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"Ahem."
Rick glanced up from his guns; cleaning his tools at he had earlier put it, and looked at his fiance, who looked a bit more flushed then usual and had a half excited, half scared to death smile, much like, which he remembered with bitter sweet fondness, her smile had looked like when they had first reached Hamunaptra. "What is it Evy? You all right?" He asked and slipped his "tools" back into their spot and pushed them back below the large bedside table where they were always kept. After clearing her throat several times and scooting more towards Rick with an anxious little grin, she said quietly, "Rick, I have some news to give to you... I hope its happy news for you too." Putting his right arm around his fiance, Rick pulled her gently up against him and kissed her forehead, brushing a few strands of hair that had fallen loose of her braid back behind her ears and out of her lovely dark eyes. "Go ahead Sweetie." He said and smiled dreamily at her, half wondering what she was going to say, and half wondering what that little phrase, "happy for you too" had been referring to. Taking yet another deep breath, Evy smiled and said, "Rick, I'm -" But she never got to finish her sentence, for they were interrupted by a loud bang at the door, a long pause, and then followed by several others. Sighing irritatingly, Rick glanced to their bedroom door and then back at Evy's half-disappointed and half still anxious face and said, "You just wait right here okay? Just let me go see who that is, and I'll be right back, I promise." And with a final smack on the lips, Rick scurried out of the bedroom door. Sighing heavily, Evelyn flopped back down on her bed, and rested her head on her pillow, thinking, "It took me three bloody hours to think up how to tell him, and then someone decides to come knocking on our door at the exact moment I'm going to say it. Just my luck." And then ended this little mental rant of hers by blowing a curly lock of dark hair out of her face out of the corner of her mouth, and crossing her arms.
"Rick...You told me we could settle this today, we must finish it tonight, now." Leaning up against the door frame, Rick looked up into Ardeth Bay's dark eyes and said, "I know what I said, but Evy and me were gonna ya know, have plans tonight." With an unwavering gaze, Ardeth said, "Plans, eh? You know that this is for her safety O'Connell. Are you really going to risk her life, just for a night of plans? Simply explain to her, that you had other arrangements that had earlier slipped your mind." Shaking his head, Rick felt his emotions fight within him. Ardeth was right, they had been getting together for almost six months now, since barely days after they had come back from Hamunaptra, trying to assure everyone's safety, epically Evelyn's. But then he remembered that look in her eyes, that way that her voice had been shaking with excitement, her little feminine body practically shivering with anxiousness.. What the hell could she of wanted to tell him..? "Rick, we must go. Now. Please, we can't delay this any longer. Come." Ardeth's deep smooth voice cut into Rick's mental debate and made him jump slightly. Nodding, Rick said, "Okay, fine. Just gimme a minute, just one minute, okay? I'll be right, I promise." Not even waiting for any more then a slight nod from Ardeth, Rick practically flew up the stairs and flung himself into their bedroom. "Evy, love, sweetheart, baby, angel..." As Evy sat herself back up in an upright position and looked at Rick with the second unwavering stare that he had received that evening, Rick could feel his whole night going down, down, down.. "Rick, who is at the door?" Her clipped British accent seemed even more noticeable then usual and he felt his heart beginning to sink down, down, down... "Uhh, a umm, friend, a business friend." He said and as he began to talk more, he became more confident and he began to show off one of his famous grins. "Yes you see sweetheart, I had a previous business arrangement that I had uhh, failed to remember when we were planning tonight." "Rick," she said coolly, you promised me that you would be right back. Now you're leaving me?" His smile vanished so fast, that if you had glanced away for only a moment, you would of sworn he had never smiled at all. "Sweetheart, you know that I love you and that I want nothing more then to spend time with you but you see..." Looking up from the floor and back at his fiance, he suddenly saw that tears sprinkled her eyes and he felt his heart break into a million pieces. "Nice work." He thought to himself, watching how she bit her pouty bottom lip and the way her tiny hands folded together in her little lap. "Evelyn angel, I want to stay here with you, you must know that, it's just... this is so important sweetheart I can't not go..." "What is this oh-so important thing, Rick?" She said suddenly, her voice cracking slightly but her eyes looking into his, her chin up defiantly. Gulping, Rick said, "I can't tell you now, but I promise I'll tell you when I ca-" "Ohhhhhhh!!!!!" Evy's classic little "ohh" in that tone, brr. Rick knew what was coming; Evelyn was angry, very angry. "What is going on Rick? Lately, you've been so..so irresponsible! Constantly late for previously made arrangements, coming up with a million and one excuses, forgetting to do the simplest yet the most necessary errands.. And now walking out on me when I have something so important to tell you!" A silence filled the room for a minute, and Rick just stared at Evy, not quite looking into her eyes, but yet not quite avoiding her gaze either. He didn't respond to what she had said for a moment, and when she didn't carry on any further, he began to speak, slowly. "Evy, I know I haven't been treating everything as well I should of lately, but there's a reason. It's very complicated and I can't quite explain it right now.. it's not that I don't want to tell you love, it's just that I can't." He stopped and let those words sink in and then continued. "I'm sorry that I haven't been up to your high expectations Evy, but I mean, you knew from the beginning that I wasn't one of those..I dunno what the hell you call em, err, Eugene types!" He blurted out finally, and then mentally cursed himself for one, swearing in front of her and two saying something so incredibly stupid. "Err, excuse me Richard, but Eugene types?" Evy asked with feigned naivness, but with that heavy silence that followed, Evy knew that she too had slipped up.
