"Excuse me?" Tim shouted as he paced around the kitchen. Amy sat at the table bitting her lip avoiding eye contact. "How could you let this happen?" He shouted now at Jack.
"Me?! What about you?"
"She's not coming." Tim said folding his arms acting like a child.
"Dad? Peter's going on a business trip and didn't want to leave her alone with Jackson. It's only for a week or two." Amy finally said.
"Why didn't you run it by anyone first?" Jack looks at Amy.
"I don't know. Maybe cause this was gonna happen."
"I can't believe this!" Tim shouted pacing again. "Shane is here this week. Did you even consider that?"
"I forgot."
"You forgot?! Did you forget I don't wanna see her?"
Amy looked over at her grandfather sadly. "She didn't wanna come. But I did. I miss her." She whispered.
"She didn't want to come? Then why is she?" Tim shouted.
"Tim? Just stop." Jack said after noticing Amy had tears. "We'll figure this out."
"How? You have some crazy plan?"
"Dad, I'm sorry."
Tim threw his hand up. "Sorry doesn't change the fact that she's coming." He flopped down in a chair. "You know what that's okay. I'm busy all week with Shane. So if I don't run into her it's fine." He stood up and left.
Amy glanced at Jack before putting her head in her hands. "He'll get over it, honey."
"No, he won't. And neither will you. You took Dad's side on everything. Lou made a mistake. But she's still a part of this family." Amy jumped up and ran to her room.

"Hey. I could hear the screaming from here." Ty said as he tacked up a horse for Shane.
"Please don't. I don't need you criticizing me too."
"I don't get it. What's the big deal about Lou coming for a visit anyway?" Ty asked stopping now to face her.
"It's a big deal. Okay? A lot has changed."
"Why? So she moved away. What's the big deal in that?"
"Ty it's just...it's complicated." She sighed.
"Who's Lou? And why is Dad not going on trail ride with us?" Shane said as he entered the barn.
Ty's eyes grew wide. "Dad?" He whispered.
"Told you it was complicated." Amy said as she grabbed another saddle. "Dad's upset as per usual. Forget him. It'll be more fun just the two of us anyway. We can race." Amy smiled at her brother as he nodded leaving the barn.
"Dad?" Ty said again still standing their shocked. "He's...Tim's?"
"Yes. He's my brother." She paused watching Ty's expression. "My Dad didn't know...until a few years ago. He's dating Shane's mom."
Ty nodded as he processed what Amy said. "Wow! You have a brother."
Amy laughed. "That's why Lou coming is an issue. She has no idea. Not to mention Dad has only one daughter. At least to Shane."
"That's crazy. How could he never tell Shane about Lou?"
"They had a falling out. My Dad hasn't talked to Lou in years. And she hasn't talked to him since he refused to come to her wedding."
"Wedding? Gee, this story is getting juicy."
Amy rolled her eyes at him. "Dramatic is the word I'd use."
"Look, if it's a sore subject forget I asked." He finished tacking the horse and led him out of the barn.
"You're going to find out anyway." Amy said following him. "Lou got pregnant. She was dating an oil guy. You know how much Grandpa hates oil guys, well my Dad is ten times worse. So when she discovered she was pregnant they lost it. I've never seen my Dad so angry. He refused to be apart of her life. And Grandpa, he sorta pushed Lou away. He was so disappointed." Amy paused as she looked around to collect herself pushing the memories out of her mind. "They decided to get married before the baby was born. Dad didn't go. It broke Lou's heart. Her and Peter moved away after the wedding. He got a job offer in Vancouver. She had a boy. I've only met him once a few months after he was born. I'm the only one. No one else would go. Lisa had pushed Jack to but he wouldn't." Amy smiled through her tears. "It was a mess." She wiped her face. "I'd better go find Shane." She grabbed Ty's lead from him and walked away.

Ty walked into the kitchen and grabbed an apple from the bowl near the sink. Jack came into the room as Ty took a bite. "Hey, Jack."
"Hi. Have you seen my glasses? I can't find them anywhere." He said looking threw a stack of papers on the desk.
"No. But this is the first I've been to the house since breakfast. Was tacking up the horses for Amy...and her brother." He eyed Jack as he added that last part in there.
Jack looked up from the desk slightly shocked. "So...you know?"
"Yup. Amy told me after Shane dropped the Dad bomb." He took another bite acting like it was nothing.
"And why doesn't this bother you?" Jack wrinkled his brow.
Ty laughed. "I'm surprised. I am. But honestly as far as family drama that's nothing. You aut to hear some of the stories I've heard in juvie."
"Thanks. But I'd rather not. There's enough drama around here to have our own soap opera." He took off to the other room still in search of his glasses. Ty followed. "I'm sure she told you every juicy detail."
"Actually no. She didn't mention to much."
"Good."
"Come on, Jack. Tell me. I love a good story."
Jack turned around and glared at him. "Don't you have stalls to mock out?"
Ty got the hint real fast and nodded as he turned around leaving the room.

A few hours later Amy and Shane came riding back up the drive to the barn laughing. Ty turned from where he stood chopping firewood. He hadn't heard Amy's laugh in almost 5 years. He couldn't help but watch her. The huge smile on her face. It made him happy yet at the same time his heart ache. He watched as Amy jumped off Spartan and lead him to the pasture. He felt so naive on thinking things would stay the same after he left. That if he ever did find his way back to Heartland it'd be like he never left. But so much had changed. He felt like he was 17 again. Arriving for the first time. When he knew nothing about this family. Sure they were still them but yet so different. Jack had mentioned that there was more drama. He couldn't even imagine. Looking over at Amy as she talked to Shane as they warned the horses he knew he was responsible for most of her drama. So he couldn't blame her for still being standoffish and angry. He couldn't help but think of the way things could have been. Sure most of everything else was bound to still happen like Shane or Lou getting pregnant. But if he'd stuck around he would have at least been there to comfort Amy.

