Hoss smacked him again" Language!"

He cursed under his breath, "Look, I am sorry she and I sex okay," he told him.

Hoss sighed... "Look Joe, I promise not to tell Adam and Pa ok, however, you will be by my side, twenty-four-seven."

"Aright, so what about the sleeping tonight, Rose was gonna sleep in the loft and I ain't allowing her to be alone," Joe said

"Two-Bit, Darry, and Adam were gonna sleep in the barn ok"

"Pa already said it was alright if I slept on the other side of the loft," Joe said

"But Pa doesn't know about what you have done... You sleep in the barn tonight and he will"

Joe glared, "I ain't leaving Rose with Two-Bit and Adam specially when there's been bob cat sightings," Joe said angrily, "Fine she'll be in my room instead."

"No! She won't be, Joseph obey me or I will have Pa up here so fast it will make your head spin!"

Joe glared daggers at him, "I'm going to my room if my lady needs to talk I'll be there." he went to his room and ignored the worried look on Rose's face. Hoss glared, and was tempted to tell his Pa about Joseph.

Rose walked up to Hoss, "what, what went on?" she asked.

"Nothing that should make you worry" Hoss replied

"If it's about him and I then it does," Rose sternly told him.

"Rose, I know about what happened to you and Joseph, and it's not acceptable in my family. I am not going to tell my Pa, but I need to teach Joe the error of what he had done. So just for tonight, you two are going to be separated."

"That's fine with me to be honest, I know how a guys mind works, so it's fine with me as long as I ain't alone in the barn," she told him and chuckled, "Hoss, is it true, there's been a bob cat or something like that wandering around?"

"Yes it is, he's been around the ranch, but hasn't strayed too close to here. Even if it does we are all ready for it. And I thought you and Lexi were sleeping in the barn?"

"I'm not sure anymore, she seems to interested in other things then hanging out with me, Hoss can you and I take a walk to the lake and talk alone?" she asked.

"Well, I can talk to her for ya?" Hoss said as he and she started to walk out the door to the lake

"No, it's fine, I really don't mind the being alone when friends want to hang out," she replied.

"Well I do, you should go talk to her"

"Naw it's fine Hoss, um, the reason I wanted to talk to you is I'm kinda worried about Joe and I," she told him.

"Why are you worried?"

"Ever since you know what he's been acting oddly," she told him.

Hoss nodded. "I think he was afraid that he would get caught."

"Not that I mean he hardly looks at me right now and I went to talk to him a while ago and he walked away from me," rose told him.

"Do you want me to talk to him?"

"You wouldn't mind would you?" she asked once they reached the lake. She sat down with a sigh.

Hoss sat down beside her "Nah I'd be happy to" he smiled at her and bumped her with his shoulder

She chuckled and lightly pushed him back.

Hoss smiled. "So, is he treating you good?"

"Yeah, except the few times he ignores me over something and won't talk to me about it," she told him.

"So he's acting a little childish?"

"Just when he's mad about something," she said, "but other than that everything's fine between us."

"Why are you talking about me?" Joe said coming behind them causing them to jump

"Hoss was asking if you're treating me right is all babe," Rose told him with a smile.

Joe glared at her..."Hey now Joseph there's no call for that!" Hoss scolded... "Of course I treat her right Hoss," Joe told him with a slight smile.

Rose got up and went over to Joe, "Babe is everything alright?" she asked wrapping her arms around his neck.

"I just can't believe how stupid I was" Joe confessed

"Stupid? Baby you're not stupid alright," she told him calmly.

"Yeah Joseph it was a mistake, a stupid mistake. But you're not stupid! Don't ever let me hear you say that again" Hoss said. Rose flinched a little at the tone of his voice but looked up at Joe and kissed him on the lips.

Joe loved the surprise of the kiss. "I'm sorry Rose."

"It's alright Joey, just when you need to talk find me alright," she told him with a smile forgetting Hoss was there. Hoss cleared his throat.

She jumped and looked over at him and smiled, "Oh Hoss want a kiss also?" she joked.

Hoss smirked. "I guess I won't be completely calmed down until I explain my actions to my father." Joe said with his head down

"Joe, not tonight alright, I would like to spend more time with you before you get a whooping," she told him and he saw the tears in her eyes.

Joe looked shocked..."How did you- Hoss did you tell her what Pa would do?" he looked at her. "Hey what's with the tears?"

Hoss shook his head no, "No he didn't tell me, just a guess and the tears are for the fact that I don't want you to get hurt is all and the fact when I stood up I twisted wrong a little, but I'm fine, how about we sit here, where Hoss can see us and just hang out for a while?" she asked.

Joe nodded and Hoss nodded giving permission. "So when I tell my Pa are you gonna tell Darry?"

"I, I'm scared to," she told him as they sat down away from Hoss but close so he can see them.

"How about if we tell them together?" Joe asked

Her eyes went huge and she shook her head no, "I'll be dead if I told my older brother I had sex without protection," she told him.

"Well I'm telling my father?"

They hear a throat clear from behind them, they turn and see Ben and Darry both pissed off about it all, "what did you two say?" Darry asked.

Joe gulped. "Say about what? I don't remember saying anything? Rose do you?"

"Um, Darry, Ben, we need to talk to you," Rose said and glanced at Joe, "we, we um," Rose started.

Then heard Darry say, "We heard you, Rosemary Marie Curtis how dare you have un-protected sex with a boy!"

Joe gulped and slowly began to leave the scene. Ben stopped him by grabbing his arm and glared at him. No one knew what to say at the moment.

Joe was afraid. "Well gee she forced me to!" Joe accidentally blurted out

Rose slapped him and ran to the barn upset Joe even said that

Joe put his head down and felt like a total jerk. "Darry, Pa, it wasn't her fault. It was mine," Joe confessed.

Dallas heard yelling and went to check it out and ran smack into Rose.

Darry was too pissed to think so he just walked away. Rose looked up at Dallas the tears falling down her cheeks.

"What's wrong?" Dallas asked.

"Joe," was all she got out she was crying that hard.

"What did he do?" Dally asked getting mad not knowing if Joe hit her or what.

"Dar, Dar and his pa heard us talking about what he and I did and he blurted out that I forced him to do it," Rose cried.

"Why do you think he threw you under the bus?"

She shrugged and sighed as she went to the barn. Dally follows.

"You know, he's probably sorry he did it?"

"I don't know I slapped him than ran, I didn't mean to slap him it just hurt when he said that," Rose cried.

Dally laughed knowing how bad a slap of hers hurts. "Well I don't think he'll be feeling the slap. His pa just dragged him into the house."

Her eyes went huge, "damn it," she whispered and left the barn and got grabbed by Darry.