Title: Conceived

Author: MBooker

 

 

 

When her stomach started growling, Evelyn had eased out of bed and tiptoed into the wash room for a nice hot bath. After soaking and easing the soreness she had, Evelyn got out of her bath, dried off and quickly and quietly got dressed. Rick had not budged and she decided to leave her sleeping husband and go in search of something to tide her over until he awakened so that they could have breakfast together. Evelyn did not mind leaving him because she wondered if she

would be able to face him in the bright daylight after their night together. And what a beautiful night it was.

 

Evelyn sat at the table in the hotel café sipping on a cup of cocoa and a smile crept across her face. For the second time that morning, Evelyn fondly remembered her wedding night. After recalling every moment, every word, every touch, every sigh, her thoughts turned to Rick's proposal...

 

"Evelyn, will you marry me?" he said.

 

That was easy enough Rick thought. 'Evelyn will you marry me'. He said those five words over and over and over again. Even though Rick had decided on their way back from Hamunaptra that he would ask Evelyn, it had been a week since they had returned and he still had not gotten those five words past his lips to Evelyn's ears. He was scared to death. He was scared of two little letters. N and O. What if she said 'no' Rick thought a thousands times. What if she thought

he was not good enough to marry? What if, what if, what if... Rick tortured himself mercilessly as his imagination ran wild with all types of reasons why she would say 'no'. What would he do if she turned him down?

 

After three days of pure hell, Rick decided to just ask and get it over with. But every time Rick opened his mouth to ask her, it would go dry, his tongue would swell up and his brain would forget the English language. 'da da da' where the only incoherent sounds he could mutter.

 

"Talking to yourself O'Connell?" Jonathan said cheerfully as he sat down next to Rick, who had a shot raised to his lips.

 

When he entered the casbah, Jonathan had seen Rick sitting at the bar talking. The only problem was he was talking to no one. He wondered if his sister had succeeded in driving the poor man crazy. Since they had returned to Cairo, his sister and O'Connell were almost inseparable and he knew from experience that Evy could be a hand full.

 

"I guess you could say that" Rick said after he swallowed his drink.

 

"My sister's driving you crazy huh? The usual" Jonathan said to the bartender.

 

"I guess you could say that too" Rick looked at Jonathan sideways then poured himself another drink.

 

"Don't worry. If you stick around you'll get use to old Mum" Jonathan said as he poured his own drink. "But I must warn you. She will nag you about your drinking."

 

"Oh yeah" Rick smiled as he looked at the glass held between his pointing finger and thumb.

 

Drink was a comfort to him but he knew that if Evelyn said 'yes' to him, he would have no more need to drink. She would be all the comfort he needed.

 

"Most definitely!" Jonathan downed his own shot. "But you've got to love her" he said off handedly, not realizing that Rick already did. "She's the good sort. And I'm not just saying that because she's my sister" Jonathan assured Rick. "I wouldn't trade her for all the gold in Egypt" he said honestly. "So what were you talking to yourself about?"

 

Rick actually considered telling Jonathan that he was going to ask Evelyn to marry him but quickly changed his mind.

 

"Nothing you'd be interested in."

 

Rick and Jonathan talked about nothing for the next twenty minutes before Rick told Jonathan he had something to do and left. Rick was to meet Evelyn at the Museum of Antiques to help her with something. As he walked to the museum, he rehearsed his line. 'Evelyn will you marry me? Evelyn will you marry me?' Easy. Easy as pie he thought. He could do it. He would do it. Do it before the day was over. He had wasted enough time already. He would do it today come hell or high

water.

 

When Rick got to the museum, he had to go around back because it was closed to the public and would reopen in a week. He knocked on the back door and shortly after Evelyn opened it.

 

"Hello" she smiled.

 

"Hello yourself" Rick smiled back and leaned in and kissed her. "So what is it you need help with?" Rick asked as he followed Evelyn inside the museum.

 

"There's a bit of a mess in the library" she said over her shoulder.

 

When they got to the library, Rick could not believe what he saw. He was looking at a library whose bookcases, all of them, were toppled over.

 

"What happened in here?"

 

"A small accident" Evelyn said.

 

"Small?" Rick looked at her incredulously.

 

"Yes well..."

 

"Who did this?"

 

"Well..." Evelyn said as she looked around the library.

 

"YOU did this?" Rick looked at Evelyn when she did not answer his question.

 

"Well yes... but it was an accident."

 

"How in the world did you do this Evelyn?"

