Rafe slip his hand from Alison�s neck to the button on her blue jeans. She quivered with every touch. That�s what she loved so much about making love with him, the way he touched her so gently and lovingly. It was shire ecstasy.
Rafe was struggling with the buttons on her jeans. �What is there like a hundred of these damn things?� Rafe thought to himself. Alison must have realized his inpatients with her jeans so she gently placed her hands on his to give him a little help with the pesky problem he was having.
�Oh Alison!� He started kissing every inch of her body that was already bare.
�I love you, Rafe!� His lips found their way back to hers, and then the phone rang�
He paused for a moment to say, �Did you hear something?�
�Nothing worth getting up for!�
Their lips met again as the answering machine picked up, �Rafe!! I know you�re there with that little blonde tramp.�
Rafe immediately stopped what he was doing to prevent Alison from enduring anymore of Livvie�s hatred, �That�s enough, Livvie. Alison never did anything to you except be your friend.�
�She took everything that ever belonged to me!�
�The sooner you realize that YOU are your own worst enemy and that you lost everything because of the things you did the sooner you can get the help you need and maybe, just maybe, you can get better.�
�What do you know? You�re just a loser fallen angel that fell into the first bed that came your way. Every time you kiss that slut just remembers the wild sex you had with ME over and over again!�
He wasn�t even going to respond to that. He just hung up the phone and walked over to Alison and took her in his arms.
�I�m so sorry about that.�
Alison moved to the couch and started straightening herself up, �It�s ok Rafe. I do realize that she is really REALLY troubled and sick. I really wish she does get better.�
Rafe sat down next to her and started kissing her shoulder, �God, how did I get so lucky?�
He looked into her eyes and gently tucked her hair behind her ear, �You are the most amazing person �woman that I�ve ever met. You care so much about people. That�s one of the reasons I fell so in love with you. You have a warm caring heart that just made me melt.�
�Yeah, I only wish that I could have helped her in someway, she was after my best friend.�
�See that�s it! After everything she�s done to you�to us, you can still be her friend.�
Alison stood up and started pacing the living room floor, �Whoa Wait!! I didn�t exactly say that. I do want her to be, well, normal and sane again, but I don�t think I could like be her friend again. I mean, so much has happened and she hates me so much. Even if I tried�or wanted to be friends with her again how could I get passed the fact that she wanted me dead? She tried to kill me Rafe.�
Rafe walked over to her and grabbed her hand to stop her pacing, �Alison, something happened? I can see it in your eyes. Tell me.�
�Well�before I came here I stopped at the sanitarium to try and�I don�t know maybe mend some fences with Livvie. I only wanted to tell her that, you know, I�d be here if she needed me when she isn�t��
�When what?�
�Well, when she isn�t so crazy, but she treated me so��
Rafe put his arms around her, �It�s ok! It�s ok Angel, I understand, but I know that with my Dad up there looking down on us he�ll make sure that Livvie somehow gets better and doesn�t bother us again. I�m sure of it.�
Alison glazed into his loving eyes, �I hope so, but do you really think he can do it? Because you know that�s a pretty big job, it is after all Livvie we�re talking about.�
�Angel, you forget that Ed can do anything if he puts his heart and soul into it after all he is MY father!� He gave her that grin of his as he said it.
She smiled back at him and brought their lips together once more.
As they kissed the clock on the wall chimed to signal the top of the hour. He reluctantly looked to see what time it was, �It�s getting late, Alison, I better get back to the lighthouse. I ran out of there so quickly when I heard your message, I bet Lucy is dying to find out what happened.�
�And talking to Lucy can get very tiring. And it�s not a good idea to keep her in suspense. You don�t know what she�ll do if she has to wait to see if her plan worked.�
She walked him to the door. They kissed as he started to leave and she said, �Bye. Until tomorrow?�
�I�m counting the seconds.�
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Ed sat at his desk watching his son comfort Alison with hope that somehow, someway things would all work out. ��Ed can do anything if he puts his heart and soul into it after all he is MY father!�
He smiled as he turned off the monitor and leaned back in his chair, �You�re right kid. I am on the job. The spell may be off of Livvie but her head is still so clouded with hate that it won�t let her see what�s really in her heart.�
He stood up from his chair and walked over to a closet. He opened the door and pulled out a white lab coat, �Alright Livvie, It�s time to start listening to that heart of yours.�
Ed turned and walked out of the office and slowly disappeared.