"That boys have cooties and the Cowboys need to find a new owner? Pretty much." Heather was smiling again, so Laurie just wrapped her arms around her girlfriend's neck and finally got the proper kiss she had wanted earlier.

Laurie wasn't quite done. "That first week down on the ranch, we saw the girls bicker and pick at each other and tease and prod one another all the time. Sometimes they got what they wanted, other times they didn't. But damn did they have fun trying."

Heather took the blonde girl's face in her hands. "Have I mentioned recently how cute you are when you get philosophical?" The two girls...