edited on 4.3.15

This is mostly a Caleb/Ashley fic with a bit of Amy/Ty , Kit/Ty, and Soraya/Amy/Ashley bonding.

Starts with when Caleb gets back from the rodeo.

Ashley smiled to herself. She had a huge surprise for Caleb.

She knew that he had been worried about the rodeo and had been working hard so she made him a meal. She had begged Rosalita to teach her to make his favorite dish.

She spread a blanket on the little table and placed the plates and glasses. They were going to eat outside since it was such a beautiful evening.

Ashley got changed and put on her favorite pair of shorts and a pretty red blouse.

She fixed her hair and makeup and then paused.

Her mind flashed back to a few days ago with the girls.

Two days ago

Soraya slumped against the counter.

Amy and Ashley laughed.

"Break time already?"

Soraya rolled her eyes. "Finally!" She leaned into where they were.

"So ladies, spill the gossip."

Amy laughed. "You first."

Soraya bit her lip.

"Ben sent me an email."

Ashley almost spit out her drink.

"What!" They both shrieked.

People around them looked up and Ashley sent them a glare and they quickly looked away.

Soraya nodded and bit her lip.

"He wanted to hang out when he comes to visit soon."

Amy leaned in. "What did you say?"

"I told him sure. I know it's not ideal but I'm lonely. You and Ty have some weird thing going on and Ashley, you and Caleb are playing house. For goodness sake! You might as well be married to your boys!"

"Soraya! Ty is with Kit!"

Ashley couldn't help but butt in.

"No offense Amy, but she's right. So screw Kit. Ty would dump her in a heartbeat if he knew you loved him. He loves you and you love him. So make your move! And Soraya! That is so not true. I find Caleb hot and everything but he's just a good friend."

Soraya threw back her head. "You both are lying to yourselves. Amy, you and Ty have had something going on since you two first saw each other- the day he almost ran you over. You two would get back together eventually. Hell, if you told Kit that you and Ty still had a thing, you would be making out with him and not watching Kit shove her tongue down his throat whenever you enter the room."

Amy looked at the floor.

"Okay, so I might still like him. But he's with Kit. I lost my chance."

Soraya and Ashley exchanged a look.

"Amy! Just tell him. Trust us. He loves you."

Ashley nodded. "Please talk to him. The sexual tension is choking."

Amy sighed and then nodded. Her gaze landed on Ashley.

"Ash, Soraya has a point. You and Caleb are kind of playing house. You two live together. He makes you breakfast. You do laundry- I found his underwear with your jeans yesterday! You guys take turn making dinner. You…"

"We had sex."

Amy and Soraya's heads whipped towards their friend.

"We were drunk. It was a few months ago, before school started. We were drunk and I made a comment how we are like a married couple. Caleb then picked me up and said husbands carry their wives. We carried me into the house and we started kissing and then we had sex."

"Are you pregnant?"

Ashley shrugged. "I don't know. I'm scared to find out."

Soraya shook her head. She shoved some money in the cash register and then dragged the girls to the women care aisle, in the back of the store. She shoved a test into Ashley's hands. Ashley shoved into her purse and walked away. She was scared.

She heard Amy tell Soraya that she had to leave to get everything ready for the Derby tomorrow.

Amy walked behind her and squeezed her shoulder.

Ashley nodded and called out to her. "Amy, about we talked about. Take a chance. What you guys have is special."

She climbed into her car and drove away. Amy did the same.

All the way home, her mind thought about what they said. She was glad that Caleb was at the rodeo with Kit. Not only did it give Amy and Ty a chance to work everything out, but it gave her time to think.

When she got home, she dropped her purse on the floor. It seemed to call to her. She was scared to take the test. She yawned and decided to take a nap.

She woke up in the middle of the night when her phone rang.

'Hello?'

"Did I wake you honey?"

'Caleb? It's like 2 in the morning here.'

"Sorry. Just wanted to tell you I will be back tomorrow night. I'll let you sleep."

'Night.'

Caleb calling her honey made her heart beat faster.

She rolled over. There was no way she could sleep now.

She decided to make him a nice meal to celebrate his homecoming.

Ashley's eyes landed on her purse and she decided to deal with it later.

Around 10, she headed out to Heartland.

She smiled at Ty and he nodded at her.

