Hi everyone :) This is my new story...it goes with the first one, Wanderlust, but it can be read on its own. I hope you all enjoy it, and a special thank you goes out to Ms. Kruemi for helping out with the German translation and being my beta reader.
Disclaimer: I do not own Dr. Quinn, Beth Sullivan and A&E do. I just borrowed the characters for my own, and hopefully others, enjoyment.
The Best Medicine
Teaser
The afternoon sun shone brightly over Colorado Springs. The townspeople bustled about, busy with their daily activities. A month and a half had passed since that fateful night in the barn where Daniel met Jackson and his sister Ellie. Now, Jackson was an apprentice to Robert E, the town blacksmith, and Ellie had just recently gained a position at the rail depot assisting with the post. In fact, it was at this position that she found herself that day.
Ellie stood on the platform with a clipboard in one hand and a pencil in the other, double checking that all the boxes that were meant to go out on the next train were where they were supposed to be. Wolf was lounging by her feet, since Sully was in Denver on business and the animal had decided for a change of scenery from the one he was accustomed to outside the clinic. If Wolf could talk, he would admit that it wasn't much different, he still saw the same people, but he enjoyed the company anyway.
Ellie, for that matter, enjoyed his company too. Daniel had gone to Denver with Matthew (who had been deputized while he studied to become a lawyer) a few days ago as well, both escorting a prisoner that had been caught in town. Ellie and Jackson had to admit that they missed their new Pa, even though they knew he would be returning soon.
Ellie sighed as she saw the train come into view and slow down in front of the structure. Looking over the list one more time, she nodded to the other workers that everything was there, and bent down to scratch Wolf behind the ears. She handed off the invoice list to the man that would load it onto the train, and looked down at the list of items that would be coming in that day. She felt more than saw Wolf get up and trot over to the train after it had stopped.
"Wolf?" she questioned looking to see where the animal went off to.
That was when she saw Sully alight from the train, with Daniel behind him and Matthew bringing up the rear. Her face broke into a wide smile and she rushed up to meet them.
"You're home! You weren't supposed to be here until tomorrow!" she said happily, first giving Daniel a hug, and then Sully.
"Finished early." Daniel stated.
Sully nodded and tried to sniff air through his stuffed up nose.
"You ok?" Ellie asked.
"Yeah, it's nothin'." He commented.
"Dr. Mike's still going to wanna take a look." She stated.
Sully nodded, but right now extra attention from his wife didn't sound like that bad of an idea.
As the four moved away, two more people left the train, a young woman who was somewhere in her twenties, and an older man.
"Oh, it's beautiful here!" the woman said.
"'Unsere Berge zu Hause sind viel beeindruckender."(The mountains back home are more impressive) The older man said, clearly teasing her.
"Opa!"(Grandpa) she said in mock annoyance.
Both laughed.
"Come, Evangeline. We're going to be quite busy for the next few days." The older man said.