WAVERLY
The gun range wasn't my cup of tea but Wynonna and I had an agreement that we would take turns picking what we did and it was her turn. I wasnt really having fun until Nicole talked me into picking up her Beretta M9.
"Now lean a little into it and shoot when you're ready."She says in my ear
"Don't worry I'm right behind you." She added.
I looked down range at the paper and sighed I never got to mess with guns with the Black Badge. Wynonna said she wantted to keep me as far from that part as possible so that meant I didn't know how to shoot at all.
I opened my eyes anpulled the trigger, there was a loud ping and Wynonna let out a yelp. I looked over and she was looking at me with pride and Nicole kissed my head. I smiled and put the gun down, Nicole hit the button and the paper came zooming up to us.
"Good shot Waves kill shot." Nicole said pointing at the hole in the head.
Thank god I was aiming for the head I don't know I could do it. Nicole took the rifle from Wynonna and handed it to me.
"Ok now try this." She says tapping the side of theM16 A4 rifle
I gave a nod and turned down range I set my stance and picked the gun up, I felt Nicole move up behind me and kiss my head.
"OK when your ready." She says putting her had on my hip.
I took a deep breath and pulled the trigger and kept pulling until the magazine was empty. I put the gun down on the counter and turned aroound to them. Nicole hit the buttonand Wynonna pulled me into a hug.
Looks like our name is good for something." She says as Nicole took the paper down.
"If you didnt kill the guy before you did now." She says holding up the paper dummy.
the paper had a number of holes in it but the most the biggest hole was right in the middle, Wynonna hugged me to her and looked over the paper.
"If I had Know you was this good thoes revenants wouldnt have kid naped you." She said into my hair.
"Ok Whats a revenant?" Nicole said looking at us.
"I guess we should talk about that huh." I say
"That would be good yes."Nicole says
"Well this is going to take a long time so how about we get out of here grab something to eat and go beck to your place." Wynonna says starting to pack everything up.
I looked at Nicole and turned to help Wynonna, this was going to be the hard part. How do I explain to a person that works for the goverment that there are undead people out there some that want other people the fact that I had been fighting the undead bad guys from my great Grandfathers time.
I didn't look at her as wwe made our way out to our SUV I just climbed in the back and kept my head down until my door was pulled open and Nicole stood ther looking at me.
"When I was over seas I was off base with my unit when we got separated and I was on my own and I saw this man he was coming at me with a gun I gave a warning shot but he wouldn't stop in fact he started fireing at me. So I had to fire back I pump him full of bullets but he didnt stop. I was on my last bullet and my M16 was empty I took aim and shot him dead between the eyes and he finaly fell. I thought I was in the clear to get the hell out of there but he got right back up and I nearly fell out, I was so agngry but there was nothing I could do so I ran I never ran away from anything that was also the first time I lied about anything in my whole Career but I knew I couldnt tell them that I emptyed all my bullets in one man and he didn't die so I came up with a lie saying I was out numbered and I had no choice but to run when I ran out of bullets. I knew they wouldn't have believed me if I told them what really happened so I never told anyone til this day. I ran into him again but that time I was set on killing him and I ended up blowing his head of and he never got back up." Nicole says
I looked at her from behing my hair, she pushed my hair away and looked at me with a smile.
"What I'm trying to say is no matter what you have to tell me about these revevnants you dont have to worry if I will belive you because I have seen some strange things that people would never believe me if I told them." She says.
I looked at her for a long moment before giving her answer.
"Well I have alot to show you."I say
She smiled and gave me a kiss before closing my door and climbing in the front. The drive was a long ride because the gun range was a little ways away from the house. We stopped at I diner and got a number of plates of food because they both ate like monsters I watched them as they mad the plates, the hamburgers was huge and cheesy with large strips of bacon lettuce and tomatoes I skiped the oinon. The frise was stacked high and the chicken nuggets where huge they stappled the take out box close. They ordered 5 plates all together and I was wondering where Nicole was going to put it. I knew that Wynonna could eat but I never seen Nicole eat.
We got back in the SUV and made our way back to Nicole's house where I went to fish out my laptop and zip drive that held all the information i was going to need to explain to Nicole what we have been doing . Wynonna when an pulled out the peacemaker and sat it on the table between the tree of us. Nicole stapped chewing an looked at it while I booted up my laptop.
We spent the rest of the afternoon talking about everything Nicole saw. She aske questions and looked at the map tracing the lines with her fingers she was reading one of the books when we left her for bed. Around 4am she came to my room and woke me up.
"Whats wrong?" I asked sitting up.
