WHITEY’S POV:

I stood sorting out my horse to go out when I heard maggie behind me

“Where the hell are you off too?” she asks

“Oh nowhere… just going for a ride” I answer

“Not without some supper in ya your not come on your getting too dam skinny” she says so I sigh going inside and sitting with her having some soup she made me “where are you going off to today?” she asked

“Nowhere…” I tell her

“Whitey, I’ve seen ya riding off every other day, where are ya going?” she asks

“Visiting a Girl” I blush

“Really…I who’s the lucky lady then?” she asks

“Y/n Y/L/N” I smile

“Y/L/N? isnt that the old crazy guy just down the river?” she asks

“well…he has a daughter, Y/n she’s a fortune teller now” i explain

“really? is she just a friend or….” she smirked and I just shrug

“I do really like her, but I can’t tell how she feels about me” I shrug as i finsih up my food

“Fine but be careful, didnt ya hear what happened to the last boy who kept visiting the house down the river?” she asked

“no” I shrug

“when Mr Y/L/N was a bit more with it a little boy kept visiting his daughter to play games one day they where playing kiss chase the boy tried to kiss her and he shot him” she explained and I just gulp “Just be careful all Im saying” she says before leaving back into town so I sigh going out again and finishing up with my horse and going off town the roads following the river down out of the way of town and far from almost any civilization except a few farms here and there until at last I saw the little house by the river with the little veg growing outside and logs pilled up for the fire some clothes hung out on a line I stopped a little far away putting my guns away before going closer soon enough the dog by the door sat up and growled at me before until I saw it was me and the dog ran up to my horse woofing and jumping trying to play

“Okay okay, Maxie Give me a sec” i told the dog stopping my horse and tieing him up close to the river so he could drink “Hey Maxie” i tell the dog giving her a stroke and she kept licking me like crazy trying to play still woofing like mad

“Maxie what on earth is the matter” Y/n says coming out the door and Maxie returned to her happily “WHITEY!” she giggled running and hugging me

“Whoa! Hi Y/n” I smile hugging her tightly too

“WHO IS IT!” I heard her father shout from the door

“It’s just whitey papa” she smiles back pulling away from our hug “well what can I do for you today?” she smiles

“Just the usual Y/n i just wanted to come see you” i smile at her

“come on then” she smiles taking my hand and dragging me inside the house with her having to go past her father who looked at me evilly as she walked me though the living room and kitchen though to her little bedroom, the room is as simple as any other room but with rugs on the floor and a table in the middle where she does all her work her bed tucked up in the corner covered with alot of blankets and teddy bears and a shelf to the other side with all sorts of little potions and things on she doesn’t have a door just a curtain of all sorts of ribbons and beads so if you where no open side you couldn’t see what was going on “sit down” she smiles so I sit in the chair I normally do and she sits in the one across from me getting her cards sitting them on the table “ready?” she asks and I nod setting out a bunch of cards

“Uhhh That one” I tell her pointing to the third card so she flipped it over it was luck “Yes!” I smile happily

“you always get luck” she laughs

“Clearly I’m lucky” I laugh

“Very lucky, I wish you could bloody give me some good luck” she smiled continuing to flip cards “Ohhh In balance” she smirked

“is that good?” I ask her

“well it’s not bad reciserily” she laughs

“okay, so some as always” I ask

“Pretty much” she smiles

“Okay” I sigh “thanks anyway Y/n” I blush

“Your welcome whitey” she smiles “You know there is a easly more indepth way to read you know” she smiled

“Ohh how?” I ask her

“Give me your hand” she smiles so I let her pack her cards away and i put my hand on the table and she took my hand carefully running her little soft fingers across my hand looking so deeply at it “you have soft hands” she smiled

“Thank you, you do too” I tell her she was quiet for a moment before she laughed moving to get a cup of water putting a little water on my hand and moving her hands around with the water in my hand “Your hands are so dirty” she laughed getting the skirt of her dress to dry my hand “thats better, i can see the lines rather then just mud” she giggled

