A/N: Hiya!! LoopyLou here! This is my first fanfic so please be nice!
This story revolves around the relationships of Matthew, Colleen and Brian
with each of their beaus. By now Matthew has just turned 27 and is now the
towns official lawyer, Colleen is now 22 and is just finishing medical
school and Brian has just turned 18 and is working full time as a reporter
for the Gazette.
Hope you all enjoy!!
Disclaimer:I do not own anything to do with DQMW!!
"Good mornin' Dr Mike", Matthew said as he climbed the stairs to the Sully homestead with his Fiancée Rebecca on his arm.
"Good mornin' Matthew, Rebecca, how are the two of you this morning?"
"Just fine", Rebecca replied as she approached her future mother in law.
"30 days and countin' til' your weddin' comes around, are you getting' nervous yet?"
"Not at all" they both answered in unison letting out a little giggle afterwards.
"I am so happy that Colleen is just about finished with medical school, she will be home for good and will be able to see her older brother get married," Matthew said proudly looking at his Ma.
"Yes, in 14 days she will officially become Dr Colleen Cooper MD and we will all be their to see her get her degree, I simply can't wait," Michaela said with a large grin on her face, feeling so excited that her eldest daughter had achieved her dream of becoming a doctor.
"So Ma, what do you think Colleen will do when she comes home?" Matthew asked with a slight cheeky grin on his face.
"Well she will be working side by side with me at the clinic, of course," Michaela replied.
"Yes, yes of course, but I wasn't talking about work, I was talking about her and Andrew, do you think they might finally get engaged?" Matthew said.
Michaela thought about that for a while, Colleen and Andrew clearly loved each other; anybody could see that as plain as day and they had been courting for some time now. When she is home visiting from college Colleen and Andrew would always go off on long walks and picnics together and often she would catch the two of them kissing.
"I honestly don't know Matthew; we'll just have to wait and see what happens," was her answer to her eldest sons question.
"Oh look at the time, Matthew will you give me a ride to the clinic?" Dr Mike said.
"Sure Ma," he replied.
"Rebecca are you sure you are going to be all right with little Byron for the day?" Dr Mike said.
"Yes of course, now we'll see you later after work," Rebecca assured her.
They said their goodbyes and left the homestead.
Rebecca Clarkson was originally from Denver, but her family moved out here to enjoy a quieter life about 2 years ago. She is now 23, when she first moved here she and Matthew became real good friends, but a year later their friendship turned in to romance. Rebecca regularly comes to the homestead to take care of Byron who is now almost 4 years old while Michaela works at the clinic. Katie is almost 7 years old so she attends school everyday.
Brian was finishing printing the last of the newspapers when there was a quiet knock on the door; he turned around to find Sarah standing in the doorway holding a picnic basket.
Sarah had come to Colorado Springs almost 3 years ago when her father died she and her mother decided to start their lives over in a small town. She and Brian had become quite close since she had been there.
"Hello there Sarah, what are you doing?"
"Well I came to see if you would be so kind as to accompany me on a picnic down by the creek", she said, "would you like to come?"
"Well sure I would, let me just clean myself up a bit, I'm covered in ink from the printin' press," he replied quite calmly but inside he was so nervous and excited at the same time.
Brian offered to carry the picnic basket as they headed for the creek.
Michaela led Dorothy out of the clinic door, when she looked up she saw Brain and Sarah walking down the street arm in arm, a small grin stretched across her face. Dorothy saw what was taking place and looked to Michaela.
"Have they said if they are courtin' or not yet?" Dorothy blurted out.
"No. Dorothy do you think he is still too young to be in a serious relationship?" Michaela asked her good friend.
"Well it don't look that serious to me, looks like they are just goin' on a picnic, that's ok ain't it?" Dorothy asked.
"Of course," Michaela stated, "it's just I don't want them to rush in to anything like Matthew did with Ingrid."
"That was a real nice picnic Sarah," Brian said with a smile on his face as he stared at her, longing to thank her more intimately maybe with a slight kiss on her cheek.