Richard? Rick thought, frowning, Evelyn had never, ever called him Richard before, very few people seldom did, the only rembrance he had of someone calling him Richard was when he was a very small child in the orphanage in Cairo, before he was old enough to pick the nickname "Rick" and get people to call him it. As much as he loved his little Evelyn, he wasn't about to have her start calling him Richard, no way, no how. Sighing, Rick just finally slumped his shoulders, and said, "Evy sweetheart, I have to go, it's just so important that I get this settled, please understand sweetie, it's just something that has to be done.." He looked at her with his brilliant blue eyes full of pleading and almost innocence, and when she sighed and blinked a few times he raised his eye brows a little and leaned over to kiss her forehead. "Rick, I wish so horribly much that you would tell me where you're going, but I guess, I guess I'll just have to learn to trust you. I mean I trust you but, well.." She lapsed into silence, and felt his lips brush against her forehead, and in a moment of weak self control, she reached up and kissed his smooth, cool lips, savoring its taste, hoping that any kiss of there's, would never be their last. Smiling softly back down at her, he said, "I promise Angel, I'll be back as soon as I possibly can, okay? Don't you worry, and when I come back we can talk about whatever it was you were trying to bring up earlier, okay? I promise." Nodding and looking back into his eyes, Evelyn said, "Okay Rick, just be careful okay? I, well we... Nothing can happen to you okay?" and then in a sudden burst of emotion, she threw her arms around him and kissed him hard on the lips, and then before he could respond, she leaned back down onto the bed, and said, "Rick just promise me that you'll come back to me, okay?" Tilting his head to the side, Rick wondered what in the hell had brought his little Evy to be so emotional about him leaving for the evening, but decided not to question her tenderness and sudden burst of feelings so decided to simply kiss her forehead and give her a little squeeze before departing. He made it about half way down the hall before, she came running after him saying, "Promise me Rick!" Turning around he said, "What do you mean sweetie?" Biting her bottom lip, Evy said, "Promise me that you'll come back." Scooping her up into his arms again, he cuddled her against him again and kissed her roughly and then murmured into her ear, "I'll call back to you Evelyn, I promise. Okay?" Nodding, Evelyn kissed his lightly again and then they separated and as Evy scooted back into their bedroom Rick flew down that stairs and found, thank God, that Ardeth was still waiting for him. "Sorry." He muttered and shuffled past him towards the car parked half way down the street. Sighing Ardeth followed him, got half way down the steps, and then went back up to securely shut the door behind them. As he walked back down the street, both he and Rick failed to notice Evelyn watching them from their bedroom window, with a single tear trickling down her cheek, but an expression mixed with relief, confusion, and love.
*~ I know its a little weird and the argument wasn't all that bad, but as I said earlier, I'm changing the plot a bit so I'll be changing that summary, heh. Oh and by the way, I know it never said anywhere that Rick's real name is Richard, I guess it could be Eric but oh well, just go along with it being Rick. ^-^. Please review! If I don't get more reviews, I won't continue with this story..*~
"Ahem."
