Hey guys here is the newest chapter! Hope you guys enjoy it! Read review and enjoy! :).. I have no idea how much a tutoring session would cost back in those days so if the price came up w/ was too much or too little I'm so sorry lol. But anyways please enjoy!


"I'll see what I can do for you Miss. Allie." The postal clerk said with a smile as Allie returned it.

"Thank you." She said as she quickly turned around and ran into somebody.

She looked up and saw that it was Jimmy, who was smiling at her.

"What are you doing following me?" Allie asked as Jimmy opened the door for her.

"No. Remember I deliver mail for a living sometimes I gotta come here." Jimmy said with a smirk as Allie rolled her eyes at him.

"Why are you here?" Jimmy asked as Allie got on her horse.

"Since there's no teachin' jobs available I put up a sign seeing if anyone needed a tutor." She explained as Jimmy nodded at her.

"By tutorin' do you mean you can teach someone to read?" Jimmy asked as Allie nodded.

"Yeah, I sure can. You know of anyone that would be interested?" Allie asked as Jimmy looked up at her with a smile.

"As a matter of fact I do. When can you get started?" He asked.

"Tonight. Bring them on over." Allie said as she gently kicked the horse's sides. "See ya later Jimmy." Shes yelled as Jimmy waved at her with a smile.

~Later at Emma's~

"What's all these books doin' on my table?" Emma asked as Allie quickly began to gather them up.

"Sorry Emma, I'll move my lesson outside." Allie said as she quickly began to walk outside.

"There's a thunderstorm brewin' and the winds terrible. You will do your lesson indoors. I was just being nosey is all." Emma said with a laugh as Allie smiled at her.

"Who's your first student?" Emma asked as Allie shrugged her shoulders.

"Beats me. All I know is it's someone who Jimmy knows." Allie said as she flipped through a book.

Emma and Allie both turned around as they heard someone clear their throat.

"Howdy Emma, Miss Allie." Jimmy said as he took his hat off and held it.

Emma smiled and patted him on the back as she left the room.

"Ready for your first student?" Jimmy asked as Allie stood up from the table.

"Yes I am. Where are they?" She added as Jimmy pulled something from his pocket and looked down.

"You're lookin' at him. I was wondering if you could teach me how to read?" Jimmy asked still looking down as Allie smiled.

"Yes Mr. Hickok I'd be glad to teach you." Allie said as Jimmy walked into the room and sat down at the table.

"Oh yeah I almost forgot, here." Jimmy said placing a quarter in Allie's hand.

"Jimmy you don't have to…" She started to say but he cut her off.

"I don't want any special treatment. I want you to treat me like the rest of your students." Jimmy said.

"Treat you like the rest of my students? Does that mean I get to give you time out or paddle you if you backtalk me?" Allie said with a laugh and a smile as Jimmy glared at her.

"Ha ha very funny." Jimmy said with a hint of a smile. "Let's get started shall we?" He added as Allie pulled up a chair beside him.

"Okay. I thought we could start with the alphabet." Allie said as she wrote some letters out on the paper and explained the sounds each letter made.

"Now we'll start out simple with your name." Allie said as she wrote Jimmy's name out on the paper.

"Now you try." Allie said as she handed the pencil to Jimmy who looked at it uncomfortably.

He put the pencil down to the paper and began to write shakily.

Allie laughed a little as she stopped him.

"Don't hold the pen that tight you'll break it." She said as Jimmy looked down.

"Sorry. I'm just nervous." He said as Allie smiled at him.

"It's ok. Relax." She said as she put her hand on his and guided his hand as he wrote his name.

"Got it now?" Allie asked as Jimmy sat there quietly and looked at their hands.

"Jimmy?" She asked with a laugh.

"Huh?" Jimmy said looking up at her.

"I asked you if you understood it now." Allie said with a small laugh as she removed her hand from his.

"Yes m'am." He said as Allie smiled and shook her head.

They both turned around as Emma walked back into the kitchen with a smile on her face.

"How's it comin' sweetie?" Emma asked Allie as she stirred her pot of stew.

"He's been the best student I've ever had." Allie said as she put her hand on Jimmy's shoulder.

Jimmy blushed and looked down at the piece of paper.

"Show her what you've done so far Jimmy." Allie said as Jimmy picked up the paper from the table and handed it to Emma.

They went back to studying for a little bit until Teaspoon walked through the door.

"Howdy Mr. Spoon., tell the boys supper will be done soon." Emma said as Teaspoon nodded at her.

"Miss Allie there's a man outside that wants to see you." Teaspoon said as he sat down at the table.

"Is it about the teaching job?" Allie asked as Teaspoon shrugged his shoulders.

"Don't know. All he said is it's urgent." He said as Allie quickly got up from the table and went out the door.

"Hi Mr…" Allie started to say but stopped in her tracks when she saw the man standing in front of her.

"Hello Allison." He said with a smirk as she glared at him.

"How in the hell did you find me Randall?" Allie asked as she gritted her teeth.

"I figured you would run to that oaf you call your brother." Randall said as he got off his horse.

Allie stepped back as he got closer to her.

"Also it makes it easier to find you when you post signs in the post office." Randall said as he touched Allie's face making her flinch.

"Don't you dare touch me Randall." Allie said as she slapped him making him lose his balance.

"Why you little bitch. You'll regret that." Randall said as he held his jaw.

He went to attack Allie but stopped when he heard a gun cock.

"The lady said not to touch her." Jimmy said as she stepped off the porch with his gun pointed at Randall. "We don't take too kindly to men threatening women around here. So if you know what's best for you, you better get the hell off my property or I'll shoot." Jimmy said as he glared at Randall.

"You wouldn't shoot me." Randall said with a laugh but stopped short when Jimmy stepped closer to him.

"Do I look like I'm jokin'?" Jimmy said as he stuck the barrel of the gun in Randall's chest.

Randall shook his head no as he looked down at the gun in his chest.

"Now get off of my property before I kill you." Jimmy said as Randall quickly got back on his horse and rode away.

"Thank you Jimmy." Allie said as she let out the breath that she had been holding.

"Who the hell was that Allie? What have you been hiding from us?" Jimmy asked as he got closer to Allie.

"Jimmy, it's a long story that I don't want to get into." She said as Jimmy clinched his jaw.

"Well tough I'm apart of this now, and you're going to tell me." Jimmy said as they turned around when the door opened.

'Tell the boys suppers ready." Emma said as she quickly walked back into the house obviously hearing the small argument that had just transpired between the two.

"Meet me tonight by the barn when everyone else is asleep. I'll tell you everything then I promise. Until then please don't mention this to my brother. I don't want him to worry." Allie said as Jimmy nodded at her.

Allie quickly went inside as Jimmy clinched his jaw and shook his head as he followed her.