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I Can't Wait

Evelyn Carnahan sank deeply into the softness of her bed. It had been weeks since she had slept comfortably, or had even slept at all. But now that whole ordeal was behind them. Imhotep was dead, Hamanaptra had been destroyed, and the world had not ended. The only proof that any of the events had actually taken place was the treasure that she, Jonathan, and Rick had discovered on one of their camels. Priceless artifacts of pure gold that were worth hundreds even millions. They were rich. Now all that was left was to divide it up equally.

Evelyn squirmed underneath her covers trying to make herself comfortable and her brain to stop thinking. She just wanted to sleep. A face appeared in her mind that made her smile into the darkness, Rick. She didn't know what was going to happen between them but she prayed that it would be good. God, she could still feel his arms around her and his lips upon hers. With those feelings and images set firmly in place, she drifted off into what she hoped would be a peaceful and pleasant sleep. It was anything but…

Evelyn walked through one of the hallways at Hamanaptra; a hallway lined with open sarcophaguses. Curios as all ways she peered inside each one to see what was in them. The first two contained her parents. With a shocked scream Evelyn hurled herself backwards and bumped into another sarcophagus. This one contained Jonathan. His face was all bloody and his body looked as if it had been badly beaten. She screamed again and discovered that the next sarcophagus contained Rick.

" No!" she screamed, " No!" And she ran down the hallway as regular mummies from the other sarcophaguses came to life and began to chase after her. She could hear their unearthly screeches coming closer and closer until she felt the cold grip of their dead hands on her warm living flesh. The next thing she knew she was on the sacrificial alter where recently Imhotep had tried to sacrifice her. Evelyn rolled over expecting to find the mummified corpse of Anck-su-namun, but instead she saw herself. She turned her head quickly away only to discover Imhotep standing over her with a knife, ready to plunge it into her heart. She screamed. She screamed so loudly that she woke herself up and sat bolt upright in bed. Her body now trembling, she quickly glanced about the room to make sure that it in fact had only been a dream. A moment later Rick burst through the door, gun drawn and body poised- ready for the unexpected. After a quick glance over the room told him everything was all right, he quickly rushed over to Evelyn.

" Ssh, Evelyn, it's ok." Rick murmured into her hair as he took her into his arms. " What happened?" Evelyn clung on to him tightly, so afraid to let him go. He felt so warm and so safe. She knew that nothing could hurt her as long as he held her.

" Oh Rick it was awful," and she continued to tell him about her dream.

" It's ok, it was just a dream. I'm here and Jonathan's here. Well he's passed out in the other room but…" That got a soft chuckle out of Evelyn and she pulled herself slightly from his arms and looked up into his eyes. Evelyn then leaned forward and gave him a quick kiss on the lips. Rick smiled at her and then extracted her from his arms, gently pushing her back onto the bed. He then pulled the covers up around her, " Try to get some sleep, okay? I'm right next door if you need anything." He gently kissed her forehead and then pressed his own to hers murmuring, " Good night. Sweet dreams." before leaving her room.

Evelyn tossed and turned for about an hour before finally deciding that sleep would not be happening again that night. She quickly pushed off the covers and put on her robe. And then quickly made her way over next door.

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" Hi," a surprised Rick said when a trembling Evelyn appeared at his door later that night. She didn't answer, just made her way into the room and sat down on his couch. Rick quickly closed the door and then sat down beside her. If there was any space between them, Evelyn quickly filled it and snuggled up to Rick. He simply wrapped his arms around her and gently rubbed her back, knowing that something was bugging her. " You wanna talk?"

" Yes," she murmured " that is exactly what we need to do. We hardly know anything about each other."

" I think that you would be surprised at how much we know."

" Oh really? Then tell me something about me."

" You're a very fun drunk."

" Ooooh," Evelyn replied as she punched him in the arm. " You rotten little…" But her insults were stopped by Rick's lips upon hers.

" I know how soft your lips are and how much I love kissing them." Rick said after a few moments he broke the kiss. Evelyn smiled sweetly at him and very seriously said,

" You know what I mean."

" All right, all right. Where do you want me to start?" Rick questioned getting comfortable.

" Beginning till now."

" Ok, you asked for it."

Throughout the night they continued to tell each other their life stories. And both realized that with each word that came out of the others mouth, they were falling in love with that person even more.

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Evelyn woke up lying in Rick's arms on his couch. She smiled at the thought of falling asleep in his arms every night. She chided herself for thinking those things. They hadn't even known each other a month and already she was picking out the curtains to there home. Evelyn felt Rick stirring beside her, and knew he was waking up.

" Good morning. Did you sleep all right?" Rick said sleepily with a grin on his face.

" How could I not?" Came Evelyn's reply as she relunctantly pulled herself from his warm embrace. She stood up and stretched. Though sleeping in Rick's arms had been wonderful; the couch hadn't been the most comfortable place. A thought suddenly occurred to her. With any other man she would have been embarrassed to be seen in the early morning hours and having yet to groom herself. But with Rick, it didn't matter. He had seen her in her nightdress, a wet one at that. He had seen her in the early morning hours. He had been on a dig with her for cripes sake! He had seen her at her worst, and he didn't seem to care. Rick's, who at that moment was thinking to himself would have confirmed Evelyn's train of thought.

' God she is beautiful. I don't think its possible for her to look bad.'

Evelyn turned and smiled at Rick, who was just beginning to rise from the couch.

" I'm going to go back to my room and get dressed. Why don't you go try to wake up Jonathan and we'll meet downstairs for breakfast." Evelyn said as she made her way to the door.

Rick watched her go, and knew he was going to marry her as soon as he could. Tradition and being respectable be damned. He loved her, and he knew it. He was madly in love with her and still falling. Every little thing about her made him know that they were going to be together. He couldn't explain it; he just knew it was meant to be. But for her sake and her reputation, he had to make it at least a little traditional and a little respectable. But whom could he ask for her hand in marriage? Her father was dead. And there was no other family member that he knew of. Except…

" Jonathan! Wake up!" Rick said as he tried to wake up the large lump underneath the covers that happened to be Jonathan.

" Go away. I only paid for an hour." came Jonathan's still half-asleep reply. Rick quickly pulled off the covers that covered him. And the instant that the chilly morning air hit him, Jonathan woke up.

" Now just what is the bloody idea? What the hell do you want O'Connell?" Jonathan questioned angrily as he tried to sit up. But seeing is how it made is Gin induced headache even worse, gently laid back down on the pillows.

" To marry your sister." came the reply.

" What?" said Jonathan completely surprised. He sat straight up in bed, headache now apparently gone, and stared at the man who had just spoken the words. ' Marry' and 'Sister.'