Chapter 1:
luis was just being hauled off to jail...before he went through the door...he turned around to get one last look at sheridan...there was sadness in the
eyes that looked back...whats done is done...and she was the one who did this to him...what would his family think...what about his reputation...suddenly
luis was pulled from his thoughts..."we meet again miss crane..." it was roger at the entrance of the station...he pointed a gun to sheridan..luis flinched...but he was in cuffs and officer maria wouldn't let him go...everyone was silent..."don't waste your time officer...i'm not here for you..."
"and why not...i am now witness to you also...and all these people here...what now you'll kill everyone in this room..." luis had to think fast...sheridan looked at him...this time there was no fear...she only had
guilt...' 'i deserve to just die...' she thought...even now...after having him arrested luis was still trying to rescue her..."well...it is apparent that you all don't know...but ms. crane here holds more information than a mere witness...and she doesn't even know it...but i can't risk her remembering...je suis desole chere..." a shot was fired...the police tried to tackle him...but he got away...luis rushed to sheridan's side...she was was on the ground...she was
breathing hard...from both shock and pain...luis tried to cradle her head..."get these off me!!!" ...maria came and took the cuffs
off..."sheridan....somebody call an ambulance.."
"i guess you were wrong luis...i'm not safer here in the states..." she coughed...she was shot in the stomach..."don't try to talk sheridan..." luis trembled..."i'm so sorry luis..."she choked..."i guess this time you can't save me..." "don't say that..you're gonna make it..."luis kissed her forehead..."listen..."she pleaded to maria...if i die..i don't want luis to be responsible..listen it's all...a mistake...luis really tried to save my
life...isn't there anything you can do..." during this time luis took off his shirt and tried to apply pressure on the wound..."you know something luis..." "sheridan stop it..." "no luis...please...i need you to hear this..." luis didn't stop her..."you know...no matter how i've treated you the last couple of hours...you've been so good to me...you know the times...we spent together...you made me very happy...even if it was all a lie...you made me happier then i ever thought i
could be..." "sheridan what do you mean it was all a lie...i did...and i do like you...and you've made me happy too..." "luis please...i'm dying here...at least give me the courtesy of being honest..." he gave her one of those you're-so-stubborn looks..."sheridan i'm telling you the truth...what did i do to make you leave harmony..." "all right luis...i guess i should give you that much...that night at the
warf..." "when i kissed you..." they both had a flashback 'sheridan walked onto the pier and was suddenly enveloped in luis' arms...he welcomed her with a roguh, almost desparate kiss' "yes...and i went back later on that night...to surprise you...only you were the one who surprised me..." she looked away...remembering the hurt...the knife that went through her heart...
"but sheridan i didn't go..." he was interrupted by maria..."here i found a testimonial to disregard the whole complaint all I need is sheridan's signiture"
"I thought that you said I couldn't take it back" sheridan was pigheaded even with a bullet through her
"well that was before you got shot this was a very serious charge and you a dying person wishes to" she stopped when luis stared at her the ambulance sirens grew louder and within a minute the paramedics were
there "luis i'm so cold" she was getting delirious she had lost a lot of blood "just do me one last favor..." she looked up without really seeing
him..."just, even for pretend, say that you...love me..." too late she went into unconsciousness...the paramedics were about to take her away...but
wouldn't let luis into the ambulance...
"he's her fiancee..." officer maria put in...and smiled at luis as they drove off to the hospital...luis leaned close to sheridan's ear and
whispered..."i love you..."
To Be Continued...
Chapter 2:
they pulled into the hospital luis didn't know what to do...he folled them as
far as he could...but she had to undergo emergency operation...luis was still
shook up...for 20 minutes he watched as life slowly drained from her
body....she couldn't leave him...she just couldn't...
luis paced in the waiting room...he couldn't stand this agony...he had to do
something...'i have to call sam'"sam...."his voice was gravelly...
"luis are you okay...man i could just...i warned you about those cranesluis..."
"sam please don't...""luis what's worng?""it's sheridan..."
"what did she do now..."
"she's...she dying sam..." luis' voice broke..."i don't know what i'm gonna
do...sam i don't know what to do...she's there in the emergency room now..."
"okay luis...just calm down buddy...ummm...how did this happen...are you
still in jail..."
"no...sheridan signed an official cancelation form...it was that roger
guy...god sam....i love her..." 'i love her' he repeated it to himself in
disblief"you love her...but after all that she's done to you..."
