The Eternity that Follows

by Diane Marie

  “Thanks. I made my special spinach lasagna for you. And I missed you too.”

  “Yum, I love Italian. My favorite.”

  “Good.”

  Gabriella sat Joey down, and couldn't help herself from straddling his lap. Gabriella began to kiss him the passion brewing inside her, that went along with missing him all day. Joey enjoyed the attention and passion Gabriella was offering. They were deep in a kiss, but out of thought, when the timer on the stove went off. Gabriella got up off of Joey quickly as she was startled by the dinging. Joey didn’t mind, he had all night to spend with Gabriella, he had his whole life.

  “The lasagna will be ready to cut in a few minutes. Do you like tomatoes and cucumbers?” Gabriella asked, while getting lost Joey’s eyes for a moment.

  “Love them”

  “Me too.” Gabriella said, giddly. She then called Joey over to the fridge and offered him an array of salad dressing.

  “Whatever you’re having is fine.” Joey said.

  Gabriella realized quickly, Joey wasn’t a picky eater. Gabriella picked a light Italian salad dressing.

  They ate their salads first, while waiting for the lasagna to cool. They didn’t talk much during it, instead Joey watched Gabriella eat, and Gabriella gave him a show using her food to flirt.

  “Can you tie a cherry sting with your tongue?” Joey asked. “The last time I tired I could.” Gabriella replied, innocently.

  Joey still couldn’t get over how sexy she was.

  When they began to eat, Gabriella let Joey take the first bite. Joey was just as in love with Gabriella’s lasagna, her sauce, as he was with her. He had a heaping second helping, and asked if he could bring some with him for lunch tomorrow. Gabriella was thrilled with the idea. While Gabriella was doing the dishes, Joey noticed Gabriella had a birthmark on her right shoulder. “You know you have a birthmark right here.” Joey asked. He then kissed Gabriella’s birthmark softly.

  “Oh do I?”

  “Yes, lets see if I can find more.” Joey said, grabbing Gabriella into his arms and carrying her to her bedroom.

  Joey placed Gabriella gently onto her bed. He used the same gentleness while he took off her pants, paying attention to her skin as he really was checking to find all her birthmarks. “You have one right here, and here.” Joey said, kissing the birth marks on Gabriella’s legs, “and right here.” Joey said kissing Gabriella’s left inner left thigh.

  “Really that many?”

  “Yeah lets see if I can find more.” Joey said, and then went to lift up Gabriella’s shirt.

  “But your so dirty Joey, you can at lest get out of your clothes if your going to be laying down on my bed.” .

  “You mean our bed.”

  “Our bed.”

  Joey stood up out of the bed and took all of his clothes off, till he was completely naked.

  “Get naked.” Joey demanded of Gabriella. “I’ll have to find all your birthmarks another time.” Joey said, no longer having the desire to undress Gabriella slowly, while searching her skin anymore.

  “Okay baby” Gabriella said, complaint.

  Laying down on the bed, Gabriella slipped off her panties that Joey didn't have the patience to take off himself. She then sat up to take off her shirt as Joey was over to her in seconds to undue her bra. Joey was rough with Gabriella at first, when they first started making love. He was after all horny for her all day. Joey slowed down his pace, and sweetly asked Gabriella to turn around. Gabriella turned over, putting herself into an animal position on her hands and knees. Joey placed his hardness gently into Gabriella as his love making turned rough and firm, causing Gabriella to climax twice before he himself climaxed.

  “Oh Gabriella, the way you make me feel.” Joey said, when he was climaxing.

  Gabriella rested from the position she was in and laid down on her stomach while Joey got up and out of bed. Gabriella herself got cuddly in the bed. “I’m going to hop in the shower.” Joey said.

  “Okay. I’ll be waiting here for you.”

  Joey took a quick, warm shower, and when he came out, Gabriella watched him dry himself and put on his pajamas. Gabriella thought it was cute that Joey had pajamas. She hadn’t thought much about what guys wore to bed. She figured most of them just slept in their boxers or naked. Joey noticed Gabriella watching him as he was putting on his pajama shirt.

