Chapter 15

It was Christmas day tomorrow and Ty was allowed out of the hospital tomorrow. She couldn't wait. She heard 'Halo' for the millionth time that day. 'Ty' was flashing across the screen. Again!

"Hey Ty."

"Hey Ames. Are they back yet?" Ty asked, hopefully. Amy had lied and pretended they had a pregnant mare which had to be watched so she didn't have to tell him about Maddie.

"Not yet. Lou called 5 minutes ago saying she'd be 5 minutes. Oh look. There she is now. I'll be there in about 30 minutes."

"OK. Don't take to long. Tell Lou I say hi."

"OK. I love you. See you in a bit."

"Love you too. Bye." Amy hung up and turned to Lou.

"Apparently we have a pregnant mare in the barn which someone has to watch at all times." Amy said jokingly. "I had to keep Maddie a secret! Oh yeah. Ty says hi." she added.

"Right. Is Maddie OK?" Lou asked.

"Yep. She's napping at the moment." Amy answered.

"OK. Tell Ty I said hi." Lou called after her.

"OK. Bye." Amy got in Ty's truck and started it up.

In 30 minutes, she got there. She quickly walked up to Ty's room.

"That wasn't 30 minutes. It was more like 40." Ty said.

"sorry. I had to catch Lou up on the pregnant mare" Amy explained. She wasn't totally lying either. She had to catch Lou up but on a baby rather than a pregnant mare!

"OK. I can't wait for tomorrow." he said. Amy pretended to ponder for a minute.

"Why? It's Christmas day tomorrow which is good and there's something else. What is it? Ummmm. What could it be?" Ty could tell she knew and was just pretending. He leaned over and playfully smacked her on the arm. Amy tried to look offended. "How could you smack a girl?" she asked.

"Do you want me to show you again?" Ty asked, playfully.

"Not really. OH! That's it! Your coming home. How could I forget?" Amy pretended to remember.

"Oh. How could you forget?" he asked, teasingly. They chatted and teased each other for ages.

"you look so much better then you did when I saw you for the first time after you had been shot." Amy said, smiling at her.

"Oh, thanks" Ty said sarcastically.

"You know, I can't wait for tomorrow. Not because it's Christmas but because I get my Ty at home with me again." she said smiling at him. He smiled back.

"And I can't wait to get home and have my Amy with me again." he said.

"And I have 2 brilliant presents for you!" Amy said, smiling secretively.

"Awww. Please tell me what they are. I haven't got you much to surprise you with." Ty tried pleading.

"I'm not going to tell you what they are and you gave me an early Christmas present." Amy said.

"And, what was that?" Ty asked

"You waking up." Amy replied, softly. They smiled at each other and Amy leaned towards Ty. They kissed. The kiss lasted for quite a while.

"Do you know what time you can go tomorrow?" Amy asked. Ty shook his hand. Amy realised he looked exhausted. She sat and stroked his hand far a while and soon he was asleep. Amy stayed until 9 pm and then decided to go before Lou started worrying. She let his hand go and stood up. She looked at Ty and smiled. She gave him a kiss on the cheek and left. She saw Doctor Binsten and walked over.

"Um, Doctor Binsten? What time can Ty be picked up tomorrow?" Amy asked.

"Oh, hi Amy. I would say at about 12 but since it's Christmas, what about 8.00 am?"

"OK. And do you need to see him before he goes?" Amy asked

"Yes but I'll make sure I'm there well before 8.00am."

"OK. Thanks. I have two awesome presents for him." she smiled.

"And what would they be?"

"A baby."

"What? You were pregnant?"

"Yeah. I found out the morning Ty got shot." she sighed

"That was unlucky."

"Yeah. The other is a horse."

"Oh really?"

"Yep. Where he works at Heartland he bonded really well with a horse with the fear of men." Amy explained.

"Nice presents."

"Yeah. That's what I thought. I best be going, before my sister starts worrying."

"OK. Will I see you tomorrow?"

"Yep. I'll be the one picking him up."

"OK. See you tomorrow then."

"Yeah. Bye."

She drove home in silence. Christmas eve tonight. Christmas day tomorrow. And Ty was coming home tomorrow. She was so excited but really tired too. She had been at the hospital 8.00 am to 9.00 pm.

She got home and walked in the living room. She saw Lou led on the sofa with Maddie led next to her. She crept over to the sofa and gently picked Maddie up.