 

"I told you it was an accident!" Evelyn said, getting a little irritated. She did not care to be reminded of how clumsy she was.

 

"I heard you. But HOW did you do it?"

 

"I was trying to put a book on one of the top shelves and the latter I was on decided to stand up straight..." Evelyn explained what happened.

 

After hearing and picturing Evelyn balancing herself on a latter then falling into one bookcase, then that bookcase falling into another and so on, Rick could not help but laugh.

 

"I don't think it's THAT funny" Evelyn frowned at him.

 

"I do" Rick laughed.

 

"Well" Evelyn said and put her hands on her hips. "Are you going to help me or stand there all day laughing?"

 

Rick sobered when he saw her scowl and smothered his laughter. "At your service ma'am" he bowed mockingly. "Where do we... start?" Rick said as a laugh escaped his lips.

 

"Well..." Evelyn said, ignoring his laugh and looking at the fallen bookcases. "I'm not sure."

 

Once they figured out where to start, they worked for 2 hours before taking a break. Evelyn took Rick on a tour of the museum and afterwards they went back to the library and worked until they had all the bookcases standing. Evelyn told Rick she wanted to get all the books back in their proper place, but she could handle that by herself and it would probably be late when she finished. Rick told her he did not want her to be alone at the museum at night so he stayed and helped.

 

"I am exhausted!" Evelyn said when she put the last book back where it belonged. "It's been a long day and I'm ready for bed."

 

Rick was not tired but he was hungry.

 

"Don't you want to get something to eat?"

 

"No" Evelyn said. "I'm too tired to eat."

 

That response blew a hole in Rick's plan to ask Evelyn to marry him over dinner. Rick was determined though to ask Evelyn before the day was over and his only choice was to ask her now.

 

"Evelyn" Rick said.

 

"Yes"

 

Rick's stomach started churning and his palms started sweating. He took a deep breath and tried to open his mouth.

 

"Wha... ah..." he said as he shifted his weight from one leg to another.

 

"Are you alright?" Evelyn asked, concern evident in her voice. Rick looked as if he were going to be sick.

 

"ah... y e a h" his voice shook. "Evel... Evelyn..."

 

"Are you sure you're alright?" she asked when Rick did not say anything else.

 

"Y e a h" he nodded his head.

 

Then Rick stood there like a statue, a dumb statue and could not get the words out of his mouth. 'Will you marry me' seemed easy enough to say. So why was he having a difficult time?

 

"Rick" Evelyn walked up to him and laid her hand on his cheek. "Are you SURE you're OK?"

 

"Fine" he shook his head nervously. "I'm ah... I'm fine. I ah... wanted... ah... I wanted... ah to... ah... yeah... I wanted to... " he backed away from her.

 

"You wanted to..." Evelyn tried to prompt Rick when he just stood there staring at her like a fool.

 

"Yeah, I'm fine" he said, so nervous that he did not realize he had already given that answer. "I just wanted..."

 

"Yes..." Evelyn said.

 

"Evelyn... I ah... have something... to tell you" Rick said then mentally punched himself. He had something to ASK her not tell her.

 

Evelyn wondered what was so hard for him to tell her. Then she began to worry. Was he trying to tell her he was leaving Cairo, leaving her? Was there someone else in his life that he had not told her about? Had he made her fall in love with him only to desert her?

 

"Yes" Evelyn said in a trembling voice as tears started in her eyes. She braced herself for the worst.

 

"I was wondering..." Rick started, too nervous noticed her trembling voice and teary eyes. "I needed to know... What are you doing for the next 70, 80 years?"

 

"What?" Evelyn was bewildered. What was she going to be doing for the next 70, 80 years?

 

"You got any plans?"

 

Of course she had plans. She wanted to continue her education and complete her doctorate in library sciences, she wanted to become the leading expert in archaeology and Egyptology, she wanted...

 

"I mean, will you be to busy for... do you think you'll have time..." Rick got tongue tied again and cleared his throat. "Ahem... What I'm trying to say is..." Sweat broke out in his armpits and Rick started pacing.

 

"Rick" Evelyn said as she watched him pace back and forth. "What is it you want to say to me?"

 

"I'm trying to say..." he ran his hand through his hair as he continued to pace. "Evelyn..." he stopped his pacing, looked at her and took a deep, deep breath. 'I love you. Will you marry me?' he said in his mind. "What do you say to you... me... us... you and me... me and you... us... yeah... us getting hitched. Getting hitched, you and me" he said.

 

"Getting hitched?" Evelyn was not familiar with that expression.