"Your missing one." she said in that dry voice you get from staying up late.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Your missing one shes and older lady and very good at fooling people, it says it right here some one close to the Earps." she hands me the paper.
I looked at the papers and as clear as day it was right there but I always thought that to be Willa.
"I did some digging and it came up with the name Gus I dont know what that means but its all there." She said pointing to the papers
I reached over and turned on the bed sid lamp and waited for my eyes to adjust be for looking at the papers. There was no way Nicole was making this up she didnt know about Gus and uncle Curtis I never spoke about them in my letters but it was right here. How was it that I over looked this how did I not see this, how is this possible Gus took care of me she was there for every important moment in my life.
"Wynonna!" I called getting out of bed and going to her room.
I ran into her in the hall.
"Whats wrong baby girl, Haught what are you still doing up?" She asked rubbing her eyes
"We missed one the curse isnt broken." I say handing her the papers
"I can't read this Waverly what are you talking about?"
"Nicole stayed up going over the work and she found one that we missed one that we would have never in a million years have found."
"Whos that?"
"Gus, I know it sounds crasy I dont want to belive it but we have to go back for answers."
"Are you kidding me." Wynonna asked.
"Who's Gus?"Nicole asked looking at us.
"Think about it Wynonna she never left the triangle We have never seen anything happen to her." I say
"Waverly are you saying that you..."
"Wynonna I'm just saying that we go get some answers so I can put this to rest." I say
I turn and look up at Nicole and cupped her cheek this meant I was going to have to leave Her here in Texas. My eyes start to water because I didnt want to leave her I didn't know the out come of what was going to happen and she knew it.
"No I'm coing with you and your not going to tell me anything different." She says
"OK you two can I go back to sleep we can leave in a few hours." Wynonna says
"Yea you go ahead I'm not going to get anymore sleep."I say
"Ok fine lets get our things together we can leave in the next two hours." Wynonna said turning and going back into her room to get her things.
Nicole turned and headed to her room and started to put things into a bag.
"Nicole this is our problem I can't ask you to go." I say watching her.
"Your not asking I'm doing it because I want to." She says walking over to me.
"I just found and it may be too soon for you but your it for me your my love and I told myself while I was in that hell hole that where ever you go I go no matter if you rejected me as a lover and just wanted me as a friend. You may not need my Protection I need to be there in case you need me." She says cupping my face.
"Ok you can come but no getting shot." I say
"I'm going to ask you to help me find Storm in a few as soon as I get packed." I say before leaving the room.
7am found us on the road back to Purgatory I sat in the back going over the papers Nicole found. Midnight and Storm are curled up in the carrier and purring away and I looked out the window at the passing scenery we had I long ride ahead of us so I just got as comfortable as I could be in a car.
NICOLE
Purgatory was a very small town not somewhere I would want to live it was beautiful with its mountain and green land and its quiet town feel. I just wasnt me and I really hoped Waverly didn't want to stay here.
I got out the SUV outside a well built cabin and followed Wynonna and Waverly up the stairs to the front door. Wynonna put her hand on her gun when the door opened I did the samething glad I was just as a good shot with my left hand as I was with my right.
We slowly walked into the house when Wynonna stopped us when she spotted a woman sitting in a chair by the window. She was older with short gray and white she had a hot cup of coffee and she refused to look at us.
"I've been waiting for you to figure it out." She said in a sad tone.
"Why Gus?" Waverly asked
"I fell in love with your Uncle Curtis it was never my plan but he was charming and loving."
"How is it that BoBo didn't know about you? He would have done anything to hurt us." Wynonna says.
"Because he didn't know I was before BoBo took over and by the time he found out you had him dead to rights."
We stood there looking at her, I was confused as to my they had to kill her.
"Can't you just let her live?" I ask
"No they can't as long as I'm alive the curse will never be broken and and there is a chance that will leave a mark on their lives and they both deserve to have a life free of the hells that this curse brings. I will just bring more evil to them." She said.
"Gus..." Wynonna said
She turned to us and slowly walked over to them. she pulled them both into a hug kissing both there heads.
"Wynonna you have been through so much and you have done so much to redeem yourself keep doing good girl you have a good heart." Gus said looking at her.
"Waverly you have alway been honest you stay that way."She says looking over Waverly's shoulder at me.
"You keep her honest ok."She say looking at her.
"I will." I say
She took a few steps back and nodded her head. Wynonna pulled the peacemaker and held it in her hands for a started to rasie it a few time but it was like it was the heaviest thing in the world, but she finally did.
"Did you make you peace?" She asked in a shaky voice.
