The Soldier and The Thief

Audrey glared playfully at Tyrel and kissed him on the cheek. "I guess now," she whispered past his ear with a smile. Before either one of them could say anything Lilian squealed and stood up.

"Mama and Papa are gonna get married and we're all gonna move into a big house and have horsies and... and..." Before she could finish Audrey pulled the small girl to her, hand over her mouth. She had told Tyrel that it didn't have to be a big house. Right as Audrey started to say something all the kids interupted with cheering. Audrey laughed nervously and looked at Tyrel, shrugging with a nervous smile.

Tyrel smiled. "We just have to find somewhere that has the right house on it." he smiled.

"Can we go look now?" Lilly asked.

"I'll probably go with Mama once a week or so so y'all don't have to go far from home. It won't be around here." He said.

"When are you getting married?!" Hanna begged desperately. "Ah! Haley and I need to plan the dress and all the flowers a-" Morgan slapped a hand over his twin sister's mouth and Audrey laughed lightly.

"None of you are going to worry about that... and the wedding will be whenever your Papa wants it to be," Audrey kissed Tyrel on the cheek before letting Lilian out of her arms.

Tyrel looked at her surprised. "I'm not about to plan a wedding. That's y'alls job." He replied. "I just have to find land and everything else. You can worry about the wedding." He smiled.

"Yay! Thanks Papa!" Hanna cheered. He smiled at her.


****Four weeks later****

Tyrel looked around the property one more time. Audrey was bringing the kids out here today, and he wanted to make sure everything was perfect. The house was a mansion, and there were horses, chickens, cows, hogs, and any other animal they would need on the property along with a large garden.

"It's perfect." he smiled as he watched Audrey leading the kids down the road to where he was. He couldnt' wait to see the looks on their faces. He also couldn't wait for the wedding tha twas in two days.

*rofl, that was quick *

"Oh my flipping god!" Hanna screamed, jumping in place once Audrey and all the kids were near Tyrel. Everyone else seemed to shocked to move, except Haley and Morgan, who were just smiling.

"Mama, Papa... is that... o-our house?" Addison asked, wide-eyed.

"No, we're just here to stare at it until the real owners run out," Haley answered for Audrey. Catching the sarcasm in her voice all the kids screamed or cheered. Either one they were elated. They all knocked Tyrel to the ground, which made Audrey, Morgan, Haley, and Hanna burst into laughter.

Once he stood back to his feet and the kids ran off to do whatever they wanted for a bit Audrey kissed him lightly, smiling up at him.

***He wanted them away from Channing. And he wasn't going ot give her the chance to get away again. ***

Tyrel smiled and wrapped his arm around her waist kissing her back and then looking to face the house where the kids were running inside.

"Think they like it?" he asked.

"Are you blind!!!!" Hanna screached. "They LOVE it. We all do. It's amazing! Can we afford it?"

"Don't worry about that part, just go find yourself a room." He smiled.

**Ah, yes, I understand. Afterall, that Red's a hellian **

Audrey laughed lightly and wrapped her arms around his neck once all the kids had ran inside. "You know it didn't have to be this extravagant. They would've been fine with something that had heat and enough rooms to seperate the girls from the guys, but thank you. It means a lot to us." She kissed him deeply and pulled away, a small smile tugging at the corner of her lips. "I love you," she kissed him again, pulling away mid-kiss to run towards the house with a stream of laughter. Tyrel soon caught up and Audrey slid through the door, her laughter immediately ceasing. She hadn't seen the inside yet. It was breathtakingly amazing!

"Please tell me your silence is a good thing?" He asked looking at her face.

"It's amazing." She whispered. "I've never seen anything like this."

"It was the only one I foudn that stood out to me." He replied.

"It's so......there aren't words." She whispered.

"It's home." He replied smiling.

Audrey smiled and nodded, wrapping her arms around him tightly. "Mama! Papa! Come here!" Lilian suddenly shouted from upstairs. Audrey smiled widely and grabbed Tyrel's hand, pulling him upstairs to the room Lilian was in. "Look! I got my own bed!" She lept off the bed and ran over to the dresser, "and my own dresser!" Audrey laughed lightly and ruffled Lilian hair as she ran her small hands down the side of her dresser.

**Argh... sorry... I don't have anything...**

***That's fine***

"There are even clothes in here!" Lillian cheered hugging him and then Audrey.

"Yup, I hope they are the right size." He smiled.

"You got this for all the kids?" Audrey's eyes were ride.

"Ya, I had connections back home for the furniture and the clothes, and got a good deal on hte house and land." He smiled.

"How?" She asked as they walked out of the room.

"I've worked my whole life and not ever spent a cent since momma still took care of me and my pa. So I had a bunchsaved up." he smiled. "Still do."

Audrey smiled, suddenly remembering something. "Oh! Where's our room?" She cocked her head to the side.

*Egh... don't know... :'(

Tyrel smiled and led her up the stairs to a huge room. There was a nice sized bed in the middle with two dressers and anything else that would be needed. He had put a cot on the opposite wall fo rhim to sleep until the wedding.

"Do you like it?" He asked.

*GH*

Audrey nodded and smiled widely at him. "I love it," she breathed slowly, before laughing loudly and running at the bed, which she jumped on and laughed louder. Before she could even sit up all the kids screamed and ran into the room, jumping onto the bed. Lilian hugged Tyrel's leg and smiled up at him.

"Papa, we're a real family now!" She squealed, hugging his leg tighter.

*all i had sorry... I was thinking a time skip to the wedding*

**OK**

"Yup, we sure are." He smiled at her picking her up and letting her wrap her arms around hsi neck.


****Week later****

Tyrel's gut was twisted up in so many knots it wasn't funny. He ran his hand through his hair and took a deep breath.

"Time to start this." The Pastor (Forgot what they were called back then) said. He nodded and went up to the front waiting to see AUdrey. The boys stood to his left watching, while the older girls stood across from him. The younger girls were going to decorate the ground that AUdrey was walkingo n. Something that they came up with on their own. He watched as Lillian appeared with the others behind her and she ran forward just dumping her basket of flowers and then grabbing his leg smiling. He chuckled and bent down to her level.

"Go stand with Hanna and the others." He whispered. She blushed and nodded walking over to Hanna.

Audrey peeked around the corner, almost bursting out in laughter as she watched Lilian dump all her flowers in a pile. Addison tugged on her dress, making her look down with a smile. "It's time for you to start walking!" She squealed in a low, but excited voice before running off and flinging the flowers everywhere. Audrey's stomach twisted in nervous knots. What if she fell while walking? She'd never actually wore a dress, unless you counted the time she was three and fell out of a tree, landing in a pile of mud. Audrey laughed at herself and started walking, nervousness tickling every fiber of her body. Haley and Hanna were making faces, trying to imatate the concentrated look on her face. It was challenging to walk in a dress and heels without falling!