Thanks to everyone for the feedback, please keep it coming! This is another fun chapter, I really enjoyed writing it.
As always a HUGE thanks to Emom for being a great Beta and friend.
I don't own the rights to our guys from Station 51 this is all just for fun.
Promise By the Moon
Emergency! Fanfiction
By: Redelflady
Chapter 6
The next morning, when Sarah awoke, she couldn't wait to call Nikki and tell her about the date. After their brief conversation she showered and dug through the closet. Finally deciding on some faded jeans and a Station 87 T shirt, she quickly dressed, then pulled her hair up.
After putting on some minimal makeup, she decided she was ready to go.
She knocked on the door and Johnny answered. "Hey Doc, long time no see!"
"Ditto there Johnny," she greeted him with an easy confidence. Making her way to the kitchen, she sat down at the table with Johnny.
"Roy will be out in a few minutes. You want some coffee?"
"Sure, that sounds good."
They sat and talked at the table. Roy walked around the corner.
"Hey you!" she greeted him. It amazed her how glad she was to see him, like nothing was right in her morning until she was back with him. She stood up and greeted him with a hug.
"Hey yourself," he pulled her tighter into the embrace.
She pulled back and looked into his eyes. "So gentlemen, what's on the agenda today?"
They discussed the work that needed to be done and quickly made their plan. Sarah suggested some plants and flowers and some placement ideas, which Roy liked immediately.
One trip to the store for supplies, 5 hours and 3 pitchers of Sarah's lemonade later, the back yard looked amazingly better.
They sat on the back deck admiring their work and drinking some fresh cold lemonade.
"Wow Doc, you are filthy!" Johnny smiled at her, looking all innocent himself.
"Well if you hadn't thrown every clump of dirt you found at me, I wouldn't be this dirty," she shot back at him, with a big smile.
"You're the one that squirted me with the hose!" He shot back at her with a pointed finger as he worked to stifle his laughter.
"Only after you tried to stick tulip bulbs down my shirt." She had brothers and there was no way he could win this game with her.
"Oh no, no, no!" he quickly shook his head. "I clearly remember you squirted me first and then it was downhill from there."
As their playful argument continued, Roy could only smile at them both. This was something he desperately needed to know. Johnny liked her. If anything was a good sign that was it. For him and his family, Johnny was part of the package, they stayed together as a family.
He ducked just in time to dodge the lemonade, as it started to fly across the table. Lost in his own revere, he wasn't even sure who started it.
"You two are worse than Chris and Jenn, when they get going!" Roy ran for cover behind a tree.
Waiting a couple of minutes for the fervor to settle down, he was finally brave enough to peek from behind his shelter and see what the two juveniles were doing.
"Ok, Ok. Let's all get cleaned up, okay? Did you bring a change of clothes, Sarah?"
He watched her, standing next to Johnny, like two chastised children awaiting judgment from their father. She nodded, and then quietly raised her arm to pour a full glass of lemonade over Johnny's head. Johnny darted away and grabbed the hose.
Ten minutes later, even Roy was soaking wet and laughing.
"Ok, let's try this again. Let's all get showered and change. I'm buying dinner!" Roy yelled.
"Whoo hoo!" Johnny yelled back.
Sarah moved closer to Roy and wrapped her arms around him, pulling him into a hug, and then sliding an ice cube down the back of his shirt.
"Ohh…you're gonna pay for that one, Missy!" Roy roared as she laughed and ran in the house.
A few minutes later she was in the guest bathroom with her change of clothes. She looked in the mirror. "Wow I really am filthy," then laughed at herself. It had been a wonderful day.
Cleaned up and in fresh clothes, she met Roy met in the living room. The radio was playing on one of the popular stations.
"Johnny takes a little longer than anyone else on the planet to get ready." Roy apologized.
She walked over to Roy and wrapped her arms around his waist. "It's ok, I'm not minding the wait."
The DJ announced the upcoming song, "My Maria."
Roy looked at her, "I like this song."
She smiled back at him, "That's my middle name Maria, after my Mom."
They stood arms around each other, swaying slightly, as he sang the song to her. She loved looking at his eyes, never seeming to get enough of those deep bottomless pools of ocean blue. When the song was over Roy leaned into her, kissing her.
All she could do was smile. "That has to be the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me, thank you."
"Too much?" He was momentarily worried that he was going to overwhelm her with too much, too fast.
"No, perfect," she put her arms around his neck and kissed him back.
"Oh good Lord, do you two ever stop?" Johnny wandered in the room, a chuckle escaping his lips.
"Don't push your luck, Johnny," Sarah warned him with a smile.
Johnny just shook his head, amazed at seeing them forming such a bond so quick. "Where are we going, Pally?"
"How about we go to the diner on Fern, then to the drive in and see that Star Wars movie?"
"Oh yeah! I haven't been to the drive in years!" Sarah jumped up and down, like a giddy school girl.
Roy thought it was adorable and he loved her even more for it.
Johnny coughed looking down sheepishly. "You sure you want me along? I don't want to be a 3rd wheel."
Roy shook his head and Sarah playfully pushed his arm. "Of course we want you to go, Goofy. We promise to be on our best behavior."
