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Just a couple of wenches

Wynonna was waiting for us with open arms and a table just for us. Despite our reputation, Wynonna has always been sweet on the group of us, almost like an aunt. She's known Isyla and I for years as well, so when news of what happened got to her, she took us in as her own daughters when Shanks didn't have the attention we needed. She kissed us both on the cheek and gave the boys a hug and told one of her bar maids to bring us some plates of food and some mugs. We were all laughing about one of the explosives being lit in front of someones face and them not realizing it wasn't loaded with gunpowder. I saw the shady man again but he was sitting in a corner by himself. I tried to see his face but again it was just shadows. We finished our meals and all decided we were tired so we were going to head to our rooms that Wynonna set up for us. Isyla and I in one room and the boys in another. Isyla and i had our arms wound around each other as we climbed the stairs to our room. Rory was behind us and the boys still at the table. Isyla left me at the door and I turned to face Rory's eyes. "Have a good night Cal, tomorrow is your free day of the week so you and Isyla be careful and come back here when you're done for the day." I nodded and slid my arms around his neck. "Just remember you're almost a married man and don't play with the tavern wenches Lieutenant." I smirked and he frowned. I kissed him in the middle of his protest and his arms hugged around my waist. I broke the kiss and opened the door behind me, smiled devilishly at his pouting face, and slipped into the room. I sighed as I headed towards the bath to see if Isyla was finished. "Hello loveshark, will you help me wash my hair?" I laughed as I walked over to the edge of the bath to help scrub her hair. I settled on the stool behind her and started rubbing the soap between her hair with my fingers. "Sooooo.....what did you and Rory talk about before you came in here?" I smiled. "Not much honestly. we kissed goodnight and that was about it." I smiled sadly. "So, how are we going about tomorrow?" she said right before she dipped her hair into the water to rinse it out. "I don't know. I told Shaw to meet us in the blue district so I could explain everything, but i have no idea how to. How am i supposed to tell her that I am marrying and in love with the man that ripped us all apart, even if he does feel guilty about it." I started undressing to get in the second bath. I stepped over and into the water and let myself sink just a bit. Isyla dripped in some lavander to help sooth me and then started on my hair. "We'll figure something out. But ultimately, what are we going to do, leave with the boys and Shanks, or are we going to sneak away and go with our family?" I shrugged. "I hope Shaw understands that I am marrying him. Other than that I have no idea." I turned to face her. "You know you don't have to stay with me if you don't want too. You aren't being forced to marry someone nor do you love any of the boys that I am aware of." She smiled at me. "Yeah but you are my big sister, and I'm gonna stick with you no matter what." I smiled. Tomorrow would be a new prospect for us. I climbed out of the tub after rinsing the soap out of my hair. I wrapped myself in my robe and went out to the balcony to let the moonlight soak into my skin. I found Isyla out there with two cups of hot tea. "I had a bar maid bring them up." I took it from her and sat on the balcony with her. We watched some passerbys walking briskly to get to the tavern for one last drink when a knock sounded on the door. I walked and went to open it when a man came crashing through the door with a knife. I dropped the cup of tea and Isyla came running through the balcony. I put my arm out to stop her and she grabbed my cutlass from behind us on the bed, and threw it to me. I caught the hilt and swung it to point at the man. He grinned and said "What are you gonna do with that lassie? You're no pirate, you're just a bar wench, made to serve men like me." I glanced at him in confusion but I threw my eyes back because his foot moved. I moved to parry with the blade and knocked the knife out of his hand, his fingers bleeding from the cut i just gave him. He cried out and cradled his bleeding hand. I stood over him and glared down at him. "Are you just a drunken bastard trying to cop some girls for the night, or did someone send you?" he sobbed "I was sent to kill you both." Isyla came up behind me with her pistol loaded and ready. "By who?" she asked. She aimed her pistol at his head and he cried out a name that sent shivers down my spine. "Captain Shanks. He said you were bar maids who stole his gold and weaponry." I saw red. I kicked him back to the door and grabbed him by the hair and went out to the inside blacony that overlooked the inside of the tavern. Men stared up at the commotion and Wynonna had a look of horror on her face. "Anyone who wants someone to brawl with tonight can choose him. Kill him if you like, because I promise if you don't I will run him through and throw him onto your tables." I shoved him against the railing and he cried out thinking i was throwing him over. I leaned in and breathed into his ear "If i so much as catch you near myself or my sister again, it will be the last of you. You didn't attack bar maids, you attacked two members of the Dutchman's Spawns." He trembled and I let go of him. I heard a groggy voice behind me coming from down the hall. It was Rorick but he sounded muffled. I followed the noise, only to realize he wasn't in the boys room, he was one over. I slammed open the door to find him with the blonde barmaid, her dress half way undone. They snapped their heads toward me when they realized I was there. "You.... You Bastard!" "Now Caly, this isn't what you think!" I smacked him when he tried to grab me. "Your father just tried to have Isyla and I killed! Now I catch you in the arms of some other woman, paid for cheaply i bet too! Did any of this mean anything to you?! Because despite being ripped away from my family by the likes of you, I forgave you when you pleaded to me with guilt! I fell in love with you! I was going to marry you!" Tears of anger and betrayal were streaming down my face as I screamed at him. The blonde tried to slip past us towards the door but i yelled at her to stay. His face fell with guilt and he tried to calm me down but I was done. I shoved him onto the bed with so much malice "We are done. You can have this back and you can forget how you ever had my heart, because if I ever see you again, I will kill you Rorick." I tore the emerald from my finger and flung it at him. My voice was soft with defeat. I turned to leave and as i did I heard him whisper "Caly please....I'm sorry..." I stormed back into my room and Isyla who was already dressed handed me my clothes. I swapped out of the robe and into my trousers and threw on the shirt. I buttoned up the corset vest and shoved on my boots. She handed me my cutlass and we went downstairs to find Wynonna waiting to usher us through the back. "I don't know what happened but based on your sad face and the rage in your eyes it must have been bad. I'm sorry child is there anywhere you can go? I shook my head and Isyla popped in "Actually, do you happen to have two extra cloaks, I may have a place we can go." Wynonna grabbed two of the barmaid's cloaks and handed them to us. She hugged us tightly and sent us out the back door. "You're always welcome here girls, I hope you know that." We nodded and i followed Isyla down the cobblestone streets. We ended up somewhere in the white district.