by Diane Marie
Joey then treated Gabriella like the angel he thought her to be, before they had got together, for the rest of that Sunday. He brought her to his favorite trail in the woods for a long walk, holding hands. When they were done with the walk, Joey brought Gabriella to the ice cream shop for sundaes. They sat outside eating their ice-cream while watching the sun set. When the sun had set and the stars came out, Joey took Gabriella back home. He showed her all of his blueprints he had designed for her, wanting her to know how unique she was to him. He wouldn’t allow Gabriella to see the blueprint of the house he was building now, his quest was still for it to be a super, secret surprise.
When Joey and Gabriella made love that night, Joey treated Gabriella as God’s finest creation. He was tender, gentle, loving and most of all caring. After, Joey held Gabriella as if she was a newborn baby whom he had vowed God to harbor from earth’s evil, his lifetime though. Gabriella fell asleep cradled in Joey’s arms, feeling protected from anything in life that may ever come to potentially hurt her. Joey himself, felt like protector and provider, for the woman he loved.
Chapter Twenty-Four
The last thing Joey and Gabriella wanted the next morning, was to part from each other. Joey skipped the gym when Gabriella told him she had something she wanted to give him. When Joey saw the box, he smiled in lieu of the amount of hard work Gabriella created in designing the covering of the box. Joey had no clue though what could be inside. Gabriella suddenly flipped the box over, placing it back in Joey’s hands. Joey read out loud, “'reasons why I love you.’ What’s there to love about me?” “Very much, open it and find out.” Gabriella said, sitting next to Joey on the bed.
Joey opened the box and was simultaneously filled with laughter and Joy.
“This many reasons?”
“Yes, and I have even more.” Gabriella said, soon to realize there would be even more reasons to come.
“Wow Gabriella. You must be real bored without me home.” Joey said, not meaning to, but upsetting Gabriella.
Gabriella felt like Joey was making fun of her craft, she so thoughtful made. Gabriella made a pouting face to Joey, and simply kept her mouth shut. Joey immediately kissed her. “I didn’t mean it like that. I was suggesting you need a baby.” “Are you going to read any of them?” Gabriella’s asked, brightening up her mood.
Joey read a few of the little hearts.
“This is too sweet. I feel very special right now.”
“Do you feel loved?”
“Oh yeah.” Joey said, then reading a few more, until he placed the top back on the box. “Gabriella, I can’t read any more right now.” “And why not?”
“Because I’m getting a big head.” Joey admitted, causing Gabriella to laugh.
“But do you like my creation, or do you think it's stupid?” “I love it.”
“You mean that?”
“I do, actually I think it's the most thoughtful gift I've ever been given.”
“Oh Joey.”
“I'll see you tonight my dear.” Joey said, kissing Gabriella goodbye, causing Gabriella to crave love making.
When Joey arrived home later that night, neither him nor Gabriella could wait to see each other. Since Joey had left Gabriella in the morning, right in the moment before love making, he was aware she had been desiring him all day, just as he had been thirsty for her. Gabriella informed Joey when he arrived home and found her in the bedroom, she hadn’t made anything for dinner tonight, and the only thing he was allowed was she. She then forced him onto the bed, showing him with passion, what she had been longing for the entire day through. When Gabriella was through fulfilling her desire, Joey was in paradise over the passion growing inside of Gabriella for him.
“I’m really not getting dinner?” Joey asked, in his cute face, while the two cuddled.
“Of course you are.” Gabriella said, making her way out of bed, and dressing herself.
Gabriella went downstairs, poured two bowls of cereal, and brought them up to Joey. Joey ate his cereal without any compliments, feeling Gabriella had been a good homemaker the last couple of weeks. He did however wonder what she had been doing all day. After Joey had his second bowl of cereal, he brought their empty bowls down to the sink, and placed them in the dishwasher for Gabriella. When Joey got back upstairs, he grabbed Gabriella from the computer desk chair, and into his arms. Gabriella wrapped her legs around Joey’s waist as he lowered her to the bed. Joey laid down on his back so Gabriella could find her comfy spot on his chest.