Gus gave a nod and the barrel of the peacemaker started to glow a elecitric blue and Waverly grabbed my hand.A shot rang through the house and the floor opened up and started to suck Gus gown into it. I didn't even blink an eye I had never seen anything like it in my life but Ive seen may things and this was just going to be added to the list.
The floor closed up and Waverly jumped into Wynonna's arms and I just stood there looking at the same spot that Gus was just standing in. I watched them for an moment befor going outside to give them some time alone when I saw a man in western wear standing by the car.
"Um guys you may want to see this"I say.
They came out the house and stood buy me.
'Wyatt?" Waverly said
"You did good girls now you are free from my troubled past. Go live your life and dont look back on this town there is nothing here for you." He said
He tipped his hat ant turned and walked off until he dissipated. I looked over at them and Wynonna looked at me. She reached back and locked the door befor pulling it closed.
"We should get going before anyone notice we are here." She said .
Gus lived right on the edge of the triangle so we could leave the same way w came without anyone knowing we was here. And thats just what we did I sat in the back with the cats to give Waverly and Wynonna some time alone without me being in the way. I was starting to feel really bad for even bringing it up but what would I have done if Waverly was followed by that damn curse .
I was happy that I was going to be around for a long time without having to worry about some dead freak coming around her. I looked out the window and sighed, was I being selfish to ask Waverly to give me all of her, would she really give up time with Wynonna for me was that asking too much.
"Nicole?"
"Yea what's wrong?" I asked looking at Waverly.
"I was wondering if it would be ok with you if we stayed with you for a little while?"
I sat upand cupped her face and smile if you want to your welcome to stay forever." I say smiling.
"Good we are staying with you, Wynonna what do you think." Waverly asked
She wasn't overly exited she was just asking a question.
"I dont see why not there isnt any where I want to be." She says
Waverly smiled at me and turned around and I looked back out the window the sun was going down and Wynonna wasnt showing any signs of stopping So I settled in from for a long drive it wasnt something I haven't done before I opened the carte and pulled out Midnight and Storm and started to pet them and train them to sit and stay. 2am came and that found us at a gas station.
I was looking around the store and while Waverly was sleeping in the car. Wynonna had arm full of junk food and she handed me the keys.
"Your driving you can drive right?" She asks me.
"I can do a lot of things." I say taking off my sling.
I let out a sigh when I flexed my arm out then put it back on. Wynonna dropped all of our junk on the counter and pulled out her wallet I gabbed a hand full of slimjims to go with my soda and large bag of cheetos. After we paid we made our way out to the SUV to find a man looking in the windows. I pulled my gun and walked up on him.
"You're thinking the wrong thing so back the fuck off." I say with the barrel of my gun on the back of his head.
"Oh i'm sorry i did'nt mean to bother any of your things." he said backing away.
I watched as he walked away before I looked in the window to see Waverly in the back fast to sleep with Storm and Midnight on her chest.
"Your good for her." Wynonna says as we get in the SUV.
"What do you mean?" I ask
"I'm not going to stay long sitting still isn't my thing but on the other hand Waverly is made for having a family and being is one spot, maybe travel a little but she whats a family something you can give her." She said popping open her drink.
"Your going to leave, When?" I ask
"I'll stay for a few days but I will leave when shes sleeping so it wont be so hard on her. I'll be sure to keep my phone on so you can keep in touch. Just take care of her." She says as we make it into the city.
"Stop right here." I pulled over infront of a large office building.
I put the car in park and she turned and looked at Waverly for a long moment befor she got out. I jumped out the car and followed her arounf to the back.
"What are you doing?" I hiss
"I was wrong this is where I get off the sooner the better for us both.I can't let her see me go its best you leave me here."She says putting her bag on the ground and closed the back.
"I need you to take care of her and this." Wynonna hads me the peacemaker.
I look at the gun then back up at her, she gave be a hug and picked up her bag and started to walk down the street. I watched her until she turned the corner and I looked back at the car thinking what in the hell was I going to tell Waverly when she woke up.
walking back around to the drivers side I got in the SUV and put the peacemaker in the seat next to me and started on our way. I was 15 minutes intio the drive when I heard sniffing, I looked over my shoulder to see Waverly wide awake eyes straight ahead tears falling from her eyes.
"I tried to make her stay Waverly I really did but she said it was for the best." I say softly not taking my eyes off the road. I knew if I looked at her I would start crying myself.
"I know." She said
I heard the sound of numbers beoing dailed.
"This is Wynonna you know what to do."
"Wy I'm going to miss you so much and I'm not mad that you had to go, you're always thinking of me, But I need you in my life I dont know if I can do this without you...I love you."
