Chapter 107

Smiling just as he had thrust inside her, Sarah closed her eyes to savor the feel of AJ buried to the hilt inside her. Thrusting deeper and faster as she arched her hips up to meet his thrusts. Taking a breast into his mouth to suck upon her nipple, he thumbed her clit. He was too close and didn't intend to leave her behind and in need. At the same moment they reached fulfillment together, AJ rolled off and over, away from Sarah.

She laid there, softly crying as she used her black panties to wipe her eyes and dropped them beside the bed. "Goodnight, AJ, I love you, sweetheart," she whispered.

"Night, Sarah, I love you, Darlin'," came the reply from the broken-hearted man next to her. Turning, he took her in his arms and pulled her close to him. Soon she was asleep. He lay awake watching her face until almost daylight.

The next morning, Sarah enrolled in a cooking class. She was amazed at her luck, there was a class starting that night and there was an opening in it because of a last minute cancellation!

Thursday, May 20, 2004

0900 EST

Chegwidden home

McLean, Virginia

Mac needed to figure out a way to make AJ love her. She knew that he was crazy about baby Angela and he even put on a good show when they were around other people, of loving her. But since that day in his office, when she realized that he had only married her because she had been pregnant, she had noticed the little signs that he was already starting to pull away from her.

What Mac didn't know was that it had been seeing her in Rabb's arms that had caused AJ to pull back from her. He was trying to guard his heart from the day she would regain her memory and leave him for Harm.

It was because she was so actively searching for ways to please him, that Mac had signed up for cooking classes at the local adult learning center. Her first class had been last night and since she had wanted to surprise AJ with her new talent, she had made up a lame excuse about just wanting some 'alone' time.

AJ had known it was a lie when she walked out the door that night. After all, who dressed that nicely and put on make-up to be 'alone'? He argued with himself, not to do it, but Sarah when was still not home after an hour, he dialed Harm's number. Getting Harm's answering machine tore his heart apart. She was finally back after two hours, but hurried to take a shower as soon as she got home. Mac wanted to get rid of the cooking smells from class. AJ thought she was getting rid of the smell of another man on her.

They had made love that night, but it was different. There was a level of desperation on Sarah's part, it seemed. Like she was trying to hard to please him and not taking any pleasure for herself. AJ had always found that his greatest pleasure came from pleasing his partners. So their lovemaking that night left both of them with an unfulfilled feeling.

That was why Mac was wracking her brain for something that would give him joy and tell him how much she loved him. She was searching the house for ideas when she came across a volume of Shakespeare plays. Remembering his love for the bard, she picked up the phone to call an old friend.

"Meredith! Hi, it's Mac, I need your help, if you have a minute."

"Sure, Mac, what did you need?"

"I was wondering if there was any Shakespeare stuff going on here locally soon?"

"Yes, there's a series of plays in the park starting this Saturday and going for six weeks. Why hun?"

"Oh, I just wanted to do something nice for AJ, he..." a sudden flash of memory hit her, of her and Meredith talking about maid of honor dresses...Good heavens! Meredith had been her maid of honor! "Meredith! Can you please tell me something honestly?"

"Of course, hun, what did you need to know?"

"Since you were my maid of honor, can you tell me when my anniversary really is?"

To be continued….