Survival of the fittest
A/N: I am currently looking for information on Colorado Springs in the 1880's to make this story historically correct. So be aware that not everything is accurate.
Chapter One- Andrew
"Becky put that down!" Andrew replied as he brushed a strand of hair away from his face. Colleen had only been gone for a day and already the kids were getting under his hair. Besides he had dozens of patient's charts to go through. He smiled to himself remembering the clinic and the hospital it had turned into. Colorado Springs was no longer the tiny town it had once been either; now it was rapidly on it's way to becoming a vibrant city. Alive with stores and hotels. People buzzing in the streets. It was enough to rival that of Boston. He wished Colleen's grandmother , Mrs. Quinn, could have been alive to see what the "savage frontier" grow into.
"Pa." Jonas warned just before, glass shattered in the living room.
"Becky!" Andrew yelled.
The five year- old was nothing like her quiet mother. Rebecca Cook was nothing like anyone her family really. She was constantly getting in and out of trouble , while her twin sat patiently in the background. Rebecca did however, look a lot like her mother and her two and a half year old sister Emily. Jonas on the other hand, looked amazingly like Brian and he and Emily both shared the same personality that won friends and strangers alike.
"See pa?" Becky exclaimed with a wide grin as if Colleen's hand painted vase from France didn't matter.
He couldn't help but smile back. "Alright, I think it's time I take the two of you to the schoolhouse."
The schoolhouse had also changed dramatically. The town council had agreed to rebuilt and move it a few miles outside the town in order to accommodate the growing number of children.
"Do we have to Papa?" She said.
"Don't you want to see Miss. Teresa?"
"Alright." Andrew smiled at her and kissed Becky on her forehead. He bent to pick up Emily and motioned Jonas to follow.
Andrew missed Colleen and hoped that she, Michaela, Sarah, and Katrina, were okay. But, as the father and children left their homestead they couldn't have fathomed what the upcoming days would bring.
A/N: I am currently looking for information on Colorado Springs in the 1880's to make this story historically correct. So be aware that not everything is accurate.
Chapter One- Andrew
"Becky put that down!" Andrew replied as he brushed a strand of hair away from his face. Colleen had only been gone for a day and already the kids were getting under his hair. Besides he had dozens of patient's charts to go through. He smiled to himself remembering the clinic and the hospital it had turned into. Colorado Springs was no longer the tiny town it had once been either; now it was rapidly on it's way to becoming a vibrant city. Alive with stores and hotels. People buzzing in the streets. It was enough to rival that of Boston. He wished Colleen's grandmother , Mrs. Quinn, could have been alive to see what the "savage frontier" grow into.
"Pa." Jonas warned just before, glass shattered in the living room.
"Becky!" Andrew yelled.
The five year- old was nothing like her quiet mother. Rebecca Cook was nothing like anyone her family really. She was constantly getting in and out of trouble , while her twin sat patiently in the background. Rebecca did however, look a lot like her mother and her two and a half year old sister Emily. Jonas on the other hand, looked amazingly like Brian and he and Emily both shared the same personality that won friends and strangers alike.
"See pa?" Becky exclaimed with a wide grin as if Colleen's hand painted vase from France didn't matter.
He couldn't help but smile back. "Alright, I think it's time I take the two of you to the schoolhouse."
The schoolhouse had also changed dramatically. The town council had agreed to rebuilt and move it a few miles outside the town in order to accommodate the growing number of children.
"Do we have to Papa?" She said.
"Don't you want to see Miss. Teresa?"
"Alright." Andrew smiled at her and kissed Becky on her forehead. He bent to pick up Emily and motioned Jonas to follow.
Andrew missed Colleen and hoped that she, Michaela, Sarah, and Katrina, were okay. But, as the father and children left their homestead they couldn't have fathomed what the upcoming days would bring.