  “What are you staring at?” Joey asked, with confidence. Gabriella was silent and just gave Joey a, ‘you know what’ look. Joey understood the look, and went over to the bed where Gabriella was still cutely cuddled. Joey gave Gabriella a big wet kiss on the mouth. “You think I’m hot or something?” He asked. “Maybe a little.”

  “Just a little?” .

  “Well maybe a little more then that.”

  “I hope so Gabriella. You better not cheat on me.”

  Gabriella gasped,

  “I would never.”

  “Really?” .

  “Nope. I’m going to love you forever and ever, and always be faithful.” Gabriella said. She was so innocent Joey didn't heistate to believe her words. “And you better not cheat on me either.” Gabriella said, sternly. Then, she reminded him what she had once said to him in regards to cheating, “It’s over between us if you do!”

  “Oh you wouldn’t find it in your heart to forgive me?” “I certainly will not.”

  “Even if I make this face?” Joey asked, making his most adorable, irresistible face.

  “Well.” Gabriella was lost for words. Joey was too cute. “Well, why would you cheat on me anyway?” Gabriella asked, making her own cute irresistible face.

  “I wouldn’t. In fact I already planned that if you cheat on me, I’ll murder you and then kill myself.”

  “Okay, the same here.”

  “Should I give you the combination to my safe then? So you will be able to hold up to your words?” Joey asked, while knowing Gabriella was loving this conversation. Joey was just as attached to her that she was to him. He was still holding true to being her faithful dream man.

  “I wouldn’t mind.”

  “Good, because I’m serious. Your mine, it’s final now.” Joey said, rubbing Gabriella’s tattoo. “You’re my last take at love and I’m afraid I’ll have nothing left in life after you.” Joey confirmed.

  A naked Gabriella pulled Joey into the bed, and cuddled up in his arms.

  “You smell so good nice and clean.” She said.

  “I used your body wash.”

  “I know, but it smells different on you.”

  “When are you telling your parents about me, about us?” Joey asked, with his hands on Gabriella’s back as he tickled. “When I get the chance.” .

  “Can we tell them tonight?” .

  “Sure we can, hopefully their drunk when they get home.” “Gabriella be serious. I want to be officially married as soon as possible.”

  “As long as where together.”

  “Forever?” Joey asked.

  “And the eternity that follows.” Gabriella concluded.

  “Get dressed please.” Joey asked of Gabriella. He didn’t want them to get use to falling asleep at nine o’clock every night. Gabriella put her pajamas on, at Joey's request. While she was doing so, Joey checked his cell phone, and saw he had a missed call from Gavin.

  “Gavin called. He’s probably wondering why I didn’t meet him at the gym tonight.” In the excitement of having Gabriella in his life Joey had forgotten all about his friends.

  Joey called Gavin back and informed him he wouldn’t be making it to the gym anymore on week nights. Joey told Gavin about his new tattoo, he persuaded Gabriella to get with him. Gavin called up all of Joey’s friends. Joey’s phone was ringing constantly as everyone wanted to confirm with him what they had heard. Joey then spent a half hour on the phone with all of his friends who had gotten word of his and Gabriella’s engagement. Speaking for only a few minutes to each, saying he had to go as his call waiting kept beeping. Gabriella sat on the bed, half watching th
e television, while half listening to Joey’s conversations. Joey was still on the phone when Gabriella’s parents knocked on the door. Gabriella called for them to come in.

  “Hey guys how was dinner?” Gabriella asked, testing out their mood. She was laying on the bed on her stomach dangling her feet in the air. Joey was sitting at the computer desk, finishing up the conversation he was having with one of his old high school team mates.

  “Good we had a lovely time.” Gabriella’s mother, Linda said. Gabriella could tell she was tipsy off of wine. “Joey’s here I see, and in his pajamas.” Linda said, pretending to sound surprised.

  Joey hung up the phone and twisted around in the desk chair as Gabriella stood to stand next to him, Joey stood with her. “Well doesn’t he look cute in plaid pajamas.” Gabriella’s dad, George joked half hammered.

  Joey stood to stand next to Gabriella while they held hands. Gabriella’s hand started to shake. Joey grabbed Gabriella’s hand and whispered,

  “Calm down.”

  “K.”

  “Calm down about what?” Linda said, in a persistent tone. “You’re not pregnant, are you?”

