Undercover Defender
Author's note: Four things to keep in mind while reading this chapter.
Cody is not adopted by Abigail just lives with her and is also 11 years old in this story. Jack just went through some torture in previous chapters so we are going to talk about all that and more in upcoming chapters. (I talk a little about it in this one) Yes, we will talk about Elizabeth dealing with everything as well. I explain more about this in this chapter as well. And lastly, yes baby Thornton is coming. Very soon. The next chapter or the one after that promise! It's going to be good.
I hope you all have had a wonderful Christmas and welcome to a new year! I plan on posting on weekends again but keep in mind that life has gotten even more busy for me this year. So please be patient with me. Yes, I plan on finishing this story and the other story of mine. I just need a bit time to gather my thoughts and time to actually have time to write. Again thank you for your patience and enjoy this chapter. I loved writing it!
Chapter 18: Processing
Previously...
"We are having a baby?" Jack asked her still shocked.
"We are having a baby" Elizabeth smile got wider and wider.
Jack quickly wrapped Elizabeth in his arms and picked her up off the ground. Jack smile growing bigger and bigger by the minute. Jack then put her back on the ground.
"Are you okay?" Jack put her down on the ground a little worried already.
"Jack you barely lifted me up off the ground" Elizabeth rolled her eyes at his overprotectiveness already.
"I know but your pregnant now...We are going to have a baby" Jack smiled widely.
"Yes, we are"
Jack held her face in both of his hands as he leaned down to kiss her. After they split apart, Elizabeth spoke up.
"You guys can come in now" Elizabeth knowing full that they couldn't wait outside.
They all came rushing in to congratulate the couple. Everyone bursting with excitement for the two.
Back to the train*
Rosemary smiled to herself of the memory so clearly. She wondered if she would be next. Her and Lee didn't talk much on the matter, well not since their wedding. She kept replaying memories in her head as she enjoyed the landscape outside passing quickly by. She wondered what the future left for everyone.
And how the closer and closer Elizabeth came to giving birth.
To be continued...
Lee picked them all up from the train station in cape Fullerton. Once they were on the dirt road for a while, the back seat was having a heated argument.
"Jack, I'm totally fine"
"Elizabeth, you are going to see Carson right when we get back in town" Jack told her in a stern tone.
"It can wait later in the day. I'm hungry" Elizabeth looked out the window of the car. She sat on the right side while Jack sat in the middle with William on the left side in the backseat. Elizabeth didn't seem phased at all by Jack's stern tone.
"Nope. Your going right when we get back" Jack looked at her while remaining a serious face.
"Did I mention I want food? Anyone else hear that?" Elizabeth looked around the car to everyone else. She didn't see the big deal of waiting until tomorrow to go see Carson.
"I heard you say that" William raised his hand in acknowledgment of the answer.
"Probably best if you stay out of this one" Rosemary whispered back to William from the front seat.
"Agreed" Lee said from the driver's seat.
"Elizabeth" Jack clearly annoyed by her at this moment.
"What? I will tomorrow. First I want to eat some food at Abigail's" Elizabeth said looking at Jack then passed her gaze towards her brother.
"William you definitely need to try some of Abigail's famous chicken and dumplings. Everyone loves them. My personal favorite though is her waffles and her homemade ice cream" Elizabeth licked her lips while telling William of all the in and outs of Abigail's foods.
"Sounds good" William spoke quickly to his sister.
"Doesn't it though?" Elizabeth said nodding her head and smiling at him.
"Not helping William" Jack told him clearly annoyed still. Jack glared at him clearly not happy about him encouraging her ramble about food.
"sorry" William told him raising his hands in defense.
Rosemary just shook her head back and forth because William didn't take her advice for keeping quiet.
"Warned him" Rosemary said quietly.
Lee smiled while keeping his eyes on the dirt road.
"Hey now. Don't go all angry Mountie on him" Elizabeth pulled on his arm for him to look back at her.
Jack looked back to Elizabeth.
