I'm really sorry about this chapter being up later than said, but I was sick for three days and did nothing but lay on the couch, then Christmas holidays happened and that's a really busy time for my family. So I apologize! Every second week after this, I promise I will have a new chapter up for you! I will let you know, that I am busy moving houses and across the country, so if my writing isn't up to speed, please forgive me. Thanks so much, and please tell me what you think!

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HL Lover 4ever chapter 11 . Dec 3

KATIE'S BACK! YESSSSS "Because my sister's here" omggg I love this 3 I can't wait for the next update, looks really interesting! Hopefully Georgie can overcome her insecurity despite the accident with Lily.

My response

You're in for a treat! And I knew you'd like that Katie was back :)))

SpartanAmyMiracleGirl10 chapter 10 . Dec 2

I want to say thank you for mentioning me

My response

My pleasure!

This chapter give Wyatt a bit of in sight on how sorry Georgie is feeling, and he starts to think differently of her. Either good or bad, it all helps in the end.

Chapter 12 - Not Cut Out For That

"When did you decide to come to Heartland? You were just here on Friday! It hasn't even been a week yet!" Georgie had let Katie into the house and helped her younger sister with her suitcase.

"I got a call from someone, and they wondered if I'd like to go to a few places with them this week. Mom said it was okay if I went, and plus, school isn't that important. At least that's what my teachers said when I asked if I could have the homework for the next week or so." Katie looked at Georgie. "How's things going between you and Wyatt?"

Georgie knew Katie was bound to find out at some point. "I'm actually not the one being difficult at the moment. Wyatt's been avoiding talking to me, but that's all I want to do. Or to just see a hint of warmth from his eyes. Yet all I get is expressionless faces and dim-lit eyes." Georgie sighed. Katie patted her shoulder and pulled Georgie in for a side hug. "He'll come around. He just needs time, like you did."

"I know, and that's what I keep telling myself. But it's so hard, plus I just want to know if he still loves me if anything." Georgie gave Katie a sad glance, and then a small smile. "If time's what it takes to make things right again, time is what I'll give,"

"Sounds good." Katie didn't know what else to say, so she just made a silly excuse about having to go unpack after offering to head into town. It was already assumed she'd just take over the guest room again, which is where she stayed just days ago. Georgie and Wyatt still slept in separate rooms; her in Lily's room and Wyatt in TJ's. All three kids slept up in Lyndy's room, although it wasn't as much fun as it had been before.

Speaking of kids, Lyndy and Lily had left the room as soon as they said hi to their younger cousin. Not wanting to intrude on the sisterly greeting, they darted upstairs to Lyndy's room. "So what was the acting for downstairs earlier?" Lyndy asked, shutting the door behind them.

Lily breathed a sigh of relief. "So you caught on! For a minute I thought you were really mad at me!"

Lyndy rolled her eyes. "You aren't hard to figure out, Lily. I think TJ figured it out too, although I'd like to point out I got it first."

"Nice sis." Lily paused. "Did you see how Georgie handled the situation? And also how she and Wyatt whispered in agreement together? That was what I was hoping to get out of this. They worked together to fix a problem to do with kids! Plus, they might come across a problem like this if they have more than one kid, which I bet they will when they get back together. I'm confident about it."

"That's smart Lil, I like it." Lyndy praised her younger sister. She was proud that Lily had thought of such a smart tactic to bring their cousins back together. As much as she was on Wyatt's side, Lyndy also wanted to see improvement from Georgie's as well.

There was a silence, as the talking downstairs suddenly ceased. Lyndy and Lily crept to the top of the stairs to see Katie disappear down the hall that lead to the bedrooms. Lyndy and Lily went the rest of the way down the stairs to see Georgie in the kitchen.

"Hey girls, what's up?" Georgie smiled as they approached. She was becoming more comfortable around the kids the more the days went by.

