Chapter 52
Amy and Ty pulled up to the ranch and walked inside hand in hand. Everyone was sat round the table eating breakfast, "Wow I am surprised to see you both here this early!" Lou exclaimed.
"We woke up early and we were pretty hungry so decided to come back for breakfast!" Ty laughed.
"Well as usual I have made far too much, sit down and I'll grab you some plates," Lou said getting up and walking into the kitchen. She brought the plates through and Amy, Lou, Ty, Jack, Katie and Peter all sat around eating.
"Did you both have a good night?" Lou asked curiously.
"Yeah we did thanks, them hot tubs are awesome by the way Lou! We went in before we came here this morning!" Amy replied enthusiastically.
"I knew they would be worth it! What are your plans for today?" she asked.
"Bed rest and a walk. Which will be my plan every day until next Wednesday, and then hopefully we can get back to normal!" Ty exclaimed, "Seriously can't wait for this awful situation to be over already…"
"I know Ty, it is awful. But you will get through it!" Jack said trying to keep Ty positive.
Everyone stayed quiet for the rest of the breakfast and when they all finished, Ty excused himself and went to the bedroom.
"I have to get off now if I am going to make my meeting in Calgary. See you all tonight," Peter said kissing Lou's cheek as he ran out.
"I have to go and meet Caleb, we have to go and move the cattle, see you both later in the afternoon!" Jack exclaimed getting up.
"Bye Grandpa!" Lou and Amy said in unison and both laughed.
"Hey Katie, why don't you go and play in your room for a bit?" Lou asked. Katie nodded and went running through to her room, but decided to go into Ty's room and see him.
Amy and Lou got up and started clearing the plates away. "I'll wash, you dry?" Lou said throwing Amy a tea towel. Amy nodded and they got to work silently. Not a word was exchanged until Lou said, "Right, I am just going to come out with it. Did you two talk about Dad last night?"
Amy sighed, knowing she would have to talk to Lou about it at some point but was unsure of how she would take their decision not to have anything to do with him, "Yes we did. Dad was the reason Ty has been off recently. He was scared to tell me his feelings because he didn't want anything to do with him ever again and was scared of what my reaction would be."
"What was your reaction?" Lou asked cautiously, not wanting to make a big deal.
"Well I told Ty that I would stand by any decision he made. I just said how at the end of the day we are getting married. I love him and he has been there for me at times when dad was not. He felt guilty and thought that because he didn't want anything to do with dad I would have no parents left in my life. I told him that wasn't true because at the end of the day Grandpa was more of a father figure to us than dad ever was! It says something that both Ty and Peter asked grandpa permission before asking us to marry them! I wouldn't have cared if Ty had got dad thrown into jail you know? Because seeing Ty lying there, unconscious for hours on end was the hardest thing ever. I made a promise to Ty there and then that I would support any decision he made. I love him so much Lou and to think that dad nearly tore us apart? That man is not worthy of my forgiveness! But after the chat, we felt like we were back to normal again. Thank you for allowing us to go to the dude ranch again, I can't begin to imagine what would have happened between us if you hadn't!" Amy had tears streaming down her face, "But now I am scared that I am going to lose you! I don't want the fact that I don't want dad in my life to come between us!"
Lou was also tearing up at this point, "Oh Amy, seriously? Don't worry about me! I have known from that day when Ty first woke up that this would be the decision, I really don't blame you for how you reacted! I was talking to Peter the other day and I said that I couldn't imagine being in your situation right now! If he had done anything like that to Peter, then I would have never had anything to do with dad ever again! I would never hold anything like this against you, and to be honest with you; I don't fancy having anything to do with him ever again. All the pain he has caused this whole family is not worth it! The way he reacted when he found out you were sleeping together was bad enough, I am surprised Ty forgave him for that! After all of that was water under the bridge, I thought he had changed, but all the sly digs he makes at Ty is bloody awful! About the nightmares, about him not being good enough for you! At the end of the day Amy, this is your life. You would never lose me because of what you decide. I will stand by you! After all of this, I don't want my daughters to see their grandfather ever again. Georgie was terrified and you saw how Katie reacted about him being 'not very nice'! I think Ty deciding not wanting anything to do with him is actually the best thing for the whole family!" Lou sobbed and gave Amy a hug.
"Thank you Lou, I appreciate it so much! I am really shocked at how much Ty has been holding back. Last night was the best night's sleep we have had since this whole thing happened. Thank you again for letting us go to the dude ranch!" Amy said wiping her tears.