"You can change the subject all you want but you are seeing Carson Shepard right when we get back to Hope Valley" Jack still dead serious.
"Jack" Elizabeth said his name staring him straight in his eyes. Elizabeth's tone becoming serious now.
"Elizabeth" Jack said staring right back at her.
"Lee. Rosemary. William" Rosemary spoke up trying to lighten the mood. She purposely said the rest of the people in the car.
William tried to hold in his laughter while Jack and Elizabeth looked at Rosemary both with a serious look. Then Jack glared at William again for him apparently finding this hilarious. William became serious again right away at Jack's glare.
"Hey at least we all know each other's names now" Rosemary smiled back at them both while giving them a thumbs up.
Lee nodded his head back and forth in disapproval.
Then Jack and Elizabeth looked both at each other again. Both seeing who will break eye contact first to give in.
"Fine. We will go see Carson first" Elizabeth giving in this time. She normally didn't give in so easily but she didn't have enough energy to argue anymore with her husband.
"Thank you" Jack said kissing her forehead.
Rosemary and Lee let out a breath of air in relief. Which was short lived, when Elizabeth spoke up not long after.
"But only if you get your shoulder checked out too" Elizabeth not willing to let this one go. She figured if she had to go see Carson unwillingly then Jack would have to get checked out unwillingly too.
"Elizabeth" Jack tilting his head down a little and giving her a disapproving look.
"We were so close" Lee told Rosemary as he took his eyes off the road to look at her.
Rosemary just put one of her hands to her head indicating how annoyed she was.
"Jack you literally got shot and beaten up by who knows how many people. You need to get your ribs and shoulder checked out by a real doctor"
"Doug checked my ribs and shoulder out earlier. He said they are totally fine"
"As much as I love Doug he is not a real doctor and neither are you. Which also means you both don't count as a professional opinion on your injuries here mister"
"William did I ever tell you that time where I played a lead role in New York?" Rosemary spoke trying to defuse the tension that was definitely happening in the air. She tried to give them some privacy at least and the rest of the group a break of the arguing.
Rosemary went on about her experience in theater while Elizabeth and Jack continued on arguing.
Elizabeth put one of her pointer finger on his chest and looked him straight in the eyes. Jack tried not to smile at her serious face and her calling him mister.
"Mounties are trained for medical emergencies lest I remind you that" Jack controlled his almost slip up of smiling and became serious again.
"Are you really going there? You going to remind me of your days in the academy as well? If we wanted you to have a wife we would have issued you one. That lesson they didn't teach you very well apparently" Elizabeth still having her pointer finger on his chest but pressing harder now. She was definitely annoyed on how he could just get away with not seeing a doctor for his previous injuries.
"It's not that big of a deal"
"It's obviously not a big deal to you" Elizabeth said with a loud voice and then looked out the window.
"Elizabeth, I have dealt with much worse before" once the words left his mouth he regretted saying them. He knew that's the last thing she wanted to hear from him.
"Don't remind me" Elizabeth spoke again but more as a whisper than anything. She let her hand that was on Jack's chest fall. She felt tears prick her eyes as she continued to look out the window.
"Stupid pregnancy hormones" Elizabeth thought to herself as a tear fell down one of her cheeks just then.
Jack caught her hand in his before it completely fell to her side and held it protectively to his heart
"Will it make you feel better if I ask Carson to take a look at my shoulder while we are there?" Jack asked with a quieter voice. Only thing could be heard in the automobile was Rosemary explaining to William her theater days and occasionally Lee interrupting her explaining about how she was making some of it up.
Elizabeth just nodded her head yes while still looking out the window.
Jack just tugged a little on her hand indicating for her to look at him. Elizabeth slowly turned to him with tears coming down her face.
"You better hope we have a baby boy" Jack took his free hand and wiped a couple tears that were falling down her face. Jack changed the subject to ease away from the argument they just had.
"Why is that?" Elizabeth gave him a puzzled expression with a slight smile through her watery eyes.