"Amy's in the barn."

"Thanks."

Ashley headed into the barn and found Amy by Spartan.

"Ashley! Are you coming to the Derby?"

"I might stop by."

"Did you take it yet?"

"No. I'm scared. He's coming home tomorrow."

Amy opened her mouth when Lou began yelling at everyone to get ready to leave.

"Amy I need to go. I'll tell you when I take it."

Ashley turned and got into her car.

Her phone rang and Ashley stopped ironing her jeans.

"Hello!"

"Tyandialmostkissed!"

"What? Slow down."

"Ty and I almost kissed."

"Amy! Tell me the details."

"We have both been helping out someone else. He's been helping out Grandpa and I' helping my dad. So anyway, Lou needed someone to announce who's in the lead and they got into argument why me or Ty couldn't go alone. So Lou told us to go together. Ty drove us his is truck and we got out.

We kind of walked onto the middle of race without realizing it and we tried contacting Lou.

Ty then began joking around with me and I did the same. I jumped on his back and then he fell backwards and landed on me. He almost kissed me but he didn't could we almost got trampled by the horses. When we were messing around, we ended up on the field. He pulled me out of the way of the horses. He is always saving my life."

"Aww. Amy."

"So did you…"

"No. Right now, I'm thinking of surprising Caleb with dinner tomorrow."

"How sweet. Just like husband and wife."

"Amy!"

"Just pointing out the obvious. And you need to take that test. And then go see a doctor."

"I'm scared. I will do it, but I don't want to ruin his homecoming."

"I have to go. Ty and I still have work to do. And good luck tomorrow!"

They said goodbye and Ashley began to prepare the meal.

She had set everything up. She waited outside at the table for Caleb. When his trailer drove up, she stood up. Then Caleb was out of the car and she was running. He caught her in his arms and he squeezed her to death.

She breathed in his scent and smiled. She missed him so much.

"I missed you so much."

They said at the same time.

Ashley then pulled him towards the table. She pushed him into a chair and then pulled out the warm meal.

Caleb's eyes widen and he dug in. He told her all about the rodeo.

Ashley listened with interest and amazement. Caleb yawned and she told him to go to sleep.

"I can spend the night in my car. You have to be exhausted."

Caleb refused and they began arguing over who got the bed.

Finally they agreed to share as long as they kept to their separate halves.

Ashley drifted to sleep with a smile on her facing knowing that her cowboy was back.

They woke up the next morning with their arms around each other.

They jerked away and Caleb teased her. They then got ready for their day.

Ashley was going to school and Caleb offered to drop her off.

When they got to school, he kissed her cheek.

"See you later, honey."

He tipped his hat and Ashley eagerly awaited Amy and Soraya.

When they arrived, she dragged them to a table and began whispering.

"You weren't on the bus today?"

"Caleb gave me a ride."

The girls focused on her and she began telling them about her night.

She looked up at the end of her story and found someone glaring at them.

"Umm. Amy someone is glaring at you."

Amy scanned the room to find Kit looking at her.

"Shit!"

They gathered their stuff and left to their lockers.

They split off for first block.

Ashley had her second, fifth, and seventh class with Soraya. With Amy, she had second, third, sixth, and seventh.

They all had lunch together.

So they all sat at their table ignoring Kit's looks their way.

"Ben's coming for Christmas."

"That's great."

They talked about the derby and school until Soraya decided to bring up Ashley's problem.

"Did you take it yet?"

Ashley shook her head. Soraya and Amy then got up and grabbed their stuff. Ashley followed them to the bathroom. They checked the entire bathroom and then locked the door.

"I'm not…"

"We are not leaving."

Ashley sighed and dug through her purse to pull out the box.

She locked herself in a stall and took a deep breath. She peed on the stick and then went back out. She placed it on the sink.

"Now we wait five minutes."

-5 mins later-

"I can't look!"

"We'll look together."

They linked hands and peered at the stick.

"Omg! I'm…"

"Pregnant."

They looked at each other in shock.

"Okay, so we stared school about three months ago which would make you three months. You might not be showing for a while." Amy said doing the math in her head

"Or maybe it's a fluke."

Amy pulled put her phone.

"What are you doing?"

"Are you guys free Friday? We have no school."

"Yes."