“what can you see?” I ask her

“your heart line crosses your life line, soon too” she laughed

“soo? what does that mean?” I ask her

“It means your gonna meet the woman you destined to be with, pretty soon I would say next few days or you’ve known her a month of so” she laughed “Or the man” she smiled

“The woman I hope” I laugh

“Just checking whitey” she laughs “Ohh your life line ends so abruptly” she sighs

“what like quick death?” i ask her

“yeah, I would say gun fight most likely knowing you” she laughed

“what else can you find out?” I ask her

“well…this line crosses your heart line…it means you have a big heart, but I already knew that” she giggled “This means your lucky, but should avoid being cocky it might get your hurt” she explained

“Y/N! GET OUT HERE!” Her father yelled

“I’ll be back in a minuet” she sighs giving my hand a little kiss before she got up and went out to her father I was lost for a moment in my own little world my hand tingeing so happy where she had kissed me I heard a bit of muffled shouting what I didn’t hear just as her father came in

“It’s time for you to go” her father told me

“Isn’t Y/n coming-” I begin

“she has chores to do, you run along home now, I’ll sure she’ll catch up next time she goes to town” he says so I sigh getting up and going out the little house giving Maxie a stroke as I went over to my horse sighing Y/n wasn’t meant to be coming into town for another three weeks, I looked around outside hoping to see her but I couldn’t I went to get on my horse when I noticed a little bit of paper on the saddle so I pick it up and I reconised Y/n’s sweet handwriting

“I’m so sorry I had to run off whitey, Papa said I had work to do, I will finish off what we where doing next time you visit…I would wait a few days while papa calms down, See You Soon Whitey X”

it made me feel a bit better I know its not her fault it’s just her father being mean to her and not letting her do as she likes so I got up on my horse and went home trying to not use my hand to much the one she kissed still all giggly laying in bed trying to see the lines and things she sees in my hand but I couldn’t so i just went to sleep

TIMESKIP:

I waited a few days before going off down the river again to her little house when I got there as usually Maxie went crazy trying to come over and say hello to me but her father was gardening and he grabbed Maxie by her collar not letting her go any further “What Do you want!” he snapped

“I’ll here to see y/n” I tell him

“Y/n’s busy” he says

“It’s okay, maybe I could help her with-” I begin

“I said she’s busy! Too Busy to talk with a bastard like you” he says

“Where is Y/n?” I ask him “I just want to see her” I tell him

“Y/N! STOP WASHING MA CLOTHES An GET OUT HERE!” he yells and within a couple seconds Y/n came out the house but she didn’t run to me or hug me or even smile at me she looked like she was going to cry “there you seen her, now run off home” he tells me

“papa..Couldn’t I just-” she began

“Y/N! GO BACK INSIDE!” he shouted

“papa one minuet please” she asks

“one minuet” He told her so she ran over hugging me tightly and he went inside with Maxie so I hugged her back

“Y/n what’s going on?” I ask her

“Nothing, I promise, it’s not safe to visit while papa is here, come back tomorrow afternoon he’s going to the salon across town” she smiles

“Y/n-” I begin

“Please whitey just do as I ask” she begs

“Of course y/n, are you sure you will be safe?” I ask her and she nodded gravely as her father came back out

“Thats a minuet, Y/n you come back inside now” he told her

“Yes papa” she said sadly leaving my arms and returning to her house

“run of home now Kid” her father told me so I sighed getting back on my horse and going off back to town….

