I DO NOT OWN HATFIELDS AND MCCOYS OR THE DIALOGUE

The day after Election Day, 1880. West Virginia.

Johnse's POV

The next morning, Johnse Hatfield woke up at the ass crack of dawn. He snuck downstairs and opened the door to his sister's bedroom. There, on the floor, laid Roseanna. Johnse smiled as he saw the beautiful angel laying on the floor. As he moved closer to her, his younger sister Betty stirred.

"Go back ta sleep." Johnse whispered as Babette rolled over. As he caressed Roseanna's face, she awoke. "Hi."

"Johnse." Roseanna whispered as he shushed her and moved closer as he began to kiss all over her body. The eldest McCoy daughter squirmed in pleasure as Johnse covered her in loving kisses.

Roseanna's POV

True to his word, after a hearty breakfast, Johnse put Roseanna on his horse and rode her over to the Kentucky side of the Tug. During the ride, Johnse brought up the idea of marriage. He was taken with Roseanna and decided that she was the one for him. As they rode, Roseanna listened as he discussed their ceremony and everything that came after.

Oh, and on our honeymoon we're gonna take a real train ride all across the country till we can't go no more." Johnse claimed. "I read they got this great blue ocean up in Oregon. I mean, this thing is so big and wide, ya can't even see the other side." He stopped talking when he saw that Roseanna was shedding tears.

"Johnse..." she muttered as he got off and looked at her.

"Are ya crying?" He asked as she nodded. "Well, what on earth for?"

"Just wondering where I fit in on this long list o' conquests." She asked bluntly. Johnse realized that she thought this to be nothing more than a one night stand.

"My beautiful sweet darling, you think I'm toying with you?" Johnse asked.

"I don't know what to think." Roseanna replied through her tears. "This is my first time. I was saving myself for a husband, just like God told me to."

"I ain't fooling here, Roseanna." Johnse swore. "I intend to marry you. If I hadn't promised my pa hell, I'd ride on across that river right now and on bended knee I'd ask your daddy myself."

"Ya mean it?" She asked with a sad smile.

"Come here." He said as he helped her off the horse. "I'd go up against the whole world to make you my wife...and I can't change my past or the bad blood tween our kin, but I tell you true I ain't never felt like this before 'bout nobody else but you." Johnse cupped her cheeks and kissed her deeply.

Jed's POV

As Johnse was swearing his love to Roseanna, Jed was riding along with the McCoy brothers. They spotted Roseanna with Johnse near the river.

There she is." Pharmer pointed out. "That's Johnse Hatfield kissing on her."

"That son of a bitch!" Tolbert spat as he dismounted his horse, rifle in hand.

"Tolbert, hold on a minute." Jed pleaded as the elder McCoy raised his gun. Before Jed could stop him, Tolbert fired off a round. Johnse was hit in the side.

"You ain't getting away, Johnse." Jim exclaimed as the pack rode towards the lovers.

"Oh, my God, Johnse!" Roseanna cried out. "Johnse, it's my brothers. Go!"

"I love you, Roseanna!" He swore as he rode off.

"You ain't going nowhere!" Calvin called out.

"Wait, stop! Don't hurt him! He didn't do nothing." She pleaded to know avail as Bud and Jed slowed up.

"Bud, Jed, you gotta stop them." She begged,

"We gotta get you to Poppy." Bud insisted.

"You take her ta Randall, I'll try to calm Tolbert down." Jed promised as he rode off after the boys.

"I didn't do nothing!" Johnse shouted as they chased him down. The chase stopped when Johnse hit his head on a branch and was knocked down. As Jed and the McCoys cornered him, he withdrew his pistol.

"Goddamn it, Tolbert!" Johnse groaned. "What you so hot about? You're the one that left Roseanna with no way home. All I did was give her shelter, feed her dinner, keep her safe from harm."

"You try to have your way with her?" Jim accused.

"No, sir." He swore. "She spent the night with my sisters, you saw her, safe and sound. You think she'd be kissing on me if I violated her in any way?"

I did hear Roseanna say Johnse..." Calvin started to say.

"Shut up, Calvin!" Tolbert exclaimed. "Now, I say we kill him and get on across the river before anyone knows."

"Yeah, yer sister will know." Johnse pointed out. "She loves me."

"That's a load of bull manure." Pharmer argued.

No, it ain't, and I love her too, goddamn it." He insisted. "Since I gotta prove it to ya." Johnse dropped his pistol.

"Roseanna seemed all right ta me Tolbert." Jed stated. "There ain't no need fer bloodshed this day."

"How bad is you shot, Johnse?" Jim inquired.

"Well, I'll live." Johnse admitted. "I think the bullet tore straight through me."

"Tolbert, let's go." Calvin said as the pack rode off.

"You tell your pa I wanna ask Roseanna's hand in marriage!" Johnse exclaimed as Tolbert spat. Jed gave him a silent nod as they rode off towards the McCoy home.

Roseanna's POV

As Bud took her home, Roseanna knew that she was in for it. Randall came out to greet her with his belt in hand while Sally stood behind.

"Hey, Pa, we found her." Bud shouted. "I got Roseanna."

"You spent the night under a Hatfield roof?" Ol' Randall accused.

"With Johnse's sisters, sir." She admitted. "Mr. Hatfield kindly gave permission. Johnse...He wants to marry me." Everyone's mouth dropped at this statement.

"I beg your damn pardon?" Mr. McCoy asked in shock.

"He loves me poppy." Roseanna insisted. "He wants to ask you proper, you know? He wants to make sure it's right."

"He touch you, Roseanna?" McCoy asked in fear, believing that she was trying to hide shame.

"No." She assured him as Randall was filled with disappointment and rage. Finally he made a decision.

"Then go on, do whatever you want." He muttered. "You like the Hatfields so much, why don't you go stay with them forever?" He finished with a finally cruel blow.

"You're not my daughter anymore."

ROSEANNA HAS BEEN DISOWNED. WILL JOHNSE MARRY HER? CAN JED CONVINCE RANDALL TO TAKE HER BACK? REVIEWS NEEDED AND APPRECIATED.