I apologize for the evil cliffhanger!! I think this may go for longer than 4 chapters LOL--but I'm enjoying the ride! Hope you guys are too!
Title: Unexpected Consequences 3/?
"Do you have to go meet your sister?" John asked as he lay in bed and watched Natalie getting dressed.
She smiled as she pulled her shirt over her head and flipped her hair out of the collar. "Yes, she said it was urgent or I would reschedule. I'll be back as soon as I can."
John watched as she walked into the bathroom and quickly brushed her hair, never knowing just how sexy she was to him in that moment. She never knew that if her sister hadn't been having a crisis of some kind he would have stood up, walked into that bathroom and--
"I'll be back soon," Natalie told him, leaning down to brush a gentle kiss across his lips.
"Okay. I love you."
Her face lit up and she replied, "I love you too--and I am never going to get tired of hearing you say that."
"Good, because I ain't going to get tired of saying it."
She giggled and walked out of the room, leaving John with a big smile on his face.
Natalie walked into the diner and sat down at her and Jessica's usual booth. She checked her watch and sighed, Jessica was late as usual. She ordered them both coffee (hers decaf, of course) and pulled a book from her purse.
"Sorry I'm late," Jessica's voice interrupted her reading a few minutes later. She closed the book and smiled as her sister sat down across from her. "It was a crazy morning."
Smiling, Natalie shook her head. "Forget about it--I already ordered our coffee. So spill--what's the crisis call about?"
"Okay, well last night we were all relaxing on the couch watching TV when somebody knocked on the door. It turns out that Nash has an older brother he's neglected to mention who decided to just drop into town for a visit."
"Wait a minute--Nash has an older brother? How do we not know this?"
Jessica shrugged. "I don't know. I mean, we've talked about our families a lot so I just don't understand why he's never mentioned this guy to me."
"Have you asked him yet?" She could tell by the way her sister looked at the table that she hadn't. "Jess! You need to go home right now and talk to him."
"But--"
"No buts. Go!"
Sulking, Jessica mumbled a 'fine' and stood, grabbing her coffee from the waitress' tray as she stalked out the door.
The waitress sighed, obviously irritated. "Great, as if I don't get enough money taken out of my check for the broken coffee cups."
"I'm sorry," Natalie said, reaching into her bag and grabbing a notebook and a pen. Is Carlotta here?" The waitress shook her head and Natalie scribbled a note for her ex-mother in law and tore it out, handing it to the waitress. "I'm sorry about my sister--hopefully this will help you stay out of trouble."
"I hope so, I can't really afford to lose any more money. Will you be having anything else?"
Natalie shook her head. "No, but would you happen to know if this is the decaf?"
"It is," she said. "Can I get you anything else?"
"No, I'm fine," Natalie told the waitress and she walked back to the counter. With a sigh, Natalie took her book back out and began to read as she drank her coffee.
"Honey, I'm home!" Natalie called out as she walked into John's hotel room, slipping her jacket off and throwing it on the couch. "Are you here?"
"Hey," John said with a grin as he walked into the living room, greeting Natalie with a kiss. "I missed you."
"And I missed you," she told him.
"So what was Jessica's crisis this time?"
Rolling her eyes Natalie shook her head. "Nash's brother showed up at their door last night--"
"Nash has a brother? Did Jess know that?"
Natalie shook her head. "And that would be the reason behind the crisis meeting. I sent her home to talk to him about it."
"Sounds like it was the best idea. So Ms. Buchanan, what do you have planned for the day?"
"Absolutely nothing, Mr. McBain. Why?"
"Well I was just thinking--don't I owe you another dance?"
Natalie smiled and her eyes were sparkling with happiness as she replied, "You know, I believe you may be right. When did you want to go?"
"Well, I was thinking maybe we could find something to do for the day and maybe go someplace tonight."
"Tonight?"
John grinned as he watched Natalie's smile get even bigger, he hadn't thought it was possible. "Yeah, tonight. Maybe at UltraViolet?"
She couldn't believe that John McBain, the man most against public displays of affection that she'd ever met, was talking about taking her to a crowded club on a Saturday night to dance with her. Her eyes misted over and she said softly, "I'd love that."
John smiled and gently ran his thumb over first the left and then the right eye, wiping the moisture from them. "Good, because I want everyone to see us together and know that I'm the luckiest man on Earth," he whispered, kissing her gently.
Natalie kissed him back with all the passion and love in her soul, unable to find the words to tell him how much she loved him. As they stumbled back towards the bed all John and Natalie were concentrating on was making each other feel just how much they meant to each other…
"I'm going to put Bree down for her nap," Jessica snapped, storming out of the kitchen and ignoring the stranger on the couch. She picked Bree up out of the playpen and headed for the bedroom, slamming the door behind her.
Nash followed her out of the kitchen but collapsed onto the couch beside his brother instead of going after his wife. "Next time you decide to just show up at my door, think you could call first?"
"Sorry man, I found your name in the phone book--I didn't know you were married and had a kid."
"It's not your fault, I moved and never told you where. You couldn't have known. So what does bring you to Llanview anyway?"
"A girl," Mark told him, his eyes finding the picture of Natalie on the mantel and studying her closely. "What else?"
TO BE CONTINUED