okay opening scene is new year's eve...actually past
midnight...at the youth center when sheridan goes to comfort luis.....sorry
if it sounds too familiar with my other writing....
Chapter 1:
sheridan walked into the youth center and saw luis beating the punching
bag...
"luis what are you doing here...?" she walked towards him...
"i just had a lot on my mind..." he took the gloves off and sat down on the
bench...
"about your father..?" she sat down beside him
"i'm never going to be the same.." he said with a tight feeling on his
throat...he couldn't let her see him this way...but he felt at ease when he
felt her arm go around him...she was so wonderful...after being through all
that's happened tonight...she cared about him...he rested his head on her
shoulder and she put a hand over his shaking ones...she held him and let the
tears run down his face...
"i'll never be the same..."he repeated through sobs...
"now you listen to me luis," she lifted his head so that she could look into
his teary, hazel eyes..."you're still a good man...greater compared to what i
thought of you in the past...what you did for me tonight..." she gave him a
smile.."you're such a great...great man...you're the.." she hesitated but
continued..."you're one of the most wonderful men i have ever known" she
looked down and let him go because she was starting to blush...
this time he lifted her face to meet his...and brushed back strands of golden
locks that his her eyes...their gaze were locked onto one one another as
their lips brushed...but they were jolted apart at the intrusion of
sheridan's cell phone...she reluctantly shifted away from him...
"hello..?"
"sheridan..." the voice stunned her " i wanted to make sure you were all
right...and that no complications occured concerning the Crane name..."
And i actually thought that you were concerned about me" she said with
resentment..she moved further from luis "and no i didn't do anything to
disgrace the family name...
"now sheridan...i was concerned about you...that's why i called you
personally...i just meant that you should be very careful...you saw what
happened tonight...the past should be left in it's place...digging for
answers can only result in more dangers..."
"what are you trying to say father..."
"sheridan my dear...all i have to say is that just let things be...it's
useless trying to find answers that aren't there...and i would hate for
another event like this to happen...you know i would never forgive myself if
i lost you..." she clenched her fist which luis noted...there's still
something in the past...and i'm so close to finding the answers...alistair
wouldn't be this desperate...she thought to herself...
"well i'm going to retire for the evening..." sheridan hung up before they
could say proper partings...
"my nightmare isn't over"...she began to panic...she turned away from luis
and closed her eyes..."NO!" the image she saw was clearly frightening due to
the horror on her face...
"sheridan!" luis rushed to her side and shook her gently
"no..." she covered her face with her hands...the nightmare had gone...she
leaned on luis...
"who was that?" luis asked with concern...
"that was my father..." she sensed that his cop instincts were getting
suspicious "he just surprised me that's all...were not a very tight-knit
family and we hardly talk..."it took all her effort to produce a convincing
smile...
"are you sure that's all?"
"yeah...but you know i could use some fresh air" she thought for a minute of
a place where should could go to relieve this nervous tension..."the beach"
she muttered to herself and went to put on her jacket...
"what?" luis followed her and seeing she was getting ready to leave...put on
his shirt and coat too....
"i was just thinking that...i want to go to the beach...it's one of my
favorite places to try to think things out...or forget about them..."
"are you sure...it's pretty cold right now...and besides i think it's too..."
she gave him a reply before he could even finish his protest..."luis...i'll
be fine...harmony's a safe town..."
"no i won't here of it..."
"luis..." she said with aggitation "believe it or not...i'm a big girl...and
the last time i checked my only boundaries were the city limits..." she
walked out the door but luis caught up and grabbed her arm
"well...i'm not letting you go by yourself..."
"luis...you've had a long night!...what you need to do right now is go home
and get some rest..."
"yes well...you've been through this whole night by my side..." he gave her
one of those loving looks...but turned away before they could know what it
was..."if i can't stop you....i might as well go with you...i've got some
thinking to do myself..."
damn him...he played on her guilt...of course unintentionally...she handed
him the car keys..."could you drive...my head's kind of spinning right
now..." she got into the passenger side...
luis looked at her once they were on the road..."see...you do need me after
all..." he smiled with satisfaction...
"you're right..." she said to herself...and she turned and looked out the
window...
well all the characters and
sets of passions are owned by nbc and the creator is james e. rielly....i
only own the stories that i mold from their clay
Chapter 2:
luis pulled the car on the side of the road...this beach had always been
pretty secluded...especially now in the dead of winter...sheridan had already
taken her shoes off and wlked ahead of him...she looked beautiful...but like
a lost princess wandering the shore looking for her castle...he hesitated to
follow her...but she turned aroung and waited for him...her cheeks had turned
crimson from the draft of the sea mist...
