The Irishman's Woman: It's over

by LUVINGJOVAN

Fixing her hair and suit jacket she stood up and forced a smiled as she walked over to Kevin. "Stay strong, you can do this…." She said in her head.
"You look amazing."
"Thank you," she said politely standing in front of the dashing Buchanan. "What are you doing here?"
"What I can't come by and see my lady when I want too?" he asked with a sly smile, "These are for you by the way. In case you were wondering." Handing the roses over to Evangeline she accepted them with a polite smile and lifted them to her nose to smell them.
"Thank you, but what is the occasion?" she asked turning around to lay the flowers on her desk.
She felt Kevin walk up behind her and place his hands on her hips and press his chest into her back. Taking a deep breath he inhaled her scent and kissed her lightly on the neck, "Do I need a reason to bring you flowers?" he whispered into her ear.
Frozen in his grasp Evangeline held her breath not knowing what to do next. Her heart was racing not from her reaction to him but from what she was about to do. Turning around in his grasp she opened her mouth to speak. Taking it as an invitation to kiss her, Kevin leaned in and pulled her into a deep kiss.
Running his hands down her hips and on to her butt he squeezed it as he pulled her closer. Evangeline ran her hands up to his chest and try to push him away but he fought her and kissed her harder. "Kevin!" she said finally breaking free of his hold.
"What's wrong." He asked hurt by her rejection of him.
"We need to talk." She said staring into his brown eyes.
"We can talk later, I haven't seen you in what feels like weeks baby. I just want to be with you. Are you busy, let's go back to your place." He said kissing the side of her neck.
Evangeline took a deep breath and pushed away from Kevin, "We need to talk." Walking around behind her desk she put some distance between them.
Kevin frowned and sat down in the chair behind him. Crossing his legs he leaned back and gave her his undivided attention, "I'm all ears hun." He said smiling.
"I can't do this any more."
"Do what?"
"Us, me, you. This thing between us it's over."
Kevin shot up from his chair, "No!" he yelled.
Evangeline looked up at him glaring down at her, "Yes Kevin. We agreed to a 'no strings' relationship, and you are starting to develop strings."
"Excuse me! You agreed to a 'no strings relationship' I never wanted that. I wanted all of you."
"Well I'm not yours to have!" she hissed.
"Yes you are Van," walking around her desk he turned her around and knelt in front of her, "Don't do this. We can slow things down if that is what it takes for you to see that we belong together."
"Kevin, we don't belong together. I'm not the woman for you and you aren't the man for me." Trying to ease the blow to his ego she said, "I'm not Kelly. You are in love with her and I can see it."
"No, Kelly and I are over!" He pushed away from her and walked around the office pacing and running his hands through his hair, "It was him! Wasn't it. He got to you!" he shouted.
"This has nothing to do with him and you know it!" she shouted back.
"Bull shit Van. He has always been between us even though he is miles away."
"Kevin there was no US! That is what I've been trying to tell you."
"You're going back to him, back to that life aren't you? After everything you told me about him and how he hurt you. You would risk you're life for him again."
"I never said that Kevin. Stop putting words in my mouth! Yes I love him, but it's over between us. I'm not going back to him!"
"Bull shit. You just used me to get over him didn't you?" he asked glaring at her.
"You should be talking. I saw the way you would look at Kelly when we were out on a date. The only time you would even touch me is if she was around!" she screamed.
"Fine, you want to end things. Then consider it dead and buried. But don't come running back to me when he hurts you again, and you know he will!" Walking to the door he opened it and slammed it shut, causing the pictures on her walls to rattle.

Evangeline fell back in her chair and put her head in her hands. Pushing her hair out of her face she blew out several cleansing breaths. That didn't go like she had planned. Nora was right Kevin was more attached than she thought he was. It wasn't supposed to go that far, it was just supposed to be causal, when did it develop into a full fledge relationship! Picking up a paper weight she hurled it across the room.

The Palace
Standing in the elevator riding down to meet Michael and Marcie John's thoughts drifted to their second encounter and how his "angel" had wrapped her long sleek legs around his waist grinding up against him so much he thought he was about to explode in the hallway. John still couldn't get her out of his mind. All he could do was think about her on his plane trip to Llanview and how he would never see her again. She had left him like a thief in the night. What she didn't realize and he came to understand was that she had left with something very precious. Something he thought was dead and buried. She left with his very soul and now he wanted it back along with her. He had made up
his mind as the plane circled the airport before its final decent. He was going to find her. He was going to find her and somehow find a way to make her his wife. He had a feeling that it wasn't going to be easy but he didn't care about easy. He was going to go find his
"Angel".

Stepping off the elevator John read the signs directing him towards the dining room. Stepping over the threshold he heard that familiar voice yelling at him, "Johnny!" Michael yelled from across the room.

The whole dining room turned to see Michael standing up and waving his brother over to the table. Bowing his head John quickly walked over to Michael and grabbed his hand pulling him down to the table, "Are you crazy." John whispered.

