Everyone needs some chaos, darlin'." He grinned, sunshine shining down on him, making him look like a southern mom's wet dreams and Jackie's nightmares.

"I'm good, don't want another bruise from ramming into your hunk of metal you call a truck for getting in my way," Jacqueline grinned, before noticing a shift in the sky towards the north-east.

"Do not call it a hunk of metal, Harding!" He watched as she raced towards her friends quickly gathering into the two vehicles the Lasso's have.

"It is what it is!" She yelled back her hips swaying as she ran quickly, Storm Par, and Tornado Wranglers following behind them. Dust sweeping up on all their tires all hoping for the best.

Brandy and Arizona raised an eyebrow at their best friend interested on what was going on with the two, and the radio silence from her.

"Are you gonna shamelessly flirt with the enemy?" Hunter cut in over the radio as he followed behind in a van as everyone noticed the tornado forming into two instead of just one big one.

"That is none of y'all's concern!" Jackie laughed, driving towards the west heading opposite to Tyler and his group but following alongside Storm Par heading northwest on a long stretch of road towards a forming cloud.

"Well ain't she a beauty!" Brandy laughed taking out her camera with a grin, as Arizona and Carter cheered enjoying the thrill that has been something born in them all.

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ELLIE'S CORNER!
sorry for the short chapter i currently have covid but i will be trying to post more chapters soon!! so be on the lookout for it and tensions arising with tyler has me kicking my feet and giggling! don't forget to vote and comment ilysm 🫶🏻

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