Date Submitted: 8/2/00
Title of Story: "Sheridan Of Harmony Ch. 2"
Author: pescado_b@ivillage.com

Disclaimer: All characters used are products of NBC’s Passions. They are only being borrowed for the sake of every SHUIS fan’s entertainment. If you use this on your website or any other reproduction, please make sure you give me credit as the author. Thanks! (By the way…it is kind of long. Enjoy!)

Review of Ch. 1
Sheridan drunk from her celebration of her new found freedom from the drug cartel, ran into Luis’s police car (again!). She refused to let him take her home. Sam and Luis lock her up. Luis and Sheridan talk about the night on the warf.

Sheridan talked to the judge about her sentencing. “I am guilty, there’s no doubt about it. But, I’d really rather do community service, money is not an issue, therefore not a proper punishment.”

“You mean you want community service again? What for?” The judge demanded.

“It’s something I’ve got to do for myself…self respect.”

“Fine, you’ll report to the Youth Center again for an additional 120 hours.”

“Thank you” she sighed in relief.

Sheridan believed Luis. Something didn’t make sense about the night on the warf, but at the same time she knew Luis wasn’t lying to her. She prayed that he wasn’t.

She showed up at the Youth Center that afternoon to begin working off her sentence. “Hello Super-Cop. So, what’ll my punishment be this go around?” she smiled.

“What do you mean?” Luis said confused “What are you doing here?”

“You’re my boss again, at least for another 120 hours.”

“I’m having a severe case of deja vous” Luis said.

“I promise it won’t turn out as badly as last time. But, I do need to serve 120 hours here…so, what’s my punishment?”

“Sheridan, I don’t feel like we finished our conversation from earlier. So, your first assignment is to take me to lunch!”

“That I can handle” she grabbed his hand and winked at him.

They ended up with a picnic in the park. “Luis, I don’t know how, I don’t know why, but I believe you. Before I supposedly heard all that on the warf…I…you never gave me a reason to think of you as a liar. Pilar taught you better, that I know.”

“I promise you I would never lie to you, never use you, or ever hurt you intentionally” Luis said seriously. His heart jumped, ‘maybe God is giving us a second chance’ he hoped.

“I hope not” she said nervously.

“I’ll prove it to you…” Luis knew Alistair and Julian were behind it somehow, but didn’t want Sheridan to get on the defense again. “But first, I need your help. The kids have been afraid to have another dance since the prom. I need you to help organize another dance at the Youth Center.”

“I’d love to, only if I can find a date.” She smiled trying to hide her intense desire to throw herself at him.

“You’ve got one, only if you’ll accept.” Luis was playing right into her game.

“You’re on…” she leaned in as if to kiss him, but changed her mind. Instead she whispered “Race ya back!” She picked up the picnic basket and started running.

Smitten, it took Luis a minute to get up. ‘Damn that gorgeous girl’ he thought, laughing aloud he finally caught up to her, then passed her. Back at the Youth Center he waited, catching his breath. When Sheridan got back just moments later, he walked toward her to take the small inconvenience of the basket. He reached for it, and she dropped it throwing her arms around his neck. They were unable to control themselves any longer. He leaned in first, and she followed suit. The kisses started out as nervous little pecks that turned into lip-locks. Luis teased her by licking her lips playfully, and she returned the favor. The kisses turned from pecks to whole mouth explorations, their tongues communicating in the most passionate form. For one short instant, time stopped except for them. Nothing else seemed to matter, and nobody else was there…just them, lip-locked and tongue tied in an unbreakable embrace. Slowly, time rejuvenated and became again. They stepped back and just looked into each other’s eyes, each peering into the other’s soul.

Sheridan was the first to speak “That was…”

“Incredible” Luis finished.

“Yes it was!” She giggled like a girl who’d just been asked out on her first date. “I believe we have a dance you wanted to plan my Little Latino.”

“Your Little Latino, I could get used to that you know. I wouldn’t say that too often my Princess.”

“Are you staking your claim on me Lopez-Fitzgerald?”

“For now and always…” he had to kiss her again. It wouldn’t have been appropriate to deny her one more. This time it wasn’t a time stopping kiss, but full of devotion, and they both knew it.