"Not crazy, just happy to see my big brother!" he said slapping John on the back. "Glad you could join the land of the living."
"Me too Michael. Now where is that coffee?" he asked looking around the table.
Michael signaled the waiter who brought over the pot and poured John some coffee. Taking a sip he smiled at Michael who had a big goofy grin on his face, "Where's the future Mrs. McBain?" he asked leaning back in the chair.
"She dashed off to the restroom. Had to fix her face or something, she'll be right back."
"Sure she's not climbing out the window running from ya!" he said laughing.
"Now why would I do that?" Marcie said from behind John.
Michael smiled as he stood up to kiss Marcie, "John I would like for you to meet the love of my life, the future Mrs. Doctor Michael McBain, Marcie Walsh." He said hugging her around the waist.
John stood up and extended his hand, "We don't shake hands we hug we're practically family." Marcie said throwing her arms around John's neck and hugging him tightly.

John smiled at Michael and slowly pulled back out of Marcie's grasp, "I guess we are family, since you are pitying my little brother over there."
"Enough!" Michael said glaring at John.
"Sorry…" John said lowering his head as he sat back down at the table. "So tell me about this wedding." John said drinking the rest of his coffee.
The waiter came over and took their orders as Marcie started telling John about the wedding, "Well it is at St. Peters Church here in town. We are having the reception here at the Palace in the ball room, the same place we are having the wedding shower tonight."
"This may sound like a stupid question, but the wedding is next week why are you all just now having a wedding shower so close to the wedding?"
"You wanna take this one Michael." Marcie said rolling her eyes at him and leaning back in the chair.
Michael forced a smile, "It was my schedule. Every time we planned it something would come up at the hospital and we had to keep pushing it back. It was supposed to be what, six…"
"Eight months ago Michael. John your brother has been driving me up the wall with wedding plans. He won't even help plan his own wedding." She said hitting Michael on the arm.
"I didn't want to get in the way."
"Get in the way Michael. This is your day too." She said holding his hand tightly.
"Yeah, Michael you should have helped her!" he said laughing.
"John butt out…"
John raised his hands in a defensive position and smiled at both of them, "If Michael wasn't helping you who was?"
"My maid of honor." Marcie said blushing.
"Is she hot?" John asked laughing.
"Yeah she is bro, smoking." Michael said leaning into John.
Marcie hit Michael on his back, "That is no way to talk about Evangeline like that. Do you know what she would say if she heard you talking about her like that?"
"Thank you?" Michael said with a wide smile.

Evangeline's Office

Sitting at her desk Evangeline stared at the roses that Kevin had brought her. She had been staring at them for the last half hour replaying over and over again what he had said as he stormed out of her office. He was right on one point he was coming between them, but it wasn't the he that Kevin thought. It was her Irishman. She knew that she would never see the man again, but still their encounter opened her eyes to what she really wanted out of her life, and that wasn't Kevin. Kevin wasn't the man for her and after two amazing nights with her Irishman she knew that.

Shutting down her computer she decided to call it a day. Michael and Marcie's wedding shower was tonight and she still had to finalize some plans with the Palace and meet with Marcie to do her last dress fitting. Walking down to the parking garage she saw him leaning against her car. Evangeline froze in her tracks, "What, what, what are you doing here?" she asked fumbling with her keys.
"I missed you, and I told you I was coming."
"I remember, I just didn't…"
"You didn't think I would show up? Is that what you were going to say?"
"No I didn't think you were coming. Thought it was another of your empty promises." She said staring into his blue eyes. He was gorgeous but dangerous and she refused to let her heart get trampled on by him yet again. He stood in front of her door blocking her way to her car. "Could you please move." She said softly trying to avoid his eyes that were directed at her heating her soul from the inside out.
"No, not till we talk Evangeline. I need you to hear me out," He placed a finger under her chin and brought her gaze to his. Dropping her keys she let out a slow breath as he took his other hand and wrapped it around her waist bring her closer. "I've missed you." He said his lips barely brushing against hers, "Did you miss me?" he said stroking her back.
Evangeline felt weak in his arms, "Yes…" she said letting out a soft purr as his lips lightly grazed over her sending shivers down her body. The soft kiss was intense and her knees grew weak and her head started spinning.

He parted her lips with is tongue and slipped it into her mouth hesitantly at first, afraid that she would push him away. When she didn't push away but pulled him closer he took her mouth. He missed her kiss, his hunger for her drove him to Llanview and the hole he felt within him sought her out in her office parking lot.

Evangeline felt his hands travel around her waist and pull her closer to him. She melted in his hold and pulled back when she needed air, "I can't do this." She said breathlessly with her eyes closed.

"Say that again with your eyes open looking at mine." He whispered softly into her ear.