"you don't understand sam...she thinks that i did something to her...when she
got shot...she was about to tell me why she left harmony...she said she went
back to the warf...remember the night i was staking out that drug dealer..."
"yeah i remember...you told me you kissed her..."
"i did..." he had a flashback of it again..."but she said that she went back
to the warf...to surprise me...only i surprised her...but i didn't return to
the pier that night sam....i was too busy booking that guy....maybe i'm
crazy...but my insticts tell me that julian did something..." weariness was
catching onto him...and sam heard it in his voice...
"i'll look into it buddy...and i'm sure sheridan's gonna be okay...she's a
tough woman...if anyone could battle with death it'd be her..."
luis chuckled "that's right...it's sheridan for you...she'd probably annoy
the hell out of him...if there was i time i wished she were pigheaded it
would be now...."
"okay buddy...try to get some rest...she'll probably be in surgery for a
while....""bye sam...."
luis was alone in the waiting room...you'd figure there'd be more
people...but it was getting to be late...the flight and that whole ordealed
weighed down on luis...andfinally his eyes could no longer resist sleep....
"sir..." a doctor, who clearly just came from the o.r., shook luis "i regret
to have to inform you this...but you're fiancee....""no..." luis murmured
"you're fiancee...didn't make it through the operation...i'm very sorry" with
that he left...
"no this has to be a nightmare...please...let this be a nightmare..." but a
stretcher from the room that sheridan was in rolled by him...
"wait!!!" he stopped the orderlies...he pulled back the sheets...and there
she was...the woman he loved...colorless...breathless...she had lost the
battle...
To Be Continued...
Chapter 3:
the orderlies gave gave him a sympathetic look...."we have to take her to the
morgue now..."
"luis i'm so sorry..." it was officer maria...she had gotten off her shift...
"how did this happen...i...i..."
"it's okay..." she patted him on the back...and left him alone...
he decided to call sam...he couldn't go back to harmony...not just yet...sam
didn't answer the phone...he must have gone home already...it was a good
thing...he didn't really want to talk to anyone right now anyway...
"sam...i'm gonna need a couple more days...tell mama that i'll be home
soon...i just need a little bit more time..." he hung up...and walked out of
the hospital....
he needed a place to stay...but where...it didn't matter....he rented a
car...he'd decided to drive home...after a few hours he decided to stop...he
was in the middle of nowhere...woods and shrubbery were all there was....he
saw a small beaten path in the middle of the woods...he remembered the cabin
in new mexico...without even thinking he drove through...
to his surprise there was a cabin at the end of the road...when he got out of
the car...the path he had come through vanished...as though it was swallowed
up by the trees...the cabin seemed unoccupied...it was a pretty homely
place...though dust covered everything...it must have been at one time a
great lovers' getaway....he dust off the bed and fell in a heap oflonliness...
he found himself standing over a grave...it was cold and dark...but he saw
that he was clearly in harmony cementery....
"love should be able to defy death..." he felt the warmth of the voice...he
turned around...she was dressed in white....and she walked away from him...
"wait!!!...sheridan!!!"
suddenly he awoke...he broke into a cold sweat...he lit a candle....the cabin
was musty...but there were provisions and some wine....after he had
eaten...he laid back in the bed....
and awaited....for her her to haunt his dreams....
To Be Continued...
Chapter 4:
back in harmony...
sam walked nervously to the crane mansion....but he turned and saw ivy
walking towards the gardens....
"oh sam...you startled me..." she wasn't her flirtatious self....she seemed
more occupied by other things...."listen...ivy i need to talk to you..."
"now really isn't a good time sam..." she looked down..."are you okay...ivy...?"
"no i'm not...." she sobbed...."oh sam...." she threw her arms around him and
wept...they were far into the garden now....where no one could see them...
"ivy...what wrong?" he tensed...'damn...i'm not suppose to care for heranymore'
ivy sensed his uncomfort, and for once...backed away from him....she turned
away from him...."i'm so unhappy sam....my children have grown up without
me....my husband...if you can call him that...is probably having a rendevous
with some bimbo...i have no friends...sheridan and pilar....but sheridan's
gone now...""that's what i came here to talk to you about...."
"about my friends?" she wiped away her tears....
"no...sheridan....to be more specific...sheridan and luis...."
"oh....sam i wish i could help you....but...."
"listen..." he turned her to face him..."sheridan was shot...." ivy
gasped..."yes...and luis is so destroyed right now...ivy please...luis
admitted to me that he loves her..."
"she really loves him too you know..." she looked down...still in shock....