“What did you do all day?” Joey asked, with complete concern. “Nothing.”
“Nothing?”
Absolutely nothing.” Gabriella said, recalling her day and how she spent it laying in bed all day, thinking of Joey.
“You had to do something.”
“Nope. I laid in bed all day Joe.”
“Did you watch TV?”
“Nope.”
“Did you read a book?”
“Nope.”
“Then what did you do?” .
“I spent my whole day, day dreaming about the rest of my life with you.” Gabriella said, brushing the side of Joey's face gently with her pointer finger.
Joey had no words left to say to Gabriella, and wasn't at all annoyed she had a lazy day, while he was hard at work, thinking of providing for a lifetime for her. He also didn’t put it past Gabriella that she did indeed spend the whole day in bed, doing absolutely nothing. Joey knew he could spend an entire day doing the same thing, and bid Gabriella sweet dreams before falling asleep himself.
When Joey woke up on Tuesday morning, Gabriella wasn’t in bed. Joey found her downstairs in the kitchen making a big breakfast.
“Isn’t this more of a Sunday morning breakfast?” Joey asked, holding Gabriella from behind as she was buttering toast. “I guess so.” Gabriella said, seeing no reason why a big breakfast couldn’t be eaten on a Tuesday morning.
“Why did you go all out?”
“To make up for not cooking you dinner last night.” Gabriella admitted, to Joey, and then she gave him a morning kiss hello. “I am starving.” Joey said, thinking back to the two bowls of cereal he had last night.
“Good. Well sit down and eat.”
Joey reluctantly left Gabriella to head to the gym before work, because Gavin texted him last night to make sure that he would be there, and Joey felt obligated to make sure he was there. After the gym, Joey headed to work, and thought about Gabriella all day. When lunch time finally rolled around, Joey was happy to give Gabriella a ring.
“Hello handsome.” Gabriella said, answering the phone. “Hello beautiful”
“I miss you.” Gabriella said, not being able to help, but miss Joey. He was now her everything.
“Well I miss you more.”
“How’s working going?”
“It sucks. I’d rather be home with you. What have you been up to all day?” Joey wondered about Gabriella, being she did next to nothing yesterday.
“Nothing. I cleaned up the kitchen, got in a good workout, tanned in the sun, and I’m just sitting thinking about you.”
“I wish I could be there with you.”
“We should go away on vacation.”
“We should go away on our honeymoon after I’m finished, building our house.” Joey said, thinking he would love to get away with Gabriella for a while, but his business just wouldn’t allow him to.
“We haven’t talked about a honeymoon yet.”
“Leave all that to me my darling.” Joey said, already having planned their honeymoon, and in the middle of working on the finishing touches with the travel agent.
“I guess I could do that.” Gabriella said, adoring Joey’s surprises. “Are you making me dinner tonight?”
“Yes. I’m going to go food shopping with the money you left yesterday, today.”
“No pressure.” Joey said, even though he felt if he was working long hours, it should be her responsibility to cook for him. “So you want cereal again tonight?”
Gabriella said, laughing, causing Joey to laugh too.
“You’re all I want.”
“I’ll make you something, really special.”
“As special as you are?” Joey asked, getting a look from one of his workers passing by who overheard.
“No silly, as special as you are.”
“I’ll see you when I get home.” Joey said, while his heart was skipping beats from Gabriella’s love.
“Okay.”
“Till the end of time?”
“I like that. Yes till the end of time, but hey Joey, there is no end of time.”
“We don’t know that.”
“Okay then, till the end of time, I love you.”
“I love you more.” Joey said, quickly hanging up the phone so Gabriella couldn't protest.
