In Isaac's Shack, Bernard looked through the drawers of a desk.

"Where the hell is that bottle opener," Bernard opened the top drawer of the left side and saw a picture, "hmm what's this?"

Bernard grabbed the picture and realized it was a picture of him, Isaac and Ruff in front of the Novac Dinosaur.

"Oh, good times."

"Hey, I found the bottle opener," Isaac walks into the room, "what's that?"

"Oh it's a picture, remember when we took it?"

Bernard hands it to Isaac and he looks at it.

"Oh yea. This was a few months after we met wasn't it?"

"Yep, I still remember how we met like it was yesterday."

"I do too," he looks at the photo, "I do too…"

-One Year Ago-

Isaac kneeled by a Broc Flower, he had a sketch book and was drawing the Broc Flower.

"Maybe I could grow some Broc Flowers."

Suddenly a gunshot rings out, startling Isaac.

"AHHHHH!"

"What the…"

Isaac peaks over a ridge and sees three men in Roman armor standing over a red headed woman, Ruff. Isaac looks closer and sees that Ruff was shot in the leg. She groans in pain.

"Why'd you shoot her in the leg," one Roman Man questioned.

"That's the first thing I hit."

"She's useless now. Kill her."

Isaac heard them.

"Kill her. I, I need to do something… but…"

One of the Roman men places his foot over her throat and begins applying pressure. Ruff begins choking.

"Shit Isaac do something, do something. Anything."

Ruff tries struggling.

"Howdy!"

The three men look at a man in a suit and cowboy hat, Bernard. The one man moves his foot away from Ruff's throat. Isaac saw Bernard.

"Huh, who's that?"

Bernard pushes his hat up to look at all the men's faces.

"Well I was just passing by and heard the little lady yell, wanted to see if I could help."

"No it's none of your business."

"None of my business," he questioned as he rubbed his stubbled chin. He turns on his heel and goes to leave, "guess your right."

"He's just leaving," Isaac was stunned, "I have to do something myself then."

"Though before I leave," Bernard turns back around, "let me share two details about myself."

"We don't wan-"

"One. I don't like when people lie to me."

"We don't ca-"

Bernard quick draws his revolver and shoots the Legionnaire in his mouth, killing him.

"Two. I don't like the Legion."

"Huh!?"

Ruff kicks the man who was choking her legs out from under him causing him to fall on top of her, she places him in a chokehold.

"Shit," the third one tries to move but Bernard shoots him in the shoulder then the leg. He falls to his knees. Isaac had come up to the scene. Ruff snaps the neck of the Roman Man she had.

"Well seems like y'all ran into some bad luck," Bernard walks up to the one Legionnaire kneeling, "you Legion really are a pain."

Isaac examines Ruff, she passes out.

"Sir, I need your help!"

"One second," Bernard executes the Legionnaire, "now what you need man."

"She's going into shock, my place isn't too far. Please help me get her there. If we don't, she'll die."

Bernard nods and helps Isaac carry Ruff to his shack.

Later, at Isaac's Shack, Ruff was sleeping on a couch, she had her leg in a cast and several bandages on her arms and face. Isaac sat besides her, monitoring her. Bernard sat in a chair on the opposite side of the room.

"How is she?"

"She's stable. I don't know what I would do if you didn't come along sir."

"It's no problem but I noticed you have a Plasma Rifle," he motioned to it hanging on the wall, "why didn't you have it on you."

"Uh well I don't really know how to shoot it, also I'm not one for violence."

"Hmmm well I'm surprised you lasted this long without having to use it. Maybe I can teach you how to."

"I don't know about that Mr., uh I didn't catch your name."

"Bernard," he holds his hand out, "Bernard Smith."

"Isaac Becollins," they shake hands.

"You'll need to learn how to shoot it one of these days Isaac," he stands and goes to leave.

"Where are you going?"

"I had some business to attend to before I came to help y'all. Though I'll be back through. I got a gut feeling we're gonna be seeing each other a lot, I feel we're Three of A Kind."

Isaac looks at Ruff and back Bernard who left.

"Hmmm," he looks back to Ruff, sleeping soundly, "Three of A Kind huh?"

-Present Day-

Isaac and Bernard sat besides each other on the couch.

"Yep," Bernard took a swig from a Whiskey Bottle, "knew my gut feeling was right."

"Yea," Isaac nods, "now we're kinda like a family huh?"

"Yep. You two are the Mom and Dad, and I'm that drunk uncle everyone loves."

"Ye- wait why are Ruff and I the mom and dad?"

"Though I don't know if I'd be your brother or her brother," Bernard ignored him, "Ruff is cooler than you so her probably."

"WHY ARE RUFF AND I THE MOM AND DAD BERNARD!?"

"It's obvious you two like each other. Y'all just need to make it official and go steady."

"Have you been talking to Tricia? Ruff and I are just friends."

"Friends in love with each other."

"Sh-shut up!"

Bernard places his hand on Isaac's shoulder.

"Listen Isaac, buddy, amigo. You can deny it all you want, Tricia could tell, I can tell, even Daiyu and Ronaldo can tell. Just ask her out. Let me tell you something my Pappy told me. 'if you find a woman, one you think is really special, marry her.'"

Isaac thinks for a second.

"Is it really that obvious?"

"Yes my boy."

Bernard smacks his back and laughs.

"Now go get her."

Isaac sat there for a second, dizzy from everything that had happened. It was true he did love Ruff, he loved her as soon as he saw her, he admired her tenacity and toughness. Isaac gulps and stands.

"Alright I'm gonna tell her!"

"ATTA BOY! GO GET HER!"

Isaac walks through his shack and outside, Ruff was in the garden. She was sitting and watching the sunset. Isaac came around the shack up to her. Ruff smiles and patted the ground besides her, inviting him to watch with her. Isaac sits besides her, still nervous.

"Uh Ruff I need to tell you something."

Isaac got extremely nervous and shook a bit.

"I uh Ruff um I just wanted…"

Ruff looks at Isaac confused. He was sweating and hyperventilating.

"Ruff, I, I, I, I."

Ruff places her hand on Isaac's, he calms down a bit and takes a deep breath.

"Ruff, I admire you as a person, you're very beautiful, and I want you to be with me. Not as a friend but as a girlfriend. That sounded better in my-"

Before he could finish Ruff had planted her lips on his, they shared a deep kiss as the sun finally set.

Man feet away, Albus looked through a set of binoculars, we watched them kiss. He smirks.

"The cheese for the rat."

-End… for now-

What do you think about Ruff's and Isaac's relationship?

Bernard: young love at its finest.

Daiyu: they're a real good couple, though I got a feeling Ruff will be wearing the pants in the relationship.

Ronaldo: they encourage me to tell my crush how I feel.

Albus: Makes. Me. Sick.

AUTHOR NOTES-

Hopefully the sudden switch to novel style didn't scare you.

Consider this as practice, hopefully it turns out good, I am still working on the Nero and Travis story. It's just writer's block for that story. I also started FO4 recently.

I hate the Rads System.