Rick glanced up from his guns; cleaning his tools at he had earlier put it, and looked at his fiance, who looked a bit more flushed then usual and had a half excited, half scared to death smile, much like, which he remembered with bitter sweet fondness, her smile had looked like when they had first reached Hamunaptra. "What is it Evy? You all right?" He asked and slipped his "tools" back into their spot and pushed them back below the large bedside table where they were always kept. After clearing her throat several times and scooting more towards Rick with an anxious little grin, she said quietly, "Rick, I have some news to give to you... I hope its happy news for you too." Putting his right arm around his fiance, Rick pulled her gently up against him and kissed her forehead, brushing a few strands of hair that had fallen loose of her braid back behind her ears and out of her lovely dark eyes. "Go ahead Sweetie." He said and smiled dreamily at her, half wondering what she was going to say, and half wondering what that little phrase, "happy for you too" had been referring to. Taking yet another deep breath, Evy smiled and said, "Rick, I'm -" But she never got to finish her sentence, for they were interrupted by a loud bang at the door, a long pause, and then followed by several others. Sighing irritatingly, Rick glanced to their bedroom door and then back at Evy's half-disappointed and half still anxious face and said, "You just wait right here okay? Just let me go see who that is, and I'll be right back, I promise." And with a final smack on the lips, Rick scurried out of the bedroom door. Sighing heavily, Evelyn flopped back down on her bed, and rested her head on her pillow, thinking, "It took me three bloody hours to think up how to tell him, and then someone decides to come knocking on our door at the exact moment I'm going to say it. Just my luck." And then ended this little mental rant of hers by blowing a curly lock of dark hair out of her face out of the corner of her mouth, and crossing her arms.
"Rick...You told me we could settle this today, we must finish it tonight, now." Leaning up against the door frame, Rick looked up into Ardeth Bay's dark eyes and said, "I know what I said, but Evy and me were gonna ya know, have plans tonight." With an unwavering gaze, Ardeth said, "Plans, eh? You know that this is for her safety O'Connell. Are you really going to risk her life, just for a night of plans? Simply explain to her, that you had other arrangements that had earlier slipped your mind." Shaking his head, Rick felt his emotions fight within him. Ardeth was right, they had been getting together for almost six months now, since barely days after they had come back from Hamunaptra, trying to assure everyone's safety, epically Evelyn's. But then he remembered that look in her eyes, that way that her voice had been shaking with excitement, her little feminine body practically shivering with anxiousness.. What the hell could she of wanted to tell him..? "Rick, we must go. Now. Please, we can't delay this any longer. Come." Ardeth's deep smooth voice cut into Rick's mental debate and made him jump slightly. Nodding, Rick said, "Okay, fine. Just gimme a minute, just one minute, okay? I'll be right, I promise." Not even waiting for any more then a slight nod from Ardeth, Rick practically flew up the stairs and flung himself into their bedroom. "Evy, love, sweetheart, baby, angel..." As Evy sat herself back up in an upright position and looked at Rick with the second unwavering stare that he had received that evening, Rick could feel his whole night going down, down, down.. "Rick, who is at the door?" Her clipped British accent seemed even more noticeable then usual and he felt his heart beginning to sink down, down, down... "Uhh, a umm, friend, a business friend." He said and as he began to talk more, he became more confident and he began to show off one of his famous grins. "Yes you see sweetheart, I had a previous business arrangement that I had uhh, failed to remember when we were planning tonight." "Rick," she said coolly, you promised me that you would be right back. Now you're leaving me?" His smile vanished so fast, that if you had glanced away for only a moment, you would of sworn he had never smiled at all. "Sweetheart, you know that I love you and that I want nothing more then to spend time with you but you see..." Looking up from the floor and back at his fiance, he suddenly saw that tears sprinkled her eyes and he felt his heart break into a million pieces. "Nice work." He thought to himself, watching how she bit her pouty bottom lip and the way her tiny hands folded together in her little lap. "Evelyn angel, I want to stay here with you, you must know that, it's just... this is so important sweetheart I can't not go..." "What is this oh-so important thing, Rick?" She said suddenly, her voice cracking slightly but her eyes looking into his, her chin up defiantly. Gulping, Rick said, "I can't tell you now, but I promise I'll tell you when I ca-" "Ohhhhhhh!!!!!" Evy's classic little "ohh" in that tone, brr. Rick knew what was coming; Evelyn was angry, very angry. "What is going on Rick? Lately, you've been so..so irresponsible! Constantly late for previously made arrangements, coming up with a million and one excuses, forgetting to do the simplest yet the most necessary errands.. And now walking out on me when I have something so important to tell you!" A silence filled the room for a minute, and Rick just stared at Evy, not quite looking into her eyes, but yet not quite avoiding her gaze either. He didn't respond to what she had said for a moment, and when she didn't carry on any further, he began to speak, slowly. "Evy, I know I haven't been treating everything as well I should of lately, but there's a reason. It's very complicated and I can't quite explain it right now.. it's not that I don't want to tell you love, it's just that I can't." He stopped and let those words sink in and then continued. "I'm sorry that I haven't been up to your high expectations Evy, but I mean, you knew from the beginning that I wasn't one of those..I dunno what the hell you call em, err, Eugene types!" He blurted out finally, and then mentally cursed himself for one, swearing in front of her and two saying something so incredibly stupid. "Err, excuse me Richard, but Eugene types?" Evy asked with feigned naivness, but with that heavy silence that followed, Evy knew that she too had slipped up.
