Dr. Quinn

Chapter 1: Baby Talk

"Michaela. Michaela."

Michaela slowly turned over in bed, still half asleep, to see who woke her.

"Hm, Sully?" She yawned.

"You gonna get up today?" He teased.

"What time is it?" She yawned again, attempting to crawl out of bed.

"Almost 10." He helped her out of bed.

Although it was Saturday, it was unusual for Michaela to sleep in so late.

"Ya feelin' okay?" He asked.

"Yes, just tired I suppose. Yesterday was quite busy."

"Maybe ya outta lay back down." Sully suggested.

"No! There is too much to be done." She countered.

Michaela was stubborn, but Sully knew how to pick his battles with her. This is one he would not have won.

She stood facing her vanity and began brushing her hair.

"Where are the children?" Michaela asked.

"Matthew took Brian fishin' and Colleen is with Andrew at the clinic."

"You left Colleen and Andrew alone?"

"Colleen is a smart girl Michaela. You know she would never do nothing she know ain't right."

Michaela turned to face Sully and smirked. Sully grabbed her waist and pulled her closer to him.

"Ya hear that?" He asked.

"Hear what?"

"The sound of no kids." They both smiled and Sully leaned in to kissed her.

"You're right." She smiled wrapping her arms around his neck. He picked her up, spun her around, and laid her on the bed. He began to take off his shirt until they were interrupted by someone entering the homestead.

"Ma! Pa! Guess what!?" It was Brian and Matthew back from their fishing trip.

Sully and Michaela looked at each other and sighed.

"Maybe tonight," Michaela whispered to Sully as she kissed him one last time.

Sully put his shirt back on just as Brian made his way to their bedroom door.

"Pa! You'll never believe what Matthew and I caught. It's huge fish Pa! At first, I thought we lost it, but Matthew helped me and-," Sully cut Brian off before he passed out from excitement.

"That's great Brian. We can fix it up for dinner. You go get cleaned up now, we're meeting Cloud Dancing out at the reservation for lunch."

"But Pa I-,"

"Brian." Sully was stern this time.

"Yes sir." Brian did as he was told and walked off.

Sully sighed and looked at Michaela. "We're never gonna get any time alone are we."

Michaela giggled and kissed his cheek.
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