Next Day
When Rick woke up he was imediately reminded of the stab wound in his side, and all the other bumps, brusies, and cuts he had aquired over the past day or two. He took his time opening his eyes and found himself staring up at a canvas tent top. Even his eyes hurt, like every other part of his body. The bandages that were wraped around his injuries were so tight it was almost hard to breathe, but it was better then not breathing at all.
He slowly turned his head to take in his surroundings, wondering just where he was. Rick smiled when he saw Jonathan sitting on the edge of a cot next to his own, watching over a sleeping Evelyn.
"Hey, Jonathan." Rick managed to choke out.
Jonathan jumped a bit, startled by the sudden sound of O'connell's voice. He turned and looked down at the man laying on the cot, looking like he was in lots of pain,"O'connell! You're up. Boy will Evie be happy to see you. You should be ashamed of yourself, worrying my baby sister like that. She cryed her eyes out for a day until she finally fell asleep." Jonathan tryed to tease.
"I am, Jonathan... I am."
"Oh now, Rick, I didn't meen it. How are you feeling old chap?"
"Like shit." Rick groaned.
"Bad luck."Jonathan shook his head then leaned over to wake Evelyn up.
Rick stoped him,"No, don't wake her, she needs sleep."
"Ah, Evie'll have my head if I don't wake her up to tell her that you're up." he reached out a hand and shook Evie gently,"Wake up, old mum."
Evelyn moaned quietly and mummbled something about letting people sleep in peace before opening her eyes and looking up at her brother. "What do you want?" Evelyn asked, a little mad that he woke her up after she just fell asleep. Jonathan just nodded towards Rick's cot and she turned her attention there. The second she saw Rick smiling over at her, Evelyn was on her feet, to his cot, and had him in her arms.
"Ow, Evie, that hurts." he moaned. Her squeezing him wasn't helping his sore mucles in the least.
"I'm sorry." she told him, lossening her death grip a bit,"I'm just so happy you're okay."
"I'll leave you two alone." Jonathan said, standing and walking out of the tent. Neither of them even noticed.
After untangling himself from Evelyn a bit, Rick tryed to sit up. Pain tore through him and he had to bite his bottom lip to keep from yelling out. He couldn't quite sit all the way up.
Evelyn pushed him back down,"You need your rest, you're still weak." she said softly.
Rick groaned,"Please say you're not going to start babying me. Evie, I'm a grown man, I can sit up like a big boy."
"I don't care, Rick, you're hurt and you're staying right there."
"Evelyn, I'm fine." he assured
"You need more sleep, you--"
"Evie!" Rick cut her off,"I'm *okay*... I need to talk to you, and this angle isnt working."
"We'll talk when you're stronger."
"No, I need to talk to you now. I've put it off for to long already." Rick insisted, and struggled to sit. This time he made it up.
Evelyn saw how serious he was about needing to talk to her. She needed to talk to him, too. She reached over and proped his pellows up.
Rick collapsed back against the pellows so he could sit up, but still have support,"Thank you."
She nodded slowly,"I suppose we do need to talk."
"I miss you." Rick told her softly,"It kills me every day, knowing I left you like that. I... I over reacted, and we bolth suffered, and I'm sorry."
Evelyn looked away from him, not being able to bare the hurt in his eyes,"I shouldn't take you back, you know..."
"I know, I don't deserve it."
"But you know I will anyway." she turned back to him,"I need you, Rick. I'm not complete without you."
Rick took her hand gently in his own as relife surged through him,"I feel the same way about you."
She gave him a small smile, feeling her heart melt at his tender touch,"Besides, I can't fully blame you. I avoided you. Even the first time I saw you I knew there was something between us. With everything that happened at Hamanaptra, that feeling grew stronger until I knew I was in love with you. When we got back, I was scared you wouldn't feel the same way about me and I would get hurt. It just hurt more when you left because it was me who caused it."
