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Dancing to a new tune (Wolvenrogue and Dead Rose Garden)

She always loved to please him and so she offered her voice gladly for the songs until she knew for sure the pie was ready to be pulled out. IT was while she was retrieving that pie that a knock came to the door sounding the arrival of Anna who had come alone to bring the apples for Kitty.
She excused herself swiftly as a show was being rehearsed that day but gave Robert a warm, and sisterly peck on the cheek once the apples were delivered. Anna reminded him to save her an Lizzy a slice for in the morning when they came but then went on to theater leaving the pair alone for the night.
The pie was perfect and the crust such a nice brown as she set it to cool before waiting for the apples to make an appearance.
 
Robert came into the kitchen with the sack of apples from Anna. "MMMM that smells good!" he said as he entered the kitchen. "Here are the apples that Anna brought. She had to go to the theater to rehearse." Robert said. He walked up behind her and kissed her neck gently." Perhaps I should set the table for you?" he asked. "Why dont I help you to the table so you can sit down, and take it easy on your ankle."
 
Catherine shook her head, “I must get these apples peeled and sliced so they can soak and get the bitterness out. Green apples are the best though for apple pies because they do not get so soft.” She smiled as she began her work peeling the skins off of the apples. Her hands worked quickly and flawlessly and it was clear she had done such work many times. She made her mixture to sweeten the bitter apples and started the soaking process before turning to him, “Now shall we set the table and have our supper?”

Her smile was warm and delighted knowing her cooking was among the bests she knew of anyone she knew and she also was well aware that one taste of it would likely make her even more a woman in his eyes. His cooking had been rather good as well and she knew that to taste her food would be like eating a normal meal she was sure but at least it would be just as good in her opinion.
 
They set the table together, and then Robert seated her and took a seat himself. The pie smelled wonderful, and he was hungry, but more for her than the food. He had fallen completely for this woman, and married or not, he was already hers. As he sat across the table eating, his eyes were glued to hers, not wanting to release them. As she looked down to eat, his eyes moved down her lovely body drinking it in. "Your delicious" he said honestly, when he had meant to compliment her cooking, and then realising what he had said, " and so is your Pie" Their eyes met and he gave her an impish grin.

He loved everything about Kitty, her eyes , her voice, the sweetness of her manors, and the saucy playfulness she possessed. He ached to know her body as well, there was noting about her he didn't want to fully take to himself.
 
It took several weeks before Catherine’s leg healed but the woman would simply refuse to sit still. When Robert went to work Kitty would clean and made food sending treats home with Lizzy and Anna for her friends back at the theater and making sure that a well-balanced dinner and desert were always waiting for her Fiancé’s return in the evening. She would sing for him as it pleased him and she allowed him several of her kisses but Kitty grew restless in the house and often lonely as the work picked up for the theater house. Kitty had found a new outlet for her talents a month after her ankle had healed and offered music lessons to some of the wealthiest families in the area.

Kitty was becoming well known and on top of that she was becoming a proper lady that was respected and looked upon with respect despite her past as a theater girl. Many of the women who brought their children to her for lessons were starting to gossip about the terribly romantic story of how Kitty had met her future husband and the young girls she taught who were drawling close to marrying age were fantasizing about meeting their own rescuer. As the months went along her adoration for the kind and loving Robert made her radiate happiness that she could hardly contain and the ring he gave her she proudly displayed for anyone to see.
 
Robert loved coming home to Kitty, and was very glad of he ability to teach music at home. It made for a happy home, and gave Kitty an outlet for her creative talents, as well as the respect in the community she had sought for so long, but that her previous occupation would not afford her. He had always recognized her inner beauty, and talent and was glad that the community finally recognized it. He had always been proud to have her but now she too could see in herself what he had seen.

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Robert was just comming off the boat at the end of his last pilot run for the day as he sated across the plank, a mooring line broke and the end flew across the bow and caught Robert's legs as he was leaving the boat just as he had hundreds of times before. He was swept from the plank and thrown to the dock. He sat up, the wind knocked out him, and looked down at his left leg which now had a strange bend to it. He managed to get to his feet but the leg would not hold him. He called out to the dock boy. "Son run to my house, get Miss Kitty and have her come her with the buggy!"

