Phantomfan01:Here you go.
skittlesgirl99/66: Well, you'll have to fight it out in this chapter, because, it happens.
trrmo77:They certainly are looking up. As for the kiss...it's coming up. And Christmas will be memorable for them. I NEVER grow my nails out long, but this time I chewed them down too far and I have to stop. It's irritating, but I'm getting used to it. My sister did them so on my left hand they're all crooked! It's a funny cute.
phantom serenity: I was like that too, I was petrified on the London eye. Not to mention we had to walk through a flock of pidgeons and I have a birdphobia! If I had a poll, I think Ronan would win.
URGENT NOTE! Please, go on youtube and type in 'the dance' by 'Megan Hilty' and at a certain point, listen to it when 'Ronan puts the CD in.' It'll be worth it. The song is amazing and beautiful. Those who aren't familiar with Scott Alan's music are in for a surprise.
Chapter twenty eight
Marlena frowned and her black dress. It just didn't seem to fit the Christmas Eve mood she was in this morning. She took her wallet and made sure she had enough money before taking off to get a new dress.
Marlena knocked on Ronan's door. "Come in!" He said. "She came in to see he was on his laptop typing. "I'll be ready in a moment."
"Actually, I'm doing some Christmas shopping…without you."
Ronan hesitated before looking up at her. "Really?"
"Yes. I can't get you a present with you behind me can I?"
"I guess not. Be careful though."
She nodded. "I will. I know what I'm getting, so it shouldn't take me more than an hour." She blew him a kiss. "See you!"
"Bye."
Marlena was halfway down the elevator when her actions dawned on her and she slapped her face in embarrassment.
Ronan tugged at his tie as he glanced at his watch. "Marlena, we're going to be late."
"Oh, hush up." She said as she came out of her room in this knee-length white dress with the upper half being red. The line separating the red from white had holly going around it. She touched a sprig in her blonde hair. "Ok, here I am." She blushed. "You're staring at me again."
He nodded. "Tell me why I shouldn't."
She cleared her throat. "Because…we're wasting time? We'll be late."
Ronan snapped out of it and opened the door. "Correct. Let's go."
She nodded and followed him out the door, smelling like that 'maybe baby' perfume. Ronan wondered if he were going to be able to focus on the show with her smelling and looking like that right beside him. She checked her makeup in the mirror before turning towards him.
She shook her head and reached for his tie. "You and your ties. What am I going to do with you?"
Oh, could he wish he could answer that question. However, he wasn't sure how she'd react when he'd say, 'marry me'.
"Oh that first kiss between Huey and Felicia! Oh! It took my breath away." She exhaled and fanned herself impatiently as they entered the building. "The chemistry between those two actors were so real, I knew that those two were engaged!"
Ronan laughed as he took off his tie. "All right, so you knew it before me. That's one out of a thousand times."
"That was a great scene."
"Not logical."
"You're so unromantic. And the dancing, I wish I could dance."
"So you keep saying."
"And thank you for getting me backstage! And I got Chad Kimball and Montego Glover's autograph's as well. I'm in heaven."
"Go sit down and come back to earth. I have something for you. after all it is Christmas Eve."
She headed for her room. "I got you something too. I'll be back in a moment!"
She ran there, sliding on the floor as she raced her for her room. She grabbed the packages off the desk and ran back crashing into Ronan. He dropped his package catching her!
"Where's the fire!"
"I'm sorry." she laughed. "I slid."
He gripped her hand as he picked up his huge package before leading her over to the small burning fire. He handed her the package. "Here. Open this."
She handed him his. "Open at the same time. Ok?"
He let out a quiet snort, but he did as she asked. She opened the package to reveal a nice scrapbook an envelope holding dozens of pictures of them together and at least thirty different stickers. She gasped and look at him, he'd stopped opening his to watch her reaction.
"I wasn't sure about this, but if this trip was as memorable for you as it was for me. I knew you'd want to remember it."
She nodded as she leaned forward and hugged him. "I do. Thank you. I love it so much." Ronan patted her back as she leaned back. "Open yours, please."
"All right."
