Disclaimer: I own nothing in regard to GWTW

Summary: Scarlett needs her husband!

Author's Note: This is a mature story. I have tried to be tasteful as I wrote the story. I have tried to not to use any graphic language but it is definitely for a mature audience.

Disclaimer: I own nothing in regard to GWTW

"Mother!" cried a young child's voice. When Scarlett heard it, she was excited. They were home finally. He was home! Finally, he was home! The dreams she had been having for the last two months had been enough to drive her crazy. He was going to do something about this problem he had created. Hopefully within the next thirty minutes. She didn't know what the term was but she desperately wanted and needed to be intimate with her husband.

That night she had discovered a whole world of pleasure. She had also discovered why being intimate with Rhett had left her frustrated and angry. He was not going to disappoint her tonight. She now knew why men would pay for relations. If she could have paid someone this last month she would have. She might have gone through Rhett's entire fortune. The dreams kept her all worked up. But enough thinking, he was home.

Scarlett ran out to the hallway and Bonnie was making her way up the staircase. Her little stubby legs barely able to clear one step to the next. Scarlett had scurried down the staircase to meet her. Mother and child hugged like they were never going to let each other go. Scarlett may not let her child go. Her favorite child. Scarlett sat down on the staircase and just kept hugging her daughter. Her daughter who was going to be a big sister. Oh, it was such a delicious secret.

Scarlett saw her husband walking across the foyer and wondered how to get him back in her bed. He was her husband and he needed to take care of her before all those other women. She would make that clear to him. It's not like she had any other source of relief but him. He was so handsome. He had such a fine muscular body. She had never appreciated it before. As he walked up the stairs, he had his blank face on. She didn't care as long as he got his body into her bed he could be as unfeeling as he wanted to be. She didn't need his heart but she did need his skills.

She sat there with Bonnie on her lap just holding the child and the child seemed to want to be held by her. Wonderful! Rhett said, "You are looking pale, my dear. Is there a shortage of rouge?"

Scarlett actually giggled. And said, "No." then she smiled.

Rhett looked at her and said, "This paleness cannot be because you have missed me?"

Scarlett giggled again and said, "Yes, it can. I missed you more than I thought possible." Right now, she didn't care about pride. She cared about being intimate with him. She would worry about their sleeping arrangements later. She cared about getting some relief. She had the same erotic dream night after night for the last two months with no completion. She now knew why she had found relations with Rhett so annoying. He was building her up to a release but she never got the release. She was going to get it from now on.

Rhett sucked in his breath. Rhett noticed the happy look on his wife's face and the way she was leaning forward as if she expected him to kiss her. And he definitely was going to kiss her. He leaned down to kiss her and she extended herself to meet his lips. When Rhett kissed her, he wrapped an arm around her and squeezed her to him hard. Scarlett didn't complain but Bonnie did. Scarlett reluctantly backed away while letting all the desire show in her eyes. Bonnie said, "Go away. My mommy!"

Scarlett said, "Let's not make Daddy go away. You can share me. Can't you?"

Bonnie looked at her father with a mutinous look that he had seen many times on her mother's face. Rhett thought, 'My wife finally wants me but now my daughter doesn't.'

Bonnie finally said, "Alright." Scarlett didn't understand what Bonnie had said but the flash of relief that had cross Rhett's face let her know Bonnie had agreed.

Scarlett then tried to stand up with Bonnie in her arms but she couldn't. Rhett reached to take Bonnie from her and the child clung tighter to her mother. Scarlett said, "Let Daddy carry you to my bedroom?" Good. He would cross the threshold of her bedroom. If she had her way, they wouldn't leave her bedroom until this baby was born. The thought made her giggle. When Scarlett giggled Bonnie did too and agreed to let her father carry her to her mother's room.

As the trio went to Scarlett's room Rhett had fled back behind his mask. He put Bonnie down and she immediately scrambled to the bed and tried to climb on. Scarlett walked over and gave the child a boost. When she turned around, she saw Rhett staring at her with that look. The look that always puzzled her. It was like he was hoping for something. Well, she was hoping for something too and she was going to get what she was hoping for.

She smiled at him and sat on the bed next to her daughter. The smile she gave him was the most sensuous smile she had ever given. She had a flash of a wonderful idea. She turned to Bonnie and said, "Would you like to sleep with me tonight?"

