Chapter 5

"It is 5:45, I wonder where they are!" Lou exclaimed.

"They probably just lost track of time, why don't you go and get them and I will stay here with Katie and dish out the dinner?" Peter suggested.

"Oh, okay. Just make sure Ty has more spaghetti than bolognaise, and Amy too. They prefer the pasta to the sauce," Lou reminded him, as she was putting her shoes on.

She walked into the barn and she didn't see Amy or Ty, but she heard laughing coming from upstairs, she smiled thinking that it was good that they were getting along again. She walked up the old stairs to the loft and opened the door to see them both in bed and their clothes flung everywhere "Oh my god I am so sorry!" she exclaimed, turning her back.

"Oh my god Lou!" Amy exclaimed, pushing Ty off of her and pulling their blankets over them more, "I am so sorry Lou, I really…"

"Don't bother explaining, I am not bothered about that or whatever else is going on, I am more bothered about my spaghetti bolognaise getting cold. See you both over at the house when you have both cooled down a bit," She laughed and walked down stairs.

Amy buried her head into Ty's side, "Did that really just happen? I mean seriously…" She groaned.

Ty laughed, "Yep, I think it did… Wow… dinner is going to be slightly awkward now… Come on, let's get ready and go over… Well, at least she didn't blow up, or shoot me, so that's a good sign isn't it?"

"Oh my god… why now, of all times why now? Why not when we were doing the chores, or when we were just talking even! Why now!" Amy moaned. Ty reached over and got her clothes, "Come on, we should get over there, before she makes another surprise appearance!"

Lou got back inside and was still a bit shocked, walking in on your baby sister and the guy in the loft was not her idea of a fun night… Luckily it was her walking in and not Jack, she at least understood about all of that, whereas Jack, well he would have probably shot Ty there and then.

"Are they on their way?" Peter asked as he was serving up the plates.

"Yeah, they are just getting dressed…" Lou replied.

"Dress…? Oh… I see, so there was something different between them. Are you annoyed at them?" Peter asked.

"Oh god no, I mean, when I was Amy's age, I was in college and had boyfriends, so its really not much different. To be honest, I have been ready for this kind of thing to happen, or a situation that would lead to me talking to her about it, you know, seeing as mom isn't here and all…" Lou sighed.

"It really isn't a big deal then is it? So it looks like they are back together then after all, or at least working on getting back together," Peter laughed. Lou shook her head and turned around as Amy and Ty walked in, "Hey we are just doing trays on knees dinner tonight, is that ok?" she asked, handing them both a tray each.

"No… erm that's fine, I guess its ok seeing as grandpa isn't here, and I doubt any of us can be bothered setting the table." Amy reasoned.

"My thoughts exactly, now go through the pair of you." Lou replied.

The four of them sat in the living room, Ty and Amy were on the couch, and Lou and Peter were on Jack and Lyndy's chairs.

"So, Ty, what did Scott want with you today?" Peter asked.

"Oh, we were just going through scheduling seeing as I am off all during my Christmas break which is just over a month so I can take up some more shifts at the clinic," Ty replied, "Wow Lou, this spag bol is actually amazing!"

"I do try my best! So, you two, I know there is a whole tradition of you finding out the baby's name at the naming ceremony, but seeing as we haven't got one planned and you two helped deliver her, we decided we would let you know the name." Lou said.

"Wow Lou, are you sure?" Amy asked.

"Yeah, me and Peter discussed it and we think you two deserve to know her name. So, meet your niece, Kathryn, but we are going to call her Katie for short," Lou said putting down her finished food and picking Katie up, "Katie, this is your uncle Ty, and Auntie Amy. They helped deliver you and are going to be the coolest aunt and uncle in the world!" she cooed sitting her up and point to Amy and Ty.

"That is a beautiful name! I love it so much! And we will be the coolest aunt and uncle in the world, won't we Ty?" Amy asked, looking at him.

"Of course we will! Who can't get any cooler than a horse whisper who just happens to perform miracles, or a vet student who loves motorbikes? I think we have cool sorted," Ty joked.

"Now that is true!" Peter laughed.

After the four of them had had dinner, they decided to watch a couple of films. The Hangover 1&2, seeing as Jack was out, they took advantage of being able to watch the full films on a normal volume and be able to laugh and talk. After the second movie had finished, it was 11 o'clock and everyone was yawning like mad, they still hadn't got over the long day the day before, and the short sleep.

"Right, I am going up to the loft, I will see you all in the morning," Ty yawned, "What time should we get up tomorrow? We don't actually have much to do do we?"

"Erm, why don't we just do it later on in the morning? Say have breakfast about 8?" Amy said, "Is it ok if we do it later Lou?"

"Yeah that should be fine, grandpa isn't here anyway so what does it matter?" Lou laughed.

"Come on, I will walk you to the door," Amy said. The pair of them got up and walked out onto the porch, Ty wrapped his arms around Amy and pulled her into a hug. Amy breathed in his familiar scent and wrapped her arms around him too, "You know, we never actually did get to talk things through…" she sighed.

"I know, but we kind of lost track of things didn't we?" Ty smirked and kissed her, "But, in all seriousness, can I interest you in a trail ride tomorrow after we have done morning chores? We can take lunch with us and then we can talk. I promise." Ty kissed her again.