"did julian....have anything to do with her leaving harmony...?"
her turning away gave him the answer...."what did he do....?"
"please sam...don't to betray....julian..."she thought a moment...."i don't
know how you'll cover this up...i'll give you the information...if you make
sure no one knows it came from me...""ok..." sam looked on with intrigue
"well alistar and julian paid off an imposter...."
"so that's who sheridan saw at the warf..."
"how did you know...it doesn't matter...well he said some awful things....he
being luis....said that he intended to use her...and that's what overheard..."
"no wonder why she's been so angry with him....i've got to get this to luid
right away...." he was about to walk away
"oh sam..." he looked back "it's good to know you still believe in true
love...." it wasn't suductive...it was almost a sad acceptance....
something in sam stirred as he walked away from the gardens and he saw her
sillouette against the moonlight...."yes i do ivy...i do...."
To Be Continued...
Chapter 5:
luis once again fell into the darkness....he heard laughter....he was in a
midnight garden....the moon shone down....making the leaves turn into glassy
mirrors...a light fragrance of vanilla filled the air...he saw a sudden
movement...and a laughter again...
"luis..." he heard her whisper...though it was more like the wind...."luis..."
"sheridan please don't torture me this way..."
"luis..." this time she was by him...she gave him a smile...."do you like
this place....?"
"it's wonderful..." he couldn't help but stare at her....she wore a flowing
red dress....her hair had little vanilla flowers on them....
she caught him looking her up and down..."you know how my favorite color is
red..."she giggled..."this is my favorite place...i used to go here when i
was all the time...i guess when i reached adulthood...the power to bring this
place to life left me along with my childhood...let's dance...." she was
suddenly in his arms...and they swayed along with the branches of the
trees....they stood there awhile like that...
he was again jolted from his sleep...he was thrown into a convolsion of
anger...what was this...some trickery...what kind of torment was this....
finally he calmed...he took another bottle of wine...hoping that if would
lead him to the doorway....where sheridan awaited on the other side....and
soon it did....
this time...he found himself in an old castle...the flickering candle lights
eluminated the anciet corridors...upon a wall was a portrait...it was clearly
sheridan...
"you mustn't linger in hallways my love...." she startled him...."come on
lets go back to bed...."
"no!!!" this whole charade was drying him mad..."i can't take this
anymore...." he ran....kept running....until he was outside the
mansion....there stood before a cliff..."sheridan...you don't know how mugh
it hurts not to be with you...to have you one second...then you disappear..."
she watched him...he took a look at her...and started to decend into a
bottomless pit of despair....
he awoke...yet again....was he dreaming...no...he was back at the musty
cabin...sheridan's face hovered over his own...as she lightly brushed stokes
from his hair...."no!!! not again!!! argghhhh!!!"
"hush....it'll be okay luis...it's only a dream....we've just traveled
through lifetimes together...shhh....i love you luis...we have to go back
now...back to our own time...." she kissed his brow...then lightly on the
lips...."wake up...luis....wake up...."
her voice trailed off...luis opened his eyes...only to be blinded by the
bright hospital lights....
"ahh...officer lopez-fizgerald...we thought we'd have to check you into the
hospital too...i'm dr. lambert...i operated on your fiancee...even though the
next 48 hours are critical...she made it through surgery...she's a very tough
woman...and if you need anything...just have me paged...." it took a while
for it to all sink it...
by now the dreams became vague...the way all dreams become...when one's
awaken...."could you please tell me which room sheridan's in...."
"she's room 147...you know you're a very lucky man...she must love you very
much...she kept saying you're name...."
luis found his way...there he sat beside her....she was still sedated...
he pulled up a chair beside her bed...luis took a deep sigh..."well
sheridan...you helped me escape from my nightmare...now it's my turn to wake
you up...." with that he kissed her hand....and fell asleep
To Be Continued...
Chapter 6:
sheridan awoke...and looked over to find luis slumped in a chair beside
her...she tried to shift slightly but suddenly she felt a pang of pain come
from the bullet wound...she couldn't help but scream which caused luis to
jolt up in surprise...
"sheridan!!! are you okay...." he tassled his hair not knowing what to do
"should i get the doctor....?"
"no....no...i'm okay really...." she shut her eyes tight...then took a deep
breath...."i'm fine..."
luis couldn't help but just look at her..."you know..."he gave a little
chuckle..."we've been together in so many of these near death thing...they
could make a tv show out of us...."
"yeah...." she was wide awake...and fully aware of everything...including the
fact that luis didn't love her "except in tv shows the couple would wind up
together..." she whispered"what was that...?"
