John and Marlena (Finally) Get a Q!

Chapter 21 - The Untitled Chapter

John pulled Marlena's thick white toweling robe off the hanger and wrapped it around her shoulders. Marlena slipped her arms through the holes and stretched sensuously as John crossed the robe across her front and tied it up. Taking hold of the collar of his robe, she pulled him forward into a slow, soft kiss.

With no warning other than a big grin, he swept Marlena up into his arms and carried her to the bed. He crawled onto the bed himself and molded his body against hers.

"Hi there." She raised her eyebrows and smiled seductively.

"Well, good morning to you Dr. Evans." John's voice was a low, throaty growl as he wiped the droplets of water off her face with his thumb.

"And what a good morning it was." Marlena raised her hands to John's cheeks, framing his face.

"Just what the good doctor ordered." John pulled Marlena's hand away from his face and twined his fingers with hers. He contemplated their hands together and then turned back to face her.

"That's us," he told her. "Our souls are interwoven throughout space and time. We were meant to be together Marlena. It's our destiny." The intensity of his eyes sent shivers through Marlena, and she found herself lost for words for a moment. The love she felt for John welled up inside her and knowing that words could never describe the intensity of her feelings for him, she put them all into a kiss that left him wide-eyed.

"Woah! What brought that on?" He asked with a sexy grin, his hand sneaking between the folds of her robe to caress her thigh

"It was to tell you how much I love you." She ran her fingernail down the center of his chest. "I still can't quite believe that you're here and you're real."

"Well, you'd better believe it, lady. I'm here and I'm not going away." He laughed as her stomach emitted a hungry grumble. "Well, perhaps I'll go downstairs and get some food for that beautiful body of yours."

"Only if the door is open. I tried it before, and it wasn't." Marlena told him. "And only on condition that I come with you. I'm not letting *you* out of my sight." John ran his hand up the back of her thigh and over the curve of her buttock.

"I have no problem with that." Marlena squirmed as his hand explored further and she regretfully pushed him away as her stomach made its intentions known again.

"I think food was the first thing on the agenda Mr. Black. Then I have to stop in at the office. And I think we'd better get you some fresh clothes if you're going to stay around here." John raised his eyebrows and then smiled hopefully at that comment. "This is going to have to wait until later."

"I'm holding you to that." His cheeky grin made her heart jump and she put her lips up near his ear. Softly she whispered into it.

"You'd better..."

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Carrie came out of the bedroom holding Will. She knew the change of clothes probably wouldn't last long, but she wanted him to look nice for his mom. Grant's reaction to the news that Sami was Will's mother rather than Carrie had been a kind of silent astonishment. When he had eventually pulled himself together enough to venture to ask why, Austin had merely told him that it was a long story and left it at that. His surprise had grown when he had learned that Sami had been taken to hospital the previous night, not that long after he had seen her.

"Well, Grant, sorry to kick you out but Austin and I had better get going." Carrie handed Will to his father and started throwing baby things in a bag to take with them.

"You're going to visit Sami?" Grant asked, passing the toy that Carrie was reaching for. "Yeah, thanks." Carrie tucked the stuffed dog in the bag and picked up Will's cup.