"Because if we have a baby girl I wouldn't be able to say no to her. She would have me wrapped around her finger in an instant. Just like her mother does" Jack smiles as he puts one arm around Elizabeth's shoulder and brings her close to him.
Elizabeth chuckles at his comment. She knew he wasn't joking either. Jack would definitely be the overprotective father whether they had a boy or girl she knew for sure. Just them having a girl would definitely have all the young boys in town running away.
"So I've been dying to ask. How is William related to Elizabeth?" Lee thought it best to wait to ask his question until the two in the back stopped arguing. He heard them both now talking so he thought it best to interrupt Rosemary's story and ask the question. It's not like he hasn't heard that particular story many times before.
"William is Elizabeth's brother" Rosemary answered for them.
"Elizabeth you have a brother?" Lee asked surprised and shocked he didn't know.
"Well..." Elizabeth started to talk before Rosemary interrupted her.
"She does now"
"Someone want to fill me in?" Lee confused on how randomly Elizabeth can have a brother.
"It's a long story" Elizabeth and William spoke at the same time.
"Look they already have that twin telepathy thing going on " Rosemary smiles back at them and nudges Lee with her elbow.
"Honey...driving" Lee have her a pointed look and motioned with his hand that he was driving. He really didn't want to get elbowed by her again.
"Sorry" Rosemary patted his shoulder lightly.
"They aren't even twins" Jack beats the siblings to it before they can reply to Rosemary's comment.
"Whatever that's irrelevant" Rosemary rolls her eyes and turns back to facing the road in front of her.
"We got time. I mean if you don't mind and all" Lee was curious on how this whole thing could be possible. It's not like you randomly have a sibling every day you didn't know about.
"Of course not" William answered but looked at Elizabeth's affirmation before doing so.
William explained to Lee the whole story as they continued to ride along the dirt road. Well the whole story that Elizabeth knew. William thought it would be best to tell her the whole story later in a private conversation. He noticed she was worn out and needed time to like everything sink in.
During William's explanation, Elizabeth added some comments once in a while but remained quiet during most of it. She just looked out the window enjoying the view and became drowned in her own thoughts for most of the way back to town. She had no idea how she was so calm right now, with finding out she had a brother then to finding out her father had arrested. Elizabeth told herself that it must just be from shock and denial.
"Yeah denial that's why. Well either that or it really hasn't sank in yet" Elizabeth told herself in her head. She tried to brush it away from her thoughts and focus on the beautiful landscape they were passing by outside. It was a struggle to not fall asleep right then and there but she didn't want to wake up from the same reason as the night before. The bad dreams. She really didn't get much sleep the previous night to waking up in the middle of the night to eat ice cream. If she was being honest with herself, she only partially wanted the ice cream. Now don't get her wrong she was craving the ice cream but it wasn't a must thing last night. It was all the overwhelming things that happened that day that kept waking her up. The events of the day replaying in her head over and over again haunted her. The things that could have happened to Jack. It was all just so much to process at the moment.
"There is oh so much a person can take" Elizabeth kept telling herself in her head. It was all just to much right now and she just wanted rest. Mentally and physically to rest. She was worn out from all the worrying and discoveries about her family secrets. First it was worrying about Jack and his safety. Which then the problem turned into be her William her brother, who was completely a secret her whole life. And on top of all that mess, her father is arrested. For what she can't quite possibly guess why.
She looked over at Jack who still held her hand but by his side but looked deep in thought himself. She kept wondering what he went through to get him so hurt physically and shaken up mentally. She seen it in his eyes ever since he saw her the first time in Hamilton. He had that look like she was going to disappear right in front of him. Whatever he went through she was determined to find out herself eventually.
Before Elizabeth knew it, they made it in back in Hope Valley late afternoon. Abigail, Bill, and Cody were all waiting to greet them in front of the cafe. It was like their own welcome party. Lee carefully parked the car by the entrance of the cafe.
Lee got out and opened the door for Rosemary first. As Jack made his way out of the car and around the other side to open the door for Elizabeth. Before he could open the door though a young blonde headed boy crashed into him with a hug.