"i said....yeah....i mean we even have the whole totally opposite partnership
thing going on..." she gave an unenthusiastic laugh....
"so you made it through the night..." dr. lambert entered the room....
"that is a wonderful sign....now we'll just wait on you're progress in the
next couple of days and we'll be able to release you..."
"that'd be great...the sooner she gets better...the sooner we can go back to
harmony...." luis added...but looked nervously back at sheridan to burst in
outrage..."luis...you have to go back to harmony...what about your job....your
family...." she was calm....
luis took the advantage while he could, before sheridan started
yelling..."doc...you mind leaving us alone...."
"i absolutely understand...." he went into the next patient's room
"sheridan...i'm not leaving you...look...just look at what happened to you..."
"yes...can see....i feel what happened to me...but luis...no matter where i
am you can't just keep pulling the bodyguard act you know....you have a life
to go back to....and i'm not even suppose to be a part of that life...." she
trailed off...
'yes you are' he thought "look sheridan...i will never forgive myself if
anything happened to you...please...at least just consider going back to
harmony with me...please"
"luis give me one good reason...just one...why i should go back..." she
looked at him...the room's temperature seemed to jump 20 degrees....
just then they were interrupted by officer maria..."officer
lopez-fitzgerald....we got a call from your captain...he says he has very
urgent news....he's sure you'll want to hear"
"okay...." he looked back at sheridan as he followed maria out "don't go
anywhere..."
"i don't see how i can..." she gave a derogatory glance...which he smiled
at...sheridan at least was back to her old self....
To Be Continued...
Chapter 7:
luis got to the boston police station...'i wonder what's so urgent that sam
wanted to talk about...'
"hey rodrigez...can you put sam on..." luis could feel the anxiousness in
every nerve in his body...sam had to have found out why sheridan left...sam
had to have the answers....he wasn't going to loose sheridan again...
"luis...i have news that i know you'll want to hear....i just found out
personally from ivy...." he was interrupted by grace bursting into the police
station crying....
"hold on luis...grace what is it....?"
"oh sam it's horrible..." she was crying in his arms...."ivy...she's in the
hospital..."
"what!" sam pushed her away...realizing what he had just done he pulled her
back into his hold...'ivy...'..."grace tell me what happened..."
"she was just at the store...she said she wanted me to give you this
locket...and when she got out....before she even got to her car....it blew
up....she was thrown back a couple of yards....."
'oh no ivy...' "what locket..."
grace drew the locket that was ivy's most prized possesion..."she said that
she gave up...she said that she didn't have a right to it...."
sam took the locket in his hand.....
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"oh sam it's beautiful...i'll never take it off....never....because it's the
sybol of our love..."
"sam...? you looked like you were somewhere else...."
"if it was a bomb...i have to look into it....i'll go to the hospital and see
if ivy can give me any information...."
"okay sam i'll be over there later on...i just have to see that the one of
the girls can look after things...." she looked back at sam...having an
uncomfortable feeling as she watched him clench onto the locket....
"luis....something's come up....i can't tell you everything now...."
"i understand...okay buddy...i have to go back and check on sheridan
anyway...."
at the hospital....
sam came upon ivy....she wasn't moving...for a minute his heart skipped a
beat....no she wasn't dead....her arm had third degree burns....and she had a
bandage around her head....which told him that she had been very lucky....to
escape with a concusion
"sam...." she muttered in her sleep....
"ivy...?" he stepped closer to her....and when he was right beside her she
opened her eyes....
"i knew you'd come for me sam..." she threw her arms around him and kissed
him....and for once...sam didn't push her away....she ended the kiss and laid
her head back down on the pillow....she closed her eyes and was immidiately
asleep...
"ahhh....i'm so glad yoo're here captain bennett...." julian came into the
room "you see i have certain matter i wish to discuss with you....this should
teach ivy a lesson...crane affairs aren't to be revealed just to anyone...."
"what are you talking about julian...." sam felt the blood rise to his face
"oh...i know that you and my wife talked about my sister's relationship with
officer lopez-fitzgerald....and quite frankly....we were only looking out for
sheridan's best interest...."
"you so of a b*tch....you did this to her...." he pointed to ivy...
"oh i would never kill my wife....teach her a lesson yes....and if you don't
watch out..."
"are you threatening my julian...."
"oh no...but do take my advice.....don't let on what you know...or else you
will suffer consequences...." with that he left sam....in his thoughts....he
knew the cranes were capable of anything....could he let them tear apart
another relationship....