"Not much, can I go for a bike ride? We never do 'cause mom's afraid the gravel will puncture the tires." Lily said, whining a little.

Georgie looked at her watch. "I don't see why not? You and me can stay here I guess. Katie volunteered to go into town to grab some groceries and she thought Lyndy could go with her. Sound okay guys?"

Lyndy nodded. She liked hanging out with her cousin who seemed like a cousin, not an aunt, like Georgie felt to Lyndy.

Katie held up her hand, which already contained the keys to Lou's SUV. "Ready to hit to road?" She asked.

"You bet." liked going into town, and whenever they were finished whatever they were in town for, Amy normally took her kids into Maggie's for a drink and something sweet to eat.

Katie held out her hand for the keys to Lou's SUV, and Georgie handed them over. "We'll be back soon, and just text me the list of supplies, 'kay?" Katie stopped to look at her sister. From what Lyndy could tell, they were going grocery shopping, which wasn't one of her favourite town chores. But she'd rather go into town than stay and ride her bike. As a child, Lyndy had always been more into horses and therefore never learned to ride a bike, but instead a horse. When came the time she wanted to learn, it proved too embarrassing and Lyndy just decided to stick to horses. Lily though, had learned as a toddler, so she enjoyed riding TJ's old bike whenever she could.

"Cool." Georgie turned away from Katie to continue washing the breakfast dishes. Katie shrugged and headed out the door, leaving Lyndy to follow, after slipping on her boots.

As soon as Katie and Lyndy left, Georgie turned to Lily. "Why don't you grab your bike out of the shed and I'll meet you outside in a minute. Just gotta text Katie what stuff to buy."

"Okay!" Lily nodded and raced outside after pulling on her running shoes. Surprising to what you think, all three kids did have normal shoes compared to the kids in their class, although Lyndy's and TJ's weren't worn as much as cowboy/girl boots. Lily enjoyed her sneakers, and loved having an excuse to where them.

After texting Katie supplies they needed, Georgie notified Wyatt of Katie's arrival and asked how TJ and him were getting on. Wyatt replied that they were just sitting down to lunch at Maggie's, and that they were going for a trail ride afterwards.

It sounded like everything was under control, and Georgie finally felt like she could take a breather. The past few days had been a good learning experience for her and for Wyatt, and she could see things might work out, if only she and Wyatt were given a chance to talk, for real. Maybe Katie's arrival was just what they needed, and they'd finally get a chance to talk.

Georgie grabbed a mug of lukewarm coffee, and settled into the couch, just staring into space. She almost drifted off, but then there was a shriek and a cry from just outside the house.

Georgie jumped up, scrambling off of the couch. Coffee sloshed over the sides of her mug and Georgie held back a curse, as the brown liquid covered her clothes and ran down her jeans.

Any other situation, Georgie would have sighed and grabbed a cloth, but someone was still shrieking outside, and Georgie's heart thumped as she remembered Lily was still outside. Crossing her fingers her cousin was fine, Georgie slid into a pair of worn boots that were probably Ty's and opened the front door.

When Georgie got outside, the first thing she saw was Lily, crumpled on the ground right by the stairs leading up to he porch. Her bike was half on top of her, and one of the handles was pushed into her stomach. Lily looked fine, except for a couple scratches on her arm and chin. Then Georgie caught glimpse of Lily's shoulder.

Georgie wasn't a doctor, but anyone could tell a dislocated shoulder from a normal one. It hung out a bit, and the look of pain on Lily's face told Georgie everything she needed to know.

"Oh Lily, what happened?" Georgie rushed for her cousin, almost tripping in the boots she had slipped on. They were way too big, almost by four sizes.

"I-I-I hi-it th-the stair-s with my-my bike," she struggled to say. Her face was twisted up and Georgie couldn't even begin to imagine what pain the six year old was in. It was painful after Afleet Desire had crashed upon her, but she had blacked out almost immediately, so there was no pain afterwards.

