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A/N~ Thanks for all of my reviews! I love you people! Again, I'm feeling lazy…so…no individual thank yous this time. Maybe next time. lol Oh, and I'm sorry it's taken me so long to update, since I said I would right after vacation…but I'm having severe writer's block and each chapter of every story I write takes me like 3—scratch that…more like 5—days! To be honest, it might have taken longer if marybug6otnile hadn't helped me get through my block! All must be happy that she's alive, cuz she's the greatest! Thanks lots, mar! Okay…now, on with it.

Chapter 6:

Evie reached the restaurant about 5 minutes late. She looked around for a while, feeling slightly nervous, hoping to catch a glimpse of the man she hadn't seen in over a decade, while somehow also hoping she didn't.

Suddenly, she spotted him. He looked almost the same; brown hair combed back neatly, glasses perched neatly on the end of his nose, and his button down shirt neatly pressed and tucked in. He was handsome as ever as he sat drinking his tea.

Evie breathed in deeply and walked towards the table where he sat. He didn't see her at first, as he seemed to be concentrating on something.

She tapped his shoulder lightly and he turned around suddenly. He jumped up when he noticed who it was.

"Evie! Evelyn Carnahan!" He looked her over and then hugged her tightly. She didn't hug him back, mostly because of shock, but smiled slightly.

"Hello, Robert."

"It's so good to see you!" He smiled broadly and there was a short silence.

"Ah, well…sit down!" He didn't bother to pull the chair out for her, but instead sat back down in his seat. It was at the moment when Evie pulled out her own chair and sat down that she remembered Robert D'Lainey for all that he was: a completely conceited, rude scoundrel who, for the most part, wasn't to be trusted.

She remembered how he had treated her all those years ago. He acted as if she was worthless most of the time. Not only that, but he might very well have been the most sexist pig in all of England. He too was an Egyptologist and had taken many of Evie's discoveries for his own…She put up with it for a while because he seemed as if he never knew that he was doing anything wrong. She remembered the conversation she had had with him one of the times he had done that…

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"Robert, I really have something I need to talk to you about!" She told him that evening while they were in the library studying up on some artifact or another that Evie, of coarse, had found.

He ignored her, reading something.

"Robert!"

Again, no answer.

"Robert!!"

"Yes, Evie, I heard you the first time, now what is it?!" Apparently, he had been hearing her all along.

"Today, when we came back from our dig and out professor was congratulating us on our spectacular find, he asked how we had found it and you…you told him that you had found it all by yourself. Why did you do such a thing?"

"Evie, Evie, Evie…" He looked at her with pity and grabbed her hand in his, "Dear, I believe it's time for you to forget about being an Egyptologist. It's not something that you need to do. Finish college and all that if you think you must, but really, don't get your hopes so high on that idea." 

"Excuse me? Why shouldn't I? What are you saying, Mr. D'Lainey?" She took her hand away from me violently.

"Well, Evie, you're going to have a very busy life. You know, it's best for you to stay at home with the kids. Seven is a lot, you know."

"Seven kids? And might I ask, who am I to be having these seven children with?" Her eyebrows were both arched. She was fuming mad, but apparently he couldn't tell.

"Me, of coarse."

She stood up slowly and tried to calm herself down, but to no avail. "I do not want to ever see you or speak to you again, Mr. D'Lainey. So I'm afraid you'll just have to find another woman who you believe will do your bidding. As for me, I am not that type of woman and I can assure you, DEAR, that you would not enjoy my company anyhow, seeing that I can't stand you! Good day!"

"Evie! Wait! No, I didn't' mean—"

"I said good day!" And with that she stormed off out of the library.

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It was then that she woke up out of her memory to hear Robert rambling on and on about himself and how he had discovered this and that in various places.

She nodded politely every once in a while when it was proper, but other than that, she couldn't get a single word in.

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During this entire thing, while neither Robert nor Evelyn knew it, someone was watching them from not too far away.

Rick had reached The Café just moments before Evelyn. He didn't know which person Robert was, so he just sat at a table in the very farthest corner in the room and stared at the door waiting to see Evelyn walk in.

Then, he saw her and she was actually somewhat dressed up too! Not much, of coarse…he had seen her in better. But, in her blue sundress, which reached just below the knees, her hair pulled back into an elegant bun and the matching pearl earrings and necklace that he had actually bought for her, she was dressed up.

He watched the two of them carefully as they greeted each other. Rick got tense when he saw that guy…Roger, or whatever his name was hug his wife.

"If you touch her again you're toast." He said through clenched teeth as he watched.

He got angry when the guy sat down without pulling out his wife's chair, but satisfied at the same time.

He then watched as 'Roger' babbled on constantly. He only wished he could've been close enough to hear, but he guessed he had been talking about himself. Evie didn't seem interested in the least as she did nothing but nod and occasionally yawn when her friend wasn't paying attention.

Then, it seemed that he had, for once, let Evie say something, and again, Rick wished he could've heard what they were talking about.

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"So, Evie, now that I've told you a small percentage of my accomplishments, tell me about yours."

A small percentage? Evie thought to herself, Ha! You've been going on and on for about 20 minutes and I doubt that most of it is even true!

She was very relieved when he finally shut up and took that chance to not only talk about herself but also bring up another subject.

"Well, I'm an Egyptologist now, Robert." At that, he cocked an eyebrow. "Oh, it's not that hard to believe." She was about to go off again, but calmed herself down when she remembered her mission. "I'm the head of the Egyptian department at the British Museum now. But anyway, it's been so long since I last saw you."

"Yes, and I'm so glad that you came today. I've missed you, Evie." He grabbed her hand like he had done all of those years before.

There was an awkward silence. Robert waited for Evelyn to say that she had missed him, but what he didn't know was that Evie had no intention of doing such a thing. She hadn't missed Robert at all. Not in the least, but she did realize how much she had missed Rick. She hadn't seen him in what seemed like weeks, and she really missed being with him.

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When Rick saw that how that guy had been looking at his wife, he got angrier than he had been before. But, that wasn't what drove him to do what he felt needed to be done. It was when he saw him hold his Evie's hand that Rick was done with his wife's antics. He knew that it was a trick to get him jealous and the truth was that it had worked. Yeah…it had definitely worked. Rick knew that the minute he felt like he needed to beat the snot out of that pampered prince of an Englishman.

Rick, being the act-first-think-later American that he was, stood up from his seat at the table and quickly walked over to the table that he had been watching for the last 35 minutes or so.

"Rick!" Was all his wife could say when she saw him.

"Hello." Robert said, a confused look etched upon his face. Rick balled up his fist after hearing the man's voice. There was something about it that he definitely didn't like. "And might I ask, who are you?"

That was it. Rick had reached his end with this guy. Had it been anyone else, it might not have happened so quickly, but, that was just too bad. So, Rick pulled back his right arm, aimed straight for Robert's face and—

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HAHAHA!! Y am I ending it there? Because I can! That's all for this chapter, I'm afraid! I meant for it to be longer, but oh well. You should be happy that I got it posted at all! :-P lol Just playin' wit ya! Neway, plz review! I will try my hardest to get the next one up soon, but I won't make any promises because that just jinxes everything. But, the next chapter will probably be the very last one…so, I'll be looking for lots o' reviews for this one b4 I post the next, k? I'll be looking for them, but don't worry, I won't string it out 4 too long… But, anyway, u have to review now so there! HAHAHA--*ahem* anyway… Luv ya all! G'Bye!

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