Chapter 7

Ty woke up during the night due to Amy's continuous stiring, when he looked at her, her forehead was covered in a light layer of sweat and her hair was damp. However, just as he was about to wake her up, she started mumbling, and at first, Ty thought she was saying 'please don't hurt me' but a few seconds later, when her words became clearer, he realised she was saying 'please don't hate me.'

''Mia,'' he shook her, ''Mia wake up, you're having a nightmare!'' he shook Amy again. She was becoming more restless by the second, making Ty worry more and more.

Suddenly she sat up gasping for air, her body shaking. She looked around for a few seconds before looking at Ty, tears running down her cheeks. Ty brought his hand to Amy's cheek and gently wiped away her tears with his fingers. Then, he wrapped his arms around her slim frame and pulled her onto his lap.

''What was it about?'' he asked softly when her breathing went back to normal.

''That everybody hated me,'' Amy muttered.

''Mia, nobody here hates you,'' Ty whispered, ''and if somebody out there does, then it's their loss because they don't know how amazing you are.''

''Ty... Mom and Dad hated me in it,'' Amy cried.

''Mia,'' Ty murmured, pulling her as close as possible to his own body.

''And somebody called me by my actual first name in it,'' Amy muttered in disgust.

''Amelia is a beautiful name,'' Ty told her honestly as he kissed her forehead.

''You mean that? You're not just saying that because you're my boyfriend?'' Amy questioned.

''I do mean that,'' Ty said as his eyes met hers. ''And hey! I'm your amazing and handsome boyfriend!'' he joked, ''Just like you're my absolutely, unbelievably beautiful girlfriend!'' he exclaimed happily.

Amy blushed and looked down at her hands. Ty grinned stupidly and kissed the tip of her nose.

''What time is it?'' Amy wondered aloud.

''It is,'' Ty said as he reached for his phone, ''3:24am.''

''Ew,'' Amy groaned. ''Let's go back to sleep,'' she mumbled climbing off Ty's lap and onto his side of her bed.

Ty smiled and moved to the center of the bed, gently pulling Amy with him. When he lay down, Amy turned in his arms and burried her face in his chest. Ty kissed the top of her head as her breathing slowed and finally allowed himself to go back to sleep.

When Amy woke again, it was 5:45am. Deciding that she didn't want to get up yet, she tried to go back to sleep, but had no luck. Instead, she simply lay cuddled up to Ty with her eyes closed; listening to his steady heartbeat. Very slowly, Amy drifted back into a peaceful sleep, her boyfriend's arms wrapped around her.

Ty woke up at 08:30 and got out of bed. He got ready for the day, and decided to wake Amy up.

''Mia baby, wake up,'' he spoke softly.

Amy's eyes fluttered open, and blue eyes met green.

''Good morning,'' she yawned.

''G'morning beautiful,'' Ty kissed her head. ''How 'bout you go get ready while I make us some breakfast,eh?''

''Okay,'' Amy grinned.

As Amy got ready, Ty went downstairs to the kitchen and began making breakfast. He had two pans on the stove; one with thin wafer turkey ham slices frying on it and the other had four eggs being made sunny side up. Ty flavoured the eggs with salt, ground pepper and sweet paprika seasoning. He popped four slices of bread into the toaster when the ham and eggs were almost ready.

Just as Ty set the table, Amy came downstairs. Ty looked over at her an smiled lovingly. Then, he placed two glasses of orange juice on the table.

''Ty! This looks amazing!'' Amy exclaimed! ''Thank you!''

''You're welcome,'' Ty smiled, leaning down to give Amy a kiss.

Amy and Ty sat down and started to eat the delicious breakfast, chatting away.

''How about we go to Maggie's for lunch?'' Ty asked, taking Amy's small hand in his larger one.

''That sounds great!'' Amy grinned.

''Yeah?'' Ty teased.

''Yeah.''

Ty leaned down and softly kissed Amy.

''Finally!'' Amy exclaimed as she threw her body onto the porch bench.

''It wasn't that bad!'' Ty teased.

''Yes it was!'' Amy argued. ''I know I normally don't mind doing the chores and everything, but honestly, doing them today was just a pain in the arse... I'm really happy that Spartan's leg is looking better though!''

''Whatever you say, Babe,'' Ty laughed as he lifted her feet so he could sit down.

''What time is it?'' Amy asked.

''It is..'' Ty said as he turned his head to look through the window at the clock in the kitchen,'' eleven thirthy.''

''Ugh... Can we go to Maggie's in a bit? I'm starving!'' Amy exclaimed.

''Sure!'' Ty replied.

''Awesome! I'm just going to get ready!''

''Ready? Mia, you are ready,'' Ty told her honestly.

Amy smiled softly in response.

