~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Cole'sPOV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It took two god damn months for things to get back to normal. It was almost friggin' December. It was gettin' cold out Jim was finally better back to him old self 'cept I gotta stop naggin' on him. Jesse's back into the game and let's just say there ain't a night we go out that there ain't four or five girls wantin' to talk with the legendary Jesse James. Bob's got a lady friend and I'm pretty sure Frank does too. As for me well let's just say I've become quite acquainted with the right side of the law as they call it. My baby brother is gettin' married next summer who'd have figured it's what our Pa's wanted though, had it planned since the two of 'em were born. We though we had it all planed out our lives were goin' to be perfect then we had the civil war then the war with the railroad not once but twice and through it all one thing has always been true we are blood brothers till the end. The James Younger gang nobody would ever be able to change that. Alison Larabee was the best thing that ever happened to me it didn't mean I would never break the law again for my family. It gave me a sense of security that this outlaw had hung up his guns for awhile and that we were never real blood hungry out kill 'cause it made us feel good outlaws we were outlaws with a mission tryin' to make Liberty Missouri a safe home without Railway men for a couple more years . As much as we had gotten closer we were gettin further apart Jimmy and Billie were movin 'out that summer it would only be time before the rest of us went our separate ways. Things were goin' to be different it's like Frank said the only thing permanent is change. God knows we've sure had our fair share. I was straightenin' my tie Ali had me goin' to church again just might prove my commitment to givin' this stuff up. I opened the door to my room to see my brother just about to knock on my face.

"Sorry Cole," Jim said.

"It's okay. What's wrong?"

" I can't tie this damn thing." He said strugglin' with the tie.

" Come here," I said fixin' it. " You know Jim pretty soon your not gonna have me to this for you."

" Cole your only goin' to be five minutes down the road." He said shakin' his head. " It's not like I'm leavin' the state or somethin'." I sighed what he said was true but for seventeen almost eighteen years he'd been in the same house as me. I was used to the little pain in the arse.

" Let's go before Ali comes up here lookin' for us." I said leadin' the way down stairs. Jesse followed us acknowledgin' us with a nod. Frank was already downstairs and no one was quiet sure where Bob was . He hadn't come in last night. The boy had no shame. We all headed out to church. Meetin' Bob and Christina on the way, stoppin to get Frank's lady friend Rebecca. When we got to the church Jesse's face light up a bit the tailor's daughter came over and started talkin' with him. We entered the church for once with every one quiet happy. Things were changin' but for the better even I could tell that.

A/N: I hope you guys liked my story. It was fun to write I have an idea for another one but this one will be different. I want to thank you all for reviewing and Siniver for writing her story which the inspiration for this one and to all my loyal reviewer who would e-mail if I didn't update for a while wanting to know what it was and to everyone who helped get rid of my writer's block after CH 18 thanks. Hope to hear from you all again when I write my next AO fic.

Mandy xoxoxox.