Summary:

Its the first day of School for Midvale.

It has been a week since Samantha Arias and her daughter Ruby moved into The Danvers Mansion. It was called that because it was so large compared to all the smaller houses in Midvale. But their house wasn't in the centre of town, it was at the outskirts beside the stable and the barn that was on the land that Lena owned thanks to her father who left it to her when he died.

Cat and Kara moved in a few days after Samantha and Ruby, so now they had a houseful, including young George. Alex wasn't happy about that but as Kara and Lena told him, the kid had nowhere else to go and for now they had convinced Alex not to call the authorities. It was mostly Lena that did the convincing in bed one night.

Flashback to a week ago, the night Sam and Ruby moved in and the day before Cat and Kara moved in.

Alex and Lena lay in bed. Alex was drifting off to sleep when Lena turned around to face him. He opened his eyes, "You okay? You seem restless."

Lena sighed, "I've been thinking about George."

"The boy?" Alex sighed. He was dreading this coming up.

"Love," Lena said running her hand over Alex's muscly arm, "Cat and Kara said George has been really good, can we just give him a little more time before you contact the authorities?"

Alex turned to face Lena, he ran his hands through her hair as he spoke, enjoying the softness beneath his fingers, "It's the law hun', I'm supposed to let them know about any orphans so they can deal with them."

"I know Alex, but please, you know I rarely ask for much, those orphanages are not good places," Lena's brow creased in worry, "If we could save one child from having to go down that route, we could make his life so much better here in Midvale."

Alex softly smiled at his wife, "Okay, we'll give it a go and see if he settles, but any trouble and I will have to call in the authorities."

"Thank you darling," Lena smiled and relaxed, "you won't regret this."

"I sure hope not," Alex replied and embraced Lena as she cuddled into him.

Current Time

Today was the opening of the new school. Andrea Rojas stood at the doors waiting for people to arrive with their children. She smiled when she saw her best friend Lena.

"Lena, I'm so glad you are here," Andrea told her.

"I promised I would help," Lena smiled, "I just hope I can contribute something."

"Lena, you have a brilliant mind, you won't have a problem teaching the class Math and sciences," Andrea replied confident in her friends abilities. She was one of the few people who knew how intelligent Lena was, she always wondered why she hadn't moved to National City years ago to pursue science.

"You are too kind," Lena smiled.

Cat and Kara came walking up the pathway next, with George. Kara had a grip on the little boy's hand.

"Hi guys," Andrea greeted them all and Lena turned around and smiled when she saw George.

Lena bent down and looked at the little guy, "You look very smart for your first day of school."

"Thank you Mrs Danvers," he replied.

She stood back up and spoke to Cat and Kara and both of them were looking worried, but especially Kara who had been fretting all last night.

"He's going to be just fine," Lena gently told them, "I will keep an eye on him."

"Thank you Lena," Kara said, then she handed her a small box, "a packed lunch," she said.

Lena took it, "I will make sure he gets this."

Kara looked at the boy then, "Be brave okay, you got this."

He nodded, but he was really nervous, he had no idea what school was about.

Kara adjusted his blazer and then stepped away, leaving him in Lena's hands, "See you later George, have a good day."

Cat placed her hand to Kara's back and ushered her away, because if she didn't Kara would have stayed there.

Sam arrived then with Ruby and sent her inside, "See you later Rubes, love you."

More children from the town started to pile in and by the end of the hour they had a class full of about fifteen children. Andrea and Lena spent the morning getting to know the children and letting the children get to know one another. After a break for lunch Lena took her first class in math. She made it fun, she thought she had better leave the harder stuff for much later in their education. Andrea was pleasantly amused when Lena took them outside to count daisies in the fields.

The last class of the day ended and the children were allowed to go as soon as their parents arrived to pick them up.

Andrea and Lena stood behind the desk and waited for everyone to finally leave. Once they did Lena turned to leave and Andrea stopped her with her hand on Lena's arm.