"Okay, so there's a doctor next town over. We can make an appointment there. We can go Friday. No one will know."

They agreed.

"So Friday. Be there at 8. We can see that we are shopping in the city."

Ashley then wrapped her test in some paper towels and threw it away.

They left the bathroom like nothing happened.

Neither girl could concentrate. Friday could not come soon enough.

Ashley avoided Caleb as much as she could.

On Friday, she followed Caleb to Heartland.

She found Amy working with the horses. She found a sleepy Ty feeding them.

"Amy's been up since 5 this morning. Said she wants to finish everything before she leaves.

"Yeah. She, Soraya, and I are heading to the city. We have some stuff to do."

"Stuff?"

"Girl stuff."

Ashley then began feeding Apollo. Caleb entered the barn and began mucking out their stalls.

Amy came out sweating.

"Okay, so I worked almost all the horses. I will be back before 5 tonight. I will call to check in. Call me if you have any questions. I'm going to take a shower."

Amy left and Ty began cooling Spartan down.

Amy came out 20 minutes later.

"Soraya will be here in 10."

Ashley nodded.

"Breakfast!"

Ty and Caleb walked toward the house. The girls followed them and Lou set up an extra plate when she saw Ashley.

Ty and Amy made small talk about horses. Caleb talked about how he needed sponsors.

"So what are you girls going to do in the city?" Jack wanted to know.

"Umm. We have some girl stuff do to."

A car horn beeped and they jumped up. "That's Soraya!"

They flew out and all piled into her car.

During the drive, they talked about horses and nothing else.

They arrived at the doctor and entered. Ashley was grateful to see that they were the only ones there.

The nurse called them in and they began to do a checkup.

They led her to a dark room and her friends followed.

A woman with a kind smile entered the room.

"Who thinks they are pregnant?"

Ashley raised her hand and the doctor pointed to the cot.

"Lay down. We are going to do an ultra sound. So I'm told you took a test and it was positive?"

It was Amy who responded. "Yes."

The woman rubbed some gel onto her stomach.

Ashley laughed. It was cold and tickled her.

Then the doctor began moving the machine around and the girls looked at the screen.

The doctor mumbled and then gasped.

"Here we are sweetie."

A small blob appeared and Ashley couldn't believe it.

She was going to have a baby. Caleb's baby.

"I'll say, you are about three months along. Would you like a picture?"

Ashley nodded. The doctor nodded and printed out some pictures.

Amy and Soraya helped her out to the car and Amy then drove them to a mall.

Ashley was still stunned.

They exited their car and began shopping for some stuff.

They paused when they saw a baby store.

Ashley sighed. "Let's check it out."

They entered the store and oh and awed over everything.

"Do you think it will be a boy or girl?"

"Girl. I want a little girl."

"I want to keep my baby."

"We have your back no matter what."

Ashley brought some huge sweaters and shirts to hide her stomach when it started growing.

Amy brought some new jeans and Soraya got some new boots.

They brought some makeup, books, cds, and a lot of other stuff. Ashley found a cool box for Caleb to put his belt buckles in.

The drive home was filled with chatter and laughter, but the closer they got to Heartland, the quieter they became. They dropped off Soraya.

And then Amy offered to drive Ashley home.

"When are you going to tell him?"

"Soon. Later."

They arrived at the trailer to find Caleb waiting outside.

Amy dropped them off and Ashley was shocked to see Ty drive up with his truck.

"I called him to pick me up."

Amy squeezed her shoulder and then climbed into the truck with Ty driving away.

"I made dinner."

"This looks good."

They ate in silence.

She could tell her had something to tell her.

"Ash?"

"Yes, Caleb?"

"Umm. I got a sponsor. An anonymous one."

"So this means…"

"I'm leaving for the rodeo."

Ashley felt like she was going to vomit.

She stood up and rushed to the grass and vomited.

Caleb gathered her hair and rubbed her back.

"It's not your food. It's probably something I ate in the city. My stomach has been feeling funny."

Caleb helped her changed and then tucked her into bed.

"Caleb. I'm happy for you."

She closed her eyes and let the tears come when he left outside to clean up.

She called the girls begging them to meet her at Maggie's.

Amy had barely sat down when she spilled.

"Caleb's leaving for the rodeo."

Amy paused and Soraya gasped.

