DISCLAIMER: All characters belong to Mark VII, et al. I own nothing but the character of Julianna.

Roy thought about what happened the previous shift and remembered Johnny telling him something about the squad.
"Jules, Johnny had to change the fan belt on the Squad last night. He got really greasy and I'm assuming he took the ring off so he wouldn't get it dirty. He's done that when we've been doing maintenance on the squad. He also got a run right before he left this morning. Maybe he just forgot to put it on in the excitement of getting out of here to see you," Roy said, hoping that was the case.

Julianna glared at her friend. Roy could tell that Julianna was thinking about what he'd said.
"I'm going to take it home with me. I'll see you guys later," Julianna said.
She headed out the door, hating that her center of gravity was off and she couldn't hurry out of the Station.

Johnny couldn't believe it. He'd decided to surprise Julianna and show up at the airport. He barely made the flight and when he arrived at his seat, he was surprised to find out that not only was Julianna not coming on the trip, but Ellen had managed to get herself asked along instead of Dixie. To make matters worse, she had conned the stewardesses to let her sit next to Johnny. He didn't bother to hide his disappointment that his wife wasn't on the flight. He asked if he could get off, but the stewardess told him he couldn't. They had already sealed the doors and there wasn't any way he could get off. He flopped down in the seat and pulled out a magazine in the seat pocket.
"What's wrong, Johnny? Not happy to see me," Ellen asked.
"As a matter of fact, I'm not happy to see you. I was expecting to see my wife," Johnny said, never taking his eyes off the page in front of him.

Ellen leaned over and put her hand around Johnny's arm and took the her other hand and ran it down the length of his chest.
"Come on now. That's no way to act. I have a feeling I could make you forget all about your wife," Ellen said.
Johnny pushed her hands off of his body and looked at her.
"Nothing could make me forget my wife. Absolutely nothing," he said, turning back to the magazine.

"Seems to me like you're trying to forget her. You seem to be missing something," Ellen said.
Johnny didn't know what she was talking about until he spied his left hand. He'd forgotten to put his ring back on after he'd gotten done changing the fan belt on the Squad. He remembered it was sitting on the shelf at the Station. He hoped Roy found the ring and held on to it for him. He planned to head back to LA as soon as they landed in Sacramento. He was going home to his wife and, hopefully, he'd find his ring.

"I was doing some repair work on the Squad and must have forgotten to put it back on. I didn't want it to get greasy," Johnny said.
Ellen leaned over and looked at him. "Keep telling yourself that. Maybe it's your sub-conscious telling you to forget about your wife. At least for a few hours," Ellen said.
The plane began to taxi down the runway and he put his head back and closed his eyes and prayed the flight was a short one.

Once the plane was airborne, Ellen put her plan to get Johnny to forget about his wife. He was reading a magazine and trying his best to ignore her. She put her hand on his thigh and he jumped.
He took her hand away and said, "Don't do that," he said.
Ellen gave a mock pout and said, "You didn't say please."

Johnny rolled his eyes and looked out the window. He hoped this flight landed soon, because he didn't know how much longer he could take Ellen's overt flirting with him. He didn't understand what she was doing. Sure he had female friends and some were even women he'd dated and some had acted like this toward him, but none had done anything remotely like Ellen when they found out he was married. He didn't want any woman acting like this to him, unless it was his wife. He couldn't wait for the plane to land because he was turning around and heading home. But first, he was going to get a big bouquet of flowers. Even though he hadn't done anything, he just thought Julianna might appreciate the gesture.