Chapter 2


Later that day Lisa and Jack were sitting outside charing a bottle of wine and watching the sun disappear.
"Lisa?" Jack asked again.

"Yes my love", Lisa sighted.

"Have you thought about what I said this morning?"
"Yes, I have thought about it. But I haven't made a decision since I haven't found anyone who is suitable for the job in the last 10 hours."
"All right", Jack mumbled and put an arm around Lisa.

"I think it is more important to tell the girls, Jack", Lisa said.

"Tell them what?" Georgie, who heard Lisa's last words while she got outside, asked.

"Georgie", Jack and Lisa burst out at the same time.

"Yeah, that's me", Georgie said ironical.

"How was your day? Anything new?" Jack asked.

"Nope. What do you want to tell the girls?" Georgie asked again.

"What? Nothing – you… you must have misheard me…", Jack tried to save himself, "I said that… aeh…"
"He said that it would be nice to talk to the girls together again. You know, because Amy is gone", Lisa jumped in.

"Suuuure", Georgie said slowly, "well, I'm gonna go then."

Lisa and Jack looked at each other and burst out laughing. "Oh my we really can't continue this much longer", Lisa said, still laughing.

"Why does it have to be so complicated?" Jack asked half joking – but only half!

"It wouldn't be us if things weren't easy, would it?"

"Probably not", Jack answered and kissed Lisa gently on her lips.


Later that night Lou was checking in with Georgie who was already lying in her bed with a book in her hands.

"Hey honey, you ready for a good night sleep?" Lou asked while sitting down next to her daughter.
"Jup", Georgie answered and put her book down.

"Are you ok honey? I know you miss Amy too", Lou asked.

"I'm ok. It's not forever and it's really cool to ride all her horses", Georgie said smiling a bit.

"That's great, sweetheart. Don't read too long, ok?"
"Yes, mom", Georgie answered while rolling with her eyes.

"Good night", Lou kissed Georgie on the head and got up.
"Mom?"

"Yes?"

"Did Jack tell you something today?"

"What do you mean?" Lou asked.

"I don't know. Lisa said something like that to him earlier and I just wondered what that was about."

"No, he hasn't talked to me. But I'll be sure to tell you if he does so", Lou answered and turned off the ceiling light.


That night Ty waited for Amy's phone call in vain.

The same time he lay awake in his bed Amy was sleepless in her hotel room. In front of her on the sink lay 7 pregnancy tests. They were all positive. How did this happen, Amy thought while her heart was racing up to her ears, this isn't possible. What happened to with the pill, why didn't it work. This can't be, this can't be, her mind kept racing. Tears started rolling down and she eventually had to sit down because her legs started shaking in panic.

She had never felt so alone and so overwhelmed. More then ever did she wish her mother to be there, to tell her that everything was going to be ok.

But it wasn't. If she was going to have a baby now, she would have to stop working for Ahmed and to put her career on hold. It would change everything. Amy got out of her clothes and lay in the bathtub until the water got cold. Then she crawled under the bedcovers and tried not to think about the baby that was growing inside of her.

She was still awake when her phone started to ring. Ty was calling her. She didn't hesitate for a second and pushed the ignore button right away. Amy simply couldn't talk with him right now.


Back at Heartland Lou found her grandfather in the barn where he turned off the lights and checked if all the horses where all right.

"Hey grandpa", she made him aware of her presence.

Jack stopped stroking Spartans nose: "I think he really misses Amy", he said.

"Yeah. I don't think he is the only one."

"No, he isn't" Jack admitted.
"So, grandpa. Georgie told me that there was something you and Lisa wanted to tell Amy and me."

Jack was caught off guard and it took him a while to find his words again: "Oh, that. It's nothing, really."
"Come on, what is it?"
"Lou, drop it please."

"Not until you tell me what it is. Since when are you keeping secrets from us?"
"I'm not keeping a secret. It's just not the right time…"
"Right time for what?" Lou got more and more angry and Jack felt like he had no choice but to tell his granddaughter that he eloped if he didn't want to hurt her.

"Promise me to not tell anyone, ok?" he asked Lou.

"I promise."

"Lisa and I got… we got…"
"You got what?!"
"Lisa and I got married", Jack murmured not sure what to expect.

"YOU GOT WHAT?" Lou shouted.

"We got married..."
"When?!" Lou demanded to know.
"A week before Amy left", Jack said. He could barley stand Lou's expression.

"I can't believe you did that, grandpa. Why didn't you tell us? Why didn't you tell me?" Lou asked disappointed.

"We felt like the timing wasn't right. With Amy leaving and everything. It happened so fast that we haven't even figured out the simplest thing a married couple needs to figure out. And we still haven't. I didn't mean to keep this from you I just wanted the timing to be right", Jack explained. He had such a desperate expression that Lou almost started laughing.
"Oh grandpa. You don't need a right timing for that. It's not like I'm not happy for you and Lisa. I just can't believe you got married without us. You would have been furious if Amy or I would have done such a thing", Lou said much more understanding.

"But please, don't tell anyone. I don't want Amy to learn about this over the phone", Jack begged.

"Grandpa, you need to tell her. You can't keep this a secret for ever. That wouldn't be fair", Lou said.

"I know. Let me and Lisa handle that, ok?"
"Fine. Well then: Congratulations!" Lou hugged her grandfather and whipped a tear out of the corner of her eye. She was truly happy that Jack had finally found his luck again.


"Lou knows", Jack suddenly said. Lisa looked up from her book.

"Knows what?" She asked.

"That we are married."
"How did that happen?"

"Georgie told her that she heard you saying that we nee to tell the girls. I couldn't lye to her", Jack explained.
"Well, I think it's great", Lisa commented smiling and closed her book. Then she turned of her bed light lamp, leaned over to Jack and kissed him.