To Be Continued...
Chapter 8:
hey everybody....sorry i haven't been on a while....anyway...let me get on
with the writing.....
disclaimers: nbc and whoever has rights to passions are the owners of the
characters and storylines...as always...they present the clay...i mold it...
sam slowly walked out of the hospital room...ivy was asleep again....what
kind of sadistic people were the cranes....they caused suffering even to
they're own family....
his cell phone began to ring....
"sam here...."
"hey sam...." it was luis..."what is it...did you find out about the night
sheridan was talking about....?"
he looked around him and saw julian...trying to hide behind a
newspaper...."look luis...i can't talk right now...."
"sam what's wrong....." luis' cop instincts took over "is there someone
there...did something happen...sam tell me...just give a yes or no..."
"yes..."
"okay...the cranes have something to do with it..."
"uh huh..." he tried to seemed inconspicuous
"okay....did they threaten you....?"
"yup..."
"okay....well we do have to talk about this....but not now...don't worry sam
we'll find a way....i have to get back to sheridan....i can't stand the fact
that the cranes think they have control of everything...."
"i know...i'll talk to you soon..."
sam was sure julian didn't notice who he was talking to....he had to get
home....to grace to make sure she was alright....
at the bennett house....
the kitchen window was open as sam walked by....he heard grace laughing....in
a laughter he never heard before...almost a chackle....so he proceeded with
caution...and stopped by the window....
"oh alistar....i think that you and i make a great team...i keep the police
chief of your back...while i play the wholesome house wife....and they all
think that i'm just being my usual polite self when i accept invitations to
your house....ha....they don't know that that's how we exchange
information...."
sam couldn't believe his ears....this wasn't the grace he knew...no this had
to be a dream...
"well i was there to keep him and ivy apart right...."
"yes my dear you were.....if he hadn't fallen for you...no doubt him and ivy
would have pursued each other....she would have divorced julian....if sam
hadn't married you..."
"haha....and i'm definetely putting the flames of their love out before it even has a chance to spark..." "good job today....we needed a way for him to go to the hospital so that
julian could pull the gun on him.....so to speak....but if he does...we
will...." grace laughed....sam backed away from the wall....no this couldn't be....he
walked away slowly...no this all had to be a nightmare......
To Be Continued...
Chapter 9:
back at the boston hospital....2 days had gone by....luis stayed at a nearby
hotel....he hadn't been about to talk to sheridan because everytime he was
there she was asleep...or he thought...she didn't want to talk to him
now....luis came later in the afternoon to see how sheridan was....
luis walked into the hospital room...just as sheridan was doing the last
bottom on her jacket...
"oh damn..." she muttered....and looked up at luis with a forced smile on her
face...."luis....i...ahh...."
"you were going to leave again....don't you understand how much danger you're
in....i mean roger and jean pierre are still out there..."
"look luis i'm fine...the bullet only scraped me..."
"only scrap you!!! sheridan they had to take to the o.r. to remove the
bullet..."
"okay...but the nurse said i was okay...and they even let me check myself
out...."
"sheridan...look..."he aproached her and grab her firmly by the
shoulders...."would you just stop this....by this time i would think that you
would know that i was right....and you're wrong!!!"
sheridan's eyes blazed with fury "i was wrong!....yeah well let me tell you
something luis...you kinapped me...and we've gone through all this
trouble...and i still got shot..."
"yeah well whose fault is that...if you hadn't gotten me arrested i could
have stopped..."
"ha!"
"yes...so why don't you just admit that i've saved your behind whenever i
told you that you were in danger...i've gone to great lengths to save
you...though god knows you're the one who keeps putting yourself in the line
of fire..."
"oh...you..." sheridan pulled away from him "oh yes...mr. savoir....you have
saved my life....wait a minute...." she looked directly at him...but seemed
more to be talking to herself...."you've always been there....you were there
in new mexico in the mudslide...you were there new years eve...you were there
in paris....in all the times i was almost killed...you were at the police
station...." she turned away from him to ponder it some more....
"that's right and i've been there to save you everytime...except when i was
in cuffs...you i don't even know why i bother...you're so...."
"that's it...." she stared at him "you've always been there...it's your
fault...you know everytime you're around...something bad happens to me..."
she went and grabbed her purse from the bed..."you know what i think
luis...it's bad karma....i mean...you detest me...and everytime you're
around...you're hatred of the cranes causes all these bad things to happen to
me..."
