A/N: I just wanted to take a moment to leave a thank you to all my reviewers. You girls are great. And CindyPio here is some more fun stuff for you.

That night as Lou lay in bed with Kristy she thought about what she could do to thank Ike because giving him an extra piece of cake was not enough. She smiled as an idea came to her.

"Hey Kristy you still awake?" She whispered into the dark room.

"Ummhmmm" Kristy replied groggily.

"Do you know of any girls that we can set Ike up with?" Lou asked.

Kristy raised her head to look at Lou suddenly wide awake. "You want to set Ike up? Are you sure that's a good idea Louise?"

"Why not? Ike's a great guy and would make a good husband for someone." Lou replied her forehead wrinkling in confusion to Kristy's reaction.

"That's not what I meant. Ike is a wonderful person and a real sweetheart but are you sure we should be getting involved, he could get hurt." Kristy replied.

"It worked for you and Cody didn't it." Lou argued back.

"Yes but you were setting Billy up for failure… you didn't plan on me actually liking him. What if you think you are setting Ike up with a girl that would really like him but would in fact tease and torment him? Do you really want to put him through that?" Kristy asked.

Lou slumped back into her pillow in disappointment. "No I don't want that. I just want him to be happy and thought finding him a girl could be a way for me to thank him for all he's done for me and Buck."

"I understand Louise, I really do. I just don't know a single girl in town that would give Ike a chance because he can't talk." Kristy said lying back on her pillow.

"That ain't right." Lou mumbled.

"I know Louise, it isn't but it's the way things are." Kristy said before rolling over and closing her eyes.

Lou sighed, she knew Kristy was probably right about the women in town but she was still determined to find Ike a woman. She'd talk to Buck in the morning to see if he had any ideas. Sighing again Lou rolled to her side and tried to sleep.

The next morning after breakfast Buck was in the barn getting ready for his run. He was not looking forward to it. This would be the first long run he had gone on since getting married to Lou and finding out she was carrying his child. So when Lou came into the barn Buck gave her a sad smile.

"You've gone on this run before Buck." Lou pointed out already knowing what he was thinking.

"I know … it's just … well I don't like leaving you." Buck said walking up to her to pull her into a hug.

"I know Buck and I don't like you being gone for so long but it's your job and I'll be fine here with the boys, Teaspoon, Emma, and Kristy. But I did want to talk to you about something before you go." Lou stated pushing away from him to sit on a crate.

"What about? You feeling ok? Did you need me to bring you something back?" Buck asked quickly.

"I'm fine Buck!" Lou laughed at the worried look on his face. "And if you want to bring me back anything you can but I don't need anything. No, I wanted to see what you thought about us finding a girl for Ike."

"Lou… I'm not sure that is such a good idea. You know Ike hasn't had the best of luck with the ladies in town." Buck said running a hand up the back of his neck.

"I know that … I just want to make him happy. It's true the women in town ain't too nice to Ike or any of us for that matter but there's got to be someone out there for Ike."

Buck walked over to Lou and knelt in front of her. He placed his hand on her stomach and whispered some words in Kiowa before he reached up and placed a kiss to her lips. "There is someone for everyone Lou. Look at us, I never thought I'd find a woman who'd accept me as I was but I found you. And now we have a little one on the way. I'll tell you what, while I'm gone I'll think on it and see if I can come up with someone we can fix Ike up with. Will that do?"

Lou smiled and wrapped her arms around Buck's waist. "I'm going to miss you."

"I'll miss you too." Buck whispered.

The call of 'rider coming' had Buck rushing with his horse out of the barn. He mounted up and then leaned down to plant a quick kiss on Lou's lips as she stood on her tippy toes before riding off with the passing of the pouch.

Lou watched him until she could no longer see him before going about her chores. It was going to be a very long week until he got back again, hopefully with an idea as to who they could set Ike up with.

A week later Lou was outside hanging laundry when the shout of 'rider coming' was heard throughout the yard, Lou raised her head and could see the outline of a horse and rider still a ways away approaching at a slow pace. Lou recognized immediately Buck's horse and the way he sat on it but something was wrong. He never came in that slow. Fear gripped her heart as she rushed towards where the other boys were waiting for Buck, each of them just as concerned by his approach as she was. It wasn't until he was about a hundred yards away that they all realized why he was coming in so slow; he had an additional rider, a woman. With a puzzled look Lou searched Buck's face, his whole face lit up when he saw her.

Buck read the silent question she was asking and grinned. The girl behind him may not know it but she was the answer to their problem. When he finally reached the boys and Lou, Buck dismounted and quickly gathered Lou up and kissed her soundly before he turned to help the woman down.

"Who's your friend Buck?" Cody asked looking at the girl.

Buck placed a hand on the girl's shoulder and brought her closer to him. When she was next to him Lou could see a faint resemblance. The girl had raven black hair, dark copper skin, high cheek bones, and a startling shade of green eyes. Lou suspected that if Buck had been full Kiowa he would look like that … except the green eyes. "This is my cousin Silent Robin. She doesn't speak but can hear."

"Like me?" Ike signed

"Yes like you." Buck said with a big grin.

Robin looked at the man that had signed that question. She had never met another person with her problem. The man gave her a wide friendly smile, his own green eyes lighting up. She decided he was a good looking man for a white man. She at first hadn't been sure she had made the right decision to leave her people and had almost been ready to return when she had come across Running Buck. Buck had told her of the home he had found and the woman he had married. He had told her of the people that saw his spirit and not his skin color. But it was when Buck had told her of the man he called his brother, the white man that spoke with his hands like her, that made her come with him. Upon seeing his home and family and the man that spoke with his hands, she decided that she just might have made the right decision after all.