"i love the ocean..." she left her shoes on a rock...he watched as she picked
up her dress...with gracfulness...as she danced with the tide...her giggles
played like music in the night...why was everthing she did or said ran in his
head like poetry...'snap out of it luis'...
she came back towards him...her feet were soaked to her ankles and sand had
covered then...she looked down and pouted..."no matter what you can't escape
getting sand stuck to you..."
"well maybe you shouldn't have gotten them wet..." he teased
"yeah...but the water is so invigorating..." she was about to go back to
rinse the sand away...
"wait..."he meant to grab her arm but got her by the waist instead..."the
water's really cold...you'll catch cold..."
"luis...the water's not that cold...besides...i've been through worst..."
they both looked away because each had a flashback of new mexico...he laughed
nervously and she looked towards the waves...
"come on luis...it's fun..." she started to pull him
"wait...at least let me get shoes off..." as he rolled his pants up he
watched he spinning in circles...he was beside her in time to catch her from
losing her balance..."let's dance..."
"what...here..." he gave her a puzzled look...
"yes here..." she took hold of his hand and with the other held her
dress...she let her head rest on his shoulder...and he held her waist...then
weren't really dancing...more like swaying...the water beneath their feet was
freezing...but niether really cared...they felt so warm in each other's
arm...in fact too warm...her and skin glowed in the moonlight...suddenly the
were caught in each others gaze...sky blue eyes looking into strong, gentle
hazel eyes...
'god luis...you're so incredible...' just as she thought about him she
remembered the evens of that night...for this moment everything around them
just seemed to disappear...us if everything in their existance didn't matter
except for this moment...luis noticed the shadow that fell over her
face...and he too seemed to snap back to reality....
"boys it's getting really cold..." he let go of her and headed for hisshoes...
"yeah...i think we both need some rest..." she didn't look into his
eyes...but walked straight to the car...
he drove to his house..."well good night luis...and..." he was almost to the
door..."i don't know how to thank you enough.." she had remained in the car
"well don't mention it" there was some indecipherable emotion in his
voice..."good night..."
sheridan didn't have time to think about luis on her way home...the only
thought that ran through her mind was that her nightmare wasn't over...far
from it...her nightmare was only begining...
Chapter 3:
after much thinking sheridan got over her fears about her nightmare (but they
were resurfaced again at martin's funeral...then subsided...)....a lot of
things happened....it's the day after hank and sheridan's date...(mind you
i'm making this up from this point)
at the youth center...luis, hank, miguel, charity, theresa, whitney, reese,
kay and simone and sheridan are there planning a late valentines dance....
"luis...i just wanted to....ummm.....never mind..." she turned away from him
red faced...what was she gonna tell him 'luis would you like to go to dinner
with me...'...it was useless..."no...what is it sheridan..."
"it ahhh..." she laughed it off "you know it just slipped my mind..."
"sheridan...i wanted to ask you something..."
"well if we want to have a dance we'll have to finish the decorations
tonight...." they heard kay yell....'i have to have that tango with miguel'
just then sheridan cell phone rang..."i'll be right back.." she gave a smile
of relief....
in the background the teenagers were discussing how to set up the youthcenter...
"hello..." her father's voice always surprised her somehow...'his voice just
isn'tfamiliar enough...that's all'
"sheridan...i would have rathered we had this conversation in the confined of
our home...but seeing as it was an emergency...i'll have to settle for you to
find a private place..."she moved to the back of the room..."yes father?"
"well my dear, frankly i'm a bit concerned with the amout of time that you
spend with officer lopez-fitzgerald..."
"i have to..."she said a little loudly that everyone turned to her..."you
know that" she whispered and everyone turned back to their work...
"sheridan...i just feel as your father i need to watch out for your well
being...and you getting too close to luis could only end in heartache for the
both of you..."
"yes i know you've warned me...but why does julian's persistance tell me that
there's something more to this then my love life..."
"well your relationship with luis affects everyone sheridan...including all
cranes...crane business is just that sheridan..." with that he hung up
sheridan's mind began to spin...how could they just tell her what to do and
expect her to not ask questions...it was because she already knew the
answer...'crane business meant something in the past'...the youth center
started to disappear and it blacked out...she was in the crane mansion living
room..."no this can't be happening..." her nightmare was coming to life...
seeing sheridan looking distorted luis went over to her "sheridan..." he
shook her gently...she was pulled from the terrible scene so fast...she flung
her arms around luis...she started to shake and was breathing heavily...
everyone turned to see what it was all about....and saw luis and sheridan in
an embrace...hank infuriated walked over and ripped sheridan from luis'sarms...