Waverly hug up the phone and curled up with her phone and cried until she was alseep again. I looked down at the clock to see it was 3am I put it in my head that I would drive until I had to stop for food and gas I made up a lot of time on the dark highway becuse by the time we had to stop we was just outside Vegas. I pushed the car until we stoped at a station not far from down town. Waverly got out the Car and walked next door to the Bugerking while I started to fill up the car. I was checking the oil when she came back with a bag of food and two large drinks.
"You hungry?" She asked
Her voice was peppy but she couldnt change her eyes.
"Waverly if you don't want to be with me I can send you where ever you want to go." I say closing the hood.
"Waverly set the food and drinks on the hood.
"Nicole I am hurt that Wynonna left me but I am happy she left me with you. If we would have broken that curse without your hep she would have left me in that town and I would have never left. I would have made you stay in that town that you didn't want to be and we both would have been unhappy. She left me where I wanted to be and thats with you and where ever you go I will go."Waverly said.
"Good because I have been thinking about moving from Texas." I say
"To where?" she asked.
"One of the Carolinas they have all three seasons and there not that bad." I say.
"Well lets get Back to Texas and get to putting your house on the market and picking out what State you want to move to." Waverly said with a smile that reached her eyes.
We stayied in Vegas for two days just do the tourest thing looking around doing a little shopping taking in a show. And each night Waverly wrote Wynonna a letter talking about what we did that day. I waas having a hard time trying to be around Waverly, she wore the shortest ilegal shorts to bed and she wanted to be right up on me.
My attraction to her was clear in how I treated her I held her door held her close while we was walking giving her sweet little kisses whenever she allowed it. Anything I could do to show her I was attracted I did but she never addressed the raging hardon I would have in the morning aftter the nights of her rubbing against me.
If you asked me I was starting to question if she was attracted to me, what the hell am I saying? She kisses me like she's dieing shes all over me all the time but I'm just not sure how we are when it comes to sexual part of this young relationship. She's just a vixen and she couldn't help it.
"You ready.?" Waverly asked jumping out in front of me.
"Yes I put our bags in the car, I was coming to find you, you do have a habbit of disappearing when you shouldn't" I say with a laugh
"Oh I was playing my last $100 chip and I won us $10,000." She said holding up the check.
I took the check froom her and looked at it closely like it may disappear I lurned a few things from that. One I looked like and idot and two it was a cashiers check. I handed her the check and rubbed the back of my neck. she reached up and rubbed the back of my neck and kissed me.
"Come on lets get on the road." she said giving me a kiss.
We got into the eievator she gut under my left arm snd just stood there for a moment.
"Are you not attracted to me sexual because if your not its ok I dont mine we can have an open relastionship if thats how you can get off I'm happy just being with you." She says as the door opens.
"What where did you get that from?" I asked as we walked out.
"Well for the pass two days I have been trying to get you to do something, I was lieing when I said they only have singles ai was all over you while we was out...Hell i was almost naked with what I was wearing to bed."
"Oh god no I thought you was just being friendly I didn't want to push you into anything you didn't want I figured that was what you wore to bed, Wynonna told me that no matter the weather you was alway wearing skimpy shorts to bed."I say my voice going up an octive.
"No I wanted you I just thought..."
I cut her off with a kiss pulling her close to me lifting her up and she wraped her legs around me and didnt stop until we had to pull back to breath.
"Lets go on a real date that we both know that we are on when wwe get back to Texas." She says cupping my face.
"OK." I say letting her down.
We walked up to the check out desk and I hand over the key and sign out. We made our way out to the SUV and Waverly ran to the drivers side and held out her hand for the keys.
"Your not suppose to be driving with one arm." She said
"What I drove for two days before we got here." I say holding the keys out of reach.
"I was distraught I couldn't drive but I'm fine so give me the keys."
We stood aguing about who was going to drive when a cop walked by.
"I hope you don't plan on driving with that arm like that Ma'am." He said stoping and looking at me.
"Ha now give me the keys"
Waverly grabbed the keys and unlocked the door and opened it and let out a hiss when the heat hit her face.
"Parking garages does not stop the heat. she said starting the car and turning on the AC.
I walked over to the passenger side and climbed in, after spending years in the sand this heat didn't bother me. Ive been in 129 degree heat and below zero cold so I wasn't bothered by it I just wanted to fell spring summer fall and winter and you dot feel that in Vegas and Texas.
"I think I picked where I wanted to move to." I say as we started on the road.
"Where is that?" Waverly asked
"We are goind to move to South Carolina it has winter spring summer and fall it has the small tow feel but it has a nice little city that we can call home I've been there once before and its nice and the people are friendly." I say looking down at Midnight and Storm who climbed in my lap and started to play.