"It was a real nice picnic with you here to enjoy it with me," she said. Both blushed and Sarah looked down to her lap looking for the courage to go on with what she wanted to say.
"Brian," she said shakily.
"Yes?" He replied.
"I.I." she began.
"Go on," he said encouragingly.
"I love you," she blurted out all of a sudden.
Brian felt like his jaw hit the ground, he was shocked, he knew Sarah liked him but he never knew she loved him.
"Brian, say something, please," she said.
"Oh Sarah, I am so happy you told me because I have been wanting to tell you for some time now that, well, I love you too."
"You do?" She said, making sure she heard right.
"Of course, I guess I've loved you since the first time I saw you climb down off that train with your Ma, you were so beautiful, you took my breath away," he paused for a moment and continued, "you still do."
He stood up, walked over to her and lifted her to her feet. They stood close, facing each other; he wrapped one arm around her waist tightly and with the other he stroked her hair away from her face then he moved in for a kiss. Sarah met his gaze and realized what was about to happen, they had never kissed like this before, maybe just a quick peck on her cheek from time to time but never so intimate. She closed her eyes as their lips met, the kiss lasted for several seconds but then both pulled away to catch their breath, they gazed in to each others eyes and just held each other tightly for a while.
They were sat back down now on the blanket and Sarah and Brian were just finishing the last of their lemonade before heading back in to town when Brian spoke up and said, "Sarah would you like it if we.um.if we began to court, I think we're old enough now, what do you say?"
A large smile spread across Sarah's face at what she had just heard, she looked Brian in the eyes and said "yes, yes I'd love to." They then shared another romantic kiss.
"Sarah, there is just one thing, he carried on, do you mind if we kept this to our selves for a little while until I have time to speak to my Ma about this, because I know something like this will come as a bit of a shock to her."
Sarah looked at Brian and hesitated for a while but then agreed to keep this between them.
Michaela had just arrived home from work and greeted her husband with a hug and a kiss and then asked each child how their day had been. When she came to ask Brian about his day, all he could manage to say was "nothin' much."
"Well, what happened? I saw you go out on a picnic with Sarah," she questioned further.
"Um, I'm gonna go unhitch the wagon for the night," Sully interrupted.
"Like I said Ma, nothin' much happened. I'm gonna go help Sully."
Dr Mike new he was keeping something from her but decided to leave it for now.
Brian and Sully were giving the horses their feed and putting them in their stalls when Brian spoke up, "Pa can I talk to ya?"
"Sure son, what do want to talk to me about?" He asked
"Well it's something I can't talk to Ma about." Brian said.
"Oh I see, you want to talk about Sarah, go on," Sully encouraged his son to carry on, nudging him to sit down on the haystack.
"Well, you see Sarah said something to me while we were on our picnic earlier today and I needed to talk to someone about it," Brian said.
"What did she say Brian?" Sully questioned.
"She told me.she told me that." he paused.
"Spit it out son, you can tell me."
"She told me that she loves me," Brian said, his cheeks turning red.
A smile came across Sully's face, "and what did you say to her then," Sully asked.
"Well I.I told her that I loved her too and.and we have agreed to court," looking to his Pa for his response.
"Well I think that's great news son, so long as you're happy," Sully told him.
"I am it's just I don't know how to tell Ma," Brian stated, "I don't know how she will react."
"What do you mean?" Sully asked.
"Well you remember when Matthew had announced his engagement to Ingrid, he was my age, and Ma didn't approve, she thought he was too young," Brian said.
"Well you aren't getting married; you're just talking about courtin'. I won't say anything if you don't want me to, you just wait for the right time to tell her yourself. Now lets get back inside the homestead and get washed up for supper," Sully said.
They walked back into the homestead and Brian went straight up the stairs to get washed up.
Michaela came to Sully's side and asked "what's wrong with Brian, he's actin' a little strange, is he keeping something from me?"
"I'm sure he'll tell you in his own time, just be patient" Sully insisted.
"Sully tell me what, what does he want to tell me?" She questioned him.
"All I can say is he'll come to ya when he's ready, now lets eat." Sully finished.