When Gabriella got off the phone with Joey, she was unsure what she would prepare for dinner. She did tell him something special, but she had no thoughts in her head. She looked through her mother’s recipe box, finding a recipe for a broccoli and cheese quiche. Gabriella had never made it before, and could only remembered having it for dinner a few times while growing up. She wrote down all the ingredients she needed on a grocery list, and then looked back through her mothers recipe box, finding a few other recipes she hadn’t yet made before that she wanted to try to make for Joey in the upcoming week. She then wrote down those ingredients too, also writing down the ingredients to her mother’s cheese cake, wanting a little more, something extra special for Joey tonight.
Gabriella put love and care into her cooking, and when she was through making the quiche she took a look at it, thinking it looked like it came out all right. She herself couldn’t wait to taste it, it smelled so good, and she knew Joey would love to try it also. Gabriella then whipped up her mother’s cheesecake recipe, putting it in the oven so it would be ready just in time for her parents to use the kitchen.
When Joey got home, Gabriella was in the kitchen wearing her pink dress with orange flowers, the dress she had worn the night they went to star bucks‘. She had on a cute apron she had purchased at the grocery store, that read, ‘kiss the chef.’ Gabriella giggled to herself when she bought it, knowing Joey would love to kiss her.
When Joey walked into the kitchen, his taste buds starting to dance, smelling something delicious. He had no clue what it could be though.
“What’s cooking?” Joey asked, as Gabriella turned around Joey started to laugh. “I’d love to kiss this chef.” He said, leaning Gabriella down and kissing her.
When Joey lifted Gabriella back up, she was giggling. Joey looked into her eyes as he was smiling, Gabriella was also smiling. Joey let his eyes naturally light up, as Gabriella’s eyes followed, lighting up too.
“You always kiss this chef!” Gabriella announced.
“Did you buy this with my money?”
“I sure did. I also bought a really cute one, but you don’t get to see that until tomorrow.”
“Can’t wait.” Joey said, as they both heard his stomach start to rumble.
“Oh you’re hungry. Well I have perfect timing.” Gabriella said, sticking a toothpick into her quiche and then turning off the oven.
Gabriella placed the quiche on the table, and Joey’s mouth dropped, starting to water.
“You made this?”
“From scratch.”
“Wow. That is special.” Joey said, while Gabriella was cutting up a piece for him, and placing it on his plate.
Gabriella waited a moment for Joey to try his food before she cut her own piece, while feeling a bit nervous. “Yum.” Joey said, after taking his first bite.
“Really?”
“Well I wouldn’t lie. Try it yourself.” Joey said, cutting Gabriella a piece, and placing it on her plate.
“Okay here it goes.” Gabriella said, tasting her quiche. “Yum. It is good.”
Joey went back for seconds and then thirds. He wanted a fourth piece, but Gabriella warned him to save room for dessert. Joey was baffled Gabriella had made dessert too, but told her he wanted to take a quick shower before she brought the dessert out.
When Joey got out of the shower, Gabriella couldn’t control herself, when Joey shook the water from his head, giving Gabriella an, ‘I want you’ look. Gabriella undressed herself as she caught Joey’s eyes, and wouldn’t let them leave hers.
“What are you doing?” Joey finally asked, breaking the stare. “You’re handsome.”
“So?” Joey asked, already knowing he was handsome. “You’re sexy.”
“So?”
“You’re hot.”
“So?” Joey tried to say, while laughing
“So, I want you.”
“You want babies with me?” Joey asked, taking a step closer to Gabriella.
“Maybe.”
“Oh you want my babies.”
“Someday.”
“I’ll take that.” Joey said, taking a hold of Gabriella and playing out her fantasies for her.
Joey and Gabriella fell asleep, soon after Joey turned on his charm for Gabriella, in the bedroom. Gabriella felt like she was the co-star to the leading man in a holly wood movie.
On Wednesday morning, Gabriella fed Joey cheesecake for breakfast, and sent him to work with leftover quiche.
At work, Joey couldn’t shake how amazing things were going with he and Gabriella. Joey decided to grab one of his coworkers, and drive over to his apartment. They loaded Joey’s living room furniture into Joey’s work truck, and drove it straight to the house he was building for Gabriella.
