After dinner came dishes. Jamie and Phillip offered to do them, and their
mother obliged.
Lee and Amanda settled into the living room for a few hours with Dotty and
Jennifer. The boys joined them upon the completion of their chores, and the
family sat and talked, laughed, got misty-eyed a few times, played with the
baby and watched TV. It was almost ten o'clock when Jenn fell asleep in
Lee's arms, and Dotty offered to bring her upstairs to bed. The boys
retired to their room as well, and Amanda led Lee to hers ("I remember how
to get there from the trellis, but the stairs is another issue," he had
whispered to her on their way down the hall). Once inside, Amanda closed
the door.
"I've missed you, Mrs. Stetson," Lee told her, grinning.
Amanda leaned against the back of her bedroom door, arms folded, and stared at Lee. He looked so handsome, so.alive. She had gotten his blue shirt from the closet, and he had put it on right away.
"So, you forgot that our marriage was a secret, eh, Lee?"
He grinned. "Oops."
"Lee Stetson, you told them on purpose," She said, trying not to smile.
"Did I?" He kissed her.
"You know you did." She couldn't help smiling as he kissed her neck.
"The point is, now they know," He informed her, pushing her hair back from her face.
They embraced again, this time for longer. Lee parted first. As much as he wanted to be with his wife after nineteen months apart, he wanted to talk to her too.
"Dinner was wonderful, Amanda."
"Desert will be better," she whispered to him, sliding her arms around his waist.
"Oh, really? And what am I having?" He smiled, knowing exactly what he would 'have'.
"Well, Mother and I moved the crib into the little guest room this afternoon, with help from the boys, and we're going to be making it a nursery. But since Jenny isn't sleeping in here." Lee leaned over and kissed his wife.
"I don't know, I'm pretty tired. Besides, what will your mother think?"
Amanda turned around and locked the door. "Actually, moving the crib was her idea."
Lee kissed Amanda again.
"You know," he told her, one hand settled on her waist and the other on the small of her back, "Yesterday was plain awful---"
"You can say that again," she injected.
He held up a hand and continued. "Yesterday was plain awful, but today, I feel like the luckiest guy."
"On the face of the earth?" She smiled up at him.
"Exactly. I guess that's because I only need one thing to be happy."
"Me?"
"You." Again, they embraced, this time, more passionately. It was difficult to part, but when they did, Lee lifted Amanda off of the ground and laid her on the bed. She began unbuttoning his shirt, and he did the same for her. "Lee?"
"Yeah?" He began kissing her neck.
"I don't need anything but you."
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Yesterday was plain awful
You can say that again
Yesterday was plain awful
But that's, not now, that's then
I don't need anything but you!
THE END
"I've missed you, Mrs. Stetson," Lee told her, grinning.
Amanda leaned against the back of her bedroom door, arms folded, and stared at Lee. He looked so handsome, so.alive. She had gotten his blue shirt from the closet, and he had put it on right away.
"So, you forgot that our marriage was a secret, eh, Lee?"
He grinned. "Oops."
"Lee Stetson, you told them on purpose," She said, trying not to smile.
"Did I?" He kissed her.
"You know you did." She couldn't help smiling as he kissed her neck.
"The point is, now they know," He informed her, pushing her hair back from her face.
They embraced again, this time for longer. Lee parted first. As much as he wanted to be with his wife after nineteen months apart, he wanted to talk to her too.
"Dinner was wonderful, Amanda."
"Desert will be better," she whispered to him, sliding her arms around his waist.
"Oh, really? And what am I having?" He smiled, knowing exactly what he would 'have'.
"Well, Mother and I moved the crib into the little guest room this afternoon, with help from the boys, and we're going to be making it a nursery. But since Jenny isn't sleeping in here." Lee leaned over and kissed his wife.
"I don't know, I'm pretty tired. Besides, what will your mother think?"
Amanda turned around and locked the door. "Actually, moving the crib was her idea."
Lee kissed Amanda again.
"You know," he told her, one hand settled on her waist and the other on the small of her back, "Yesterday was plain awful---"
"You can say that again," she injected.
He held up a hand and continued. "Yesterday was plain awful, but today, I feel like the luckiest guy."
"On the face of the earth?" She smiled up at him.
"Exactly. I guess that's because I only need one thing to be happy."
"Me?"
"You." Again, they embraced, this time, more passionately. It was difficult to part, but when they did, Lee lifted Amanda off of the ground and laid her on the bed. She began unbuttoning his shirt, and he did the same for her. "Lee?"
"Yeah?" He began kissing her neck.
"I don't need anything but you."
*************************
Yesterday was plain awful
You can say that again
Yesterday was plain awful
But that's, not now, that's then
I don't need anything but you!
THE END