  “Oh the more the merrier.” George said, trying to take pressure off of Gabriella if she were in fact trying to tell her parents she was pregnant.

  “No. She’s not pregnant.” Joey said, opening up the conversation for Gabriella to tell her parents their news.

  “Actually, we’re engaged.” Gabriella blurted out, unable to hide her excictement.

  “Oh wonderful.” Linda said, beaming at the news.

  “How engaged?” George asked.

  Joey and Gabriella weren't sure what her father had meant. “Engaged to the point that we have ring tattoos’?” George said, noticing Joey’s tattoo on his left hand, Joey saw no point in trying to hide it. George then took Gabriella’s left hand out of Joey’s hand, and held it up showing his wife.

  Joey and Gabriella stayed silent. There was nothing to say. Their secret was out.

  “All right. Well it’s obvious you two aren’t planning to have a long engagement. We’ll have to start the wedding plans tomorrow.” Linda said, surprising Joey and Gabriella. “Welcome to the family Joey.” George said.

  “Really? Just like that? You guys aren’t mad?” Gabriella asked. “Why would we be mad? Gabriella, I knew your mother was the one the first second I saw her.”

  “And I you.” Linda said, looking into George’s eyes.

  “Ewe.” Gabriella said, in protest to how in love her parents still were.

  “All right, well good night. We’ll talk more tomorrow.” George said.

  He and his wife then walked out of Gabriella’s room and retreated to their own.

  Joey was speechless. Gabriella wasn’t.

  “Do they even care about me?” Gabriella said, upset. “I’m their little girl who has a tattoo with some guy she met after three days, you think they’d care.”

  “That’s all I am? Some guy?”

  “Yes. To them you’re some guy.”

  “Well maybe they see me as a little more then that.” Joey said, getting close to Gabriella and pulling her to him. Gabriella ignored his pass, pushing him off.

  “My friends responded more mature then them. At least they were mad at me.”

  “You talked to your friends today?” Joey asked, trying to keep calm. First Gabriella had pushed away his romantic gesture and now she had spoken to her friends about them, and hadn’t even thought to inform him.

  “Yeah I talked to them. I was going to tell you about it but I hadn’t had the time to yet.”

  Joey thought back to their night together, how he had rushed to make love so soon after dinner, how he had gotten into the shower quickly after, and how he was on the phone with his friends before her parents got home, he felt bad for not giving Gabriella the proper attention. He realized he hadn’t even asked her how her day went.

  “Did your friends upset you?” He asked.

  “No. Yes. Well.”

  “Let’s talk.” Joey said, and then proceeded to sit on Gabriella’s bed. Gabriella just stood there, still upset over her parents. “I don’t feel like talking.”

  “All-right fair enough.” Joey said, standing up, knowing Gabriella was still upset.

  “Come hold me?” Joey asked, holding out his arms using his irresistible face.

  Gabriella agreed to that. Her parent’s reaction had upset her so much, she just wanted to be in Joey’s arms to feel better again. Joey lied down in Gabriella’s bed on his back and opened up his arms for her to get comfortable. Gabriella cuddled up in Joey’s chest, realizing she was getting used to that. Gabriella wrapped one hand around his neck and with the other, cradled Joey’s head with her open palm. Joey held Gabriella tightly wrapping his arms around her. Joey and Gabriella both felt as though they were in heaven, feeling as though the world around them didn’t exist anymore. With the way Gabriella was holding Joey, never before being held like that, Joey felt loved. Joey grabbed Gabriella tighter while Gabriella strengthened her hold around Joey’s neck, wrapping her legs around his bottom half. Joey noticed Gabriella was getting in position to fall asleep. Joey wasn’t about to let that happen. The last thing he needed on his mind tomorrow at work was what had gone on between Gabriella and her friends.

  “Are you ready to talk now?” Joey asked, not letting go of his tight hold.

  “I guess so.” Gabriella said, with a cranky yawn.