"what do you think you're doing luis..."
sheridan looked at luis with frightened eyes...
"let go of sheridan hank...she just spaced out...and i came by to help
her..."he wasn't really paying attention to what he was saying...only to the
fact that sheridan was shaking so much...
"are you okay sheridan..." charity went over, snesing that something was
wrong...as soon as she touched sheridan's arm she gasped..."oh my
god...something really horrible happened to you when you were a kid...it's so
horrible you haven't even been able to remember..."
with that sheridan started to panic...."ummm....luis...i have to get out of
here..."
"wait sheridan..." luis had to push hank off but only got there in time to
see her speed away...
"wa to go charity...you really upset sheridan..." kay was saying so that
miguel could hear...
"i'm sorry i just...i felt her fear..." charity said as she looked to miguel
who wrapped his arms around her...
"charity you've got to tell me exactly what you saw..."
"luis don't tell me that you believe in charity's preminitions too..."
"i saw the look on sheridan's face when you mentioned what happened to her as
a kid...i need to know what happened..."
he has a flashback of new mexico...sheridan screaming and him holding
her...this time she seemed too scared even for comfort...he didn't like
seeing her that way...feeling so helpless just to stand by and watch the fear
devour her....
Chapter 5:
"luis...i just wanted to....ummm.....never mind..." she turned away from him
red faced...what was she gonna tell him 'luis would you like to go to dinner
with me...'...it was useless...
"yes i know you've warned me...but why does julian's persistance tell me that
there's something more to this then my love life..."
"no this can't be happening..." her nightmare was coming to life...
everyone turned to see what it was all about....and saw luis and sheridan in
an embrace...hank infuriated walked over and ripped sheridan from luis'sarms...
"luis don't tell me that you believe in charity's preminitions too..."
"i saw the look on sheridan's face when you mentioned what happened to her as
a kid...i need to know what happened..."
he has a flashback of new mexico...sheridan screaming and him holding
her...this time she seemed too scared even for comfort...he didn't like
seeing her that way...feeling so helpless just to stand by and watch the fear
devour her....okay this is later on that night....
sheridan didn't come back to the youth center nor did she call luis....so as
he was getting ready to go to work...luis talked to pilar about sheridan....
"mama...what do you know about sheridan's past?" luis slipped on hissweater...
"i know a lot about sheridan....why do you ask?"
"it's just that something wierd happened at the youth center today..." he
searched her eyes and found what he was looking for...a look of panic that
glazed over the calmness....
"oh really...what?" she tried to be as nonchalant about it as possible...
"well...sheridan got a call...i think from her father....and it was like she
was in another world....one that terrified her.....and charity said something
about her being a scared child...and she ran out of the youth center...."
luis gave a thoughful sigh and put his jacket on...."maybe i should stop by
while i'm patroling to see if she's okay..."
"NO!!!" she yelled..."i'll go to her....luis this isn't something you want to
get invovled with....the cranes...sheridan....they have issues that we can't
do anything about....and i just don't want you getting involved...."
he gave her a kiss on the cheek...."i'm already invovled..." and walked out
the doorsheridan's cottage....
there was frantic knock on the door....sheridan lifted herself from the couch
and staggered to open it....
"sheridan..." pilar was full of concern as wrapped her arms around
her..."luis told me what had happened at the youth center...."
"it was just in a state of panic pilar....i'm...everything's okay now....i
got to thinking and it's really all just silly....i want to put the past
exactly where it belongs..."
pilar looked at her with puzzlement..."what brought thins on..."
' i want to leave the past behind because i want to have a relationship with
luis...' as she said this to herself she had a flash back of the youth
center...luis rescued her once again...he was the man of her
dreams..."pilar...i am perfectly fine now...please believe me...."
okay everyone...lets fast forward.....now luis and sheridan have their
date....and lets stop after she slaps him in the face because she saw him as
the imposter....
i don't usually write previews but i think this is going to be my longest
story so here's what's in store....~sheridan suffers an ultimate breakdown
~luis, guiltridden (from a certain something that happens), vows to find what
happened between him and sheridan, and about her past~sheridan leaves for europe
~a year goes by
~luis' social status changes...he becomes very powerful...and wealthy