"Well I like friendly people."
"I hear you have to have favorit team you have Gamecocks and the Clemson Tigers." I say
"Whats a Gamecock?" Waverly asked.
"I don't know some kind of chicken, Im not that sure." I say yawning.
"Why don't you take a nap everything is fine." She says petting my leg.
I slouch down in the set and and close my eyes I let the movement of the car to me to sleep.
' Haught help me!'
'Come on Jacob you got this don't you stop fighting you have to get home you have a family waiting for you.'
"i can't it hurts it hurs so bad.'
bloody hand grabs mine
'Haught!"
I jump awake and looked around Waverly looked at me and back at the road. I ran a hand over my sweaty face.
"You ok was it a bad dream?" She ask.
"Yeah um do we have some water?" I ask
"Yes down between your legs, I stopped for gas 20 minutes back we are almost there." she says tapping the screen on the navagation.
I sat up and took a big gulp of the water then closed it I didn't have bad dreams often ut when I didn't they was bad. Ths one wasnt bad this time but it was enough to make me uneazy. I rached it the in the back and looked to see where Storm and Midnight where, seeing them asleep in the carrier I closed it and turn ti face the road. thats when my stomach started to flip.
"Pull over."
"What what happen."
"Just pull over!" I yelled taking my seat belt off.
Waverly pulled over onto the grass by the highway and I jumped out befor she could put it in park. I ran a foot from the car before my stomach emptied on to the ground. I hated this it was always very painful because there was never anything in my stomach when this happens.
"Hey calm down take deep breaths." Waverly says rubbing my back.
The keys jiggled as she handed me the water and I took the bottle taking a few sips.
"you got some on your shirt lets take that off."She says helping me out my sling.
She helped me take the shirt off and whiped my mouth with the clean corner. I was still busy trying to get my breathing under control when there was a wimper from the tall grass. It started to move and out popped two german shepherd puppies barely 6 weeks old.
"Oh my god." I say having seen them first.
I walked over and picked them up and turned to Waverly frowned and waled up to me, she took one and started to rush back to the SUV I followed after her and she put the puppy into my lap as she asked suri for directions to the narest vet.
it took us 15 minutes out the way but we found the vet and we took them and the kittens in the cool office. We stayed wile they did the check ups and gave them food that they ate happly and when they asked what we wanted to do with the newly found puppies Waverly looked up at me with pleading eyes.
"We will be taking them home." I say holding Storm and Midnight in one hand.
We walked to the front with Waverly carrying them and I paid the bill getting two cans of puppy formula to tie us over until we had a chance to go to the pet store.
"Ok what are you going to call these girls?" I say as me start our night drive.
"Texas is the black on and Vegas is the white one." Waverly says
"Why?" I asked
"Well we was coming from Las Vegas and we found them in Texas." She says.
I gave a shrug and laughed
"What is with us and black and white animals?" I ask making Waverly laugh.
I was still topless and realized that I didn't have one on in the vets office, that I was sure why I was getting looks from everyone. Crazy woman with an arm full of animals runing around with just a lace bra and Jeans.
The kittens started to let us know that they was getting tired of being in their carrier.
"Just 30 mor minutes girls and we will be home." She said
I smiled at how easy the word home rolled off her tongue and I did a mental high five and grabbed her free hand with mine and she looked at me.
"I honestly love everything about you." I say looking at her.
She looked back at the road then back at me.
"I love everything about you too." She says with a smile and looking back at the road.
WAVERLY
We made it home befor 9:30 and I took the kittens indoors to let them out Nicole unloaded the car locked the door behind her. We had a quick dinner of sandwiches fed the pets and fell into bed. When I woke the next morning the bedroom door was closed and Nicole was missing. I got up and dressed after a long shower to wash off the drive from the day before. I made the bed and made my way down the stairs.
"Well we will be happy to buy the house back from you, this is a multi million dollar home with a million dallor view out back. We will hate to see you go you have been one of our best resaidents in the community when you are home. Many people ask about this house all the time its very popular house."
I stopped behind Nicole as she shook the womans hand.
"I will be by tomorrow with the paper work and your check, do you have a date that you will be leaving us?"
"Within two month or less then, I'm heading east I've some houses lined up to look at this weekend in South Carolina do you think you can have one of the pet sitters come by and take care of the animals." She said
"Yes I will set that up when are you leaving?"
"We live Friday night there will be a note of what to do on the frige."
I left it at that and made my way to the kitchen to find me something to eat, there was a plate of food sitting on the stove under a cover with a post it with my name on it sticking to it. I took the warm plate and sat at the bar and started to eat.
