Marlena sat in her office thinking about her conversation with John in the parking structure. She knew that he was worried about what was going to happen to their relationship, but even after they talked he seemed quite upset. She knew that even though they touched lightly on what was bothering them, John was still keeping something important from her. She had tried to push the issue further, but the hospital had paged her again to meet a patient.
"Excuse me Dr. Evans." Bridget said interrupting her thoughts as she entered the office. "I don't mean to bother you, but I want you to meet someone."
"No problem." Marlena said getting up and putting a carefree smile on her face.
"Dr. Evans," Bridget said leading Marlena into the lobby, "I'd like you to meet your new personal assistant Jenny Barnes."
"It's a pleasure to meet you Dr. Evans." Jenny smiled extending her hand. "I've read all of your articles in the medical journals."
"It's nice to meet you too Jenny." Marlena smiled shaking her hand. "By the way, you can call me Marlena."
"Abe, I'm just so confused about everything that's going on." John explained frustrated while sitting at Abe's desk. "I hate all of this lying and sneaking around Roman."
"Partner, I'm sure that it's going to end soon." Abe replied handing John a cup of coffee. "Roman is going to be back on his feet again, and you and Marlena will be free to be together. Marlena loves you and nothing will change that. You two have gone through too much to be together."
"That's just it Abe. We have gone through hell these past few years, and then suddenly when happiness seems to be within our reach, poof, one of the Dimera's has to come and ruin it." John recalled thinking about when Kristen ruined his wedding day.
"John, you will be able to marry Marlena again very soon." Abe explained looking at him. "There is something else bothering you, isn't there?"
"How'd you guess?" John asked looking at Abe.
"You're my best friend and I know when something is bothering you. What is it?" Abe asked him.
"It's Roman." John said closing his eyes and recalling the painful conversation he had with Roman. "He wants to start sleeping with Marlena again."
"What?" Abe asked confused. "What gives you that idea?"
"Roman." John answered looking at him. "He asked me this morning if I thought it was the right time for him to start sleeping with Doc again. He made it perfectly clear that he wanted to get back into living like husband and wife as soon as possible."
"I can't believe that he asked you that considering your history with Marlena." Abe replied taking it all in.
"He thinks that I'm happily married to Kristen right now, so he doesn't have any reservation about talking to me about this." John informed Abe.
"Did you tell Marlena about his intentions to jump back into things?" Abe asked him.
"No. What am I going to say? 'Doc, Roman just confessed that he wants to be the one making love to you every night.' I can't make her even more stressed than she already is." John explained to him. "If she knew Roman was thinking about that, then she would be on edge all of the time."
"John, she might actually be able to change his mind." Abe suggested. "She could influence him away from that."
"Abe, it's Marlena." John reminded him. "I can barely keep my hands off of her. Do you think that Roman is going to instantly lose his attraction to her just because she uses some psychology on him?"
"Good point." Abe said remembering Roman's passion for Marlena. "Speaking of you and Marlena, how are you two handling not being able to be together?"
"Well..." John began looking at the floor.
"I thought that you two agreed to wait to be together until this whole mess was over." Abe said watching his friend avoid his gaze.
"We did..." John began looking at Abe.
"..but you couldn't do it." Abe finished looking John over.
"Abraham, she looked so beautiful this morning when I arrived at the penthouse. Neither one of us could help it. It just sort of happened." John began explaining to him. "You know what she does to me partner. I just can't control my emotions when I'm with her."
"That's what worries me buddy." Abe said sitting down at his desk.
"Why?" John asked confused.
"John, I know that you let yourself onto an emotional roller coaster ride when Marlena's involved." Abe explained seriously to his friend. "You become so driven by your emotions. I just worry that you two will get into trouble again because of your feelings."
"If you're referring to the affair Abe, that was an extreme circumstance." John explained to him.
"That hurt a lot of people." Abe reminded him.
"Well, it hurt Doc and I to be apart for so long." John insisted thinking about the past. "We made some mistakes partner. I'll be the first one to admit that, but what I felt and do feel for Marlena is not wrong."
"I realize that John, and all I'm saying is that you should just be careful not to let your emotions get the best of you." Abe reminded him looking at the time. "Listen, I'm sorry to cut this short, but I have to meet Lexie for lunch."
"That's alright. I think that I'm going to take the kids over to see Doc anyways." John decided getting up. "Thanks for the talk partner."
"No problem." Abe smiled grabbing his jacket and walking towards the door. "You two just be careful. Okay?"
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