Consequences
Author: Meela_isis & Kat Disclaimer: not ours Rating: PG-13
Rick and Jonathan settled in on of the rooms of Ali's home. Rick got settled on the floor while Jonathan took a hold of the bed. An exhausted Jonathan fell asleep right away. His snores filled the room causing lack of sleep to his roommate and leading his mind to wonder elsewhere. Rick peeked up to where Jonathan slept and trying not to make any noise crept out of the room.
Evelyn was now settled in bed, but with sleep very far away. She began to wonder at the suddenness of he uncle's visit. He was a very distant man and would have been the kind to phone her instead of appearing without announcement and making an in-person invitation. This was not like him. It had been two years since she and Jonathan had moved to Egypt and in all that time he had only visited once before. "why now", thought Evelyn "what did he have in mind?" At this point unbeknownst to Evelyn somebody had entered her room. Suddenly she was startled out of her thought at seeing who it was.
"What are you doing here?", asked a Evelyn.
"Can't i just come visit my wife" answered Rick with a mischevous look grin on his face.
"But if my uncle catches us...i mean you here with me and he not knowing about" at this point Evelyn is cut off by a passionate kiss from Rick. Unwillingly she breaks away from the kiss. "You can't stay here. Not until they know."
"Please baby, just for a while," he pleads with her and kisses her to the point where she is seduced to allowing him to stay. He stayed in the room just before dawn, at which point he gave Evelyn a kiss and left for his and Jonathan's room. He managed to make his way to the room without being noticed by any of the family members.
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Morning quickly approached and the servants arose to continue with the preparations for the wedding. That morning the house was very cheerful as Jonathan and Evelyn were greeted by the rest of their family members. Everyone talked about the changes that had taken place both within themselves and also the household. As the greetings were going on Rick walked in the room. Every eye shifted from the siblings to the tall good looking stranger. One of the cousins, a girl, began to question about him. She was Zorraide the bride to be.
"Oh, this is Rick O'Connell, he is..."Evelyn paused at this moment not knowing how to introduce him to her family, "he is a friend of Jonathan and I. Rick i would like you to meet my cousins Zorraide, Sikari and Mehki."
"Its nice to meet you all," said Rick a little shy because of the attention that his entrance into the room had caused.
Everyone began to talk about the upcoming wedding and then something about some mystery guest came up. It was brought up Zorraide who wanted the conversation to shift to another subject. However this last subject was also dropped because it seemed to be some sort of secret kept by Ali. Evelyn thought that these guests might have to do with the reason for her uncle's visit. Knowing that she could find out more information from Kadisha, whom she was closest to, she approached her bringing forth the subject.
"Kadisha, what is all this about? Who are the special guests that are coming and why are they so special?" asked Evelyn a little impatient about finding out.
"Father does not tell us his plans. He says that it is men's business. You know how he is. But i have heard that they are old friends of the family who had moved away from this land many years ago. That is all that i know and i guess we will be better informed once they arrive," Kadisha soon changed the subject to a more livelier one. "Have you taken a look around town? so much has changed since you were last here."
"NO, we have not seen anything, we got here quite late last night," answered Evelyn with a smile at her cousin yet still feeling a bit uneasy about the so called special guests.
"Well, why don't i take you all around," said Kadisha always too eager to please others.
"That would be wonderful, thank you," answered Evelyn.
"I think i'll stay around here and help myself to a nice nap," said the always lazy Jonathan.
"Oh Jonathan, you just got up not too long ago. How can you still be thinking of bed?" Evelyn was a little angry at the way her brother refused their cousin's invitation to spend time just lazing around the place.
"Honestly, Evy i'm exhausted and i am sure that O'Connell here would rather stay her than go around with you talkers," Answered Jonathan with a satisfied look on his face.
"Umm. actually i wouldn't mind going around with Evelyn and Kadisha," added Rick.
"Well, have a ball O'Connell. Bye old mum, Kadisha." the conversation was dropped as soon as Jonathan said these words and Evelyn realized that she could not change her brother.
"Let me get my shawl and we will be on our way."
Everyone had already left the room to carry on with their own activities. As Kadisha went to get her shawl Rick and Evy took advantage of this time and shared a brief kiss before anyone could catch them.
"I'm back, lets go."
As the trio made their way to town, both visitors were in awe of how beautiful the place was, more so for Rick who had never been in this particular part of Egypt before. Everything was so different from Cairo, yet everything about it spelled Egypt.
