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They spent the rest of the day playing horseshoes and a spirited game of croquet.

When the sun began to set, the party thinned out, leaving Mike, Barb, Roy, Joanne, Julianna and Johnny sitting outside, enjoying the breeze.

"So, have you made any other decisions about the wedding besides the date," Joanne asked.
"We're having the reception at the house," Julianna said.
"Other than that and picking who is in the wedding party, we've got all the other details to figure out," Johnny said.

"Well, we'll help you as much as you'll let us," Roy said.
"That's great. I think we'll need all the help we can get," Johnny said.

"Well, how about we get together on the next day you two girls have off. What do you think, Barb," Joanne asked.
"Works for me. You want to us to help you, Juli," Barb asked.
"Sure. I'm off Tuesday, but I have plans that day, but I'm off Friday. Want to meet Friday," Julianna asked.

"That sounds good to me. Roy's working Friday and the kids are heading to my sister's for a sleepover that night. It will be perfect. Oh, we could have girls night in! We can plan the wedding and just do girl things. I haven't done that since before I got married. What do you think," Joanne asked.

Julianna looked at Barb. The idea sounded great. It had been a while since she'd had a night with just girls. She was usually with Johnny or hanging out with her brother. She wondered if she asked Dixie, if she would come and have a girls night with them.
"That sounds great to me. I can't remember the last time I had a sleep over," Julianna said.
"You mean with just girls," Barb said, causing Julianna to blush.

"Then it's settled. Come over around 6 that evening and we'll have ourselves a little party," Joanne said.

Julianna smiled at her friends. Then she stifled a yawn and realized she and Johnny both had work in the morning and they should probably head back to his apartment.

She caught Johnny's eye and he nodded. "We do have a shift in the morning, so we're going to head off. I'll see you both at the Station," Johnny said.
Julianna hugged Roy and Mike. "I'll see you later, Mikey," she said.
"Be careful, sis," he said, hugging her.

Julianna smiled at him and hugged Barb and Joanne. She and Johnny said their goodbyes and headed back to his apartment.
On the way back, Julianna looked at Johnny. "I thought I'd pack up some of your stuff while you're working. I'm working 12 tomorrow, but I thought I'd start in the morning," Julianna said.

"That's fine. We can move things into the house as soon as the utilities and stuff are turned on. I guess I'll have to do that sometime Monday after my shift," he said.

"I can do that in the morning. I don't have to be in until 11 and I do have my office where I can do the calls in private," she said.
"Sounds good to me," Johnny said, as he parked in his parking space.

He came around and opened Julianna's door, once again amazing her at his chivalrous nature. She took his hand and they walked up to his apartment.

Julianna headed toward the bedroom to change. She was tired from all the excitement of the day and Bob and Beth's revelation. Despite what Johnny had told her, she had a suspicion that everyone thought she'd crack if she found out her friends were having children and she wasn't. Julianna was determined to put on a happy face when she dealt with those revelations and not let anyone, including Johnny know how much it upset her.

She pulled on one of Johnny's t-shirts and headed back out to the living room. One of the advantages to having a boyfriend that was much taller, was that she could wear his t-shirts and they fit like a dress. And while she chose to wear them for comfort, she was certain Johnny found it alluring.
Johnny was sitting on the couch, drinking a glass of milk and reading the paper when Julianna walked passed him into the kitchen.
She got herself a glass of water and stood in the doorway between the kitchen and living room.
"Well, did the Dodgers win or not," she asked.
"They did. You ready..." he started to say as he looked up. He stopped speaking when he caught sight of Julianna. She finished her water and placed the glass on the counter.

"Good. Mike will be happy. Night," she said, heading to the bedroom.
Johnny nearly leaped of the couch and headed into the bedroom after her. Julianna crawled under the covers and Johnny quickly stripped off his clothes and crawled into bed with her.

"I have a love/hate relationship with those outfits, Jules," he said, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her close.
"I know," she said, smiling at him. She rolled over and kissed him, before turning back around and closing her eyes.

Johnny loved the way she looked in it and hated it at the same time. Julianna drove him crazy without doing anything to him and he knew he was a goner.

"Did you set the alarm," he asked.
"Yes. Both of them," she said.
Johnny kissed her neck and closed his eyes. Johnny was notorious for sleeping through his alarm, so he had two of them. When Julianna stayed over the nights before his shifts, she was the one that woke him up and it wasn't exactly the easiest thing in the world for her to do. Johnny didn't like to be woken up by anyone or anything, despite how much he claimed to like waking up to Julianna in the morning.

Julianna awoke when the first alarm sounded. She got out of bed and went to the kitchen to make coffee for Johnny. He couldn't function without coffee, especially on days he was working.

She fixed the coffee and prepared some eggs and bacon for him. When the second alarm sounded, Julianna went into the bedroom and got back in on her side of the bed. She kissed Johnny on the cheek and whispered in his ear. "Johnny, it's time to get up now. Breakfast is on the table," she said.
Johnny flinched slightly, but didn't open his eyes.
"Johnny, you get up this instant or you'll miss me and the shower I'm about to take," she said, trailing her finger down the side of his face.
Johnny's eyes opened and he smiled at her. "Hey, Jules," he said, rolling over and kissing her.
"Come on tiger, you have to get up and get ready for your shift," she said, slipping out of his grasp and standing beside the bed.
"Really," he nearly whined.
"Yes, now come on and let's take a shower before breakfast gets cold," she said, heading to the bathroom.
Johnny rolled out of the bed and followed her into the bathroom.