"Hey buddy" Jack smile grew as he hugged the boy back. He held in the slight pain from his ribs from when Cody crashed into him.
"I missed you Mountie Jack" Cody says while leaning back and looking at Jack in the eyes.
"Missed you too buddy" Jack puts a hand through his hair messing it around.
Jack then opened the door of the car for Elizabeth to get out. Helping her get out of the car as well. At the same time while Cody kept asking Jack questions.
"Did you get to shoot the bad guys? Were they mad when you brought them to jail? Does it hurt to get shot? Have you been shot? How did your mission go?" Cody kept asking questions about Jack's time away.
"Cody let him breathe for a second" Abigail tells Cody. Abigail also noticed how Jack looked pained for a second when Cody rushed into him. She made a mental note to herself to ask him about it later.
"Sorry" Cody says stepping back a little looking down to the ground.
"It's okay buddy. I'll tell you all about it later" Jack pats Cody on the shoulder. Jack knew he couldn't exactly tell Cody what happened on his Mountie business. Or the mission itself really. But he could tell him little details that didn't matter as much like taking the bad guys to jail.
Cody smile returned to his face as he proceeded to hug Elizabeth.
"I'm glad you're back Mrs. Thornton" Cody says as he leans back from his hug.
"Good to be back Cods" Elizabeth looked down at the young boy. Since Cody spent a lot of time with Elizabeth, Elizabeth created a nickname for him. Cods was his nickname after he couldn't explain the word codename in a game of charades on Tuesday night game night.
Once Cody stepped back, Abigail stepped forward to give Elizabeth a hug. Abigail and Elizabeth hugged each other while Jack shook Bill's hand.
"Good to have you back" Bill says while shaking Jack's hand.
"Good to be back" Jack smiles back at his good friend.
"Put them away?" Bill said indicating the criminals.
"Of course" Jack replies with a shake of his head.
"Everything go smoothly?" Bill asking Jack another question while Abigail was speaking to Elizabeth.
"Yep" Jack shoot his hand.
"You will have to tell me all about it. Theodore Martin has been out there a while. Since your father was alive"
"Yeah I have some questions about him knowing my father. I figured you would know about it since you worked with my father?" Jack asked him with curiosity in his voice.
"We can talk about it later" Bill said putting a hand on his shoulder.
Abigail then turned to Jack.
"Jack, good to have you back" Abigail smiled big as she leaned in to give him a hug.
"Good to be back home"
"You okay?" Abigail whispered to him as she hugged him.
"How..." before Jack could finish his sentence Abigail gave him his answer.
"I saw the pain in your eyes when Cody hugged you"
"I'm alright. Just a couple of bruises" Jack then leaned back and gave her a big smile.
Bill gave Elizabeth a hug while Cody looked at William with a puzzled look.
"Who are you?" Cody asks him.
Rosemary hugged Abigail during this time. And welcomed her back home.
"I'm William. I am Elizabeth's brother"
"I didn't know she had a brother" Cody tilts his head to the side still looking puzzled.
"She gets that a lot now" William chuckles to himself.
"We are going to talk about that right?" Abigail asks Elizabeth who is standing beside her.
"Oh we have a lot to discuss, trust me" Elizabeth said taking a deep breath.
"Neat! Hi I'm Cody" Cody informs this new found person and reaches out his hand for William to shake it.
"Nice to meet you young man" William shakes his hand back.
"That women over there is Abigail Stanton. I stay with her" Cody informed William pointing his finger at Abigail.
"Nice to meet you William" Abigail nodded her head towards his direction.
"You as well ma'am. I've heard many good things about your cooking"
Abigail smiled in Elizabeth's direction knowing who could have told him about her cooking.
"Well I hope I live up to the expectations then. Shall we all go proceed to the cafe for dinner?"
"Oh yeah I'm starving" Rosemary spoke up heading towards the cafe.
"I second that statement" Elizabeth said as she had one arm around Abigail motioning for her to lead the way. The rest of the group started heading towards the cafe entrance as well.