Kadisha kept her eyes on her cousin and Rick because she found that there was some particularities to their relationship. Kadisha leaned into Evelyn and began to speak to her.
"If i didn't know you better, i would say that you and this man have some involvement," Kadisha said this in a questioning tone.
At these words Evy blushed but soon began to recover herself and just as she was about to answer her cousin they were approached by a group of strangers. The strangers were presented to Rick and Evy as friends of Kadisha and her husband. Evelyn was relieved at the sudden meeting between Kadisha and her friends because she would be able to keep any explanations for later on when she had thoroughly thought of how to deliver the news.
"Evelyn, do you mind if i leave you and Mr.. O'Connell here for a while. I have some particulars to take care of. It will only take about twenty minutes or so. It is very important that i do so at this moment, you could wait for me at the market. I had forgotten to take care of this. If i do not father will kill me."
"Relax. I had almost forgotten how dramatic you tend to be," Evelyn began to laugh at her cousin and her ways, "go on we'll be fine.
Kadisha soon left and the two were left alone in the middle of town.
"I never imagined how crazy your family could be. Jonathan is a different story..." at this point he is stopped by an elbow to the stomach from Evy. "Ouch!, what was that for. I was just kidding. Anyways, now that we have this time for ourselves what would you like to do," he gives her a sly smile already having an activity in mind.
"Oh, i don't know," says this flirtingly, "we could head for that little river that i was telling you about. Or," in a serious and non-flirting manner voice she adds, "we could head for home and have a nice long chat with my family."
"I think i'll choice number one."
"We really do need to have that chat soon. You know what Kadisha just told me, she said that she thought there was something going on between us," she says this looking seriously at him.
"But that's because there is. Can i still chose number one. Pleasseeeeeeee, can't we just have that talk later. For now i just want it to be you, me and the nice river. and..." he grabs her to the point of kiss but is stopped by her.
"People are watching," says Evelyn looking around.
"Let them"
Evy managed to evade Rick while in front of the town's people and led him to the river. Once at the river the lovers became emerged in their passion, so to the point that they forgot about going back to meet Kadisha. Back the middle of the town walked a worried Kadisha in search of her companions, but with no results. Being the dramatic individual that she was, she caused a riot at home.
"I left them in town, it was only for a couple of minutes. I..." she begins to cry frantically at feeling guilty for having lost them.
"Calm down girl, I am sure that they will make their way home fine. It is not as if it was Evelyn's first time here." said a calmed Ali trying to reassure his daughter.
"But...I was to them around..."
As Kadisha was talking her eyes widened as she saw that Rick and Evy were entering the house. They were a bit ragged, but that went unnoticed for a while. First they were questioned about their whereabouts.
"We just..." Evy tried to respond to the questions but she was unable to complete her sentences, Rick noticing her lack of words responded.
"We got kind of lost on our way back. We began to wonder about town and then lost our way through the crowds and by the time we had found our way to the house, i guess a long time had passed. We're really sorry if we cause any trouble."
"Well, that explains your appearance," added Jonathan a little bit mischievously.
Evy gave Jonathan a look of keep those smart remarks to yourself. But nevertheless, she had to explain herself especially for her uncle.
"Its like Rick said, we had to get through the crowds in the market. We hadn't even noticed until..."with and awkward laugh, "now, i guess."
"Ok, enough. We should all get ourselves ready for the nights festivities. With all the commotion i had forgotten to tell you all that tonight apart from Zorraide's fiancées family we will also have some very special guests. They will be staying with us because they come from afar to share on our special occasions. Now everyone hurry, they shall be here soon," finished Ali.
Everyone went about their business. As for Rick and Evy they decided to be more cautious until they would be able tell everyone of their relationship. Now they also had to wait until the guests were gone.
The special guests finally arrived. They were a man and a woman both looked Ali's age which was of about 50. There was also a young man, whose age seemed very close to Rick's. He was a handsome young man, of tanned skin, curly black hair and almond shaped brown eyes. He dressed in egyptian manner same as his parents and Ali and his family.
That night the house was very cheerful. It was the pre-marital ceremonies. All celebrated a night full of felicity. For most of night Evy was kept beside the young man whose name was Saaid. Her uncle had wanted it to be that way with the excuse that his daughters were either married or too young to keep his young guest company. Rick hated the idea but seeing as her uncle was ignorant to the fact that she was also married, was able to keep calm. Yet, throughout the night he was unable to keep his eyes from her or Saaid, and without knowing the young man Rick already disliked him. He was the reason why Rick was the only one at the party not enjoying himself. Rick thought that Jonathan was a blast but not even his funny comments and behavior could take Rick's mind or eyes off of Evy and Saaid. Ali also eyed Evy and Saaid and began to smile to himself. Rick caught a glimpse of the uncle's looks and smiles and began to feel worried. The only thought that entered his mind at that point was "what could he have in mind?"
