Chapter 4

"Good morning everyone!" Mallory exclaimed walking into the kitchen, "Wow you all look tired… did the baby keep you up?"

"Only a couple of wake ups, but we didn't really go to sleep till after 12, well that's when Amy woke us up when she came in anyway," Lou explained.

"Oh, are they back together? Where are they even? Where is Jack?" Mallory asked.

"I don't know, they are in the barn and Jack is out with Tim," Peter replied.

"Well of course you don't know whether they are back together, you are a bloke, Lou, are they back together?" Mallory asked turning to Lou.

"Like Peter said, I don't know. They haven't said much this morning, but they are going on a trail ride later on and before you 'offer' to go with them, no. You are not going with them, anyway, today is your induction." Lou replied.

"Induction? Induction for what?" Mallory asked.

"Well, if you hadn't noticed, I had a baby yesterday and I am going to need a babysitter at some point, so I want to see how you cope. Of course, with me and Peter here, but we thought that you would like to have an input?" Lou asked, knowing that this would get her mind off whatever was going on with Amy and Ty.

"Oh my God Lou! Of course! I will be the best babysitter in the history of best baby sitters!" Mallory exclaimed, giving her a hug.

"Yeah, look at it this way, this will be like a practice run for in 10 years' time when you have kids," Peter joked.

"Whatever Peter…" Mallory started but was interrupted by Amy and Ty walking into the house, laughing, "Oh here comes the love birds."

Lou elbowed her, "Shut up Mallory. Can you go and see if the baby is ok through there please?"

Mallory looked at her and said, "But…" However, the look on Lou's face told her she shouldn't bother, "Fine… I will go and check on your baby…" Mallory walked through to the lounge.

"Ignore her you two, is everything ok?" Lou asked.

"Yeah, we were just about to go on a trail ride when Scott asked me to go into the clinic for an hour or so." Ty said.

"I am going to go into town to see Soraya, Ty is going to drop me off. Do you two need anything while we are there?" Amy asked.

"Erm no, not that we know of. But I will text you if I think of anything. See you both later." Lou replied.

"Bye Lou," Ty said, getting his jacket from the hooks.

"Yeah, see you." Amy replied, getting her jacket also, her hand brushed Ty's and they both smiled at each other. They walked out of the house with big grins on their faces.

"Ok, I believe you now. Something is different between those two, they almost seem too happy, but awkward at the same time?" Peter suggested.

"Thank you! So it isn't just me who seen it! I think they have worked things out, or they both are ok with each other again but don't actually know where to actually go from here?" Lou reasoned.

"Yeah that could be it…" Peter started but was interrupted by Mallory yelling through from the lounge "ERM WE HAVE A CODE BROWN! I REPEAT, A CODE BROWN!"

The pair of them laughed, "I will go and see to it, can you put us on some soup?" Lou asked.

"Rather you than me! And of course I will," Peter replied. Lou braced herself and went through to the lounge to see Mallory with her T-shirt covering her nose, "Right come on Mallory, let's teach you how to change a nappy shall we?" Lou laughed.

"So, you going to meet me here in about an hour?" Amy asked as Ty pulled up to Maggie's.

"Yeah, I may even treat you to some lunch if you want," Ty teased.

"Ooo, that does sound nice, thank you." Amy replied. She leant in and gave him a kiss and said, "I will see you in an hour then."

Ty gave her another kiss, "Okay, in an hour."

He reached over and opened the door for Amy to get out and she jumped out and said, "See you."

Ty smiled as she shut the door, he backed out of the car park and drove along to the clinic.

Amy walked into the diner with a huge smile on her face, Soraya had seen all of this and waved her over to a booth at the other end, "So you two seemed to have sorted things out!" She exclaimed when Amy sat down.

"What do you mean?" Amy asked.

"I saw you both kissing, now if that isn't a clear indicator of sorting things out, then I don't know!" Soraya replied.

"Well, we haven't exactly sorted things out, we just… erm talked…" Amy stuttered nervously. Should she tell her best friend about what happened the night prior? Was she just thinking that things are ok, but they actually weren't? Last night was a mistake; she was beginning to wish that it hadn't happened.

"Yeah, by the looks of that face it sounds like you did more than 'just talk" Soraya joked, but then saw the embarrassed look on Amy's face and realised that they actually did do more than just talk, "Oh my god you didn't did you?"

"Didn't what? I don't know what you are talking about?" Amy asked, trying to act like she had no clue, but Soraya could read her like a book.

"Cut the bull Amy, something happened last night didn't it?" Soraya pushed.

Amy sighed, she wasn't sure whether she should be telling Soraya this, but she needed to talk about it with someone, and most certainty wasn't going to discuss it with Lou, she loved her sister an all, but this was just something that she did not want to discuss with her. "Alright, but you have to keep it between us… What happened was, we helped Lou give birth and it was all good, we then went outside and trained the two new Clydesdales I was telling you about with the sleigh – they did amazing. We started talking in the barn and we spoke about everything that had happened after the plane crash, and him leaving and Blair and Chase… Mallory interrupted us when we were about to kiss." Amy explained.

"Right… but that's not all of it is it?" Soraya asked.

