Thanks for all the nice reviews, they make me feel so warm and fuzzy:) I hope you enjoy this next chapter and also enjoyed the posting I FINALLY made for Thoughts if you were reading that one as well. As I have said before I am super busy right now, as I am a teacher, so please bear with me if I don't seem to pop in on a regular basis. Thanks!

Disclaimer: I don't own the charachters of "Gunsmoke" but boy oh boy the fun I would have if I did!

After spending a wonderful evening together, chatting and getting to know one another better, Matt was unable to make it over to see Kitty for another week. It wasn't that he didn't want to go and see the beautiful red head, but duty had called and he had to go to Cimarron for three days to testify in a trial involving a former prisoner. Luckily, the man was going to the state prison and would not be seeing the outside of the prison for a while.

Matt rode back to Dodge, happy in the knowledge that when he returned home that after a good night's sleep, if the patrons of the city allowed it, he had been given two whole days off. He had a whole list of things that he wanted to do but at the top of that list was to go fishing with Kitty. In their previous conversation before he had been sent off to do his duty, she had told him that she really enjoyed fishing. This had instantly perked Matt up, it would be nice to have different fishing company than Doc or Chester.

When Matt returned that evening he rode into a suprisingly quiet town. After he had taken care of his horse, he walked into the jail to find Chester with his feet up reading the newspaper. "Chester." He said.

Chester was so suprised that his boss was back that he nearly tipped over the chair that he was lounging in. "Mr. Dillon, I didn't expect to see you back tonight."

"Well things went a little quicker than I expected Chester. How have things been here?" Matt asked, throwing his gear on the floor in the corner and putting his gun in the rack before going over to test the coffee.

"Well, they've been fairly quiet Mr. Dillon." Chester said, scratching his head, almost like he thought that it had been a strange occurance.

"That's good Chester. Well I'll be taking the next couple of days off so you will be in charge of things around here."

"Yes sir, Mr. Dillon" Chester said.

Matt was almost suprised that the other man didn't salute when he said it, he stood up so straight and tall.

After telling Chester his plans for the next couple of days, Matt walked across the street and went to see Kitty. When he went inside, she was no where to be found so Matt went to the bar. (I am just making up a name for a bar tender right now because I don't know who it was to begin with, I just know that it wasn't Sam) "Evening Joe." Matt greeted the other man.

"Marshall."

"Is Kitty around?"

"She just went upstairs Marshal. You can go on up there if you would like."

Matt knew that it was common for Kitty to have men in her room but he didn't feel comfortable going up there himself so he asked the bar tender, "Could you call her down her for me, please?"

Kitty had just began to change into her work clothes for the evening when she heard a knock at her door. "Just a moment." She called out, unsure if it was Joe or one of the other girls.

"Kitty, it's me." She heard the very female voice of Sally, one of the other girls.

"Oh, Sally, come on in." Kitty called out.

Kitty heard the door open and then close again and the sound of foot steps in the other room. She quickly did up the back of her dress and went into the other room. "What can I do for you Sally?"

"Oh nothing really. Say, Joe said to tell you that the Marshal is waiting downstairs for you." Sally said. Sally had been sorely disappointed when she found out that Kitty had caught the young Marshal's interest, after she had tried so hard. She had tried since she had first seen him ride into town in fact and all she could get out of the handsome young marshal was a polite tip of his hat and an occasional "miss". Now without so much as trying, Kitty had turned his head with not so much as lifting a finger.

As Sally thought about this her hands curled into fists and she wanted to hit or break something. She was just about to go and destroy something when Kitty stepped into the room. "Sally?" she said, "Are you alright?"

Sally let her hands uncurl and she smiled sweetly at her co-worker, "Oh, I'm fine Kitty. Just waiting for you. So what is it like to have a man as handsome as marshal, smitten with you?" Sally asked, her voice dripping with sweetness.

Kitty just gave a small laugh, she knew that she had to be careful around Sally. She had heard the things the other girls had said about the young woman so she chose her words carefully, "I don't think the marshal is "smitten" with me as you say Sally. We hardly know each other." Kitty said, acting as if she was brushing the notion off as silly.

Sally made Kitty nervous so she let the other woman go out the door ahead of her. She had heard the things that the other woman had done to both men and women that she thought had scorned her.

Matt waited downstairs at the little corner table where Kitty usually sat, the cup of coffee before him gradually getting colder. He listened with a trained ear until he heard the sound of footsteps on the floorboards ahead. Matt sat up a little straighter and was soon rewarded as first another girl that Matt didn't know, and then Kitty appeared.

Both women acted as if they would come to the table where Matt sat, until the other girl veered off and made her way to the bar. Kitty came the rest of the way to Matt's table and took a chair. "Hello Matt, how are things today?"

"Fine, just fine, Kitty." Matt replied. He took a sip of the coffee and found that it had gone cold but he swallowed it anyway.

"Here let me get that warmed up." Kitty said. She turned and looked at Joe holding up the coffee cup.

Joe understood what she wanted and brought another cup and the coffee pot. After Joe brought the coffee and cup and sat it down, Kitty said "Thank you Joe."

Kitty picked up the coffee pot and refilled Matt's cup, warming the colder coffee and then filled her own cup as well.

Matt sat quietly for a few minutes before saying, "So Kitty, uhm, I have a couple of days off and I was wondering if you would like to go fishing with me?"

The pure joy on Kitty's face at Matt's question was enough of an answer for him. Matt had never seen such joy cross a woman's face when asked to do something as simple as fishing.

"Matt, that would be absolutely wonderful!" Kitty said gleefully. "I love to fish."

"That's good, so tomorrow I can come and we'll go out and fish the day away?" Matt asked again. Still unsure that a woman would be so delighted at the thought of going fishing.

"Of course, and I'll fix us a lunch. Oh it'll be a wonderful time Matt." Kitty said.

They talked for almost another hour before Chester ran in and said, "Mr. Dillon! I need you over at the jail! Right away."

Matt picked up his hat with a grim face and said, "I'll see you later Kitty, and don't forget I'll be by bright and early to go fishing."

So what do you think? Reviews always make writers write a little quicker! Will Matt and Kitty get to go fishing or will some disaster make Matt have to disappoint Kitty? Tune in next time to find out. (Ha- I've been wantin' to write that at the end of a chapter.)