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Chapter 2

Colleen darted through the door trying to carry her books with out getting them wet. As luck would have it her Dr Mike was right there.

"Colleen?" she said, surprised to see her daughter dripping wet. She had no idea what was going on with this child.

"I'll be down in a minute." Colleen babbled before running up the stairs to her room. Michaela wasn't going to let it drop though.

"Colleen...where have you been. How did you get so wet?" Colleen undid her buttons in such a painstaking way like her life depended on it.

"I fell in the creek." she muttered.

"The creek? What were you doing there?" Colleen kept on getting dressed and ignored the question. "Who were you with?" Michaela asked in a tone that she hoped was light.

"It's private." Colleen retorted. She'd lied and she was feeling guilty so like all teenagers she resorted to being on the defensive. After all if she was wrong it had to be someone else's fault.

"I won't get angry." Her mother said with a hint of desperation. She just wouldn't let up.

"I need privacy. Just like you and Sully do." That was the end of it as far as she was concerned...she hoped.

"That's different...we're married." Mike was handling this badly. She knew she was but she was out of her depth here. She didn't want to let this drop... she was worried, but she didn't want to alienate her daughter either.

"Don't you trust me?" Colleen asked sweetly.

"I'd like to but you lied to me today."

"No I didn't."

"You weren't with Becky. I saw her today." That wasn't good, Colleen thought but she wasn't about to give in and admit she'd lied.

"I was GOING to study with her but I bumped into the others."

"Why couldn't you just tell me?"

"I dunno." Colleen said grumpily. "Can you just leave me alone now to finish getting dressed?" Michaela turned sadly and walked out. She felt defeated. What had happened to them? They'd been so close.

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"Somethin wrong?" Sully asked. His wife was obviously worried about something. Michaela looked at him sadly.

"Colleen lied to me today." she confessed.

"Oh?"

"She told me she was helping Becky study but then I saw Becky in town." Sully said nothing but listened intently as she relayed what had happened.

"She lied to you more than once Michaela." Mike stirred the stew with a little more enthusiasm than it needed.

"Well it could have happened like she said." Sully smiled.

"Michaela. You went to college. You're an intelligent woman. You really believe that? If she'd planned to go to Becky's to study, why was Becky in town looking for her."

"She forgot?" she said hopefully. Sully gave her a wry glance.

"She lied and then she lied even more to cover that lie...and she got away with it." Now it was Michaela's turn to be defensive.

"She didn't get away with it! I talked to her..." Michaela defended.

"She needs a punishment." She looked unsure.

"What kind of punishment?"

"A restriction?...Something...you can't just allow her to get away with lying and you can't let her sass you...If she lied to me Michaela we'd be takin a trip to the barn." Michaela blushed.

"Oh Sully you couldn't." He stood and lifted her chin so that she was looking into his eyes.

"I could. I wouldn't want to...but if I had to I would."

"Well I couldn't...spank her." she said again turning away to hide her embarrassment.

"Don't let it get out of hand Michaela...it'll only get worse."

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The next day after school, Michaela asked Colleen to watch the clinic.

"But you said I could have the afternoon off." she said. She was standing next to Becky who was also looking hopeful. Her Mom nodded and she grabbed Becky's arm and tugged her over to the others who were hanging out in front of the bank.

After finally being shooed away by the banker, the kids went to Robert E's to try and rent a wagon for a hayride. He turned them down because none of their folks were going. Not even he understood what it was like to be young.

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Matthew, Colleen's oldest brother had been watching discretely and tried to warn Colleen about being careful, but she was tired of everyone telling her what to do. None of them remembered what it was like to have fun.

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Brian was also having issues. His were not the same as Colleens though, in fact they were the complete opposite. He loved spending time with his Ma and Sully, but now it was like they had a secret club and he wasn't allowed in. They were always whisperin and gigglin and kissin and they kept shuttin the door and tellin him he couldn't come in unless he knocked.

He sat on the fence feeling sorry for himself and throwin rocks. When they rode up together all gigglin and silly it made him mad.

But Brian was a little boy and didn't keep his feelings inside. When he told them what was wrong, they made him feel better and they'd told him how much they loved him and they'd taken him to see a baby deer. All was again right in his world.

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In town the next day, a couple of the kids were on one roof while Colleen, Becky and another boy were on the other. This time the game was to jump from one building to the other. It was Colleen's turn. She was scared.

"Come onnn Colleen!" Jacob yelled from the other side. "You can do it!" When she baulked he rubbed his face in frustration. He liked her. He liked her a lot but she could be such a baby sometimes. Colleen saw the look on his face and it was all the encouragement she needed. She took a step back and held up her skirts and took a giant leap. She had never felt such...exhilaration in her life as she landed on that roof. Jacob looked on with pride.

Next was Becky's turn.

"I can't." she cried. She was petrified. They all yelled encouragement and with her best friend on the other side she felt compelled to do as she was bid. She did as Colleen did and raised her skirts and took her own big leap...But the leap wasn't big enough. Her boot caught the edge of the roof and she slipped.

Her screams brought Loren out of the store and Jake Slicker from the Barber shop.

"Hold her arms!" Loren yelled as he went for extra help. "Damn fool kids." he muttered to himself as he did a half hobble half run to the clinic.

Becky was finally hauled back onto the roof and Colleen hugged her friend as she sobbed...from her ordeal and from the trouble she knew would now be coming.

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Dr Quinn came rushing out of the clinic with her bag. Relief washed through her as she saw all the culprits standing before her obviously not hurt. "Thank Goodness." she breathed before her previous emotion was replaced by anger. "All of you go home and tell your parents what it is that you were doing." she said primly. "Colleen. Come to the clinic with me." Colleen tucked her head down and followed her mother. How could Dr Mike do this to her. She had totally humiliated her in front of her friends.

"How could you do that!" she yelled as soon as they were in the clinic.

"Do what Colleen?"

"Yell at me...yell at my friends!"

"I did not yell, but I meant business. Then and now. What you did was very dangerous Colleen."

"We were having FUN!"

"Becky could have fallen...she could have been seriously hurt!"

"But she didn't fall and she wasn't hurt!"

"Colleen. I'm not going to argue with you. You are to come here everyday after school until it's time to go home. No exceptions."

"I hate you." she said. Michaela almost relented. Those three words had cut through her like a knife.

"Colleen...I...never mind" she said. The young teen's face was the picture of hostility. Punishing her had obviously made things worse.

TBC