"No… then we went to dinner, and it was awkward. Then he went to bed and I said I was going in my room. Lou came in and we talked, so I decided to go and talk to him. I walked into the barn to see him doing night check, we started doing our jobs, laughing and joking, like the good old days. Then we were talking about me teaching him something and he called himself useless. We went upstairs and had a really long heart to heart and one thing lead to another and we kind of went the whole way…" Amy whispered.

"OH MY GOD THIS IS HUGE! I can't believe it! How do you feel?" Soraya exclaimed.

"Shh not so loud! I feel fine, like we haven't actually had proper chance to talk afterwards because this morning we had breakfast and did the chores and then when we were going to go on a trail ride, where it would have been perfect to talk, he got called into work." Amy sighed, "He did text me saying that he did love me and that everything was going to be ok, neither of us wanted to say it properly after what happened because we were both just so… I really don't know how to explain it…"

"This is huge… it really is! Trust him to be brought into work! Do you think you will get back together? Or…" Soraya asked.

"It's not that big of a deal, technically we have been on and off for 5 years, so its really not that big of a deal. It wouldn't be a big deal if we hadn't broken up would it?" Amy reasoned.

"No, but it still would have been a deal, maybe not as shocking… I do hope you get back together. You two are made for each other! And you both still love each other! Right, now be honest with me, how do you really feel about last night?" Soraya asked.

"Alright, I guess you know me too well to know im 'fine'. I am ok, I really am. It just worries me because I think Ty has had previous relationships and I haven't. I really don't know what to do about it. Like what happens now? Was it just a one off? Or was it more than that? I really don't know… I really don't…" Amy sighed.

"Does it matter whether Ty has had previous relationships of this nature? No, it doesn't. I have seen him literally drool over you for the past five years. Ty Borden loves you so much, and I can see in your eyes that you really do love him too. You two will work things out, I just know you will. I do think you need to talk to him about how you feel. Probably tonight? Like after dinner or night check or whatever." Soraya said rationally.

"You know what, I think we will do that. Thank you Soraya, I didn't know who else I could talk to about all of this. Its just not a comfortable situation… At all… Like yeah, I am an adult, so is Ty but it just feels strange, do you know what I mean?" Amy asked.

"Of course I get you, it is a whole new experience with the two of you, of course there is going to be some kind of awkwardness around it. Of course you can always talk to me, I am your best friend in the whole entire world after all! It is kind of in my job description to make sure that you are ok." Soraya replied. She walked around and gave Amy a hug. Soraya returned to her seat and the two girls were chatting about everything that had happened recently. Soraya was telling Amy about an up and coming trip to London that she was going to take.

About half an hour later, Ty walked in with a smile on his face. Amy could swear that he hadn't lost that smile since last night.

"Hey girls, everything ok?" He asked, sitting down next to Amy.

"Yeah fine, I need to get back to work. Do you two want your usual? I heard someone is buying lunch, just remember this amazing waitress really appreciates tips, especially when she is going to London," Soraya joked.

"Yeah please, and Soraya, here is a tip for you," Ty said looking in his jacket pocket, "Don't eat yellow snow." He grinned.

Soraya shook her head and Amy just laughed, "God you're so annoying you. A large waffle deluxe and a chocolate milkshake to share, coming up."

"Cheers Soraya," Ty replied.

Once Soraya had left, Ty turned to Amy, "So did you two have a nice chat?" he asked.

"Yeah, we did. How was the clinic? How come Scott needed you?" Amy asked, changing the conversation.

"Oh he just needed to go through the scheduling for the next couple of weeks seeing as school is out for just over a month. I am just picking up a couple more night shifts here and there," Ty explained. He looked at Amy and sighed, he reached out and took her hand in his, "I think we need to talk, don't you?"

Amy smiled, she was happy that he had brought it up, "Yes, I really think we do. But, not here, there are ears everywhere. Maybe tonight, after night check? We can go up to the loft and talk again."

"That sounds like a very reasonable plan." Ty replied and kissed her hand.

After the diner, they went home. Lou and Peter were both in the living room playing with the baby. "Hey we are back!" Amy said as they took their boots off and walking through to the living room.

"Hey, how are you two?" Lou asked, passing Katie to Peter.

"Fine thanks, we just had a snack at the diner. What are you doing for dinner?" Amy asked.

"I am thinking Spaghetti bolognaise, Grandpa rang by the way, he is going to stay at Lisa's for a few days, oh and Mallory left to go and see Jake I think, I am not actually 100% sure who but at least you won't have her prying into anything tonight!" Lou replied.

"That sounds good, you know what? We should go and do night check early, so we don't have to do it after dinner. What do you say Ty?" Amy asked.

"Yeah good idea actually, what time do you want us back over for dinner?" Ty asked.

Lou looked at her watch, "Oooh, say around 5:30? So an hour and a half?"

"That sounds fine. We will get all the night feeds sorted and then we can just give it to them later on. We have to swap some stables over, so I think we should be done by then." Amy replied.

"Alright, see you both later," Lou replied.

Amy and Ty walked outside to the barn, to do chores while Lou started on the dinner.

AN: hope you are enjoying it, 4 more chapters left! Let me know what you think :) Thank you all for your reviews!