The Eternity that Follows

by Diane Marie

  “You have to go on Facebook and accept my friend request.” Joey informed Gabriella, after she was all dressed. Her hair was wet, and she had no make up on. Joey couldn’t help but grin over the beauty he had landed himself.

  “Oh you made an account?”

  “Of course I did. I need one to keep tabs on you.”

  “You don’t trust me?”

  “Do you trust me?”

  “I think I do.”

  “Okay then, I’ll trust you.”

  “Joey, I never want to be cheated on. It’s happened to me before and it hurts. I won’t tolerate it either, if you do, it’ll be over between us.”

  “I’d never cheat Gabriella. I’ve been faithful to all of my girlfriends in the past, I was the one that always got cheated on.” Joey proclaimed, making Gabriella feel he was the sweetest man ever.

  “We’ll, I won’t ever do that to you I promise.” Gabriella said, while she brushed her hand along his check, then giving him a kiss on the lips.

  “Well good. I promise too.” Joey said, as he and Gabriella looked into each other’s eyes.

  “Forever?” Gabriella asked.

  “Forever.” Joey replied.

  “And for the eternity that follows?” .

  “And for the eternity that follows.”

  “Do you believe in eternity Joey?”

  “I do now.” Joey said, taking her into his arms, and kissing her a vow of eternity.

  Gabriella accepted Joey’s request on Facebook, and sent him a request to confirm they were in a relationship together. After, Gabriella took him down into the kitchen to make them something to eat. When Gabriella’s parents came home, she introduced her new boyfriend to them. Gabriella could tell her father took a liking to him, as he was a perfect gentleman in their presence. She knew her mother approved after she told Gabriella on the side, he was a very handsome man, and that she had done well. Gabriella blushed thinking how corny and old fashioned of her mother that was to say.

  Gabriella and Joey spent the day hanging around Gabriella’s house, flirting and play fighting most of the day away. They shared philosophies they both had about life, and the after life. They raised debates over love, religion and science. They watched a movie while cuddling tightly. They had both confessed to being big on cuddling, both claiming they could do that any nothing else for an entire day. Joey ate dinner with her family, and by the end of the day, they both felt something they never felt before with someone else, they felt love.

  Gabriella and Joey left Gabriella’s house shortly after dinner. They stopped off at the convince store so Joey could fill his gas tank. While inside, Joey grabbed a long pink rose from the bucket of fresh flowers by the register. He was humming inside his head as he left the store. Joey then opened Gabriella’s car door, and simply handed her the rose. Gabriella said,

  “Aww,” and went to say thank you, but Joey had already left around the backside of his car, to pump the gas. Gabriella stepped outside of the car and joined him. With the gas hose between them Gabriella spoke.

  “Joey, you didn’t have to.” Gabriella said, smiling.

  “I wanted to.” Joey smiled back, while Gabriella’s eyes lit up to his words.

  “Thank you baby.” She said, looking down at her feet as if she were five years old.

  Gabriella’s eyes returned to Joey’s, realizing the sight of her eyes had made his light up too. Joey didn’t say your welcome, instead he leaned over the hose that stood between them, and gave her a sweet kiss on the lips. Gabriella responded with her tongue slipping into Joey’s mouth for only a quick moment, meeting his, and then kissing his lips to end it.

  Gabriella then left Joey and got back into the car. Joey was left in extreme amazement over how loving the kiss had been. It took him a minute to realize that the pump had stopped pumping. He tightened the nozzle on the gas tank, and got back into the car. He started up the car, and placed his hand on Gabriella’s thigh as he began to drive.

  Gabriella and Joey were going to his apartment so he could grab an outfit for the club that night. They were in Joey’s room, and Gabriella was excited he let her go through the shirts that hung in his closet, to pick out what he was going to wear. He laid out a pair of black carpenter pants, and his black low top timberland boots, telling her to, ‘match that’.