''I'll be back in a few minutes,'' she said before kissing Ty's cheek and going to the house.

''Okay,'' Ty said, shaking his head in amusement.

In her room, Amy quickly ran her hairbrush through her hair, sprayed some of Escada's 'Born in Paradise' perfume on herself, rinsed her mouth with some mouthwash, and quickly applied a small amount of mascara onto her eyelashes – without getting it on her eyelids, or poking herself in the eye – and put some chapstick onto her lips. She smiled at herself in the mirror before running out of the room and down the stairs.

''Where are we gonna put ya Remi?'' Amy spoke to the dog when she saw her in the kitchen. ''How about the empty stall next to Saprtan's? Yeah? Would you like that?'' She grabbed a chew toy and a metal bowl for water, Remi following her like a little shadow.

''Hey babe, I'm going to put Remi into one of the stalls and we can go, alright?'' Amy asked Ty when she walked out onto the porch.

''Yeah, okay,'' Ty agreed. ''Has anyone how beautiful you are?'' he asked Amy lovingly.

''You're the one who always tells me that,'' Amy smiled at him, ''And occasionaly my mom and Lou,'' she added teasingly.

''Hey!'' Ty laughed.

''What?'' Amy teased further, ''it's true!''

Ty grinned and stood up.

''C'mon! The faster we leave, the sooner we'll have food!'' he exclaimed, taking the chew toy from her.

They ran to the barn laughing away with Remi speeding next to them.

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''Okay mom, I'll see you in the morning,'' Amy said into the phone as she climbed the stairs up the her attic bedroom. ''Okay, yeah, I love you too,'' Ty heard her say.

Amy sighed upon entering her room. 'Why does this have to end?' she thought. 'I love spending time with Ty.. He just makes me feel so safe.'

''Are Marion and Jack going to be back in the morning, babe?'' Ty asked.

''Yeah,'' Amy replied some-what miserably.

''Hey, what's wrong?'' Ty questionied worriedly.

''I, I just don't want this to end, I guess... I just feel so safe when I'm with you, so comfortable.. Like I can do anything, like we can do anything,'' Amy spoke slowly as she walked up to Ty and wrapped her arms around his waist.

''We'll still be able to spend time toghether Mia,'' Ty assured her lovingly, ''and we'll still be able to spend some nights together. Don't worry, Mia.''

''It's just hard.. I wish every night could be like this,'' she admitted shyly.

''Me too,'' Ty kissed her head.

They stood there, arms wrapped around one-another, for a long moment.

''I think we should make the best of tonight,'' Amy said teasingly.

''Oh yeah?'' Ty whispered into her ear suggestively.

''Mmmh,'' Amy hummed as she nipped his earlobe with her teeth.

Ty hands graced along the back of Amy's bare thighs, to which she responded by jumping and wrapping her legs around his waist.

''Ty,'' she moaned softly when he started sucking the sensitive spot right under her right ear.

''You look so sexy in my clothes,'' Ty whispered huskily as his hand sneaked under the t-shirt Amy was wearing; his t-shirt.

''Take it off,'' Amy murmured kissing his jaw.

''Wow, that was amazing,'' Ty claimed as he collapsed half-way on Amy and half-way on the bed.

''It was absolutely incredible!'' Amy exclaimed as the turned her head to kiss him chastely on the lips. ''We should get dressed though. In case Mom and Grandpa come home earlier..''

''You're no fun!'' Ty joked as he got out of bed.

Amy smiled at him cheekily.

''Here,'' Ty tossed one if his t-shirts and a pair of shorts at her.

''Thanks Ty,'' Amy murmured.

Ty smiled in her direction as he put on a t-shirt and a pair of boxer briefs. Meanwhile, Amy got dressed and then went to the bathroom to brush her teeth, Ty following closely behind.

''Goodnight Mia, I love you,'' Ty murmured as he pulled the comforter around them.

''G'night, I love you too,'' Amy mumbled almost incoherently.

Ty kissed her forehead as he pulled her close, falling into a peaceful sleep.

Remi soon jumped onto the bed and curled into a tiny ball next to Amy and Ty, watching them closely until she fell asleep.

The next morning Amy woke up to a truck engine rumbling and the sound of the gravel crunching beneath tyres. She looked at the time and saw it was 5:45. She decided to stay in bed, knowing that her Mom and Grandpa would be going to sleep soon anyway.

A couple of minutes later she heard her Mom say, ''Shh Dad, you'll wake them up.''

''I still don't understand why you let them stay the weeked together, alone, I might add,'' Jack grumbled quietly.

''Dad!'' Marion whispered angrily, but when she saw Jack's face her voice softened. ''Things have changed since I was their age, and I know you don't like change. But this is something we both have to accept. They're both smart and mature, Dad, they wouldn't do anything stupid.''

