Chapter 5: Rick's Back

It was about 2 week later when Rick returned. During his absence, Jenny and Jonathan started to date and Evy started to get worried.

"I don't understand how it could take this long to figure something that small out. I wish he would just return now and we can get married and have kids…" Evy stopped herself. She caught what she said and was glad that Jenny was the only one that heard her. "That is after we get to know each other. Look, if that got you mad or something I'm sorry. I just really miss him." Jenny looked up at her from her place on the couch. She smiled weakly. She was hoping that Evy wasn't kidding because she wanted a nephew or niece to take care of.

"It's ok. I was hopping that you did get married and have kids. I would love it if my brother was a one woman man and if I had a niece or nephew to take off your hands when you guys want to go dancing or out to a restaurant." She smiled again and the door bell rang just in time to get out of there before she said something that she would have been sorry for.

When she got to the door she was thinking about how she would answer it. She didn't live there nor was she part of the family. Would she introduce herself as an O'Connell or as a Carnahan. She wasn't going to answer it as a Carnahan because she wasn't married so she just opened the door and said, "Hello…" She paused and looked at the man standing in the door way. It was Rick, her brother, or was it. This man looked more grufy and allot older for some reason, but it was Rick. She could tell by the tattoos that he had on his hand and that glint in his eyes that he had every time he saw her.

"How did you know we were here?" Jenny was a little freaked about the fact that he knew where Evy lived and that he knew she was there, or did he know she was going to be there. Of course he did if he went by the house or the business.

"I looked Carnahan up in the phone book after I went to work and found that you weren't there. I figured you were here or at the library and since I went by there when I went home and saw no cars I figured that you were here and looked it up." Evy was sitting in the dinning room when she heard that unforgettably sweet voice. She ran into the living room to find out if it was just her imagination.

"Rick? Is that really you?" She didn't wait. She took a running start and jumped into his arms. She wrapped her legs around his waist and kissed him. "Don't leave like that again or I will be forced to tackle you next time." She smiled and laughed as she looked into his eyes. She couldn't have been happier to see anyone except her parents. He put her down and went to where he thought the kitchen should be. He found the frig and pulled out a sandwich and some milk before he was asked if he would like something to eat or drink.

"Sorry for just bursting into your kitchen but that flight was murder. First stop was in Spain because they thought that a wing was hit by lighting which took them two hours to figure out if there was a problem then we got to the outskirts of London and they decided that we should stop and refuel. We got back into the plain and we finally made it to London." Rick took a bite out of the sandwich and drank the milk. There was one thing puzzling Evy right now and it wasn't his flight back to London.

"What took so long with the trip problem? It shouldn't have took two weeks for you to get home." Evy looked at him waiting for answer.

"The boss was out of town for 5 days and when he got back he was sick from some foreign virus that he caught going to Egypt which is why I didn't have to go. He figured that it was easier and cheaper for him to go because he was closer. If I went with you it would have made his company pay more and they would also have to change the hotel reservation because it was a single not a double." Rick took another bite of the sandwich and looked at Evy for a while. He missed that face, those eyes, and her lips touching his. He missed being with her.

"What?" She was smiling at him with a bewildered look.

"I just missed you so much. Can we have another date? I know of a Chinese restaurant that has the best Chow Mien." He finished his sandwich with his third bite.

"I've missed you too and of course we can go on another date. I don't think I've been to that restaurant if it was new."

"It was built about 6 weeks before I left for France so yeah it is kind of new." He leaned in and kissed her cheek.

She smiled and got up from the kitchen table. She walked to an extra bedroom to get it ready for Rick. She didn't want him in her room because she thought that was moving a little fast. They only had one date but then again she did jump on him and kissed him. It was still to fast to go straight to him sleeping in the same room as her. She also wanted that to wait till after they were married. That's when the kids could come in. She wanted at least 2. She walked back in the kitchen and told Rick were he would sleep. He had no objection to this because he thought he knew how she felt and he himself thought that sleeping in the same bed or even room was a little fast. They went to the living room to talk for a little while. They ended up staying up late to watch a movie that Evy had been wanting to see for week. Then decided that this was the right time to go to bed the only thing was Evy didn't feel like moving. She was in Rick's arms, the movie was a romantic one and she found a great time to move close to him, and she didn't want to get out of his arms. Rick was enjoying it just as much as she was. He liked the smell of her hair in his face. He liked the warmth of her body on his as she lay on his chest. They were enjoying it so much that they ended up doing something that they were against since Rick got home. Rick shifted to a laying down position and Evy laid on top of him, her head on his chest listening to his heart pound away at his insides. They fell asleep not paying any attention to the body parts that were now falling asleep with them.