| Dorothy smiled at her and then asked, �You mean you don�t have any idea of what you�d like in a man?� �Actually, I have had dreams about a man. He is gentle, kind, honest, and every time he holds me in his arms I feel warm and safe. But that�s all a dream. Even though sometimes I feel like he actually exists.� Once they were done with the picnic Michaela looked up at the sky and noticed that some storm clouds were moving in. �I think we should be heading back soon before we get caught in the storm.� They packed up the picnic supplies and started back. When all of a sudden a loud thunder crash was heard and spooked Michaela�s horse. Before she had time to react the horse was dashing off into the woods. Dorothy stood there not knowing what to do. Then from the corner of their eye they saw a man on a horse dash past them and headed in Michaela�s direction. Michaela was scared she didn�t know how to calm her horse down. She was contemplating jumping off but before she had a chance she saw a man grab the reigns and bring the horse to a stop. Michaela looked at the man. He had brown sun-kissed hair that fell to his shoulders. The thing that caught her attention however was his mesmerizing deep blue eyes. �Thank you for helping me Mr�?� �Sully, just Sully.� �Thank you Sully, my name is Dr. Michaela Quinn.� Michaela offered him her hand and he shook it. The moment his hand touched hers Michaela was overwhelmed with a feeling of dejavue. She felt like she had met this man before, but before she could say anything he was gone. Dorothy caught up to Michaela and asked her if she was all right. Michaela nodded and told them they should get back home. They rode back in silence, but Michaela couldn�t stop thinking about Sully. There was something so familiar about him and she wondered if she was ever going to meet him again. Chapter 2 That night Michaela had a strange but wonderful dream. She dreamed that she was back in Boston. She realized it wasn�t modern day Boston, but rather Boston in the 1800s. She was confused at first because she had never been to Boston, yet she had felt like she had grown up there. She saw herself running towards the train station and get onboard. She was out of breath and had a worried look on her face. She didn�t have any luggage so she knew she wasn�t going on a trip. Yet there was a feeling of urgency. She knew there was something or someone on that train that she was supposed to find. Then just as she arrived at a private compartment and stepped a foot inside her alarm went off. Michaela sat at her desk updating some patient files. She knew she needed to finish the files, but her heart just wasn�t into it. Every time she started to on the files her mind would recall the dream. �This is crazy. It was only a dream, but it felt so real. I�ve never had strong feelings like that from a dream.� She sighed, looked at her watch and saw it was time to go home. Before she walked out the door she heard a nurse call her name and saw she was running towards her. Michaela was extremely tired and hungry. The only thing she wanted to do was to go home and sleep. �Michaela I know your shift just ended, but we have a patient that needs your help.� �I wouldn�t ask you, but all the other doctors are busy with other patients.� Taking a deep breath Michaela nodded and followed the nurse. Michaela walked into the room and looked at her patient. She was an elderly woman with wavy silver hair that fell past her shoulders. Michaela walked over to her and began to examine her while talking to her. The woman was very kind and very cheerful. When Michaela examined her eyes she was they were a deep blue shade. She stared at them for a moment and was certain she�d seen those same eyes somewhere before. She was too busy trying to remember where she�d seen them that she didn�t hear anyone else come into the room. �Is she going to be alright?� Michaela shook her head and without turning around to see who was talking answered, �I have to run some more tests, but from what I can tell it�s a heart attack and she�ll be alright.� Finally after having finished examining her patient she turned around and was shocked. There before her stood the man that had saved her yesterday. Sully looked at the doctor and read her badge, his eyes growing wider with recognition. There was a long awkward silence as they both stared at each other. Michaela cleared her throat and turned back to her patient. �I have to leave for a little while and order some tests, but I�ll be back as soon as I can.� |