I have come up with a few twists I want to add. Mostly affecting my favorite couple, Ephraim and Liza.

Milly had clean the entire first floor and made a huge dinner in only about an hour. She was muttering the entire time about shaping these boys up and possibly toying with the idea of mass murder.

She set the hot chicken on the table and after she was sure it was all ready, she rang the dinner bell.

As the sound of the bell rang through the farm, all seven men came running.

Caleb ran in through the back door, he jumped into his spot at the table before Milly could acknowledge him. His hands were filthy and he was covered in mud.

The twins rushed in next, jumping on the food. They sat down and started to eat as quickly as humanly possible. When you had six brothers you had to eat quickly or not eat at all.

Ben, Frank, and Gideon ran in as well, jumping over each other to get the food. All six men gobbled down the food, reaching over each other, stealing food, and just generally having horrible manners.

Milly was horrified. She then slapped Ben's hand with a wooden spoon as he reached for a roll.

Ben jumped up, his hand in a fist. He was ready to punch but then his eyes widen as he realized it was Milly. He frowned and sat down, staring at her. "What was that for?" He mumbled in shock. He stuffed the roll into his mouth after speaking.

Milly glared at the men, "All of you! Falling on the food that way! Can't you wait for grace?" She yelled, shaking her fist.

"Who?" Daniel asked frowning.

Milly frowned right back, "You don't even know what I'm talking about!" She yelled.

Just then Adam walked in, grinning at Milly.

"Adam! Look at your brothers!" Milly said, her hands on her hips.

"Food must be good! Boys, fix me a plate." He said sitting at the head of the table. The boys began to fix him a plate of food happily.

"That's it!" Milly suddenly yelled. 'If you want to act like hogs! Then you can eat like hogs."

Milly then grabbed the edge of the huge table and pushed up with all her might. The food slid off onto the twins and Ben as the other four men stared at Milly in shock. That table was very heavy and hard to lift. She was a powerful woman.

She then turned to Adam and lectured him, "Listen to me. Just because I am a women doesn't mean I'm some weak little thing. I am not a weak-willed woman! I won't be your slave!" She then rushed out of the room, throwing the spoon behind her, hitting Caleb in the arm.

The brothers stared at each other in shock.

Milly rushed upstairs to Adam's room, shutting the door behind her. The room was kind of small with a large bed with a pretty quilt. The room was actually kind of clean. Milly grabbed her bible and sat down stiffly on the rocking chair that was seated by a window looking out into the barnyard.

A few hours later, Gideon and Daniel had clean up the dinner mess. The brothers were now hanging out in the living room. Caleb was playing his harmonica while the others chewed some tobacco.

Adam was smoking a pipe and looked over at the clock above the fireplace as it rang out signally that it was nine o'clock. "It's getting mighty late. An hour past your bedtime." He casually commented to his little brothers.

Eph and Dan exchanged a look as they tried not to laugh. Ben snickered.

"Yours too Adam," Frank said leaning forward in his chair looking at his brother. At that, the six youngest Pontipee's started laughing.

Adam looked down at his pipe thoughtfully and then threw it over his shoulder. "I am a bit sleepy." He commented before standing up and heading for the stairs.

As he did this, Caleb started to play the familiar tune of "Here comes the bride" on his harmonica. Adam continued on upstairs but yelled over his shoulder,

"Very funny Caleb!" The six brothers burst out laughing but quickly quieted down as Adam knocked on the door to his room.

"Who is it?" Milly called out softly.

"It's Adam. Your husband." Adam said puffing his chest out a bit. He could hear his brothers mocking him downstairs.

"Come in Adam." She called again just as softly.

Adam grinned, and called down to his little brothers, "Goodnight boys!"

"Goodnight Adam!" They called back up in singsongy voices.

Adam marched into his room, expecting Milly to be laying in bed naked. But she was sitting in the rocking chair, covered in a quilt still dressed. Her bible was on her knee. He stopped in his tracks, the door swinging closed behind him.

"Oh. I thought you'd be in bed." He said swallowing.

"Did you?" Milly commented softly, not looking at him.

Adam looked around the room, unsure of what to do. "Shall I turn the covers down?" He said stepping towards the bed.

"You can if you like.' Milly said. But just as Adam grabbed the covers of the bed she spoke again, "But I'm not going to bed."

"What?" Adam mumbled as she stood and faced him.

"You don't want a wife! You want a cook, a hire gal! Well, A hire gal has a right to a sleeping place of her own." She said harshly

"Now Milly, I didn't mean to-" Adam started to say

"To trick me?" Milly spat out cutting him off. Adam fell silent. Milly just shook her head at him.

"Look. If I had told you the truth you might have not come with me. And I wanted you to marry me, Milly." Adam said trying to explain.

"Sure you did. Because you knew I was young and strong and I had a lot of work left in me." Milly said not looking at him.

Adam sighed, "That is partly true. It's a rough life up here. A man needs a wife who can work alongside him."

"I'll work alongside you but I won't sleep alongside you," Milly said harshly.

"Now Milly, I-" Adam started to say

"Goodnight, Mr. Pontipee!" Milly said cutting him off again.

Adam stared at her before leaving his room. As he did this he heard his brothers run down the stairs of the house, no doubt listening at the door. When Adam got downstairs, all six brothers were trying to act as casual as possible and failing. Caleb had fallen over on the floor and Frank had the book he was "reading" upside down.

Adam felt six pairs of eyes on him and he hurriedly tried to explain, "I'm just letting her get out of her clothes. She's a little nervous."

Daniel laughed, "Yeah. She's a little nervous?" He said looking at his fidgeting older brother.

Adam just glared and marched upstairs again, he went into his room, ignoring Milly's eyes and climbed out the open window and settled into the tree in front of it. Milly got up and came to the window.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

Adam glanced at her and replied, "Bedding down for the night. Don't know what cats see in it."

Milly frowned, "It doesn't seem fitting for a bridegroom to spend his wedding night in a tree." She murmured.

"Hey this was your idea," Adam said shrugging his shoulders.

"Right," Milly said frowning. She was feeling a little bad now. "Do you want a blanket?" She asked

Adam glanced at her, "No thanks." He then turned away and closed his eyes.

Milly chewed on her lip, "Adam?"

Adam didn't open his eyes, "Hm?"

"I don't want what happened today to happen again. I want to trust you. Can I trust you?" Milly asked a bit rushed

Adam opened his eyes, "Sure you can."

"Did you really want to marry me?" Milly asked quietly.

Adam leaned forward and grabbed her hand gently, saying, "Sure I did. Real bad. I knew you were a hard worker and that you could handle life up here. Of course with the blond flowing hair and a figure that a man is not supposed to notice, I counted myself really lucky."

Milly smiled slightly and squeezed his hand, "I know how things are with your brothers, you being the head of house and all. I would not want you to lose face. All things considered, maybe you better come back in."

Adam grinned and basically jumped through the window onto the bed, breaking it with a loud crack. Milly started laughing and soon Adam joined her.

In the room next door, all six younger brothers enchanged glances with grins on their faces, all having heard the loud sound.