| Michaela opened the door and when she saw Sully she jumped into his arms and her eyes suddenly began to tear up.
Sully didn�t know what to make of her behavior. She had never acted like that before. He held her tight and in a soft soothing voice said,� It�s alright I�m here.� As he said that he felt her body begin to relax and it was then that he heard voices in the house. Michaela pulled back and saw the look on Sully�s face. She realized she hadn�t mentioned that her parents were there. She gave him a kiss on the cheek and grabbed his hands. �Sully, I hope you don�t mind, but my parents dropped by unexpectantly.� Sully knew he was going to have to eventually meet her parents, but he didn�t expect it to be today. He swallowed hard and took a deep breath. �Well, I couldn�t avoid them forever now could I?� Michaela took his hand and lead him inside. As they got closer to where the voices were coming from Michaela felt Sully squeeze her hand four times. She smiled and squeezed back saying, �It�s alright. I�m right here, we�ll do this together.� Sully wasn�t looking forward to meeting Michaela�s father. He didn�t know how he would react when he saw him. He knew that fathers were sometimes overprotective of their daughters, and sometimes no man could ever be good enough for their little girls. His stomach tied in knots as he thought about this and Michaela felt his grasp on her hand tighten. She rubbed his arm with her other hand and gave him a reassuring smile as they arrived to the living room where her parents were. �Sully I would like you to meet my father Dr. Josef Quinn, and my mother Mrs. Elizabeth Quinn.� Sully held out his hand to Josef and said �Good evening Dr. Quinn, pleasure to finally meet you.� He was half expecting to receive some sort of disapproval from him, but was surprised when Josef took his hand and pulled him into a hug. �Nice to meet you Sully. I understand congratulations are in order?� Sully looked over at Michaela with a quizzical look. Michaela just smiled and nodded her head. �Yes, sir.� �Please call me Josef.� Sully let out a sigh of relief. He had been so worried about meeting her dad. He was expecting to have him tell him he wasn�t good enough for his daughter and that he didn�t approve. Instead he was pleasantly surprised. He then held his out to her mother who greeted him with a small smile and a disapproving look in her eyes. Sully had been so worried about what her father might think that he didn�t once think of how her mother would react. It was then that it became clear she was the one he should have been worrying about. �Good evening Mrs. Quinn, it�s a pleasure to meet you.� Elizabeth shook his hand but she didn�t respond. Michaela noticed the way her mother was behaving and looked at her dad for some help. �Michaela sweetheart, I�m afraid we�ve barged in on your evening with Mr. Sully.� �Oh no that�s alright.� �Well, I don�t feel right about you two canceling your plans on our behalf so we�ll let you be. Besides we can have lunch tomorrow and catch up. How does that sound?� �That sounds wonderful!� �Then it�s set. I�ll expect to see the two of you for lunch tomorrow. Come along Elizabeth.� As they were walking out the door Elizabeth gave Sully one last look. How could her daughter have fallen in love so quickly with someone like him? After they had left Michaela shut the door and looked at Sully. Sully was glad to have finally met her parents, but he was a little worried about her mom. He knew they hadn�t gotten off on the right foot, and that was something he was going to have to try and fix. �I�m sorry about that Sully. I wasn�t expecting them to show up.� Michaela made her way to Sully and put her arms around his waist while she rested her cheek on his chest. �Don�t worry about it. I�m glad I got to meet them.� Sully wrapped her in his arms and kissed the top of her head. |