"Thank you Lena, I couldn't have done this without you, you were great with the children today," Andrea told her sincerely.

Lena smiled and turned towards her friend, "I actually enjoyed it, it was nice to share some of my knowledge with them, even if they struggled to grasp some of it."

"I knew you were the perfect person to teach," Andrea smiled, "So same time Wednesday?"

The school opens only three days a week to begin with, to get the kids in Midvale used to school life. The days were Monday, Wednesday and Friday. This also gave Lena a chance to do other things that she needed to, like the horses and the Saloon.

Cat and Kara stepped into their new home that they now shared with Alex and Lena with George after his first day of school. The boy rushed inside and took off his blazer.

"Don't forget to hang it up young man," Cat told him sternly.

He quickly picked it up from where he threw it and did as he was told.

"Right," Kara told him, "You can go outside to play now. But first change your clothes."

George smiled excitedly, he absolutely loved the big field out back, there was even a stream running through where he loved to try to catch tiny fish. George ran off to his room to get changed and Cat and Kara both hugged, day one of Georges schooling was over and it had gone very well. The boy seemed bright. This had come as a surprise to everyone because once they learnt about George's background a little more they discovered his parents were ordinary folk who came out west to try their luck in the gold rush, but sadly they both contracted diseases and died on the road. George was left with a small letter that was placed into his coat pocket by his mother. Telling whoever found him, who he was, his date of birth and begging them to take care of him. Well when Cat and Kara read that they wouldn't let him go anywhere else but with them.

They started up a pot of tea when Sam and Lena walked in.

"Where just making tea would you ladies like some?" Cat asked.

"I would love some tea," Lena smiled.

Sam walked up behind her, "Yes thank you. But I should be doing that."

"Don't be silly," Kara told her and smiled, "take a seat, we have some cake too to celebrate the first day of the school opening."

All four of them sat around the table and discussed the day as they drank tea and ate cake. They were interrupted by Alex arriving home early evening.

"Hello ladies," Alex said as he walked in and hung up his coat.

Sam looked over at Alex and smiled, "How was your day Marshal?"

"Oh the usual, arrested a few homeless drunks, broke up a fight in the Saloon, and sorted out Maxwell's store finally," he told them and walked on over and grabbed a beer out of a wooden box.

Alex stood leaning back against the kitchen counter, drinking his beer while the ladies continued to chat. He noticed that Sam kept looking at him and smiling his way. Alex feeling a little awkward made his excuses and said he was going to check on George.

"Oh, I'll come with you," Kara said, getting up and giving Cat a quick kiss on the cheek, "You know how I love to watch the sunset."

Alex and Kara made their way across the field to the stream where they knew they would find George playing.

"Hey little man," Kara smiled and ran up to him.

"These fishes are really hard to catch," George frowned at her from the bank of the stream.

Alex walked up to them, "That's because you need a net silly."

"I am not silly!" George shouted.

Alex stepped up to him annoyed, "Hey kid less of the attitude."

George sat down on the bank and pouted. Kara sat down beside him, "Hey, you can't shout at Alex like that," she said as gently as possible, but making sure he understood.

"He's mean," George replied.

"Hey, I am not mean," Alex was frowning now. Ever since they moved in with George, the two had a problem communicating. George seemed to have a real problem with men. Kara had tried to talk to him about it but he always clammed up.

"Anyway, now I know he's not up to anything he shouldn't be, I'll leave you two too, I haven't seen my wife all day," Alex told them grumpily.

As Alex walked away back to the house Kara turned to George, "Hey," she said, stroking the boys dark brown hair, "Don't you like Alex?"

"He's the police," George huffed, "they are all bad."

"I'm the police too, I'm the Sheriff," Kara reminded him.

"It's not the same," he frowned, "you're a lady."

"Oh," Kara said, understanding, "So you don't like policemen?"

