Joe tossed the orange up into the air and told it to "stop". A soft green glow came over it and it stopped mid air.
"Excellent." Joleena smiled and clapped her hands.
"That's nothing, watch this." Joe smiled and refocused on the orange. "Slow."
The orange started to slowly arch downwards towards Joe's glowing open palm.
"Slow reverse." The orange slowly obeyed his command until it nestled back into his hand and stopped glowing. He gave Joleena another cocky wink and then threw the orange, aiming straight for an expensive looking vase.
"Stop!" Joe said authoritatively.
The orange resumed it's glow and froze a mere centimeter from the vase. Joleena breathed out a sigh of relief and shook her head at him. Joe merely laughed and made the orange go into reverse, back into his hand. Joe put the orange back into the bowl and sat down on the couch next to Joleena.
"I see you've been practicing." Joleena smiled at him.
"Well you left me for an entire week to go to Cannes." Joe shrugged. "There wasn't anything for me to do but practice my time magic thing."
"Are you saying that I distract you?" Joleena asked in a low voice moving closer to him.
"Yes." Joe gave her a seductive smile and draped an arm around her shoulders. "You certainly do."
He pulled close and pressed his lips against hers in an eager kiss. And for the first time in the two months that they've been official, Joleena kissed him back with just as much eagerness and hunger without any hesitation. She wrapped her arms tightly around his neck and sighed when his arms dropped from her shoulders and wrapped them firmly around her waist instead.
Joleena didn't realize just how addicted she was to Joe until she had to spend a week without him. His voice, his smile... his lips. It almost scared Joleena how desperately she missed his kisses and his tender touches.
Joe's hands were moving in slow, sensuous caresses on all over her waist and hips. Her heart was beating out of control and she thought she heard the vase crack. She couldn't really think of anything though other than Joe's hand which had fallen to her knee and started to slowly move up her skirt.
"Joseph wait," She broke away from the kiss breathlessly and gently pushed his hand way.
Joe chuckled and moved his lips to her neck. "Stop being so scared. I won't do anything you won't like."
"Joseph I-" She suddenly gasped when she felt what he was doing to her neck. She bit her lip in a failed attempt to hold back a moan and found herself clutching at his shirt. She felt him smile against her neck before nipping at her pulse, making her moan in surprise.
Great. Now she was practically in his lap as his hands gently roamed all over her body and his lips alternated between her neck, her collar bone, and back to her lips again. Her entire body felt like it was on fire and Joe's hands were started to become more insistent. Suddenly, she found herself laying down on the couch with Joe on top of her, still kissing her passionately. Joleena was completely at a loss. Part of her wanted this to stop and she knew Joe would if she said so... but another part of her wanted things to keep going. Even if that meant...
Her phone rang and she sighed in relief.
"Um, m-my phone's ringing." She whispered trying to move from under Joe.
"Let it." Joe whispered huskily against her neck.
Joleena shivered and tried to regain her thoughts. "J-Joseph-"
He shushed her gently and his hand went to the first button of her blouse. Her hand shot up to stop him, but started to caress his bicep instead.
"Miss?" Marcy knocked on the door. "You have a package."
Joleena shot up and quickly pushed Joe away. "G-give me just a minute, Marcy."
Joe lounged on the couch lazily and laughed as she hurriedly straightened her clothes and fixed her hair. She practically ran to the door and threw it open with a large nervous smile. Marcy's face was partly obscured by a large bouquet of roses and a large, gold box of chocolates.
"This came for you ma'am." Marcy said handing the gifts to her. "I think they're from-"
"Thank you Marc, that will be all." Joleena said quickly closing the door.
"Another gift from an admirer?" Joe said rolling his eyes.
"Mmhm. Pretty non?"
Joleena noticed that there was a card nestled among the roses and tried to hold it so Joe wouldn't see.
"I guess." Joe shrugged. "Who's it from?"
Joleena shrugged and tried to keep her face blank. Joe got up and started to move towards her.
"Chocolate?" Joleena smiled handing him the box.
"Um," Joe took the box from her and set it down on the table. "No thanks."
He started to move towards her again so she quickly turned away to put the roses in a vase. The card fell out with her sudden movement and landed at Joe's feet.
"Hey, there's a card." Joe said picking it up. "Wow, they even put cologne on it."
"Oh no, you don't want to see that." Joleena said trying to snatch the card away.
"Hold on," Joe held the card out of her reach and smirked at her. "You sound a little embarrassed. What's wrong? You don't want me to see who sent this to you?"
"No one important really." Joleena laughed and tried to take it back. "Probably just a fan."
"Okay, now I have to read it." Joe laughed and opened the card. "Dear Joleena, our time together in...Cannes was brief but wonderful... Sharing a loft reminded me of the old days... it was magic being with you again...Forever yours...Christophe..."
Joleena clutched the roses nervously as she watched Joe's smile fall. He looked up at her with a cold angry expression on his face.
"Christophe?" Joe said tightly. "Christophe as in your ex-boyfriend?"
"Joseph-" She reached out to to touch him but he knocked her hand away.
"Are you telling me," Joe closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "That you spent the week in Cannes with your ex-boyfriend Christophe? Just the two of you?"
Joleena sighed and decided to be honest. "Yes, but it wasn't-"
"ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME!?" Joe exploded and started yelling at her. "YOU SPENT THE WEEK ALONE WITH YOUR EX!?"
Tears sprung to Joleena's eyes. "It wasn't like that! Nothing happened I swear!"
"How the hell am I supposed to believe you?" Joe continued to glare at her. "You went without telling me, you barely called me the entire time you were there, and you just tried to hide his little gifts from me!"
"Nothing happened!" Joleena started to get angry. "It was just this... thing we has tickets to go to well before we broke up and-"
"So you think it's okay to spend a week with him because you already had it planned?" Joe shook his head. "Don't pretend that you were afraid of wasting money by canceling your tickets. You waste money all the time you spoiled, pampered brat!"
Joleena took in a sharp breath and felt her nails dig into her palm. The vase shattered violently and she forced herself to calm down.
"Joseph," She said through clenched teeth. "Let's stop before we both say something we regret."
"Oh there are some things I'm definitely regretting right now." Joe muttered angrily.
"You know, Christophe may have been a jerk to me, but at least he never accused me of cheating on him." Joleena folded her arms. "Unlike you Joseph."
Joe glared at her and wasn't through. "Maybe I should take you to France too since that seems to be what it takes to sleep with you."
His eyes widened when he realized what had just come out of his mouth. "Oh my gosh, Joleena I didn't mean-"
There was a loud smack as Joleena's hand shot out and slapped Joe across the face. His head jerked to the side with the force of her blow. Joleena's breath came in ragged gasps as she struggled to hold back sobs. Joe too was breathing heavily and he gingerly touched his cheek where her nails cut his skin.
"Get. Out."
"Joleena-"
"GET THE HELL OUT JOSEPH!" Joleena screamed her eyes and fist glowing with magic.
"FINE!" Joe yelled and stormed out.
"FINE!"
Joleena sank onto the couch and cried her eyes out. Nothing had happened between her and Christophe...so why did she feel like such a slut? Was Joe right about her doing... that for a trip to France? Or spending money on her for that matter. Joe had been nothing but sweet and giving to her with his affections...maybe she should give him something in return.
Joleena dried her eyes and headed up to her room. She couldn't live without Joe, so she would just have to work to get him back. And she knew just what to do.
