Warning to all of you, there may only be one or two more chapters to this story, but if you want, there will be a sequel!
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2 months later:
"I can't believe the wedding is only a week away!" Shanara, Suki's sister, said excitedly.
"I know! In six days, I will be Mrs. Brian O'Connor!" Suki said as she was getting her dress hemmed. The fitter accidentally poked her with a needle, and she screeched.
"Sorry." She said apologetically.
"It's okay, Mira." Suki said. "Are we done now?" She asked Mira a few minutes later.
"Yeah. Why don't you go get changed, and I should be able to finish with your dress this afternoon." Mira said, and Suki happily went back to the changing room, and got changed. She came out a few minutes later, wearing a white wife-beater that said 'Sorry guys, Taken and Loving him!' on the front, and a pair of baggy camouflage pants that tied up at the bottom just below her knees with a pair of chuck shoes to top it off.
She handed the dress to Mira, told her thank you and good-bye, and then left with Shanara. "So what do you want to do now?" Shanara asked her.
"I don't know?" She said, so they just kept walking.
Brian sat on black Summer, enjoying the rhythm of the steady trot the horse was going. He laughed, hearing Rome, and Dom grumbling behind him. It was their second time riding, and the first hadn't gone so good, Dom falling off, hurting his pride; and Twister, just not letting Rome on until Brian had held him still. The men had barely hung on, and when the day was over, were sore from riding. Brian was still in good spirits, and they hadn't talked to him the next day.
It was a miracle that he had gotten them to ride today. It was only because Brie had made fun of them for being afraid of riding that they had gone just to prove her wrong. "Okay guys, lets go back. If you're going to keep grumbling, I might as well take you back, you take all the fun and peace out of riding." Brian said.
"We are not grumbling!" Came the double-reply.
"You are so, just because you can't handle riding, doesn't mean you can take the fun out of it for me." Brian said, and turned Black Summer around. They followed without a word, though they wanted to argue, they really didn't want to ride anymore.
When they were about a mile away, Brian whispered something into Black Summer's ear, looked back at the guys, and said; "See you in a while." With that, he leaned down, grabbed a hold of Black Summer's mane and spurred him. They took off running, and left Rome and Dom on their horses, dumb-founded.
They looked up, and saw Black Summer stumble in his run, and fall on his side, carrying Brian with him. Black Summer got up, and Brian struggled to his knees. By that time, Rome and Dom were riding for him fast.
As they stopped their horses by Brian and Black Summer, Brian was on his feet, and shakily walking toward Black Summer. Dom and Rome jumped down, and went over to him. "Brian, you okay man?" Rome asked as they reached him.
"Yeah I'm fine." Came the mumbled response. He walked over to Black Summer, and bent down. Picking up Black Summer's right front foot, he sighed, seeing and feeling the way the horse hurt.
He looked up at the guys and they saw the gash over his temple, and the way that he swayed a little. Dom grabbed his arm. "You need to get checked out, Bri." He said.
"First, I am going to get Black Summer home, and call the vet." Brian said. The guys nodded seeing the look in Brian's eyes, and knowing that this was a fight that they couldn't win.
An hour later Brian was told to take it easy, with a mild concussion; and Black Summer had a pulled muscle in his leg. Brian was given pain killer's and he was so out of it by the time they got back to the ranch, Rome and Dom had to pretty much carry Brian in the house, and laid him down on the bed in his and Suki's room.
Brian was out before he hit the pillow. Dom and Rome laughed and walked out the door. They met Emmy half way to the living room, and seeing that it was almost eight thirty at night, they sighed. Dom bent down and picked Emmy up, carrying her to her room.
"What are you still doing up Princess?" He asked her. "It's a half hour past your bed time."
"No one tucked me in." Emmy said, yawning.
Dom looked to Rome, and said, "I can handle this." Rome nodded and left for the kitchen, mumbling something about being hungry. Dom shook his head and laughed, carrying Emmy to her room. He pulled back the covers, and put Emmy down, handing her, her stuffed monkey. She snuggled in and Dom tucked the covers around her. She kissed him on the cheek, and he smiled.
"I love you Uncle Dom." She said yawning. As he was about to leave, she gripped his hand. "Stay with me." She whispered.
"I'll stay with you until you fall asleep, okay Princess?" She nodded, her eyes closing. A few minutes later he breathing evened out and her tiny hand went limp in his. He got up, kissed her forehead gently, and walked away. As he was closing the door, he turned off the lights, and watched Emmy sleep peacefully the moonlight coming through the window, lighting up her little features, making her look as innocent as she really was.
He sighed and walked out the door, bumping into Rome as he did so. "Sweet kid, huh?" Rome asked, and Dom nodded. "You can really tell she's Brian's." Dom nodded, and they walked down the hall.
Two hours later, Suki and Shanara walked in, smiling. They saw Rome, Dom, and Kell looking at them, especially Suki, with a scared look. "What happened?" Suki demanded.
"Well, we went riding, and..." Dom explained the whole story, along with a little help from Rome.
"Is he okay?" Suki asked, afraid for Brian.
"Yeah, he just had a cut above his temple, and a mild concussion." Rome said. Suki was already leaving the room, and walking towards hers and Brian's room. When she looked in, she saw him asleep peacefully. She walked over to him, undressed him down to his boxers and covered him with the quilt that Brie had made for them. She gave him a kiss, and told everyone good-night. She got into her draw-string pajama pants, and white spaghetti strapped shirt, and crawled into bed with him. He seemed to wake up a little bit, and put his arm around her, pulling her closer to him. "Love you." He whispered.
"I love you too." She said, and snuggled closer to him. Within minutes the were both asleep.
A/N: Hope you liked it, and that it was better than other chapters I have written. Sorry about Brian getting hurt, but I couldn't resist, and at least it's not too bad!