George nodded.

"Why sweetie, Alex isn't a bad man, he might seem harsh sometimes and a bit stubborn but he's got a good heart," Kara told the boy.

"I don't trust them, they hurt my dad," George told her.

Finally Kara felt she was getting him to open up so she pushed a little more, "What did the policeman do to your dad?"

"They beat him up," George said and wiped a tear from his eye.

Kara knew all about police brutality, often against the poorer in communities, "I'm sorry George. That's terrible, not all police are like that and besides, Alex is a US Marshal. Hey, you are safe with Alex, and you are safe with Lena, they both care about you."

The boy looked up at her, the worry still evident on his face, "Can I have some cake now?"

Kara laughed, "The way to a boy's heart is truly through his stomach eh," she stood up and held out her hand to him, "Come on then, let's go back home."

They watched the sunset as they took a slow walk back to the house across the field.

Lena and Alex were standing by the kitchen counter near the coffee pot. Ruby had just come back from her friends and had gone upstairs to get washed and changed ready for their supper. Sam was busy cooking and occasionally glancing at Alex and Lena sharing little kisses and holding each other. She sighed and kept on cooking. Seeing them being all cute together day in day out was driving her a little crazy.

"Supper is ready," she told them and turned off the stove.

"Thanks Sam, I'm starving," Alex let go of Lena and took a seat at the table.

"I'll call the children," Lena told her as she dished out some bowls of food.

Finally they all sat around the table eating the wonderful meal that Sam had cooked. Alex sat at the head of the table, with Lena to his right, Kara was beside Lena and Cat was opposite her beside Sam. The children, George and Ruby sat at the far end.

"Can you help me in the stables after supper?" Lena asked Alex as he soaked his bread into the warm broth of vegetables.

He looked up at her, "Of course hun'," he replied and tucked into his food.

The one thing they had not accounted for when they invited so many people to live with them was the lack of privacy and Lena desperately needed some time alone with her husband.

After supper Alex and Lena made their way to the stables. Whilst Cat and Kara took George upstairs to bed and Sam did the same with Ruby.

Once Ruby was in bed Sam glanced out of her bedroom window which was at the back of the house and she saw Alex and Lena standing outside the barn. Her eyes went wide and she covered her mouth when she saw Alex push Lena up against the barn door and kiss her. Then she saw them go into the barn and close the doors behind them. She closed the curtains and tried to get her breath, seeing them like that made her even more jealous.

Alex pushed Lena up against a wooden wall in the barn and lifted up her dress and pulled her lace panties out of the way, he quickly got to work on satisfying his wife.

"Alex," Lena moaned into his neck as he thrust into her against the wall. Her legs were wrapped around him as he held her in place with his strong arms.

"I missed this," Alex told her, his hands holding on to her thighs and keeping her up.

"Me too," Lena sighed as Alex's mouth latched onto her neck, "Oh yes Alex, do that," she gasped as he thrust into her, "harder…"

Afterwards they sat down on the hay bales together, kissing and cuddling.

When they got up to leave Alex saw some netting in the corner of the barn and had an idea. He walked over to it and picked it up. It was used to keep bales of hay together amongst other things.

"What are you doing?" Lena asked as she straightened her dress and stood up.

"I'm going to make a fishing net for the boy," Alex told her, the net in one hand.

Lena walked up to him and wrapped her arms around him, "So you do care?"

"I never said that," Alex softly smiled, "but this is perfect, it will keep him occupied for hours if I can make this up. I just need a good stick."

Alex moved out of his wife's arms and looked around the barn for any stray pieces of wood, he found one long piece that would make a perfect pole, "I like this one," he smiled, "this will do the job just fine."

Alex took his pocket knife out of his pocket and started to work on it.

Lena watched as Alex started putting together a small fishing pole for George and she couldn't feel more proud. And no matter how much he denied it, she knew Alex's was growing fond of little George.