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The Lady and the Law
by Aimee

Prologue


Disclaimer: The characters in this story belong to the creators of The Young Riders, except for the ones I made up. I am merely borrowing the others, and am not making any money off the writing and posting of this story. Please don't sue me, as I have no money and am trying to go back to school!:)

I would like to thank Dana for being my wonderful beta reader. Thanks so much for all your encouragement throughout the process of writing this story! I would also like to thank the members of the TYR Fan Fiction e-mail list, for the wonderful feedback you all gave me on this story! I'll try to start writing longer chapters in the future!:)


Lou sighed in contentment as she felt the cool water on her body. It was an unbearably hot day, and she had been looking forward to her swim since the boys had mentioned it early this morning. She couldn't believe her fortune when the boys had agreed to let her go first. Normally they would have just left her behind, letting her go after them. She assumed Kid had something to do with that.

She was so wrapped up in enjoying her swim that she didn't notice Teaspoon coming up to the swimming hole. When he hollered at her, she spun around in horror, unable to think or react. He was gonna join her!

"Teaspoon, you don't want to come in here," she warned, desperately racking her brain for a reason that would keep the ornery station manager out of the water.

"Why not Lou. I don't see no allygators," he squinted his eyes as if trying to make sure the logs weren't really alligators.

"You don't want to come in here Teaspoon, because it's freezing cold," Lou crossed her arms and shivered convincingly.

"Good. That's just the way I like it," Teaspoon rubbed his hands together in anticipation.

"When it's not burning up, like it is right now," Lou put her hand on her forehead in her best I'm-burning-up act.

"Lou, you can't hog the swimming hole on a hot day like today. It ain't democratic," Teaspoon said, determined to have his swim. "Now, I'm comin' in!" With that he took a few steps back and proceeded to do a huge cannonball into the pond.

Lou screamed as Teaspoon hit the water, splashing her. How in the world was she going to get out of this one. She vaguely noticed the boys running up, all of them just as unsure of what to do as she, as Teaspoon spoke the words that would echo in her head for the rest of her life.

"Lou, what you need is a good old-fashioned olly oop."

She watched in horror as he ducked under the water...she didn't know whether to turn and swim away as fast as she could, or just hope Teaspoon closed his eyes under water. She knew she didn't have a chance at swimming away, as she had never been that strong of a swimmer, and all her hopes of his eyes being closed were dashed when he shot out of the water.

"Lou?"

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It was a very confused Teaspoon that herded his boys, and now girl it seemed, into his sweat lodge. This was the place he went when he needed to clear his mind and organize his thoughts, and that was definitely something he needed right now. He looked around the group as they sat down. Lou was next to Kid, obviously very embarrassed. Kid looked worried, and Teaspoon suddenly realized that what he had assumed was a close friendship between the two was something more. The rest of the boys just looked amused, as if trying to imagine how Teaspoon would handle this situation.

"I don't understand. I just don't understand," Teaspoon sighed as he motioned for Jimmy to pour more water over his head. He had been muttering the same line for five minutes, and the boys had avoided saying anything, letting Teaspoon handle things his way for once. Finally though, Jimmy had enough.

"What don't you understand Teaspoon?"

"Him, her. When did it happen?"

"I've been like this since birth," Lou replied, a little sarcastically.

"I know that," Teaspoon said, frustrated with her, himself, and the whole situation. "What I want to know is why?"

"Why what?"

"Why in God's name I never noticed."

"I'm not gonna touch that one," Cody said what they all were thinking.

Lou chose to ignore his comment. "I don't know Teaspoon. Maybe because you chose not to, 'cause if you did, you'd have to fire me."

"Now, why would he do that?" Jimmy asked, as if he didn't know the reason.

"'Cause I'm a girl, remember?" Lou shot back at him.

"Yes, you certainly are," Teaspoon sighed. He knew what he had to do, but this girl had become part of his group of riders; she was part of his family. But the company had rules, and as an employee of the company, and an example to the boys he was expected to lead, he had to obey those rules.

"Lou, I'm sorry," he said. "But I'm gonna have to fire you."

Chapter 1

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