: : Summary : : Alex O'Connell is all grown up now, going on his own digs and such. He's even started a family. His wife, Emily Neilson O'Connell, and their son Joshua Alexander O'Connell love Egypt as much as Rick and Evie do. After a dig in which Evelyn and Rick stumble upon a famous ring that is saught after by a certain buyer. Adventure hits the two families head on as they get thrown into another precarious perdicament.
up at the six foot tall young man in front of her.
Despite being a bookworm, and the only young man on campus to have a 5.0 GPA,
Alex O'Connell was a very muscular gentleman. Being with his mother and
father going to Egypt, and having been through many adventures, he had gotten
taller and more masculine. He held Emily's small hand, and leaned down to
kiss her cheek.
Emily was the most beautiful young woman on the college campus, and Alex had
scored her. She was a very quiet young lady, modest in every sense of
the word. She loved Egypt, and studying about the foreign land, finding Alex
to study with. She had long curly blond hair, and gentle and loving violet
eyes.
" Would you like to come in? It's only seven o'clock, and my parents have
been dying to meet you." Alex offered as the car pulled up to the house, and
he extended his hand to her, helping her out of the car, and pulling her up
to the house. She nodded, and Alex opened the door to the lit house, and a
four year old little girl with footsie pajamas jumped up.
"Alex!" she cried and he bent over as she dove into his arms and he lifted
her up.
" Who is this beautiful young woman?" Emily asked, and she was met with a
head full of loose wavy brown curls.
Alex smiled and switched his little sister over to his other hip. "This is
Kirianna, but we call her Anna. Mum, dad, I'm home!" he called and took
Emily's hand as he pulled her into the other room where his parents were
sitting, his father with Jonathan drinking a glass of brandy, and his mother
with her small reading glasses on, reading a well worn book. "Mum, dad, this
is Emily." he announced, and she gave a light bow in Rick and Evie's
direction.
Rick stood and walked over to Alex, taking his daughter from him, and sending
her over to Jonathan. "Welcome to O'Connell Manor Emily, I'm Rick, and this
is Evelyn, and this is our daughter, that you've already met." he smiled and
took her hand lightly kissing it, making her blush.
" All right, get your hands off my lady." Alex growled, and snaked an arm
around Emily's waist. She leaned into him as Evelyn excused herself to put
Anna to sleep.
" Well, it's getting late, I should probably be getting home." Emily looked
at the dainty watch on her wrist.
"I'll walk you home." Alex smiled and they left a smiling Rick and Evie.
" They make a good couple." she smiled and turned out the lights, leading
Rick up to their room, closing the door lightly behind her.
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"Well, here we are." he looked down at her, and leaned against the doorframe,
looked down at her. "My parents really like you Em, and since it's our two
month anniversary, I've been waiting to give you this." he reached into his
pocket, and pulled out a small ring with an emerald in the center the shape
of a heart, with small heart like diamonds surrounding it on the band. He
lightly pushed her away from the door, and knelt down on his knee, taking his
Uncle Jon's advice. "Emily Neilson, will you marry me?" he asked taking her
hand as he looked lovingly up into her face.
Tears leaked from her eyes as she cupped his cheeks and nodded. "Yes, yes
Alexander I'll marry you!" she pulled him up and kissed him fully, wrapping
her arms around his neck and holding herself against him as Alex deepened the
kiss. That was how Emily's parents found them as the door opened behind the
couple. They pulled apart slowly, looking down at their feet. "Mum, dad,
Alex and I are going to get married." she announced, and her parents pulled
them both into the house, embracing the two bewildered young people.
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~Three years later~
"Em, my parents just got back from a dig in Thebes, and they're inviting us
over to the museum to look at the artifacts before they go to auction." Alex
called out to his wife as he walked into the room, seeing her lying on her
back looking up at the ceiling, the 18 month old baby over her head as she
made noises and the baby boy giggled.
" Well, when do we have to be there?" she called, not realizing that he was
standing at the doorway. "Oh." she jumped, seeing him at the doorway and set
Joshua Alexander O'Connell on his feet as he ran to his father.
" There's my boy." he called as he scooped him up and into the air. "Well,
the pieces go on sale at six, and I suppose we'll need at least an hour to
see them, so why don't we leave now? Its about four thirty, and I'll call
them and say we'll meet then there at five."
" It sounds to me that you've had this planned for a while." she sauntered
over to her husband, wrapping her arms around his neck as he set Josh down.
He wrapped his arms around her slim waist, pulling her closer to his muscled
body as he lowered his mouth to hers. His tongue swept across her lips,
teasing them as she opened her mouth to obligee him. He gently swept her
mouth, touching her tongue with his own, sighing into her mouth. They
finally came up for air, breathing hard and the desire flowed through both of
their veins, threatening to consume them.
A small cry brought them back to the present as Emily looked into the hall,
spotting Josh as he sat on the floor crying.
" Hed!" he laid his small chubby hand on his forehead, rubbing it lightly.
Emily kissed his head and handed him to Alex.
"I'll get ready, and meet you two downstairs in fifteen minutes. Get Josh
ready would you?" she couldn't look at him without wanted to make love to
him. She closed the door behind her, and leaned her back against it sighing
into the air, her eyes closing. Her body felt weak, and her knees were ready
to give out. Finally, she got dressed, and packed a few extra diapers for
Joshua, sweeping from the room with a spray of perfume. She met Alex and
Josh downstairs and smiled. Son was asleep on father's lap, as Alex rocked
him back and forth on the old squeaky rocking chair.
" Are you ready to go?" she asked quietly, seeing him in a tux, and Josh
dressed much the same, with a small white shirt, silk button up trousers, and
a small dark green silk vest. She lifted him off of his fathers lap, and
held him against her chest, his head propped on her shoulder.
" You look beautiful." he complimented, standing next to her, his tie
horribly crooked.
" Married for three years, and you've lived with your parents forever, and
you still haven't learned to properly put on a tie." she scolded, and he
tried to fix it in the small mirror hanging in the hallway to the O'Connell
Neilson Manor, bought as a wedding present for the new couple by the
O'Connell's and the Neilson's.
" It's impossible, but we're going to be late, so I'll have mum fix it when
we get there." he walked up behind her, pulling their jackets off of the
rack. "Let's go."