The following is a work of erotic fiction and includes scenes of sexual activity. It includes characters that are copyrighted by ABC - TV. This story is intended for the non-commercial enjoyment of fans and should be considered a parody . No copyright infringement is intended and no profit will be made from the distribution of this story.
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"Honestly, Wilton Parmenter, sometimes I don't know why I put up with you." The pretty blonde woman thundered as she stormed out of the Captain's quarters. With a quick leap, she threw her leg over the chestnut mare tied outside and hopped up and onto it. A strong pull against the reins unhitched her.
"But Jane..." Stammered the young man in cavalry blue who followed her out the door a few seconds later, only to be cut off as he tripped over a loose floorboard on the porch. Falling forward, he somersaulted over the hitching post and into the dirt street, knocking himself unconscious.
"Captain!" Cried out Morgan O'Rourke, the troop's senior NCO as he ran across the compound, followed close behind by Corporal Agarn.
At the sound of the Sergeant's voice, the buckskin clad woman turned the horse she had just mounted and looked down on the sprawled officer.
"Is he all right?" She asked the Sergeant as he bent down and examined his commanding officer.
"Don't you worry your pretty little head, Wrangler." The Irishman said. "He just had the wind knocked out of him. A little cold water will bring him right around."
"Do me a favor O'Rourke." She said as she jerked the reins and aimed her horse at the main gate. "Give me a few seconds to get out of here before you do."
With that, she spurred her horse and galloped the length of the fort. She didn't even look back before she disappeared out the main gate.
"She was sure fired up about something." O'Rourke noted.
"Guess we'd better wake the Captain up." Agarn said.
O'Rourke pointed to the nearby horse troth and the Corporal responding by filling his light colored hat up with water from it.
"You know, if we put the troth back over there," He said, pointing to the empty space in front of the hitching post with the water filled hat. "He'd at least have something to break his fall. At least it always used to."
"Good idea, Agarn." The taller man replied. "Have Vanderbilt and Hoffenmeuller move it right after lunch."
"Sure thing, Sarge." He answered as he poured the water onto the face of the unconscious Captain.
"Blluu...bluuu...Jane...I..." Wilton Parmenter gasped as the icy coldness snapped him awake.
"Easy sir," O'Rourke said as he and Agarn helped the now soaked Captain to his feet.
"Where's Jane?" He asked when he noticed that her horse was gone.
"She shot out of here madder than a bear in a hornet's nest." Agarn said as he slapped his now wet headpiece against his trousers. "That must've been some dilly of an argument the two of you had."
"Agarn!" The Sergeant snapped in reproach.
The Corporal quickly shut up. It wasn't often that Morgan O'Rourke lost his temper. But when he did, the last thing Randolph Agarn ever wanted was to be on the receiving end of it.
"To be honest, she was somewhat angry, Captain." O'Rourke said in a milder tone. "But she did make sure that you were ok before she took off."
"It really didn't start out as an argument." Captain Parmenter said. "We were just chatting and then out of the blue Jane suggested how much nicer it would be if she just moved in here with me."
Both NCOs just listened quietly. If the Captain felt like sharing his problems, then they'd be more than willing to listen. The same would be true if he just wanted to be left alone.
"I quickly explained that it was impossible. I mean, we've only known each other a little over a year now. It'll be at least another year before we even get engaged. What would people think if they knew we were living together? What would my mother say? They all think we were...well...you know."
O'Rourke was genuinely surprised at the Captain's admission. He wondered if he was misinterpreting it. Since the Captain had brought it up, it seemed only fair to inquire.
"I take it then that you and Wrangler have never...what I mean is that the two of you..." The broad shouldered Irishman asked.
"Certainly not." Parmenter said quickly. "We'd have to be married to do that."
O'Rourke took a deep breath and could see the same thought reflected in Agarn's eyes. Wilton Parmenter was naive about a lot of things. He had become the commanding officer of F Troop and Fort Courage based on his turning a retreat into a successful cavalry charge in the closing days of the civil war.
O'Rourke himself had risen to the temporary rank of Captain during the war, only to drop back to Sergeant following the peace. He had preferred it that way. Parmenter, on the other hand, was the youngest son of one of the premier Army families. His medal had been big news and with it came the promotion and F Troop. Yet, from what he had heard from someone who had actually been there, that order to charge had actually been a sneeze.
Still, even knowing his background, O'Rourke found this new piece of information unbelievable. Over two thousand miles from his Philadelphia home, the Captain was still trying to live by the rules of polite society. Out here in the badlands, there were few white woman available. Far fewer that looked as desirable as Wrangler Jane . There wasn't another man in five hundred miles, O'Rourke included, who wouldn't run to her bed if she had offered. Yet she had offered far more than that to the Captain, and he had turned her down. Incredible.
"If you like Captain, we could have Dobbs and Duffy ride out after her." The Sergeant said, changing the subject. "She was headed away from town, out towards the Hakowie camp. It'll be dark in a few hours."