Rescuing you

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters in Dr Quinn Medicine Woman. The rights to those characters and the show belong to the creators not me. This is just a story for fun.

Chapter 21

The small homestead

Sully sat at the small wooden table watching Michaela pace in front of the glowing fire place. She had been ranting for at least the last hour about her mother and how she had taken over things once again. At first Sully was likely to agree but then he thought again. He could see that Elizabeth just wanted her daughter to have some elegance on her wedding day similar to what she would have received in Boston. He could see that Elizabeth was doing the only thing she could think of to make sure her daughter had a beautiful day.

He wasn't ever going to deny his fiancé or his soon to be mother in law the most memorable day of their lives. All he wanted was to marry Michaela and have a life with her filled with love. He was eager for the day to arrive.

While he was lost in thought Michaela sat on the hearth and sighed. She was tired of arguing with her mother. For an hour or so she had forgotten that all she really wanted was to be married to Sully. Resting her head in her hands she sighed again. She had been complaining about her Mothers ability to take over out of habit. She just couldn't help herself sometimes when it came to her Mother.

She felt a warm masculine arm wrap around her shoulders and stroked her there. Sully kissed her temple. "I love you," He whispered.

Michaela lifted her head and looked at him in the glow of the firelight. He was so handsome. His eyes blazed with compassion and love. She reached up to caress his stubbled cheek. She lean in and pressed her lips to his. She rarely initiated kissing but now she didn't concern herself with that. Sully waited patiently for her lips to move controlling is urge to pull her into his arms.

Michaela moved her lips across his and begged entrance to his mouth and he gave it willingly. Her hands wound themselves into his wavy hair and pulled him nearer. After sometime she moved back to look into his eyes again.

"I'm sorry I went on and on about my mother just now. I just want us to be married and I would do that anywhere at any time,"

He pulled her onto his lap and nuzzled her hair. "Shall we run away?" he teased as he stroked her back sending little sparks through her body.

She chuckled "I think we should be married here and let mother have what she wishes. I really don't mind. Do you?"

"If you're happy Michaela then so am I. I can't wait to marry ya," He grinned and kissed her again.

A week later (a day before the wedding)

Preparations for the wedding were all taken care of thanks to Elizabeth and Colleen. Colleen had been trailing after Michaela's mother like a lost kitten since Elizabeth and Josef had arrived. Josef, Sully, Brian, Mathew and Daniel had spent most of their time in the wilderness. Josef was fascinated with everything in Colorado.

Michaela had gained a few more patients in the past week. Most of them were women due to give birth and the rest were men from the saloon either far too drunk to care that a woman was sewing them up or treating their over indulgent ways. A few friends she made in town were also staring to trust her. She also went out to see Cloud Dancing with her father to treat the tribe. She was starting to feel like she would need somewhere nearer to town to make into her practice. She didn't really want patients coming out to her new home with Sully. She wanted her home to be a place where her family could live in peace.

Michaela lay in bed wide awake. It was extremely late but she just couldn't sleep. She was so nervous about the wedding. Thinking about where she could open a practice was helping her nerves but only for a short time. She couldn't help think about her wedding night. What would it be like? She had had a glimpse of what it would be like between them but just couldn't phantom what it would truly be like to be a wife. Toying with that idea she tired herself out enough to fall into a light sleep.

A short chapter before the big event