I DO NOT OWN HATFIELDS AND MCCOYS

Pike County, Kentucky. 5 Days later.

As the McCoy clan was preparing for battle, Perry Cline's manipulation finally paid off. Tolbert and his brothers were patrolling the McCoy family home when Cline rode up with a grin on his face. Bud went to the house to fetch Randall.

"Did ya order go through?" Jim asked.

"It has indeed." Perry replied as Randall came out.

"You heard from the governor?" he asked.

"I have a letter from governor Simon Buckner who has agreed to deputize you and your boys." The lawyer claimed as he began reading from the letter. "Now we have the legal authority to get the Prestons off our land."

"I was talking ta Misty at the whorehouse." Tolbert reported. "She heard from one o' them that they're hiding out near the woods by Floyd Hatfield's place."

"Then that's where we'll cut 'em down." Randall vowed. "Make sure every one o' ya is ready because we ride at dawn!" As the McCoy boys prepared themselves, Jed knew that there was something he had to take care of first. He mounted his horse and rode across the Tug to the home of his good friend.

Jed rode over to Johnse's house and stopped. He knocked on the door and when Johnse walked out, he offered Jed his usual grin.

"Hey Jed, come on in and have some shine." He offered as Jed dismounted.

"I can't Johnse, I came by ta tell ya something." Jed insisted. "Me, Randall, and the boys are gonna hunt up Billie Jo n' his posse; make sure all this fighting gets stopped."

"Ya sure ya can handle him, I heard what he did ta Betty Blankenship, he's black hearted son of a bitch." Johnse warned.

"I know, that's why I want you n' Roseanna ta git out o' here." Jed replied. "If shit goes south, Billie Jo's gonna hunt down people closest ta me and I don't want ya blood on my hands." Johnse pulled out a flask and had a swig or shine.

"Where we supposed ta go?" He asked.

"Didn't ya say ya always wanted ta go ta Oregon?" Jed offered. "Roseanna said you was gonna go on ya honeymoon."

"I'd love ta, but it's been hard ta save up money because o' Roseanna being wit child." Jed nodded as he took a stack of bills out of his pocket and handed them to Johnse. It was hard to save up because of Alifair and Lil' Randall, but he had done all right.

"Here's 200 dollars." He said as Johnse's eyes went wide. "Take you n' Roseanna and go ta Oregon fer a week."

"Jed, I can't take this from ya..." the Hatfield protested.

"I ain't asking, I want you two ta be safe." Jed demanded. "Go ta Oregon n' stay there fer a week. Hopefully, bout time ya git back, this'll be done with."

"What am I gonna tell my beautiful sweet darling?"

"Ya tell her that yer shine's been selling like hot cakes and that ya been putting plenty o' money away. It'll be good fer ya ta git away from all this fighting and just focus on each other." Johnse knew that Jed was right. He took the money that was offered and gave his friend a huge hug.

"I ain't gonna forget what you done fer us." Johnse vowed.

"Just make sure you two ain't in harm's way." Jed replied as he got back on his horse. "YA!" As Jed galloped off, Johnse went back into the cabin he shared with his wife.

"Johnse, are ya OK?" Roseanna inquired. She could tell that Johnse was uneasy.

"Of course, my beautiful sweet darling." Johnse lived as he sat down next to her. "Ya know, there's something I wanna tell ya."

"What is it?" she asked again.

"I..." Johnse started to say. He wanted to tell her the truth, but Roseanna didn't need any stress when she was so far along with their baby. "I wanted to tell ya that we're going on our honeymoon!" Roseanna looked up at her husband with surprise.

"Honeymoon?"

"That's right, we're gonna go ta Oregon for a week; just like we always talked 'bout."

"I thought we didn't have the money fer it." Roseanna said.

"Well...I was meaning to keep it a surprise, but my shine buisness has been taking off, I can't keep bottles in the wagon." Johnse lied. Roseanna returned his smile.

"Oh, this is so wonderful." She said as she embraced him. Johnse returned her embrace as he prayed that Jed would be right and that all the fighting would be over by the time they returned.

SORRY IT'S TAKEN ME SO LONG TO UPDATE. NEXT TIME, WE GET SOME MUCH NEEDED ROHNSE FLUFF. REVIEWS NEEDED AND APPRECIATED.