Thirty minutes before Johnny's shift was to start, he kissed Julianna good-bye and headed out the door to work. The bounce in his step was proof that he was going to love having Julianna waiting for him when he got home at night and seeing him off to work. He pulled into the parking lot of the Station fifteen minutes later and joined Roy in the locker room.

"Hey, Johnny. How are you today," Roy asked.

"Never better, Roy, never better," Johnny said, unbuttoning his shirt.

"You make any more decisions about the wedding," Roy asked.
"Not really. Juli's going to your house Friday, so I'm sure they'll figure something out together," Johnny said.

They headed to the apparatus bay for roll call and were given their assignments for the day. Nearly three hours into their shift the tones sounded for their first call of their shift.

"Station 51, Motor vehicle accident. 17388 Northgate Way at the intersection with Oak Street. 1-7-3-8-8 Northgate Way, intersection with Oak Street. Time out 1103."

"Station 51, KMG-365."

Roy and Johnny slid into the squad and Roy took the paper from Cap and passed it to Johnny. Johnny adjusted the strap on his helmet and took the paper from Roy. Roy put the squad in gear and led the engine out of the station.

The arrived on the scene and found two cars in a t-bone state.

Roy and Johnny got out of the squad and opened the side compartment holding their equipment.

They each headed to a car and assessed the victims they found. Johnny's car held two victims, Roy's one.

"There's no rush to get to this one. He's dead," Roy said, picking up his stuff and headed to assist his partner.

Johnny was checking on the child in the backseat of the car. She was unconscious and looked like she'd hit her head against the side window of the car. Johnny had crawled into the backseat with the child when Roy came over to help.

The other members of Station 51, sprayed down the area before coming to the car to help their co-workers.

"What do you need, Johnny," Cap called in to him.
"I need a backboard, sandbags and pressure dressing," Johnny called.
Marco jogged to the squad and grabbed the backboard and the sandbags. Cap handed Johnny the pressure dressings.

Johnny applied the dressing to the child's head and continued assessing the patient. He felt the child's legs and discovered a fracture of the lower leg.
With the help of Marco and Chet, Johnny was able to get the child out of the car on the backboard and finishing assessing her outside the vehicle.

Roy's patient was coming around and Roy was talking to her telling her to calm down. She had a fracture of her arm and Cap helped Roy splint the arm and they were able to convince her to let them put her on a backboard as well.

When she was immobilized, Roy began his assessment.

"I'm going to call Rampart," Johnny said.
Johnny pulled his green pen out of his pocket along with his notebook and wrote down the vitals on the child.

"Rampart, this is Squad 51, how do you read," he asked.

Julianna was passing by the base station and took the call. Sally stood beside her, waiting to write the information.

"This is Rampart. We read you 51."

"Rampart, we're at the scene of an auto accident with three victims. Victim one is DOA. Victim two is a female, around 6. Victim was in the backseat of the car. It appears the victim hit her head on the side window, she has a large contusion with a laceration over the right temporal area. She is unconscious. Pupils are equal and reactive. Vitals are, pulse 70, respiration 10 and shallow, B/P 100/60," Johnny said.
"10-4, 51. Is patient out of the vehicle?"

"Affirmative, Rampart," he replied.

"51, start IV, Lactated Ringers and place patient on oxygen, 4 liters per minute. Monitor pulse rate and pupilary response. Notify us of any changes. Do you have information on the third victim?"

Johnny passed the Biophone to Roy. "Rampart, third victim is female, approximately 30. Patient has a significant fracture of the arm. Patient was unconscious when we arrived on scene, but patient is now awake, however groggy. Pupils are equal and reactive. Vitals are: Pulse 80, B/P 140/90, respiration 12. Patient is complaining of mild pain in the injured limb and we've applied splint to the arm," Roy said.

"10-4, 51. Start IV with Lactated Ringers. Monitor the patients vitals and notify if patient condition changes."

"10-4, Rampart. Ambulance is here and we will transport the patients right away."

Roy hung up the Biophone and loaded the equipment in the ambulance. The attendants arrived and helped load the child onto a gurney into the ambulance. They placed the mother on the bench in the ambulance. Johnny climbed in after the patients and Roy climbed into the squad and followed behind.

Johnny continued monitoring the patients and, when they pulled into the hospital parking lot, the patients conditions remained unchanged.

Dixie and Julianna were waiting at the entrance for the patients.

"We'll put them both in 3," Dixie said, leading the way to the room.
"Has the little girl acted like she wanted to wake up," Julianna asked Johnny.
"No. Vitals remained the same and pupilary response hasn't changed," Johnny said, as the stretcher was wheeled into the room.

Julianna began her assessment of the patient as Johnny took his equipment from the gurney and stood by the door. No matter how many times he'd seen Julianna treat a patient, he was still in awe of her commanding demeanor. She might be small, but she was force to be reckoned with and she fought for her patients every single day.