"karme?...atmosphere?..what are you talking about....?"
"it's true luis...analyze it...everytime my life's been in danger it was
because you were there....telling me how much you hated me..."
"that's not true....what about the time they shot at you from the
balcony...and i wasn't even there when they held you at gunpoint..."
"yes...and both times i managed to escape death by myself...thank you very
much....so with no further adieu...so long..." she gave him a hand salute and
walked out the door...
luis was imidiately caught up to her...."i am not gonna let you walk out of
my life again..."
To Be Continued...
Chapter 10:
luis had sheridan pinned to the wall when he noticed that everyone was
staring at them....he eased off..."we have to talk...but not here...he
grabbed her arm..."
"luis no!...no!....you are not going to pull you're cave man act on me....you
can't just club me over the head and drag me to your...." she was yelling
while trying to pull away....and luis put his mouth over hers and kissed
her...sheridan struggled against him...she started backing her out of the
door....
"that man looked like he was harrassing ms. crane...." one of the orderlies
told the receptionist....
"no...those two are crazy about each other...he came here everyday just to
watch her seep...and she must be just as crazy about him....can't you just
see the chemistry in those two....she's lucky..."
"really?"
"yeah..their relationship is straight out of romance novel...if i had a man
near me like that...i'd be the one clubbing him over the head and dragging
him to my cave..." the both laughed....
once outside luis pulled away from the kiss...sheridan was in shock as she
just ran her hand across her lips....luis lead her to the car...and once
inside she was back to reality....
"you....agghhh...." she started pounding his chest...seeing as it did no
good....she crossed her arms over his chest and turned to the open
window....a police car was right next to them and the officer turned to look
at them....
"gee...sheridan...i know you want me baby...but you'll just have to wait till
we get to the hotel room to rip off my clothes...."
sheridans mouth dropped open....and luis started the engine...and luis took
the opportunity to kiss her again...
once they were on the road....
"oh luis i could kill you!..."
luis was in a playful mood..."you better be careful sheridan..." he gave her
a mischievous grin..."you might just be the one in the cuffs...."
sorry to make this short but i have to go somewhere....
To Be Continued...
Chapter 11:
sheridan gave him the same astounded look and turn her gaze outside the
window...the wind was hitting her face...but it felt good...it kept her guard
up...she was alone...in a car with luis...and she could feel him staring at
her every once in a while because a cold sweat ran through her body....
"look sheridan...we're gonna clear up a lot of things..."
"what's there to clear up...."
"why you left harmony...and don't give me that "you already know" speech...."
"luis why do you keep dragging this on...i swear...it's amazing..."
"what's amazing..."luis' frustration was already surfacing...
"i mean...after we've been through all of this....you still keep playing this
masquerade...i've seen the true you luis and i want you to just stop playing
me for i fool...."
"playing you for a fool...? the true me...sheridan i don't know what going on
in that crazy stubborn head of your...."
"here we go again...just shut up luis!" she snapped..."you know if you're not
willing to tell the truth to my face that's fine!..." she turned away from
him again...
"sheridan....you are so..."
she covered her ears with her hands "dom dom...dom dido di dom...."
seeing as there was no use...luis slammed his hand on the steering wheel and
turned the radio up till it was blasting....sheridan uncovered her ears...
the dj on the radio was just annoucing the next song..."well here's for all
you lovers having problems...reo speedwagon...'keep on loving you'..."
sheridans eyes widened and so did luis'..but niether made an attempt to
change the station because it would mean that the song affected them...which
neither wanted to show the other...
You should have seen by the look in my eyes, baby
There was somethin' missin'
You should have known by the tone of my voice, maybe
But you didn't listen
You played dead, but you never bled
Instead you laid still in the grass all coiled up and hissin'
And though I know all about those men
Still I don't remember
Cause it was us, baby, way before then, and we're still together.
And I meant, every word I said
When I said that I loved you I meant that I loved you forever
both sighed and tried to control the urge to turn to each other...
And I'm gonna keep on lovin' you
Cause it's the only thing I wanna do
I don't wanna sleep, I just wanna keep on lovin' you.
Baby, I'm gonna keep on lovin' you
Cause it's the only thing I wanna do
I don't wanna sleep, I just wanna keep on lovin' you.
by the time the song was over there was an uncomfortable heat in the air...
"oh..damn...i must have taken a wrong turn 20 miles back..."
sheridan took that as an ice breaker..."well maybe we can turn around..."
"no...i have no idea where we are..." with that sheridan burst out
laughing...."what is so funny?"
