It was hours before sunrise when little Samantha woke up alone and scared. She didn't like to be alone, she wanted to be with Adam. She crawled out of bed and tip toed to the door. She quietly walked into the next room and found Adam asleep on his bed. She walked over to him and called out to him softly.

"Adam. Please wake up I'm scared."

Adam mumbled and then woke up. "Hey, sweetheart, what's wrong?"

"I'm scared."

"Well come here." Adam said lifting the covers for her to crawl into the bed. Adam placed her in the crook of his arm and let her head rest on his shoulders while one of her arms was draped across his chest. Adam reached with his other arm over to his night stand and turned on his mother's music box, hoping it would help her sleep.

The next morning Ben woke up, got dressed and went to make sure the boys had gotten up. As Ben checked he notice Joe and Hoss were already up, so he went to check on Samantha, but she wasn't in her room. Ben opened the door to Adam's room and saw the most precious sight. Adam asleep with little Samantha sound asleep in the crook of his arm, Ben thought to himself how right it seemed. He was wrong in telling Adam that he couldn't keep her and that he wouldn't know how to raise her. Adam was right when he said that she needed him but it just could be that Adam needed her more. Ben walked over to the bed and covered them up. Samantha woke up and Ben put a finger to his lips to tell her to be quiet. She reached her arms out to him and Ben couldn't resist he bent down and picked her up. He carried her out of the room and down stairs to where the boys were patiently waiting to have breakfast.

At seeing their Pa carrying down little Samantha, Joe and Hoss got be grins on their faces. "Good morning." they both said.

"Good morning." Samantha said. Ben sat Samantha down in Adam's usual seat.

"Well, Samantha, did you sleep well?" Joe asked.

"Yes sir."

"Samantha, dear, what is your last name?" Ben asked.

"Jones. What's yours?"

Ben gave a little laugh, "Its Cartwright, dear."

Just as Hopsing was setting the food on the table Adam was making his way down the steps in his usual black shirt and black jeans.

"Adam!" Samantha shouted as she ran towards him.

Adam bent down and picked her up, "Well good morning."

"Good Morning." She replied backed.

She gave him a hug, and he hugged her back.

"Mista Adam and little girl need to come eat." Hopsing called to them.

Adam sat down at the table with Samantha in his lap, which didn't go unnoticed by his family. As they ate breakfast, Little Joe and Hoss were filling Adam in on everything he had missed.

"That mare finally had its colt and if it ain't the dagburn cutest little critter you ever seen." Hoss said.

"Adam, a baby horse, can I see it?" Samantha asked with a mouth full of food.

"Of course you can, after we finish eating and I get you ready to go to town." He smiled at her.

"Town? Why are we going to town?"

"Well, we need to by you some dresses and play cloths. Besides you can't go around wearing my shirts all day."

"But I like your shirts, they smell like you." She said with a very serious face. Adam and his family gave a little giggle.

"I was thinking if you asked me real nicely, I might just buy you a doll or two." He said.

"A doll." Her face lite up, "A doll of my own, I've never had a doll."

"Well, sweetheart, we are just going to have to get you one." He said with a huge smile on his face.

"O, thank you, thank you, Adam." She hugged him and gave him a kiss on the cheek.