The Outlaw's of the South

Chapter Eighteen

  "Wow! A real live house!" Adan smiles, as he looks around the living room.
  "A real live house?" Ski asks with a laugh.
  "You know what I mean." Adan chuckles.
  "It's hard to beileve that we'll actually be living here." Kharlos says with a huge grin, as he sits on the couch.
  "But there's a lot of cleaning that needs to be done before we move in." Rebel says.
  "For real." Adan smiles, as he writes his name in the dust on the mantel.
  "Well, we're off for the rest of the day so can we get started?" Jace asks. "And tomorrow is Sunday, so we can get alot done."
  "But we're going to need some things from town." Ski says. "It's really too late to go today and everything will be closed tomorrow."
  "But we can still clean, can't we?" Rebel asks, giving his boyfriend a pleading look.
  "There's alot of brush that sill needs clearing too." Abigor adds.
  After giving Adan and Kharlos a tour of the house, Skiler rubs his hands together, "Well, let get started."
  "Where do we start?" Rebel laughs, as they all stand in the center of the living room looking around.
  "I know where I'm going to start." Jace says, as he walks towards the kitchen. "MY kitchen."
  "If I can find a broom, I'm going to start knocking these cobwebs down." Ski says, looking up at the ceiling.
  "I'll start cleaning our bedroom. You can't even see out of the windows." Rebel says.
  After searching the house for cleaning supplies, they find nothing.
  "Well, ain't this a bitch." Ski huffs. "I'm going to go see if Lilly has a broom and maybe some cleaning rags and a bucket we can use."
  "I guess we need to add broom to our shopping list." Rebel smiles.
  Skiler leaves to walk over to Sam's while the others look around to see what they could get done.
  The outlaw see's Lilly hanging clothes up on the clothesline.
  "Well, hellp handsome." Lilly smiles. "How are the others liking the house?"
  "They love it." Ski smiles. "We thought we would try and get some cleaning done but there's nothing to clean with."
  "I got you covered." She says, as she hangs up the last of her laundry.
  Skiler picks up the tub and follows her back to the house.
  She begins to load him down with a couple of brooms, buckets, cleaning rags and anything else she thought they may need.
  "Those old sheets covering the furniture aren't really any good so you rip them up for rags if you need them." Lilly says.
  Skiler nods as he tries to balance everything that she had piled in his arms.
  "You need the buckboard, son?" Sam laughs.
  "Naw, I think I got this." Ski chuckles, as he almost drops one of the buckets.

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  "You rest. I'm going to check on the boys." Lilly says, as she kisses her husbands cheek.
  It had been about an hour since Skiler had left with the cleaning supplies. She was curious about just how much cleaning six single outlaws could do.
  As she walks up on the porch, she hears Skiler having a sneezing fit in the living room. He was attempting to knock down all the cobwebs but the dust was winning.
  She could hear shouts coming from the house as the guys yell to one another from the rooms they were working in.
  Lilly smiles as she walks up behind the outlaw. He was fixing to reach the broom back up to the ceiling but having to stop to sneeze a couple more times.
  Rolling her eyes, she takes him by the arm to turn him around to face her. Without saying a word, she reaches up and pulls the bandana, that he had tied around his neck, over his nose and mouth. She smiles and raises her brows.
  "I was just fixin' to do that." Ski says, as he stares at her. "ACHOOO!"
  "Whatever." She laughs, as she rolls up her sleeves. "Looks like you boys need some help."
  "All we can get." Ski says, his eyes crinkling from his smile under the bandana.
  She knew that Skiler had the hardest job, dealing with the living room by himself. But she thought she would check to see how everyone else was doing. Jace was singing happily as he washed the dishes. Rebel was in the master bedroom. He had taken the curtains down to wash. He hummed softly to himself as he cleaned the windows. Everything had been dusted and the floor swept. It was really looking nice.
  "Abigor? You 'bout finished with the broom!" Adan calls out from his and Kharlos' room.
  "Yeah!" Abigor yells back, as he was busy trying to get the curtains down.
  She didn't want to interrupt their work so she tiptoes back to the living room to help Skiler.
  After finishing the bedrooms, Adan and Kharlos go to help Jace while Abigor and Rebel go to help SKiler nd Lilly.
  "Has anyone seen my wife?" Sam laughs as he hobbles into the house. "Holy hell!" He says, as he looks around. He hadn't seen this house look this clean in ages.
  "You can't have her." Ski laughs, as he raises the now clean windows to let the house air out.
  "This place looks ready to move in." Sam says.
  "Not quite." Ski replies.
  "We still need to go to town to get the things we need. And that won't be until Monday." Rebel sighs.
  "Since we got the house liveable, we may work on the yard tomorrow." Ski says, as he pulls down the bandana covering his nose and mouth.
  "There are tools in the old shed that you can use. SLing blades, saws, axes, gloves." Sam says.
  "Is there a limit to what you want cut down." Abigor aks. After all, this is still Sam's property.
  "Son, you can cut down as much as you want. This is your place now." Sam smiles. "The tree's can be used as firewood this winter."
  "I'm going to go start supper. After we eat, I can help you make a list of things you'll need, if you like." Lilly says, as she picks up the curtains they had taken down. "I'll wash these after church tomorrow."
  "That would be very much appreciated, ma'am." Ski smiles and nods. The outlaw had grown to love this couple very much. They reminded him og his own parents. Lilly was a lot like his own mom. Strong but a beautiful caring lady. Sam was tough as leather on the outside but had a good heart.