"Sarah, can we take your truck? It's bigger," Roy asked.
"Sure." She pulled her keys out for him.
Roy grabbed them and headed for the door.
Johnny ran past him yelling, "Shotgun!"
Roy just shook his head as he grabbed some blankets from the hall closet and threw them in the back of her truck.
She reluctantly climbed in between the two friends. She pushed her shoulder into Johnny as he got in. He pushed her back and she fell into Roy.
"Alright," Roy said, in his best father voice. "Is it going to be like this all evening?"
They both smiled at him and nodded. All he could do was resign him to a night with the bobbsey twins, realizing to his chagrin that he loved every minute of it.
In a few minutes, they arrived at the diner, hungry, and ready to pile out of the now crowded truck. The meal was going along just fine, with quiet chatting, and adult conversation, until Johnny stole a French fry from her plate.
She frowned and kicked him under the table.
"OW!" He yelled, quickly reaching down to rub his aching shin, wondering if she had removed any skin along the way.
Roy decided to interrupt before things got out of hand. "Thank you both for your help today."
"No problem, Pally," Johnny said, still with a slightly furrowed brow, which was aimed directly at the innocent appearing woman across from him.
Sarah leaned over and put her head on Roy's shoulder, "It was fun."
Johnny reached under the table and pinched Sarah on the calf.
"OWWWW!!" She yelled, nearly hitting her head on the table as she quickly jumped and tried to reach down to rub the painful spot.
Roy looked helplessly at the waitress, who was now staring at them. "Check!"
They got to the drive in early, and they were able to get a good spot. Roy sent Johnny to get popcorn and snacks, fearing leaving the two alone together would result in bodily injury.
Sarah kicked off her sandals and helped Roy spread the blankets in the back of the truck. Stepping back they surveyed their handiwork and smiled. He reached over and gently ran the back of his fingers across her cheek. The warm touch made her catch her breath, as she looked up at him.
Once again, he wanted to kiss her. It was something he knew he would never be able to get enough of. He leaned down and kissed her, this time more passionately, pulling her close to him, then releasing her before she could barely respond.
"What was that for?" she asked coyly.
"Just cause," he said with a tilt of his head.
She blushed, her cheeks becoming beautifully pink underneath her soft skin. This time he wrapped both arms around her waist and pulled her flush to his own body, kissing her with more fire behind it, more yearning, never wanting his lips leave hers.
Johnny came back around and groaned, rolling his eyes, like a six year old catching his parents doing the 'gross' thing. Otherwise occupied, they didn't even hear him, lost in their own world of each other.
He saw Sarah's bare foot and not being one to back away from such a perfect opportunity, he ran his finger right up the arch. She squealed and pulled away from Roy, glaring at Johnny.
"I am going to hurt you, Gage."
Roy restrained her, keeping his arms around her waist. "Movie is going to start soon, let's all calm down. Give me the popcorn." Johnny stuck out his tongue at her.
Roy smiled and let go of her, "He's all yours."
Johnny quickly handed Roy the popcorn, but realized it was now too late.
"Now Sarah," he said, backing up in a modified version of the crabwalk, until he reached the end of the truck bed. There he quickly jumped down and continued backing up.
"Sarah, I'm warning ya," he knew it wouldn't work, but it was worth the effort.
She quietly slipped on her shoes and jumped down after him. It was at that point that Roy saw them running. Well, Johnny was running and Sarah was chasing. This is where having 5 brothers was going to pay off.
They returned just before the movie started, both out of breath and laughing.
Roy continued to be relaxed, munching on the popcorn. "Are you sure you two aren't brother and sister?
"He reminds me a lot of my brother, Patrick." She elbowed Johnny in the ribs, as they climbed back into the truck bed.
Johnny groaned. "Truce," he called, completely out of breath.
"Deal," she huffed, leaning back into the blankets.
They settled into the blankets, Johnny leaned back, his long lanky legs stretched out in front of him. Sarah was curled up beside Roy, sharing the popcorn until they were both digging for the crumbs.
The two 'siblings' behaved and by the time the movie was over, it was almost midnight.
"I wish I didn't have to work tomorrow," Sarah lamented.
Johnny nodded sleepily. "We're on too."
They got back to the house and Johnny gave her a hug, "I had a good time, Doc."
"Me too, Johnny. It's a shame that you can't outrun my lemonade."
"Well you looked just fine with dirt all over your face!" They both laughed.
Johnny left them alone to say good night, grateful to get to share part of their evening with them, he had truly great time. Roy slung his arms around her shoulders, and she slipped hers around his waist.
"I had a great time today," he whispered to her.
"Me too, Roy. That partner of yours…" She smiled.
"Yeah, he's a handful sometimes," he chuckled back at him.
He traced the line of her cheek and jaw bone with his fingertips. "Next time how about just the two of us?" He was getting lost in her incredible eyes.
She was almost breathless, him so close to her, and what his touch did to her. "I'd really like that."
Cupping her face with his hands, he leaned in, pressing his lips to hers.
"I'll call you later this week, and we can make some plans."
"Okay. I'll see you at Rampart. Be safe, both of you."