It got to about mid day so I rode out to Y/n’s little house again staying in the tree’s and bushes walking along side my horse every few steps I went I heard a noise it was rhythmic like a muffled screaming so I hurried towards her little house but the sound stopped rather quickly but I kept going till I saw her little house her father was still there something had clearly happened as Y/n was laid on her stomach over a planter in the garden with her father stood just behind her lighting a smoke so I hid down under a little bush trying to hear what he was saying

“I dont know why you bother screaming y/n it’s not lke someones going to hear ya” he laughed

“I’m sorry Papa” she said sounding like she was crying

“Soon little Darling you will learn to just accept me, it will hurt so much less” he smirked holding her close and kissing her neck harshly THAT BASTARD! I quickly got my rifle from my horse laying on the floor trying to aim at him trying to take him out but he was too close to y/n I dont want to risk hitting her he then moved away from her sorting his horse to go I followed him for a moment but i felt a pain stick in my stomach a bit of glass in the sand sliced my skin open it wasn’t gushing with blood but it did hurt alot so I had to let him ride off slowly getting up being in a lot of pain as I wonder over slowly to where y/n now stood hanging up some clothes

“whitey” she smiled before noting I was in pain “whats the matter?” she asked

“floor glass” I tell her

“Oh you poor thing, come with me” she smiled helping me into the house and laying me down on her bed after a couple seconds I feel asleep …. when I woke up Y/n was stood over me cleaning my cut up with some clean water and a few little herbs “Hi whitey” she blushed

“Hi…What- What are you doing?” I ask her noticing she was fiddling a lot with some things and my shirts where gone

“Helping” she smiles “put a few little herbs and things in the right places and you’ll be back to normal in no time” she smiles fixing a bit of hair behind her ear and I saw her eye, she had a black eye

“Y/n? where did that come from?” i ask her trying to touch it

“Im fine” she says sharply putting my hand back down on her bed

“that’s not what I asked you Y/n” I tell her

“papa, caught me…trying to write, to tell you not to come till later” she explained

“Y/n…has he always done this to you?” I ask her and she just nods “why didn’t you tell me y/n”

“It’s family business thats what papa says” she replies

“But Y/n thats not normal thats not what families do to each other they dont punch each other the most you get is maybe a strong talking to or bed without dinner this…isnt right” I tell her

“It’s just how he’s always been” she says finishing up with my cut and wrapping it up

“Thank you y/n” I tell her

“Its alright” she blushes giving the bandage a little kiss

“Y/n…just before your father left, I saw you two outside….what was he doing to you?” I ask her

“I would rather not talk about it” she says sadly getting up and going to do something else over by her shelf

“fine you dont have to talk about it, but when I ask you, you tell me the truth okay?” I ask her and she gravely nods still facing away from me “was it you who was screaming?” I ask and she just nods “was he hitting you?” I ask her and she just shakes her head “was he in any way disapining you?” i ask her and she just shakes her head and my heart broke realizing what he was doing to her “Y/n….Oh come here” I tell her and she happily runs over hugging tightly onto my chest for a moment “Y/n…was he…?” I begin and she just nodded “How long?” I ask her

“Since I was 12, when my mother died” she said sadly

“Oh y/n Im so sorry, I cant believe I didn’t notice, how did I not see it, it was so bloody obvious” I sigh

“I’m used to it” she said sadly getting up and getting a little bottle of something trying to put it on her eye but she kept flinching in pain so I took the bottle from her and doing it myself carefully taking care of her once it was all done she looked alright almost back to normal again “Thank you whitey” she smiled

“Your welcome” I tell her “Thank you for fixing me up” I tell her with a slight laugh

“Your welcome whitey” she smiled

“I should really pay you back” I tell her

“It’s fine whitey, couldn’t leave you bleeding out on the doorstep” she laughs “besides I dont go out moneys not worth much to me” she sighs

“i didn’t mean like money” I tell her

“Then what?” she asks backing her herbs and such away so I move her chin up to look at me and press a sweet kiss to her lips she didnt kiss back her heart rate going crazy when I pulled back I saw her face she looked shocked like she didn’t know what to do so I quickly got up and got dressed again

“I should uh…I should go” I tell her and she just nods I quickly grab my things and go out to my horse still tied up where I left him I felt like shit for a moment

“whitey?” she says from her door making me turn back to face her she giggled slowly coming over to me putting her hands on my chest and kissing me I kissed her back wrapping my arms around her waist as we kissed “Same time next week” she smiles

“See you then my darling” I tell her before going off home