His Return [xlillyx and HR]

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Tony watched his son leave and frowned but was grateful for Julia and her words as well as the hug that he returned. "Thanks, Julia. It's good to know that he has a friend like you here for him." He smiled before going to check on the ranch. He might as well while he was down here and he wanted to be sure that he gave Jamie the space that he needed like Julia suggested. He just hoped that time was all Jamie needed.

Jamie knew that he shouldn't have gone off the wall like he had at his father. He needed a serious attitude adjustment. Not even before the army had he treated his father with so much disrespect. He knew that as soon as his father came home he'd say his apology. The man had just being worried about him and if he had a child in the same situation, he would have worried too. And as for the mess he'd now gotten himself into with Julia - well, he would just have to wait and see how that played out. He wasn't so sure that she would talk to Reece and now he promised himself he wouldn't do anything more with her unless she was a free woman. It wasn't fair on her fiance.

Reece glanced at the time. It was way past the time that him and Julia had decided to check out the church. In fact, it was close to the evening and too late to check it out now. He wondered when she'd be back and had tried to call her but it sounded like wherever she was she was out of range. Instead, he'd decided to try and make himself productive and was currently in the kitchen attempting to make a romantic meal for the two of them, another way to apologise for the arguing, the messing up he'd done and to somehow recreate the spark between them that he had suddenly realised today that he felt had changed between them.

He was now worried that Julia's feelings towards him were changing and this meal was trying to replicate the first time they'd met. Someone had stood her up - a friend or her brother or even a date, he couldn't remember and Reece had taken the seat instead of seeing a pretty woman eat alone. He wasn't the best of cooks, but he was going to try and make what they'd had that night for the both of them. He hoped it would make Julia smile again.

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"Shit! The church!"

Julia called out as she stopped at a stop sign that was right beside the church that she had spoken about getting married in. She completely forgot that she was suppose to go check it out with Reece, she was to busy getting Jamie to go back home. A sigh escaped her lips, it didn't matter now, they could go a different day. Will there even be a wedding though? She slowly closed her blue eyes, her feelings were so confused, and thoughts were flying through her head.

Julia couldn't believe that she still had her old feelings for Jamie. She figured all of these years and meeting Reece, she would never look back on those feelings. When she was younger, she thought about her future, and that future would include Jamie. He was her first love, her first kiss, and she would have so much messing around, flirting. Was Jamie really her only true love? Was Reece and her marriage, doomed from the start?

Her eyes fluttered open, she shook her head, and started to drive again. Once home, Julia parked the car, got out, and went to the house. When she opened the door, her nose was meet with a mixture of smells as if someone was cooking. Reece never cooked. Julia took her shoes off, went to the kitchen, and was meet with Reece cooking supper.

"What are you doing?" She asked with a raised eyebrow. Julia walked over to Reece, looked at the food. Memories flooded her mind. It was the food that they ate when they first met. One of Julia's friends hooked her up on a blind date, that date went to complete crap because the guy never showed up, and right when Julia was about to leave; Reece sat down.

Julia's stomach twisted as she thought about those old memories, she felt happy and guilty at the same time. Her emotions were starting to become even more confused. Julia started to get light headed. "Excuse me." She whimpered before she dashed off to the downstairs bathroom. Soon, the house was filled with the sounds of Julia throwing up.

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Well that wasn't the reaction he'd been expecting when she finally came through the door. In fact, when he thought it couldn't get any worse, it did get worse. She disappeared and he could hear her throwing up. Something was wrong, and then suddenly another thought occurred to him - she wasn't being sick because she was pregnant, right? No way. They'd always been careful. And wasn't it supposed to be morning sickness? He frowned, hopefully it wasn't his cooking. He was no chef, but he was trying his best.

Reece immediately stopped what he was doing though and moved to the bathroom door. "Jules, are you okay? Do you need help? Was it my cooking? If it's the cooking, I'll stop and throw it away. I didn't think it smelled that bad, and I know I'm not a great cook, but I'm following the recipe from my iPad." He told her.

Could this time off they were supposed to be having get any worse. Then another thought occurred to him. She'd gone to find Jamie. What if something bad had happened?

"Did you find Jamie?" He asked her.