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As Kitty was teaching a lesson, there was a knock at the door.
 
Catherine was in the middle of teaching the smith twins when she heard the knock at the door. The girls had been doing very well and were sure to fetch brilliant husbands with the musical talents they had and with the refining tweaks of Kitty’s lessons they were sure to have any man they so choose.

Kitty answered the door thinking it was her next appointment come too early but when she saw a young man she did not know her brow drew together with concern knowing something was very wrong, “May I help you?”
 
"Are you miss kitty?" the dock boy said. Captain Robert sent me to find you, and tell you to bring the buggy and come to the dock quick. The captain is hurt. "I am to help you hitch it and bring you to him."
 
“I will do so immediately but please escort the girls home and while you hitch the buggy I will write their mother a note explaining the situation!” She hurried doing as she said and telling the girls quickly of what was to be done. A note on the door for her next appointments and a letter I nthe hands of the girls later and kitty was ready to race to Robert taking the reins and without the modest cover of her shawl.

She knew the ways to the docks and when she arrived she requested of another man the location of her fiancé. She knew not what she would find when she arrived but she prepared herself for something far worse than it may have actually been,
 
When Kitty arrived at the dock where Bob lay, He was propped up against a barrel and looking disgusted. "well I've done it now!" he said. "See if you and the boy can get me to the buggy and then we need to see the Doc. My leg's broke clean through. Kitty I'm sorry to put you through this."

Robert grumbled to himself about a "damn broken cable".
 
“I sent him to take the girls home that I was teaching. I think I can lift you enough though I believe.” Kitty rose to the occasion taking him under the injured side and managing to get him into the buggy before taking the reins and trying her best to make the red gentle so to avoid hurting him. When they pulled up in front of the doctor’s Kitty jumped from the buggy snatching up her skirt and running to the door knocking with a new sort of fierceness and urgency. When the door was answered she rushed into an explanation, “Please my husband” A slip but no one corrected her, “He broke his leg and needs to see the doctor.”
 
The Doc came out to the buggy. "Well robert, Looks like you've made a fine mess this time." the Doc said. "Yeah no need to rub it in" Robert replied. "Well I think I'll set it right here" The Doc commented, "no need of hauling you in the office. You know the drill Robert. This will hurt like hell" The doc gave a large swig of whiskey, then pulled hard on the leg. Robert yelled loud, and then calmed down as the doc applied a split and tied it securely in place. "Now mam," he said "you keep this old buck off his feet for 6 weeks!" Hit him on the head if need be.
 
Catherine looked ill when she watched him in pain and not trusting herself to speak she simply nodded and got back up to take the reins to start their way home. She had the horse/s going slowly in case the bumps in the road would hurt him. When they were home the young man she taught in the evenings was just walking away from the door with his mother when the mother spotted the pair in the buggy.

Shock went through the boy’s mother as she picked up the fine skirts she wore to chase behind the buggy calling to her son to fetch his older brother. “Oh you poor dear! Kitty what has he done to himself?” The woman was a stranger to Robert but it seemed all of the people who came to meet Kitty thought fondly of him from the words she spoke about him.

“A broken leg. He has to be off of it for six weeks.” Kitty hopped down just as the two boys were returning and their mothers began to bark orders at them. The two young men helped him down and Kitty Rushed for the door, “Robert dear do you want to be on the sofa or upstairs?”
 
"Sofa please... he said with a groan. Robert was tough man but this was severly pushing his pain tolerance, "Kitty there is a bottle of brandi in the cupboard, I believe I could do with a large glass. I don't normally drink but this seems an appropriate time for it." He tried to controll his breath as he grimmaced with the throbbing pain.
 
The boys took Robert to the sofa and while Kitty went for a glass the other woman looked for the brandy. They poured quickly and Kitty supplied the beverage holding it to his lips once he was still enough for her to do so. Despite the situation the woman smiled at the pair and how daintily Kitty cared for a man who was not even her husband yet.

