He approached her and gently turned her around to face him, wanting to reassure her that he was thrilled she had returned to him. “Marlena, let me tell you right now, you have made me incredibly happy, delerious actually. Doc, you can’t know how….much I missed you, how I ached for you… and now you’re here, looking as….beautiful as ever, no, more beautiful than I even remembered.”
“Oh, Roman…” she sighed as he moved closer again.
Roman felt the emotions rushing in and he stood inches from her and told her what it was like when he thought she died, “Marlena, you’re here and I can hold you in my arms again, I can touch your soft skin and look into those…amazing eyes of yours.” As he spoke, he caressed her cheek and stroked her hair, almost worshipping her and she felt herself getting lost in his eyes and the intense feelings of desire his touch stirred throughout her body. Then, he stepped back a minute while reflecting and his voice quivered as he spoke, a few more tears forming in his eyes as he recounted, “Doc, it was…hell, learning to live without you…every night when I’d go to bed all I could think of was…how we..made love, knowing I would…never touch you, never…love you like that again and every day when I’d wake up and reach for you… and find you weren’t there….Oh God, Doc…I missed you so much, it hurt so bad sometimes that I wanted to die myself, and if it weren’t for the kids….”
“Oh, honey, I’m so sorry you had to go through that!” she cried as she reached for his hand.
Slightly embarassed at his open display of emotions, he moved away again, toward the door. “Hey…I’m sorry, here I am going on and on about me. Then turning back toward her he added, “Look, Marlena, I just wanted to make sure that you don’t doubt for one second that I am overjoyed that you’re back. No matter what else happens from here on out, promise me you won’t forget that, Doc,” he said rather intensely as he stared into her hesitant eyes.
“I won’t, I promise Roman,” she answered firmly, understanding what he was getting at. It was the issue they weren’t ready to handle, the future. “Roman, I want to tell you what it’s like for me, I was…in a coma-like state and when I came around, I had no idea where I was or what was happening and then I saw a newspaper and I found out that five years had passed. Five years passed by while I was….sleeping. And now, here I am stepping back into a place that I called home and to me it feels like it was only yesterday, but everyone has gone on with their lives without me. I’m not sure how I’ll fit in, that’s why I didn’t contact you immediately, I just felt…so….out of place and I….. ”
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