Disclaimer: I do not own "When Calls the Heart" or the characters in it. I just own Lillian and a few other characters. Thank you!

Later that evening, Jack was sitting in the living room, waiting for Elizabeth to come join him.

"Okay Uncle Jack, sit still." Jaclyn ordered gently.

"Uhm, can I ask why?" asked Jack.

"I need you to be my hat model."

"Your what?" Jack asked thinking she was joking.

Jaclyn put her hat she was fixing up on Jack's head, and said, "I need you to be my hat model."

"Why can't Lillian do it?" Jack asked, wishing this wasn't happening.

"Her head is too small, and she moves too much." Jaclyn replied as she started pinning her handmade fabric flower on her hat.

"Why can't your Aunt Elizabeth be the hat model?" Jack asked as Jaclyn kept moving the flower around to see where it looked best.

"Well, she's busy putting the dishes away. So she can't be my hat model."

"You could wait." Jack added.

"True, but I need to finish before it is too late. I want to wear it to show Aunt Marie, she'll think I got a brand new hat!" Jaclyn giggled.

Jack just sighed and was patient.

"My my, I didn't know you looked so good in flowers and bows and feathers, dear." Elizabeth giggled as she entered the room.

"Well thank you, but I prefer my Constable hat and my other hat more."

Then Lillian entered the room, and she started giggling. "Daddy you look very…pretty."

"Well thank you, but I just happily volunteered to help Jaclyn by being her hat model."

Jaclyn just rolled her eyes and continued arranging her decorations onto the hat.

Early the next morning, Jaclyn got ready. She grabbed her shawl and put it on top of her dress, it was a little too cold to not go out without one. She snuck down the hall, and went outside. She saw Bradley sitting, waiting patiently for her.

"Hello! You weren't waiting too long, were you?"

"No, I wasn't. I just came a few minutes ago."

"I am glad you didn't have to wait too long." Jaclyn smiled as she sat down next to him.

The patiently waited in silence, and a few moments later they saw the rays of the morning sunrise peeping over the horizon. Jaclyn rested her head on Bradley's shoulder, as she watched the sunrise slowly come up. The last thing she remembered was Bradley gently kissing her head before he put his head gently on hers, and then they fell asleep.

Elizabeth was opening the curtain to let the morning light in, then she saw Bradley and Jaclyn, asleep on the bench.

"Jack…" Elizabeth said as she walked over to him and gave him a gentle shake.

"Is the baby coming?!" asked Jack alarmed.

"No silly, not yet. Come here, this is so cute…" Elizabeth said as she walked back over to the window.

Jack walked over to the window, and then rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

"They must have fallen asleep while watching the sunrise." Jack said.

"Yes, but isn't it adorable?"

"Yes, it is." Jack agreed.

Jaclyn and Bradley continued sleeping, until Bradley finally opened up his eyes. He lifted his head, and looked at Jaclyn, who was still sleeping.

'She looks so cute….' Bradley thought.

Jack was fixing his tea in the kitchen, and he didn't mean to but he saw Bradley kiss Jaclyn's head.

"Why does this keep happening to me?!" Jack asked aloud.

"What Jack?" Elizabeth asked puzzled.

"Nothing… just nothing…" Jack replied as he inched away from the window.

"Well it has to be something." Elizabeth replied as Jack sat down.

"Well, it is something, but it's the kind of something you aren't ready to talk about yet."

"Oh I see." Elizabeth replied.

Bradley knew that Jaclyn would have to get ready to leave soon, so he whispered into her ear "Jaclyn…"

Jaclyn's eyelashes fluttered open. She made a small sound that showed she was pleased, and lifted her head from Bradley's shoulder.

Elizabeth opened the kitchen door, and invited the two of them in for some breakfast.

Meanwhile, Dottie Ramsey was waking up for the day. She went into the kitchen to start boiling water for tea, but she saw Bradley's shoes were missing, and she saw a note on the table. 'Dear Mom, I went out early to be with Jaclyn for a bit. ~Bradley' .

"Great, now he is starting to see her before 8 o'clock in the morning!" Dottie exclaimed as she threw her hands into the air. She walked back into her bedroom to tell Silas.

"Silas! Your son is starting to see Jaclyn before eight o'clock in the morning!" Dottie said.

Silas didn't reply, he just put her pillow on top of his head so he couldn't hear her.

Dottie just shook her head and went into the kitchen to finish making her morning cup of tea.

Later that morning, the stagecoach drove off with Jaclyn. Bradley, Elizabeth, Jack, and Lillian all waved goodbye until she was out of sight. It was hard to say goodbye, but they knew she would be back in a few days.

A few minutes after Jaclyn left, Bradley was about to walk away, but Jack stopped him.

"A certain someone told me to give you this." Jack said as he handed him a small package.

"Thank you Mr. Thornton." Bradley replied, he knew this was from Jaclyn.

Bradley politely said goodbye, and dashed home to go open his package. When he entered his house, he immediately went to his room.

"Bradley is that you? Bradley?!" Dottie asked.

Bradley quickly hid the package, he heard his mom coming.

"Now where have you been since before eight o clock?"

"I told you, I went to be with Jaclyn for a bit." Bradley shrugged.

"But why so early?"

"Mom, Jaclyn had to go back home for a few days to sign some papers for College in Fall."

"Oh what is she going to be?"

"She's learning how to be a teacher. She has one year of college in already."

"That's a good career I suppose. But you are going to help your father for the rest of the day now. Do you hear me?"

"Yes Mom."

"Now I am going to go make you a cup of warm tea. " Dottie said as she walked away.

As soon as she was gone, Bradley opened his package from Jaclyn. He unfolded a handkerchief, it had two 'B's stitched in two of the corners, and what looked like some kind of two fancy symbols in the other two. The other two were 'J's, but Bradley will figure that out later.

He opened up a letter that read "Dear Bradley, Since I am going away from Coal Valley for a few days, I want you to have something from me, like I have my necklace from you. I am going to miss you while I am gone, but when we are reunited, things will be better once again. Take care of my Aunt Elizabeth if she ever needs help. Yours Truly, Jaclyn"

Bradley read it over and over, he was pleased that he could have this with him, but he still couldn't figure out what those other two symbols were in the other two corners. Bradley shrugged and went in to have his cup of tea from his Mom.

Author's Note: Hello everyone! I wanted to talk a little bit about a few reviews I got on Chapter 20. First, AWChic, said: "One question, Is Bradly a character in the the show that I have just forgotten or is he made up for the story?" and the answer is, he's from the show! :) Another question she asked: "When will Abigail tell Elizabeth that she's pregnant?! " and the answer is, I am writing ahead and I have no idea what chapter that will be in, because right now I am doing a lot of characters at once...Okay! Back to the reviews! Cindie Henrich wrote: "Love this story and I love the pictures you picked so awesome, and I can hardly wait to read what you have in store!". I must say that all the pictures I have used are from the show, except Lillian and Jaclyn. I did get help with Jaclyn's picture from Katherine,Sabrina, and Nicole, since they sort of knew what Jaclyn would look like older. Also, I used for the cover, in case anyone wants to try it out, and you can also do picture edits there and profile pictures. The list goes on and on! Have an awesome weekend and I will post again on August 4th! :) Happy reading!

~Mary Martha