"Can Peaches sleep with me?" Jewel asked as they were cleaning up from the party. Alex laughed a bit and kissed Jewel on the forehead

"He has his own bed, baby." She said. Jewel pouted for a bit, but then she played with Peaches before he had to be put to bed.

   That evening Jacob couldn't sleep. He just laid on top of his covers with his arms behind his head, staring at the ceiling.

"Jake?" James asked. Jacob could hear the sleepiness in his voice.

"Hmm?" Jacob asked. He heard James shift and he came over to Jacobs bed and sat down on the edge.

"Mom told me what happened today between you and your dad." He said. Jacob sat up and rested his back against the wall.

"Don't worry about it, Jay. I'm not going anywhere." He said patting James on his shoulder. James rose an eyebrow.

"Are you sure? Have you already convinced your dad?" He asked.

"You do realize it's your dad too, right?" He asked dully. James swallowed hard.

"I'm trying to forget." He said simply.  Jacob let out a deep sigh and rubbed his eyes, then ran his fingers through his shaggy black hair.

"I don't know, James." He said quietly. James let out a sigh and went back too his bed, lying down facing the wall so his back was too Jacob.

"We won't let him take you away." He said.

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   Jacob felt something tickle his nose, and he suddenly felt the urge to sneeze. He opened his eyes and saw a furry little face purring and Peaches licked his nose. Jacob pick up the kitten and sat up, wiping the kittens spit from his nose.

"Jewel, take your furry potato somewhere else!" He said, his voice still full of sleep. Jewel giggled and jumped on his bed, kicking off his blankets and landing on top of him.

"Peaches wanted to say hi!" She said laughing. Jacob let out a deep sigh and set the kitten down on the floor. Jewel smiled at Jacob, and Jacob began to tickle her, until her laughing was uncontrollable. She swatted his hands away and held her stomach, trying to contain her laughter.

"Stop! Stop!" She giggled. James moaned on the other bed, turning over and looking at his alarm clock.

"Seriously! It's freakin' Four fifty! Jewel, we have another ten minutes!" He groaned. Jacob and Jewel looked at each other, both of them obviously thinking the same thing.

"I think Peaches wants to say hi to James." Jacob whispered. She giggled and picked up her kitten, placing it on James' face. And lucky for them, his mouth was open, and Peaches put his foot in James' mouth. James opened his eyes wide and would've thrown the tiny cat if Jacob hadn't snatched it away.

"Not cool!" He said loudly. They heard footsteps coming down the hall and Peter stood suddenly in their door way, glaring at them.

"It's impossible to sleep with you three yapping!" He said angrily. Jewel giggled again, but James glared at them all.

"Jewel shoved her dumb cat down my throat!" He said. He got a sour look on his face as he reached up and pulled a cat hair out of his mouth. The look on his face only made Jewel and Jacob laugh even harder.

   David had to go into work that day, so Jacob wasn't allowed to train with Chevy since he wanted to be there incase something bad happened. When Jacob headed into the barn, he heard moaning and saw Jewel, holding Peaches tightly as she stood on her tip toes to see into Chevy's stall.

"Somethings wrong with her, Jacob." She said. Jacob looked into her stall and saw her laying down moaning. He turned to Jewel.

"Go get mom, tell her somethings wrong with Chevy." He said. Jewel could tell Jacob was panicked, so she ran out of the barn to do as she was told. She returned with everyone else with Alex. Alex took one look in the stall and smiled as she turned to Jacob.

"She's having a baby!"

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If you don't want to read about the birth, skip over this part until I tell you when. I've seen tons of animal births, though I've never seen a horse, I still might be detailed.

                       ~Avis Knight

Birth must have been a regular thing on the ranch, because as soon as Alex announced Chevy was in Labor, everyone began to gather things they would need, such as towels and other medical things Jacob knew of but couldn't name. Alex made Jewel watch over Julian while she cared for the mare. Peter brought in a straw bail and a manure fork, ready to clean up afterwards.

"She's obviously been in Labor all night. She's close." She said. Alex had Jacob sit next to Chevy on the ground and stroke her back to calm her down. Chevy let out a groan as she pushed again. Alex lifted up the mares tail and smiled.

"I see hooves!" She said. "Come on, Chevy, push!" Chevy pushed again. Jacob could now see two little hooves covered in white mucus.

"Chevy, you have to push." Alex said to the mare. Chevy pushed again and again. "there we go! Come on! One more!" She said. Chevy pushed once more and Jacob watched as a little black baby came sliding down accompanied with blood onto the straw. It kicked a bit and sneezed before looking around. Chevy let out a small neigh of affection and leaned over to sniff her new baby.

Mil handed Alex some towels and she laid them down and with the help ot Jacob, she lifted the baby up and onto the towel to get it out of the birth. Chevy stood and neighed again. Peter handed Ales the manure fork and she quickly cleaned up the dirty straw and replaced them with new ones. She carefully approached Chevy and the baby and lifted up it's back leg.

"It's a boy."

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Begin here if you chose not to read about the birth.

Alex had everyone stand outside the stall and watch through the bars so they could give Chevy some room to bond with her new baby boy. They wouldn't be able to tell his true colorings until later in his early years, Though it did look like he was going to be a bloodbay, like his mother. They then settled on the name Wildfire.

      That evening, by the time David had come home, Wildfire was already nursing and Alex checked him over to make sure he was healthy. They deicded that they should wait until David came home to tell him, so it would be a suprise. He was suprised, but for some reason, he sorta expected it.

"When you adobt a mare straight of the range this time of year, It's bound to be a package deal." He told Jacob. He then explained how James' horse, Mist was pregnant when they adobted her too, but they sold her foal to the Johnson's, who still had her.

"You got yourself a healthy colt, There Chevy." David said patting her on her neck. She had gotten a lot friendlier with the rest of the family over the two weeks that they had had her.

    Jacob spent the night in the barn, that night. He wanted to make sure the colt would be alright, So he slept in the stall, knowing Chevy wouldn't do anything to hurt him. He woke that morning with a small little nose with a white snip sniffing him. He smiled and kissed the nose and Wildfire backed up, shy now that the scary human was awake. He sat up and smiled as he brushed all of the straw out of his hair. It was three in the morning, and the colt seemed to be fine, So Jacob left for his own bed, grateful for the soft pilow. As he fell asleep, he thought about how much his life had changed over the past month and a half. He now had a billion siblings, he had his own horse, He didn't care about his appearnce, and he had just seen a horse birth. His past self would have beat him up, but now he didn't care. And he never wanted to leave.

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Hey Y'all! So I published this chapter a while ago, I just wanted to tell you i posted a picture of Peaches on the side. I'm also trying to pick a cast, so private message me or comment if you have suggestions. The only one I think I have picked out is David so far, I'm gonna make him Brian Kelley from FLG. So please give me suggestions! Love Y'all!

~Avis