Time for a Miracle

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters of Emergency! I'm just using them for my imagination, and promise to put them back unharmed. No money is being made from my story.

Chapter2

Marriage was one thing Johnny didn't take lightly. He thought often about the conversations he and his partner Roy had, about proposing to Sharon so soon in their relationship. As he and Sharon seemed to grow closer every day, he knew he was doing the right thing.

Over the years he had known Roy, Johnny had often been invited to Roy's home, and witnessed Roy and Joanne's happy marriage and family, which Johnny always admired. Until he dated Sharon, he never knew just how much he wanted it for himself. She seemed to bring out the best in him, he was truly in love, for the first time in his life....

Johnny and Sharon had just finished eating dinner at his ranch. After clearing the dishes, Sharon walked into the kitchen, and put the dishes in the sink to wash them. Johnny walked in to the kitchen next to her, put his arm around her small waist, and kissed her softly on the cheek. Without saying anything, she turned to face him, and put both her arms lovingly around his neck. As their eyes met, he pulled her into a tight embrace, and the two shared a long and compassionate kiss.

As they released their embrace, Johnny said with a satisfied grin,"Why don't we go out on the deck and relax for a while? It's a clear night... I'll pull out the lounge chairs and we can sit under the stars."

Sharon returned an equally satisfying smile saying, "That sounds great...I'll get us some something to drink, and I'll meet you out there handsome!"

"Just give me two seconds, beautiful!" Johnny exclaimed. He went outside to the deck to set up the chairs.

Sharon finished in the kitchen and walked outside to the deck, handing Johnny his drink, "It's such a pretty night, and so quiet and peaceful isn't it?"

Johnny pulled her chair next to his, and motioned for her to sit down as he took his seat. "Yeah, I love it out here, it's a great place to unwind, after a hard day at work. Sometimes it's so quiet out here, I fall asleep.."

"I hope you don't fall asleep on me now!," mused Sharon with a chuckle.

Johnny laughed, "No beautiful, I won't, don't wanna spoil your quiet time out here, the guys at the station tell me I snore... I don't believe 'em though, well, that's what Chet tells me anyway. Can't believe anything he tells ya," Johnny said snickering, while rolling his eyes and shaking his head.

"Chet sounds like a real character, I'd like to meet him sometime," Sharon said.

"You will, I'm sure....and the other guys too," Johnny answered with his trademark lopsided grin, "ya know, sometimes Chet can be a real jerk when he wants to be, but when it counts, he's the best fireman there is, I just wish he'd lay off the pranks once in a while!"

"Are the other guys at the station like him, I mean, ornery?" quizzed Sharon.

"No way!," Johnny said half laughing, "No...Marco is pretty easy going, he's your regular run of the mill kinda guy, he tries to keep Chet in line, sorta gives Chet a piece of his mind. He's pretty funny when he gets excited about stuff though, he starts spouting off in Spanish. Roy's all the time gettin' on him about that, cause none of us knows what he's sayin'."

"Then there's Mike," Johnny continued, "I don't think I've ever heard him say a whole paragraph at any time, the whole time I've known him! He's so quiet, when I hear him talk, I have to look at him to make sure it's his lips that's moving!... Boy, is he smart though, I'm amazed at how he handles himself, especially when we're on a tough call, he knows just what to do without Cap tellin' him, I guess that's what good engineers are all about. He's gonna make a great Captain someday.."

"I've met Captain Stanley a few times," Sharon interjected, "he seems like a nice man."

"Yeah," said Johnny thoughtfully, "he's a great boss, I respect him a lot. Cap's gotta heart of gold, he knows just what to say to ya after a bad run, ya know, like a friend... but on the other hand, ya don't wanna disappoint him. Sorta like a father figure, you wanna make him proud."

Sharon was lightly shaking her head, as she was thinking about her first few months working with Dr. Brackett, the head of the ER at Rampart. "I wish Dr. Brackett was more like Captain Stanley," she said as she shuttered, "He is so intimidating sometimes! When I first started working at Rampart, I'd feel like a fumbling idiot. If I happened to be working with him, I would start dropping things and get tongue tied, it was terrible!"

"Yeah, I know what you mean." Johnny replied sternly, "Well, my situation was a little different. When I first started out on the squad, Brackett, still wasn't completely sold on the paramedic program, even after he trained me and Roy. Then one day we were out on a run with Dixie, and she got hurt. We contacted base, Brackett was on the call, he told us we had to wait for someone else to get to us, before we could treat her. We couldn't wait, she needed help immediately! I couldn't just sit there and do nothing! So, I shut the biophone off, and treated her anyway."

"I didn't know that happened, Miss McCall has never mentioned it." Sharon said with concern in her voice.

Johnny was now looking down, and frowning, "She probably won't, that was a real bad scene that day... Brackett called us in his office after we brought her in and gave us holy hell for what we did. Then to make matters worse, Dr. Early as much as told him, that if we'd have waited, she'd have been in the morgue."

"Brackett told me and Roy, right after he yelled at us, that we'd done good," Johnny said after he let out a heavy sigh, "still though, Roy and I always felt some tension around him for a while after that."

"Wow, I had no idea..."Sharon said with a look of shock.

Long before Sharon started dating Johnny, it was well known throughout the hospital, that he and his partner Roy, were thought of as one of the best paramedic teams in the county. She had assumed that since Dr. Brackett was the leading instructor of the paramedic classes at Rampart, that he was is full support of the paramedic program, and of the men that trained under him. Sharon was stunned.

Sharon thought back to the snide comments her friends used to make about Johnny. If they had gotten to know him like she did, they would have come to the same conclusion she had, that while he seemed to be full of himself, they'd know that Johnny is a caring man, and believes that doing his job, means that people could depend on him to be nothing less than his best.

Having heard what Johnny just told her, Sharon understood why he and Dixie were kind of protective of one another. She smiled as she realized she was proud of him, and now loved him even more.

"You and Roy have been through quite a lot haven't you?" Sharon probed, "I know how close you guys are."

Starting to smile while softly nodding his head, Johnny answered, "Yeah, from the minute he talked me into training for the paramedics, we've been friends. Best friends." He let out a laugh, "I know I can get on his nerves sometimes when I need to let off a little steam, I don't know how he puts up with me."

Johnny paused for a moment, then took on a serious tone, "He's helped me through a LOT of tough times, especially when I've been injured on the job, and then there was that time I caught that monkey virus. That was rough, but he stayed with me, the whole time...." Johnny pondered again, "He's like a brother to me, I'd do anything for him... I've even told Jo his wife, I'd see to it that he was safe on the job, if I could help it."

Sharon put her hand in Johnny's hand, and lovingly squeezed to get his attention, "It's obvious Roy cares a lot about you, Johnny, and so do I..I love you so much," she said thoughtfully. They looked longingly into each others' dark brown eyes, then kissed briefly. "I love you too, beautiful," replied Johnny.

TBC