  Gabriella chose a white cotton tee-shirt that had an imprint of a black dragon, the black dragon was made of softer material then the shirt itself. The shirt had a shiny silver swirl design, starting at the top right, and ended at the bottom left, cutting off where the dragon was. Joey didn’t have much to say about the shirt Gabriella had picked, ‘just as long as you like it, darling,’ was all he said when she finally made her selection.

  Joey draped his outfit over the recliner in his room, giving Gabriella room to sit on the bed without wrinkling his clothes. Joey sat down next to her.

  “Joey what do you do for a living?” Gabriella finally asked.

  Joey was happy she had asked, after all she was the dream girl he envisioned when he sketched his blueprints. Joey told Gabriella all about the company he had started, and how he had his blueprint brought to life to fund it. Gabriella was truly impressed with Joey. She could tell through their conversations all day that he was intelligent, but she wasn’t expecting news of him being an architect.

  Gabriella too told Joey of her career goals, claiming that she was going to be a CEO of a fortune 500 company by the time she was thirty. Joey didn’t mind she wasn’t working now, as long as she planned to go back to school. He worried some over his money situation, and having to care for her as soon as he talked her into leaving her fathers home to live with him. Which he planed to do as soon as she would take one of his proposal or suggestions seriously.

  “Tie’s the one whose father took on your blueprint?” Gabriella asked, after Joey informed her he would be coming to the club with them. He wanted a friend with him so he wouldn’t get left alone standing, while Gabriella ditched him for her friends. Which he hoped in his heart, she wouldn’t do to him.

  Gabriella didn’t mind Tie coming along, she actually thought it was a good idea. She and Jemma were both bringing boyfriends, as she glowed at the thought of having a boyfriend. That left Sara and Josephine to have each other to cling to at the club. With Tie along, that meant Gabriella could leave Joey from time to time so she would be able to spend some time with her friends. She knew she would be pulled away from Joey all night, while her friends tried for her attention. Not because she hadn’t talked or hung out with them in a week, but because she was usually their center of attention.

  “Yeah that’s him.” Joey said, finding the perfect time to tell Gabriella all about his past relationship with girls. By the time he got to Diana, Gabriella had heard enough.

  “Joey, you don’t have to tell me your whole life story in one shot.” “Oh, sorry. I just want you to know everything about me.” . “And I want to know everything about you. I just can’t handle to hear any more past relationships for one night.”

  “You jealous girl?” Joey asked, standing over his bed they were sitting talking on. Gabriella followed, standing up, and Joey grabbed her hand, taking it into his own.

  “Well no it’s just that, that . . .” Gabriella didn’t know what to say. “Maybe I am a bit jealous.” Gabriella said, with a puzzled face.

  Joey, with her hand already in his, brought it to his lips and kissed it.

  “You’re all I want Gabriella.” Gabriella sighed speechlessly over the words Joey had nestled into her heart. Knowing that, Joey didn’t leave time for words, he laid her down on the bed, and began to kiss her. He kissed her with sheer passion and romance. Gabriella was lost in his kiss as he kept his eyes closed. She opened hers slightly, only for a moment, to see if his eyes were closed, and they were. Her heart fell at peace as he began to undress her to make love. “Joey we don’t have enough time for this. We got to go back to my house to get me ready.” Gabriella said, as it was it was six forty fiv
e. They were meeting her friends and Tie at the train station at nine to catch the nine fifteen train into the city. “But I’ll make love.”

  Gabriella was lost in Joey’s words again, and let him proceed to finish undressing her. He took off his own clothes, and made deep slow love to her. He was so gentle with Gabriella, she felt she was an angel with the care his touch tended her body with. Joey grew out of his gentle state that had placed a magical spell on Gabriella, and finished with rough love making, bringing them both to their climax at the same time. Gabriella was still speechless, but had to find something to say, considering Joey had gotten up out of the bed right after, and began to dress himself, before handing Gabriella her clothes suggesting she do the same.

  Gabriella was in a cuddly mood, and still couldn't catch any words. She wanted to suggest skipping the club to stay there for the night cuddling, and making more love. Joey realized that Gabriella wasn’t getting dressed yet, she hadn’t even sat up yet on Joey’s unmade bed. She was just laying there naked. Joey went, and sat down next to her on the bed, with only his boxers on.