"Good Afternoon." Nicole walked in ad kissed me
"Look I know this is fast for you and you dont have to go if you don't want to but I'm going to look at some houses this weekend." She says taking off her sling.
"Hey we are in this together." I say with a smile.
"So you will let me buy a house?" She asked
"Buy me a house?" I ask almost choking on my pancake.
"Yes buy you a house."
"Is this like a perposal?" I ask
She looked down and her face blushed as red as her hair.
"If you wanted to be." she says softly.
"I got off the stool and walked over to her and lifted her head.
"Its better then any ring I could ever see." I say
She gave me a dimpled smile and wrapped her arms around me
"Oh I also got a letter in the mail today saying they honoring me with a Purple Heart an medal of Valor and the Bronze Star this coming July will you be my date." Nicole says
"I'd love to be your date, that means I get to see you in uniform." I say smiling
I went back to eating my late breakfast and smiled at her everytime she looked up from her paper work. We spent the day doing nothing until She told me to get dressed in something casual so I put on a simple sundress and sandles, she had on black jeans and av neck burgundy shirt.
"Our car is waiting." She says opening the door for me.
I walked out to the black town car and got in.
"Where are we going?" I asked
"On our first date, nothing big and fancy just a movie and dinner. What would you like to see?" She asked as the car started to move.
"Can we see Beauty and th Beast I really want to see if it like the one from my childhood." I say
I may be 29 but sometimes a girl just has to act like a kid to make herself feel well like a kid.
"If thats what you want to see then we will see it, then we cand have a late dinner and come home to cuddle make out or..."
"Other things." I say in her ear making her smile.
"Or other things." Nicole says the kesses me.
We spent the drive talking about talking about what I was looking for in a house and what I wanted to do when We moved. I told her I wanted to write enough have happen to me that I could write a number of books. She said she wasnt sure what she wanted to do since all she has ever done was the Marines.
" Well you don't have to do anything if you dont want to." I say
I feel like she didnt have to do anything after all ghe has done she has did her time now it was time to have someone take care of her.I put my head on her shoulder and let out an sigh when I answered that email all those years ago I never thought this would be the out come of that. But here I was with an amazing soul of a woman going on a date that is so simple its romantic.
We pulled up to the movie theater and Nicole helped me out the care before asking the driver if she would like to go get a meal. He said yes and told her to text him when she was ready. We went inside and Nicole got me everything I wanted but I didnt get much because I didnt want to enjoy dinner.
We found seats in the back of the theater and got settled the movie started and I couldn't help but smile I was with what had to be the love of my life watching a movie that has been on my top ten favorite movies. Some time during the movie I propped my legs up on Nicoles and my head on her sholder.
"That was good not as good as the original but it was good." I say.
Nicole made a face.
"What's that face about?" I ask
"I never seen the original." She says
I did a double take at her and stepped in front of her stopping her.
"Why not?" I asked
"I told you my family wasn't really the child friendly kind or friendly at all." She says
"Oh yeah thats right. Well we will make a list of movies that you have never seen and when we move and are all settled in we will watch them." I say
"Ok we will now lets go eat this beast is getting loud." She says rubbing her stomach.
We reach outsid just as the town car is pulling up.
NICOLE
Waverly did not like planes she was holding on to my hand like it was a lifeline while she looked out the window. it wa dark out and thr only thing you could see was the moon but she was happy with just looking at that we was on our descend into GSP whe she turned from the window.
"It's not like I hate planes is just I dont like feeling like I'm alone on the plane, and you fell to sleep."She says with a laugh.
"Sorry I didn't know I was that tired." I say smiling
"Well you have been up every morning befor the sun doing some kind of work. Now I know thats what you are use to but you have to rest." She says running her fingers through my hair.
She was right it was time for me to rest I wasn't in the Marines anymore I could sleep in and eat what I want plus drink but I wasn't big on drinking. But I could stay up late and have sext if I want to, something we havent gotten around to doing yet. It will happen just as soon as a we was settled and that was really soon.
"We're about to land could you please put on your seat belt." The stewerest says into the intercom.
They had been walking around the cabin waking people up and teling them to perpar for landing. Some of them got nasty remarks from some of the men for waking them up one got her ass slaped and Waverly had to put the other in her place about me. All and all it was a good flight.
The plane landed and we was let off and I was so glad to be away from Mr. Grabby Hands that was sitting across the aisle from us. He kept tossing his things across to our side and using my leg to lean on as she picked it up. The forth time he did it I grabed his hand a squeezed his fingers them whispering in his ear that if he touched me again he would die a very painful and slow death. He didn't touch me any more.