Bonnie looked first at her mother then at her father. It was obvious that Bonnie was torn. She wanted to sleep with her mother but she was afraid of sleeping without her Daddy right there.

Scarlett then said to Bonnie, "Do you want me to ask Daddy to sleep with us also?" Bonnie smiled a big smile and nodded her head vigorously.

Scarlett turned to Rhett and said, "Would you like to sleep with me tonight?"

Rhett wanted to react just like Bonnie did; smile a big smile and nod his head vigorously but instead he said, "Anything for my little princess?"

Scarlett got up off the bed and walked over to where Rhett stood and whispered, "And what will you do for your big princess?" Even Rhett was not quick enough to hide the surprise on his face. Scarlett was behaving very unScarlett like.

Then she turned and said to Bonnie, "Give me a minute to get dressed and we can go see Mr. Butler." As Scarlett walked across the room, she took off her wrapper. Before she stepped into the changing room she turned to see if her husband was looking. Despite having seen many women's bodies Rhett could not help himself from staring at his wife's back in her chemise. Before he could look away, she was in the changing room. Bonnie was talking and she had to call his name before he could break himself away from looking at the changing room door. He didn't know what game she was playing but he would not play along. He would be distant and cold as always. That was what his mind was saying. His heart and nether regions were saying something entirely different. In about five minutes Scarlett came out of the changing room with the most innocent smile on her face.

As they left the room Bonnie wanted to hold Scarlett's hand. After they got downstairs Scarlett told Pork to have Bonnie's little bed moved into her bedroom and have Mr. Butler's clothes returned to the master bedroom. Rhett just stood there and didn't say anything. Finally, Rhett said something about going to the office and looking at his investments. Scarlett said, "Oh Rhett you can do that later. Come out to the stables with us."

Rhett was surprised that Scarlett was wanting to spend time with him and she was being very nice. He went with them. It was obvious that Bonnie had missed her mother and was tired of her Daddy but Scarlett wouldn't let Rhett escape. They had a lovely time. It was as if they were a little family who enjoyed being together. What was strange to Rhett was that Scarlett kept touching him. Scarlett never touched him. He touched her but not the other way around. Not that he minded her touching him. He actually was enjoying her touches.

Scarlett couldn't stop herself from touching him. It was almost like an addiction. She couldn't stop herself. She was actually restraining herself from touching him where she really wanted to touch him. After being with Mr. Butler for a while Scarlett said to Bonnie, "Why don't you go find Ella. She has missed you so much." As soon as Bonnie turned to go Scarlett linked her arm in his and they started back to the house.

She said, "I hope you are happy with this news I am about to share because I am. You are going to be a father again."

Rhett turned to look at her and said, "Really?"

She said with a smile, "Really! After the baby is born, we will have to figure something out so we can continue sleeping together."

He said in a sarcastic tone, "Does this mean you have missed me in your bed Mrs. Butler?"

She laughed and said, "You know it does. You vain creature!

In a mocking tone he said, "What about the honorable Mr. Wilkes?"

"No. I think I would rather have you than the honorable Mr. Wilkes. I don't think Melly would like that at all."

He said with anger, "I wasn't offering to let you have relations with Mr. Wilkes."

"I am so confused. Are we resuming our marital relations or not? If you refuse, I think I can divorce you for that."

"You cannot divorce me for that."

"You said you could divorce me for not having relations with you. Why can't I divorce you for the same reason? That doesn't seem fair."

"It doesn't matter. I would never refuse to have relations with you." Cruelly Rhett said, "After all, one woman's body is pretty much the same as any other woman's body."

"Since that is the way you feel then you will stop going upstairs at Belle's since you will have access to this body"

Rhett looked at her and wondered if she had boxed him in with his own words. He looked at her and she looked so innocent. No! She wasn't smart enough to do that. He was calm then and said, "Yes. I will."

