As John left, Jack came in with Archer into the House.
"Hello Ms. MacFarlane. I'd like you to meet Archer Fordham, the man that saved Uncle's life."
"Hello Mr. Fordham." Bonnie said.
"Hello to you to Ms. Macfarlane. Sorry to meet you like this, but then again we might have never met in the first place."
"I figured, if we are staying here for a bit, might as well know who's were living with."
"That's very kind of you Jack."
Just as she said that a girl came down from upstairs.
"Aunt Bonnie, what's all the commotion about?" the girl asked.
Jack noticed she didn't have a western accent.
"Well, the woman sitting on the Couch is Mrs. Marston, This Man right her is Mr. Fordham, and the boy is Jack Marston. They are all staying here for a while Carla." Bonnie explained.
"Oh okay. Can I show them where they will be sleeping?"
"Sure, Make sure you give Mrs. Marston a double bed, she has a husband!"
4 hours later
Jack looked around his room. There was a mirror, a cabinet, a single bed, a bathtub that was fully operational with a sink, a box of his books and some other clothes, and a chair.
"Roomier that my other room." He thought to himself.
He locked his door. He was having a bath. It was the first one since his solo hunting trip, hoping that the dirt and dust would hide the scars. He figured that John already told Abigail about that and how cut up he was, so why keep hiding it? He spent about 10 minutes in the bath tub, and then he got out and drained it. He used his clothes to dry himself, and then he realized he was drying himself with his clothes. He cursed under his breath and looked through the box for other clothes; all he found was brown jeans, a black leather vest, white shirt, and black boots with spurs. Then fit him pretty good. Then he decided to throw the other clothes in a "dirty" pile. He laid back on his bed and then picked up a book and started to read. He was about a quarter done the 4th chapter when there was a knock on the door. He bookmarked the book and then got up for the door. "It's probably Ma checking up on me to see if I was settling in." No it wasn't. It was Carla.
"Hi" she said. "Want to talk?"
Jack was a bit confused. He didn't even know her, and he was pretty sure he had no mental issues.
"Sure." He said. He didn't know what to say, he couldn't have just said no.
There was a minute of an awkward silence between the two.
Jack decided to break it by saying. "Why are you here?"
Carla replied by saying. "I could ask you the same thing."
Jack was stunned; he only got this kind of conversation when talking to Pa.
"Well, my story is kind of long, so let's start with you. Why did you want to talk to me?
She sighed and then said. "I guess there's no one else to talk to."
"Thank you for making my day, I just love being the guy last on your list to talk to." He said sarcastically.
"Whoa! That's not what I meant! There is no one else to talk to because everyone on the Ranch that's not over 26, and it's not that great of conversations either, they all talk about hay or stories about shooting."
Jack felt sorry for her, no one that truly could talk to her. "Well then let's talk. Where are you from?"
She replied. "I'm from Backwater. My mother had me home schooled me since I could remember. I usually stayed indoors because there was nothing to do for a girl like me out in Backwater. The only time I ever came out was to get the newspaper for my dad and sometimes to eat at the restaurant. 2 years ago my mother died of influenza. 2 weeks ago I was sent here to live until my dad got back from a business trip, so I was sent here to stay with my Aunt. So now it's your turn."
Jack told her his story. "I was raised in a different part of Texas in a Town called Brimstone. I had 3 Uncle's, Uncle Dutch, Uncle Bill, and Uncle Javier. They weren't really my Uncles. They were all in a gang with my Pa, Dutch was the leader. When they were robbing a bank, pa was injured and they left him. He decided to change his ways and leave the gang and so he moved to the Great Plains and bought some land called Breachers Hope and started a Ranch their, got a ranch hand from brimstone the man we all call Uncle, and life was normal. Till the government kidnapped us and blackmailed pa to kill my 3 uncles or he wouldn't see us again. So for a month he's been searching for them to get us free. Then today the Army came and tried to kill Pa, but pa killed them, and Agent Fordham saw that our government was crumbling so he decided to be on the good guys' team. And here we are!" There was another awkward silence.
"Oh my god. I…wow. I don't know what to say." Carla said. "Well, see you Tomorrow Jack, you going to help us with the Horses?"
"Okay, will do, Goodnight."
As they both left for their rooms, they both knew they liked each other, but they weren't so sure if the other liked them back.
