Author's note: Ah… So is that a no? Ok. This one won't be long for I need to go to school this week and go to a cousins wedding. I just love to write when I have extra time on my hands in the morning.

James's POV

I spin around to see who screamed. Was it Sara or that little girl? Well I was right about it being one of the kids, but not who I thought it would be. It was the little boy; Gale was it, with the man's hand balled around his collar. The little girl was yelling at him.

"Put Galey down! Galey's mine, mine!" Then the truth hit me. The little girl's parents where slave owners, I'm sure of it. Gale must really love this family to call that man evil but hide behind her. I snapped back to reality to see the man raise his hand to strike.

"Hey!" I was right up on him and grabbing his arm to stop him from hitting the little slave boy. I felt all eyes on us. I swallowed and glared at the man, "Back up. He's just a kid." The man glared at me before dropping Gale on top of the girl.

"Mary?" Once Gale was off of the little girl he turned to see if his 'masters' alright. She was, of course. What caught me by surprise was Mary pulling Gale into what looked like a hug. Her arms were locked around his small body and her chin on his head.

I glare back at the man. His face was red with anger. Sara ran over to the kids before anyone could stop her. "Come on now. How about you two come with me." She grabbed Mary's hand and slowly picked her up. She did the same for Gale and lead them to the cart to put a blanket around them.

"Get outa here before I makeya" The man said. Now all the white men started to grab and started to pull us away.

Moses and I fought there grips until Moses's brother yelled, "Moses no! Stay calm." We finally got out of there hateful grips and walked away.

"The biding is up again, going once, going twice, sold to Mr. Harrison at the Evernappy Plantation in Richman, Virginia." The loud mouth said. Man I just want to punch all these white basters. I sigh and walk over to the wagon. But then I got an idea.

"Hey Moses!" I called out I ran over to them. "They're taking him to Richman. We're still going right?" Then I heard a sneeze. I turn to see Mary rubbing her nose with the back of her hand and Gale resting her head on her shoulder. "What are they doing here?" I'm guessing I sounded annoyed, because Sara glared at me.

"Well, they are here because Mary lost her family and needs help." She placed her hand on Mary's small head. "And Gale is with her. He's French as well." Her other hand slid into Gale's. He blushed and looked down. Henri moved over to him and started talking in French.

"I got that." I motioned for all of them to move over to me. Sara and Moses got the message, Henri on the other hand kept talking to Gale, wale Mary was sniffing over his shoulder to hear the conversation. "Henri." I snapped. All three heads turned to me in shock. He turns back to Gale to say bye or something before running to us.

"What is it James?" Sara's crossed her arms.

"I'm not so, fond of Mary."

"Why? Didn't she defend you?" Moses said.

"Not the point." I turned to see Mary with her arms pulling on the blanket wale Gale put her share on her back. That's when I looked back at the others. "I think Mary's a slave owner." Sara just cocked an eye wale Moses put his hand on his head.

"Are you sure that she is. I mean Gale seems pretty attached." Moses peered up at me.

"That's preposterous James." I glared at her. "She's might just be a friend. Even if…" She froze.

"What?" She pointed behind me, till I turned. I saw Gale standing behind me. His face peering up at me, Marry was right behind him. She looked mad.

"Galey. You were supposed to wait for me." She through blanket over Gale's head, then looked up at us. "What's wrong Mister?"

Sara beat me to it, "Say, Mary. What might Gale be to you." Her voice was sweet and kind. I looked up at her. Damn, I can't wait to see if they ever saw her true nature. Now that would be a show.

I looked down again waiting to hear I that I was right. Her face lit up, as if she trusted Sara.

"Galey's my friend and my mother's school friend." I was so off. At least Moses found it funny.

"Well then I believe we're going to Richman. Come along children." Sara ushered them to the cart.

"Yeah, mother said that she love Richman!" Mary hopped up and down wale Gale tried to keep the blanket, which was now soaked, over his head.

I glared at her and Moses. "Well my brother a waits and so does that meeting." Moses turned, but stopped half way, "oh and try to be nice. They are just kids."

I sighed as I got into the cart. "Mister." I looked down to see a pair of huge gray eyes looking up at me. Her blond hair was still wet and so where her clothes. The smile on her face took my breath away. "Thank you for saving Galey. Oh and Galey said thank you too." As she crawled back to Sara to finish being dried off. All I could think about was how such a young, happy-go-lucky girl could have such a shy timed boy as a friend. The thought made me laugh.

Hello again. Sorry, I couldn't hear the man's first name well. And it would aggravate my father if I played a show at full volume at 7 am and my family is a sleep at 12, so.

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