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  After supper, Lilly cleared the table and asked Rebel to get a pencil and some paper from a drawer. They gathered around the table and begin to make a list out of the things they would need.
  "Slow down." Rebel laughs, as he tried to write down everything that was being called out.
  Bedding for four single beds and one full-size bed, towels, soap, flour, lard, sugar, salt, other food items, personal items, fuel for the lamps, the list went on and on.
  "Are we forgetting anything?" Rebel asks after reading off the list.
  "Kitchen table and chairs." Ski answers. "A new bucket and rope for the well."
  "Oh, yeah." Rebel answers.
  "I think that's enough for right now." Ski says, as he lays his head on his lover's shoulder. It had been  long day working in the garden and cleaning the house. He was ready for some relaxation with his boyfriend.
  "That's enough to get you moved in." Lilly nods.
  "Sam, we'll check the garden in the morning to see if anything is needed to be done before starting on the yard." Ski says, as he stands from the table.
  "Oh, it'll be fine for one day. Besides, tomorrow is Sunday. Your day off." Sam replies.
  "If you call working in the yard pulling grass, cutting brush and trees a day off." Ski chuckles, as he and his gang head out the door.

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  "Just think, in a couple of days, we'll be sleeping in real beds." Abigor says, as he straightens his blanket on the hay.
  "And no more climbing a ladder to get to your bed." Ski says, as he holds the ladder for his lover to climb up.
  "And no more sleeping under two sex craved maniacs." Adan adds, as he lays down on his blanket under the loft.
  "Then plug your ears." Rebel laughs, as he lays down.
  "Are you too tired for a little playtime?" The dark-haired male whispers, as his outlaw lay down next to him.
  "Never." Ski smles, as he takes his lover into his arms and kisses him passionately.
  A moan escapes from Rebel's lips as the blonde squeezes his ass as he nibbles on his neck.
  "Oh, come on y'all." Adan grons below them causing the lovers to giggle.
  "Damn, that feels so good." Ski says, as he winks at the dark-haired male, as they cuddle.
  "You like that?" Rebel says, as he smiles at Skiler.
  "Oh, God! Yes! Harder!" Ski says, as he tries not to laugh.
  "I can't belive this shit." Adan grumbles, as he picks up his blanket to find himself another area away from the lovers.
  "Can't y'all hold off until we get into the house?" Abigor aks.
  "Oh, relax." Ski laughs, as he and Rebel look over the edge of the loft. "We ain't doing anything."
  "Yeah, we're just messing with y'all." Rebel giggles.
  "You know I hate y'all, right?" Adan growls at the laughing couple, as he lays his blanket back down.