Chapter 2; enjoy, and thanks everyone for the great reviews :)

Natalie awoke to find that Cristian was no where in sight. She sighed as she got up out of bed and put her bath robe on. As she did so she glanced at the clock; it was 3:13 am. Where could Cristian be? He was acting strange when they had gotten back to Llanfair. He seemed like his mind was somewhere else, although she had to admit she wasn't exactly all there herself. The conversation she had had with John earlier was still fresh in her mind, and she couldn't let what he said go. Was she jealous? She had her husband back, and although he was going through a rough time right now she loved him and wanted to help him through it. But maybe she did still feel something for John. Natalie pushed it out of her mind for now and proceeded out of the room to find Cristian.

Cristian sat in the living room of Llanfair thinking to himself. He couldn't get it out of his mind, the thought of John McBain, his worst enemy kissing Natalie, his Natalie.

"Pull it together." He whispered to himself in and assertive tone.

He realized something had happened between Natalie and McBain in the time he had been gone, well not exactly him, Cristian, but he was Cristian now and that's all that mattered. He couldn't loose Natalie, not to McBain, not to anyone. He may not be the same man she fell in love with, but he could sure as hell try to be. He could get her to love him; who he was now, as much as he loved her. He wouldn't loose her, and McBain sure as hell wasn't going to get in his way.

He was pulled out of his train of thought when the living room door opened. He looked up to see Natalie standing there.

"Natalie what are you doing here?" He asked standing up.

"I could ask you the same thing. Where were you? I woke up and you weren't in bed."

"I just needed to think, I'm fine now. Let's go back to bed." He said as he put his arm around her waist leading her back up the stairs of Llanfair.

John turned over on his back and faced the ceiling. He looked over to his side and saw Evangeline was fast asleep. They had come back to his place, and made love, and even though he tried to keep his concentration on her it was to no avail. His mind kept wondering back to the conversation he had had earlier, more importantly the conversation with Natalie. He couldn't get her out of his mind. Not just the fact that she accused him of being jealous, although that was definitely one of the things that were bothering him, but more importantly the fact that he still was afraid she was in danger. He knew that there was more to what was going on with Cris then meets the eye, and he wasn't sure what he could be capable of. He was pulled out of his intense thoughts by the stirring next to him. He looked over to see Evangeline had awoken. She smiled up at him as she turned over on her side.

"You okay?" She asked as she lightly ran her finger down his muscular chest.

"Yeah, I'm just… thinking." He said trying not to sound too deep in thought.

"Anything important?"

"It's…it's nothing." He turned over to face her. "Come here." He said pulling her closer to him. He was about to kiss her when she pulled away.

"It's Natalie isn't it?" She asked growing upset.

"What makes you think its Natalie? I have a lot of cases, Natalie isn't my only priority."

"No but she's your number one." She sat up pulling the sheet around her body as she did so. "I know that look in your eyes all too well. She's got you tied around her finger and she doesn't even know it." She got up out of the bed and searched the floor for her scattered clothes. John followed her doing the same.

"Look I think she could be in danger, you even said there's something off about Cris."

She looked up at him still buttoning her blouse. "Maybe so, but it isn't just about Cris, and until you can admit that then we have nothing to talk about." She finished buttoning her blouse and reached for her coat, and proceeded to walk to the door.

"Look I don't know what you want me to do or say to convince you that I don't have feeling for Natalie."

She turned back around to face him. "That's my point John, there is nothing you can do or say that could convince me otherwise, because you do have feeling for Natalie, you're the one who needs to realize that." Without another word she turned around and walked out of the hotel room closing the door behind her.

Chapter 2; let me know what you all think 

Robin