 

"Yeah" Rick said, not realizing what she did not understand his meaning.

 

"I don't know what you mean."

 

Damn it! Rick thought. He had gotten it out but she did no understand what he was saying. Then he thought, hell, I jump into everything else. Why not jump in and just ask her in plain English? English she can understand.

 

"Evelyn... will you... will you be my wife? Will you marry me?" he rushed out before he lost his voice.

 

There! He had said it and it really was not that hard. Now he waited. And waited. He started wondering how long it would take her to answer. Hopefully not as long as it took him to ask. Then he started torturing himself again. What if she said no? Was she trying to find the right words to let me down easy? She was staring at him with her mouth opened but no words were coming out.

 

"Evelyn?" Rick asked. "Will you marry me? Please?"

 

She heard his question and understood it but she could not seem to speak. Evelyn had wanted to hear those words from him and now that she had she could hardly believe he had said them.

 

"If you need time" Rick said, fearing that she was about to turn him down. "I understand. I know everything happened so fast. But" he started to plead his case. "I feel in my gut we're right. You and me together. And I want to spend the rest of my life making you happy."

 

Evelyn started crying and her tears rushed down her cheeks. She wanted to spend the rest of her life with him too. She just could not make her lips move to tell him that. Rick walked up to her and took her face between his hands and used his thumbs to wipe her tears.

 

"Evelyn please... please say 'yes'. I promise I'll be a good husband."

 

"yes" Evelyn whispered.

 

"I promise to let you drive me crazy if that's what you want to do. I promise not to ever take another drink in my life. I promise..."

 

Then Rick realized she said 'yes'. He looked at her in astonishment and now he was the one not believing what he had heard. She said 'yes' not 'no'. She said 'yes'! He wanted to hear 'yes' but he was having difficulty accepting that she had said 'yes'.

 

"Yes?" he asked, hoping he had heard right.

 

"yes" Evelyn whispered again as she shook her head.

 

"yes?" Rick said and his eyes started to water.

 

That 'yes' filled his heart with a feeling of absolute joy that he had never felt before. She said 'yes'. He was overwhelmed with the emotions that were running through him. She said 'yes'. She would be his wife, he would be her husband. She said 'yes'. They would be together for the rest of their lives. She said 'yes'. He was the happiest man alive. She said 'yes'. And his dream had come true.

 

"yes" Evelyn said.

 

"yes?" A tear escaped down Rick's cheek as the love he saw in her eyes rushed over him like a flood. He rested his forehead on hers. "yes?" Rick was in shock.

 

"yes" Evelyn said and cried even more as she wiped his tear.

 

The two stood there looking at each other, smiling. The truth settling in the minds and hearts of them both - they were going to be married. Rick came out of his shock first and wrapped his arms around Evelyn's waist, lifted her off the ground and spun her around.

 

"Whoooaaaa!!" he shouted.

 

Evelyn laughed a joyous laugh and wrapped her arms around his neck as the man she loved swirled her around. After making himself and Evelyn dizzy, Rick staggered to a stop, squeezed Evelyn tight and set her on her feet. They shared a tender kiss, rubbed noses and stood, still embracing, smiling at each other.

 

"Evy!"

 

Damn it! Jonathan! Rick thought.

 

GO away Jonathan! Evelyn thought.

 

Jonathan walked into the library looking at its restored condition. "Looks like you've been working hard."

 

"Leave Jonathan" Rick said in a menacing voice, still holding Evelyn close. "NOW!"

 

Jonathan saw Rick's back and Evelyn's arms wrapped around his neck and knew what they were up too.

 

"Oh please" he sighed. "Can't you two take a breather. I..."

 

"JONATHAN! GET!! OUT!!!" Rick shouted.

 

"Yes well..." Jonathan said, slightly offended that he could not even tell his sister his good news. "I know when I'm not wanted" he said then turned and left the lovebirds alone.

 

"I wonder what he wanted" Evelyn smiled up at her new fiancé.

 

"Who cares" Rick said then lowered his head to steal another kiss.

 

At the moment, Evelyn did not care what her brother wanted. All she cared about was the man holding her. When the kiss ended, they rubbed noses again.

 

"Yes?" Rick grinned.

 

"Yes" Evelyn grinned back.

 

"I promise you won't regret it."

 

"I'm sure I won't" Evelyn said and they stood there smiling and staring at each other for several long minutes. "Are we going to stand here all night?" Evelyn eventually said.

 

"We could" Rick said. "Or we could go find a chaplain."