Scarlett had gotten a lot smarter in the last three months since he had been gone. She had figured out what everyone had been telling her for years. Ashley Wilkes was worthless. Ashley would never bring her the physical pleasure Rhett had that night. She was damn tired of him acting guilty since the night of the party. Every time she saw him acting guilty it frustrated her. She was already frustrated so him acting guilty just made it much worse. She wanted to scream at him, "We haven't done anything wrong! Stop acting guilty." She knew that Ashley was a spineless creature who had been stringing her along for years. He didn't have the guts to be unfaithful to Melly and he didn't have the guts to tell her to go away. Worst of all he was an incompetent business man. A month ago, after another encounter with Ashley she contacted the Yankee Tom Mobbs and sold him her part of her mills. It made her feel so good to be finished with the mills. She didn't have time to continue fixing Ashley's mistakes and she didn't want to deal with Ashley anymore and his morally superior attitude. Mr. Mobbs would only buy both mills. She sold both of them. She was going to be spending more time with her husband and their new baby.

She had figured out her husband was a liar. He also had a way of saying things that made her think he was saying something else. She knew what he had told her that night and she now was convinced he had been telling her the truth then. She now believed he had run away from her not to Belle. She wished she could remember everything he had said while they had been in the dining room. She was sure that was the truth. She said, "Tonight after Bonnie goes to sleep?"

He said, "Yes, my dear. We will go to my old room."

She said, "Wonderful."

He said, "Why do you want me back in your bed now?"

She said, "I need to end the gossip about us. I don't want anyone to question who my baby's father is." Then she gave him a little bit more. The safe part of the reason. "And I have missed sleeping with you. You do keep the nightmares away." She would never let him know that she wanted him so badly on a physical level. If he knew she needed him physically he would hold it over her head forever.

That night after supper Rhett put Bonnie to bed as usual. As much as Bonnie had preferred everyone over Rhett, she now wanted him alone. Scarlett had come in and kissed her goodnight like she always did then left the room. She then went down the hall to kiss her other children good night. She waited in the parlor for Rhett. After almost an hour Rhett finally appeared in the doorway. It had been hard to get Bonnie to go to sleep because while they had been gone Rhett had not enforced a set bedtime. He had not seen a reason to force her to go to sleep at a set time. He saw a reason now. When he finally got to the parlor Scarlett gave him a big smile. That made all the struggle to get Bonnie to go to sleep worthwhile. He poured himself a whiskey and drank it. He poured himself another drink and sat down next to Scarlett on the hideous divan that she loved so much. She sipped her brandy and just looked at him. She was waiting for him to make the first move. He leaned over and kissed her. She kissed him back. There were lots of kisses. Finally, Rhett stood up and held out his hand and she took it. She felt their relationship had taken a turn for the better.

As they walked into Rhett's old bedroom, he saw their robes on the bed and smiled at Scarlett's preparedness. Soon clothes were done away with and they were getting very amorous. Scarlett was very much into the activities but Rhett was holding back as he normally did. She whispered in his ear, "It so much better when you give me all of you. I know the difference now." Rhett was startled and he looked at her face and she smiled a sensuous smile. Rhett began to give her all of himself. He kissed her neck and then moved down and paid attention to her breasts for quite some time and Scarlett was moaning and groaning which was more noise than she had ever made before during their love making. He kissed his way down to her abdomen and kissed around her tummy just as he had when she was pregnant with Bonnie. He then started to kiss his way back up to her mouth when he felt Scarlett's hand on his head shoving him down. She had never let him do that. Whenever he had tried before it usually resulted in their activities ceasing so he was leery of going too far down south. She kept pushing his head down and finally he said, "Do you want me to kiss you here?" And he touched her there with his hand. Instead of being embarrass Scarlett said, "Oh God. Yes!" Rhett wasn't going to give her time to have second thoughts. He went about pleasuring her with his mouth. She was thoroughly enjoying herself and then she said, "More Rhett." With some digital manipulation Mrs. Butler was a very happy woman. Mr. Butler was not finished with his wife and sometime later they were both thoroughly satisfied. They slept in each other's arms. Scarlett's last thought was, "Yes our relationship has definitely taken a turn for the better."

Three hours later Rhett was awakened by Scarlett kissing him. She was laying half on top of him and she whispered, "I think we have time to do it again before we have to go back to my…. I mean our bedroom." And shocks above all shocks he felt Scarlett's hand touching his member. She had never touched him before.

He felt himself respond and said, "I think we do too."

