JD looked up from his novel as Buck walked in. "Hey Kid I'm going to go check on Miss Daisy's place. Make sure that no one has stolen any more of her chickens."
JD rolled his eyes the day before Vin and Ezra left, Vin had caught the fox responsible for the stolen poultry. "Right Buck." JD waved him off. He pretended to read until he heard Buck's steps disappear. JD sighed with relief as he sat aside the book and looked around the empty jail. The events of the past week were slowly catching up to the sheriff. He had to much energy to burn all week, running around trying to help with Vin worrying that his new found family was going to slowly roll away. But everything was back to normal for the most part. He hated it every time one of them came back hurt, to many memories would show back up.
He knew from the time Chris allowed him to stay at the village that he had found his family. It had been threatened a few times but they always stuck it out together to the point where if one left they all did and went together. Heck they moved as one for the most part, never really needing to communicate. Heck even Chris was their leader even though JD really had the badge and he was fine with that, he hated the thing but knew he had to keep it to keep the peacekeepers.
Even though he and Buck had initially clashed he knew it was because Buck wanted to protect him and make sure he survived out there. He willingly allowed them to call him Kid, Vin and Chris called him that but didn't treat him like such. Even Ezra was patent with his questions and always gave him an honest answer if there was one. He never doubted any of them from the first moment. He was glad they all finally had come to the same point he had.
He'd seen it coming, the events of the past week had just finished the forging. He knew that Chris and Vin had a special bond, sometimes one that was annoying when they talked without talking. But he saw Ezra soon join the group at least with Vin, and he could see the others were beginning to also. Yep they needed each other. When one was off they all were and they worked to get them back level. Like Josiah constantly trying to get the church fixed, they worked to be a family. They didn't have to try very hard.
JD tossed the novel into the bottom of the drawer and pulled out the Steele novel "The Magnificent Seven" he chuckled and flipped through the pages. Soon his chin rested on his chest as he dreamed of another adventure they'd go on as one.