"Come on, princess. Lets get you to your own bed." she carried her upstairs and smiled as Maddie snuggled into her.

"You want to sleep with me tonight?" Amy asked. She took her to her bed and led down, with Maddie lying on top of her. "You're going to meet your daddy tomorrow. Yes you are. So you've got to be a good girl. OK?" she sighed and soon fell asleep.

She woke up to find Maddie asleep on top of her still. She smiled softly.

"Come on sweetie. Mummy's got to get up." she picked Maddie up and carried her to her cot. She placed her in it and went to take a shower and then she got on some yard clothes and went outside. She finished the feeds and the stalls and made herself a piece of toast so Ty wouldn't make her eat again. She ate the toast and ran upstairs to change into her skinny jeans and a top. She then grabbed a pen and piece of paper to write a note to them.

Merry Christmas!

Sorry to have left so early but I am dying to see Ty. Doctor Binsten said Ty's allowed out at 8.00am so we should be back at about 8.30 – 9.00am. Make sure the place is ready for Ty. I want it perfect. Oh and Maddie is still here too so listen out for her.

Thanks.

Love, Amy

She grabbed her keys and pulled her boots on. She ran out to Ty's truck and soon got to the hospital. She walked to the hospital, to the lift and to Ty's room. He was awake.

"Merry Christmas!" she said.

"Merry Christmas to you too!" he said back. Amy walked over to his bed and gave him a kiss.

"Have you had breakfast?" Ty asked her.

"Yeah. I had a piece of toast."

"It's Christmas and you had a piece of toast?" Ty asked.

"Yep. I wanted to get here as fast as I could and a proper breakfast would've taken too long to cook."

"I suppose. So what time can I go?" he looked at her.

"8.00am. It's 6.30 now."

"There's still an hour and a half." Ty groaned.

"Not so bad when I'm here though, is it?"

"No. I'm just lucky to have someone like you who visits early and stays for ages. How long did you stay here last night?" Ty asked again.

"9.00pm." Amy answered.

"Lou must've been worried sick." Ty gasped.

"no. I walked in to see her asleep on the sofa!" Amy laughed.

"But you spent the whole of Christmas eve here rather then with your family."

"1. you are family, and 2. I've spent plenty of Christmas eves with them and I didn't want to leave you to lay here alone. They had each other." Amy said.

"your the best, you know that?"

"your better." Amy smiled. They kissed but not for very long because they were once again interrupted by a nurse.

"You ready for the big Christmas breakfast?" she asked.

"Yep." Ty answered, grinning. The nurse soon bought in a plate of food and left.

"That's a lot." Amy said.

"yeah." Ty agreed. "here. Have a sausage, an egg and a piece of bacon."

"no thanks, Ty. You enjoy it."

"I can't with you not eating anything." Amy gave in and started eating. She had just finished eating when her phone started ringing. She tried to ignore it but Ty stopped her.

"Answer it." Ty said.

"OK." She slipped her phone out of her pocket and looked, Lou.

"Hey Lou."

"Amy. Did you have breakfast or do you want us to keep you some of this?"

"I had some toast and I've just taken a bit of Ty's so I'm fine, thanks. Hows the pregnant mare?" Amy and Lou had decided on that meaning Maddie when Amy was with Ty.

"She's fine. Only just woken up! We hope you don't mind but we gave her a few presents."

"Don't worry, I don't mind. If I'd have wanted to see more than wanting to see Ty I would've stayed but I came to see Ty. Just don't give her any from me."

"I won't see you in a bit."

"bye." Amy hung up and looked at Ty, hoping he hadn't picked up on their weird conversation. He hadn't. He was still eating. He smiled at her. She smiled back.

It was 7.15 by the time he had finished and the nurse had taken the plates away. Ty moved over the bed and gestured Amy to sit on the side of it.

"What about a special Christmas kiss?" he asked. Amy leaned forward and put her lips to his.

They kissed for ages. Then they heard the door open and pulled apart. They were both breathing heavy. They looked at who had come in. Doctor Binsten.

"Sorry to interrupt. I was just going to check on Ty. After a few minutes, Ty had been checked and he was dressed in his clothes that Amy had bought for him. It was soon 8.00 am and they were in the truck, driving home.

"Oh, I can't wait to get home." Ty said.

"yeah. Your going to love my two presents for you." Amy said.

"What are they?" Ty tried asking again.