"I didn't tell him. How could I? Rodeo is his dream. I can't do that to him."

Ashley began crying and they hugged her tightly.

They kept telling her it would be alright.

Ashley asked them if they could go on a trial ride and they agreed, but carefully.

They drove to Heartland and saddled up their horses.

For a short while, they could forget heir problems. When they got back, Ashley saw Caleb telling Ty and Kit about his sponsor. Ty saw them and opened his mouth but closed it. He stared at her and then rubbed his eyes.

Ashley raised a hand and found silent tears coming down.

"Isn't that great?" Ty agreed and Caleb left to work.

She saw Kit kiss Ty and registered Amy's flinch.

So she did what she had to do. She dried her tears and barged in loudly.

She laughed loudly.

"That was so much fun! We seriously need to go a ride. Hey Ty! You should join us next time!"

They began cooling down their horses and ignored the looks Kit threw at them.

Kit then left with Caleb and Ashley let out a sigh of relief.

"He's leaving tomorrow."

Ty's voice startled her.

"He didn't tell me that."

Ty squeezed her shoulder. "He cares."

Then Ty left to help Amy.

She dropped Soraya home and went to the trailer to find Caleb packing some of his stuff.

She watched him pack his hat, his clothes, and his rodeo gear. He took a few other things.

They ate dinner silently.

"Ashley what was it that you had to tell me?"

"Doesn't matter."

"You sure?"

"Positive."

She forced a smile and then yawned.

"I'm going to bed."

Caleb opened his mouth to tell her that it was only 7 at night but Ashley just walked away and crawled into bed.

Around nine he crawled in next to her, but couldn't sleep. He felt guilty that he had actually taken Val Stanton's money. He knew that she was trying to buy him away from Ashley. He liked her. Ashley was beautiful and amazing and very special. He wasn't really sure how he felt. He hoped that being away would help him figure out his feelings.

He closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Ashley stood outside. Caleb was really leaving.

Caleb looked at Ashley. He could see that something was bothering her.

He walked to her and she handed him a box.

"So you can put all your buckles in."

Caleb placed the box in his car and then wrapped his arms around her slender waist. She stood on tiptoes and held him tightly. She buried her head into his shoulder and he felt some tears.

He dropped a few into her hair. He was going to really miss her.

He stepped away and they locked eyes. He touched her cheek gently and then left.

Ashley waited until he left then locked the door behind her. Then she broke down.

Months had passed. Her mother on several occasion tried to get her to come home and when she found out about the baby begged her to put it up for adoption.

Right now, she was 6 months pregnant, almost seven.

Everyone knew about the baby. Not everyone knew about the father.

She didn't have to tell many people. She was at dinner at Heartland and Jack made a comment about her gaining weight.

She and Amy were quiet and it was Ty and Lou who caught on first.

When Jack realized he was stunned. He kept asking her about the father but she said nothing.

Ty guessed who the father was. She didn't confirm it or deny it.

But Ty offered to help out and she really appreciated the support.

Everyone had been really supported of her.

Ty had been in to fix her heater and she crashed at the ranch few times. She worked at Maggie's with Soraya and the customers tipped her big.

Ty and Kit had broken up a while ago when Amy went to figure out a way to cure Spartan.

Amy and Ty were right now at Jack's fishing cabin feeding some horses.

She was at Heartland. There was going to be a big storm so Jack picked her up before it came.

That night was terrifying. They met Lou's boyfriend, the oil tycoon. And then Ty and Amy got stranded. Ty was really sick and Amy sounded like she was panicking.

Lou forced Ashley to rest promising to tell any news.

At dinner, she found out that Lou's boyfriend was trying to get plows over there.

They went to sleep later that night and she was worried sick but, she smiled as the baby kicked.

She had decided not to find out the gender, wanting it to be a surprise. She closed her eyes hoping that when she woke up Amy and Ty would be home.

Her wish came true. She woke up to loud voices and slowly walked down the stairs to find Amy and a sick Ty.

Ty ordered her not to come closer because of the baby so she blew him a kiss. She couldn't help but notice how close he and Amy were. Her suspicions were confirmed when they kissed on the couch.

She smiled and rubbed her stomach. Her child would be surrounded by love.

A few days after Ty and Amy got together she went back home. Her mother stopped by and they got into a argument. Val wanted her to come home.