For the next month Rhett and Scarlett both kept thinking up excuses for them to be alone. There weren't as many opportunities as one would think. Between the children, Scarlett visiting with Melanie, and the many occasions they went out in public together on dates there weren't as many chances as one would hope. Rhett didn't know what had come over Scarlett but he was going to enjoy it while it lasted. Rhett would look for chances to be intimate but what surprised him was that Scarlett was looking for them too. One time was when she caught him alone in their office. She didn't waste any time on coyness and soon they were having a grand time. This was fortunate because they had barely finished when they heard someone trying to get into their office. Rhett called out, "Just a minute" while they quickly got their clothes together. It was their daughter and much to Scarlett's happiness Rhett wrapped his arm around her waist as they opened the door. Bonnie just threw her arms around both of their legs. Rhett bent down and pick Bonnie up and kissed Scarlett. Bonnie got squeezed in between them and she still didn't like it. Scarlett left them but she gave Rhett a sensuous look and said, "Thank you Mr. Butler." before she walked out the door. Rhett watched her walk away.

Melanie invited The Butlers to a small supper party a month after Rhett's return from Charleston. Scarlett tried to not accept but Melanie was adamant they would attend. Melly said, "It is a chance to show all the gossips that there is nothing wrong in your marriage."

Scarlett said, "Of course. What a great idea."

Rhett agreed with Melly and was happy to attend the supper party. He wanted to see what Scarlett's feelings were for Mr. Wilkes. Rhett wanted to know if this was just sexual pleasure for Scarlett. He wanted to know if Scarlett was just using his body and his skills. He laughed at the irony of the situation. He needed to know what her feelings for Mr. Wilkes were.

Lucky for Rhett Scarlett was fed up with Ashley's action since the incident at the mills. He had made them look guilty by acting guilty. She wanted to shout at him, 'We didn't do anything wrong. Stop acting guilty,' now more than ever. As she was getting dress for the supper party at Melly's Scarlett knew Ashley was acting guilty because he felt guilty. Ashley was acting guilty because the only thing he had ever wanted from her was adoration and he did lust after her body. She sat down on her vanity bench with the revelation. Ashley had never loved her. He just had been too much of a coward to ever tell her.

Rhett was the one who loved her. He was the one who had married her knowing she believed herself in love with another. He was the one who had tried to show his love by buying her gifts. He was the one who had stood by and watched her admire another who didn't love her while he had loved her so much. They both needed to learn how to give instead of take, be humble instead of be proud, forgive instead of blame, give kindness and compassion instead of cruelty, but most of all they both needed to learn to give love instead of hate.

Rhett walked in at that moment and she knew he would never be brave enough to be the first one. She stood up and said, "I love you, Rhett. Our life is never going to be easy but I only want to go through it with you."

Rhett brought a jewelry box out of his pocket and said, "And I thought this was going to be the big surprise. I love you too, Scarlett. I would rather have a difficult life with you than an easy life with anyone else."

After a little bit of kissing she put on the new bracelet Rhett had just given her and they left the mansion. They arrived at the Wilkeses in high spirits. They enjoyed themselves very much. Much to everyone's surprise Scarlett didn't even speak to Ashley. She was done with Ashley Wilkes. She didn't care what he did. He could go to Halifax or New York for all she cared as long as Melly and Beau stayed here.

They did have a more difficult life with each other but they also had a life filled with love, excitement, happiness, and adventure. They tried using the sheath method but Scarlett didn't like it. She wanted it to be skin to skin. They tried using the withdrawal method but Scarlett didn't like it because at that moment she wanted Rhett firmly and deeply inside her. So, they didn't use any form of pregnancy prevention which resulted in five more pregnancies. Scarlett still didn't like being pregnant but when she was pregnant the love making was so much better so she guessed it was worth it.

As far as their childrearing skills fortunately, Rhett finally saw the wisdom of saying no to Bonnie and her siblings. Scarlett became more involved in her children's lives. Bonnie and her sisters grew up into lovely well-mannered young ladies with fire in their blood. They had one son and the rest to Rhett's joy were daughters. At least it was Rhett's joy until he had to start giving them away in marriage. It practically broke his heart every time he had to walk one of them down the aisle starting with Ella, then Bonnie, then Elizabeth, then Alexandria, then Emma, then Anne and finally Katie. Lucky Scarlett was there to put him back together after each wedding.

Their second child was their son Nicholas. He was Scarlett's favorite child although all her children benefited from her happiness with Rhett. Nicholas was her favorite because his conception opened her to the sensual world available to her and the knowledge that Rhett loved her."