Three weeks later, Teaspoon married Cody and Lou in a small ceremony in Rachel's parlor.

True to his word, Cody had gotten them a room at the Sweetwater Hotel for their wedding night and had an extra mattress brought into the room to make it extra soft.

The moment Lou noticed the bed, she giggled.

"I believe I promised you the biggest, softest featherbed mattress, Mrs. Cody."

"That you did, Mr. Cody. Now just what on earth are were going to do with such an inviting bed?" She asked innocently.

"Oh, I believe we'll think of something." He said as he advanced toward her.

He grinned broadly at his wife. His wife. He still couldn't believe they were actually married. He had been so afraid they would never make it this far. He had been so close to losing her the night she had told him about her attack all those years ago. If he hadn't leaped down upon her that night thinking she was a horse thief, she would have disappeared from his life forever and taking his heart with her.

Luckily for the both of them fate had intervened. And now here they were, man and wife, about to embark upon the rest of their lives together.

He took her in his arms and kissed her with all the passion he felt for her and she felt it all the way to her toes.

"I love kissing you." She confessed to him.

"Is kissing all you love about me?"

"Oh, I can think of one or two more things."

"Just one or two?"

"Well, if we make use of that big, soft bed over there, I might be able to come up with a few more things." She said as seductively as she could.

"I'll have to see what I can do then." He swept her up into his arms and carried her to their bed, tenderly laying her upon the featherbed. He lowered his lips to hers and seared her all the way to her soul.

Lou grabbed him around the neck and pulled him closer to her, never wanting to let go. As he lowered himself to the bed, she began working at the buttons of his shirt. Cody gently pulled her up into a sitting position, kissing her all the while. He starting working at the tiny buttons on the back of her gown. Lou smiled inside, knowing this was the only way he could undo the buttons with her facing him.

Her thoughts soon fled as other sensations began taking over her body. She shed herself of her gown and was touched by the enchanted expression she saw on her husband's face.

As the night progressed, they sanctified their love for one another, each reveling in the sensations they created.

After extensive 'dancing', they fell into an exhausted sleep, holding one another close.

During the night, Lou had dreams of blue-eyed, curly, blonde-headed children, their features a combination of her and Cody's. They were precocious, jovial youngsters always getting into mischief. The apple of their father's eye, they got away with much.

The children filled their parents heart with joy, solidifying their love for one another in a way they never thought possible.

When dawn broke, Cody and Lou snuggled in closer, taking pleasure knowing that they would always be together…forever.