John stood in the hall motionless as the woman he loved was kissing another man. He wanted to run back into the lab and forget that he ever came to her office. Suddenly he was filled with anger and he felt the urge to run into the room and hit Roman. He was about to let his anger explode when he suddenly noticed Marlena's reaction to the kiss.
"Roman, I said that I'm busy." Marlena insisted pushing him away from her.
"Come on Doc. I miss you." Roman insisted coming towards her again.
"Roman...really..." Marlena began starting to feel dizzier.
"Hey, how's it going in here?" John asked walking into the room.
"John." Marlena said looking at him as she wondered how long he was standing outside the door.
"Hey Doc. Roman. What are you two up to tonight?" John asked looking at her intensely.
"We were doing just fine," Roman began with a sigh, "before you interrupted us."
"Roman." Marlena gasped shocked by his comment.
"I'm sorry John. It's just that Doc and I were planning on spending a little quiet time alone before she went out with Laura for dinner." Roman said realizing that Marlena didn't approve of his last comment.
"You two have plans this evening?" John asked fixing his gaze deeper on Marlena as his heart raced.
"We didn't actually have plans." Marlena said stepping away from Roman as she tried to explain the situation to John. "He just showed up here unexpectedly."
"Honey, why are you explaining this to John?" Roman asked reaching for her again. "He doesn't really care about our love life."
"Listen," Marlena began as she wiggled away from Roman, "I have some work to do and I think that I should get back to it."
"But Doc, I wanted to spend some quality time with you like we used to." Roman said wrapping his arms around her as he turned to John. "John, I'm sorry to be rude, but would you mind leaving Doc and I alone for a while?"
"Doc," John said looking at her as Roman kissed her cheek.
"Um John..." Marlena began realizing that he wasn't happy with the situation. "I'll talk to you later. Okay?"
"You aren't having more problems with Kristen are you?" Roman asked turning to John. "I would hate to think that you were having problems with the woman you love."
"You could say that..." John said turning to Marlena. "You want me to leave you two alone?"
"Yes please." she said not wanting him to go.
"Fine, then I'll see you two later." he replied turning around and quickly walking out of her office.
"I wonder what his problem is." Roman muttered as he shut the door to Marlena's office.
"I don't know." Marlena lied as her heart broke because she just hurt the man that she loved more than life itself.
"Hey Lexie," Mike said walking into the lab.
"Hey Mike, what's up?" Lexie asked turning away from her microscope.
"I'm having a problem Lexie." Mike said handing her a folder. "Would you look at these?"
"They're Roman's charts Mike." she said opening the folder. "What's wrong?"
"Look at these." Mike said pointing to a paper. "These are the blood test results from yesterday and these over here were taken about an hour ago."
"This can't be possible." Lexie said reviewing the charts again. "There is no way that there could be such a dramatic change over night like this."
"I know that Lexie." Mike said shaking his head. "I don't get it either. I've ran two tests on the blood sample that I received today and both tests say that Roman is completely cured."
"That's incredible." Lexie said shocked.
"Too incredible." Mike agreed.
John walked through the halls of the hospital in a rage. He couldn't believe that Marlena had wanted him to leave like that. When he saw her reaction to Roman's kiss, he thought that she would've wanted him to stay and help her deal with the situation. He decided that he needed to talk a walk and think things over.
"John," Carrie called out to him as he nearly ran her over. "I'm so glad to see you."
"Carrie, what are you doing here?" He asked looking at her.
"I wanted to talk to you about Marlena." Carrie began taking in a deep breath.
"What's up Carrie?" John asked noticing that something was wrong.
"John, I'm really worried about you and Marlena and I think that there's something that you should know." Carrie said taking in another deep breath.
"What is it Carrie?" John asked worried about what she had to say.
"I shouldn't be telling you this, but you have a right to know." Carrie began as she looked at him.
"What do you need Roman?" Marlena asked looking at him.
"Actually Doc, I have something very important to tell you." he said sitting down on the couch next to her.
"Couldn't this wait until later?" she asked him as she thought about John.
"No this can't wait any longer Doc." Roman said taking her hand. "I have to tell you now."
