Author's Note: And now the epilogue—Enjoy.
EPILOGUE….AGAIN…..SOON
Tuesday, December 1, 1980, 7:45 PM PST
Julie was seated on Melissa's bed finishing playing her guitar to sing her daughter to sleep. The room was still save the sound of Melissa's soft breathing, indicating that she had fallen into a peaceful slumber. Julie leaned over and kissed Melissa gently, then snapped off the lamp at the night table. She rose and carried her guitar out, closing the door of Melissa's room. She glanced across the hall at the now vacant and dark guestroom. She made her way over, turned on the light and scanned the room. It was in perfect order, everything in its place but strangely empty. Hannah had stripped and made the bed, and gathered her clothes that had been strewn all about the room during the last night's activity. She idly wondered what Hannah had thought about finding various articles of her clothing in Pete's guestroom but she knew Hannah would say nothing because she was the soul of discretion. Since Julie came to live at the ranch, Hannah was completely neutral, not venturing an opinion unless asked. Julie, however, respected and trusted Hannah, having come to love her dearly so she felt a little funny about Hannah taking her clothes out of Pete's room.
Julie ran her hand across the bed thoughtfully, her mind drifting back to the previous night. She smiled dreamily, remembering the love declared and shared there then her mind dwelled upon the past day and the feeling of emptiness she experienced after she saw Pete's jet take off. All day she acutely felt his absence and she busied herself with various tasks to take her mind off his being gone. It was clear to her that the two weeks Pete had been there, he had made her life easier and considerably more joyful. And once again, he rescued her from almost certain death. She still missed Dan but she knew as Debi Henderson said to her that he'd be the first to encourage her to go on with her life. And she thought about her daughter. Dan would always be her daddy, but Melissa needed a father to help her as she grew into the kind of adult Julie wanted her to be.
She was still deep in her reverie when she heard the front doorbell. Hannah answered and then a few minutes later Julie heard the door close.
Hannah called softly up the stairs, "Miss Julie, there's a delivery for you."
Puzzled, Julie hopped of the bed and exited the guestroom. She descended the stairs and curiously asked Hannah, "What delivery Hannah? I didn't order anything and it is rather late." She came to the foyer where Hannah stood holding a beautifully designed fluted cut glass vase holding a dozen long-stemmed red American Beauty roses nestled in fern fronds and baby's breath.
Julie gasped with wonder and delight. "Oh, Hannah, they're lovely!"
She took them from Hannah and walked into the parlor carrying the elaborate arrangement. She sat in an armchair and carefully holding the vase with one hand, reverently touching the velvety surface of each perfectly shaped bud with the other. Her hand discovered the clear plastic holder with the card. She took the card out and read the note written in a familiar scrawl:
Angel,
Again….Soon
Love-P
Julie's eyes sparkled as she moved in close to breathe deeply the soft perfume of the roses. The vase caught the light of the fire burning and sparkled like a diamond. Julie continued cradling the vase of flowers and leaned back in the chair repeating the words:
"Again….Soon." She smiled in anticipation.
THE END
EPISODE REFERENCES
"Return of Mod Squad" TV Movie- 1979
"A Double for Danger"—Episode date 2/23/1971
3 "A Time for Remembering"-Episode date 3/3/1970
"Eyes of the Beholder"-Episode date 10/19/1972
5 "A Place to Run, A Heart to Hide In"-Episode date 12/2/1969
6 "Teeth of the Barracuda" (Pilot)-Episode date 9/24/1968
7 "Is that Justice, No it's the Law"-Episode date 2/16/1971
8 "Hot Car"-Episode date 1/26/1971
9 "Just Ring the Bell Once"-Episode date 11/3/1970
10 "A Far Away Place so Near"-Episode date 11/17/1970
11 "Kill Gently, Sweet Jesse"-Episode date 1/18/1972
12 "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Starlet"-Episode date 12/17/1968
"The Sunday Drivers"-Episode date 1/7/1969
"A Run for the Money"-Episode date 3/11/1969
"Peace Now, Arly Blau"-Episode date 4/8/1969
"The Exile"-Episode date 2/3/1970
"The Long Road Home"-Episode date 9/22/1970
"The Medicine Men"-Episode date 10/19/1971
13 "Cricket"-Episode date 9/21/1971
14 "Shockwave"-Episode date 1/25/1972
"Sanctuary"-Episode date 12/21/1972
15 "To Linc with Love"-Episode date 10/21/1969
"Kristie"-Episode date 12/14/1972
16 "A Time for Hyacinths"-Episode date 12/1/1970
17 "The Tangled Web"-Episode date 2/22/1972
18 "The Death of Wild Bill Hannacheck"-Episode date 11/25/1969
19 "Love"-Episode date 12/10/1968
20 "Call Back Yesterday"-Episode date 3/24/1970
21 "Sweet Child of Terror"-Episode date 1/6/1970
22 "Color of Laughter, Color of Tears"-10/12/1971
23 "A Quiet Weekend in the Country"-12/3/1968
"Another Final Game"-11/16/1972
"Cry Uncle"-2/22/1973
Final Note: Well that was my first attempt at fanfiction—and there is a sequel, partially written and put aside as it needs further research and assistance with writing a criminal trial. So it may not be up for a while. I'm glad there have been such faithful reviews and so many readers, thanks for your support.
Special note: to those readers who might be confused, (Guest "wrong" ) it's Peggy Lipton who had two daughters from her marriage to Quincy Jones… Not the character Julie Barnes Bennett. Watch the reunion movie it's uploaded on YouTube.