He finished his rounds and slowly made his way back to the office. When he arrived, Chester was there, sweeping the front steps. "Hello Chester." Matt greeted the other man.

Chester stopped his sweeping and looked up at Matt, a huge grin spreading his face. "Oh, hello Mr. Dillon."

"Did the mail come in yet?" Matt asked, pushing through the door and moving towards his desk.

"No sir." Chester said, following awkwardly with his stiff legged gait. "Say Mr. Dillon, was there trouble in the Long Branch this morning?"

"No. Why?" Matt answered, setting down on his desk.

"Well, I just seen you go in there and it seemed that you were in there an awful long while." Chester said.

Matt chuckled and said, "No Chester, there was no trouble, I was just visiting with Miss Russell."

A look of confusion passed over Chester's face before it dawned on him who Matt was talking about. "Oh, Miss Kitty? What were you visiting with her about?"

"Oh I just decided to introduce myself." Matt said, a small smile crossing his lips.

"You hadn't met Miss Kitty yet?" Chester asked, the confusion evident in his voice.

"No, I hadn't Chester. I can't spend my evenings in the Long Branch like you do." Matt said, with a small chuckle before standing and going to the coffee pot. He poured himself a cup of the bitter tasting brew and was just about to take his first drink of coffee when Doc came in the door.

"Matt, Chester." He greeted. "Matt, I hear you finally got up the nerve to stop and visit Miss Kitty." Doc ribbed his young friend.

"I did Doc. She's a really nice young lady." Matt said. "In fact I plan on stopping by and seeing her later if I can."

However, Matt's plan didn't take shape for another two days because he was kept it seemed extra busy. Every time that he thought that he was going to have even a few spare minutes or even a free evening someone would come through the door hollering about trouble of some sort. So Matt, despite his yearning to see the alluring Miss Kitty, would go out to uphold the law and order of the fine city of Dodge.

By the time the third night rolled around, Matt only dared to hope that things would calm enough for him to stop by the Long Branch and visit Kitty. He felt terrible that it had taken him so long but there wasn't a lot that he could do to aid the problem, he was after all the law in town.

Kitty had been expecting to see Matt and each day had been sorely disappointed each day that his tall shadow did not fill the doorway of the Long Branch.

She had felt like a child waiting for Santa Claus, each day she watched and waited and each day so far she had been disappointed.

Wednesday evening brought a change however, for one the day had been particulary cool, which was a nice change from the intense heat that they had been experiencing. It was also particularly quiet in Dodge, which was nice and odd at the same time.

Kitty was now setting at a table alone, playing a game of solitare. The other girls weren't even around and Kitty wasn't sure where to find them or if she even really cared at the moment where they were at.

Then she heard it the distinct ringing of spurs. She wasn't sure how she knew that it was him, it wasn't like she hadn't heard hundred's and probably even thousands of spurs ringing as the cowboys walked down the boardwalk but she just knew that it was Matt Dillon, coming to see her.

Kitty tried to hide her excitement at the thought of the Matt walking through the swinging doors and continued with her game until she heard those ringing spurs come closer, the scrape of a chair and the deep "Hello Kitty."

"Hello Matt. How are you?" She asked, lifting her blue eyes off the cards in front of her to take in his face.

"Fine, just fine. How have things been here?"

"Well I guess they've been rather quiet seeing how we haven't seen much of you around these past few days."

"Yeah, I think that the Long Branch has been the one place in town that hasn't required my services in the past few days." Matt said with a grim smile.

"Well I'm glad that you finally made it back. Can I get you a beer?" Kitty said, stacking the card in her hands and setting them back on the table before she rose.

"I think I'll pass on the beer but I would sure take a cup of coffee." Matt said. He really would have liked the beer but figured being new in Dodge and never knowing when the town fathers would be lurking about he decided to play it safe and go with the coffee.

Kitty rose and Matt allowed himself to watch her as she walked across the mostly empty room to the bar. When she returned she had two cups of coffee. She placed one in front of Matt and took the other to her place.

"Thanks Kitty." Matt said, taking a sip of the dark brew. It tasted much better than what he usually drank over at the jail.

They spent the rest of the evening chatting and learning more about each other. By the end of the evening Matt walked out of the Long Branch, with a light heart and a smile on his lips. He had never met anyone like Kathleen Russell and he was sure that he never would again.

Ok, I fixed things in this chapter. I was unable to fix things in chapter 1 so you will all just have to pretend that I didn't make them, please and thank you.

To those of you that have been reading, thank you and I will try to get chapter 3 up faster it is just that I am VERY busy right now. So please just bear with me. Thanks!