"Don't think like that." he reached his arms out for her to come into, welcoming the pain that came along with the pleasure of being able to hold her agian. "I love you." he wispered.
"I love you, too." she mummbled, raising her head and kissing his lips. He kissed her back, pulling her closer to him. They kissed deeply, as if searching for something within each other. And as an overwhelming feeling of joy and completion spread through the bolth of them, they knew they had found it.
Bolth of them pulled back, slightly panting and flushed. Evelyn rested her head on his bare chest, she could feel one of the bandages wraped around him agianst her cheek and fresh tears welled up in her eyes.
"Evie, what's wrong?" Rick saw that she was trying not to cry.
"I thought I was going to loose you agian. Oh Rick, I was so scared. You almost died. I don't know what I would have done if Ardeth hadn't had us bring you to the Med-jai camp."
'So that's where we are.' he thought to himself, rubbing Evelyns back lightly,"Hey, I always make it don't I?"
"I guess so." Evelyn grinned up at him
Rick claimed her lips with his own agian, loving the sweetness of being so close to her. He broke the kiss and brushed a strand of hair off of her forehead. "Evelyn, will you--"
Rick was stoped mid sentence as Ardeth walked into the tent. "O'connell, it is good to see you're up."
"Ardeth, thank you for the help."
"Anything for a friend. You have helped to defeat the creature twice. Me and my people owe you a great deal."
"But you did your part in helping too, more then I did the second time." Rick said.
"You still risked your life in order to stop He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named. More then most men would do... The children are already arguing over who get's to be O'connell in their games. They're asking to see you to talk to the hero."
That made Rick and Evie laugh a little.
"I wouldn't mind seeing them. Before I leave anyway, I'm still a little sore right now." Rick shifted a bit, Evie still in his arms.
"That's what I expected. When you are ready to go, a couple of my men will escort you back to Cairo... The doctor says you should be able to be on your feet in two days." Ardeth started to back out of the tent,"I will leave you for now. See you in a while." he disapeared out of sight.
Evelyn regretfully pulled herself away from Rick's loving grasp stared down at him,"Alright, we've talked now, you need your sleep."
"How did I know this was going to come up agian?" he reached his hand out,"Come back here."
She grabed her bag off the ground, knowing that there was no way she was going to get Rick to rest. Evelyn snuggled back down next to him and opened the bag. She got out a canteen that was about half full and handed it to him. As the canteen came out, a little box fell out, too. They bolth looked down and saw it was the ring case Rick had given her before he left. Evelyn had forgot that she had thrown it into her bag in hopes Rick hadn't seen her looking at it the other day.
He was the first one to move. He ever so slowly picked it up, setting it in the palm of his hand. Rick looked deep into her eyes,"I belive this belongs to you."
Evelyn shook her head,"You bought it, it's yours."
"You'll just end up with it anyway...... That is if you say yes."
Evelyn was shocked. She knew what he was talking about, but she needed to hear the words,"Say yes to what?"
Rick sighed heavily, trying to just say it straight out. "Evelyn, I want to spend the rest of my life with you... marry me?"
"Oh, yes Rick! A million times yes!" she wraped her arms around his neck and hugged him.
Jonathan had walked in right as Rick had asked Evie to marry him. He smiled when Evelyn said yes, and groaned when they started kissing each other. "As much as I like to see you two together agian, I do hope that there wont be to much of that going on now."
Rick pulled away from the kiss, laughing,"Oh there will be, Jonathan." he told his future brother-in-law, but still had his eyes locked with Evie's.
"Well never mind then, I was coming in to see how you were doing." Jonathan babbled then made a quick exit.
Rick and Evelyn kept their eyes locked with one anothers for a long while until he moved her closer to him. Evelyn placed her head on his chest and closed her eyes. They bolth fell into a peaceful sleep, holding each other and dreaming about the wonderful life they had ahead of them. A life filled with happiness, joy, and unconditional love.
