DISCLAIMER: The Young Riders is the creation of Ed Spielman, and the property of Ogiens/Kane productions in association with MGM/UA television. This Story is created for entertainment purposes only, no infringement intended. Not to be copied without permission from the author.
Six Weeks Later
Rachel sat in a rocking chair on the porch, her new son cradled in her arms. Jenny sat beside her, her own pregnancy starting to softly round her body, softly rocking Lou's twins in their cradle while they watched the others in the corral.
Teaspoon, Sam, Emma, Jimmy, Cody and Buck sat on the top rail of the corral their eyes shaded as they watched work in the distance. Kid and Lou sat a short distance away on the bunkhouse porch, Kid's shoulder still tightly bandaged.
'Kid you should still be in bed' she fussed over him, brushing the hair from his face
'Lou if I spend another day in bed I'm going to go crazy.' he spoke, stilling her hand with his good hand and pulling her into his lap
'Kid, stop it' she giggled as she fell happily into his lap and kissed him on the side of the face.
'What are you going to do now that you are a wealthy woman Miss Louise?' he asked seriously his lips mere inches from hers.
'I don't know, I have everything I need right here.' she spoke seriously looking into his eyes 'I don't need a lot of money, I have you and I have the twins, I have good friends, I don't need anything else.' she pondered 'I would like to give Rachel and Teaspoon something though, they've been like parents to us, and Sam and Emma.' she finished
'I was planning on doing that anyway.' he stood and extended his hand to his wife.
'C'mon, lets go and watch with the others.' they walked hand in hand to the corral fence where the others sat and turning their gaze in the same direction watched as a team of oil riggers worked on a large oil well several hundred feet from the houses. As they watched, rich black oil spurted forth and fountained from the well.
Everybody was in high spirits that night at dinner. As Lou served a rich apple pie and ice cream from Teaspoon's old ice cream churn Jimmy stood and made an announcement.
'I didn't want to upset anybody, but I will be leaving tommorrow.' he watched the faces at the table around him fall.
'Why?' Theresia asked quietly '
I have a job Theresia. I have been away for almost three months now. It's time I get back.' the others all looked at each other aware of the obvious adulation Theresia had for Jimmy.
'I thought you were all happy here?' Theresia questioned looking at all who sat around the table
'Actually Emma and I have been speaking and we are going to set up house here. We're thinking of buying the ranch house on the old Saunders property a couple of miles away.' Sam spoke softly gazing into his wife's approving eyes as he spoke.
'Rachel and I have already discussed it and we have put a down payment on the property on the other side of this one the old Parker place.' Teaspoon spoke while gently cooing at his son.
Lou looked around the table at her family and smiled, for the first time in years she felt truly content and happy. Her family was all coming home to roost, with the exception of the two that she had always known would be the wild wanderers amongst their little family. She knew that their lives would take them all where they were destined but she could only pray for them to be as happy as she was now.
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