"Elizabeth" Jack stopped in his tracks and spoke with a serious voice.
"Yeah?" Elizabeth turned around to him and have him a puzzled look for a second. Snapping out of her confusion, she remembered what she had promised him they would do once they got back into town.
"Oh right. We will check up with you guys later. I promised Mr. protective over here we would go see Carson for a checkup first thing"
"Good idea. We will see you guys soon" Abigail gave them a smile and led Cody inside with the rest of the group.
"Hey! I thought she was on my side here" Elizabeth whined with her bottom lip out and her arms crossed over her chest.
"She is on the more reasonable side right now" Jack said trying not to smile from the adorable face Elizabeth was making.
Jack leaned over and kissed the side of her head as they made their way towards the infirmary. Jack made sure he kept one hand on her back more for his sake then hers.
Before they knocked on the door Elizabeth turned to Jack.
"Okay the time has come. Number one or two?" Elizabeth said smiling at him.
"Elizabeth, we aren't doing this" Jack looked at her like it was an obvious answer.
"Oh come on Jack. You know it's tradition" giving him an obvious look back.
"This doesn't count, Elizabeth. You are going first and there will be no game to determine it" Jack crossed his arms.
"You are willing to break tradition?" Elizabeth had one eyebrow up looking at him with a question with her eyes.
"Yes, I believe this is a perfect choice to do so. It shouldn't even count really" Jack rolls his eyes and gives her a somewhat annoyed look.
"Oh it counts. Final chance to change your mind. Are you sure you can take the consequences?" Elizabeth gave him a serious look and crossed her arms.
"How long?" Jack asked her ignoring the question she just asked. He made a mistake of not asking how long one time and it lasted for weeks. He will never make that mistake again.
"Four days" Elizabeth nodded her head and tried to keep a serious face.
"Four days? That's crazy and you know it" Jack complained over the answer she gave.
"It's going to have to be four days, Mr. Thornton"
"Two days?" Jack gave her his puppy dog eyes.
"If you think that the puppy dog eyes trick will work on me for this you could not be so wrong" Elizabeth put her hands on her hips and gave him a look.
Jack gave her sad face with his bottom lip down in a frown while keeping the puppy dog eyes.
"Fine two days but only because I love you" Elizabeth says nudging him lightly with her hand on his shoulder. The puppy dog eyes always gets her and he knows it too. She gives him a light kiss before turning to knock on the infirmary door.
"Works every time" Jack smirks at her and turns to the door waiting for Carson or Faith to open it.
After they both got checked out by Carson and Faith they headed back to the cafe with strict instructions for Elizabeth to get lots of rest the next couple of days and for Jack to not do anything too physically straining.
"How did the doctor's visit go?" Abigail asked them as they both entered through the back side of the cafe. Abigail was cutting a piece of pie for a customer as they entered.
"Good, Carson said Elizabeth only has about a month left in her pregnancy. And that she needs plenty of rest. We will leave to get her to bed after we eat" Jack informs Abigail as he grabs a cookie on the counter and hands it to Elizabeth.
"Thank you" Elizabeth smiles wide up at her husband as she leans against his side and takes the cookie he handed her.
"That's wonderful! We will all definitely make sure you two get some rest" Abigail talking about Elizabeth and the baby.
"No arguments from me" Elizabeth says as she takes a bite out of her cookie.
Jack leans back and gives her a disbelieving look. Knowing full well that she would normally argue about resting.
"What? Carrying around a little human is exhausting" Elizabeth tilts her head to the side while telling him.
"Amen to that" Abigail raises the fork up in the air agreeing with Elizabeth. Abigail was glad her days of being pregnant were long gone.
Elizabeth chuckles as she leans back into Jack's side. Jack smiles as he has one of his hands to her head to cradles it to his chest.
"How did your visit go with the shoulder and ribs?" Abigail asks as she starts to make batter for waffles.
"Good, Carson said that I just shouldn't do anything physically straining for a couple of days. It will need re-bandaged a couple more times though" Jack answers as he wraps his right good arm around Elizabeth's shoulders.
