5/8/08-A short story about John fascination with her hand while she trying to watch a show. No worries, thought. Not seeing any swear words that I can see while looking at the paper. I own Maria Frank. John Munch and Amelia Earhart are not mine.

Fingers

Laying on the couch, watching her favorite history show on Amelia Earhart, Maria didn't notice when John look a loose hold of her left hand and pulled it to him. As he was laying behind her.

Looking over her shoulder, she could see him staring at her hand in wonder. No saying anything, he ran his thumb over her fingers, feeling the smooth skin and carefully filed nails.

"You seem a little interested in my hand, hun. What's the matter?"

"Nothing, just felt like checking out this hand. Now, I have never asked you about your ring. Do the stones mean anything?" He carefully pulled the ring from her left ring finger, getting a closer look at it.

She rolled over a little to get a better look at him. "Well, the clear stone is my birthstone. Which is June and the green one is in honor of my sister. She passed away when she was two. She had Tay-Sachs Disease. She was born in May, so the stone is her Birthstone."

John never heard of this part of her life. He pressed his lips to the back of her shoulder. "I'm sorry about your sister. I never thought that disease would be in your family."

She gave an exhausted shrug. "I was only six. I didn't understand then. I did have myself tested to see if I carried it and I don't."

"I'm glad you got tested. So, that means that Scott didn't have it, right?"

"Correct. That case with that baby girl in the cooler didn't help at all. I just kept thinking back to what Hannah went through. My ring is a good way to remember her." She reached over to take the ring from his hand, but he pulled back while giving her a cocky smile.

"Can I put it on for you? Might be my only chance with you."

Rolling her eyes, she held her hand out and chuckled. "Sure. Have your fun." She watched as he slipped the silver ring onto her left ring finer, as he placed a kiss behind her ear.

"Might be my only fun that involves a ring. It looks so beautiful with your fingers. Strong, yet caring fingers to be exact."

"Really?" She raised one dark brown eyebrown.

"Yes. The way you hold your gun to playing with Ace. To how you arm wheatle with Fin to how you touch me."

"And I loose to Fin everytime."

"That doesn't matter to me. Now, what are we watching again?"

Maria just gave him a blank stare as the narrator spoke the name of the program. "And now, we are back to The Mysteries of Amelia Earhart."

5/8/08-Had slight hard time trying to do this one as my possessed cat kept hitting the F5 key. Thanks, Betsie! Yes, I do have a class ring with the same stones. Except the May stone is after my brother and he is still living. It's a much flatter ring so I can wear it and not feel like an idiot when I hit it off of something. I forget what the type it's called, though...