He opened up the box and picked up the CD of Scott Alan's 'Key's' with a question in his eyes. he then picked up the gray shirt, with the red sleeves, but the bold red words had caught her attention in the shop. It said 'Equal Opportunity Annoyer' and it reminded her so much of him. He laughed. "I love this. Thank you, it's perfect."
"I couldn't resist it."
"I'm glad you didn't." he stood up and opened the CD. After a few moments of studying the CD, he walked over to his laptop. "I've got a bonus for you."
"What?' she stood up and watched as he stuck it in. "I got a backstage pass, special autographs and pictures and you've got a bonus for me? What could it be?"
"For your sake, 'the dance' better be a slow dance." He said as he jumped to it. "Because I'm going to dance with you."
"No!" she stared at him as he uploaded the CD. "I can't dance."
"You couldn't ice skate or handle heights, but you did so with me." The music started and he brought her into the waltz position. "Now, you're going to learn to dance. Relax. Follow me and don't look at your feet, look at me." She did and the romantic music forced her to see Ronan in a different light. "Ready?"
She nodded and he moved as Megan Hilty began to sing the beautiful song she'd heard before. So it was 3:15 in the morning, and we were dancing. She stumbled a little, but he didn't notice. Yes, we were dancing. And the world around us was frozen and we kept on dancing. It felt good to be dancing. Slowly, she began to loosen up, and submitted to his guidance. She got the steps easy, Ronan, feeling her lack of resistance began to move a little faster. And we danced until morning. I, his princess, and he was my king. And the music was our serenade and we danced to the silence of the night. How I love to be by his side! So we kept dancing.
Ronan turned her and brought her back towards her. she knew these lyrics by heart, but this verse, touched her heart in a very special reason. He wasn't one to hold me, he didn't care for kisses, or telling me he loved me. yet here he was dancing, and I was dancing from the moment he held me. He actually held her at a very respectable dancing. She looked up at him as a feeling she'd always felt, grew inside her. but it grew into something much stronger than anything she'd ever felt and it frightened her. and we danced until morning, and it felt like we'd been there before. And the waltz, built round the sun and the music was sweet as the night. As the moon traded with the sun, we stayed dancing.
Ronan realized that something was stirring in her. "You all right?"
She nodded and whispered. "Yes."
He stopped and studied her for a moment as the music continued. Stronger and deeper the music grew until we knew in a moment the dance would with the sun. On sheer impulse, she rested her face against his chest and exhaled. She felt him stiffen for a second, before both his hands went about her waist. She brought both her hands up around his neck and they swayed together quietly. but, the music was our serenade and I held onto what could have been. We could have danced until the last morning came! But the song was over, the dance had ended. And the night was morning, Marlena pulled back, just to look in his eyes for a moment…and she couldn't look away again. and he said he loved me. well, he didn't say it. She swallowed nervously as Ronan studied her very closely for a moment. But he didn't have to. The dance between a princess and her king.
Ronan leaned forward and suddenly kissed her as Megan continued vocalizing in the background. The kiss was gentle at first, and then it grew deeper, with gentle guiding pressure. She gripped his shoulders as his hands gently touched her hips, his mouth hungrily seeking hers. She let out a whimper as he kissed her again and pulled her close. Marlena clung to him as he kissed her again. Marlena forgot all about breathing in his arms.
HELP! I'M IN YOUR POCKET! LET ME OUT!
Marlena and Ronan drew back. Marlena kept her eyes closed, afraid to see the look in his eyes.
"Hello." Ronan said testily to whomever was on the phone. "I was occupied." She turned and walked slowly back to her room. "Goodnight." He said softly to her as she walked away.
Marlena paused in the doorway and nodded at him. "Goodnight."
She closed her door and leaned against it as her heart thudded in her chest. How had that happened? She had felt something for him, but all too soon, she realized something. She had one heart, and it only had room only for one man, not three.
Slowly, she walked over to the laptop, which she'd left on. She flipped up the lid, woke it up and saw three emails waiting for her. one from her parents and the other two were from the two men she should have thought about today.
Michael and Paul. Her hand hovered over the button, wondering if she should open it or not.
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