Richard? Rick thought, frowning, Evelyn had never, ever called him Richard before, very few people seldom did, the only rembrance he had of someone calling him Richard was when he was a very small child in the orphanage in Cairo, before he was old enough to pick the nickname "Rick" and get people to call him it. As much as he loved his little Evelyn, he wasn't about to have her start calling him Richard, no way, no how. Sighing, Rick just finally slumped his shoulders, and said, "Evy sweetheart, I have to go, it's just so important that I get this settled, please understand sweetie, it's just something that has to be done.." He looked at her with his brilliant blue eyes full of pleading and almost innocence, and when she sighed and blinked a few times he raised his eye brows a little and leaned over to kiss her forehead. "Rick, I wish so horribly much that you would tell me where you're going, but I guess, I guess I'll just have to learn to trust you. I mean I trust you but, well.." She lapsed into silence, and felt his lips brush against her forehead, and in a moment of weak self control, she reached up and kissed his smooth, cool lips, savoring its taste, hoping that any kiss of there's, would never be their last. Smiling softly back down at her, he said, "I promise Angel, I'll be back as soon as I possibly can, okay? Don't you worry, and when I come back we can talk about whatever it was you were trying to bring up earlier, okay? I promise." Nodding and looking back into his eyes, Evelyn said, "Okay Rick, just be careful okay? I, well we... Nothing can happen to you okay?" and then in a sudden burst of emotion, she threw her arms around him and kissed him hard on the lips, and then before he could respond, she leaned back down onto the bed, and said, "Rick just promise me that you'll come back to me, okay?" Tilting his head to the side, Rick wondered what in the hell had brought his little Evy to be so emotional about him leaving for the evening, but decided not to question her tenderness and sudden burst of feelings so decided to simply kiss her forehead and give her a little squeeze before departing. He made it about half way down the hall before, she came running after him saying, "Promise me Rick!" Turning around he said, "What do you mean sweetie?" Biting her bottom lip, Evy said, "Promise me that you'll come back." Scooping her up into his arms again, he cuddled her against him again and kissed her roughly and then murmured into her ear, "I'll call back to you Evelyn, I promise. Okay?" Nodding, Evelyn kissed his lightly again and then they separated and as Evy scooted back into their bedroom Rick flew down that stairs and found, thank God, that Ardeth was still waiting for him. "Sorry." He muttered and shuffled past him towards the car parked half way down the street. Sighing Ardeth followed him, got half way down the steps, and then went back up to securely shut the door behind them. As he walked back down the street, both he and Rick failed to notice Evelyn watching them from their bedroom window, with a single tear trickling down her cheek, but an expression mixed with relief, confusion, and love.
*~ I know its a little weird and the argument wasn't all that bad, but as I said earlier, I'm changing the plot a bit so I'll be changing that summary, heh. Oh and by the way, I know it never said anywhere that Rick's real name is Richard, I guess it could be Eric but oh well, just go along with it being Rick. ^-^. Please review! If I don't get more reviews, I won't continue with this story..*~