Nicole: Hello again, Hearties! It is time for Chapter 10! Woohoo! What do you think of THAT accomplishment, Sabrina?

Sabrina: Chapter 10 already? Seriously? Good thing we made this chapter special ;).

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Elizabeth knew Jaclyn went ahead to the school/saloon, but as she neared the school/saloon, she saw two figures talking to each other. She knew one had to be Jaclyn, but who could the other person be? Then, Elizabeth remembered that Jaclyn was supposed to talk to Bradley the next day.

"I wonder if that might be Bradley" said Elizabeth as she neared the school/saloon.

She stood by the doorway, and saw Jaclyn getting along with Bradley. Elizabeth gave a smile, and didn't want to interrupt the two children.

Mere moments later, Elizabeth saw movement out of the corner of her eye. He immediately knew who it was because of his Red Serge. Elizabeth turned to look at him, and saw that he was looking right at her. She smiled and waved him over to see the two. Jack immediately begins to walk over to the school/saloon. He was right about there and was about to speak, when Elizabeth put a finger to her lips. Between that signal, and the look in Elizabeth's eyes, Jack knew better than to say a word. He looked inside, and smiled when he saw his somewhat stubborn niece talking calmly and nicely to the boy that she'd hated only 24 hours ago.

A smile appeared on Jack's face, before he commented, "Elizabeth, it's not nice to watch others..." he said with a small chuckle.

He continued, "What if someone were watching us."

Elizabeth blushed and replied, "You are right, Jack. I should have known better, but I didn't want to intrude on them, either."

"I understand, Elizabeth." Jack said with a smile. "I don't think I could resist watching them talk so nicely to each other, either."

Elizabeth looked at Jack once again, and saw her other students walking toward them.

"Jack! The other kids are coming! I'd better get inside."

"Alright. I'll see you later."

Jack smiled, tipped his hat, and walked away, toward the jailhouse.

As Elizabeth entered the room, Jaclyn knew that class would be beginning shortly.

"It was nice talking to you, Bradley."

"Same to you, Jaclyn. Maybe we can talk again sometime?"

"Sure."

Jaclyn gave a smile to Bradley and returned to her original seat as the classroom/saloon room started to fill up with her other classmates. The children filed inside, shed their coats, placed their lunch pails on the table in the back, and took their seats. Once everyone was seated, Gabe raised his hand.

"Yes, Gabe?"

"What were you and Mountie Jack doin' outside when we were comin' up the road?"

Elizabeth was quite surprised, and a bit embarrassed. She blushed just the tiniest bit, that no one could really tell but herself.

Jaclyn didn't know what Gabe was exactly asking Elizabeth about, but she saw that whatever it was must have been embarrassing for Elizabeth to reply to.

Jaclyn thought "I got to try to help her out of her awkward situation".

Jaclyn proceeded to raise her hand. Elizabeth saw Jaclyn's hand go up and said, "Yes Jaclyn, what is your question?" and then she gave a sigh of relief because she would not have to answer Gabe's question.

"Miss Thatcher, what is the first lesson for today?"

"Well, Jaclyn, that is a great question. I thought we could start off with a little history."

That afternoon, after school was finished, Elizabeth dismissed all the students.

"See you back at the cafe, Miss Thatcher!" Jaclyn exclaimed as she went out the door, actually closing it gently.

Elizabeth smiled, and finished cleaning up. Once all was clean, Elizabeth grabbed her shawl and put it on, knowing that the weather was getting colder by the day! She looked about to see if anyone was watching her, before hurriedly walking across the road to the jailhouse. Elizabeth knew Jack would be inside, so she went ahead on in.

"Brrr! It's getting colder out there!"

"Elizabeth! Here, sit down. It really is cold out there. You should probably begin wearing a better coat or shawl soon." Jack suggested, standing and pulling a chair closer to the wood stove, so that Elizabeth could warm herself.

"Yes. I need to contact my family and see if they can send me my warm winter coat!" Elizabeth agreed, sitting down.

"Good idea. So, what did you really come here for?"

"Remember the backdrop? And how I said that the image of us kissing was hidden like a little stick of dynamite, and some of my students lit the fuse?"

"Yes. I remember."

"Well, they're at it again. Gabe saw us this morning and asked what we were doing. Jack, I know we decided to keep 'us' a secret. But what if someone finds out? Gabe has once before asked about us courting!"

"Well, it is a fact that we are courting. And, I do remember our decision to keep it a secret, but I really don't want to wait any longer! I hate having to wait for us to be alone in order to express my love for you."

Elizabeth blushed, this time, a noticeable amount of pink rested on her cheeks.

Jack could tell that Elizabeth was a little worried.

"Elizabeth," he paused as he put his arm around her," don't even think about the children knowing about us".

Elizabeth felt comforted by Jack's arm around her and his kind words.

"You're right, Jack, I shouldn't think about that at all."

Jack smiled and continued holding his arm around her. When a knock sounded on the door, Jack looked over his shoulder. Elizabeth knew he didn't want to get up, or remove his arm from around her.

"Jack, what if it's important?"

Jack looked back to Elizabeth still reluctant to get up. Elizabeth looked into his eyes, knowing he still didn't want to get up. Elizabeth sighed, and surprised Jack by leaning in and planting a soft kiss on his lip. When she pulled back, she laughed softly at the look on Jack's face. They both smiled, and Jack reluctantly stood and walked to the door. Jack went over and opened up the door.

"Oh, good afternoon Mr. Yost."

"Constable, this letter came in for you."

"Thank you very much."

Mr. Yost headed back to the mercantile, and Jack closed the door. Jack turned around facing toward Elizabeth, and he opened it. Upon reading what it said, a mysterious smile appeared on his face. Elizabeth was now confused.

"What is it?"

"It's nothing important."

"Well, it must be if you're smiling mysteriously like that!"

Jack just smiled again.

"Jack! Please!" Elizabeth whined, almost like a little child.

Elizabeth tried to make a grab for it, but Jack moved it out of her reach. Elizabeth kept trying to get it, though. As Jack tried to keep it away, Rip just watched. When Jack stumbled and nearly stepped on Rip's ear, Rip howled. Making both of them freeze and look at him.

While Jack was staring at Rip, Elizabeth took the chance to get the letter away from Jack. Jack felt the letter get snatched out of his hands.

"Hahaha." laughed Elizabeth with a look of accomplishment on her face.

She pulled the letter back out of the envelope, and got ready to read it. As soon as Jack felt the letter be pulled from his hand, he turned around, his eyes went a little wide. He was worried that she would find out about the surprise he had for her. He looked at Rip and back at Elizabeth a couple times, before going around behind Elizabeth, without her noticing. He gently put one hand over her eyes and grabbed the letter from her hands and he quickly moved it behind his back before moving over to the other side of his desk, folding the letter and tucking it safely away in a drawer.

"Jack!" Elizabeth scolded a little.

Jack laughed a little, "Elizabeth, it's a surprise. I can't have you ruin the surprise, can I?"

"Oh, Jack." Elizabeth said, smiling, and once again kissing Jack.

Nicole: Looks like Jack and Elizabeth are being a little secretive! Will their secret get out? What is that surprise Jack has for Elizabeth?

Sabrina: Hmm, I bet those questions will be answered in a future chapter! We'll see you again on Wednesday, Hearties! Please R&R!