She thanked them kindly and as they showed the selves out she could hear the boys talking about how they hoped should they ever break a leg a woman would care so deeply for them. Kitty ignored the dreams of the boys as she smoothed a hand over his cheek gently, “What else can I do my love? “
 
"Just sit with me please" he said as he continued sipping the brandy, letting it dull his senses. Robert was not used to needing anyones help much less feeling helpless as he did now. Though his head was getting foggy, he began to think over the problems he would face. Unlike Kitty who had female friends to help her dress, use the bathroom, and bathe, Robert had been a loner and now had only Kitty. "Kitty, we need to talk about the net few weeks" he said, his speach slurred. "I will need help doing things that I'm not sure your prepared for, so I need to ask." he said. " I will need help to dress, use the bathroom, and bathe. We are not yet married. Are you prepared to do that anyway? or do I need to hire a professional nurse? I would be satisfied to let you help me, but that depends entirely on your willingness to do so."
 
Catherine sat on her knees beside the sofa stroking his face before kissing his lips softly several times before answering, “My sweet sweet Robert, I will do anything to help you. I am sure that no matter how my ladylike dignity may have me act I will raise to the occasion to farther your trust in that I will care for you in whatever sickness should come our way. “ She kissed him again a bit more passionately and she said three words she rarely ever said if at all from what she could remember, “I love you.”
Leaning her back more against the sofa she held his hand pressing the back of his hand against her soft cheek.
 
A look of relief came over Robert's face. As the brandy started to take its full effect, his eyes began to close, and sleep overtook him. He slept fitfully, and then suddenly woke with a start and started to get off the sofa, not remembering his condition. As he tried to put weight on the leg he screamed with pain.
 
Kitty had fallen asleep beside the sofa on the floor but when she slept she always curled into a ball giving him the perfect amount of room to try to stand. His scream startled her and she was up on her feet hugging him under the waist helping him to sit back on the sofa again, “Robert what can I do? What did you need?” Her voice was raspy with sleep but she was awake enough to help him however he needed.
 
"I'm sorry! he sid, I was dreaming. It was my fault. I guess a little mor brandy wouldn't hurt. Other than that, I need to find a way not to do that again. I'm not sure how to accomplish that, but I sure dont want that to happen again. It hurt bad. Do you have any ideas?" He looked up at her with a frustrated look on his face.
 
Kitty was a crafty woman and she was a swift thinker. She refilled the brandy and then moved the loveseat across the floor to be coupled against the slightly longer sofa. Lifting her dress she climbed onto the love seat sitting to help him sip the brandy before laying down on the love seat and waiting for him to lay down to close the space between them.

With her petite height she fit well on the love seat and when she has pushed the two together the slit between the two pieces of furniture did not open wider than a centimeter and she laid as close as she could to him, “Will this do?”
 
"Yes I believe so," he said smiling through the brandy induced haze. He was greatful for he resourcefulness, and sudden lack of shiness as he was in no position to disagree anyway. For at least the short term he was in a position where his only real option was to follow instructions, and what ever will he might have had for argument was wiped out either by pain of the effects of the brandy. "thank you sweety" he said as he again drifted off to sleep. A fewminutes later the front door opened and Annie let her self in and walked in on them in the den. "Kitty!" she gasped holdin her hand to her mouth at seeing her laying so cose to Robert. Robert was dead to the world, and didn't stir.
 
Kitty sat up to look at Anna and hush her, “HE just got back to sleep and he is in pain! Silence yourself!” She waved her friend closer so she might speak more silently, “His leg was broken today at the docks and it is much easier to have him down here than upstairs where I cannot help him down the steps every day. HE has to be like this for six weeks.”
Then a thought came to her, “Anna what are you doing here?”
 
"Can't a girl see her friend?" Anna asked. "I haven't been by in what seems like weeks, and so here I am. Besides it looks like you have your hands full. Looks like you can use a little help. I'll just take inventory in the kitchen, and do some shopping for you, and leave you two love birds alone." she said smiling. "If there is anything else you two need, you just tell me. I mean that."
 
She gave a slight smile, “Thank you Anna. You are so very good to me. I need to sleep now though so I can get as much rest as I can before my lessons and taking care of Robert tomorrow.” She lay down moving closer to Robert and when she head Anna leave he kissed his sleeping face. To her he was so handsome and kind so before she would be able to sleep she told his sleeping form before pressing her lips to his and laying her head down for rest.
 
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