  When Joey sat down Gabriella, sat up and sat behind him, placing her bear breasts on Joey’s muscular back. She wrapped her arms around his stomach, and kissed his right shoulder. “I love you Joey.” .

  “I love you too.” Joey replied, taking her tight hold around his waist off as he got up off the bed. “Come on girl. Get dressed. I can have you at your house by seven thirty. Is that enough time to get ready?”

  “Yeah, I get ready quick.”

  “You’re beautiful Gabriella. I’d take you out right now looking the way you do.” Joey said, seriously.

  Gabriella laughed, realizing her hair must have dried wavy, and by now must look like a mess, plus she still hadn’t done her makeup since she got out of the shower.

  “Oh would you?”

  “You’re gorgeous.”

  “Is that how I got so lucky, being with such a handsome man and all?” Gabriella asked, standing up to start dressing herself.

  Joey Instinctually gave Gabriella a kiss, he couldn’t help himself, he thought her words to be sweet. He was used to being called handsome by women, and often fussed about it because he thought it to be a grown up word. Coming from Gabriella, it was different, it was romantic.

  “Appears so.” Joey said finally.

  With both of them dressed, standing facing each other Joey grabbed Gabriella's left hand, and played with her ring finger, rubbing the spot where a ring would go. Gabriella blushed and grabbed her hand from Joey.

  “Don’t be getting any ideas mister.” She said.

  “I already have them.”

  “You’re crazy.”

  “Only about you.”

  “Come on let’s go.” Gabriella said, placing on her shoes and walking out his bedroom door.

  Joey and Gabriella were quickly back at Gabriella’s house. She was straightening her hair in her vanity while Joey was sitting on her desk chair watching her. He put on a slow song that she had stored in the memory of her computer. He walked over to her and asked she,

  “may I have this dance?” Then he took Gabriella out of her vanity chair, and pulled her into his arms.

  Though Joey wasn’t much of a dancer, he was capable of holding his girl tight as he swayed her back and forth, with her arms around his neck, and his wrapped around her waist. “Joey we really don’t have time for this.”

  “Sure we do.”

  Joey pulled Gabriella closer, and continued on to danced for a few minutes. Joey wanted to get down on one knee and propose to her, noting in his head that he would have to make it to the jewelry store soon. He saw no time in waiting to see how the relationship went before they were to be married. Gabriella was definitely the one. Besides her meeting his dream girl in looks, she also met his intellectual side. He liked her personality, and how they responded to each other. Also, she was his perfect lover in bed, as no girl had ever brought him more sexual pleasure. As they danced, Joey pulled Gabriella close to his bottom half, and let her feel his slight excretion.

  “You better watch that mister. We have to leave here in half an hour, and I still haven’t done my make-up yet.” With Gabriella's words, Joey let go of his tight grip around her waist, letting her get back to fxing her hair.

  Joey walked into Gabriella's bathroom, and immediately started laughing, the bathroom was painted hot pink, just as her room was. Gabriella’s bathroom even had a hot pink hot tub in it. He didn’t know a hot pink hot tub even existed. He walked over to her mirror above her sink, and began to wet his hair. He then styled his hair nicely for Gabriella, using her hair gel he had found in one her bathroom drawers. Joey had no problem going through her bathroom draws. After all, Gabriella had informed him she had hair gel at her house, when he had asked if he should bring his with him.

  Joey came out of the bathroom, and laid on his stomach on Gabriella’s bed, while Gabriella was doing her makeup. “Joey stop watching me, your going to make me mess up.” “You are so beautiful, you don’t need makeup.”

  “Thanks.” Gabriella said, trying to believe his words.

  Joey stood up, and sat himself down at Gabriella's desk chair, waiting to watch Gabriella undress herself, and put on her outfit for the night. “Joey why are you always watching me?” Gabriella asked, as she began to undress herself from the clothes she had thrown on after her shower.

  “It’s fun.” Was all Joey replied.

