Love Rekindled

Written by Description: Jonathan and his wife Jenny are having problems which they must solve but at the same time Evy has a problem of her own. She must choose between the man she is with and the man that she had loved long ago.

Disclaimer: I don't own all the characters in this story. Most of them belong to Stephen Sommers. Check the author's note at the end of chapter seven but note you do have to read the entire story before you understand part of the author note.

Chapter 1

Evy tossed and turned trying to find a comfortable spot to sleep but she couldn't find the right spot. She finally decided to make her way to the library upstairs when she heard someone come in the front door. She went to investigate who it was only to find Jonathan trying to find his way through the dark house not to mention he was drunk.

"Jonathan, where have you been?" Evy said with a mad kind of tone. She was angry with him for coming in so late but figured that he was at the bar.

"I've been trying to get rid of some of those crazy memories of the old days." Jonathan was referring to when Imhotep had tried to kill his sister to bring back his love.

"Jonathan drinking is not going to help with that. Drinking will not get rid of the memory, it will just make it more blurry and the memory will come back the next day. Now, go get some sleep."

Evy helped Jonathan get to his bedroom but as they went up the stairs to get back to his room they heard another noise. Evy took Jonathan the rest of the way and then went back to see what the noise was. She heard it again this time coming from the library where she was trying to go in the first place. When she entered the room she saw a woman standing in the corner of the room looking at book that were sitting on a table. Evy stood there trying to figure out if she knew the person or not. The woman finally stopped looking at the books on the table and turned around. Evy's mouth then dropped open, she knew the woman but thought that she had left the house years ago. It was Jenny, her brothers ex-wife. Evy didn't think that she would ever see her again. Evy noticed that she was crying and went to give her a comforting hug.

"What wrong Jenny? What brought you back?" Evy was still hugging her trying to get her to calm down a bit.

"I came back to see Jonathan but when I got here to talk to him he left to go to the bar." She took in a breath and cried harder. "I wish he would just talk to me but every time I try he walks out on me. I want to explain to him why I left without telling him."

Evy hugged her again and took her to the spare bedroom to talk there instead of in the library. She thought that if they were in the bedroom she could get Jenny calm enough to go to sleep. She didn't know that Jonathan had gotten back up and started to stagger around the house. When Evy started to take Jenny to the spare bedroom she saw Jonathan making his way toward the library. She quickly decided to take the long way around and go down the stairs that were to the left of the library. Her plan was to avoid Jonathan entirely so he wouldn't go running to the bar again. Her plan was trashed when Jonathan saw her and Jenny going for the stairs.

"Evy what are you doing with HER? She's not welcome here any more. Get her out of this house." Jonathan was very angry to see that his own sister was betraying him by letting Jenny stay in the house longer than he thought she should.

"I can't just kick her out of the house Jonathan. She has no where to go and she needs to talk to me about something. Go back to your room." Evy was trying to remain calm about the whole thing because she wanted to get sleep not sit there all night fighting with Jonathan about Jenny being in the house.

"She can stay in a hotel. She doesn't need to be in my house when she thinks that she can just run off."

"Excuse me, this is my house not yours. You just live and eat here. If you want this to be your house, which will never happen, then you need to start paying the bills and buying your own food. Jenny will stay in the spare bedroom for now until you can learn to listen to what she has to say." Evy was getting very angry. She couldn't understand where he got the idea that the house was his. The only thing she could think of to calm her down was that he was drunk and didn't know what he was saying. She finally got Jenny to the spare bedroom and Jonathan went to his.

"I'm sorry that my brother is being such an asshole about this whole thing. He is drunk and can be pretty dumb about things." Evy knew that Jenny already figured all this out but she was hoping to get a smile or even a laugh out of her. She didn't laugh though, she didn't even smile she just started crying more, "I didn't mean to make you cry. Please calm down." Evy tried persuading her to stop but Jenny just kept crying.

"Sorry, I don't mean to carry on like this but I feel so bad about leaving him and when I come back to explain it he just walks away from me. I want to talk to someone about it but I don't know who will listen."

