Coming Home

Ty woke up with butterflies in his stomach. He wasn't sure why, it's not like he'd never seen her beautiful face, held her close to him , or kissed her warm soft lips. He quickly got out of bed and proceeded to the bathroom. Then he began to put on one of her favorite shirts but realized he was fidgeting with the buttons. He told himself to relax and moved onto his hair. He didn't know why he was so nervous, maybe it was because he wasn't sure if he and Amy were okay since she left for Europe with Ahmed. He knew he could trust her and that absolutely nothing would happen between Ahmed and Amy, but she did leave right after a fight that happened mostly because of him. He knew what he did was wrong, he should have asked her or at least let her know before making the decision to buy Charger with Caleb, but still he did do it for her. For their future. He wasn't even sure if the ranch was still up for sale, but he was too scared to ask the Realtor. Having the idea of them buying the ranch once Amy got back was the only thing that kept him going while she was away. He finished by spraying on perfume that he had bought weeks ago in preparation for today. He wanted to be perfect, he wanted everything to be perfect for her. He finally felt content with himself and left for Hilhurst stables, knowing exactly what he was going to say to her mostly because it was something he himself needed to hear.

Amy felt relieved once she started seeing the familiar backdrop of Calgary the place she had called home for her whole life and would continue to do so for the rest of it. The plane landed and she and Ahmed got into a limo that would take them to the stables. She was happy to see her family again but was oddly nervous to see her man. Amy didn't know if things had changed in the past four months. They had talked on the phone almost every night, but she couldn't help feeling scared that everything they had built together over the past seven years might have been taken away because of her decision to travel with Ahmed. She knew that she and Ty were stronger than they had ever been. They had gotten past all the immaturity, the betrayal, and most importantly the trust issues. But still they had just gotten through a fight because of Ty's rash decision to gamble in a futurity without consulting her first, and leaving when she did might have made it seem like she was leaving just to get away from him. However, she only left because she needed and wanted the experience and after all it was the opportunity of a life time. She realized she was driving herself crazy as she looked out the window and began to see Hudson. All she really needed was to see him with his open arms, feel his warmth, and hear him say the one thing that would make her fears go away.

Ty looked at the time on his phone and realized he was running late. He had decided last minute to stop and get Amy flowers. He knew it wouldn't make everything better, but he saw no harm in it. His phone began to vibrate.

"Hey Lou," he stated knowing what was coming.

"Ty where are you? Do you realize what time it is?" Lou said anxiously.

"I know Lou. I'm almost there," Ty responded.

"Okay just making sure you weren't so upset that you wouldn't even come to see her," Lou said sounding relieved.

"My girl's coming home; I wouldn't miss this for the world."

The car finally came to a stop in front of the stables. Ahmed told Amy he had to take a call, so she decided that she couldn't wait any longer to see her family and stepped out of the limo. The first thing Amy saw was Georgie running up to give her a hug.

"Hey Georgie," Amy said with a smile on her face.

"Amy I missed you, we all did" Georgie said excitedly as she pulled out of the hug.

"I missed you too. How are the horses?" Amy asked playfully.

"Awesome," Georgie responded.

Ty parked his truck, but for some reason he couldn't get out. He was letting his anxiety take over him. He began to wonder if it was best if he just left. "What if this trip made her realize that I'm not enough for her? That there's more out there," he thought to himself. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He remembered something Jack had told him right after he had stupidly entered himself in a bull riding contest back when he was still trying to win Amy's heart. Jack had said "A few bumps along the way, but well she ended up marrying me." At the time he thought it was just silly, he had almost given up on the idea of Amy and him being together. But now he realized that this was just another bump along the road and they had already made it through so many. They could make it through this one too.

Amy smiled and started walking toward Lou, Jack, and Tim. She realized something or rather someone was missing. She froze and began to worry that she had lost the most important thing in her life. Her mind began to fill with thoughts of all the worst case scenarios, she felt like she couldn't breathe. "Why wouldn't he be here? Didn't he miss me?" she thought. But just as she was about to run up to Lou and question her, she saw him walking out from the barn looking exactly the way she had left him.

They just stood there for a moment and stared at one another and fell deep into each other's eyes. Amy wasn't sure if she should walk towards him, he just looked so nervous the kind of nervous he only showed when he was around her. After a few more seconds of nothing he opened his arms, and Amy began to run towards him. She ran past her family and right into his arms. She felt warm, safe, and comfortably sweet. He held her afraid to let her go again and finally felt the pain in his heart going away. Ty could feel Amy's tears soaking up his jacket. They finally broke apart from their embrace and Amy put her forehead against Ty's and felt her wet nose touching his. She closed her eyes and just breathed him in.

Then he said "It's okay, we're okay" and all her fears went away.