The next morning, Mary was feeding Grace when Mr. Edwards woke up.
"What are you doing Mary?"
"I thought I'd help you with Grace today. Ma's not here and Grace can eat for me. She won't cry when I hold her." He nodded.
"You can now, but you have to leave for school."
"I'll stay here today. I don't think I'll miss much. Laura can tell me what Miss Beadle said and tell me about my assignments." He shook his head.
'No, you want to be a teacher. You need to be in school today." Mary took the bottle from Grace.
"Are you sure?"
"Let me have that baby." He took Grace from Mary. "Now go on up there and get dressed. See if Laura's still sleeping."
"I'm awake Mr. Edwards." Laura's voice squeaked from up in the loft.
"Come on down. You girls need to be going to school."
"Yes sir." Mary went up the ladder.
When the girls got home from school, Ma and Pa were there with Mr. Edwards.
"Ma!" Laura rushed over and hugged Caroline. "I'm glad you're back Ma. Hi Pa." Charles hugged her.
"We're glad to see you all safe and sound." Charles said.
"Mr. Edwards took really good care of us ma." Laura exclaimed.
"I can see that." She smiled.
"I want him to be with us every day." She said and everybody looked at him.
"I'll let your Pa and Pa take care of you Laura."
"Aww."
"Don't you want us around half-pint?" Laura hugged Charles.
"I do Pa, but I like Mr. Edwards too." Caroline nodded.
"Thank you for being here Mr. Edwards." Caroline said.
"You're welcome Mrs. Ingalls. I'll let you be here. I'll see you late. Bye Laura. Thank Mary, for everything you've done."
"You're welcome." She nodded. He rubbed the top of Laura's head and walked out the door.
A/N: So this was incredibly short, but I wanted to find a way to end this story. It's been a really long time since it was worked on.