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Chapter 20- Back To The Island

Rosie woke up in the spare bedroom that she had been sharing with Tanya since they had arrived over a week ago for what should have been Sophie's wedding. She turned around in her bed and looked at the clock, it read 8:15am and she sat up. Rosie knew that she, Tanya, Bill, Harry, Eddie and Pepper would have a busy day sorting out the hotel for Donna and Sam's homecoming the next day. The bar was a mess, glasses everywhere, alcohol supply was running low, Tanya had seen to that. Neither of them had given any thought to washing any of the sheets, that would have to be done today and the mail had been left ignored and unopened in the office. Rosie got up and got dressed before heading off to the bathroom.

"C'mon Cleopatra, rise and shine!" Rosie called as she re-emerged from the bathroom about ten minutes later.

Tanya awoke with a start at hearing Rosie's voice, she squinted through half-open eyes and looked at her, "you'd better have a good reason for waking me up this early," she said.

"I certainly do Tanya, do you have any idea what tomorrow is?" Tanya thought for a moment and shook her head, Rosie sighed before continuing, "the lovebirds are coming back from New York tomorrow and look at the place."

Tanya rubbed her eyes and looked around, "it looks OK to me,"

"That's just this room, the rest of the hotel looks like a bomb's hit it, we've got to get this place tidied up."

"Oh God," Tanya said as she clapped a hand to her head, feeling the hangover from the night before beginning to set in.

Rosie sighed, "aspirin's in the usual place," she said as she left the bedroom to go and make herself and Tanya a cup of coffee.

It was all hands on deck at Villa Donna that morning. Everyone was doing their bit to get the hotel back to how it was before Donna had left for New York with Sam, to try and minimise her suspicions about what went on while she was away, despite Rosie and Tanya's certainty that she would ask. Tanya had sobered up quite considerably after the coffee and full English breakfast which Rosie had insisted on cooking for her. Tanya and Rosie were in the office, sorting out the mail that had been delivered over the past few days while Bill and Harry were helping out Eddie and Pepper tidy up the bar and bring up the crates of alcohol from the cellar to replace the stuff that between them, they had drunk although Tanya had drunk most of it. "Right," Rosie said, when she and Tanya had finished sorting out the mail into two piles, one pile for all the hotel-related mail and another for the rest, "that's that done, what's next?" she added.

"Ummm," Tanya said, trying to recall exactly what Donna had left of Dos and Don'ts, "the sheets are now in the wash, we've sorted out the mail, the guys are sorting out the bar, the produce was delivered yesterday, how come we weren't told about that?"

"Donna left a note for Eddie and Pepper, telling them that,"

"Ah, OK then,"

"There we go," Bill said triumphantly as he and Harry appeared in the doorway.

"'There we go' what?" Tanya asked.

"The bar's been stocked back up," Harry replied, "Donna won't be able to tell what's been going on."

"She will Harry, she'll check the cellar when she gets back and when she finds some of the alcohol missing, she'll ask what's been going on,"

Bill walked in and smiled at both Rosie and Tanya before planting a kiss on Rosie's cheek, "how about I cook you lunch eh?" he said.

"Yeah, I'd like that," Rosie said as Eddie and Pepper appeared, "ahhh, boys, I've got a present for you,"

"Awww Aunt Rose, you shouldn't have," Eddie said.

"I didn't its all the mail that Donna's had regarding the hotel,"

"Why haven't you opened already?" Pepper asked.

Rosie exchanged a look with Tanya, "we were told not to open any of the mail," she said as she handed the mail onto Eddie.

"Lunch?" Bill asked, looking at Rosie.

"Yeah, come on then," Rosie replied as she got up and followed Bill out of the office.

The phone rang in Sam and Donna's hotel room, waking them both from their sleep. Sam reached over to the phone and answered it, "hello?" he said sleepily, wondering who on earth was calling him so early.

"Sam!" it was Nancy, his assistant, "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to wake you up," she apologised.

Sam sat up and rubbed his eyes with his free hand, "it's fine Nancy, what is it...? Really? Already? Wow, that's great! How soon do they want to close the deal...? As soon as possible? That is great!"

By now, Donna had fully woken up and was propped up on her side, listening to what Sam was saying. "What's happening?" she asked.

"Hold on a minute Nancy," Sam replied as he pulled the receiver away from his ear, "the apartment's been sold."

