DISCLAIMER: I own nothing but the character of Julianna. Mark VII and NBC Universal own everything else.
A week later, Julianna heard from Mike that Roy, Johnny and Chet had gone away for the weekend. She and Johnny hadn't really spoken since Drew's death, although they had attended the funeral together. They hadn't said much during the time because, what could you say.
She agreed to cook for the Station the first shift they had back and she was there for the play-by-play of what happened.
"Sounds impressive," she said, after everyone blew them off.
"Thank you, Juli. See, someone appreciates what we did and is rightfully impressed," Johnny said.
"Well, I was just trying to be polite without actually telling you to shut-up," Julianna said, smiling at him.
"Ha, ha," Johnny said, rolling his eyes.
Juli went about cutting up the rest of the vegetables and put them in the crock pot.
"OK, guys. This soup is for dinner and I've got fresh tuna, chicken and egg salad in the fridge for lunch. I'll see you guys later," she said, wiping her hands on the towel. She grabbed her purse and headed out the door as the guys waved bye to her.
"Jules," Johnny said, jogging after her.
"Yeah," she said.
"I never thanked you for your support after Drew died. It meant a lot to me," he said.
"Don't mention it. Drew was my friend, too. Pam's coming back in a few weeks. She'll decide if she'll stay or go south with her parents," Julianna said.
"I'll have to call her. See if I can help with anything," Johnny said.
"She'd like that. I'll see you later," she said, heading to her car and heading off to the hospital.
Julianna's shift turned out to be pretty mundane. She did sutures, looked at x-rays and dealt with one cardiac case. What didn't make the day mundane was the unwanted attention from Dr. Donaldson.
"Julianna, I have tickets to a movie premiere and I've decided to take you along," Kent asked her.
"Wow! Aren't I a lucky girl," Julianna said, rolling her eyes.
"Sarcasm? Really, Julianna," Kent said.
"Look, Kent, we had one date, one. I think after I poured my drink on your head you'd have gotten the message that I wanted to keep it strictly professional," she said, turning her attention back to the charts on the desk.
"Well, I'll admit, that wasn't the nicest thing you could have done, especially in front of my father, but I think you deserve a second chance," Kent said, flashing a smile.
"I'm sorry about that, really. Look, Kent, can we just do our jobs," she asked.
"Your loss," Kent said.
Kent went to see a patient with Dr. Early and Dixie came to the desk.
"A little too strong," Dixie asked.
"A bit. I made the mistake of actually accepting a date with him when Johnny started seeing Sheila and we went to the country club. He thought I owed him something because he brought me there. I ended up dumping my drink on his head as I was leaving the dinner. Since then, I've told him 'no' ten times now and he keeps asking," Julianna said.
"Maybe he liked the bath you gave him. He is persistent. Kind of like Johnny," Dixie said.
"They are nothing alike. Johnny's cute when he does it. Like he'd really be crushed if you turned him down. He makes you feel like you're the only woman in the world. Kent's got this air that he's doing YOU a favor by asking you out. He's so not my type," Julianna said.
Just as Kent came out of the room, Johnny and Roy came around the corner.
"OK, last chance to be the most envied woman in Rampart. Come with me to the premiere Saturday. We'll have an awesome time," Kent said.
Johnny remembered Julianna telling him about her one and only date with the great Dr. Kent Donaldson. He decided to come to her rescue. He came up beside her and pulled the pen out of her pocket to fill out his supply sheet. "You ready for this weekend. Climbing and fishing with Mike and Roy."
"Oh, yeah, can't wait. Sorry, Kent. I tried to tell you, I have plans," she said.
Kent eyed Julianna and then the tall paramedic grinning at him. "Sorry, Dr. Donaldson," Johnny said.
Kent merely glared at them and went off to see another patient.
"Thanks, Johnny," she said.
"Don't mention it, but you do realize you have to go climbing with me this weekend," Johnny said.
"Why," she asked.
"Because I don't want to be accused of being a liar," he said.
"That's a low blow, Gage," she said, smiling.
"Yeah. But you're coming anyway," he said, heading out the door.
Later that day she, Kel, Joe and Dixie were listening to the county dispatch send Station 51 out to an accident.
"Guess we'll get those in a few minutes," Julianna said.
Kel handled the call from Johnny and treatment orders were given.
Julianna was sitting at the desk when she and Dixie heard something that caused Julianna to nearly pass out.
"Engine 51, this is John. I've just been bitten by a rattlesnake," Johnny voice came over the radio.
Dixie immediately called the fire dispatcher, desperate to get more information about their friend.