When Rick woke up he was imediately reminded of the stab wound in his side, and all the other bumps, brusies, and cuts he had aquired over the past day or two. He took his time opening his eyes and found himself staring up at a canvas tent top. Even his eyes hurt, like every other part of his body. The bandages that were wraped around his injuries were so tight it was almost hard to breathe, but it was better then not breathing at all.
He slowly turned his head to take in his surroundings, wondering just where he was. Rick smiled when he saw Jonathan sitting on the edge of a cot next to his own, watching over a sleeping Evelyn.
"Hey, Jonathan." Rick managed to choke out.
Jonathan jumped a bit, startled by the sudden sound of O'connell's voice. He turned and looked down at the man laying on the cot, looking like he was in lots of pain,"O'connell! You're up. Boy will Evie be happy to see you. You should be ashamed of yourself, worrying my baby sister like that. She cryed her eyes out for a day until she finally fell asleep." Jonathan tryed to tease.
"I am, Jonathan... I am."
"Oh now, Rick, I didn't meen it. How are you feeling old chap?"
"Like shit." Rick groaned.
"Bad luck."Jonathan shook his head then leaned over to wake Evelyn up.
Rick stoped him,"No, don't wake her, she needs sleep."
"Ah, Evie'll have my head if I don't wake her up to tell her that you're up." he reached out a hand and shook Evie gently,"Wake up, old mum."
Evelyn moaned quietly and mummbled something about letting people sleep in peace before opening her eyes and looking up at her brother. "What do you want?" Evelyn asked, a little mad that he woke her up after she just fell asleep. Jonathan just nodded towards Rick's cot and she turned her attention there. The second she saw Rick smiling over at her, Evelyn was on her feet, to his cot, and had him in her arms.
"Ow, Evie, that hurts." he moaned. Her squeezing him wasn't helping his sore mucles in the least.
"I'm sorry." she told him, lossening her death grip a bit,"I'm just so happy you're okay."
"I'll leave you two alone." Jonathan said, standing and walking out of the tent. Neither of them even noticed.
After untangling himself from Evelyn a bit, Rick tryed to sit up. Pain tore through him and he had to bite his bottom lip to keep from yelling out. He couldn't quite sit all the way up.
Evelyn pushed him back down,"You need your rest, you're still weak." she said softly.
Rick groaned,"Please say you're not going to start babying me. Evie, I'm a grown man, I can sit up like a big boy."
"I don't care, Rick, you're hurt and you're staying right there."
"Evelyn, I'm fine." he assured
"You need more sleep, you--"
"Evie!" Rick cut her off,"I'm *okay*... I need to talk to you, and this angle isnt working."
"We'll talk when you're stronger."
"No, I need to talk to you now. I've put it off for to long already." Rick insisted, and struggled to sit. This time he made it up.
Evelyn saw how serious he was about needing to talk to her. She needed to talk to him, too. She reached over and proped his pellows up.
Rick collapsed back against the pellows so he could sit up, but still have support,"Thank you."
She nodded slowly,"I suppose we do need to talk."
"I miss you." Rick told her softly,"It kills me every day, knowing I left you like that. I... I over reacted, and we bolth suffered, and I'm sorry."
Evelyn looked away from him, not being able to bare the hurt in his eyes,"I shouldn't take you back, you know..."
"I know, I don't deserve it."
"But you know I will anyway." she turned back to him,"I need you, Rick. I'm not complete without you."
Rick took her hand gently in his own as relife surged through him,"I feel the same way about you."
She gave him a small smile, feeling her heart melt at his tender touch,"Besides, I can't fully blame you. I avoided you. Even the first time I saw you I knew there was something between us. With everything that happened at Hamanaptra, that feeling grew stronger until I knew I was in love with you. When we got back, I was scared you wouldn't feel the same way about me and I would get hurt. It just hurt more when you left because it was me who caused it."
