Thank you for all the follows and comments! Here is chapter 2, sorry if its a bit of a mess! Please keep the reviews coming, I greatly appreciate them! Hope you Enjoy!
Elizabeth was beyond exhausted, she had been at the office since Wednesday, and it was now very early in the morning on Sunday, which just happened to also be Valentine's Day. She was so surprised yesterday when Henry had brought her the roses along with her lunch, he always had been the sentimental one. For once she wished she could just tell these guys to pull their crap together so she could get home to her husband, surprise him by being in bed when he woke up in the morning, but alas, this was ever going to happen, at least not tonight. She had about an hour before having to return to the table for the continued talks, the stores were all closed so she couldn't run out to pick up a card for Henry, and she couldn't really send Blake out to pick out a Valentine's Day card for her husband..that would be weird. So instead of buying him a card she decided to write him a letter, something they had done while he was deployed, while she was away over seas during her tenure at the CIA, even sneaking little notes to each other while teaching at UVA. She had saved almost all of the notes and letters he had written her over the years, including the ones from when they were in college together. She had just put her pen to the paper as Blake and Nadine rushed through her door.
"Ma'am, something else has just been brought to our attention. It appears there are threats being sent out about the missing uranium and how and where its going to be used. They need you in the SIT room." Nadine relayed to her boss, an exhausted yet knowing look on her face. She could tell Elizabeth was starting to get sick of the current situation and now a new one, adding to everything else that was going on, not to mention that no one had been able to leave the office for almost five days now.
"Seriously?! Why can't we all just get along!?" an exasperated Elizabeth belted out. "Sorry guys, I'm just getting a little sick of this. It's been FIVE days since anyone of us has been home, and its starting to get a little annoying. Man the fort while I'm at the White House, please get ahold of me if there are any more developments with our situation here."
"Yes ma'am" Blake and Nadine said at the same time.
Elizabeth was becoming more than just a little annoyed, she wanted nothing more than to be at home in bed, sleeping in the arms of her Henry. Now it looked like she might not even make it home at all today, she was going to have to make this up to Henry one way or another.
6:30 am Sunday
"Good Morning baby XOXO"
Elizabeth was finally back in her office trying to catch a little nap when her phone buzzed, before she even looked at it she knew it had to be Henry.
"Good Morning love, sleep well?"
"Would have been better if you had been here, but not bad. Think you'll be home today?"
"I have no idea. maybe, but don't get your hopes up. Gosh I miss you, I'm so tired." Talking with Henry was giving her the much needed pick me up she has been wanting. Instead of continuing to text him, she decided to call.
"Hi stranger" He answered as his phone rang in the middle of texting her back.
"Hi, man Henry I miss you, I'm so tired. I'm so sorry if I've ruined any possible plans you may have had for this weekend."
"I miss you too babe. It's alright, there are plenty of weekends we can spend together, it is just another weekend in the year." He was really hoping she'd be home for dinner, he had made reservations at a L'Auberge Chez Francois, they had been there one other time and had both loved the food. He figured this weekend would be a great time to take advantage of the weekend and have some time for themselves during a nice romantic dinner.
"It's not okay…..my job is starting to interfere with us and I don't want it to change what we have, I know I said I would quit this job in a heartbeat if it threatened what we had, and I feel like its starting to do just that. " she had to choke back a few tears, she knew it was mostly due to the exhaustion she was feeling.
"Baby we are okay, I promise you that. Why don't you take a 20 minute nap then splash some cold water on your face, it will do you a world of good, just 20 minutes is enough to get recharged."
"You know what would really recharge me? Your arms, your kisses, your scent." She let out a heavy sigh as she saw Nadine walking into her office. "Nadine just walked in with that look on her face, I gotta go babe, maybe I'll see you sometime this month."
"Bye babe, love you"
"Love you more" placing her phone on her desk Elizabeth turned her attention to Nadine. "Please tell me we have some progress on this mess?"
"Well ma'am they are talking again and are wanting to speak with you. I think they are coming to a resolution everyone can live with. They will be in the conference room in about 45 minutes." Nadine said with a slight smile, knowing her boss was fed up with everything and just wanted to be home with her family.
"Finally! Thank you Nadine. Lets hope we can get out of here before dinner time tonight!" Elizabeth smiled to her chief of staff, someone she had come to lean on and trust over the past year and a half. She truly couldn't have asked for a better staff.
Elizabeth was finally walking through the door to her house Sunday at 16:45, she had been gone since Wednesday morning and was just happy to take in the familiarity of being home. "I'm home" she called out with an exhausted tone in her voice.
Henry had been sitting at his desk when he heard the front door open, knowing Aly and Jas were upstairs doing homework and Stevie was out with her boyfriend, he figured that it had to be Elizabeth, finally. "Hey stranger!" He said as he greeted her with a hug and a kiss.
"Mmm" she mumbled into Henrys kiss, "This is the best way to welcome an exhausted girl home." she said as she leaned in for another kiss and more hugs. His arms felt so welcoming around her exhausted body. "I'm so sorry this weekend was ruined, I promise I will make it up to you, I'm sure you had things planned."
"Well, it's not your fault for what happened, but I did have to cancel our dinner reservations since I didn't know when you'd be home, but I will run out to the store and get you whatever you want me to make you for dinner. I'll be your personal chef tonight at Chez McCord" He said as he leaned down giving her a passionate kiss, as he pulled her tighter to him.
"I'm sorry you had to cancel our reservations, but dinner at Chez McCord sounds absolutely wonderful! Where are the kids? Do we need to feed them also, or is this going to just be the two of us?"
"I was going to give Aly and Jas money to go out for dinner so you and I could have a nice relaxing, romantic dinner here at home." Henry replied back to her, again with kisses.
"Sounds perfect. I love you so much Professor." she said with a wink and knowing smile.
"And I love you so much too Mrs. McCord" ending his sentence with a searing kiss.
TBC
