"Well you know as well as anyone that half the time we were together we were fighting, the other half we were making up, but we were always fighting about the same thing. Him being too protective or possessive, or not thinking I can look after myself. And he always wanted me to be more of a lady, I mean look at me," she ran her hand through her hair and shook the dust out of it. "He hated it when I looked like this, at least with Eliza he'll never have to worry about her dressing as a man."

Rachel put her arm around Lou's dusty shoulder. "Well that was very good, now why don't you tell me how you really feel?"

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They all turn and look at Jake. Teaspoon walks over to Jake pushes up his hat and looks Jake right in the eye. "Son, what's your partner's name."

Jake looks around at everyone, smirks and says, "Mel. Didn't you hear Lou?"

Teaspoon looks at the sky, and then at Jake and tries one more time, "What is Mel's full name, Jake?"

At that, Jake smiles and says, "Melanie Colter, Lou's sister and my bride."

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"She will love it," Jimmy thought. He imagined LouÍs surprise and happiness when she got the sugary heart, the love in her eyes would be obvious to everybody. With a pounding heart, he pictured her white teeth biting through the crunchy red frosting, little crumbs would stick to her rosy lips and her chin, and he could hear her with a joyful laughter offer him the other half of the candy heart. Affectionately, she would shower sweet and sticky kisses on his mouth -- kisses he would return return with much passion, untill they both got dizzy and...

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Buck leaned forward. He felt so stupid having to explain this. The worst part of it was that there was no solution. "He didn't mean to, in fact he doesn't even know that he did. You see we had just gotten back when Rachel was serving dinner. I told Noah to put the jewelry in a safe place so that we wouldn't loose it. Well, when Jesse came running through the door, he knocked Noah's hand, and one of the rings went flying into Teaspoon's mashed potatoes. By the time we made it over there, he'd eaten the last bite."

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With anticipation, Rachel headed to meet her mystery valentine. Before entering the cozy structure, she straightened her hair and dress by using the window as a mirror. "Here goes nothing," Rachel declared.

From the lobby, Rachel looked over the dining citizens. Many couples were having a quite meal to celebrate Valentine's Day. Candles glowed, glasses clicked together, and happy voices carried the promise of love. Rachel brushed a strand of hair away from her face, and looked for signs of her mystery date's presence.

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"Sam, I was so scared. I'm so sorry about our fight," Sam hushed Emma in what he considered the most efficient way. Kissing Emma and drawing her in close so that her body was snug against his. They had been kissing for several minutes, leaning up against the barn wall, and hands had started roaming.

"Young man, I don't think that's any way to touch a woman who isn't your wife," Nat voice startled not only Sam and Emma, but also Lou and Kid who had been somewhat surprised at the going ons down below.

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