{"id":4842,"date":"2009-08-02T12:52:59","date_gmt":"2009-08-02T16:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=4842"},"modified":"2025-02-27T12:13:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T17:13:23","slug":"this-wont-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonanzabrand.info\/library\/?p=4842","title":{"rendered":"This Won’t Work (by Storm)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary: \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>This is a little story of what happens when Adam falls for one of Joe’s schemes<\/p>\n

Rated: T \u00a0WC \u00a02900<\/p>\n

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Adam looked at his youngest brother and slowly shook his head. \u201cIt\u2019s not going to work Joe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe gave his oldest brother his cock surest smile. \u201cSure it will Adam.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo it won\u2019t.\u201d But even as he said it Adam could feel his resolve slipping under his brother\u2019s smile.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah it will.\u201d Joe could feel his brother coming under his spell just like everyone else did it just took longer with Adam and sometimes Joe ran out of patience long before Adam ran out of resolve. \u201cYou just gotta do I like I said.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy don\u2019t you do it?\u201d Adam tried to hold on to his last bit of resolve.<\/p>\n

\u201cCause it won\u2019t work if I do it.\u201d And if I had thought it would I wouldn\u2019t be wasting my time trying to talk you into it. Joe thought that but felt it best not to say it. \u201cIt\u2019s just gotta be you Adam.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam again shook his head knowing from now on he\u2019d have to stop talking about how easily Hoss could get dragged into their youngest brother\u2019s schemes.<\/p>\n

**********<\/p>\n

Ben again eyed his eldest son. \u201cYou really think this is a good idea Adam?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes pa I do.\u201d Adam did his best to keep his voice steady and his gaze level. He wasn\u2019t really lying. The more he had thought on it he began to think it was a fairly good idea.<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay then Adam, you and Joe go ahead.\u201d Ben watched as his son turned and went upstairs. Something was up but what kept him from becoming too suspicious was that it was Adam asking. If it were Hoss or Joe he would have demanded to know the real reason for this little trip.<\/p>\n

**********<\/p>\n

Adam and Joe were up early and quietly saddling their horses. Neither had wanted to sit at the breakfast table with their father. They knew somehow he would get one or both of them to tell him the truth without a word.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat you two planning?\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Adam and Joe jumped but were happy upon turning around to find themselves facing their brother.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nothing you\u2019d be interested in.\u201d Joe gave Adam a smile but found his brother not returning it. Adam knew Hoss had only unfounded suspicions but with Joe\u2019s statement those suspicions were validated and Hoss\u2019s next statement proved it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew it!!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWould you be quiet.\u201d Adam knew by now their father was probably awake even if he wasn\u2019t downstairs. If he heard them outside he would be joining them and then they may as well forget this trip.<\/p>\n

\u201cTell me what it is.\u201d Hoss lowered his voice. He was upset that his brother\u2019s hadn\u2019t let him in on whatever this was but he wasn\u2019t so upset that he would want his brothers to miss out on something they both seemed to be looking forward to.<\/p>\n

Joe knew his brother wouldn\u2019t be satisfied if he didn\u2019t get some kind of an explanation. \u201cYou know Bickers right?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCourse I do.\u201d Hoss knew the man pretty well. He was a loud mouth and real nasty when he was drunk. When he was sober though he was an alright guy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell he just got back from Redville and he says there is this new parlor house and it\u2019s got some of the prettiest ladies he\u2019s ever seen.\u201d Joe could see that Hoss was more interested then he had thought he would be. He guessed he never thought of Hoss having those kind of thoughts. Sure he would tease him about girls but it was always with innocent intent.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah?\u201d Hoss knew his brothers were playing a dangerous game. Lying to their father was not something to be undertaken lightly no matter what the reward.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah. He said some of them come straight from Europe. They still got their accents and everything.\u201d Little did Joe know that some of those accents were quite fake.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat makes you think I wouldn\u2019t be interested?\u201d Hoss felt a little hurt that his brother would think that.<\/p>\n

Joe could sense his brother\u2019s hurt and felt a little ashamed for having caused it. \u201cListen Hoss next time it\u2019ll be you and me but pa would have only believed it was a good idea we go if it was Adam that said it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks a lot Joe. Nice to know how much you really want me along.\u201d<\/p>\n

Great Joe thought now I have two birds with ruffled feathers. \u201cAdam of course I want you to come. I wish we could all be going but\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut there\u2019s a lot of work to be done and someone has to be here to do it.\u201d Hoss didn\u2019t doubt the sincerity behind Joe\u2019s wish they could all go.<\/p>\n

\u201cCome on Hoss. I promise I\u2019ll make it up to you.\u201d Joe put on his best I\u2019m sorry grin.<\/p>\n

Hoss was not spiteful and he really did want his brother\u2019s to have fun, especially Adam who had less they either him or Joe, he only wished he were going along. \u201cOkay I\u2019ll keep your secret but you better think of something real good to make it up to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

