Gunsmoke:After All This Time
Part 11
"Is that everything?" Kitty asked as she looked at the fully loaded wagon. There were tools and lumber and clothes and groceries…
"That's everything," Matt answered, "And if we've forgotten anything it'll have to wait until another day." That was fine by Kitty. They'd had a full day in town and it was nearly five o'clock. She couldn't wait to get home and relax. Maybe she and Matt could have a bubble bath together. He helped her up into the wagon and then climbed on himself. With a flick of the reigns, they were on their way.
"I bet it's beautiful out here during the fall," Matt said after a few miles.
"It is," Kitty confirmed. "Dodge has its own sort of beauty, but I think Baton Rouge has it beat." Matt nodded his agreement. "So," she said laying her head on his shoulder, "Where do you think you'll want to build your shop?"
"I was thinking out back by that crooked oak tree," Matt told her. "There's plenty of space and it's not too far from the house. What do you think?"
"I think that'd be perfect," she said. Matt smiled, glad that he wasn't anywhere else in the world, glad that he wasn't out on a dusty trail somewhere chasing after some outlaw. Now that he was retired, he couldn't imagine going back to it, even if it had only been a few months. He had everything he needed now.
KmK
Later that evening, they sat in the tub relaxing, Kitty leaning back against Matt's chest. They were chatting quietly about plans for their marriage. "So, when and where?" Matt asked as he kissed her neck. Kitty tilted her head to the side to give him better access.
"Well, you said soon, so how about day after tomorrow?"
"That soon?" Matt always assumed that she would want a fancy wedding and he knew enough to know that a fancy wedding couldn't be done in two days. "I always thought you'd want a big ceremony or something," he said as his hands trailed along the smooth skin of her stomach.
"I guess I would have in the past," she said becoming aroused by his hands on her, "But it just doesn't seem as important anymore. I just want to be with you…be your wife."
"Day after tomorrow it is then," he whispered as he turned her around so she was straddling him. He caught her mouth in a deep kiss as her sudsy fingers trailed through his hair.
MkM
"I don't know how we managed that in such a small tub." They sat together on the back porch eating a light dinner of cheese, meat, crackers, and some sliced tomatoes from the garden, not really hungry for anything more due to the heat. The sun was on its way to setting, creating an incandescent, orange and yellow glow in the sky.
"Yeah, me either," Matt said. "But it was fun." Kitty giggled as she bit into a cracker. They both had their bare feet propped up on the small table. Kitty was wearing a thin, light green dress while Matt was wearing a pair of dark blue, denim pants, which Jean Paul, amazingly, happen to have in his size, and another sleeveless undershirt. Kitty looked over at him, his hair still wet from their bath.
"You know, you're one fine hunk of a man, Matt Dillon." Matt looked over at her with a smile on his face.
"You think so, huh?"
"I know so and it's so nice to sit here with you and relax and not have to worry about anyone coming to interrupt us." She leaned up to steal a kiss.
"I was just thinking the same thing," he said, stealing a kiss of his own.
KmK
Matt slipped the sparkling diamond ring onto Kitty's finger. She had always accepted him for who he was; she understood him better than anyone, and now, she was his wife.
Kitty did her best not to cry as she placed the large golden band on Matt's finger. He was the love of her life, the man of her dreams, and now her husband.
To be continued...