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 12

Later that night

After escorting Michaela back home Sully lay warmly in his bed. His fingers laced behind his head as he looked up at the ceiling with a broad grin on his face. Michaela had agreed to be his wife! He hadn't intended to ask her to marry him at the time. Though the thought had crossed his mind once or twice in the past couple of days however it was such a surprise to him as much as it was to her, but she said yes none the less.

They had so much to plan, since she agreed to come to Colorado with him to start their new life together. However before their new life could start Michaela wanted to speak to David, to explain to him why she couldn't marry him.

Sully had a sense of foreboding when he thought about Michaela going on her own to speak with David. Something just didn't sit right. Pushing thoughts of David out of his mind Sully thought about the home he would build for Michaela. With these happy thoughts filling his head he soon fell asleep.

Boston Memorial Hospital (late afternoon)

Michaela had been sat at her partners in her office at the hospital. She had been sat here for sometime contemplating what she would say to David. She finally got a response to her note she had left him. He was going to call on her when he finished his rounds at 4pm.

Glancing at the clock for what felt like the hundredth time she sighed; it was 3:45pm. Her stomach was doing somersaults and her heart pounded in her ears. The only thing that was getting her through this was that she was going to be seeing Sully later at her house for dinner. Josef had requested that Michaela invite him to dinner.

She sat up straighter in her seat when she heard a soft knock at the door and then it opened to reveal David.

"Oh Michaela it's so good to see you," He grinned walking towards her.

Michaela stood up and rested her hands on the desk in front of her. "Hello David. I need to speak to you...,"

He interrupted her "Before you go on Michaela I would like to give you something," He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small box. Opening it before her he revealed a diamond engagement ring with rubies and emeralds surrounding the central diamond. It was not her taste at all; it was so garish and elaborate. Somehow looking at this ring she realised she was making the right decision. David could never make her happy, he didn't even know her.

"David I need to speak to you about your proposal." She began again feeling a renewed confidence. "I'm sorry David but I cannot marry you,"

David looked at her confused but unmoving. "I don't understand Michaela I thought we loved each other?"

"David I know this cannot be easy for you but I need to be true to my feelings and I don't love you like that...I respect you and admire you but I don't love you," She hoped she wasn't hurting him too much.

"Respect me!" David fumed. "What about you telling me you don't love me and cannot marry me be respecting me?" He snapped the box closed on the ring.

"David I...," He cut her off again. "It's him isn't it...He doesn't love you Michaela he's just after your money. He will never give you all I can give you, you do realise that don't you?" He rounded the desk towards her.

Michaela moved away not liking the coldness in his eyes. She had never seen him like this. This wasn't the David she knew. He went to grab her arm just as Josef walked into the room.

"What is going on here?" Josef demanded of David as he saw the fear in Michaela's features.

"Your daughter has turned down my marriage proposal. She has no idea what she's doing Josef. I asked you this morning for your permission to marry her and you said yes!" David still hadn't let go of Michaela's arm. If he let go that would mean that he would lose her.

"First I suggest you let go of my daughters arm. Secondly my daughter knows her own mind and I respect her choices in life and if she doesn't want to marry you David then you need to respect that and act like a gentleman. And finally I did not say yes to you marring Michaela. I merely said that if it was Michaela's wish to marry you I would consent. She has chosen a different path," Josef held the door open.

David's arm dropped from Michaela's arm he wasn't going to win this now, not here.

"I think you had better leave," Michaela said evenly.

With that David took one last look at Michaela and left. Michaela let out the breath she had been holding and quickly made her way to her father and threw her arms around him.

"Thank-you for coming when you did. I've never seen him like that."

Josef hugged his youngest daughter. "I felt that I was needed," He kissed her temple. "Now you and I are going to have a little chat about Sully,"

Michaela pulled back to look at her father in surprise. Her stomach flipped again. Was her father going to warn her away from Sully too?

Josef smiled warmly at her. "Do you love him?"

Michaela blushed "With my whole heart father," she admitted.

"Then you and I need to talk," He guided her to the small sofa.

(Thank you for reading. I believe it is about time I finished this story)