**********<\/p>\n

They had gotten away without having to face their father. The brothers rode in silence, each contemplating different things. Joe of the pretty girls waiting and Adam thinking of what they might have to pay and not what they would have to pay for the pretty girls but for the lie they had told.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey Adam you think those girls are all as pretty and refined as Bickers said?\u201d Joe needed some reassurance and Adam was always able to reassure him, almost as well as his father could.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how I let you talk me into this. You know if pa finds out\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe almost let his smile show. Lord for once he needed to reassure Adam. \u201cAdam will you relax. Pa ain\u2019t gonna find out. Hoss won\u2019t tell and you just think of all the pretty girls we\u2019re gonna see.\u201d<\/p>\n

The quiet again stretched between them and Adam again began to wonder how he could have let his brother talk him into this. If he had learned one thing in all his years of living it was that lying to his father always came with repercussions.
\n**********<\/p>\n

They rode into Redville and Joe quickly forgot the silent and uncomfortable ride they had spent hours on to get here. \u201cWow Adam look at it. If the girls are as impressive as the building\u2026all I can say is wow.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLets go check into the hotel first.\u201d As much as Adam wanted to be as excited as Joe he just kept getting a bad feeling.<\/p>\n

Joe could see the steely look in Adam\u2019s eyes that warned most to not try and argue but Joe was not most. \u201cYou go I\u2019m just gonna\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJoe, hotel first.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you wondered why I wanted to come with Hoss more then with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou should have come with Hoss.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAdam I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll find a girl who\u2019ll help you forget all your worries.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019ll take some girl.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe watched his brother head to the hotel and, defeated, followed after him.<\/p>\n

**********<\/p>\n

Joe followed Adam down the sidewalk. He could see the sun getting ready to set. \u201cWhy\u2019d we have to wait this long.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJoe be happy we\u2019re going and not heading right back home. I should\u2026\u201d Adam felt Joe grab his arm and pull him into the alley. \u201cHey what are you doing?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWho\u2019s that look like Adam?\u201d<\/p>\n

The disbelief in Joe\u2019s voice had Adam instantly looking in the direction his brother pointed. \u201cGreat Joe! Just great!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we gonna do Adam?\u201d Joe again turned to his older brother for some proof that everything would be okay.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are we going to do?!\u201d Adam couldn\u2019t believe his brother could have a doubt about what they were going to do. \u201cWe are going to go back to the hotel, get some rest and then tomorrow morning we are going to be heading home.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAw come on Adam.\u201d Joe knew that was the answer he\u2019d probably be getting but it wasn\u2019t the one he wanted to hear.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo Joe. You know what this is? It\u2019s some kind of an omen that\u2019s what it is. I told you lying to pa never turns out good.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAdam how can he tell on us without proving his guilt as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s not one of pa\u2019s sons.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAdam we can just wait till he\u2019s gone then we can go on in.\u201d<\/p>\n

*********<\/p>\n

Adam knew it was the wrong thing to do but he found himself lying on the bed while his brother watched out the window. He must have fallen asleep because the next thing he remembered was Joe calling his name rather anxiously.<\/p>\n

\u201cCome on Adam he\u2019s gone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou sure Joe?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI watched him ride out of town. He\u2019s gone.\u201d Joe felt he stood a better chance of getting Adam to go if he was still groggy from sleep.<\/p>\n

\u201cHey Flossie you know who this is?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo but he sure is cute.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s Ben Cartwright\u2019s Little Joe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe thought would that name follow him for the rest of his life. \u201cJust Joe is fine ma\u2019am.\u201d<\/p>\n

Flossie looked at the man before them. \u201cBen Cartwright? My but you sure are bigger then I thought. From the way your pa talked about you and all.\u201d<\/p>\n

So Joe sat in the downstairs parlor and listened to the ladies ramble on and on about his father and all they had heard from and about him and his family. He sat there and waited for Adam and finally he heard him coming downstairs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you ma\u2019am I had a very good time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope Adam that I helped you forget all those worries and concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes you most certainly did.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAdam come on lets go.\u201d Joe knew he didn\u2019t want or need to hear any more.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy Joe what\u2019s wrong?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing Adam.\u201d<\/p>\n

Flossie had seen them come in together. \u201cAre you one of Ben\u2019s sons as well?\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben\u2019s sons? Adam was instantly alert.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo you really need to ask Flossie? Just look at him. He would have to be Adam. Why you\u2019re every bit the man your father said you were.\u201d She slowly traced Adam\u2019s collar with her finger.<\/p>\n

Adam didn\u2019t know what was causing him more confusion the lady\u2019s touch or that these ladies spoke so familiarly about his father. \u201cWhy thank you ma\u2019am.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe sat there sulking. \u201cWhy did I have to be the youngest.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam had almost forgotten his brother was there. He was lost in the women fawning over him. \u201cWhat was that Joe?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI said let\u2019s go.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOh don\u2019t go just yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe knew Flossie wasn\u2019t talking to him. All the ladies were just too busy praising Adam. Why, Joe again lamented, did he have to be born last. Why did his pa\u2026his pa? His pa was here? His pa knew these ladies? \u201cAdam I think we\u2019d better go.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Joe it was you who wanted to come here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah and now I want to leave. Adam they all know pa.\u201d Joe knew Adam must have realized this on his own and if he didn\u2019t have so many females oohing and aahing over him he would remember it.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo what Joe. So what if they know pa.\u201d Adam finally got a grasp on what he had just said. \u201cYou know pa?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes we know your pa.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCould you do me a favor Flossie and not let him know we were here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA little late for that isn\u2019t it Adam?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPA!\u201d Adam was quickly out of every lady\u2019s reach.<\/p>\n