Georgie didn't want to touch Lily, but she needed to get the bike off the poor girl, who had begun to hyperventilate.

"Lily, we need to take you to the hospital, okay? I'm going to pull the bike off you, then pull the car up. Do you think you could walk over to the car?" Georgie asked, hoping a question would calm Lily down a bit.

"O-o-okay." Taking deep breaths, Lily nodded as best she could.

Georgie removed the bike from her cousins entangled legs and saw that there were a few scratches, but otherwise from the shoulder, Lily was fine. That relief gave Georgie the energy to run inside as fast as she could to grab the car keys and her phone. Putting Wyatt on speed dial, she hoped he wasn't driving home yet.

"Wyatt? It's Georgie. There's been an accident, and you need to meet me at the hospital immediately. Call Katie and tell her to meet us there as well. Bring the kids, it's not me that's hurt. Hurry please!" Georgie sighed as she ended the voice mail. She prayed Wyatt would hear it soon, and rush over to the hospital.

Scanning the choice of cars, Georgie discovered she could either grab Ty and Amy's big blue truck or Jack's ancient one. It was an easy decision, and soon enough, the big blue truck was pulling up near the gate to the house.

"Lily, how are you doing?" Georgie ran for her cousin and helped her stand up. Lily was wobbly on her feet, and she shrieked as her shoulder shifted ever so slightly.

"It hurts Georgie, stop the pain!" Lily was crying, tears streaming down her face. Georgie felt so bad, and wished she could take some of Lily's pain. It was a really motherly thing to think. Maybe this would prove how she could work in an emergency.

"I'm sorry Lilybug, I can't. If I could, I'd do it in a heartbeat." Georgie was carefully walking with Lily to the car, and grabbed a horse blanket from the back. "Lie on this, good shoulder to the seats of the car. I'll try to strap you in sideways."

"Okay." Lily sniffed and lay her good shoulder against the car, lying on her side. Georgie made sure her cousin was strapped in okay, then jumped into the driver's seat herself. On the way to the hospital, Georgie hoped with all her might that Katie and Wyatt would be there.

As she pulled into the hospital emergency lot, Georgie felt her stomach lurch. The last time she had been her was after her accident. It still gave her the chills, whenever she drove by a hospital, but she hadn't been in one since her dreaded horse scuffle.

"Owwww," Lily cried, as she tried to sit up. Georgie shook her head to try to clear out the bad memories, only thinking of Lily. As slowly and gently as she could, Georgie took Lily into the hospital, doing her best to block out the smell and wailing patients.

When Georgie entered the emergency wing, she immediately saw Wyatt and TJ looking worried over by the counter. TJ saw them first, and ran for his sister. Wyatt followed and gave Georgie a side glance. "You okay? I know what being in a hospital must bring back." He genuinely looks concerned but Georgie was too distraught about Lily to notice his kindness.

A woman in green hospital scrubs comes over to them at that moment. "Hello there, I'm Alison. What can I do for you?" she asks calmly.

Georgie looks over at Lily. "I think she dislocated her shoulder. She was riding her bike and apparently hit the stairs leading up to our ranch. She's in pain, please help her!"

Alison took one look at Lily and nodded grimly. "It is indeed dislocated. We'll need to get our doctor and team down here to put it back into place, which will require someone to hold her down. If you could just sign these papers for your daughter, I'll call Doctor Brandon down now." The nurse handed Georgie a clipboard with a pen attached to the string.

Georgie was startled for a second, but then snapped out of it and took the clipboard. "Lily's actually my younger cousin, not my daughter. And thank you." Georgie didn't know what else to say. It was a surprise that Alison thought LIly was her daughter, did she think Georgie looked like the type of neglectful parent to leave her daughter outside without supervision. Maybe that was a sign she'd be a failure parent and that all this not being able to have a baby was a good thing. Like she would fail as a parent, and God was just letting her out the easy way, without ruining some poor child's life. Yeah, that was it. And Wyatt probably thought, deep down she bet, that she'd fail. That's most likely why he'd been so spacious lately, like he wanted to divorce her so that he could find himself a wife who wouldn't yell abusive things ot him in distraught and be able to birth a child.