So she hurt her daughter.

She told her daughter that she paid Caleb off and he actually took the money.

And to twist the knife, she told her daughter that Caleb never cared.

Ashley's heart broke finding out that Caleb had taken the money from her mother and left.

She kicked her mother out. She wanted to scream and cry. How dare her mother try to ruin this for her!

Then a sharp pain made her fall on the bed. It happened again and then stopped. A few minutes later it happened again. She stood hoping that it wasn't what she thought.

She grabbed her cell phone and then gasped. Her water had just broke.

She dialed Ty's number.

"Ashley?"

"The baby's coming!"

"I'm on my way!"

Ashley took many deep breaths as contractions hit her.

Ty arrived 10 minutes later with Amy. They drove her to the hospital.

She saw the rest of Heartland plus Soraya and her mother there.

As she passed Val, she hissed. "If something happens. I will never forgive you.

The doctors were worried.

"You are only seven months! That baby isn't due till March and it's January! "

She nodded.

"Did something happen to trigger it?"

"Yes. Ow. My mother told me today how she paid my baby's father off and how he took the money."

The doctor felt sympathy for her. How could a mother be so cruel?

"Ms. Ashley. If something were to happen…"

"Amy and Ty are to take my baby in."

The doctors nodded and then told everyone that she was going to have the baby.

Labor was intense. She was there all night. Amy, Soraya, and Lou were in the room with her all night giving her support.

She told them how her mom had paid off Caleb and how the news must have caused the baby to arrive early.

To say they were upset was an understatement. They were furious at both Val and Caleb.

Ashley winced as another contraction hit her.

"Soraya and Lou please don't be offended. Amy will could you be godmother?"

Soraya and Lou smiled at Amy. She was in shock. Then she nodded.

"Yes." Amy whispered wiping away a tear.

"Do you think Ty would like to be godfather?"

Amy laughed. "He would be thrilled. He loves kids."

Ashley smiled and then cried out as another contraction came. They were closer and even more painful. She had opted for a natural birth, like a cowgirl would.

Around midnight, the contractions got worse and the doctors worried that only one or none would survive.

Amy held on tightly to Ashley's hand. To be honest she had no idea if Amy was squeezing or if she was squeezing.

At 2, the doctors announced it was time to push.

"Come on Ashley!"

"You can do it."

"PUSH!"

"CALEB O'DELL! YOU ARE SO DEAD! I HATE YOU!"

Ty , Jack, Tim and Peter were waiting outside. They flinched as they heard Ashley scream Caleb's name. Jack looked murderous. "Caleb's the father?"

Ben who had arrived two hours earlier walked in with coffee.

"Who's Caleb?"

"He's a cowboy. The other stable hand. He and Ashley lived together for a while."

"Oh."

They drank their coffee and waited for the baby to be born.

Ty decided not to call Caleb. If Ashley didn't tell him then he had no right to know.

"Almost there Ashley!"

Ashley took a deep breath and gave one final push and the doctors smiled. She laid back and closed her eyes exhausted.

To be continued

So tell me what you think. This is part one. The next part, you will find out the gender of the baby. The gender will be decided by you, so tell me your requests. You can also tell me if you want a single or for it to be twins. I will put down the name options below.

Girls

Rowan Skylar

Sage Marie

Boys

Ryan Shane

Logan Asher

So anyway review! Check out my other stories and poll. And I will update soon.

Reviews!

GaryK: Thank you for your kind review! It made me so happy to read it. I am so glad you loved it. And it means a lot to me that you think I should help the CBC writers. Here's this one. I know it not Amy and Ty but I hope you like it

Dess4ever: Thank you for your review. Glad you found it cute.

GKB: Thank you for your kind review. You are the first person to call me honey and it made me smile. I actually have a heartland story planned. I hope to have the first two chapters up soon, and then I will work on during the summer.( I have a problem where I will start two stories when I have like 8 more currently being worked on. )I'm glad to hear that you have read my other stories. A Heartland guy? That's really cool! I love Heartland. I am currently catching up on the show. I'm on season 3!

Love: Thank you for your review. I promise as soon as I see those episodes I will write about them, I am currently on season 3, so it might be a while. Sorry. But I will write about them.

Happy early Valentine's day Wallflowers. Love you!