Dinner that night was awkward to say the least. Amy sat beside Shane. Who sat beside their dad at the end of the table. Ty and Lisa across from them. And Jack at the other end of the table. All that could be heard was the clanking of silverware as everyone ate. "Who's Lou?" Shane asked looking up and over and Tim who choked on his chicken.
"What?" All eyes were on him.
Tim took a drink of his water as he tried to find the best way to answer his son. "Uh...she's..." He was flustered and looked up at Jack searching for an answer. But Jack continued eating instead almost as if he hoped he could disappear from the table and the conversation. "Where'd...where'd you hear that name?" Shane pointed at Amy. "Amy?!"
She shoot her hands up in the air looking over at Ty for a second. "He overheard us in the barn."
Tim rolled his eyes in Ty's direction. "Amy mentioned her name to Ty but wouldn't answer me as to who she is." Shane said noticing he might have just started an arguement.
"She's...my sister." Amy piped up shooting her dad a glance then looked back at Shane.
"What?"
"Look, Shane. I didn't think it was important to tell you. She hasn't been apart of our lives for quite awhile. And I had no idea she was coming to begin with." He shot Amy a disapproving look. "The details really aren't important." Pick up his fork again and starting eating.
"You might as well go ahead and tell him now. It's out in the open." Jack said joining in the discussion.
"Oh, now you have a mouth." Tim sighed. "Look, you are well aware of my past." Shane nodded. "Well, she and I didn't bond all that much after I returned to Hudson. Amy and I, like you have a better connection. She had kinda already formed an option on me by then. Your sister was only 5 when I left. Look, things got better between us. All of us." He smiled at Amy. "She made some choices I'm not proud of. And we haven't spoken since. It's nothing for you to be concerned about."
"She's your sister too, Shane." Jack said. "So don't go siding with anyone. Amy still talks to her on the phone from time to time. It's just Tim who is pigheaded."
"Oh and your any better? You haven't talked to her any longer then I have."
"I can't believe I'm going to say this. But Lou did make her fair share of mistakes. But I can't blame her entirely. At least I went to her wedding."
"Ha! You call that a wedding. Being forced to the alter before the birth of her child. A marriage that you and I frown against." Tim shouted.
Ty looked across the table at Amy and motioned toward the door. Amy nudged Shane and tipped her head toward the door. She glanced back at Ty as all 3 stood up slowly and quietly left the room their plates in hand.

"Yes!" Amy shouted from her sitting position on the loft floor. She laughed as she threw her cards down. "Take that, Borden!"
Ty shook his head throwing down his own cards in defeat. "You have to be cheating. I'm a poker king. Seriously, it's all we played in the common room in prison."
Amy shot him a look before glancing at her brother. His eyes grew wide as Ty's words hit his ears. "You've done time?"
"Uh..." Ty looked at Amy trying to figure out the right way to answer. "Kinda, yeah."
"What to do mean kinda? You either did or you didn't?"
"Shane, eat the rest of your dinner."
"I wanna know what you did." He said all excited. "And why can you make bad choices and not Lou?"
"Lou's choices involve adult decisions. It's different." Amy said dealing out the cards again.
"Jail is for adults."
"Yes, but Lou didn't do anything criminal." Amy stopped shovaling the cards to met Ty's expression as what she said hit her. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean it like that."
"No...it's okay." Ty defended picking up his cards slightly embarrassed.
"Amy!" Caleb shouted as he climbed the last of the steps. Amy jumped up off the floor throwing her arms around him.
"Hey. I missed you." She kissed him before Caleb set her back in the ground. "You win anything?" She asked beaming.
Shane looked from his sister to Ty. His expression was sad as he watched the two embrace again. "You like her." Shane whispered.
Ty looked over at him shocked. "I do not."
"You're looking at Amy like my Mom looks at my Dad." He smiled before watching his sister again in the far corner of the loft. Ty sighed as he forced himself to look away. Of course he still liked her. And it was getting harder and harder to hide those feelings. But thinking back to her earlier comment about him being in jail made it a bit easier. Knowing she was far too good for someone like him.

"Thing's have been crazy. You don't even want to know." Amy said flopping down on Caleb's bed. "But there better now." She smiled playfully at him.
"Yeah. What happened?"
"Just everything. I don't even know where to begin." She sat back up to face Caleb. "My poor brother just met Ty which was confusing enough. Clearly my dad failed to mention him to Shane too. And he found out about Lou."
"Eww...babe that's harsh." He stepped closer to grab her arms.
"It gets worse. Lou's coming for a visit."
"Ouch. And your still in one piece?" He joked. Amy swatted his arm. "Okay. Okay. So what are you goinna do?"
"I don't know. My dad's acting exactly like I figured he would. Which isn't helping anything. And Grandpa isn't all that happy about her coming either." She sighed.
Caleb joined her on the edge of the bed. "And you?"
"I'm happy, I guess." She grabbed his hand. "I just wish the drama didn't have to stand in the way."
"I know but I'll be there to ease the blow." He wrapped his arm around her. "You mention we are engaged?"
"No, I wanted to tell her in person."
"At least your family is okay with our marriage." He said smiling however Amy only nodded. Her earlier conversion proved no one was 'okay' with it. But at least they weren't acting like they did with Lou's.