Posted by Kim on 9/24/2001, 7:47 pm Squeezing his arm she said, "We did it. He testified and it's almost over." "In celebration of both of us surviving the past week, let me take you to Le Vieux Logis for dinner tonight," Mac suggested. He had missed Dara tremendously during the past few days and he was looking forward to spending a lot of time with her starting tonight. "That sounds lovely Mac. And I have something special that I want to give you after the dinner tonight." "Oh really?" Mac asked as the most lascivious grin spread broadly across his face. He joked, "Hey, fasting for an evening shouldn't be so bad. Why don't I just come straight to your apartment in an hour." "Oh no you don't!" Dara laughed, with a mischievous gleam in her eyes. "I'm very much looking forward to a romantic dinner at Le Vieux Logis with you. Anyway, you have no idea what I have in mind for you after the dinner. But I promise to surprise you." The next few hours couldn't pass quickly enough for both Mac and Dara. At 7 p.m., Mac arrived at Dara's apartment to take her to the restaurant. Upon Dara opening the door, Mac stood speechless as he gazed at Dara. Wearing her hair in a French roll with a few wavy strands of hairs gently framing hair face, Dara looked stunning in a two-piece blue and black silk outfit. The wrap skirt had a mid-thigh length and hung loosely around her hips. The top was gathered at the shoulders and though no cleavage was shown the top did reveal quite a bit of Dara's beautiful brown skin on her chest and upper back. Reading Mac's expression, Dara smiled and silently thought that seeing this look on Mac's face was worth those almost daily trips to the gym. Grabbing her coat, Dara left with Mac for a romantic dinner at Le Vieux Logis. Le Vieux Logis was an enchanting country inn a few miles outside of Port Charles that had a four star restaurant that specialized in French cuisine. During their meal at the restaurant, the couple spoke a bit about the trial but in general they steered the conversation to non-work related topics. Dining at the French restaurant prompted Mac to tell Dara of a few of his adventures in French-speaking countries such as France, Switzerland, and Belgium before his arrival in Port Charles. Dara mentioned that she had always wanted to travel in Europe and Africa but as yet she hadn't done much traveling. Silently they were both thinking that they would share such travels in the future. After enjoying a delicious 5 course meal and lingering over 2 glasses of wine and coffee, they finally left the restaurant and went back to Dara's apartment. Refusing Dara's offer of something to drink, Mac took her by the hand and led her to the couch in her living room. "We haven't had much of a chance to talk since I was last here." Mac held Dara closely to him with her head nestled under his chin. "I know," sighed Dara. "Mac, where are we going with this relationship? I know how I feel about you and I think that I know how you feel about me." Nervously biting her lip she continued, "But I can understand if you don't want to get seriously involved with me right now since your breakup with Felicia was so recent and so painful." Dara had mentally prepared herself so that she wouldn't be disappointed by Mac's response but she still held her breath waiting for him to answer. The few men that Dara had dated previously all cringed at the word "commitment". The Mac Scorpio who had been her friend for several years normally wouldn't have such feelings but after being treated so badly by Felicia Dara worried that he probably didn't want to rush into a serious relationship with someone. Cupping Dara's chin so that she was looking directly into his green eyes which were darkening with passion, Mac solemnly said, "Dara, it's too late to talk about not wanting to get seriously involved because whether you know it or not, I already am. I love you Dara." Dara blinked back tears in her eyes as she watched Mac's face as he said for the first time that he loved her. As she gasped in surprise that he actually said the words Mac covered her mouth with his and gave her a passionate kiss. Breaking the kiss Mac asked with concern in his voice," You almost seem surprised that I love you. Is it because you feel that it's happening too quickly? Or is it something else?" "No, it isn't too quickly Mac. Usually, in the past, I would have feelings for someone and they didn't have them for me or weren't ready to return them to me. Knowing that you actually feel the same way about me that I feel about you, it just makes me deliriously happy." Smiling, Mac said softly, "Is this a round about way of you telling me that you love me too?" "Yes. Yes. Yes. I love you Mac Scorpio. I love you very much." Feeling herself starting to be swept away by Mac's passionate kiss Dara reluctantly pushed herself away from Mac. "Wait Mac. I have something special I want to do for you." Pulling her to him once again in an attempt to capture her lips again, Mac grinned lazily," Can't you tell that you're doing something special for me right now?" "No, really. Why don't you start the fire in the fireplace? I'll have everything ready in fifteen minutes."
On Friday morning at 09:00 Mac escorted Alex Bannion into the courtroom so that he could begin his testimony in the Anthony Moreno trial. The trial started at 09:30 and the whole day was focused on Bannion's testimony. Everyone on the prosecution's team knew what an effort it was to get Bannion in the courtroom today and it was a sweet victory for the prosecution and the police to hear Bannion's testimony in court. There was no doubt that Bannion's testimony, in conjunction with Al Gwynn's earlier testimony, would almost insure a conviction in Moreno's trial. The court adjourned early on Friday at 4 p.m. and a relieved Mac handed Bannion over the U.S. Federal marshals so that Bannion could be placed in a witness protection program. Dara joined Mac as he watched Bannion being escorted from the courthouse.
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