"Old boy, what's troubling you? Don't worry she won't runaway with him. They are just sitting together probably chatting about some boring book or some Egyptian myth. Just relax and enjoy, my uncle hardly throws these kinds of shin dings. Worst she can do is actually fall for the pretty boy, leave you and save me from having to see the two of you all lovey dovey."
Jonathan is at this point kind of drunk and is unaware of how angry his companion has become by his remarks.
Rick gave Jonathan an if you keep talking i'll kill you look, but he was able to keep himself calm from beating Jonathan senseless for all the stupidity he had just said.
"I'll forget you said that," said Rick.
Evy tried to keep herself interested in what Saaid was saying, but all she wanted was to be next to Rick instead of Saaid. She felt his eyes on her burning with love and as well as accusingly asking her why she was not by his side. She looked towards Rick and gave a smile his way as if reassuring him of her love.
The whole night was passed in this manner and once the celebrations came to an end all retired to their sleeping quarters. Rick tried to make his same escape of the night before to Evy's room. However, this time he was caught off guard by Ali, as he too made his way through the halls. THis meeting was uncomfortable for both men, especially for Rick who already felt like a thief in the night. With a quick excuse Rick managed to to out of the situation by saying that he was just headed for the bathroom. However, because of this meeting he was forced to return to his own room, which he was no longer sharing with Jonathan. He was now in his own room but to his regret it was the farthest away from Evelyn's.
As he settled into bed he became restless and could not stop worrying about what Evy's uncle had in mind. He wanted so badly just to scream out the truth but was kept from doing so by Evy's fears of her family. He guessed she just wanted them to know more of him before dropping the bomb of their marriage, that in reality was big new especially because of the way they had done it and also the lack of time that they knew one another. Sleep was beginning to catch a hold of Rick. While he was slipping into deep sleep he began to feel something creeping inside his bed.
END OF CH 4.................................................END OF CH4
Author: Meela_isis & Kat Disclaimer: not ours Rating: PG-13
Rick and Jonathan settled in on of the rooms of Ali's home. Rick got settled on the floor while Jonathan took a hold of the bed. An exhausted Jonathan fell asleep right away. His snores filled the room causing lack of sleep to his roommate and leading his mind to wonder elsewhere. Rick peeked up to where Jonathan slept and trying not to make any noise crept out of the room.
Evelyn was now settled in bed, but with sleep very far away. She began to wonder at the suddenness of he uncle's visit. He was a very distant man and would have been the kind to phone her instead of appearing without announcement and making an in-person invitation. This was not like him. It had been two years since she and Jonathan had moved to Egypt and in all that time he had only visited once before. "why now", thought Evelyn "what did he have in mind?" At this point unbeknownst to Evelyn somebody had entered her room. Suddenly she was startled out of her thought at seeing who it was.
"What are you doing here?", asked a Evelyn.
"Can't i just come visit my wife" answered Rick with a mischevous look grin on his face.
"But if my uncle catches us...i mean you here with me and he not knowing about" at this point Evelyn is cut off by a passionate kiss from Rick. Unwillingly she breaks away from the kiss. "You can't stay here. Not until they know."
"Please baby, just for a while," he pleads with her and kisses her to the point where she is seduced to allowing him to stay. He stayed in the room just before dawn, at which point he gave Evelyn a kiss and left for his and Jonathan's room. He managed to make his way to the room without being noticed by any of the family members.
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Morning quickly approached and the servants arose to continue with the preparations for the wedding. That morning the house was very cheerful as Jonathan and Evelyn were greeted by the rest of their family members. Everyone talked about the changes that had taken place both within themselves and also the household. As the greetings were going on Rick walked in the room. Every eye shifted from the siblings to the tall good looking stranger. One of the cousins, a girl, began to question about him. She was Zorraide the bride to be.
"Oh, this is Rick O'Connell, he is..."Evelyn paused at this moment not knowing how to introduce him to her family, "he is a friend of Jonathan and I. Rick i would like you to meet my cousins Zorraide, Sikari and Mehki."
"Its nice to meet you all," said Rick a little shy because of the attention that his entrance into the room had caused.
