Chapter 13
I lay there for a little while on the dusty ground with my eyes closed, too scared to open them and see if I really had been shot or not. I open my eyes and see Stephanie sitting looking at my hands, she places her hand where the hole was in my shirt and feels the large dent in the metal plate.
"Everyone move out of my way!" I hear my father shout as he kneels at my side too, he unbuttons my jacket and pulls the metal plate away from me and holds it up showing me the huge dent where the bullet had hit and not quite gone through enough to pierce my skin. I let out a huge sigh of relief as Stephanie grabs hold of me hugging my tightly.
"Oww, I hurt" I moan as she squeezes me tightly "So ok I didn't get shot but I still fell off that stupid horse and the bullet did make a mark on me ya know" I say sitting up a little bit and inspecting the bruising mark on my chest from the metal plate and bullet. If it hadn't been for Edge making that for me I would be dead by now. "Edge, you saved my life," I say as they pull me to my feet.
"Well you know, I do try, what are friends for if not for saving your life am I right" he laughs as everyone starts helping me back to the town. "I guess your ideas of being a hero didn't turn out quite right then?" he says handing me my hat.
"He's still my hero" Stephanie says as I put my arm around her "And he got the girl" she laughs.
"I did, ohhh where where!" I laugh picking her up and carrying her in my arms back to Blackfoot Lagoon. When we reach the entrance to the town everyone is waiting for us, I got the biggest welcome I'd ever had in my life. Not that I'd ever left the town to get a welcome but I guess you could call it a hero's welcome. "Congratulations" Deputy Test says walking over to me and offering me his hand, I look at him before extending my hand and shaking his. "I guess you deserve this, even though you are a little runt that stole what could have been my fame," he says dryly walking off back to the office.
"Thanks for your sincerity!" I call after him looking at Stephanie and shrugging my shoulder "I guess not everyone can be happy for me huh" I laugh as loads of people charge over to me and start shaking my hands and patting me on the back making me yelp because it hurts.
"Chris, I'll see you in a minute your fans are waiting for you" Stephanie shouts to me as I get surrounded by people, I grab her hand and squeeze my way through them and over to her "They are waiting for you" she laughs.
"Drinks on me in the saloon!" I yell over the crowd as they all start swarming towards the saloon, I had no idea how I was going to pay for all the drinks that my town could consume but I'd think of that later right now I had one thing on my mind I had to ask her "Stephanie, you'll probably think it's too soon and totally out of the blue but..I was just wondering if you'd marry me?"
So there we go there's my story..If you were wondering she said yes. If you still don't believe that all this happened to me in our little town on Blackfoot Lagoon, maybe one day we should meet. I can show you where all of this took place; I can show you the metal plate, which now hangs, above my mantelpiece in my families home. I can even show you the heart shaped broach that Stephanie..Now Stephanie Jericho still wears even today. One thing I cant ever show you is the outlaws, they never came back here again and it's been well over ten years since this all took place. I'm married, I have a family and I took over the family business. Everything I ever wanted was in Blackfoot lagoon, I just never bothered opening my eyes and looking for it..
A/N: Well what did you think, did you like it? I know it was kinda different but I thought it could work well, so did it? I hope you all enjoyed reading this and look out for more of my fanfics, thanks for all the reviews too, you guys are great =)
I lay there for a little while on the dusty ground with my eyes closed, too scared to open them and see if I really had been shot or not. I open my eyes and see Stephanie sitting looking at my hands, she places her hand where the hole was in my shirt and feels the large dent in the metal plate.
"Everyone move out of my way!" I hear my father shout as he kneels at my side too, he unbuttons my jacket and pulls the metal plate away from me and holds it up showing me the huge dent where the bullet had hit and not quite gone through enough to pierce my skin. I let out a huge sigh of relief as Stephanie grabs hold of me hugging my tightly.
"Oww, I hurt" I moan as she squeezes me tightly "So ok I didn't get shot but I still fell off that stupid horse and the bullet did make a mark on me ya know" I say sitting up a little bit and inspecting the bruising mark on my chest from the metal plate and bullet. If it hadn't been for Edge making that for me I would be dead by now. "Edge, you saved my life," I say as they pull me to my feet.
"Well you know, I do try, what are friends for if not for saving your life am I right" he laughs as everyone starts helping me back to the town. "I guess your ideas of being a hero didn't turn out quite right then?" he says handing me my hat.
"He's still my hero" Stephanie says as I put my arm around her "And he got the girl" she laughs.
"I did, ohhh where where!" I laugh picking her up and carrying her in my arms back to Blackfoot Lagoon. When we reach the entrance to the town everyone is waiting for us, I got the biggest welcome I'd ever had in my life. Not that I'd ever left the town to get a welcome but I guess you could call it a hero's welcome. "Congratulations" Deputy Test says walking over to me and offering me his hand, I look at him before extending my hand and shaking his. "I guess you deserve this, even though you are a little runt that stole what could have been my fame," he says dryly walking off back to the office.
"Thanks for your sincerity!" I call after him looking at Stephanie and shrugging my shoulder "I guess not everyone can be happy for me huh" I laugh as loads of people charge over to me and start shaking my hands and patting me on the back making me yelp because it hurts.
"Chris, I'll see you in a minute your fans are waiting for you" Stephanie shouts to me as I get surrounded by people, I grab her hand and squeeze my way through them and over to her "They are waiting for you" she laughs.
"Drinks on me in the saloon!" I yell over the crowd as they all start swarming towards the saloon, I had no idea how I was going to pay for all the drinks that my town could consume but I'd think of that later right now I had one thing on my mind I had to ask her "Stephanie, you'll probably think it's too soon and totally out of the blue but..I was just wondering if you'd marry me?"
So there we go there's my story..If you were wondering she said yes. If you still don't believe that all this happened to me in our little town on Blackfoot Lagoon, maybe one day we should meet. I can show you where all of this took place; I can show you the metal plate, which now hangs, above my mantelpiece in my families home. I can even show you the heart shaped broach that Stephanie..Now Stephanie Jericho still wears even today. One thing I cant ever show you is the outlaws, they never came back here again and it's been well over ten years since this all took place. I'm married, I have a family and I took over the family business. Everything I ever wanted was in Blackfoot lagoon, I just never bothered opening my eyes and looking for it..
A/N: Well what did you think, did you like it? I know it was kinda different but I thought it could work well, so did it? I hope you all enjoyed reading this and look out for more of my fanfics, thanks for all the reviews too, you guys are great =)