  Gabriella put on a black dress, the dress was rather reliving, as Joey had remarked earlier when she tried it on for him. Gabriella was tying the lace to the top of the dress when Joey walked over to her.

  “You better not be dancing with any boys tonight or letting them buy you drinks.” He said.

  “I would never, your mine.” Gabriella said. She then kissed his nose.

  “I mean it.”

  “Okay.” Gabriella said, while putting on her shoes on, and then she announced, “I’m ready to go.”

  Joey took her in for a moment. With her hair straightened, and her makeup done, she looked out of sight, gorgeous. “Your gorgeous” Joey said, placing his hands around her back. “Joey, can you keep your hands off of me for one minute?” “No and don’t expect me to.” Joey said, thinking about how he was going to stick to her all night at the club.

  Gabriella gave him a light kiss on the lips and said, “Let’s go.”

  Joey grabbed her from behind, taking in the scent of perfume she had sprayed on herself just moments before. Joey just couldn’t keep his hands off of Gabriella. Joey started to kiss Gabriella’s neck.

  “Quit it Joey. It’s almost nine and we have to make the train by nine-fifteen.” Gabriella said, though she enjoyed that Joey couldn’t help keep his hands off of her, and enjoyed pushing him off even more.

  “All right lets go.” Joey said, not wanting to let go, or stop kissing her neck, so he grabbed her hand instead, led her out of her bedroom, down the stairs, and out the front door.

  Joey opened the car door for Gabriella.

  “I’m capable of opening up my own door Joey. You don’t have to do that every time.” Gabriella said, unsure how much she liked being fussed over.

  “Ok then.” Joey said, closing the door so Gabriella would have to open it again. Gabriella simply laughed. “You didn’t have to do that.”

  “Oh but I did.” Joey said, as he smirked

  Chapter Eight

  Joey and Gabriella met Tie at the train station, and then quickly found Gabriella’s friends. There was an awkward greeting between Jemma and Joey, but Sara and Josephine were delighted to meet him. Joey took time acquainting himself with Jemma’s boyfriend, Bruce to be polite. On the train ride down, Sara and Josephine both fought hard for the seat next to Tie, leaving Joey to wonder what would have happened if he had brought alongside a better looking friend. Gabriella informed him, once they got to the club, they would be checking out guys, and be waiting to get hit on so he shouldn't bother himself with worriement. Joey and Gabri
ella spent the train ride holding hands, and getting to know each other better. They arrived at Grand Central Station minutes after ten-thirty, and then headed to club Temptation.

  Club Temptation was a considerably large club in New York City. The club had three floors, playing different genres of music on each. Once inside the club, Joey grabbed Gabriella’s hand and said,

  “remember your mine.” .

  “You’re a jealous man, aren’t you Joey?”

  “No.” Joey corrected her. “I’m with the sexiest girl alive, and I’m afraid I’m going to be fighting guys off of you all night.” “I won’t leave your side all night, promise, except when I have to go to the bathroom.”

  “Okay and when you do, I’ll be right outside.”

  “You’re too much.”

  “Is that a good thing or a bad thing?”

  “I think good.”

  “Oh my gosh, I love this song! Come on Gabriella lets go dance.” Sara insisted. Gabriella was torn. She knew that she couldn’t leave Joey’s side and plus, she didn’t want to.

  “Okay, but Joey and I want to get a drink first.” Gabriella said. Joey sighed relief, his girl was holding up to the promise she had made him.

  “Okay” Sara said, grabbing both Josephine and Tie, bringing them to the dance floor.

  Jemma and Bruce were already off to the bar when they first walked in. Gabriella noticed them walking to the second floor as she and Joey were walking over to the bar on the first floor. Gabriella and Joey both ordered a bottle of beer.

  “Let’s do a shot too.” Gabriella insisted, wanting to spend money on Joey being they had a mild protest on the train about him picking up the tab on her ticket.

  “What do you want to do a shot of?”

  “Anything you’d like. You pick but I only do girly shots though. Oh, maybe we should both order something different.” Gabriella sighed, Joey laughed at his girlfriend.