Alison smiled, but the smile was short lived. "I'm sorry Ma'am, my mistake. You seemed to care so much about her that I thought she was your own. I'm truly sorry. Please fill out the sheet and take it to the desk when you're done. I'll call the team now." Alison headed back to her desk, not looking back. In the time Georgie was thinking all those terrible but what she thought were true, thoughts, Wyatt had taken the clipboard and started to fill it out. He filled in Lily's birth date, her full name and who he was and how he was related to her. Then he took it over himself to Alison. When he returned, he took Lily's hand of her un-injured arm.

"How's it feel?" he asks, trying a smile. He motions for TJ to go near Georgie, and he obliges, but sullenly. Georgie seemed almost frozen on the spot, until she heard the familiar voice of her sister.

"Georgie!" Katie shouted, at the same time that Lyndy shouted out "LIly!"

Georgie turned, relieved to know that Katie had gotten the message, and hadn't left to go home. "Katie," she whispered, and opened her arms for Katie to envelop her into a much needed hug.

Lyndy on the other hand, raced for Lily, a concerned look on her face. "LIly, are you okay? What happened? Katie only got a text saying to drop everything and come to the hospital. Luckily we had already gotten all the groceries, or else I don't know what would have happened. Katie had only thought to check her phone when we were leaving to come home, in case there was any last minute item. When she say Wyatt's text, we raced over here." Lyndy relays the blow by blow, breathless.

What Lyndy didn't know, was where Lily was hurting and how badly. She thought it was just a scrape or something. So when Lily cried out in pain because Lyndy had accidentally touched her injured shoulder, Lyndy freaked out.

"Georgie, what did you do to her? She was fine when we left, now she's screaming at my every touch. What did you do to her?" Lyndy was shouting now, and it was causing a scene in the middle of the hospital. People were staring, and a mother who looked Amy's age pulled her son closer to her.
Georgie didn't know what to say, but Wyatt could see she was distracted. So he did the only thing he could think of fast, and grabbed Lyndy in a hug and pulled her against his chest.

"It was an accident Lyndy. Lily was riding her bike and hit the ranch porch stairs and fell, while her bike fell on top of her. It was unpreventable. She's just got a dislocated shoulder, which the doctors are coming to put it back in place. That will make all the pain go away, and she'll be set to go, after some pain killers. She'll be right as rain soon." Wyatt patted Lyndy on the head, and held her closer.

"The Doctor is here now, if you're ready." Alison leaned down to Lily's height. "Hey sweetheart, let's get your shoulder back to normal, okay? You'll feel better soon, I promise."

Lily nodded, her face still scrunched in pain. Wyatt let go of Lyndy, who rushed over to Georgie, and took Lily with him into the operating room, although they weren't operating. TJ grabbed Georgie's hand and Lyndy took Katie's. They turned their backs from where Lily and Wyatt were and Lyndy, TJ and Georgie covered their ears. It hurt the siblings hearts to see their little sister in pain. It was a good thing they weren't allowed in the room with Lily while her sister got put back into place. Georgie was uneasy listening to Lily's crying and wailing.

Wyatt was the one who calmed Lyndy down and kept the kids in control. He helped Lily without being scared of a stupid hospital of all things. And he was practically destined to have a child, or multiple. But Georgie was just a girl who had a short fuse and yelled abuse to the person she loved because of what? Yeah, there was no good answer. Maybe it was a good thing she couldn't have kids, because no matter what, she wouldn't be cut out for that.

Next upload/chapter

Ty and Amy cut their trip short and come home to Lily being comforted by Wyatt, and TJ getting advice from Georgie about what to do with Esme

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Until next week, or two,

Oakley