Chapter 7

He stood up and walked over to her, he looked her up from head to toe. For the first time be noticed that she wasn't dressed up or wearing any make up. Her eyes were red, her hair was up in a loose ponytail, and she wore jeans and this sexy green baby doll tee. She looked different from this morning some how.

"John I really need to tell you something and we can't do this here." Evangeline stepped around John and walked towards the door, but was stopped when John pulled her back towards him and trapped her between him and the desk.

"You know we can't do this here John." John kissed her long and hard sliding his hands up he arms to rest on her shoulders.

He reached up and took the ponytail holder out of her hair and let it cascade down her back and over his hands.

Evangeline pulled back and looked up at him. She couldn't believe she let herself get caught up in the moment and just like that he pulled her back in. She was crazy in love with him and never wanted anything to come between them.

"Can't you just stay for a little while?" John started nibbling on her neck.

"What time do you think you'll be leaving here?"

"We can leave right now, whatever else there is to be done; I can handle tomorrow."

That was all she needed to hear; Evangeline pulled John back towards here and kissed him slowly trying to savor the moment. She placed her hands on his forearms and squeezed his biceps.

"I needed to talk to you about something really important and we can't do it here." Evangeline spoke up first.

John nodded his head, grabbed his keys off his desk, and led her out of his office. Natalie was standing in her uncle's doorway and just glanced up when she saw John leave his office she thought he was alone, but Evangeline followed close behind him. She looked down and saw that John was holding Evangeline's hand so tight that his knuckles were turning white.

Why in the world would he want to be with her? I know she's gorgeous, smart, and could be going places, but she doesn't understand him the way I do.

Natalie wasn't going to sit back and watch from the sidelines anymore she was going to go after what she thought was hers and so began the pursuit of John Mcbain. Natalie left the station and went Rodi's to drown her sorrows; she thought about trying her plan to snag John tomorrow would be best. She knew in time that John would come to her and be only hers.

She knew that John had feelings for her but just hadn't said them out loud. Even though Christian was back in her life she hadn't put her feelings for John on the back burner.

Natalie didn't feel like going home and having to face her mother, Victoria Davidson. Vicki would just tell her that John was with Evangeline and to move on. How could she move on when knew John felt the same way? She walked into Rodi's and went to the bar and ordered a beer.

"Hey Natty what's the latest with Mcbain?" Her brother Rex came walking towards her.

"Hi Rex, I'm good and what do you mean what's the latest with John?"

"Don't play innocent with me. I know how you feel about Mcbain and you haven't given up on trying to impress him by pretending to be his friend when he needs a shoulder to cry on after a big blowup with whatever is going on."

Natalie took a sip of her beer and turned her back towards the bar, she couldn't take Rex's criticizing let alone her mother's.

"Look I don't pretend to be his friend and yeah after he's had a bad day I want to be there for him. Don't think you understand our relationship, I know him better than anyone."

"Really, your relationship looks like it could use some help and by the way have you noticed that Mcbain isn't really falling all over the place to help you out or to put a smile on your face when you've had a bad day. Look I'm just trying to save you some pain and tell it to you straight, Mcbain is hit it's over he loves Evangeline."

Natalie stood up from her stool and looked Rex in the face.

"I don't need this from you. I thought of all people you would be on my side, but it turns out your just like the rest of my family. And as for John being in love with Evangeline I don't think that's possible, he's still in love with Caitlin and will never let her go."

"So just like that you can decide who Mcbain loves and doesn't love. Sorry to say Natty but it doesn't look like you're the woman he's loving right now if you know what I'm saying. Hey I'm just looking out for you and if that means telling you the truth about Mcbain then so be it."

Rex didn't understand how she could go all lovesick over a man that doesn't even notice her plus she has a husband that just came back from the dead and she should be happy, but every time Rex has seen her; she's always talking about John or hanging by his side at the station.

"Natty I gotta get going Roxy wants me to help her with something at Foxy Roxy's." Rex kissed Natalie on the cheek and walked out of Rodi's.

You just don't understand Rex.

Natalie laid a couple of bills on the counter and left to go home. She was tired and she didn't want to hear her mother criticize her, but she really wanted to get some sleep. She also had to check in on Christian she hadn't heard from him in a while and was getting worried.

She walked out of Rodi's and headed home.