Surprised yet again by Katie, Con doesn't hesitate to wrap his arms around her in a big hug. Cocking his head to hear her, he sighs, giving her an extra squeeze. "You don't need me around for that... You do a pretty good job of looking out for yourself, you know." In truth, he was going to miss her terribly. Ever since Texas, she'd had a special little place in his heart, and that wasn't going to change.
Pulling away, he sees the tears in her eyes and it gets him all the way to his heart. Wiping her cheek gently with his thumb, he tries to give her a smile. "Hey... there's no need for any of that... It's not like I'm moving to Alaska. I'll still see you around."
Patting her shoulder, he nods. "Take care of yourself."
"Right..." Leo smirks as he lifts the rag to look at his knuckles before sucking on them to clean off some of the blood. "Yeah, I'm okay." He rolls his eyes and tosses the rag aside before wiping his hand on his jeans to just leave the scrape be. He'd had worse.
Leaning on the car and looking down in the engine again, his eyes roam back to Ryan, catching her gaze. He'd answered her question, but... now he had one of his own. "Are you?"
Rosalyn knew she didn't need Chad's protection or his company - she knew this ranch like the back of her hand, and it would be very hard for anything here to be unsafe even at this late hour. But she would not deny him this. After all...she did want as much of his company as she could get right now.
Slipping her hand into his, she nods. "Okay."
It was a short walk to the dining hall, and Rosalyn enters, squinting in the dark. Everybody else had long since cleared out. The couch would be just fine for the night, and that way, she could at least avoid any chance of meeting up with her father tonight or even when she got up in the morning.
Turning, she looks up at Chad in the dimness. "I guess this is where we part." Studying his face, she suddenly feels just a tinge of awkwardness return. She knew she was blushing again, and was just as glad that the lights weren't on.
On impulse, she lifts herself on her tiptoes to give his lips a light, quick kiss. "Goodnight..."
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