"you....you're one of the few guys to admit when they do something wrong..."
"yeah...well i did...and know we're gonna have to just find another hotel..."
but just as he said that they came to a dead end...
"oh great..." luis rested his head on the steering wheel....
"look luis..you're pretty tired...i should drive..."
"you can't drive...at least not with that injury..."
"well you can't drive either...with our luck together...we'll crash..."
"gee thanks...ms. driver of the year...." she gave him an artificial smile
"well there's a dirt road over there...maybe it leads somewhere..."
"wierd..." luis uttered as the went through the path...
"what's wierd...." sheridan was admiring the romance of it all...middle of
the night, deserted road, forest path...too bad luis didn't feel the same
way...
"i just had one of those...deja...whatever...when you feel like something's
happened before..."
"oh deja vous...you're right...something feels familiar about this
place...maybe new mexico..." when luis stared at her she realized she had
said it out loud and slapped a hand on her mouth....and turned away with her
face all red....
they arrived at a cabin....
"looks abandoned....." luis stretched out and yawned....
sheridan yawned too..."i'm beat...i'm sure the owners won't mind if we use it
just for the night....
"yeah...." luis gently pushed her in front of him...once inside the two found
that it cozy...yet long uninhabited...
"well there's sleeping bags and a blankets....you set them up i'll build the
fire...."
"okay...."
a while later the fire was already made....but the debate was the sleeping
arrangements...
"well...ummm...it's not like we haven't sleep together before..." luis said
nervously....
"well...besides we're adults here...." she took a deep breathe as she laid
down...and luis beside her....
after minutes of uncomfortableness...with their backs to each other....they
both fell asleep...
luis began to dream...it was the police station....roger pulled a gun...and a
shot...sheridan...but everyone was crowind in...he couldn't get to
her...finally he did...but by then she was dead..."no sheridan...no...."
she felt him stirring...and sat up...she watched him...just like the night of
new years eve...he was dreaming about his father..."no...no...."
"luis..wake up..." her head was right above his....when he opened his eyes....
"sheridan?" he cupped her face to make sure it was really her....and pulled
her mouth to his....at that moment sheridan lost her hold on her
balance...and fell into him...
To Be Continued...
Chapter 12:
the kiss intoxicated both of them....luis rolled over gently...but the kiss
brought sheridan the memory of the wharf....
"stop!" she quickly pulled away from him....and was suddenly siezed with pain
from the bullet wound...
"sheridan...are you okay?" he was afraid to get close to her...
"i'm just fine..." she stood up and went to the dining area...she sat down on
one of the chair....she undid the middle buttons of the polo shirt she was
wearing as a nightgown (curtesy of luis)..."aghhh..." the bandage was beging
to soak with blood..."
"don't need help my butt....." luis got up...he had on his jeans (we all know
how good luis looks with his shirt off...lol) and walked to the
car...sheridan's eyes paniced for a moment when she saw luis walk out the
door...
"let me add another layer of bandage...the blood's probably just seeping
through the stitches and need to clot up a bit..." he started towards her
but she was fully aware of what his touch did to her "no!..i can do it..."
she took the first aid kit from him...and found some pain killers/sleep
aids...which she took immediately...
while sheridan struggled with the binding...luis rebuilt the fire...and when
he was done and she was still straining...he came and toook
over..."but..i..." she began to protest...
"you know something sheridan...some people would run out of a burning
building...but you...you'd run in...and run out...just to make the point that
you could do it without my help..." luis was finished a second later
he helped to lay down on the blankets...she gave him a sarcastic smile..."oh
no luis...i'd run into a burning building just so you could save me...i just
love when you wisk me away with those strong steel arms of yours..superman.."
she burst out laughing...
"ha ha...very funny..." he took his place beside her....
"oh luis...take a joke..." the medication was starting to set in...to luis'
surprise sheridan scooted over and put her head on his shoulder....she
started dancing her fingers on his chest and giggling...
she looked up at him...her hand went behind his head and pulled it down to
meet her lips...this time she didn't push him away....instead she turned so
that his upper body was on top of her....luis started trailing kisses from
behind her ear down her neck...
he looked up..only to find she was asleep...."great...some casinova i am..."
he pulled her into his arms...and felt her automatically cuddle up to
him...."night louis..." he kissed her lips lightly...it felt good...it felt
right...to have sheridan in his arms...as he closed his eyes...
To Be Continued...