''I know,'' Jack admitted, ''it's just hard. It feels like Amy was a little toddler yesterday, and today, it's like she suddenly just grew up. I still can't believe she's going to be seventeen in two months...''

''I know, I find it so hard to believe too! But, I'm going to go to bed now, I'm wrecked! I'll see you later, Dad, and you go get some rest too!'' Marion said.

''See you later Marion, and I will,'' Jack chuckled.

Amy sighed and fell back asleep, dreaming of the life she and Ty could have in the future.

When she woke up again, Ty was staring at her.

''Why are you staring at me again?'' she asked.

''I can't help it, you're just so beautiful,'' Ty replied.

''Mom and Grandpa came got home round quarter to 6,'' Amy said sadly.

''Hey! It'll be fine!'' Ty exclaimed, pulling Amy to his side.

''I know! I know! I just... I just don't want this to be over – ever,'' she sighed.

''I know, and neither do I... But we can't really do anything about it, can we?'' Ty kissed the top of her head.

''I guess not... C'mon, we should go do the barn chores,'' Amy said getting out of bed.

Ty groaned and got up, ''Yeah, we probably should.''

''You'll never guess what I heard Mom and Grandpa talking about when they came back this morning,'' Amy told Ty as she groomed Spartan.

''What?'' Ty asked curiously.

''Well... Basically Grandpa was scolding Mom for letting me stay with you, alone, for the weekend. And then Mom was totally cool about at and said how she knows she can trust us, how we're responsible, how we're smart and mature, that we wouldn't do anything stupid and stuff, and how times have changed since she was our age – that's it's something both her and Grandpa have to accept – and even though Grandpa hates change, he actually agreed! And admitted something about it being hard or something, but I stopped paying attention to be honest,'' Amy explained. ''I'm so afraid to meet them now because I'm scared it's going to be awkward, at least with Grandpa,'' she laughed.

''Whoa. Okay. Wow. I never expected that. I thought if Jack ever found out he'd want to rip my head off, and kick my ass so far down the road I'd be crappin' in Montana!'' Ty chuckled, still slightly shocked. ''I'm really happy they trust us though,'' he smiled.

After returning from the barn, Amy and Ty decided to make breakfast for themselves, Marion and Jack.

''How does... Sweet French toast with maple syrup and fresh berries sound?'' Amy suggested.

''That sounds, absolutely delicious!'' Ty exclaimed. ''And coffee. I need coffee!'' He winked at Amy.

''Will you go get some blueberries, strawberries and raspberries from the garden while I make the mixture?'' Amy requested.

''Yes ma'am!'' Ty said and went outside.

Amy chuckled and got to work. She took out some eggs from the fridge and cracked them into a bowl, she then added some powder sugar and cinnamon to flavour. She let the mixture sit for a couple of minutes while the oil in the pan got hot enough. While waiting for that to happen, she took out five plates, and lined one with paper kitchen towel. When the oil was hot enough, she began making the French toast.

Ty came into the kitchen and washed the berries free of any dirt, then he sliced the strawberries into thirds and took out the maple syrup. He also made a pot of coffee for everyone.

''Something smells good!'' Marion exlaimed as she waslked into the kitchen.

''MOM!'' Amy said, handing the cooking over to Ty before she ran to Marion to give her a big hug. Even though she was sad she wouldn't be able to spend all her time with Ty, she was happy to see her Mom again.

''Hi sweetie,'' Marion said, hugging her daughter tightly.

''How was it?'' Amy asked.

''How about I tell you over breakfast?'' Marion suggested. ''It looks amazing, by the way!''

''Yeah, I'd like that,'' Amy agreed smiling.

''Hey Ty,'' Marion greeted, going over to him.

''Morning Marion,'' Ty smiled giving her a quick hug before turning back to the stove.

''I'll see you soon, okay? I'll probably come over tomorrow,'' Ty spoke to Amy softly as they stood outside next to his truck.

''Okay. I'm going to miss you. It's going to be so strange...''

''I know it will,'' Ty kissed her hair. ''It's all going to be alright though.''

Ty wrapped an arm around Amy's waist and pulled her closer, while he gently ran his fingertips down her cheek.

''I love you, Mia,'' he whispered before kissing her softly.

''I love too, Ty, so much,'' Amy said softly between soft, loving kisses.

''I'll see you tomorrow, okay?'' Ty asked as he reached to open the door of the truck.

''Okay, see you tomorrow,'' she said giving him one last kiss.

A/N: I hope you enjoy this chapter! Sorry for the long wait, but, school is more important than writing a fanfic - much to my dissapointment. Anyway, please review! And lol, that's how I make French toast (the sweet kind) so deal with it...

Til next time Heartlanders,

Elle D. x