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!"