Chapter 4: Even a Brave J knows it too
"Oooohhh, isn't that romantic!!", squealed Tess and her and Jodi rushed toward the window.
"Oh, Claire, come on!", exclaimed Jodi. "At least show your face on the window!"
Claire pressed her lips tightly together and after few seconds, she mumbled under the breath:
"You're soooo dead now, Alexander Ryan!!", she jumped from the bed and rushed outside her room. Tess and Jodi didn't even noticed it, they were totally oblivious to anything else except Nick and Luke and than they heard Claire's voice:
"Come on, girls, this song is for me, move away a bit!"
"Oh, thank God, you're finally…", Jodi rolled her eyes and turned around to see Tess's mouth wide open and Claire with can of cold water in her hands!! "Claireeeeeeeeee, noooooooooooooo!!!!", both Jodi and Tess exclaimed. But, before they could do anything, Claire splashed water on Alex and yelled:
"How's that, you drunken idiot?! Don't tell me that you love me more than freezing water as well!!"
Coldness of the water brought Alex a bit back to The World of Sobers and he yelled back at Claire:
"Geez, McLeod, what's wrong with you?! Any other girl would melted away if a bloke would sing her a serenade under the window!!"
"Well, I'm not a girl, I'm a Claire, like you said it yourself!!", Claire yelled at him.
Nick, Luke, Tess and Jodi moved away and met at veranda and quickly drove away from Drovers Run.
"Oh, come on, Claire, be reasonable!", Alex exclaimed.
"Ha, look who's talking about being reasonable here! You are brave just when you're drunk, Maid Marion!", Claire yelled back.
"Hey, I asked you not to call me like that!", Alex yelled.
"Or what?". Claire sticked her tongue "Maid Marion, Maid Marion!"
"All right, that's' it! I'm coming in!", Alex went toward the entrance and Claire yelled from the window:
"Don't ya dare, Alex Ryan, do ya hear me?!", and she disappeared in next moment. Rushing down the stairs, she grabbed glass of water from the table and sprinted to close and lock he doors just when Alex ran inside the house!
Claire splashed water from a glass to Alex's face and as he shut his eyes and rubbed them with palm to wipe water away, Claire tried to push him out of the house. But, Alex grabbed her wrists gently and whispered:
"No more running away from me, McLeod!", and in next moment he claimed his lips over her lips!
Soft moan escaped from her mouth and she wrapped her hands around his broad, masculine shoulders. As the kiss deepened, they fought with each others shirts and in next moment, Claire felt Alex's arms picking her up and he took her upstairs to her room. Passion took over them and they quickly took each other's clothes off and layed down on the bed, never stop kissing…
As the dawn started to break away behind the hills, Claire looked at alex's blue eyes and whispered:
"So…do you still love me now when it's morning "
Alex smiled, moving strand of her silky brown hair behind her ear.
"Yeah, Claire…I love you this morning – and I will love you for all the following mornings of our lives", he kissed her lips and Claire smiled.
"Good…'cause I love you, too…more than your chopper!", said Claire and they both giggled and kissed one more time.
"You have to admit – it was unique declaration of love!", chuckled Alex, pulling her closer to him.
Claire laughed:
"Than why didn't ya told me that you remembered it first time you said it?", she asked.
"I'm sorry, honey…Guess I was afraid…", he admitted "…of your rejection."
Claire traveled her hands up and down his masculine arms and while they kissed again, she giggled saying:
"I believe this calls for a toast with homebrew!", and with those words, they both laughed and Alex rolled her on the bed.
As he got her laying on her back, he whispered:
"We make a good team, don't we?", he winked. "You know it…I know it…"
"Even a Brave J knows it, too!", chuckled Claire and they laughed, joining their lips in one more kiss…One of the many kisses that they will share till the rest of their lives.
The End