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Summary: Frank and Jesse have a sister; this is their story. Oh, the Youngers and the James family are not really cousin in this story. This is going to start after the Pinkertons destroy their home.

American Outlaw: The decision
By: Brandy J. James

Brandy remembered the last word that her mother had said to them 'Take care of each other.' Ma James said before she died. Brandy watched as Frank and Jesse held her. Brandy couldn't believe that they killed my mother. Brandy has already made my decision; she was going to get Thaddeus Rains for doing this.

Morning came we were walking Frank said that we are making a new life. We both agree. When Frank, Jesse and Brandy heard the news of how many people were burnt out of their home. Jesse decided to harass the railroad supply line, like in the war. Cole was getting more men to ride with them.
"Jesse, I am going with you guys." Brandy said.
"No!" Jesse said.
"Jesse, I am as good as both you and Frank." Brandy told him.
"Brandy, we just lost ma. I am not about to lose you as well." Jesse told her.
"I can hold my own." Brandy told her older brother.
"Jesse, we can have Zee watched Brandy." Frank said.
"I am going wither you guys like it or not." Brandy told both her brothers.
"No!" Frank and Jesse said, they started to walk away.
"So, are you just going to abandon me? Ma said to take care of each other. That means that I can go." Brandy said. Frank and Jesse stopped. Jesse turned around.
"You can ride with us, but as soon as we run into trouble you will be at the Mimms place." Jesse said. Brandy just looked at him, and nodded.

We got everything ready we were ready to leave. We stopped the Mimms place. Jesse knocked on the door. Zee answered it.
"Frank, Brandy and I have to leave for awhile. We are going after Thaddeus Rains." Jesse said. From where I sat, I could see the dismay on Zee face.
"Jesse we started something, and I don't know what going to happened if you do this." Zee said.
"I don't know either." Jesse said. Zee kissed Jesse on the cheek. Then she went back inside. Jesse got back on his horse.

"Let's ride." Cole said. Everyone headed out. It was silent for a while. I guess that my brothers were taking this harder then I thought, I moved up to my brothers' side.

"Jesse, when are we going to rob a bank." Brandy said. Jesse looked at Brandy.

"As soon as we rest, we will hit the bank around noon tomorrow." Jesse said.

"We better set up camp here." Frank said. Jesse looked at Cole. Cole nodded his head.

"We are setting up camp now." Bob yelled. Everyone stopped and made sure that horse were okay, and they set their camp up. Brandy set up a camp a little ways away from the guys. She didn't want the guys to feel like they couldn't talk around her, so she make her own camp.

"Hey, guys where Brandy?" Cole asked. No one had notice that she was missing. Jesse looked and saw another camp.

"She made her own camp, I think she thinks that we want to talk and we won't talk like we would if she's around." Jesse said. Frank started to walk over there. Cole stopped him.

"Let me go and talk to her." Cole said, as he went and walked over to her little camp. Brandy looked at who was coming it was Cole Younger. He's the one that I am in love with, but I couldn't tell him this, with what had happened. I didn't want to start something like what Jesse and Zee had done. She was quite.

"Why don't you join us?" Cole asked.

"You guys, can talk freely with out me noising into your business." Brandy said.

"Your one of us and you should be with us, not by yourself." Cole said. He was totally head of heels for Brandy, but he knew that Jesse and Frank would have his head if he even thought about getting together with her. He knew he had to push all the emotion that he had for her to the back of his mind, which he did.

"Maybe next time." Brandy started, she thought she saw something in his eyes, but she dismissed it. " I am going to bed now."

"Okay." Cole said, as he left and went back to the guys.

"Is she coming?" Frank asked.

"No, she's going to bed." Cole said. Jesse looked at him.

"Let me go talk to her." Jesse said, as he went over to Brandy. Brandy looked up after she put out the fire to see Jesse.