Everyone began to talk about the upcoming wedding and then something about some mystery guest came up. It was brought up Zorraide who wanted the conversation to shift to another subject. However this last subject was also dropped because it seemed to be some sort of secret kept by Ali. Evelyn thought that these guests might have to do with the reason for her uncle's visit. Knowing that she could find out more information from Kadisha, whom she was closest to, she approached her bringing forth the subject.
"Kadisha, what is all this about? Who are the special guests that are coming and why are they so special?" asked Evelyn a little impatient about finding out.
"Father does not tell us his plans. He says that it is men's business. You know how he is. But i have heard that they are old friends of the family who had moved away from this land many years ago. That is all that i know and i guess we will be better informed once they arrive," Kadisha soon changed the subject to a more livelier one. "Have you taken a look around town? so much has changed since you were last here."
"NO, we have not seen anything, we got here quite late last night," answered Evelyn with a smile at her cousin yet still feeling a bit uneasy about the so called special guests.
"Well, why don't i take you all around," said Kadisha always too eager to please others.
"That would be wonderful, thank you," answered Evelyn.
"I think i'll stay around here and help myself to a nice nap," said the always lazy Jonathan.
"Oh Jonathan, you just got up not too long ago. How can you still be thinking of bed?" Evelyn was a little angry at the way her brother refused their cousin's invitation to spend time just lazing around the place.
"Honestly, Evy i'm exhausted and i am sure that O'Connell here would rather stay her than go around with you talkers," Answered Jonathan with a satisfied look on his face.
"Umm. actually i wouldn't mind going around with Evelyn and Kadisha," added Rick.
"Well, have a ball O'Connell. Bye old mum, Kadisha." the conversation was dropped as soon as Jonathan said these words and Evelyn realized that she could not change her brother.
"Let me get my shawl and we will be on our way."
Everyone had already left the room to carry on with their own activities. As Kadisha went to get her shawl Rick and Evy took advantage of this time and shared a brief kiss before anyone could catch them.
"I'm back, lets go."
As the trio made their way to town, both visitors were in awe of how beautiful the place was, more so for Rick who had never been in this particular part of Egypt before. Everything was so different from Cairo, yet everything about it spelled Egypt.
Kadisha kept her eyes on her cousin and Rick because she found that there was some particularities to their relationship. Kadisha leaned into Evelyn and began to speak to her.
"If i didn't know you better, i would say that you and this man have some involvement," Kadisha said this in a questioning tone.
At these words Evy blushed but soon began to recover herself and just as she was about to answer her cousin they were approached by a group of strangers. The strangers were presented to Rick and Evy as friends of Kadisha and her husband. Evelyn was relieved at the sudden meeting between Kadisha and her friends because she would be able to keep any explanations for later on when she had thoroughly thought of how to deliver the news.
"Evelyn, do you mind if i leave you and Mr.. O'Connell here for a while. I have some particulars to take care of. It will only take about twenty minutes or so. It is very important that i do so at this moment, you could wait for me at the market. I had forgotten to take care of this. If i do not father will kill me."
"Relax. I had almost forgotten how dramatic you tend to be," Evelyn began to laugh at her cousin and her ways, "go on we'll be fine.
Kadisha soon left and the two were left alone in the middle of town.
"I never imagined how crazy your family could be. Jonathan is a different story..." at this point he is stopped by an elbow to the stomach from Evy. "Ouch!, what was that for. I was just kidding. Anyways, now that we have this time for ourselves what would you like to do," he gives her a sly smile already having an activity in mind.
"Oh, i don't know," says this flirtingly, "we could head for that little river that i was telling you about. Or," in a serious and non-flirting manner voice she adds, "we could head for home and have a nice long chat with my family."
"I think i'll choice number one."
"We really do need to have that chat soon. You know what Kadisha just told me, she said that she thought there was something going on between us," she says this looking seriously at him.
"But that's because there is. Can i still chose number one. Pleasseeeeeeee, can't we just have that talk later. For now i just want it to be you, me and the nice river. and..." he grabs her to the point of kiss but is stopped by her.
"People are watching," says Evelyn looking around.
"Let them"
Evy managed to evade Rick while in front of the town's people and led him to the river. Once at the river the lovers became emerged in their passion, so to the point that they forgot about going back to meet Kadisha. Back the middle of the town walked a worried Kadisha in search of her companions, but with no results. Being the dramatic individual that she was, she caused a riot at home.
