Heath watched as a young foal ran circles around it's dam. It had rained the last two days in a row and this was the foal's first day out. The colt eagerly jumped into puddles and ran through the tall damp grass. The smell after rain and the bright green grass made the day beautiful. For Heath though, the day hadn't started out to great. A night filled with nightmares, not about carterson, but about the outlaw that looked like Nick. They never did figure out what his name was. But what had made his day so bad was when the nightmares seemed to follow him throughout the day. It had left him jumping whenever he saw Nick.

Nick hadn't noticed at first, but when he did it began to wear on his nerves. He didn't say anything for awhile, but Nick had his limits. It wasn't that he was mad at Heath it was more that he was mad at the men that had beat him. Nick hadn't yelled or anything just left the room and slammed the door behind him. Heath wasn't sure where Nick had went, but he wasn't surprised to see him now coming towards the coral. Without saying a word Nick leaned against the coral next to Heath.

Several minutes of silence went by before Heath finally spoke, "look, Nick, I don't mean flinch when I see you. I-"

Nick cut him off, "I know you had nightmares last night. I went in to check on you once and you was saying my name and something about shooting. I ain't mad at you, I'm mad at thim. They had no reason to come after you like they did. No reason to beat you. It just makes me so, so," Nick at lose for words held his hands in front of him and looked like he was strangling someone.

"I know," Heath really did know what Nick meant. The two brothers continued to watch the colt play around it's mother.

They grinned when they heard the yell " you idiot!" The two mountain men had hung around the ranch taking care of odd jobs here and there. They weren't bad guys just a little on the ornery side.

Heath and Nick walked to the house with the arms around each other's shoulders.

As a present to myself I'm posting this short ending on my birthday. Yay I'm sixteen today!

I hope you all have enjoyed this story. All your reviews are what helped me to finish it. Also I know you would like to know more about the mountain men. I intend to write a sequel, but it will probably be a while. I have another story that I hope to have up soon.

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