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 7

David's hospital room

Michaela was stuck for words. This had come at the worse time, maybe if David had asked before she had met Sully she might have had said yes but now she knew that she loved Sully. "David you don't know what you're saying, what happened tonight must have had you worried but your ok now"

"No, Michaela I mean it with my whole heart" he clasped her hand tighter.

"David…I don't know what to say, it's…it's so sudden" Michaela shook her head.

"I've wanted to ask you for months now. Now just seemed like the right time." He smiled waiting for her answer.

"May I have sometime to think on it? I just want to be sure" her heart was pounding in her chest.

"Take all the time you need Michaela" he kissed her hand.

"Thank you, I'll leave you to sleep now" she needed to escape now, the room felt as if it was closing in on her.

"Yes goodnight Michaela" he smiled at her as she went to the door and closed it quietly behind her.

David looked up at the ceiling with a smile on his face, once her parents saw how she rushed here to see him and heard about the proposal; they would be as good as married. Everything had worked out perfectly with the fake attempt robbery. He rubbed his head, hit hurt when his head hit the step though but it was all worth it.

Boston (January)

David was released from hospital a couple of days after his injury had occurred. Michaela had tried to stay out of his way but repeat requests from Elizabeth for the family to visit had been hard to resist. Thankfully David hadn't mentioned the proposal; the smiles in her direction were enough to remind her he was still awaiting an answer.

The thing that worried Michaela the most was that she hadn't heard anything from Sully since the night of David's accident. She had called around to his apartment but no one was there, she even walked around the nicer side of the docks to see if she could spot him but all her searching hadn't paid off.

Rebecca had sensed a change in Michaela's demeanour; she had become quite and always looking troubled. Rebecca made a metal note to speak to Michaela in private the next time she had the chance.

The opportunity arose when she called around the house to visit her mother but found out that Elizabeth had gone to tea with a close friend. Michaela was at home in the study going over some recent medical text.

Rebecca opened the study door Michaela looked up as the door creaked. "Afternoon Michaela, mother is not home I hope you don't mind the company for awhile?"

"No come in Rebecca, It's nice to see you" she smiled slightly.

Rebecca crossed the room and sat on the edge of the study desk. After a minute she asked "Is everything ok Michaela? Mother mentioned that you have been locked away in here for days" she said sympathetically.

Michaela could feel tears build, she took a breath. Rebecca placed her hand on Michaela's back in support, willing her to go on.

"Sully…Sully and I kissed" she whispered.

Rebecca was confused, she frowned. Why would that be a bad thing? Unless. "Did you want to kiss?"

Michaela nodded "Yes I wanted it" Rebecca's face calmed. "Oh…what am I going to do?" she looked up at her kind hearted sister.

Rebecca wrapped her arms around Michaela as she cried on her shoulder. In a soothing voice Rebecca asked "What do you feel?"

Michaela pulled back "I don't know I'm so confused, Also David proposed a few nights ago. Only a fool would be in love with two men" she shook her head looking to the floor.

"How does that love feel like with Sully?"

Michaela frowned not knowing why Rebecca was asking, she blushed slightly. Rebecca nodded letting her know it was ok to answer.

"Consuming, breathtaking, wanting to be around him, thinking of him when he's not here, wanting the best for him, making him happy and making him feel loved" she wiped a tear track from her face.

Rebecca placed her hand on her shoulder. "Please don't take offence to this Michaela but I know you don't love David like that. I can see it as plain as day. He doesn't consume you or take your breath away and you have never REALLY needed him in away that you would be lost with out him"

Michaela absorbed the words her sister had just said deep down she knew this. "What am I going to do? I don't even know how Sully actually feels. What if he doesn't feel the same? I haven't even seen him since that day, he's disappeared"

"I'm sorry Michaela but I don't have the answers. Only you know." For a couple of minutes they sat in silence.

Suddenly Michaela stood "I know what I'm going to do. I'll go to the medical conference in New York. I need to get away and think" she packed up her papers.

"You can't just run away" Rebecca protested.

"I'm not running" she defended even though she knew that she was doing exactly that.

Knowing it was no use arguing "When do you leave?" She sighed.

"In the morning" She held Rebecca's hands "Thank you for talking to me, trust me that I need to do this!"

Rebecca nodded and hugged her "Please take care"

"I will, I promise"

Chapter 8 coming soon