"I left them in town, it was only for a couple of minutes. I..." she begins to cry frantically at feeling guilty for having lost them.
"Calm down girl, I am sure that they will make their way home fine. It is not as if it was Evelyn's first time here." said a calmed Ali trying to reassure his daughter.
"But...I was to them around..."
As Kadisha was talking her eyes widened as she saw that Rick and Evy were entering the house. They were a bit ragged, but that went unnoticed for a while. First they were questioned about their whereabouts.
"We just..." Evy tried to respond to the questions but she was unable to complete her sentences, Rick noticing her lack of words responded.
"We got kind of lost on our way back. We began to wonder about town and then lost our way through the crowds and by the time we had found our way to the house, i guess a long time had passed. We're really sorry if we cause any trouble."
"Well, that explains your appearance," added Jonathan a little bit mischievously.
Evy gave Jonathan a look of keep those smart remarks to yourself. But nevertheless, she had to explain herself especially for her uncle.
"Its like Rick said, we had to get through the crowds in the market. We hadn't even noticed until..."with and awkward laugh, "now, i guess."
"Ok, enough. We should all get ourselves ready for the nights festivities. With all the commotion i had forgotten to tell you all that tonight apart from Zorraide's fiancées family we will also have some very special guests. They will be staying with us because they come from afar to share on our special occasions. Now everyone hurry, they shall be here soon," finished Ali.
Everyone went about their business. As for Rick and Evy they decided to be more cautious until they would be able tell everyone of their relationship. Now they also had to wait until the guests were gone.
The special guests finally arrived. They were a man and a woman both looked Ali's age which was of about 50. There was also a young man, whose age seemed very close to Rick's. He was a handsome young man, of tanned skin, curly black hair and almond shaped brown eyes. He dressed in egyptian manner same as his parents and Ali and his family.
That night the house was very cheerful. It was the pre-marital ceremonies. All celebrated a night full of felicity. For most of night Evy was kept beside the young man whose name was Saaid. Her uncle had wanted it to be that way with the excuse that his daughters were either married or too young to keep his young guest company. Rick hated the idea but seeing as her uncle was ignorant to the fact that she was also married, was able to keep calm. Yet, throughout the night he was unable to keep his eyes from her or Saaid, and without knowing the young man Rick already disliked him. He was the reason why Rick was the only one at the party not enjoying himself. Rick thought that Jonathan was a blast but not even his funny comments and behavior could take Rick's mind or eyes off of Evy and Saaid. Ali also eyed Evy and Saaid and began to smile to himself. Rick caught a glimpse of the uncle's looks and smiles and began to feel worried. The only thought that entered his mind at that point was "what could he have in mind?"
"Old boy, what's troubling you? Don't worry she won't runaway with him. They are just sitting together probably chatting about some boring book or some Egyptian myth. Just relax and enjoy, my uncle hardly throws these kinds of shin dings. Worst she can do is actually fall for the pretty boy, leave you and save me from having to see the two of you all lovey dovey."
Jonathan is at this point kind of drunk and is unaware of how angry his companion has become by his remarks.
Rick gave Jonathan an if you keep talking i'll kill you look, but he was able to keep himself calm from beating Jonathan senseless for all the stupidity he had just said.
"I'll forget you said that," said Rick.
Evy tried to keep herself interested in what Saaid was saying, but all she wanted was to be next to Rick instead of Saaid. She felt his eyes on her burning with love and as well as accusingly asking her why she was not by his side. She looked towards Rick and gave a smile his way as if reassuring him of her love.
The whole night was passed in this manner and once the celebrations came to an end all retired to their sleeping quarters. Rick tried to make his same escape of the night before to Evy's room. However, this time he was caught off guard by Ali, as he too made his way through the halls. THis meeting was uncomfortable for both men, especially for Rick who already felt like a thief in the night. With a quick excuse Rick managed to to out of the situation by saying that he was just headed for the bathroom. However, because of this meeting he was forced to return to his own room, which he was no longer sharing with Jonathan. He was now in his own room but to his regret it was the farthest away from Evelyn's.
As he settled into bed he became restless and could not stop worrying about what Evy's uncle had in mind. He wanted so badly just to scream out the truth but was kept from doing so by Evy's fears of her family. He guessed she just wanted them to know more of him before dropping the bomb of their marriage, that in reality was big new especially because of the way they had done it and also the lack of time that they knew one another. Sleep was beginning to catch a hold of Rick. While he was slipping into deep sleep he began to feel something creeping inside his bed.
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