Amy wrapped her arms around his neck and smiled, "You know, I do really love you,"

"Well that's good, because I love you too." He replied. They exchanged another couple of kisses before Ty made his way over to the barn loft.

Amy walked back in the house to see Peter on the couch, almost asleep. She nudged his arm, "I think you have lost your wife," she laughed.

He rubbed his eyes, "Wow, I didn't realise how tired I actually was, I am going to go to bed now. Good night Amy." Peter replied.

"Yeah, me too. Good night Peter," Amy replied, walking through to her room. When she opened the door to her room, she saw Lou, sitting on the bed, "Erm Lou, I know you are tired an all, but this is my room," she laughed.

"Don't be stupid, of course I know this is your room, I just want to talk to you about some things… Like what I walked in on earlier…"

"Oh Lou please, I really don't want a lecture or a life lesson right now, I also don't want to know about your disappointment or what not. Please, just spare us both the embarrassing conversation." Amy sighed, sitting down at her desk and brushing her hair.

"Amy, I am not here to lecture you, give you a life lesson or tell you how disappointed I am," Lou replied.

Amy turned around, "What? Really?"

"Yes, now please, just listen to me. I really am in no place to judge, when I was your age, I was doing stuff with boys who hadn't been my on/off boyfriend for 5 years… so I think I would be a hypocrite if I ever did say I was upset or whatever. But, as your sister, I do want to ensure that you are being safe and that you, in yourself are ok. I want to give you these, you know, you can never fully rely on the guy, they are useless most of the time." Lou said, passing her a packet of condoms.

"Oh, erm… thanks Lou… I will put them in here." Amy said, throwing them in her draw and silently hoping that this would be the end of the conversation.

"So, how are things between you two?" Lou asked.

"Well, we haven't actually had any time to talk properly after last night, we were going to do it on the trail ride, and then after night check, but obviously things changed. Like we both still love each other, I know that much and I think we could be back together, but without just saying it, if you get me?" Amy replied.

"I am sorry for walking in by the way, I didn't even think to knock… just heard you both and thought you were joking around! But, he loves you and you love him, there is nothing wrong with what you are doing. I trust you both to be safe, and I know that you love each other. It is not the 1950's anymore… One thing I will say, if you want Ty to stay in one piece, you better be really careful when grandpa is around," Lou joked, "What was it? 10 feet away at all times, and any piece of him that went beyond that would be removed?"

"Oh my god I forgot about grandpa's little warning. But we spoke tonight after I said good night, and we are actually going to go on a trail ride tomorrow and talk things through. I just hope we can get back to how we used to be, y'know?" Amy sighed. Lou walked up to her and gave her a hug.

"I have no doubt that you two won't be able to work things out, everything that happened to you two was stupid and you are both over it now, aren't you?" she asked.

"Yeah, we talked about the plane crash and everything last night and how he wishes he had spoke to me bout it and not just gone off on a random trip. He wished he had come on the ring of fire tour instead as we could have been together then and not apart. I really do think everything is going to be ok." Amy said.

"Good, I am glad you two have spoken about the elephant in the room, because communication, well, communication is KEY to a good relationship. I hope you have both learnt from your mistakes, and that you two can actually give it ago, because Katie really needs a cool auntie and uncle," Lou smiled.

"Yeah, I am going to speak to him about everything tomorrow. Thank you for talking to me Lou, it is hard you know… Not many people to talk to about these things, I mean, I talked to Soraya today but she didn't really know what to actually say, other than emphasise how huge it was… which was not what I needed." Amy replied.

"Soraya just wouldn't understand what you are going through, having the emphasis on how 'huge' it was is not what you need. There is no need to be ashamed or embarrassed, you are both adults! Right, I am going to go to bed before little Katie wakes up again, good night Amy, try not to over think too much." Lou warned.

"I won't. Good night Lou, thank you." Amy replied.

"You're welcome," Lou said, opening the door and closing it again. Amy looked around her room, she got on her Pjs and put Ty's hoody on again, knowing that it would keep her warm and actually remind her of him. It still smelled like him, so it was all good. She got into bed and read a text from Ty 'I really do love you, and I hope Lou hasn't been too hard on you. Xxx'

Amy laughed and text back 'Me and Lou had a really nice talk actually, she just wants to make sure we are safe… she even gave me a box of condoms… as apparently 'you can't always trust the boys' lol. She doesn't care that we are you know, but she does hope that we are going to try and get through whatever this is, because she really wants Katie to have a cool aunt and uncle who can at least stand to be in the same room! I love you too Ty Borden, so much xxx P.S. this hoody is lovely and cosy ;)'

Ty replied back almost immediately 'You know; I really want that hoodie back. It is my fave! Good night babe, I will meet you in the house at 8am sharp, I may even make you some eggy bread ;) I know how much you like that! Love you xxx'

Amy laughed at the last text and replied back 'Ooo, eggy bred ey? What have I done to deserve you ;) I will make it up to you :P Oh and I might consider giving this hoodie back, but only when I wash it, so I can have your smell back on it… but it kind of makes me think you are here with me. Good night Ty. Love you xxx' She smiled to herself and put her phone on charge. She switched her light out and fell into a deep, peaceful sleep.

AN: Thank you all so much for the views and reviews! - keep em coming! Love reading everyone's comments and i am glad that this story seems to be going down well with people :) only 3 more days to go until you've had all the chapters - will just update every day :)