"Amy it is fine. I am just glad this is all out in the open with us. We are not having anything to do with dad ever again! I don't think I could handle seeing him to be honest. Right, I am going to go and get Katie ready for her tots' ballet class. She might be moving up a level today!" Lou said excitedly.
"Ah that is great! I better go check on buggerlugs through there, see if he needs anything!" Amy laughed.
Amy and Lou walked down the hall and heard lots of laughter and singing, Ty and Katie where sat on the bed watching High School Musical. They both walked in and Lou asked, "Hey what's going on in here?"
"I am being made to watch and sing along to High school musical because I was "rude" and fell asleep when we were watching it last week!" Ty exclaimed.
"Oh right, well Katie you have ballet soon and you need to get ready!" Lou laughed.
"Oh ok. Uncle Ty, can you pause it and we can carry on watching it when I come home? Oh and can we watch High School Musical 2 later?" She pleaded.
Ty groaned, "Maybe. I will pause it though! If you want me and Amy will be taking Buster and Remi for a walk later if you want to come after ballet?"
"YAY! Can I mommy? Can I?" Katie asked batting her eyelashes at her.
"Actually, I was going to ask if you could sit for her later on. I have to go and set up the dude ranch, 2 families are coming for a whole week!" Lou exclaimed.
"YAY! I can't wait! Bye Aunty Amy, bye uncle Ty!" Katie exclaimed running into her room to get her ballet stuff on.
"Thank you guys, you're the best!" Lou said.
"Ah we know we are, we are the greatest people in the world," Ty laughed.
"Now that is true," Amy commented.
"Whatever you two, I will be back around 1. See you later!" Lou said.
Amy and Ty both shouted bye and Amy jumped into bed next to Ty, "So Mr Borden, soon to be Dr Borden, we have about… 2.5 hours. What do you want to do?" she asked kissing his cheek.
"Well, you know what I would want to do, but you were the one who put a sex ban on us, so other than that I have no idea!" Ty pouted.
"There are plenty of other things we can do! Why don't we watch a movie or something?" she asked.
"Yeah okay, and even though, I am the patient, I will be great and let you choose," Ty laughed.
"Hmm in that case… I choose catching fire, because we never did get round to watching it!" Amy suggested.
"That sounds perfect," Ty said as he kissed her softly.
She got up and quickly put the DVD on and got back into bed with him. After the film they were both stunned. "Oh my god. I can not wait until we can watch the next one! That was amazing! When will we be able to watch the next one?" Ty asked.
"Wow Ty Borden, who would have known you would be this excited for The Hunger Games! You are just full of surprises! I recon we can watch it tomorrow, what do you think?" Amy teased.
Ty laughed, "What, it is just so good! I can't wait to watch it tomorrow! Oh I think I hear the door going, we best get ready for the walk! Shall we walk down to the big lake and back? Nothing too strenuous but it will give the dogs a bit of a work out?"
"That sounds great. You know, we could go and see Harley and Spartan when we go for a walk, they are grazing in the back field! I bet you're missing him aren't you?" Amy asked.
"Yeah, I really can't wait to ride him again! I don't care if I am riding with a broken arm, as soon as my ribs are sorted. Me and you are going on a romantic trail ride! It has been decided!" Ty said kissing Amy passionately.
"That, sounds, amazing!" Amy said in between kisses, they carried on kissing until they heard the door fly open and Katie run in, "I MOVED UP A LEVEL! I AM NOW IN PRESCHOOL! I CAN'T WAIT!" she yelled excitedly.
Ty gasped, "Oh my god well done Katie! I think this is cause for celebration. Why don't we go to Maggie's for ice cream after we have been on a walk?" he asked excitedly.
"YAY! I AM GONNA GO TELL MOMMY! SEE YOU IN THE KITCHEN!" Katie yelled and ran out.
"Ty! You know you aren't supposed to be out and about!" Amy said.
"Yeah I know, but I am sick of being in the ranch all the time. Ice cream at Maggie's isn't going to kill me! Besides, I really fancy ice cream from Maggie's and I am the patient after all," Ty batted his eyelashes jokingly and kissed Amy's forehead.
"Hmmm… Okay. But if you are in any pain at all after the walk. We aren't going. Understand?" Amy said bossily.
"Yes boss! Come on, lets get going before the mood killer comes back in," Ty laughed and Amy just shook her head. They both walked through to the kitchen and said their goodbye's to Lou. Katie, Ty and Amy got their shoes and coats on and went to get the dogs. They walked down past the upturned boat, the dogs were running ahead and loving life. Ty and Amy held hands and Katie walked just a little bit ahead of them, running after the dogs.
