As he sat in the Starlight Lounge, a place he wouldn’t have come unless Bo hadn’t hounded him to no end, he could never have imagined what would come next. The lights were dimmed to announce the last act of the evening and John turned his attention to the stage. ‘Thank God this is almost over’ he said to himself.
Bo smiled at him. ‘You are in for the surprise of your life John my man’ he silently thought as he too turned his attention to the stage.
The first thing he saw was a sparkling pump followed by a slit in a dazzling dress and a pair of incredibly sexy legs. Something about the legs registered in his mind as his gaze followed her body line up to her face. The beautiful face with the huge hazel eyes and the golden blonde hair flowing down over her shoulders. His breath caught in his throat and he was frozen in place.
Bo looked over at him. “You OK there, Partner?” he said as he heard John gasp for air.
“Yeah, I’m fine Bo, just fine. Why the hell didn’t you tell me why we were coming here and what is she doing up there?” he replied, feeling slightly upset.
“Relax, John, she made me promise to get you here without telling you why. She still loves you John. She loves you with her whole heart and soul and she is risking everything to make you see some sense so just relax and listen to her sing. Let the music flow through you. It’s you she is singing to.”
John gave a half-smirk that said ‘I’ll get you for this later’ and returned his attention to Marlena who was just beginning the song.
He was awestruck by her. Her beautiful melodic voice, the way that dress hung on every curve of her gorgeous body…the way it shimmered as she moved towards him….closing the gap between them. He couldn’t take his eyes off her and he was finding it hard to breathe. She came ever closer still and he felt his desire jump up a notch or two.
She was now within arms length but he couldn’t touch her. So lost was he in the spell she was weaving that he didn’t have the strength to move.
Silently, Bo made his way to the bar and sat upon a stool watching Marlena work her magic. Hoping that those two would finally work everything out.
She could almost feel his arms around her, the sensuous touch of his hands running up and down her arms. The strength and power of those emotions almost causing her to miss the next verse – the most important verse. The verse that told him exactly what she was thinking and how she felt. How she would do anything to keep him.
John was mesmerized by her melodic voice, the slight swaying of her hips and the smoldering passion in her eyes as she sang with all her heart and soul to the one man who had ever held her heart as firmly as she held his.
It was too much and he couldn’t resist any longer. As Marlena moved towards him again he stood up and walked towards her.
She sang, as she looked into his eyes, straight through to his soul, willing him to believe her declaration and take it to heart.
John reached out for her and engulfed her in an embrace filled with new life, love and promise for the future as she continued to sing the final strains of the song.
Bo, still at the bar, watched his best friends with a smile on his face and breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that they would work everything out.
“After all, no one belongs together more than those two.” he said to himself as he took one last gulp of his beer and headed home for the evening, knowing that John and Marlena would be just fine and he had done his job.
The Jarlena Journal 