"Don't think like that." he reached his arms out for her to come into, welcoming the pain that came along with the pleasure of being able to hold her agian. "I love you." he wispered.
"I love you, too." she mummbled, raising her head and kissing his lips. He kissed her back, pulling her closer to him. They kissed deeply, as if searching for something within each other. And as an overwhelming feeling of joy and completion spread through the bolth of them, they knew they had found it.
Bolth of them pulled back, slightly panting and flushed. Evelyn rested her head on his bare chest, she could feel one of the bandages wraped around him agianst her cheek and fresh tears welled up in her eyes.
"Evie, what's wrong?" Rick saw that she was trying not to cry.
"I thought I was going to loose you agian. Oh Rick, I was so scared. You almost died. I don't know what I would have done if Ardeth hadn't had us bring you to the Med-jai camp."
'So that's where we are.' he thought to himself, rubbing Evelyns back lightly,"Hey, I always make it don't I?"
"I guess so." Evelyn grinned up at him
Rick claimed her lips with his own agian, loving the sweetness of being so close to her. He broke the kiss and brushed a strand of hair off of her forehead. "Evelyn, will you--"
Rick was stoped mid sentence as Ardeth walked into the tent. "O'connell, it is good to see you're up."
"Ardeth, thank you for the help."
"Anything for a friend. You have helped to defeat the creature twice. Me and my people owe you a great deal."
"But you did your part in helping too, more then I did the second time." Rick said.
"You still risked your life in order to stop He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named. More then most men would do... The children are already arguing over who get's to be O'connell in their games. They're asking to see you to talk to the hero."
That made Rick and Evie laugh a little.
"I wouldn't mind seeing them. Before I leave anyway, I'm still a little sore right now." Rick shifted a bit, Evie still in his arms.
"That's what I expected. When you are ready to go, a couple of my men will escort you back to Cairo... The doctor says you should be able to be on your feet in two days." Ardeth started to back out of the tent,"I will leave you for now. See you in a while." he disapeared out of sight.
Evelyn regretfully pulled herself away from Rick's loving grasp stared down at him,"Alright, we've talked now, you need your sleep."
"How did I know this was going to come up agian?" he reached his hand out,"Come back here."
She grabed her bag off the ground, knowing that there was no way she was going to get Rick to rest. Evelyn snuggled back down next to him and opened the bag. She got out a canteen that was about half full and handed it to him. As the canteen came out, a little box fell out, too. They bolth looked down and saw it was the ring case Rick had given her before he left. Evelyn had forgot that she had thrown it into her bag in hopes Rick hadn't seen her looking at it the other day.
He was the first one to move. He ever so slowly picked it up, setting it in the palm of his hand. Rick looked deep into her eyes,"I belive this belongs to you."
Evelyn shook her head,"You bought it, it's yours."
"You'll just end up with it anyway...... That is if you say yes."
Evelyn was shocked. She knew what he was talking about, but she needed to hear the words,"Say yes to what?"
Rick sighed heavily, trying to just say it straight out. "Evelyn, I want to spend the rest of my life with you... marry me?"
"Oh, yes Rick! A million times yes!" she wraped her arms around his neck and hugged him.
Jonathan had walked in right as Rick had asked Evie to marry him. He smiled when Evelyn said yes, and groaned when they started kissing each other. "As much as I like to see you two together agian, I do hope that there wont be to much of that going on now."
Rick pulled away from the kiss, laughing,"Oh there will be, Jonathan." he told his future brother-in-law, but still had his eyes locked with Evie's.
"Well never mind then, I was coming in to see how you were doing." Jonathan babbled then made a quick exit.
Rick and Evelyn kept their eyes locked with one anothers for a long while until he moved her closer to him. Evelyn placed her head on his chest and closed her eyes. They bolth fell into a peaceful sleep, holding each other and dreaming about the wonderful life they had ahead of them. A life filled with happiness, joy, and unconditional love.