 

"I think the chapel might be closed this time of night. Besides" Evelyn said. "We have a lot of planning to do."

 

"Planning for what?"

 

"Our wedding."

 

"How much planning does it take to go to the chapel and get married."

 

"Rick" Evelyn said as she dropped her arms from around his neck. "We have to make arrangements with the chaplain, I have to get a dress, I'd like to invite a few family friends..."

 

"How long is all that gonna take?" Rick said, dropping hands from around her waist and frowning slightly.

 

"Six months maybe."

 

"Six months?! Evelyn that's too long" Rick protested.

 

"No it's not. Not really."

 

"Yes" Rick shook his head. "It is."

 

After much discussion, they settled on having the wedding in two months. The time passed quickly and their wedding day came. It was a small, cozy wedding with a few of Evelyn's childhood friends in attendance. Jonathan gave Evelyn away then took his place next to Rick. He would soon be family and he was the closest thing Rick had to family or friend so he stood up as best man.

 

The growling in Evelyn's stomach brought her back to the present. She looked at her watch and decided to go back to the suite. She was sure Rick was up and ready for breakfast and probably wondering where she had gotten off to...

 

 

          

The door to the bedroom opened and Rick was pulled from reliving his wedding night.

 

"Oh..." Evy said, startled. "I... ah... I 'm... sorry" she said automatically.

 

She was expecting to find Rick up and dressed but instead he was still in bed, still naked. At least from the waist up. The sheet was covering his lower half but Evelyn suspected he was naked under there too.

 

"For what?" Rick grinned at her as he sat up and leaned against the headboard.

 

For walking in on you in a state of undress Evelyn thought. "For ah..." Evelyn said. "I thought you'd be up and ready for breakfast."

 

"I hadn't thought about breakfast. Had other things on my mind" he smiled delightfully. "Where you been?"

 

"I went to get some cocoa."

 

"I thought you had run out on me" Rick teased her.

 

"After only one day?" Evelyn smiled.

 

"I'm glad you decided to come back" Rick smiled a sexy smile and Evelyn felt goose bumps as his words and his eyes swept over her.

 

"Are you... are you hungry?" Evelyn said, feeling nervous.

 

"Yeah" Rick answered. "But not for food."

 

Evelyn quickly recognized the look in Rick's eyes. It was the same look they had last night. And Evelyn quickly put two and two together and blushed. She was learning her husband very quickly and rightly guessed what he wanted. All of a sudden her hunger for food took a back seat to another hunger.

 

"Well... ah... I..." she did not know quite what to say to him. She was still more shy than bold in this new area.

 

"Why don't you come over here" Rick said and patted the bed next to him. "And keep me company. It's been lonely without you."

 

Evelyn's face heated up but she was more than happy to walk over to the bed. She sat down facing her husband. Rick smiled at her and pulled her close.

 

"You left this morning without giving me a 'good morning' kiss" he said just before his lips covered hers.

 

They shared a good morning kiss and it quickly turned into a kiss of passion. As they kissed, Rick pulled the pins from Evelyn's hair and it cascaded down over his hands. Rick then began unbuttoning Evelyn's blouse. His lips moved from hers to her cheek, then her neck as he pulled her unbuttoned blouse out of her skirt. He slid the blouse off her shoulders and down her arms as he kissed his way along her collarbone to her shoulder. Evelyn enjoyed the caresses of his lips as she put her hands on his arms and slid them up to rest on his strong shoulders. She closed her eyes and sighed when Rick began nibbling on her neck. He was ever so slowly making his way back to her sweet lips. He kissed beneath her jaw then moved up her cheek to the side of her mouth. He used his tongue to trace a wet line over her bottom lip, then her top one.

 

Evelyn opened her mouth wanting more of him and Rick obliged and slid his tongue into her mouth. Their tongues touched and mated wildly as Rick's hands went around Evelyn's waist to the button on her skirt. After unbuttoning the skirt, he unzipped it. Then his fingertips crept up her spine and took hold of the clasp of her brassiere and undid it. Rick then slid his finger into the crevice of Evelyn's bosom and pulled the brassiere off of her and threw it on the floor.

He cupped both bosoms, squeezing them then used his thumbs to caress the buds.

