14Disclaimer: I do not own Medicine Woman. That right belongs to the creator of the show,The Sullivan Company,CBS, and A&E. I do not want to infringe on the rights of anyone meantioned in this story.
"Last call for flight 123 to Boston." the voice over the PA system announced. Picking up his bags Sully rushed to get on the plane.
Taking his seat on the plane he leaned back in the seat closing his eyes. The image came to him. The image always came to him when he would close his eyes. Her perfect porcelain skin, her full lips, her long brown hair, her mismatched eyes.
Opening his eyes up he took a deep breath. He only hope that he wasn't too hope he hadn't lost her. As he closed his eyes again his thoughts drifted off to the first time he had ever seen her. He had no idea that day she would turn his world upside down.
Colorado Spring-Summer 1988
It was a bright June morning as Mike played outside with her puppy Wolf. They were playing his favorite game chase. Throwing the ball as far as she could Wolf would run after it and bring it back to her.
She was about to throw it again when something caught her attention. It was a red Chevy truck pulling a U-haul trailer behind it. As it stopped in the driveway of the house next door she ran inside to tell her father as Wolf tagged along behind her.
William Sully put the truck in park and looked over at his son setting in the passenger seat. "We're here son." he said as he opened the truck door.
William had lived in New York City most of his life. But he had come upon bad luck recently and wanted to forget the town and all the memories it held and start anew.
"Nice house isn't it?" William asked as he picked Byron up in his arms. Byron just looked at the house and said nothing. He was still dealing with the fact that he had to leave all his friends back in New York.
"Son, I know you miss your friends back home." William said setting Byron on the ground." But I want you to give Colorado a chance too. Pretty soon you're going to make new friends and maybe you'll start seeing this as home too."
" I'll try pa." Byron said looking down. Just then a puppy barking got his attention. He looked up to see a puppy coming straight towards him.
The puppy jumped on him licking his face. "C'mon. Stop! That tickles." Byron said giggling.
"Wolf! Stop that!" a small voice behind them said. The puppy barked and ran towards the voice. Turning William and Byron saw a little girl around Byron's age with long brown hair. She was followed by a man around his early thirties.
"Hello." The man said holding the little girl's hand in one hand and holding his other hand out to William." I'm Josef Quinn."
"Pleased to meet you." William said shaking his hand." I'm William Sully and this is my son Byron. We're your new neighbors."
Looking down at the little boy Josef noticed him staring at Michaela. Bending down beside her Josef looked at the little boy. "Byron, this is my little girl Michaela. But everybody calls her Mike."
Mike who never meet a stranger, grabbed the little boy's hand. "Let's go play with my puppy." she said as they ran to the middle of the yard. Within a moments time they were both laughing and playing. Maybe Colorado Springs wasn't going to be as bad as Byron thought. He had already made a friend. A best friend. Within a few weeks they were inseperable. Just like they would be for the rest of their lives.
Opening his eyes again he smiled. She was always like that he thought. Always knew what he back on it now he realized he didn't have a single memory of his childhood without her in it.
Even when they became teenagers there was such a strong connection. She was his first everything. First kiss. First love. First heartbreak.
I was such a fool he thought. "I just pray I'm not too late." he said out loud to himself as he looked out the plane window watching the city getting smaller and smaller as the plane ascended into the sky.