"Already?"

Sam nodded, "they're offering 9,000 above the asking price for the apartment and everything in it. They wanna close the deal as soon as possible so do you mind if we swing by the office this afternoon and sign the papers?"

"Of course I don't honey. As long as we can still enjoy our last day on honeymoon,"

"Course we can baby," Sam said as he kissed Donna softly on the lips and put the receiver back to his ear, "we can come by the office this afternoon to sign the papers, if that's OK? Great, we'll see you then Nancy, bye." he said and put the phone down.

He lay back on the pillow and Donna shuffled over to him and rested his head against his chest, "I can't believe the apartment's been sold already," she said.

Sam kissed the top of her head and wrapped his arms around her, "I can't believe it either. Nancy said that the buyers put in the offer a couple of days ago but she waited until the papers came through to let me know, just to make sure they were serious about wanting to buy it and not just mucking about," he replied.

"At least that means you won't have to leave the island again to come here and sign the papers,"

"Great minds think alike. If the apartment hadn't been sold while we were here, I would've asked you to come with me. I wouldn't leave you behind,"

"I know you wouldn't and besides, if you did have to come back and sign the papers without me, it's not like how it was all those years ago. This time, I'd have known you were coming back. I'm so glad that it's turned out this way though, because I don't think I'd survive without you, even if it was only for a few days,"

"You know I feel exactly the same way about you, don't you?"

Donna looked up and smiled at him, "course," she said as she leant upwards and kissed him softly on the lips, "I can't believe this week's nearly over already."

"I can't either, it's gone so quickly. At least we've still got today," Sam replied optimistically.

"We do indeed. We'll make the most of it because we won't get a moment's peace when we're back on the island,"

"What? Ever?"

Donna laughed, realising that she'd probably phrased it wrong, "we won't get a moment's peace, at least until Rosie and Tanya have gone,"

"I'll find someway of getting that moment of peace with you,"

Donna grinned as she planted a string of kisses against his chest as her fluttered closed once more.

Donna began to stir from her sleep as she felt someone's lips kissing hers. There was only one person it could be and her lips curved upwards into a smile at the thought. Still, she kept her eyes closed, thinking she could tease him for a while longer. She felt his lips leave hers and immediately missed the contact, wanting him to once more press his lips to hers, filling the hole he'd left behind. He sucked gently at the skin on her neck and descended to her shoulder, then to her chest. His tongue darted across to her right breast, taking the nipple into his mouth and allowing his tongue to circle it, teasing it. Sam looked up at her, to see if he was getting a reaction, he saw the smile present upon her face. He lowered his head and returned to his work, turning his attention to her left breast and repeating the process, taking the nipple into his mouth and allowing his tongue to work it, teasing it into hardness. Sam felt Donna's hands slide up his back and come to rest on either side of his face, she pulled her head up so that it was level with hers as her eyes finally fluttered open and her gaze locked with Sam's, a content smile upon her face, "that's got to be the best wake up call I've ever had," she said.

"Glad to be of service," Sam replied as he leant downwards and pressed his lips to hers and pulled away, "you went back to sleep baby."

"Oh, I'm sorry,"

"You don't need to apologise, I don't mind, there's nothing I'd rather be doing than watching you sleep,"

Donna smiled at him as she rubbed her hand over his cheek, "I'm going to miss this you know," she said.

"Miss what?" Sam asked, confused.

"Just being able to be together…like this,"

"You won't be missing nothing, its not as though we won't be able to do this when we get back, we're the bosses remember?"

"I know that Sam, what I was meant was I'm just going to miss being together with no distractions; we'll have the hotel to look after when we get back,"

"I see what you mean, but we'll still be together, with no distractions at night, I'll make sure of that," Sam said as he planted a string of kisses against her neck.

Donna laughed and felt her stomach begin to rumble, alerting her to the fact that she hadn't had anything to eat since the night before. "Have we got breakfast?" she asked.

"I've already ordered it gorgeous," Sam replied, pointing towards the tray of croissants and coffee on the minibar, "that's why I was trying to wake you up." he added as he got off the bed and walked towards the minibar to pick up the tray.

Donna sat up and pulled the sheet up with her as Sam brought the tray over to the bed and handed it to her as he got back in bed and they started to eat.

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