AYMD Chapter 10
Disclaimer: I don't own 'em, they ain't mine, but I sure like to borrow 'em from time to time.
A week later Matt Dillon was involved in his first skermish as a law man. Marshal Kimboro was out of town leaving things in Matt's hands. Matt knew from the start that it was probably Kimboro's way of testing him, just to see if he really had what he needed to pin that shiny star on his chest.
The fight was in the Harney Saloon, and after being summonded by one of the girls that worked there, Matt, being young and eager rushed over. He moved into the brawl and began throwing his own punches trying to take out the brawlers. While he was a tall, he was still enough of a youth that he had not filled out in his arms and shoulders the way some of the older men had and he definitely took his hits and quickly broke things up. After taking the brawlers that could still stand over to the jail to sleep off their drunk, Matt returned to the Harney to check on a man who had been injured. However, when he returned the man was gone so Matt walked up to the bar, he needed to talk to the bar keeper so he could file a report with the Marshal when he returned.
"Oh, hello deputy, quite a scrap in here tonight huh?" Glenn asked the tall young man who was now standing before him.
"Yeah." Matt said, looking around the room, always surveying his surroundings. "What happened to the man that was injured in the fight?"
The voice that answered him was not Glenn's. "A couple of cowboys hauled him out of here, they were going to haul him up to the doc's and get him looked at."
Matt turned and looked into the face of a blonde beauty with deep, dark eyes. He couldn't think of anything to say so he just remained quite.
The girl smiled and stared up at him for a moment before saying, "Well aren't you going to introduce yourself?"
Matt looked down for a moment, before looking her back in the eye again. "The name's Dillon. Matt Dillon."
"Well it's nice to meet you," the girl said, then looking at his badge continued, "Deputy Dillon."
"Nice to meet you as well, Miss…" Matt said, pausing, realizing that he didn't know the girls name.
"Cara." The girl said.
"Miss Cara." Matt finished his statement. "So can you tell me anything about what went on in here tonight? I have to file a report for the Marshal." Trying to keep his mind on business and not on the girl that was standing before him.
"Oh you know the boys." Cara said, moving her had toward the cowboys still seated in the bar room. "They were just having a little fun and it got out of hand."
Matt nodded, mentally taking down the details.
"It all started when Willie and Jimmy decided that they would try to have a boxing match and well I guess the rest is history I guess. The boxing match kind of turned into a brawl when a couple of them started taking bets and then they started accusing the others of cheating and well then they all decided to have a little boxing match of their own." Cara said, then looking down at one of Matt's hands, she said. "My it looks like you got scuffed up yourself deputy."
Matt looked down at his own bruised knuckles and pushed her concern aside. "It's nothing, part of the job I guess."
"You don't have to be brave for me, Deputy." Cara said, moving closer to Matt.
"I'm not being brave for you Miss." Matt said, taking a step back. Then he thanked her for the information and began to move away before she called out.
"Next time your in here, I'd like to have a drink with you!"
Matt stopped for a moment and pretended to think on it for a moment. "I guess." Then he walked back to the office and wrote down the details of the brawl at the Harney for Kimboro before he set off to make his nightly rounds.