Chapter 13:
sheridan gave him the same astounded look and turn her gaze outside the
window...the wind was hitting her face...but it felt good...it kept her guard
up...she was alone...in a car with luis...and she could feel him staring at
her every once in a while because a cold sweat ran through her body....
"look sheridan...we're gonna clear up a lot of things..."
"what's there to clear up...."
"why you left harmony...and don't give me that "you already know" speech...."
"luis why do you keep dragging this on...i swear...it's amazing..."
"what's amazing..."luis' frustration was already surfacing...
"i mean...after we've been through all of this....you still keep playing this
masquerade...i've seen the true you luis and i want you to just stop playing
me for i fool...."
"playing you for a fool...? the true me...sheridan i don't know what going on
in that crazy stubborn head of your...."
"here we go again...just shut up luis!" she snapped..."you know if you're not
willing to tell the truth to my face that's fine!..." she turned away from
him again...
"sheridan....you are so..."
she covered her ears with her hands "dom dom...dom dido di dom...."
seeing as there was no use...luis slammed his hand on the steering wheel and
turned the radio up till it was blasting....sheridan uncovered her ears...
the dj on the radio was just annoucing the next song..."well here's for all
you lovers having problems...reo speedwagon...'keep on loving you'..."
sheridans eyes widened and so did luis'..but niether made an attempt to
change the station because it would mean that the song affected them...which
neither wanted to show the other...
You should have seen by the look in my eyes, baby
There was somethin' missin'
You should have known by the tone of my voice, maybe
But you didn't listen
You played dead, but you never bled
Instead you laid still in the grass all coiled up and hissin'
And though I know all about those men
Still I don't remember
Cause it was us, baby, way before then, and we're still together.
And I meant, every word I said
When I said that I loved you I meant that I loved you forever
both sighed and tried to control the urge to turn to each other...
And I'm gonna keep on lovin' you
Cause it's the only thing I wanna do
I don't wanna sleep, I just wanna keep on lovin' you.
Baby, I'm gonna keep on lovin' you
Cause it's the only thing I wanna do
I don't wanna sleep, I just wanna keep on lovin' you.
by the time the song was over there was an uncomfortable heat in the air...
"oh..damn...i must have taken a wrong turn 20 miles back..."
sheridan took that as an ice breaker..."well maybe we can turn around..."
"no...i have no idea where we are..." with that sheridan burst out
laughing...."what is so funny?"
"you....you're one of the few guys to admit when they do something wrong..."
"yeah...well i did...and know we're gonna have to just find another hotel..."
but just as he said that they came to a dead end...
"oh great..." luis rested his head on the steering wheel....
"look luis..you're pretty tired...i should drive..."
"you can't drive...at least not with that injury..."
"well you can't drive either...with our luck together...we'll crash..."
"gee thanks...ms. driver of the year...." she gave him an artificial smile
"well there's a dirt road over there...maybe it leads somewhere..."
"wierd..." luis uttered as the went through the path...
"what's wierd...." sheridan was admiring the romance of it all...middle of
the night, deserted road, forest path...too bad luis didn't feel the same
way...
"i just had one of those...deja...whatever...when you feel like something's
happened before..."
"oh deja vous...you're right...something feels familiar about this
place...maybe new mexico..." when luis stared at her she realized she had
said it out loud and slapped a hand on her mouth....and turned away with her
face all red....
they arrived at a cabin....
"looks abandoned....." luis stretched out and yawned....
sheridan yawned too..."i'm beat...i'm sure the owners won't mind if we use it
just for the night....
"yeah...." luis gently pushed her in front of him...once inside the two found
that it cozy...yet long uninhabited...
"well there's sleeping bags and a blankets....you set them up i'll build the
fire...."
"okay...."
a while later the fire was already made....but the debate was the sleeping
arrangements...
"well...ummm...it's not like we haven't sleep together before..." luis said
nervously....
"well...besides we're adults here...." she took a deep breathe as she laid
down...and luis beside her....
after minutes of uncomfortableness...with their backs to each other....they
both fell asleep...
luis began to dream...it was the police station....roger pulled a gun...and a
shot...sheridan...but everyone was crowind in...he couldn't get to
her...finally he did...but by then she was dead..."no sheridan...no...."
she felt him stirring...and sat up...she watched him...just like the night of
new years eve...he was dreaming about his father..."no...no...."
"luis..wake up..." her head was right above his....when he opened his eyes....
"sheridan?" he cupped her face to make sure it was really her....and pulled
her mouth to his....at that moment sheridan lost her hold on her
balance...and fell into him...
To Be Continued...