When Joey got back, all the other workers were still outside on break. They all made comments on why Joey was moving furniture in. Joey told them that he was planning on buying the house for his future wife. Joey and his worker dropped the furniture in the family room, and Joey was indecisive on how to arrange the furniture. Joey had a few of his workers rearrange the furniture, till he was pleased with where it was placed. When they were through, the workers headed back to work, but Joey stayed and fantasized about what it would be like one day in this room, to watch Gabriella care for his baby. The thought was shook from Joey’s head when Gabriella had called his phone.
“You didn’t call.” Gabriella said, in a cute voice.
“I’m sorry. I was doing something special for you.”
“Oh yeah, another surprise that I never get to see.” Gabriella said, playfully, showing her patience.
“Am I not worth it?”
“You sure are. See you tonight.” Gabriella said, in respect to the time being past Joey's lunch hour.
“I’m dreaming about it.”
When Joey got home that night, Gabriella was in the kitchen wearing another dress, and her other new apron. Her dress was a purple tube top, tight and fitted to her body. The apron was green, with red roses, and was also form fitting to her curves. The apron was ruffled, and a tad on the fancy side, causing Joey to think she was too cute in her dress and apron, playing his house wife. He couldn’t help but tease her a little.
“You think you look cute don’t you?” Joey said, making his presence known in the kitchen.
“Hey.” Gabriella said, offend. She did think she looked awfully cute.
“Oh Lucy, I’m home.”
“You’re not funny. I look nothing like her.”
“Oh I’m just teasing. I can’t believe how cute you are.” “You mean it?” Gabriella said, with her lips pouting.
“I mean it.” Joey said, giving her pouting lips a kiss.
“You never told me I was cute last night.” Joey said, giving his irresistible, cute puppy face.
“You weren’t cute last night. You were handsome, hot and sexy.” “Not cute?” Joey said, pushing his puppy dog face.
“Oh your cute Joe.” Gabriella said, assuring him he had it all.
When they were through with dinner, Gabriella bothered Joey with details of the wedding. Joey liked the idea of asking his brother’s son to be his ring bearer. Gabriella had already asked for her cousins
daughter to be their flower girl, and asked Joey when she should make an appointment for all the men to get fitted for their tuxes. Joey promised to get back to Gabriella on when tomorrow.
Gabriella then asked if Joey had preference in flowers, what he wanted their wedding song to be, if he wanted a band or a Dee Jay, and Joey was more then happy to help plan the details of the wedding with Gabriella. Gabriella wrote down all the details her and Joey decided on, on little notes to herself, along with things she needed to get done, and when they needed to be done by.
When it was time for bed, Joey started to get naked, and Gabriella began laughing.
“Are we having sex every night?”
“For the rest of our lives.” Joey assured her. Joey left no time for words as he scooped Gabriella up into his arms, kissing her with passion, and desire. He loved being inside of her, he felt she was perfect for him, Gabriella herself had no objections in keeping their love life thriving.
On Thursday, Gabriella politely asked Joey if he would make her breakfast. Joey was mad at the thought, because he had a long, hard day of work ahead of him. Joey ate his words after he asked if she thought she was a princess. Gabriella said, ‘what if I’m busy with the baby and you have to? I just want to make sure you know how,’ causing Joey to feel badly for his princess remark, and not being able to help, but laugh over how cute she was. Joey agreed to making breakfast, and then confessed to not knowing how to make anything other then food that was cooked in the toaster. He assured Gabriella he was even incapable of pouring a bowl of cereal. Gabriella knew he was only teasing, but told him pop tarts were fine for her, causing Joey to laugh. Joey brought Gabriella breakfast in bed, and treated her like a princess for the rest morning.
Joey left Gabriella feeling special the whole day. Besides bringing her breakfast in bed, Joey gave Gabriella a full body massage, deciding to cut his workout at the gym short to have the time to make Gabriella, feel like a princess.
When Joey got home from work, Gabriella gasped with excitement. Gabriella kept herself busy all day long, but she still found moments where she felt there was nothing to do, but think of Joey.