"That's good news then. Well I'm glad both visits went well" Abigail smiles at them as she puts a batch of waffle batter in the maker.
"How did you know I was getting my shoulder and ribs checked out anyways?" Jack asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"Because I knew this one would get her way" Abigail pointed her spoon at Elizabeth.
Jack looks at Elizabeth and she leans away from his side.
"What can I say? He loves me" Elizabeth shrugs her shoulders as she licks her fingers from the cookie.
"Yes, I do" Jack's smile widens as he kisses the side of her head.
"So I've been dying to ask, is that waffles you are making?" Elizabeth asks Abigail as she steps forward a little to look at what she is making.
"Yep" Abigail smiles as she keeps her eyes on her work.
"The fluffy ones?" Elizabeth's eyebrow goes up in question.
"Most definitely" Abigail smiles as she tilts her head to the side to look at Elizabeth.
"I love you" Elizabeth says as she gives Abigail a hug from the back.
"Are you talking to me or the waffles I'm making right now?" Abigail asks this time with one eyebrow up in question.
"I think it's safe to say both" Elizabeth chuckles at the same time as Abigail.
"Go sit down. I'll finish these and bring them to you" Abigail informs Elizabeth. Elizabeth steps back and holds Jack's hand in hers.
Abigail looks at Jack as they both have a silent agreement that she has something to tell him.
"You coming?" Elizabeth turns to Jack as she notices he doesn't move.
"I will in a minute. I'm going to talk with Abigail for a second" Jack says as he gives her hand a squeeze.
"Okay" Elizabeth smiles back at him as she lets his hand fall as distance comes in between them. She walks over to go sit with the rest of the group at the table on the right side of the cafe.
"How are you doing?" Abigail asked him once Elizabeth sat down in her chair out in the cafe with the rest of the group. Abigail noticed how William held out the chair for Elizabeth to sit in.
"What do you mean?"Jack asked her as he leaned up against the table while holding one arm around his stomach.
"What with everything that has happened and everything going on" Abigail puts the spoon down and faces Jack waiting for his answer.
"I'm processing everything... I'm mostly worried about her" Jack says not meeting Abigail's eyes but looking in the direction of Elizabeth.
"How is she taking it all?" Abigail asks indicating Elizabeth.
"She is struggling I can tell. I would be worried if she wasn't. She acts like nothing happened but I can tell it all bothers her. It's only been a day and I don't think everything has hit her quite yet" Jack says keeping his eyes on the stove in front of him now.
"What all happened?" Abigail asks him. She didn't get to get informed on what all happened.
"A lot. I think it's best if Elizabeth tells you herself" Jack turns his head and looks at Abigail for a brief second.
"I'll definitely be praying for both of you. And I'm here for both of you. Always"
"Thank you, Abigail"
Abigail smiles and continues to work on the waffles. She agreed with Jack on Elizabeth telling her about everything. She would just wait until tomorrow. A couple minutes pass and she notices Jack still staring straight ahead. She expected him to go sit with the rest of the group already.
Jack on the other hand had other plans. More like his thoughts did. His thoughts kept running around in his head nonstop. He couldn't help but think of all the things that could have went wrong these last couple of days. That and the fact of how he was going to be a father soon. They haven't even decided on a name yet.
"You know I can hear your thoughts from here" Abigail speaks up not being able to handle the quietness much longer.
"Sorry" Jack looks down at the ground.
"Did something happen with you? It doesn't take a genius to know that you didn't get these injuries from yourself. You can always talk to me about it"
"I know that" Jack says so quietly that if Abigail wasn't standing right by him she wouldn't have been able to hear it.
Another moment passes. Abigail finishes up and she puts the waffles on a plate.
"I can see the fear in your eyes" Abigail turns and looks at him.
Jack turns his head to the left to look at Abigail.
"Your afraid"
Jack slowly turns his head back to looking at the stove in front of him.
