From Beginning to End … A Gunsmoke Story
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Author's note: The site has been glitching for me (& maybe everyone) over the last day. I *think* I have replied to all the reviews, but sometimes the notifications haven't been coming through on my end until much later. So if I have missed anyone, I sincerely apologize. Like always, thanks for reading and the great feedback so far.
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It had been a couple of months since that night up in Kitty's room where they made official what both of them had been feeling in their hearts for a long time: that they were meant to be more than friends. There had been a lot of changes since then. Unfortunately, Matt had been gone more often than he was out of town. This time, he had been gone about three weeks but there was a mighty big surprise waiting for him when he got back into town.
Doc and Chester were both jawing in front of the jail house, eagerly awaiting Matt's arrival to tell him the big news. Doc saw Matt & Buck riding down the street called for Chester. "He's here!"
Chester and Doc about fell over themselves rushing out unto the street to greet Matt.
"Hello, Mr. Dillon. Look up there, at the sign above the Long Branch. Read what it says there." Chester pointed,
"Russell and Pence, proprietors? Do you mean Kitty..?" Matt asked.
Chester replied proudly, "Yeah. Bill and her are partners. She bought a half interest in the place and they're running it together. Mr. Dillon, she's been waiting real proud for you."
"Oh, she has, huh?" Matt grinned.
"Yeah. I'll put your horse up for you." Chester then turned to untie Buck from the hitching post and lead him toward the stables.
"Well, what do you think of it?" Doc asked, knowing what had occurred over the past couple of months but saying nothing because they haven't exactly announced their relationship status and his conversation with Matt in his office was in the strictest of confidence.
"That's pretty fine, Doc." Matt replied. "Well, I guess I better get some of this dust off before I meet the, uh, influential citizens, huh?" And Matt walked with Doc into the jail to put up his things before going to get cleaned up and put on a fresh pair of clothes to go greet Kitty and congratulate her and Bill on the news. After Matt finished catching up with Bill and Kitty, he pulled Kitty aside.
"Say, I've got to go do some work over at the jail and catch up on some things since I've been gone so long but I was wondering if you'd like to have supper with me tonight and maybe afterwards we could go out for a little buggy ride. That is, if you aren't busy." Matt smiled.
Kitty returned his smile. "Sure, I'd like that Matt. I'm sure Bill would understand that I'll need to be away for the evening."
"It's settled then. I'll pick you up for supper around 6 o'clock."
"I'll be waiting."
"See ya later, Kitty." Matt hugged her and smiled, and then tipped his hat to her and left to go back over to the jail. He had thought about kissing her there in front of Bill and the other patrons, but he hadn't told anyone but Doc about them and he wasn't sure Kitty had told anyone so he decided that he would discuss it with her first.
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After they were finished eating at Delmonico's, Matt put some money on the table and looked over at Kitty. "You ready to head out?"
Kitty nodded and they both made their way outside to see Chester standing with the buggy that Matt had asked for earlier. "We shouldn't be too long, we'll be back before you know it."
"Sure thing Mr. Dillon, there's no rush. I'll just keep an eye on things here for you while you're gone." Chester replied.
So Matt & Kitty said their goodbyes and Matt helped Kitty into the buggy and then climbed in. Chester could've swore that he saw Matt wrap his arm around Kitty and pull her close as they rode off.
"Well I'll be.." Chester thought to himself as he ran off to find Doc to discuss his discovery with him.
The sun began to set on their way out of town. Matt looked down over at Kitty and noticed her smiling contently while admiring the view. "I've missed you, Kitty."
Kitty smiled even bigger and nestled into his side. "I've missed you too, Matt. More than you know."
"That so?"
Kitty looked up at him, noticing that his eyes were still focused on where they were going and just nodded and snuggled back into him. "Yeah Cowboy, that's so."
Matt leaned down for a second and kissed the top of her head.
"So where are we going?"
"Oh I just thought we might ride out to onto the praire for a bit and just sit out under the stars and talk about anything and everything. And you can fill me in more about how you became a businesswoman." He smiled at her.
They eventually reached their destination and by then, it was already nightfall. They found a secluded location by a random tree and Matt started a fire and laid their blanket out. Kitty joined him by the fire and they sat there and talked for what seemed like hours.
They both laid down next to each other and looked up at the stars. "It sure is a nice night out here," Kitty observed, swearing she'd never seen so many stars before in her life. "Its such a clear sky and the stars are absolutely beautiful."
Matt turned to her and propped himself up on his elbow and rested his head in his hand and used his free hand to sweep the hair away from her face. He dropped his voice real low. "Not more beautiful than you…."
Kitty looked over and him and got goosebumps at the sight of him. His eyes were flaming with desire and her cheeks flushed at the very thought. "Well that's too kind of you, Marshal…" is all she could squeak out. Matt leaned over and kissed her softly at first, but Kitty scooted as close as he possibly could to him and wrapped an arm around him and deepened the kiss. When she opened her eyes and pulled away, he saw that she returned the same intense look of desire right back at him.
Neither of them had planned nor prepared for anything to happen this night and were being guided purely by raw emotion so what she did next took him completely by surprise.
She reached over and began to trace her finger around the outline of his badge and then make her way over to the buttons of his shirt, playing with them. "May I….?" she asked while fixing to start unbuttoning them. All Matt could do was gulp hardly and nod. Kitty then pulled his shirt out from being tucked into his pants and unbuttoned it, running her hand across his chest. "Oh Matt…" she said while he inhaled sharply. He couldn't stand it any more and felt his lower half responding accordingly. He pulled away a little bit, almost afraid of her feeling the involuntary response. She pulled him back to her and took his hand and placed it on her chest. "Touch me, Matt….." she said as she hooded her eyes suggestively.
And so he did, and before they knew it, he had kicked his boots off and she was unbuttoning his pants while he was working at the buttons on the back of her dress. It took him a considerable more about of time to get her out of all her unmentionables but they eventually found themselves laying completely naked in front of each other, both breathing heavily. Matt was the first to speak.
His hand was trembling as he traced his fingers up and down her arm. "Kitty…. If this isn't what you want….I understand….." he said softly. "I will stop right now. I need you to know, I would never purposely hurt you.."
Kitty just nodded and rolled over on to her back and pulled him with her, tugging him until he ended up on top of her.
"I want this more than anything…" she said breathily between panting, wrapping her legs around him show her willingness.
"…I want you to make love to me, Matthew." She added his full name for emphasis to let him know the seriousness of her request.
He let out a low growl and dropped the tone of his voice as he whispered in her ear, "with pleasure, my sweet Kathleen.."
And they made love for the first time that night while bathing underneath the moonlit sky.
Afterwards, they laid next to each other to enjoy the closeness before having to return to Dodge. Kitty laid her head on his chest and idly ran a finger across his chest, twirling the hair on his chest gently.
"I love you Matt." She said barely above a whisper, hoping that his feelings were reciprocated but also hoping he didn't hear her if they weren't.
"I love you too, Kitty. And I have for a long time."
She sighed and smiled, letting her eyes gaze back up at the stars.
Her dreams were finally beginning to come true.
TBC
