The next few weeks went on without incident. Alex healed fully, which excited Casey seeing as how their first game was two days after they got back from Texas.

"I'm all packed," Olivia called to Alex, at six thirty in the morning.

Alex walked into their bedroom with a box in her hands. "Not entirely."

"What's in there?" Olivia asked.

"A present," Alex smiled and offered the box to Olivia.

Olivia took the box and opened it to find a pair of brown cowboy boots. Olivia laughed and hugged Alex, "Thank you sweetheart."

"You're welcome," Alex kissed Olivia, "Serena and Casey will be here any minute."

"I'm ready," Olivia told her taking off her tennis shoes and putting on the cowboy boots.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you," Alex warned, "They're brand new. You're feet will be killing you within an hour."

"I'll be fine," Olivia waved her off.

"Don't say I didn't warn you," Alex smirked.

There was a buzz and David's voice, "Miss Southerlyn and Miss Novak are requesting your presence downstairs." Then Serena's voice came over the speaker, "That's not what I said. I said get your asses down here before we miss our plane."

Alex walked over to the intercom and replied, "We'll be right down Serena."

When they got downstairs, David pointed them outside where Serena was waiting in her car with Casey in the passenger's seat.

Casey got out to help them and smiled at Olivia, "Nice boots."

Olivia looked down at Casey's feet to see a pair similar to her own, "You too."

"Why are you so hungry?" Alex asked Serena, after they left, "Does Casey not feed you?"

"I tried," Casey told them, "But she's saving herself."

"Oh," Alex smiled and sat back.

"For what?" Olivia asked, "Marriage? Was there a dirty connotation to that little conversation or is it just me?"

"It's just you," Alex smiled and kissed Olivia's cheek, "but it's kinda cute that your mind is always in the gutter."

"I'm waiting to eat until we get to DFW so I can have barbeque," Serena explained, "We'll get there around two our time."

"There's barbeque in New York," Olivia stated.

"We're talking about real Texas barbeque, sweetheart," Alex told her.

"I don't see how there can be a difference," Casey stated.

Serena just smiled and pulled into the airport. They checked in their luggage, went through security, and got their boarding passes with relative ease.

"Can we sit down?" Olivia asked.

Alex smiled slyly, "Why? Your feet hurt?"

Olivia shook her head, "No." But Alex could see through her lie and found them some chairs by the ceiling to floor window looking toward the runway.

Olivia put her arm around Alex, "Are you nervous to see your high school friends?"

Alex shook her head, "Not really."

"Is J.D. gonna be there?" Serena asked.

Alex beamed, "Yeah, he e-mailed me. He said Rodney and Brad are going to be there too."

"Who's J.D.?" Olivia asked.

"He was the all-state cornerback of the football team. They were best friends. He had the hots for Alex," Serena smirked, "Too bad she had the hots for me."

"You're never going to let me live down that short lapse in judgment, am I?" Alex asked.

Serena smiled, "Not as long as I'm alive."

"Were you out in high school?" Casey asked.

Alex nodded, "Senior year."

"So you didn't have any problems with anyone for that?" Casey prodded.

"There was only one guy who had a problem with it," Alex looked at Serena, "What was his name?"

"Cody something," Serena shrugged.

"Yeah Cody," Alex looked back at Casey.

"What happened?" at this point Olivia was interested. Mostly interested in finding this Cody guy at the reunion and kicking his ass.

"I was walking to my car after class one day and he caught me in the parking lot. I tried to walk away, but he got a hold of my arm," Alex went on, "Luckily, half of the offensive line and the quarterback was walking by and told him to get away. J.D. came over and took me to my car so I'm not exactly sure what happened, but Cody came to school the next day with a limp and a black eye."

Olivia resolved not to kick Cody's ass, but to personally thank each football player who had a hand with his black eye.

An announcement came over the speaker and they stood realizing it was their boarding call.

"I have another question," Casey said as they walked down the isle on the airplane, "Do we have to go to the bathroom in outhouses?"

"Do you have something against outhouses?" Serena raised an eyebrow.

Casey got confused at the indirect answer.

"It's okay," Alex sat in her seat next to Olivia, "If you don't want to use the outhouse, the woods is right behind it."

"You're kidding right?" Casey asked Alex who had a straight face. The finally looked to Serena and sat next to her, "She's kidding right?"

Serena just shrugged and looked out the window.

Serena slept on Casey's shoulder for most of the four hour flight, Alex watched the in flight movies, Homeward Bound, and Homeward Bound 2, Casey spent most of the time trying to figure out if Alex was kidding about the outhouse and woods, and Olivia spent the majority of the time trying to figure out a way to have that Cody guy arrested.

They landed and found all of their luggage.

"Did you get a rental car?" Serena asked Alex.

Alex raised an eyebrow, "Why would I do that when my baby is sitting in the parking garage on the second level right next to the stairs?"

"You're baby?" Olivia asked with a confused look.

"You'll see," Alex beamed and led the way out the doors and toward the parking garage.

"Did Jesse drop it off?" Serena asked.

Alex nodded as they got to the stop of the second level staircase.

"Who's Jesse?" Casey asked.

"Jesse and her husband Tim take care of the ranch and live in the guest house a few acre's away," Alex answered.

She turned the corner and was face to face with a fire engine red 69 convertible Camaro SS.

"Wow," Casey walked to the driver's door to see the white interior.

