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It's 1870 something, Michaela and Sully have been married for almost 2 years. Colleen and Brian are also living in the homestead. Matthew is on his own still trying to find someone new after Ingrid passed.
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"Michaela. Michaela."
Michaela slowly turned over in bed, still half asleep, to see who woke her.
"Hm, Sully?" She yawned.
"You gonna get up today?" He teased.
"What time is it?" She yawned again, attempting to crawl out of bed.
"Almost 10." He helped her out of bed.
Although it was Saturday, it was unusual for Michaela to sleep in so late.
"Ya feelin' okay?" He asked.
"Yes, just tired I suppose. Yesterday was quite busy."
"Maybe ya outta lay back down." Sully suggested.
"No! There is too much to be done." She countered.
Michaela was stubborn, but Sully knew how to pick his battles with her. This is one he would not have won.
She stood facing her vanity and began brushing her hair.
"Where are the children?" Michaela asked.
"Matthew took Brian fishin' and Colleen is with Andrew at the clinic."
"You left Colleen and Andrew alone?"
"Colleen is a smart girl Michaela. You know she would never do nothing she know ain't right."
Michaela turned to face Sully and smirked. Sully grabbed her waist and pulled her closer to him.
"Ya hear that?" He asked.
"Hear what?"
"The sound of no kids." They both smiled and Sully leaned in to kissed her.
"You're right." She smiled wrapping her arms around his neck. He picked her up, spun her around, and laid her on the bed. He began to take off his shirt until they were interrupted by someone entering the homestead.
"Ma! Pa! Guess what!?" It was Brian and Matthew back from their fishing trip.
Sully and Michaela looked at each other and sighed.
"Maybe tonight," Michaela whispered to Sully as she kissed him one last time.
Sully put his shirt back on just as Brian made his way to their bedroom door.
"Pa! You'll never believe what Matthew and I caught. It's huge fish Pa! At first, I thought we lost it, but Matthew helped me and-," Sully cut Brian off before he passed out from excitement.
"That's great Brian. We can fix it up for dinner. You go get cleaned up now, we're meeting Cloud Dancing out at the reservation for lunch."
"But Pa I-,"
"Brian." Sully was stern this time.
"Yes sir." Brian did as he was told and walked off.
Sully sighed and looked at Michaela. "We're never gonna get any time alone are we."
Michaela giggled and kissed his cheek.
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"Aho, brother." Cloud Dancing greeted.
"Aho." Sully replied and jumped down from the wagon. "I brought some supplies for you and your people. I know the army ain't been treating ya too fair."
"No need. My people have had their struggles before. Nothing we can not handle."
Sully helped Michaela and Brian down from the wagon.
"It ain't fair Cloud Dancing. The Cheyanne have done nothing to deserve this."
"The spirits tell me we shall prosper again. In time Sully, we must be patient."
Cloud Dancing noticed Michaela's face, she was pale in the face and looked distracted. He redirected the three towards his teepee.
"Please come, Snowbird has prepared lunch for us."
Before following, Sully turned to Brian. "Brian, will you grab the two boxes I brought for Cloud Dancing out of the back?"
"Sure thing Pa."
Michaela was leaning against the wagon looking out of breath.
"Michaela?" Sully seemed concerned. "Ya alright?"
Michaela put on a brave face to ease his worry. "I'm fine Sully. Just a little light-headed. I'll feel better once I eat."
She started walking towards Cloud Dancing and Snowbird. Sully was not convinced, but again he knew how to pick his battles.
The five of them were now eating. Cloud Dancing stood as he gathered their attention. "My friends, I have some news."
Snowbird and Cloud Dancing looked at each other, then at Michaela and Sully.
"The spirits have blessed Snowbird and I with another child."
Michaela's face lit up. "Oh! Snowbird, Cloud Dancing, that's wonderful."
"Congratulations brother," Sully said as he stood to hug Cloud Dancing.
"It is true. I never thought we would be able to have another child." Snowbird said with a huge grin on her face.
The five of them finished up lunch and Sully began packing up the wagon with Cloud Dancing. Michaela and Snowbird said their goodbyes, still eagerly talking about the baby.
"Thank you for coming out here Sully." Cloud Dancing said as he finished up helping Sully load the wagon.
"Anytime Cloud Dancing. You know how much you and Snowbird mean to us. If you need anything, Michaela and I are here."
"Of course Sully, thank you."
They both nodded in agreement and said their goodbyes.
"Brian!" Sully called out, he was playing with some of the younger Cheyanne children. "Time to go."
Brian sprinted back to the wagon and climbed in. Sully helped Michaela up and climbed into the driver seat.
On the way back, Brian being the curious kid he is, brought up the baby topic.
"It's gonna be so nice having a new baby around, ain't it Sully?"
"Sure is Brian. When he or she gets older, you will have another friend to play with."
A few moments of silence passed, then Brian blurted out, "When are you and Ma gonna have a baby?"
Michaela blushed and looked at Sully speechless. She wasn't sure how to answer the question.
"Umm, not sure Brian." Sully tried his best to satisfy his curiosity.
"Well I think ya should have a boy so I can have someone to do cool things with like fishin' and explorin'. OH, and I can teach him all sorts of things. Colleen never wants to do nothing fun anymore. All she talks about is Andrew and school."
Michaela and Sully let Brian go on and on the rest of the ride home. He could talk anyone's ear off, luckily they didn't mind.