Tell Them That You Love Them
Part Four: Johnny
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"Hello?"
"Hey, hi, Johnny."
"Roy! Hi! How're you doing?"
"Me? I just have a little scratch on my head, junior, you were the one unconscious for two hours yesterday!"
"Oh. Well. Yeah. I'm fine, Roy. You?"
"I'm fine, Johnny."
"Good."
"Ah, I was wondering if you needed a ride home from Rampart, or anything."
"Oh, ah. Thanks, but no. Uh, Krissy . . . she's the nurse who did my neural checks all last night . . . she's getting off work soon, and she volunteered to drive me home."
"Oh, she did, did she?"
"Uh, yeah. You don't mind?"
"Why would I mind?"
"Oh, I don't know. Hey, Roy?"
"Yeah?"
"How are you, really?"
"I'm fine, Johnny. Really."
"Really?"
"Really. Why?"
"Oh, I don't know. It's just that yesterday . . . you know. It was pretty bad, and all."
"Yeah, it was."
"And, I just wanted to make sure you were okay."
"I'm okay. Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. But, I gotta tell you, Roy, as soon as I was able, I picked up the phone and called my folks. You know. To tell 'em I loved 'em."
"Yeah, I know what you mean. I practically attacked my family when I got home yesterday. I embarrassed Chris by hugging him in front of his friends, I played Barbies with my daughter, then watched the Miss Twinkle Show with her, and I very nearly ravished my wife in the kitchen."
"Ah, Roy?"
"Yeah, Johnny?"
"I, uh, really didn't need to know that last part. In fact, I didn't need to know the part about playing with Barbies an watchin' Miss Twinkle, either."
"Heh! Sorry. Guess I got carried away, there."
"Yeah, I know."
"So, you're okay?"
"Yeah, I'm okay."
"And, you don't need anything?"
"Nope. I got everything I need!"
"Yeah, I bet. Well, I'll let you go, junior."
"Okay, pally!"
"Hey, ah, Johnny?"
"Yeah, Roy."
"You know I . . . well, what I wanted to say was . . . um . . . Well, you and me, we've been working together for a while, y'know, an . . .I just wanted you to know that. . . "
"Hey, Roy?"
"Yeah?"
"Um, yeah. I know. Me, too. Okay?"
"Okay."
"Alright! Oh, hey, Roy, Krissy's here, so I gotta run. See ya next shift!"
"Okay. See ya then, Johnny!"