"Your afraid of losing her. Of losing them"
Jack closes his eyes and takes a deep breathe before opening them again.
"I know that because it was the same look I had in my eyes when my Noah and Peter went into that mine every day" Abigail puts a hand on his arm to comfort him.
"What did you do about it?" Jack asks her still looking straight ahead.
"I gave my worries to the Lord for everything is in His hands"
When Jack only nodded his head in agreement, Abigail went on.
"What happened? Why are you afraid, Jack?"
Just when Abigail was seeing the walls that Jack put up come down Bill walked in the kitchen.
"Smells good" Bill takes a stiff of the air and then stops in his place noticing the serious expressions of his two close friends.
"Oh sorry, was I interrupting something?"
"No, I was just about to bring Elizabeth some of these strawberries" Jack spoke up quickly and grabbed the strawberries making his way out to the table.
Abigail sighed. She saw the walls go back up in Jack as he made his way out to the rest of them.
"Oh I definitely interrupted something. What's going on?" Bill crosses his arms over his chest facing at Abigail.
"A lot Bill" Abigail patted his chest and then picked up the waffles.
"It's a long story" Abigail said as she passed by him with a plate of waffles.
"Wow thanks for the short version" Bill said out loud still having his back to the kitchen entrance.
Abigail was out of hearing distance.
"Are you talking to yourself?" Cody asked as he walked in the kitchen.
"Ah" Bill jumped as he held one hand to his heart.
"Cody, what did we say about sneaking up on people?" Bill asked taking a deep breathe.
"I'm not sneaking up on you. Mrs. Thornton asked me to get some maple syrup for her waffles. You know how she loves them" Cody nodded his head in affirmation with a smile on his face. He then proceeded to pick up the maple syrup.
"Well next time give me a warning" Bill said putting a hand through his hair.
"Okay how is this? It's Constable Cody entering the area you got somebody on your six" Cody changed his voice to go deeper as he spoke. For an eleven year old boy his deep voice wasn't that bad.
"Where did you get any..." before Bill could ask Cody answered.
"Books plus time equals some knowledge of this stuff, Mr. Avery. At least that is what Mrs. Thornton says"
Before Bill could reply Cody spoke up again.
"I gotta get this to Mrs. Thornton before she gets hangry" Cody leans closer to Bill to whisper him the next part. "Mountie Jack says that is when she gets hungry but then angry when she doesn't get to eat or something. He says not to tell Mrs. Thornton that though. I'm still a bit confused on what it means but I say it because it's fun to say" Cody shrugs his shoulders and heads out to the others.
"That boy listens to those two like his life depends on it" Bill chuckles to himself as he follows Cody back to the table.
Bill observed all the people around the table who were there. It was Lee sitting besides Rosemary with Cody now sitting on her left. Abigail sat beside him with William on her other side. As Elizabeth sat in between Abigail and Jack leaving a sit open at the end for Bill. Bill took the open seat.
"So is anyone going to fill me in on how William is Elizabeth's brother?" Abigail asks as she drinks a sip of her tea. Abigail figured that Elizabeth maybe just didn't tell her that she had a brother. She honestly didn't think Elizabeth just found out.
William and Elizabeth looked at each other for a moment. Both not really wanting to bring it up again. Elizabeth decides to try something else.
"I think Jack should explain it" Elizabeth turns her head towards him trying not to smile.
Jack looks at her with a puzzled look. Then it hits him.
"Now?" Jack showing it into his voice and face that he did not want to do it.
"Yep. Go ahead and tell Abigail how William is my brother. Also ask William to pass the maple syrup" Elizabeth trying not to laugh.
William picks up the syrup to pass but Elizabeth holds up her hand for him to wait. Abigail is confused as well at first at this.
Jack takes a deep breath and closes his eyes for a second to prepare himself for the embarrassment this will bring.
"Would you pass me the maple syrup, Sir William?" Jack asks William with a British accent.
Abigail smiled and realized what was happening. William gave him a confused look as he handed him the maple syrup. William looks to Elizabeth and notices she is looking up at the ceiling to try not to laugh. Jack then turned to Abigail and spoke.