A/N: What's gonna happen next? Will Michaela find out? How will she react? Well don't just sit there wondering! Send me a review (please be nice - remember I'm new at this) and I will update as soon as I can!!
Hope you all enjoy!!
Disclaimer:I do not own anything to do with DQMW!!
"Good mornin' Dr Mike", Matthew said as he climbed the stairs to the Sully homestead with his Fiancée Rebecca on his arm.
"Good mornin' Matthew, Rebecca, how are the two of you this morning?"
"Just fine", Rebecca replied as she approached her future mother in law.
"30 days and countin' til' your weddin' comes around, are you getting' nervous yet?"
"Not at all" they both answered in unison letting out a little giggle afterwards.
"I am so happy that Colleen is just about finished with medical school, she will be home for good and will be able to see her older brother get married," Matthew said proudly looking at his Ma.
"Yes, in 14 days she will officially become Dr Colleen Cooper MD and we will all be their to see her get her degree, I simply can't wait," Michaela said with a large grin on her face, feeling so excited that her eldest daughter had achieved her dream of becoming a doctor.
"So Ma, what do you think Colleen will do when she comes home?" Matthew asked with a slight cheeky grin on his face.
"Well she will be working side by side with me at the clinic, of course," Michaela replied.
"Yes, yes of course, but I wasn't talking about work, I was talking about her and Andrew, do you think they might finally get engaged?" Matthew said.
Michaela thought about that for a while, Colleen and Andrew clearly loved each other; anybody could see that as plain as day and they had been courting for some time now. When she is home visiting from college Colleen and Andrew would always go off on long walks and picnics together and often she would catch the two of them kissing.
"I honestly don't know Matthew; we'll just have to wait and see what happens," was her answer to her eldest sons question.
"Oh look at the time, Matthew will you give me a ride to the clinic?" Dr Mike said.
"Sure Ma," he replied.
"Rebecca are you sure you are going to be all right with little Byron for the day?" Dr Mike said.
"Yes of course, now we'll see you later after work," Rebecca assured her.
They said their goodbyes and left the homestead.
Rebecca Clarkson was originally from Denver, but her family moved out here to enjoy a quieter life about 2 years ago. She is now 23, when she first moved here she and Matthew became real good friends, but a year later their friendship turned in to romance. Rebecca regularly comes to the homestead to take care of Byron who is now almost 4 years old while Michaela works at the clinic. Katie is almost 7 years old so she attends school everyday.
Brian was finishing printing the last of the newspapers when there was a quiet knock on the door; he turned around to find Sarah standing in the doorway holding a picnic basket.
Sarah had come to Colorado Springs almost 3 years ago when her father died she and her mother decided to start their lives over in a small town. She and Brian had become quite close since she had been there.
"Hello there Sarah, what are you doing?"
"Well I came to see if you would be so kind as to accompany me on a picnic down by the creek", she said, "would you like to come?"
"Well sure I would, let me just clean myself up a bit, I'm covered in ink from the printin' press," he replied quite calmly but inside he was so nervous and excited at the same time.
Brian offered to carry the picnic basket as they headed for the creek.
Michaela led Dorothy out of the clinic door, when she looked up she saw Brain and Sarah walking down the street arm in arm, a small grin stretched across her face. Dorothy saw what was taking place and looked to Michaela.
"Have they said if they are courtin' or not yet?" Dorothy blurted out.
"No. Dorothy do you think he is still too young to be in a serious relationship?" Michaela asked her good friend.
"Well it don't look that serious to me, looks like they are just goin' on a picnic, that's ok ain't it?" Dorothy asked.
"Of course," Michaela stated, "it's just I don't want them to rush in to anything like Matthew did with Ingrid."
"That was a real nice picnic Sarah," Brian said with a smile on his face as he stared at her, longing to thank her more intimately maybe with a slight kiss on her cheek.
"It was a real nice picnic with you here to enjoy it with me," she said. Both blushed and Sarah looked down to her lap looking for the courage to go on with what she wanted to say.
"Brian," she said shakily.
"Yes?" He replied.