Evangeline opened her eyes and saw his staring back at her. Biting her lower lip she knew this was wrong but it felt so right. Being in his arms right now felt so right that she wanted to run back to Port Charles with him, and if he asked she knew she would go. Shaking her head trying to get the blood back to her head, she put her hands on his chest, "Please don't do this."
"You want me, you want us. I know you do." He said holding her tight not letting her run from them again.
Lowering her head, she shook it no, "I can't do this anymore."
"Yes you can. We are supposed to be together baby, and you know that."
He was right, there was something still there pulling at her heart, pulling her to him. But something in her had changed, she wanted him but she didn't need him, she didn't need his life. "No." she said quietly again.
"Don't push me away Evangeline, you know that only makes me want you even more." He said stroking her hair and face.
"I can't be with you. It's wrong."
"No, it's so right and you know it. We are so right together, stop pushing me away. You can't handle it and neither can I. I need you as much if not more than you need me. You're mine, now and forever." He said kissing her on the lips again.
Evangeline let it register what he just said, "I'm no ones!" she screamed in her head; least of all his. Pushing him away she regained her composure and saw his facial expression change. "Please go!" she said pushing him out of the way to get to her car.

They both bent over to pick her keys up. He grabbed her hand and held it tightly as he opened the door for her, "I'm not letting you go." He said as she slipped into the car. "I hope you realize that." He slammed the door shut and backed away.

Watching her pull out he smiled at her. Evangeline diverted her eyes from his piercing blue eyes and drove out of the parking garage.

Evangeline pulled out of the parking garage her heart was racing and her palms were sweating. Even that close of contact he still had that effect on her. She needed him gone, and now! Speeding down the streets of Llanview she flipped her cell phone open, "Hey hon." Evangeline said faking a cheerful demeanor.

Marcie stood up from the table and walked away from John and Michael, "Hey where are you?"
"On my way to the bridal boutique meet me there?"
"You were supposed to meet Michael and I for lunch with his brother did you forget?"
"I'm sorry I completely forgot, work has been crazy and then Kevin came in…" she said trailing off.
"Kevin! What happened?"
"I rather not talk about it right now okay? Can you just meet me at the boutique I don't feel like being some place I might see him." She said sighing into the phone.
"Sure, I'll leave right now. It's too bad you didn't meet us for lunch because Michael's brother is a hottie." Marcie said giggling.
"Marcie, your are crazy girl. I'll see you at the boutique in a few."
"See ya." Marcie hung up the phone and walked back over to John and Michael, "Listen boys I have to go meet Evangeline at the bridal boutique you boys play nice." Marcie kissed Michael lightly on the cheek and walked away.
"Yes Mom!" they both called out to her as Marcie left the restaurant.

"I have to get going. I have to get back to the hospital do rounds before the party tonight." Michael said rising from the table.
"Wait you never told me about this hot Maid of honor!" John said grabbing Michael's hand.
"You'll just have to wait to meet her tonight. Not only is she beautiful, but smart too. She got me out of a couple of jams at the hospital, and helped Marcie with the contracts on her book. See ya bro!" Michael called out.
John waved Michael off and sat back down "Smart and beautiful." He mumbled as he finished his lunch.

The Wedding Shower

Evangeline smiled at Marcie and Michael. They looked so happy together and she was happy for them but still something was not right. She couldn't shake this nagging feeling. Even thought it was a cool evening, Evangeline felt like she was on fire and that at any moment she would burst into flames.

"Are you alright?" Nora asked as she came up to greet her friend.
Evangeline tried not to sound anything but cheerful, "I'm fine."

"You don't look fine. You look flushed. Do you think you're coming down with something? Maybe I should get Michael to check you out?" she said placing a hand over Evangeline's forehead

Evangeline just laughed. "You worry too much you know that? And don't tell Michael anything, let him and Marcie enjoy their evening." She said swatting Nora's hand from her forehead.

Again, Evangeline felt that sensation and thought about getting something to drink. She couldn't shake that feeling that someone was watching her. She discreetly looked around the room but nothing stood out. She just couldn't shake the feeling.

"Here comes Bo and he is bringing someone with him. Wow, now that's
what I call a hottie," said Nora.

"You are so bad." Evangeline laughed as she turned around to look. The laughter caught in her throat and she just froze. It couldn't be! It wasn't possible! Evangeline was staring right into the face of the Irishman. What the hell was he doing here?

Their eyes locked and a huge smile came across her face. Taking a few steps backwards she tried to hide behind Nora, "What are you doing?" she asked turning to watch Evangeline slowly retreat from her previous position.
Evangeline gripped Nora's forearm and dug her fingernails into her flesh. This couldn't be happening not now, why was he here? Nora tried to pry Evangeline fingers off of her arm, "Evangeline let go!" she said pulling at her hand, "What is wrong with you!"

Evangeline let go and stood staring at him. He was just as gorgeous as he was in Chicago. He started to come towards her when someone pushed past him, "What is he doing here!" Nora exclaimed.
Evangeline turned attention away from her Irishman in time to see him approaching her again.