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does?”
     
    “It does right now,” she said realizing that her heart was flip flopping in her chest. She hadn’t felt this way about any man since she’d left Jack standing at the end of her driveway on the day she left for college. Why did she ever leave him?
     
    Without warning, Jack slid in front of Danna, putting his hand through her hair as he searched her eyes silently.
     
    “Jack…” she pleaded as he pulled her face to his in an agonizingly slow manner. Brushing his lips against hers ever so slightly, Danna felt like her body had been hooked to an electric charger. Overcome himself, Jack’s mouth pressed into Danna’s with force as his tongue parted her lips. Gasping between kisses, Danna was lost in his scent and the feeling of finally kissing him again.
     
    Suddenly, Jack pulled away and shook his head. “God, what am I doing?” he said.
     
    “Kissing me…” Danna said leaning closer.
     
    “No, Danna. We can’t do this. It took me years to get over you, and I can’t do it again. I’m sorry,” he said as he stood up. “Let me help you get home.”
     
    “No… I don’t need help…” she stammered as she attempted to stand up, falling right back down again.
     
    “Danna, you’re hurt. We need to get you over to Dr. Stewart’s office…”
     
    “I’ll drive myself!” she snapped, trying to stand up again.
     
    “No, you won’t. That’s your right ankle,” he said as he picked her up in his arms. Danna pushed against his chest trying to break free.
     
    “Put me down!”
     
    “No. You are the most hard-headed woman I’ve ever met!” he yelled as he walked toward the driveway.
     
    “I said put me down!” she continued to yell as she slapped at his chest and his arms all the way to the car. He slid her into the seat and ran around to the driver’s side before she could get out. Finally giving in to her throbbing ankle, Danna sat quietly in the passenger seat until they arrived at Dr. Stewart’s office near the town square.
     
    Jack carried Danna into the doctor’s office and went with her into the examining room. Thankfully, it was just a sprain, and the doctor was able to wrap it. Recommending she stay off of it as much as possible and take an anti-inflammatory, he sent her home an hour later.
     
    That didn’t stop Jack from carrying Danna to his car anyway, which irritated her to no end. As they drove toward her house, Jack suddenly stopped the car at a clearing halfway up the mountain.
     
    “Remember this place?” he asked without looking at Danna.
     
    “Of course I do, Jack. This is where we had our first kiss. We were in Billy McNamara’s truck,” Danna said with a sly smile as she remembered the old days.
     
    “You’re a much better kisser now,” he said with a laugh.
     
    “Yeah. You too,” she said looking over at him. “I’m sorry I hurt you, Jack.”
     
    He didn’t say anything for a moment, and then looked at her. “I know you didn’t mean to hurt me, Danna. You were just young.”
     
    “I wanted to be something, and I thought leaving you and Dallas Springs was the only way that could happen. Turns out, I was wrong. I should have stayed. I always knew that you were my future, but I had to get out of here to prove it to myself. Now it’s too late to go back,” she said, a hint of sadness in her voice.
     
    “I never stopped thinking about you. I always thought that you’d come back one day, but then you got married…”
     
    “I already told you that was my biggest mistake. The only man I ever wanted to marry was you, Jack.”
     
    “You did?” he asked, surprised at her admission.
     
    “Of course. Surely you know how much I loved you all those years, Jack. I just needed to get out of here for awhile and find myself. I made some mistakes along the way, but the moment I saw you in the barn, every feeling I had for you came flooding back. And if you asked me right now to stay in Dallas Springs and never leave, I would stay