"I.I." she began.
"Go on," he said encouragingly.
"I love you," she blurted out all of a sudden.
Brian felt like his jaw hit the ground, he was shocked, he knew Sarah liked him but he never knew she loved him.
"Brian, say something, please," she said.
"Oh Sarah, I am so happy you told me because I have been wanting to tell you for some time now that, well, I love you too."
"You do?" She said, making sure she heard right.
"Of course, I guess I've loved you since the first time I saw you climb down off that train with your Ma, you were so beautiful, you took my breath away," he paused for a moment and continued, "you still do."
He stood up, walked over to her and lifted her to her feet. They stood close, facing each other; he wrapped one arm around her waist tightly and with the other he stroked her hair away from her face then he moved in for a kiss. Sarah met his gaze and realized what was about to happen, they had never kissed like this before, maybe just a quick peck on her cheek from time to time but never so intimate. She closed her eyes as their lips met, the kiss lasted for several seconds but then both pulled away to catch their breath, they gazed in to each others eyes and just held each other tightly for a while.
They were sat back down now on the blanket and Sarah and Brian were just finishing the last of their lemonade before heading back in to town when Brian spoke up and said, "Sarah would you like it if we.um.if we began to court, I think we're old enough now, what do you say?"
A large smile spread across Sarah's face at what she had just heard, she looked Brian in the eyes and said "yes, yes I'd love to." They then shared another romantic kiss.
"Sarah, there is just one thing, he carried on, do you mind if we kept this to our selves for a little while until I have time to speak to my Ma about this, because I know something like this will come as a bit of a shock to her."
Sarah looked at Brian and hesitated for a while but then agreed to keep this between them.
Michaela had just arrived home from work and greeted her husband with a hug and a kiss and then asked each child how their day had been. When she came to ask Brian about his day, all he could manage to say was "nothin' much."
"Well, what happened? I saw you go out on a picnic with Sarah," she questioned further.
"Um, I'm gonna go unhitch the wagon for the night," Sully interrupted.
"Like I said Ma, nothin' much happened. I'm gonna go help Sully."
Dr Mike new he was keeping something from her but decided to leave it for now.
Brian and Sully were giving the horses their feed and putting them in their stalls when Brian spoke up, "Pa can I talk to ya?"
"Sure son, what do want to talk to me about?" He asked
"Well it's something I can't talk to Ma about." Brian said.
"Oh I see, you want to talk about Sarah, go on," Sully encouraged his son to carry on, nudging him to sit down on the haystack.
"Well, you see Sarah said something to me while we were on our picnic earlier today and I needed to talk to someone about it," Brian said.
"What did she say Brian?" Sully questioned.
"She told me.she told me that." he paused.
"Spit it out son, you can tell me."
"She told me that she loves me," Brian said, his cheeks turning red.
A smile came across Sully's face, "and what did you say to her then," Sully asked.
"Well I.I told her that I loved her too and.and we have agreed to court," looking to his Pa for his response.
"Well I think that's great news son, so long as you're happy," Sully told him.
"I am it's just I don't know how to tell Ma," Brian stated, "I don't know how she will react."
"What do you mean?" Sully asked.
"Well you remember when Matthew had announced his engagement to Ingrid, he was my age, and Ma didn't approve, she thought he was too young," Brian said.
"Well you aren't getting married; you're just talking about courtin'. I won't say anything if you don't want me to, you just wait for the right time to tell her yourself. Now lets get back inside the homestead and get washed up for supper," Sully said.
They walked back into the homestead and Brian went straight up the stairs to get washed up.
Michaela came to Sully's side and asked "what's wrong with Brian, he's actin' a little strange, is he keeping something from me?"
"I'm sure he'll tell you in his own time, just be patient" Sully insisted.
"Sully tell me what, what does he want to tell me?" She questioned him.
"All I can say is he'll come to ya when he's ready, now lets eat." Sully finished.
A/N: What's gonna happen next? Will Michaela find out? How will she react? Well don't just sit there wondering! Send me a review (please be nice - remember I'm new at this) and I will update as soon as I can!!