"It's Not Just a Piece of Paper"
Chapter 2 - Resolutions
"I heard about what Jo asked ya." Nick said to Dan as he sat in the stables, Nick coming in with hay.
"Yeah." Dan replied.
"Not happy about it?"
"No, I am-"
"-It's Nat's decision, let him make it." Nick replied patting Dan's shoulder. Dan could tell that Nick wanted to say something else, but at that moment both heard Mrs. Jo scream. Nick and Dan rushed to where the sound came from.
Nat, was on top of Raven, the new wild horse that Jo had just bought. The horse was jumping up and down, violently hoping to throw Nat off.
"Nat, get down from there!" Jo Bhaer shouted as Dan jumped over the fence. "Dan!" He was trying to calm the horse down, just as Nick had showed him a while back. However, his efforts proved fruitless as Nat was soon tossed of Raven. "Oh, God." Jo mumbled as she hurried over to Nat.
Meanwhile, Nick managed to quiet the horse. "Baby, are you alright?" Jo stated. Nat got up, dusting himself off. "I'm fine."
"What where you doing up there?" she said putting her hands on her sides.
"I wanted to tame Raven." Nat replied. "I'm sorry Mrs. Jo."
Jo, hugged Nat and begun to lead him into the house. "Let's check you over."
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Nat, thought of how Mrs. Jo had acted when he fell off Raven. He thought of how she was after he had awoken from his coma.
But, how Mrs. Jo felt about him wasn't the question. The question was how would he feel being *adopted* by her. It didn't take long before he had his answer. He knew his mother and father would want him to be happy and cared for, and he was and would be.
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"Well, this is defiantly an occasion." Asia said over dinner a week later. "In honor of Daniel Plumbfield-Bhaer and Nathaniel Blake-Bhaer." Both had decided to take Mrs. Jo's or Mother Jo as they now called her, last name and Dan had decided to take the name of Plumbfield as well. Mrs. Jo smiled at the two of them.
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Chapter 2 - Resolutions
"I heard about what Jo asked ya." Nick said to Dan as he sat in the stables, Nick coming in with hay.
"Yeah." Dan replied.
"Not happy about it?"
"No, I am-"
"-It's Nat's decision, let him make it." Nick replied patting Dan's shoulder. Dan could tell that Nick wanted to say something else, but at that moment both heard Mrs. Jo scream. Nick and Dan rushed to where the sound came from.
Nat, was on top of Raven, the new wild horse that Jo had just bought. The horse was jumping up and down, violently hoping to throw Nat off.
"Nat, get down from there!" Jo Bhaer shouted as Dan jumped over the fence. "Dan!" He was trying to calm the horse down, just as Nick had showed him a while back. However, his efforts proved fruitless as Nat was soon tossed of Raven. "Oh, God." Jo mumbled as she hurried over to Nat.
Meanwhile, Nick managed to quiet the horse. "Baby, are you alright?" Jo stated. Nat got up, dusting himself off. "I'm fine."
"What where you doing up there?" she said putting her hands on her sides.
"I wanted to tame Raven." Nat replied. "I'm sorry Mrs. Jo."
Jo, hugged Nat and begun to lead him into the house. "Let's check you over."
***
Nat, thought of how Mrs. Jo had acted when he fell off Raven. He thought of how she was after he had awoken from his coma.
But, how Mrs. Jo felt about him wasn't the question. The question was how would he feel being *adopted* by her. It didn't take long before he had his answer. He knew his mother and father would want him to be happy and cared for, and he was and would be.
* * *
"Well, this is defiantly an occasion." Asia said over dinner a week later. "In honor of Daniel Plumbfield-Bhaer and Nathaniel Blake-Bhaer." Both had decided to take Mrs. Jo's or Mother Jo as they now called her, last name and Dan had decided to take the name of Plumbfield as well. Mrs. Jo smiled at the two of them.
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