"Buster is great. He is the best birthday present I have ever got! I love him. Thanks babe!" Ty said kissing Amy's cheek.
"I knew you would love him. The way you kept going on and on, also the amount of selfie's I got from you was unreal!" Amy laughed.
"Yeah, he is pretty great. Hey guess what?" he said.
"What?" she asked, squeezing his hand a little tighter.
"We have been walking for 25 minutes and I am not in any pain! Roll on next Wednesday!" he said excitedly.
"Hold your horses there Borden, don't get too excited. You are doing well but don't get ahead of yourself! Right we will go and visit the horses then go to Maggie's. Only if you aren't in pain!" Amy said and Ty nodded.
They all walked round to the back field and when Harley saw Ty, he galloped excitedly over to the gate, "Hey boy, you missed me? Well I have missed you! I hope Stephen is treating you well!" he spoke to the horse while patting him gently through the gate. He really could not wait to ride him again. Harley neighed loudly and galloped off back to the other horses. Ty laughed and him, Amy and Katie all walked over to Ty's truck and drove to Maggie's.
"Right Katie, what do you want?" Ty asked.
"Strawberry surprise please!" Katie exclaimed.
"Usual babe?" Ty asked Amy to which she nodded, "Be right back."
Ty walked over to the counter to see Danny pouring coffee for everyone, "Oh hey Ty, not seen you round for a few weeks," Danny said, then he saw the cast, "Wow, what happened to you?"
"Oh it is a very long story; I am surprised Jason hasn't told you! He brought all my work over the other day and I told him," Ty said sounding surprised.
"I didn't go in on Tuesday, so what happened?" he asked.
"Well… You heard the whole story about me and Amy getting caught?" Ty asked to which Danny nodded, trying to stifle a laugh, "Well… the day after my birthday, her dad kicked off big style and attacked me, he broke 3 of my ribs which are not healing well, and he broke my arm which could be in plaster for up to 3 months. I was in hospital for a few days and im on 2 weeks bed rest. We are only out now to celebrate Katie's ballet achievement." Ty replied looking down.
"Oh my god Ty, I had no idea! I'm really sorry about that! What happened to him?" Danny asked.
"He is in rehab, but we want nothing to do with him ever again! Can we stop talking about it now? Can we have a large waffle deluxe and a strawberry surprise please?" Ty asked and Danny nodded, "It will be over in a minute. $8.75 please," Ty handed him a tenner and said he could keep the change. He filled Amy in on the conversation with Danny and she gave him a hug, "At least he knows now, and its not an issue at school. I told Lou you know."
"oh… what did she say?" Ty asked nervously.
"She said the exact same as me. She doesn't want anything to do with him anymore! She said she doesn't know what she would have done if it were her and Peter. She is really affected by this. She is going to stand by us, she doesn't want Katie or Georgie to be round him after what they have witnessed." Amy rubbed his shoulder sympathetically.
"Wow, that has shocked me. I am glad though, it could have been awkward otherwise! Hey Katie, did you enjoy the walk today? If you're not doing anything with your mom tomorrow, do you want to come on another walk?" Ty asked, trying to stop the conversations about Tim.
"YAY! I would love it!" Katie exclaimed, "Oooo here is Ice Cream!"
Danny brought the ice cream and waffles over to the table and they all dug in. After they had finished and drove back to the ranch. They went back into Amy and Ty's room and watched the rest of high school musical and High school musical 2. Ty amazingly didn't fall asleep during them. After the second movie finished he went to sit up and winced in pain, "Hey you ok?" Amy asked.
"Yeah, just a little bit sore that is all! I am fine though, I will take some tablets before dinner, which should be ready any minute now. Come on let's go!" Ty said sitting up and they all walked through and sat at the table. Georgie, Stephen, Lou and Jack all came and sat down and they all started eating as Peter had rung ahead and said to start without him. About 10 minutes later Peter came in and Lou said, "Hey how was the meeting?"
Peter smiled, "It was great. I actually have an announcement to make…"
A/N: OOO what is his announcement! Not too sure when the next one will be up, but I am hoping soon! Hopefully going to try and get the internet fixed tomorrow so I am doing some wiring stuff so I might not get chance to do it until Sunday depending on how things go. Cheers for all your support and reviews! I love reading them and HeartlandFan101 #toatsamazeballs ;) Hope you all enjoyed this chapter though! Might do a Tim update in the next chapter, I have a clear path of where I want to go with him so it should be quite exciting!