Joe was quickly on his feet. \u201cPa I didn\u2019t go upstairs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam shoved his brother and Joe found himself sitting back on the settee with a very lovely young lady close, too close, with his father standing in the same room. \u201cYou may not have gone upstairs little brother but this was all your idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLadies will you all please excuse us.\u201d Ben gave the ladies a smile which quickly evaporated when he turned and faced his sons. \u201cYou two come with me. Hoss is waiting at the hotel. You know we had to ride pretty hard and fast to get here before you two did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adam and Joe followed their father out. \u201cI told you Joe. Lying to pa never works out well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt least you had some fun. I spent the entire time hearing how cute I am.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCan we please wait to discuss this at the hotel.\u201d Neither of his sons could see the smile on their father\u2019s face. They probably wouldn\u2019t have believed it if they had.<\/p>\n

**********<\/p>\n

Ben looked at his eldest and youngest son in turn. \u201cSo what do you two have to say for yourselves.\u201d Ben waited a minute or so. \u201cNothing? Good. Now you two will wait here while Hoss and I\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPa I couldn\u2019t. Not with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben watched as Hoss looked to the ground. \u201cI meant while we go have a nice dinner.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut pa it\u2019s not fair. I didn\u2019t have any fun.\u201d Joe hadn\u2019t meant to sound like a skulking schoolboy but that\u2019s just what he sounded like.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s too bad Joseph and if you think I don\u2019t know that somehow this is all your doing you\u2019d be wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHA!\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben turned to his eldest who now sounded like a schoolboy as well. \u201cAll you had to do Adam was to tell him no.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSure and have him walk around with an attitude for weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd how do you think his attitude will be now Adam?\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe began to have a inkling of a suspicion. \u201cPa did you tell those ladies too\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI told them nothing Joseph, except that you were my little boy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe knew that for any woman to be told you were someone\u2019s little boy was like telling them you needed a mother not a woman. \u201cAnd what did you tell them about Adam?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI told them he was my eldest and a very fine young man.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe also knew a lot of women wanted nothing more then to help a fine young man become a man. Even after seeing that Adam was anything but a young man. \u201cWhy did you have to tell them I was your little boy?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause you are Joseph.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I\u2019m not a little boy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou certainly are sounding like one. Come on Hoss.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHey pa how\u2019d you know we were coming here?\u201d Joe gave Hoss a look full of accusation.<\/p>\n

\u201cHoss told me nothing Joseph. I have ears as well and you are my son. If anyone knows you it\u2019s me. I\u2019m just surprised you got dragged into this so easily Adam.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBelieve me pa it wasn\u2019t easy. All he kept saying was it would turn out bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt did didn\u2019t it little brother.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEnough! Hoss and I are going to get something to eat and then we will be leaving in the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

*********<\/p>\n

\u201cJoe where are you going?\u201d Adam had woken up just in time to catch his brother slipping out the window.<\/p>\n

\u201cListen Adam if I\u2019m going to get into trouble I want it to be for something worth getting into trouble for.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJoe I\u2019ve tried to warn you, somehow pa will know.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAdam pa and Hoss are sleeping. Dawn isn\u2019t for two or three hours and that\u2019s more then enough time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot with those ladies.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAdam I\u2019m going and don\u2019t try and stop me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cStop you Joe? I have no intentions of trying to stop you I just felt as your older brother I should try to warn you. But I\u2019ve done that and now I\u2019m going back to sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n

**********<\/p>\n

When morning came Adam rolled over and was surprised to find Joe in his bed. \u201cHey little brother I\u2019m surprised you made it back in time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was back a few minutes after I left.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPa was waiting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI warned you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah and next time I\u2019ll heed your warning.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThen this trip wasn\u2019t a complete waste was it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGive it time Joe. In time you\u2019ll come to realize that all you want is for that one woman that you can love to come along not want to love every woman that comes along.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben had heard Adam\u2019s lesson through the closed door and wondered when did he get so smart.<\/p>\n

\u201cAdam how am I gonna learn that if pa don\u2019t ever let me love any woman.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ben rolled his eyes and knocked. \u201cCome on you two lets get going.\u201d He walked back down the hall to the room he and Hoss had shared. Adam and Joe, sometimes so different and yet at times so alike.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething wrong pa?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo Hoss I was just thinking about your brothers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah they can be so alike at times.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what I was thinking. I only hope in time Joe will come to see all that you older brother does.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe will pa if you let him grow up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAre you reprimanding me Hoss?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo pa just saying if you want Joe to grow up to know some of the things Adam does you got to let him grow up.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess I will, someday. Just not today.\u201d<\/p>\n

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