We went over to the car rental station and picked up the mini cooper that Waverly talked me into renting and we headed out to our hotel. the ride was quite as wWaverly typed away on her tablet to Wynonna about where we where and what we was doing. She leard where Wynonna was and would video chat or imessage her whenever possible she was now talking to her about our plans to move to SC and how I was buying her a house.
Waverly let out a laugh and went back to typing and I shook my head i wished I had the same kind of relationship with my sister that Waverly had with Wynonna . I pulled off the highway and followed the map and 15 minutes later we was pulling up to the hotel.
"We are here tell Wynonna I said hi." I say getting out the car.
Waverly said gonight and jumped out the car to geab her bag, She followed me into the hotel.
"Nicole Haught." I say where a man walked up.
Waverly got under my arm and leaned on me her eyes closing before popping back open
"You tired baby." I asked
"Yea."
The man gave me a look but handed me a key.
"Enjoy your stay at Embassy Suites." He says in a nasty tone.
I gave a shrug and picked up my bag and we walk to the elevator and up to our room where Waverly fell into bed while I put on the Tv to watch the early morning news til I fell to sleep. My alarm went off at at 9:30 am and Waverly jumped up and Ran to the bathtoom to pee then I heard the shower come on and I laughed but I really had too pee so I went to the bathroom.
"Hey what are you doing?!" She asked when she heard the toilet flush and the sink turned on.
"Well in the Marines you have to get use to sharing bathroom space." I say brushing my teeth
"This is not the Marines its a bathroom." She says over the water
I walked over and poked my head in the shower.
"But baby I've seen you naked before and you look so good." I say looking her up and down
"Get out of her." She said pushing pushing my head out the shower, I whipe my fave and walk out the room to get things ready for my shower. Waverly came out wrapped in a towel and she slipped into my arms and kissed me.
"Lets have a lunch date today." She says rubbing my neck
"Ok we will have a lunch date." I say into the kiss.
She let me go and went to get dressed while I took a shower. By 10:45 we was on the road to the first house and Waverly was pointing out all the good things about what she was seeing . We reached the house under and hoour to get to the house do to the traffic and I could tell by that this house would be knocked off the list, I hated backed up traffic.
We pulled up to the house and Waverly looked at me and I turned off the car.
"Well the realtor isnt here lets just wait for her and tell her that we dont like this house and she can take us to the next." I say.
It took half the day but we found a house that Waverly was in love with out of all the houses that we looked at. We was pictuers and looked at houses some we didnt bother to go into because She didnt like the style. But this house she loved everything about it from the placement of the vents to the lights it was all perfect to her.
"Well we are going to take this one, Im in tove with that tree in the back yard and the size of the rooms." I say.
"Yes this is a lovely home and the and the that tree is beautiful all year around." She sways pulling a file out.
Waverly walked into the living room with a big smile on her face.
"I love this house but we have dogs how is the neighborhood on fences?" Waverly asked
"We funny you should ask because the contractor wanted to know if we wanted him to put one in but we live that up to the home owers. We do ask that you make it tasteful and nothing over 3 feet and no chain link fences." The realtor says
"Well you like it baby your sure this is what you want?" I ask taking her hand and looking into her eyes.
"Yes I love it its absolutly the right choice and our little fur babies will love it here." Waverly said looking around.
"We where do we sign the papers?" I asked
"Well follow me back to the office and we can start the paper work." She says.
Waverly walked back to the car ahead of us and I waited for her to lock the door and get in her car i got in the Mini Cooper and followed her down the road.
"How long does buying a house take?" Waverly asks
"Well they will do background checks and credit checks and all that, they will send a inspector to check out the house an appraiser to get the value of the house and that should be it. So about thirty days if we are lucky, well we should be lucky we dont need a mortgage we will be paying for the house out right."
"You mean you." Waverly says.
"No I mean we, Your remember that paper work I had you sign when we went to put your money in my bank because you said it was my chip?" I ask.
"Yea?"
"Well that was so you could beable to acces my account if Something should ever happen to me, my money is your money."
"Why did you do that?" She asked
"Your important to me I want you to have everything I own if something was to happen to me. I don't want my family to be able to turn you away or say what I have is theres. If I get called back I want you to have everything have control over everything." I say
"Why would you get called back I thought you retired?"
"I dont plan on going back but have you seen our President he doesnt know his ass from his elbow so I'm not entirely sure he wont get us into another war. I have my papers in as honorable discharge but with things the way they are I'm not sure they put them through yet, I wont know until the end of the month. Once thats done I can say I'm free."