 

Evelyn sighed into his mouth, forgetting about her shyness. All she wanted now was what she had last night. Rick also wanted what he had last night. He leaned into Evelyn, gently pushing her back until she was lying on the bed and he was on top of her. Their kiss remained hot until Rick moved to kiss her chin then licked and kissed his way down the center of her neck. He kissed down between her bosoms then inched his way over to one. Rick covered her with his mouth, running his tongue over her hardened bud causing Evelyn to let out a

pleasurable gasp. She ran her fingers through Rick's hair, holding him in place as she enjoyed what her husband was doing to her. After Rick thoroughly loved one bosom he gave attention to the other, not wanting it to feel neglected. Evelyn was glad for the all attention and shivered delightfully under the thoroughness of his care.

 

After many suckles and licks, Rick moved lower down her smooth stomach. He pulled on her skirt and Evelyn lifted her hips. Rick kissed lower as he pushed the skirt down to her thighs. Rick lingered over her navel, letting his tongue dart in and out of it. He soon moved even lower and kissed down one thigh as he pulled the skirt and her stockings down. After the skirt and stockings were out of his way, Rick put his hands on her hips and slowly pulled Evelyn's delicates down, exposing all of her flesh to his hungry eyes. When her delicates hit the floor, Rick sat back on his haunches to look at the British beauty that lay before him and he still had a hard time believing that she was all his.

 

Evelyn felt embarrassed being so fully exposed to him in the light of day but it was definitely too late to turn back now. And she would not turn back if she could. She wanted to go where she had gone the night before. She wanted her husband. She wanted all of him and her eyes moving tentatively to the center of his desire. She blushed profusely and hot blood rushed to her cheeks. Evelyn did not have time to be overly flustered for too long because Rick took her by the

ankles and spread her legs. He touched her, causing Evelyn to gasp and jump. Rick smiled down at her as he moved his fingers against her.

 

"ooooohhhh" Evelyn sighed as she closed her eyes tight and her legs began to tremble.

 

Rick enjoyed watching Evelyn's body quiver at his touch. And he loved hearing the pleasurable sounds coming from her lips. Rick slid his finger inside, bringing a louder 'ooooohhhhh' from Evelyn. Rick badly wanted to touch her with his lips but did not want to shock her too much. Then in the next instance he lowered himself.

 

"R I C K!" Evelyn let out a screamed moan.

 

She felt something warm covered her and then her body began to tingle with rapturous sensations. As his mouth suckled her, Rick's hands caressed Evelyn's inner thighs, heightening her enjoyment. It was all too much for her and Evelyn thought she would past out from the sheer pleasure of it all. Her moans went up a few decibels as Rick took her to the pinnacle. She screamed out his name as her body released its bound up passion. Rick then moved quickly and joined himself with her, pushing to the very center of his wife. Evelyn received him

gladly and the two were complete now that they were one. After several long moments of extremely sensual glides in and out, Rick soon let out a guttural cry and spilled himself into Evelyn.

 

Their hearts pounded and their breathing was labored as the lovers embraced each other and waited for their bodies to cool down. Rick lifted himself off of Evelyn and shifted them from the foot of the bed to the head of the bed. They ended up lying on their sides, facing each other. Evelyn tried to be discreet as she pulled the sheet up over her chest. Rick let out a small laugh but did not

tease her about it. Instead, he pushed a wayward strand of hair away from her face then ran his finger down the side of her face.

 

"What have you done to me Evelyn?" Rick spoke his thoughts. He was more in love with her at that moment than he had been just the day before.

 

Evelyn looked into his eyes but could not speak. She saw so much love in his eyes that it almost took her breath away. Evelyn reached up and touched his lips with her fingertips. Rick puckered up and kissed her fingers then grabbed her hand and placed a sweet kiss in her palm. Evelyn followed his lead and pulled her hand from his grasp. She took his hand, kissed each finger then placed a kiss in his palm. For the next hour they made love to each other through intimate touches, intimate caresses, intimate kisses and then finally through

joining themselves together.

 

Eventually, the two got out of bed, bathed and got dressed. Rick finished dressing first and was waiting for Evelyn as she stood in the mirror doing her hair. If it were not for their growling stomachs, he would keep her locked up for the rest of the day. He came up behind her and wrapped his hands around her waist. He looked at her reflection in the mirror and she smiled at him.

 

"That..." he said then kissed her cheek. "was..." he whispered in her ear. "the best..." he bit her earlobe. "breakfast I've ever had" he ended in a husky voice.

 

Evelyn let out a giggle and turned red. It was the best breakfast she had ever had too. Rick's stomach growled again and he released Evelyn and let her finish her grooming. When Evelyn was done, the two went to the café for brunch. As the newlyweds sat eating, neither knew that it was no longer just the two of them. There was now a brand new life nestled safely in Evelyn's womb.