Ty's alarm went off and before he got out of bed he looked at his phone. No missed calls, no new message. No news from Amy. It has been days since she last called her and she obviously avoided his calls.

At first Ty was concerned. Now he was angry, disappointed and still concerned. He would never have agreed to Amy's trip if the consequence was that they were growing apart day by day.

Even though he was mad he tried calling her again. Nothing. He repeated this every couple of hours until he got sick of having to run after his fiancée. This was so untypical for Amy. Something was either very wrong or… Well, or Amy had found something else to keep her occupied 24/7.

He was finally desperate enough to dial Ahmed's number.

"Hello?"

"Ahmed, its Ty Borden."

" Ty, hey. How are you?" Ahmed greeted him.

"Good, thank you. I was actually calling because of Amy. I can't get her on the phone and I was wondering if you could tell her to call me as soon as possible?" Ty asked.

"Sure. But I got a better idea – she is right here, I can just pass my phone?" Ahmed suggested.

"That would be great, thanks Ahmed."

Amy, it is for you, Ty could hear Ahmed say.

Who is it? Amy asked Ahmed.

It's you fiancé.

I'm really busy right now. Can't you tell him I can't come to the phone right now? Ty heard Amy ask Ahmed. His heart was starting to beat faster. Why would she avoid him like that?

I'll take the horse, just talk to him! Ahmed forced Amy.

"Ty, hey! Why are you calling Ahmed?" Amy finally answered the phone.

"Because you wouldn't answer any of my calls for days and I was starting to get worried", Ty explained with an angry undertone. Amy could tell that he was mad right away.
"I'm sorry. I've just been so busy…"

"Come on, Amy! Cut it! I'm done with your excuses. Tell me what is going on. Are you not happy? Do you want to come home? Or is it the opposite? Do you want to stay with Ahmed? Why don't you talk to me? I'm drowning here, Amy!"

Tears were dropping from Amy's face and she hurried out of the stable so that nobody could witness her outburst.

"Ty, please don't be angry. I love you and nothing has changed that. I REALLY can't talk to you about this right now. Please, you have to trust me. Just a couple of more weeks and I will be with you. Then we can discuss everything. Of course I want to come home. I love you Ty!" Amy sobbed.

"Well, I love you too. But I can't keep on doing this if I know that you are obviously keeping a secret that concerns our relationship."

"Don't do this, Ty. I – ", she wanted to keep on explaining when Ahmed called her. They had to get ready for a show and Amy was urgently needed.
"Ty, I gotta go, I'm so sorry, I want to keep talking. But they need me right now. I will call you tonight, I promise", Amy apologized.
"Yeah, sure – Take care, Amy", Ty said short-spoken.

"I love you, Ty."

Ty was even more frustrated after he talked with Amy than before and angrily resumed the farm work. Amy knew that she had to tell Ty about her pregnancy eventually. But right now she could still ignore the fact that there was a life growing inside of her and kept on working. Once she told Ty, Amy was sure he would make her come back to "Hatch their eggs". Amy knew it was the right thing to do but the urge to keep on with her usual lifestyle was stronger.


Two day have passed when Ty ran into Lou when he was walking back to his car after getting something to eat at the diner.

"Hey Ty, have you heard anything from Amy? She hasn't called or written us since days", Lou asked him when she spotted him.

"No, sorry Lou. She has a busy week I guess", Ty lied. It has only been two days since he talked to Amy but he didn't feel like sharing the unpleasant conversations he has been having with Amy.

Amy had promised him to call back – he was still waiting for that call. It was unusual for Amy to break a promise and if Ty wouldn't have been needed at Heartland so badly he would have travelled after her by now. Lou looked at Ty with sorrow in her eyes.

"That just doesn't sound like Amy", she remarked, "she would always call, even it was in the middle of the night to say that she's ok…"

"I know, Lou. I can't tell you anything else", Ty ended the conversation and walked away without another word.

Lou immediately tried to call her sister again. She couldn't get hold of her and decided to drive home to talk to Jack. Maybe he has heard something from Amy.

But – no luck: "Sorry Lou, she hasn't called since you left. Do you think something is wrong?" he asked.

"I don't know. It just doesn't seem like Amy and Ty has been acting really weird?" she responded.
"I think Amy just needs some time for herself. I am sure Amy is fine."

"Oh grandpa, as a married man you still don't know more about women than before", Lou commented.


Amy was grooming the horses when suddenly one of them got spooked by a helicopter that was flying low and explosively jumped the side. Amy reacted fast, jumped back and hit her left side on a trailer. Amy's heart was pounding up to her ears when she heard Ahmed call: "Amy, are you ok?"
"Yes, of course. Nothing happened", Amy hurried to say. It was true, nothing has happened and she was used to this kind of little outbreaks by these temperament full animals . It was no big deal but she suddenly got aware of the life she had to protect and of the child's future that lay in her hands.

Her phone buzzed again and distracted Amy from her thoughts. Before she knew it Amy had accepted the call without thinking about it.

It was her sister.

"Amy, finally! I already thought you got lost somewhere in the country", Lou burst out in relieve.

"Hey Lou. How are things going?" Amy asked, trying to avoid her sister's questions.

"Oh, no no no no no", Lou stopped her, "we are not talking about Heartland now. Tell me what's going on or I swear I am going to send Grandpa to get you."

"What do you mean?" Amy acted innocent.

"Stop it, Amy. I'm serious. Tell me what's going on NOW", Lou pushed her sister. Amy felt tears burning in her eyes.


Is Amy going to tell? Is Ty going to loose his nerves? Lots to come! Feel free to review and criticiz