"But they discharged you right they said you was isnt that enough?" Waverly asked
I could tell that she was starting to worry.
"Yes it is but at the same time there has to be paper work for everything Unless I knew someone I cant get my papers pushed through, but like I said we only have a week left before I get my walking papers. Medical has me out for another month so I'm safe until then." I say
"But what if..."
I took her hand in my free one and looked at her once we was stopped at a light.
"If that doesnt go through I have my papers in for retirement and the most I would have to go is another year until it gets oked. and if that happens you will be taken care of until I get back. I will always come back to you, you are home." I say looking her in the eyes.
The light changed and I started to drive again I knew Waverly was going to worry once I told her what I did but I truely want her taken care of. My family are nobodies and opportunist, they would do and say anything and everything to get what they wanted. So a year after me and Waverly became friends I started to set things up to go to her should something happen to me. She didnt know it but had papers drawn up on one of my times home to have my estate cars money pets everything to go to one Waverly Earp.
My family treated me like shit growing up because I was born intersex my brothers would call me boy girl and kick me between my legs and my sisters shunned me and called me a freak, and of corse my parents did nothing about this. I would often spen as much time at my grandmothers house as possible because she was the only one in the family that gave a damn about me. but sadly she died when I was 14 leaving me alone with the wolves then I only had myself to fight of me but the summer of my 14th year what little testosterone i did have in my body made me grow taller then my sisters and stronger then my brothers and they had more then me. Or that could have just been my anger that fueled my power.
when I turned 16 I inlested and went to boot camp having finished high school at 15 from there I went into Marine training and kept working my way up. At 18 I found out that my grandmother left me some money a lot of money a Dairy farm a beef farm and stock in a number of different but much needed things like oil, medical supplies, steel, Walmart of all things and in a hotel. So while I was in the Marines and my family trying to pretend that they have always been the lovng family one needs to grow up I was getting my degree in business. And I just kept investing and working with the right people to keep everything going.
Waverly knew all about this but she didn't know the size of the whole cake and since I was putting her name on everything once we got back to Texas it would be time to show her all my cards.
We pulled into the parking lot of a nice little office building and I popped out of my thoughts and turned off the car.I got out and walked around to open Wavery's door.
"Now you don't see that very much anymore its nice to see even if you are two women." The realtor said with a smile.
Waverly got out the car and the three of us made our way to the door, Out of habit I stepped ahead and grabed the door holding it open.
"Well chivalry isn't dead." She said with a big smile walking in before Waverly.
We went into a boardroom and started to work on the papers.
"Go ahead put you name on it this is your engagement ring." I say smiling at Waverrly
"Engagement ring? Your buying her and 3 million dollar house for an engagement ring?" she asked
"Yes well I haven't The Oppenheimer Blue set in a ring yet." I say
Waverly looked at me.
"You got me a ring?" she asked
"No I got you a diamond I bought it in May of last year I was going to have it sent to you for your birthday but then I relized I missed your bithday so I was going to send it on Christmas." I say.
"Why does it have a name?"
I just shugged, Waverly pulled out her phone to and Im guessing look up what kind of diamond ring it would be. I heard her take in a breath and I lean away from her.
"You didn't spend 57.5 million dollars on a rock?" She says
I sign my name on the next paper and slid it her way, the realtor looked up at me with her mouth hanging open.
"Nicole answer me." Waverly says
"Yes I did, I saw it I thought of you and I got it for you. I didn't set out to spend that much money but I wanted for you I told them to get it I didn't know they spent that much until I called and found out I nearly shit bricks." I say
"That's love I'm going to tell my husband about you."
"We are going to talk about this later." She said.
Waverly to the paper and signed her name to the paper. We spent the next hour signing papers and going over what was going to happen next and by the time we was done it was almost time for dinner.
"You have insurance and we have to do all the mombo jumbo that I have just told you about and I will contact you as soon as as everything goes through." She says putting the check with the paper work.
We walked out to the car and i held the door open for Waverly and closed it after her. I walked arounf to the drivers side and got in.
"Frist this first its time for our dinner date since we didn't have our lunch date. Two I will talk about this rock you bought...Why did you spend that money?" She asked in a soft voice.
"I wanted you to have it, I seen it and thought of you and I wanted you to have it I want you to have all the best things in the world." I say looking down.
Waverly picked my head up and looked at me.
" I have you and thats all I care about, you don't have to buy me things like that. Now we have to finf something to do with that because I can't wear it anywhere it cost to much." She says
Waverly leans in and kissed me and lightly slapped the side of my face.
"Now take me to eat I'm starving." She says smiling.