  Gabriella let go of her tight hold, as she had to force herself out of Joey’s arms. Joey was reluctant at first to let her go, he was happy with the way they were laying. Gabriella sat up and leaned against the headboard, Joey followed doing the same. Gabriella turned to look at Joey, he was already looking at her. Joey smiled, he was happy to have Gabriella. Joey’s smile was too irresistible for Gabriella not to smile back. Joey lit up his eyes, as Gabriella’s smile had brought that upon him once again. Gabriella let her eyes lit up too, and gave Joey a kiss on the lips as she started to giggle. “What’s so funny?” Joey asked, tickling Gabriella. Joey kept tickling Gabriella until the point where she couldn’t stop laughing. “Joey, stop that.” Gabriella said. Joey’s tickling was forcing her to laugh. “No Joey, really stop.” Joey kept tickling her. “Joey stop.” Gabriella said, trying to sound forceful.

  Joey sensed Gabriella was getting mad and decided to stop tickling her. Gabriella composed herself. “I don’t like to be tickled.” She said, in a cute playful voice.

  “Oh no.” Joey said, going to tickle her again. Gabriella jumped out of the bed.

  “No. I hate it.” Gabriella said, lying. She liked the attention. “Oh really?” Joey said, knowing Gabriella liked the attention of being tickled. Joey got up to bring Gabriella back to the bed. “I won’t tickle anymore, I promise.” He said. Gabriella was reluctant to get back into bed with him.

  “I don’t believe you.” Gabriella said, in protest of getting back in bed with Joey. Joey went to tickle Gabriella’s sides forcing her to run away from him. He followed her before she was able to get out of her room. Joey had Gabriella up against her bedroom door, and in fun, Joey tickled her again, with no where to go Gabriella fell laughing to the floor. Joey stood over her.

  “Come on. Enough playing.” Joey said, offering his hand to help her up.

  “I don’t need your help getting up.”

  “Fine.” Joey said, leaving Gabriella on the floor, and then going to sit on the edge of Gabriella’s bed.

  “Come back Joey, I can’t get up.” Gabriella played.

  “Nope, you said you don’t need my help.”

  “Fine.” Gabriella said, crawling over to the edge of the bed where Joey was sitting and then kneeling on her knees.

  “You have something to do down there on your knees?” Joey joked, pretending to take off his pants.

  Gabriella huffed. Joey felt bad and picked Gabriella up off the floor, and placed her on the bed next to him. Joey kissed Gabriella after she gave him a cute look.

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p; “You’re cute. You know that?” Joey asked, tempted to kiss her to the point where she would be forced to lay her head on the bed, but remembered he was the one who wanted to talk. Both sitting on the edge of the bed, Joey grabbed Gabriella’s hand, giving it a sweet kiss before he rested both their hands in his lap. “So what did your friends say?”

  Gabriella told Joey the conversations she had with her friends earlier today. She told him about how Sara thought she was pregnant. Josephine asked why she wasn’t invited to the wedding, which they both laughed about how dumb she was, and how Jemma was rude, but called back apologizing. Gabriella went on to tell Joey how Josephine had left the club with Vinny and went back to his house with him. Gabriella then went on to tell Joey how Jemma and her boyfriend got arrested for doing cocaine in the bathroom, were out on bail, and were due in court next month. Gabriella then told Joey how Sara and Tie couldn’t find a hotel and walked the city for a while getting to know each other, only to lose each other when they decided to go into another club, so Sara took the train home in the morning by herself, and said it was a horrible nightmare.

  “Have you spoken to Tie?” Gabriella asked Joey, with concern. “Yeah he called after Josh. He tried telling me the story but I had another call. I told him I’d call him back. Maybe I should do that.”

  “Maybe you shouldn’t.” Gabriella said, undressing herself, undressing Joey.

  Joey grabbed the pillows from both sides of the bed, placing them in the middle and got comfortable. Gabriella climbed on top of Joey. Gabriella was careful with the attention she gave Joey. She kissed his body the whole way down to his private. Joey wasn’t expecting that, Joey thought she was going to make love to him. Gabriella did that thing to Joey that he had joked about earlier. She climbed back on top of him after he had erupted. “You expect me to get it up again after that Gabriella?” Joey asked, as he was astonished at how good she was giving oral pleasure.

  “Oh I think I can help with that.” Gabriella said, placing her lips on the right side of Joey’s neck, kissing him, leaving three wet spots using her mouth and tongue. Gabriella then ran the tip of her tongue along Joey’s neck, running it behind his ear. Gabriella copied her actions on the left side of Joey’s neck. She than blew gently in Joey’s right ear.