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Julia sat on the bathroom floor, she flushed the toilet, and rubbed her face. She had gotten herself worked up, her emotions were on high, and it was to much for her body to take. This wasn't the first time she had done this before. Julia stood up, went over to sink, and started to brush her teeth. Reece started to talk to her through the door, she shook her head when he started to talk about his cooking.

After her teeth was brushed, she washed her mouth out with mouthwash, than opened the door right when Reece asked her about Jamie. Julia nodded her head. "I did find Jamie, he had gone off, and went to the ranch. He simply needed out of the house for some air and away from his father for a little while." She explained.

Julia walked around Reece and headed back to the kitchen. "Don't worry, Reece. It wasn't your cooking, I got a little light headed, that was all." She called back as she explained her reason for getting sick. Julia went over to the counter, then back towards Reece with a small smile. "So cooking for me so you won't have to sleep on the couch?" She teased him.

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Reece looked at Julia concerned but didn't want to mention something and start a fight. Not once did he look at her wrists though. He trusted her enough to hope that she would never do that again. "I thought it would be nice to recreate an old memory. My few days off hasn't exactly gone as planned and I know we're disagreeing on wedding plans now... I just thought it would be nice to remember why we fell in love with each other instead." He told her.

"If you don't like it just tell me." He told her, heading back over to the kitchen and ready to stop cooking if Julia said she didn't like this romantic gesture at all. "I just want you to know how much I love you, that's all. And I'm sorry for being difficult the last few days. Or few months, depending on what way you look at things." He told her.

The food was basic, chicken wrapped in bacon, a soup for their starter and a (bought) cheesecake because Reece wasn't that advanced in cooking. He moved over to set the table for them and got their potato and leek soup ready. "If you don't like it, I'll understand. I'm not sure if I made it right." He told her, placing the bowls on the table.

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Julia smiled as she listened to Reece. "You are such a sweetheart, baby." She walked over to him and gave him a peck on the lips. She could still taste Jamie's lips. "Why wouldn't I like it?" She asked with a raised eyebrow. Julia watched as Reece got their soup and placed it on the table, she walked over to him though, and took his hands in her own hands. "Reece, what's wrong?" She asked.

It seemed something was bothering him, of course they had a fight, but all couples had fights. It was nothing they couldn't get past. "You seem up tight. I know we had a fight, but that never has effected us before." She lightly squeezed his hands than snorted. "I was upset, alright? I love the idea of seeing you more around the house, but if you keep acting all up tight, and baby me; I will have to lock you outside." A grin formed on her lips.

Julia wrapped her arms around Reece's neck and hugged him tightly. "Thank you for cooking for me but I want to see the fun Reece, that I fell in love with." She whispered into his ear, before she kissed his cheek, and pulled away from him. "Let's eat. I'm starving now." Julia giggled as she gave Reece a light smack on his butt before she walked to her chair.

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Reece sighed. "My whole plan for this few days off was to spend time with you, Jules. To spend time having fun and hanging out like we used to. It totally backfired on me and the last couple of days... I just... I don't want to lose you. I love you and you mean the world to me. I guess I just worried that we'd lost our spark or something." He admitted finally.

When Julia started joking though, he had to laugh. "I'll try and stop babying you." He agreed. "I don't want to be locked outside on our wedding night or nothing." He smiled, kissing her cheek.

When she became playful enough to smack his butt, he laughed. He hadn't seen this Julia for a long time. Probably because he'd been working so much. "Careful dearest, we might just end up missing dinner if you keep acting like that." He joked before taking a seat and testing his soup. "Wow... I can taste the potato and leek in this soup. I think it's not too bad." He grinned, proud of himself.

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Julia looked up from her soup, she raised an eyebrow. "Baby, I know you wanted to spend time with me, but at least we got our feelings out, and now know that we need to work on somethings. I love you too." She smiled than giggled. "Lose our spark? Baby, we may hit a few bumps in the road but we could never lose our spark."

Julia took a sip of the soup, it wasn't that bad. Not the best but better than she thought it would be. Though she smirked when Reece joked about missing dinner, she shot him a wink. "Promise?" She giggled. Julia nodded her head in agreement. "It's good. You did good, babe." She started to eat her soup again.