I had to repost this story due to some problems...it's seems that this site doesn't like to show my fanfics! Anyway, the summary is: Kid and Lou met before the beginning of the Pony Express, while they are both working in Wicks' brothel

Companion piece to "The Kid No One Knows." On the eve of their engagement, it's Kid's turn to contemplate Lou's hidden character traits.

Lou waxes poetic about the hidden depths of Kid's character.

Jimmy has a surprise of his life and then later he gose on the run of a life time

Things lost are found. Things found are lost. A chance encounter leads to the reunion of separated hearts and thoughts of true love. Post Gathering Clouds

Two unwanted boys find a place to belong when their paths cross unexpectedly

Written for Brotherhood Gen Zine. Kid and Ike are on a special run when they're attacked leaving Kid grieviously injured. Meanwhile, Cody embarks on the longest ride of his life.

On his way home to Sweetwater, Marshal Teaspoon Hunter comes to the rescue of a wounded old man who tells him a tale about an outlaw, a stolen map, and a dandy.

Late one night, while the other riders sleep in the bunkhouse, Lou McCloud counts up the money she's saved since hiring on at the express, and dreams about the land she'll buy one day.

Nothing is more comforting than a mother's touch.

Jimmy Hickok ponders the wonders of being in love.

Jimmy Hickok learns that sometimes things in happen in life that you have no control over, and the only way you can get through them, is to let go.

The Kid keeps a promise to his and Lou's dead Pony Express brothers.

Lou McCloud Kidrickson shares a few moments alone with her and Kid's unborn child.

Teaspoon and Rachel Hunter spend their last moments together before she dies.

Jesse James learns that when you follow along with the rest of the crowd that dire consequences can happen.

During a gunfight, Jimmy Hickok accidentally shoots his best friend, Kid, and doesn't know if anyone will forgive him, least of all himself.

After being ambushed by some bad guys, Lou McCloud must defend a wounded Jimmy Hickok from further harm until help can arrive.

Four Sisters arrive in Rock Creek to start a new life and are befriended by members of the Pony Express.

Lou learns for the first time what a broken promise is.

The Kid writes a difficult letter home to his childhood sweetheart, telling her of his new life with the PX, and his new love.

Emma Shannon Crandall, newly married and traveling out West with her new husband, learns that home doesn't necessarily mean a sturdy building, but finding shelter in the arms of the man you love.

James "Wild Bill" Hickok returns to Sweetwater to be reunited with his PX family members.

All Teaspoon Hunter has to offer Rachel Dunne is himself, and he hopes that's good enough.

While on a Ride, Pony Express rider Ike McSwain helps some people in a burning stagecoach, and subsequently falls in love with one of the passengers.