PT.20
My Family, My Choice!
Conclusion
Matt and Kitty had wired ahead that they were coming home, so when they pulled into the depot, Doc, Festus, Newly and a lot of the town's folk were all there waiting.
As they came off the train, "Ah, Cowboy. Home! Am I ever so glad to be home?"
"Me too, Kitty. Me too."
Festus hugged Kitty before she knew what happened. "Miz Kitty, I sure plum de' missed ya."
"Well, Festus, I sure missed you too." She said smiling.
He was still hugging her.
Doc finally said, "Are you gonna let her go sometime this year?"
"Well, yeah, you ol' scudder. It's jest that I ain't seen her."
Kitty and Matt were laughing.
Newly hugged Kitty. "Welcome home, Miss Kitty, we sure did miss you."
"Thank you, Newly. Doc!" She hugged him.
"You okay, Honey?"
"Yeah, I'm ok."
"Let's get you home."
They all headed to the Long Branch.
When they entered through the batwing doors, Sam came from around the bar. "Miss Kitty!"
"Oh, Sam. Am I glad to see you."
"Welcome home."
"I'm glad to be home, Sam."
"Can I get you anything?"
"Yeah, I think we can all use a drink."
"Coming up."
Matt and Kitty told everyone the story of what happened in Abbeville. She wasn't sure if she was ready to tell the rest just yet. But then again… she didn't know if they already knew.
Later, when closing time came, Kitty looked at Sam. "Sam, go on. I'll take care of things here. You've been holding things down long enough."
"Oh, that's alright, Miss Kitty."
"No, you go on. What we don't do tonight, we'll do in the morning."
"Ok, good night, Miss Kitty, Good to have you back."
Kitty went behind the bar, grabbed a bottle. "Hey, Cowboy?"
"Who me?"
"Yeah, you!"
"What?"
"You're still not officially on duty, so come on with me. I need some help with this."
When they got upstairs, she handed him the bottle. "Pour us one, Ok?"
"Sure." He said.
She went and changed. He got comfortable, took off his boots, placed them in their usual spot, hung his hat on its peg, beside it, his gun belt.
When he turned around, she was standing in the doorway in a blue satin night gown, his favorite. It hugged her body in all the right places.
She had already started to pull the pins from her hair, slowly, with the one hand, and with the other, she began working the buttons of his shirt. After undoing a few, she put her face into his chest, kissing in the center.
"Now, woman, if I didn't know better, I'd say you were trying to…"
"Well then, it's a good thing you do know better! Cowboy, I do believe you are a bit over dressed."
"Is that a fact, Miss Kitty?"
"Yes, Cowboy, that is a fact."
"So what do you suppose we should do about that?"
"Oh, I can handle that." She grabbed his shirt with both hands and pulled it apart.
"Hey, woman!"
"I couldn't help myself, Marshal."
"Oh well, in that case." He pushed the gown off her shoulders and let it fall to the floor. "Ahh! Honey, I need you." He pulled her to him and they fell back on the bed. He rolled her over, so she was under him. Kissing her neck then her shoulders and her breasts.
"Kit, honey, I've missed you so much..." For a minute he stopped.
"Cowboy? Something wrong?"
"I… I… No."
Pulling his face to look at her, "Cowboy, what is it?" Now looking blue to blue. "Tell me."
"It's nothing." He said.
She took his face in her hands. "Cowboy, go on ask me. Ask me what it is you want to know."
"It's nothing, Kit."
She kissed him then said softly, "Cowboy, it never happened. I'm still yours. I will always be yours. I love you, Cowboy." She kissed him again, kissed his chin, his nose, both eyes. She ran her hands along his back and along his body. "I need you. I need you to love me, to make love to me. Can you still do that?"
"Ah, Kit, Honey. Yes." He felt his body react to her touch and then within a minute, one touch became two. Blue connected to blue. Their two bodies entwined and before long, became one. For the rest of the night and deep into the early morning, they were nothing if not "ONE."
Just before dawn, in a deep slumber, semi-conscience state, they lay still entwined.
In a light whisper, Matt said, "Kit, I know you've been through…"
"Uh huh. But, Cowboy, we're gonna be just fine. I'll tell ya why."
With a light huff, "Ok, why?" He asked.
"After everything I've been through, I realized I wasn't alone. I had you, even if I didn't realize it at the time. Doc, Frank, even Festus, Newly and Sam. Everyone here that I love. Cowboy…"
"Hummmm?"
"We're all born into a family. But we have nothing to say about that."
"Yeah, you're right."
"But what I have is better then anything anyone can ever hope for."
"What's that, honey?"
"My family."
"I don't understand, Kit."
"All of you. You are my family, Matt. The one I want to be with always. Now do you understand?"
"I think so." Kissing her on the head.
"She hugged him tighter. "Yep, that's it. From here on. But I think I've always known it…
"My Family, My Choice!
FINI