"Lady Abigail, William is Elizabeth's brother by birth..." Jack starts to say with a British accent.
Elizabeth tries to hold in her laughter as everyone around the table does the same now.
"He lost again?" Abigail asks trying to hold in her laughter as well.
"What made you get that idea?" Elizabeth bursts out laughter as she sees Jack's face burst with a bright pink of embarrassment.
Everyone around the table bursts out laughing.
"Can I stop now?" Jack asks Elizabeth clearly annoyed and also speaking in a British accent. He was pleading with his eyes for her to say yes.
"Yes, you may" Elizabeth watches as Jack takes a deep breath out. She grabs his arm and gives it a squeeze.
"For now" Elizabeth says after a moment.
Jack swings his head back to look at Elizabeth.
"Hey, now" Elizabeth pokes Jack with her pointer finger on the arm while talking. "you got yourself into this one"
"I definitely want to be there when he does this in public" Lee says as he continues to laugh.
"Count me in" Bill speaks up as well.
"Definitely not happening" Jack says under his breath.
"Waffle?" Elizabeth holds up a fork with a piece of waffle on it.
Jack holds onto the fork as she is holding it and eats the bite of food.
"Hey, I wasn't actually going to give it to you" Elizabeth chuckles out loud as she scrunchies up her eyebrows.
"I know" Jack smirked at her as he takes a bite out of his own food.
"What is this like a game they play or something?" William asks while trying to calm down his laughter. He was wondering why the Constable was speaking in an accent randomly.
"It's a tradition" Cody says while taking a bite out of his food.
"It's more like a war" Lee says while containing his laughter.
"That we sometimes get involved with" Bill smiles as he speaks up controlling his laughter as well.
"How many of you guys play?" William asks them looking around the table.
Everyone at the table raises their hands.
"It's a game to settle when two or more people are in a crossroads situation. For example, if one waffle is left and two people want it then that's when the game is played. The winner gets to decide consequences" Rosemary explains to William.
"What is this game anyways?" William asks totally curious.
"It's called Break it. There is two ways to play this game. First, the faster and more simpler way. This way is called number one. Number one is Rock Paper Scissors. The second, is harder and more time consuming. This one is where one person asks a question that the other person should know" Rosemary took the privilege to explain the game while everyone else around the table starts to eat again. She held her head high from getting to explain the rules without getting interrupted.
"Woah it must get very interesting"
"Oh it does. Like for example, one time where I made Bill not talk for a day" Abigail starts to laugh herself.
Everyone around the table laughs at the memory.
"How did you do it?" William asks curious.
Ned Yost comes into the cafe motioning for Abigail to talk with him.
"Not very well" Bill confesses as he takes a sip of coffee.
"Excuse me" Abigail excuses herself.
"I can remember a time..." Lee speaks up as Abigail walks over to where Ned is at the door.
"Good afternoon, Ned" Abigail greets him with a smile.
"Afternoon, Abigail. I didn't mean to interrupt but I thought you would want to see this telegram as soon as possible" Ned explains as he hands the telegram to her.
"Thank you, Ned" Abigail takes the telegram handed to her and opens it up.
Ned leaves the cafe once he handed the telegram to Abigail.
Abigail turns around while still reading the note. She looks it over again not believing what she is looking at.
"Abigail, what's wrong?" Elizabeth asks looking at her friend's reaction to the paper in her hands.
"I didn't know" Abigail says as she looks up at Elizabeth.
To be continued...
So, how did you like it? I feel like this chapter got pretty long! Keep in mind, yes I have Elizabeth and Jack disagree a lot mostly because that's how their characters are. They are both stubborn headed people. At the end of the day they support and love each other which is what matters the most. It also makes a good storyline and more realistic. Alright, if you want to know when I post follow my instagram account (_partylikeaheartie_) where I will post insta stories on when I post or add this story to your list somehow. I haven't really figured that part out yet! Oops
Thanks for reading. Until next weekend :)