Miracle Man Part II

by

Melinda G. Light

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SEE PART I FOR DISCLAIMER AND SUMMARY.

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12 midnight: Lee's apartment

Lee was lying down in his bedroom 'trying' to go to sleep. His mind kept thinking about the woman asleep on his couch.

"What am I going to do?" Lee asked himself. He slowly gets up and walks into the living room.

He sat down in the chair next to the couch. Amanda had rolled over onto her side facing the fireplace.

Lee thinks to himself, "How can a woman be so beautiful all the time? Even when she's asleep."

All of sudden Amanda moans as she tries to roll over. The quilt falls to the floor.

"That couch is probably causing her more pain, because of her bruises, than the bed would." Lee whispered to himself as he stood up.

Slowly he bends down to pick her up off the couch. Looking down at her face, he wondered if he would get the chance to carry her to bed, when she was awake.

Amanda snuggled closer to Lee as he headed into the bedroom.

Carefully he laid her down on the bed, and covered her with the blankets. He stood there watching her for several minutes. "It seems so natural to have her here." Realizing Amanda still had the barrettes in her hair, he reached down to remove them. Touching her hair started a tingle in his hand, and shot up his arm. Moaning to himself, "If I don't leave this room now, I'm going to end up kissing her awake, and making love to her before we are both ready."

Placing a kiss on her forehead, he headed out to the couch. After awhile he finally falls into a deep sleep.

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2:00 a.m.

Slowly Amanda started to wake up. She was confused about her surroundings for a minute, but finally realized where she was.

She decided to get up, and get a drink of water. Moaning she realized she was still a little stiff and sore. But it wasn't as bad as it could have been.

As she goes out the bedroom door, she heard Lee moaning on the couch.

"Amanda! No! NO! You have to be alright. You have to be." Lee keeps saying over and over, "I can't lose you now, baby. Not now."

Amanda slowly moved to the front of the couch. She kneels down beside him. Looking at his face, she sees that he is in the midst of a bad dream. Quietly she put her hand on his cheek, "Lee, Lee. It's only a dream. Wake up. I'm right here."

Lee jerked awake. He looked up into Amanda's face.

Amanda went to remove her hand, when all of sudden he grabbed it, and held it to his cheek.

He laid his other hand on her cheek, and let his thumb trace her bottom lip.

While he did this, Amanda was staring into his eyes. Lee watched as her lips parted. Slowly he moved his hand to behind her head to pull her down to him.

Amanda closed her eyes as she moved closer to her dream come true. Lee whispered next to her lips, "Amanda."

Then he took possession of the lips he'd been wanting for a long time now.

After a few minutes they both pull back, trying to catch their breath.

"Lee, we need to slow down here." Amanda whispered to him.

"You are right." Lee answered as he moved to stand up. "What time is it?"

"According to the clock in your bedroom, it was 2:00a.m. when I woke up. That was probably about 15 minutes ago." Amanda answered him shyly. "I'm thinking that I should probably head on home, so you can have your bed back. Oh, and thanks partner for everything." She reached up and gave him a quick kiss on the lips.

Lee grabbed her around the waist, and pulled her close. "Anytime, partner, anytime." He bent down and gave in to his desire to kiss her again.

Pulling back, he looked into her eyes. "Goodnight, my Amanda."

"Goodnight, my Scarecrow." Amanda whispered back. She stepped out of Lee's arms and gathered her purse and coat.

"Why don't I walk you to your car?" Lee asked.

"Okay, that would be nice." Amanda smiled.

And they head out the door, with both of them, realizing that they'd taken a big step in their relationship.



THE END!!