Alex took some keys out of her pocket and opened the trunk. She tossed her bag in. Everyone followed suit.

"We're gonna be arrested," Serena said monotony, "Alex speeds like a fugitive in this car."

"I do not," Alex unlocked the door and moved the seat up, "Just for that you have to sit in the back."

Serena smirked, "I've made out with many a cheerleader in the back of this car. Although I'm not allowed to name names."

"So did I," Alex retorted as Serena got into the backseat, "But I was the one that got to second base with the college cheerleader."

"Yeah yeah," Serena rolled her eyes and sat down.

"Where'd you get this car?" Olivia asked, curiously.

"Derrick, Justin, Johnny, and Daddy built it together," Alex replied, "They used to get an old car and restore it every summer until we moved to New York."

Alex put the top down and when she turned the key the engine roared. Alex got a crazy-happy look in her eyes and took off out of the parking lot.

"Is that an 8-track?" Casey asked from the backseat.

Alex glanced down at it and took the 8-track out at a red light. She grinned and put it back in. She pressed a button and a guitar riff flowed out of the speakers.

Soon they were flying down the highway out of the big city listening the "Free Bird".

About forty-five minutes later they pulled down a dirt road and Alex floored it. The wind whipped around then and soon they were reaching eighty. Olivia's knuckles were slowly getting white as they clutched anything they could that was attached to the car.

Alex slowed down considerably and turned onto another dirt road. After a ways a massive log cabin looking house appeared next to a massive barn in surrounded by massive amounts of the greenest grass in every direction. There was a blue truck sitting between the house and the barn.

"Welcome to the Cabot Ranch One," Serena smiled and looked around.

"One?" Casey asked.

"There another one upstate New York," Alex added, "Hey look Casey. There's your outhouse."

Casey followed Alex's eyes as they pulled to a stop and saw a small outside close to the barn. She looked a little scared.

A man, in jeans, a plaid button down shirt, and a cowboy hat, came riding up on a horse and smiled down at the car. Alex got out as the man dismounted. He picked up Alex and spun her around in the hair.

"If it's possible, you're more beautiful than the last time I saw you," he said.
Alex chuckled, "You don't look so bad yourself." The turned back to the car, "Tim this is Casey. And you remember Serena."

Serena smiled and Tim hugged her too, "It's good to see you again.

Alex took Olivia's hand as she rounded the car to stand next to her, "And this is my fiancée, Olivia."

He wrapped Olivia up in his strong arms and said, "So you're the one that finally tied Alex down."

When he pulled away Olivia nodded, "That's me."

Tim looked around, "Jess's around here somewhere."

A woman on a horse came riding up. She dismounted and pulled Alex and Serena into a three way hug, "You two should come down here more often. We missed you."

"We missed you too," Serena beamed.

"Are y'all going to the reunion lunch?" Jesse asked.

"God yes," Serena said, "I'm starving."

"I'll put your bags inside and we'll follow you to the Smokehouse," Tim told them and opened the trunk.

"Thanks Tim," Alex smiled.

"You can take the horses back to the barn if you want," Jesse handed the reigns to Serena.

Serena smiled back at Casey, "C'mon."

"What?" Casey asked, "Me? On that thing?"

Serena chuckled and pulled Casey over, "It's not a thing. It's a horse."

Alex easily mounted the horse and held her arm out for Olivia. Olivia reluctantly took it and awkwardly slid onto the horse. She held on tight to Alex's waist.

Serena finally convinced Casey to get onto the horse and found Casey in a similar position to Olivia.

"Hey Serena," Alex smiled, "You've got redheaded something attached to your back there."

Serena laughed, "You have a brunette one."

"Race you to the creek?" Alex asked.

"Like you had to ask," Serena stated and nudged her horse into the trot, while Casey held on for dear life and squeezed her eyes shut.

"You okay?" Alex asked Olivia as they trotted after Serena.

Olivia was slowly getting used to it and nodded placing her chin on Alex's shoulder.

"So I can go faster?" Alex asked.

Olivia nodded again.

Alex nudged the horse's flanks and the horse took off in a run. When she got into a rhythm with the horse Olivia opened her eyes and enjoyed the feeling of the wind ripping through her hair and a wide smile soon graced her face.

Alex pulled back on the reigns when they reached a creek near the edge of the clearing behind the house. She turned to see Serena right behind them with Casey grinning like a child who had just had their ride on a pony for the first time.

"We'll have to break out the ATVs after lunch," Serena told Alex.

Alex nodded then looked out onto the clear water flowing through the creek. She felt Olivia softly kiss her neck and murmur, "I love you."

Alex smiled softly and put one hand on top of Olivia's hands at her waist, "I love you too."

A few minutes later, they headed back to the barn where Alex and Serena put the horses in their stalls and met Olivia and Casey outside.

Casey walked over to the outhouse, but didn't touch it.

Serena outright laughed, "Go ahead and open it."

Casey slowly opened it and sighed in relief. The one wall of the outhouse was lined in paintball guns, while the others had hooks, one of which had a swimsuit hanging on it. There was no toilet seat looking thing in sight.

"Can we go eat now?" Serena asked.

Jesse and Tim walked out of the house, "We'll follow you."

Everyone packed into Alex's car again and Jesse and Tim got into the truck. Alex led the way to town and the reunion barbeque lunch.