"I can't tell you. Be patient." Amy said, grinning. Ty looked at her. "And just looking at me isn't gonna help." she added. Ty looked away. Soon they were back at home. Amy got out and walked around to the other side to help Ty out. She grinned at the decorations that were up. They walked up into the house and into it.

"We're back!" Amy called. The walked into the living room.

"WELCOME BACK, TY!" Everyone yelled. There was Lou, Jack, Soraya, Peter, Lisa, Caleb, Ashley and Malory. Ty smiled at them.

"Did you set this up?" Ty asked Amy.

"Maybe. Come on outside, I want to show you your first big present." she said, taking his arm and pushing him in front of her. She looked back at Lou.

"Get Maddie ready, I don't want her to be grumpy when she first meets her dad." she mouthed. Lou nodded and walked upstairs. She found Ty waiting for her. She grabbed his arm and pulled him to the barn. They walked down to Alano's stall. Amy picked up the papers balanced on the top of the door. She handed them to Ty.

"For you." she whispered. She had told Ty that was pretty much all she said for the 4 months. Ty looked down at the papers.

"Wow. When you said you thought of the perfect person to be his adoption owner, I didn't think you meant me." Ty said.

"So you heard all that?"

"Yep. Thank you, Ames."

"I thought, since you got me Beatriz, I'd owe you back by giving you Alano." Amy explained. "Do you want to see Harley while we're down here?" she asked.

"Sure." Ty said. Amy led Ty down to Harley's stall.

"Harley. Hey boy. Look who I've found." Harley turned to look at them. He looked at Amy and whinnied and then he saw Ty and whinnied 10 times louder.

"See. I told you he missed you." Amy said and Harley walked over and started nuzzling Ty like mad.

"So I can see."

"Do you want to go and find your massive present?"

"Yep." Ty replied and followed her. She stopped on the porch.

"Wait here." she said and walked inside. When she was inside, she walked into the living room.

"Where's Maddie?"

"Napping. I tried to keep her awake but you were too slow and she started getting really sleepy." Lou explained quickly. Amy turned and ran upstairs.

"Hey Maddie. Hey honey bun. You ready to meet daddy? Yeah? Now you have to be a good girl though." she walked back downstairs and out to the porch.

"Sorry that took so long. Meet the pregnant mare. Ty, meet Maddie. Maddie, meet daddy." Ty looked at her. "Yeah. I lied about the pregnant mare. I wanted to keep her a secret until today, your homecoming and Christmas present!"

"So, I'm a dad?" he asked. Amy laughed at him.

"No. I just said 'Maddie, meet daddy' for the fun of it." Amy said sarcastically. She laughed again at Ty's shocked face. "Come on. I'll explain." she said, holding Maddie with one arm and slipping her free hand into his. They walked into the living room.

"The morning you got shot, I realised I was pregnant. I kept having the same thought of, 'What if I'm pregnant because we sleep together?' and then, that morning, I realised I was 4 months and 2 weeks late. I tried a pregnancy test and it was positive. I came out to tell you but then I saw Kit, Chase and Spartan which was when I yelled Spartan. Then you came out and you got shot and I never got to tell you. I had her 8 days ago." Amy explained, handing Maddie over to him. He took her and Amy watched at his expertise. He knew how to hold her straight away. He knew pretty much everything!

"I chose the name Maddie for you and then I chose her middle name to be Marion. I hope you don't mind." she said.

"I don't mind at all." he said, leaning down and kissing her. She smiled up at him. They then walked back out onto the porch.

"I didn't get you anything like this." Ty said.

"And why was that?" Amy asked, trying to get across the point of 'it doesn't matter'.

"because I was in hospital." he said, miserably.

"and that wasn't your fault." she said softly.

"I suppose."

"And besides you gave me something 100 times better than any of the presents I got you."

"And what was that?" he asked, looking at Amy.

She leaned against his side and felt him kiss the top of her head. She sighed in content and looked up at him. He leaned down towards her and their lips locked. They stayed like that for what felt like forever to both of them. They soon stopped, both of them breathing very heavy, and looked out over the ranch, Ty still cradling little Maddie. She stayed quiet for a minute before whispering,

"You came back to me."

The End! So I hope you enjoyed it and please review. Thanks. There will be one more chapter which will be Ty's pov of this chapter. I thought if I did Amy's pov it might be a bit more similar since you follow Amy in this chapter rather than Ty. I might do an Amy pov if I think how to rephrase it!