Eve & Julian's 'Vision' @ the Crane Party (Short, complete)
by SIPort
 
 

Just in case I don't get an Evian 'vision' at the party, here is what went through my mind:
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Julian comes home with a briefcase. There is a butler waiting for him.

" Welcome home, Mr. Crane."

" Thank you, Jeeves."

" Mrs. Crane told me to inform you that she was waiting for you upstairs."

" Thank you."

" Have a good evening, Sir."

Julian walks up the stairs to his bedroom. He opens the door, and it's dark, outside of being lit by candlelight.

" Eve?"

" Mr. Crane, is that you?"

" Yes."

" Finally. I thought the jet would never get you here."

" Um, Eve...what is this?"

" What is what, Darling?"

" Um...this!"

" Julian," Eve says, showing herself. She's wearing the lastest in Victoria's Secret and doing it quite nice. " You like?"

Julian grins. " Of course. But, why?"

" Why? My hard-working hubby and I haven't seen one another in two weeks. If you've forgotten, I'm going out on tour in couple of weeks."

" I haven't."

" You forgot what tonight is..."

" Um...."

" Julian, let me remind you." Eve picked up the remote and turned on the music. Julian listened for a few seconds and his eyes lit up.

" Oh."

" Yes, oh. Don't you remember that night?"

" How could I forget it? It's the night that made me realize my feelings for you."

Eve sits in Julian's lap. " I was sooo mad at you that night."

" I was so scared I'd lost you."

" You had..until you got on your knees and begged. That affects a woman, ya know?"

" I know."

" That was the beginning for us.."

" A hard beginning."

" Yep, but we loved one another, and then Trey."

" The first of our three children."

" They'll all be here tomorrow for the benefit concert."

" Our daughters?"

" Last minute shopping in Paris and Milan. "

" So that's where the other jet went."

" Yep."

" I was walking through the airport, and I saw us in a People Magazine story for 'sexiest couples.'

" Ah, yes. What did they call us? The Diva & The Mogul."

" Well, they're smart people at People."

They both laughed.

" What would have happened to you, Julian, if you hadn't begged that night?"

" I would have wound up like so many of my other Law School Classmates. I'd probably be on my second wife, to someone old enough to be my daughter, her not loving me, and spending my money like crazy. Or, in a marriage of convenience to someone I don't love. You saved me from that, Eve."

Julian looked seriously at Eve. " You saved me from that fate. You can't possibly know how much I love you."

" Not more than I love you, Julian. Not more than I love you."

They kiss passionately.

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Cut to the present at the party. Julian and Eve are both in the Crane garden, inches away from one another, looking at one another after experiencing the shared 'vision'. Julian reaches out and touches her face. She doesn't recoil at his touch. They inch closer and closer as to kiss, remembering the feelings of the 'vision'.

Just then...

" Eve Honey, where are you?"

Hearing TC's voice startles both of them back to 'reality'. Eve turns away from Julian, as she calls out to TC. " I'm coming, TC."

Julian watches her walk away with an ache in his heart.