"I'll listen to you if you want to tell me what's up." Evy was trying to be supportive and comforting.

"Well he think that I left him because I fell in love with another man but I really left him because my parents forced me to meet this man that they wanted me to marry but I don't love him. I left the note on Jonathan's dresser and I guess he misinterpreted it. Can you talk to him for me please." She stopped crying but Evy knew that she could start any time now.

"I'll talk to him but I'm not guaranteeing you that he'll listen to me after all he is my brother and doesn't listen to me half the time any way." Evy only agreed to help because she thought that Jenny and Jonathan were the perfect couple next to her and Rick.

The next day they all woke up except Jonathan because he always slept in on weekdays or any day for that matter. At breakfast, Rick was surprised to see Jenny sitting at the table.

"Hi Jenny. When did you come back?" Rick was a little confused, Jonathan told him that Jenny wouldn't return to the house.

"Last night. I came to talk to Jonathan but he won't listen to me so I'm having Evy do it." Jenny got up from the table and gave Rick a hug.

"Jonathan told me that you left him for another man and that you weren't come back again."

"Jonathan tends to take things out of proportion and make things say something that they didn't. I went to tell my family that I was already married and didn't need some big shot with lots of money to make me happy. My parents, of course, said that it wasn't right for me to marry Jonathan. They told me that I should marry a man that has his own house and doesn't drink his life away." Jenny was mocking her parents when Jonathan came into the kitchen. He took a look around and left again. Evy knew where he was headed and She jumped up and ran to the door to block his way out.

"Evy what are you doing? Get out of my way." Jonathan said with an angry tone.

"No Jonathan. We're going to talk about you and Jenny. I don't care if I have to tie you to a chair you will listen to me." Evy said with frustration.

"I don't want to talk about this Evy. It's over between us and she doesn't have anything to say that can change my mind about it. Now GET OUT OF MY WAY!"

Evy glared at him and then looked to Rick. Rick smiled at her and then he ran to grab Jonathan. As soon as he had Jonathan, Rick held him down in a chair so Evy could talk to him. Just as Evy was about to talk to him Jenny ran into the living room to see what was going on.

"What are you doing?" Jenny asked seeing that Rick had a hold of Jonathan and wouldn't let him up.

"I'm going to talk to him. This is the only way he'll listen to me and the only way I can keep him from running out to the bar. Now Jonathan Jenny didn't leave you for another man, she left you because she had to talk to her parents."

"Bull shit. She left me for a rich, high class guy."

"No she didn't. She left to tell…." Evy was interrupted by Jenny.

"Let me talk to him about this. If Rick lets you go will you stay here to listen to what I have to say?" Jenny was looking Jonathan in the eyes. She knew that Jonathan would probably run but wanted to see if he would stay if he saw the puppy face.

"Fine but make it quick because I have to leave for the bar." Jonathan said in an impatient tone.

"I didn't leave you for that guy, I left to tell my parents that I didn't want to marry him because I found the man I want to spend my life with." She started to tear up again but Jonathan looked at her and saw that she wasn't lying.

"Why would they make you marry someone that you didn't want to marry." Jonathan couldn't figure out why any one would make their child marry a man she doesn't want to.

"They thought that you were just a hard drunk and wouldn't appreciate me. The drunk part was proven because you've done nothing but drink since I got here but I know that you appreciate me more than he would. I love you Jonathan and I always will. Please don't leave me." She gave the puppy face one more time to make sure that she had Jonathan.

"I won't, and I love you too and always will." Jonathan got up and kissed her and they went to the spare bedroom to get Jenny's stuff so they could move it upstairs.

Evy and Rick watched Jenny and Jonathan leave the room. Evy was happy to see that Jonathan had forgiven Jenny and they weren't going to be separated. That night after dinner, Evy didn't go to bed right away. She had told Rick that she was going to the library to read some of the books they had and she would be in bed in a couple of hours. She went into the library and found her self thinking about the past. She was thinking about him, thinking of how she loved him but couldn't tell Rick since she kept it from him this long. She wanted to see him again but she knew that she couldn't. He was gone forever. She knew she would never see him again but she was wrong.