Chapter 7
The next morning, Lulu woke up first and decided to get up and take a shower while Dante slept in. She quietly slipped out of bed and went in to the bathroom, leaving the door slightly open. She got into the shower and turned on the hot water. She washed her hair and conditioned and then set about washing her body with a loofah. Suddenly the door to the shower opened and Dante stepped in. "You left me all alone in the bed" he pouted as his hands started groping her.
"I wanted to let you sleep, I was afraid we overdid it last night" Lulu explained.
"I feel fine today Lulu, better than ever." He assured her as his hands slip up to her breasts, pinching and squeezing. Knowing if she didn't get control of the situation soon, that Dante would pick her up and fuck her against the wall, which wouldn't be good for his healing lung, she pulled away and grabbed the shampoo. "Let me clean you up" she said as she squirted the shampoo in her hands and reached for Dante's hair. She washed his hair and then reached for the loofah to wash his body. She carefully scrubbed him down from head to toe, spending some extra time on his groin area. Dante moaned in pleasure as she fondled him there.
"Let's get out, the water is getting cold," she said finally after they were both squeaky clean. She shut off the water and led Dante out of the shower. She wrapped herself in a towel and then grabbed another one and set about drying Dante off. She started with his back and shoulders, moving down to his tight ass, carefully drying each cheek. She then did the backs of his legs and moved around to his front. She dried off his chest and moved the towel down to his stomach and then his muscular thighs and down to his feet. She saved her favorite part of him for last. She took the towel and gently dried his groin area, his hard cock twitching at her touch.
"Lulu, I need to be inside of you again." Dante bit out as he grabbed her hand and led her back to the bedroom. He took her towel off and tossed it on the floor and then pushed her back onto the bed.
"Dante, what about your recovery?" Lulu tried to protest, all the while anticipating his hard cock sliding inside her again.
"Sex with you is the best thing for my recovery" Dante convinced her. She couldn't resist anymore and spread her legs open for him as he climbed on top of her. He kissed her passionately, pushing his tongue into her mouth as his hard cock nudged her opening. He slid inside her in one hard thrust and she screamed out in pleasure. He filled her so completely and was inside her so deep. He slowly pulled out so just the tip was inside and then slammed into her again. "Oh god Dante yes!" Lulu exclaimed as he started pounding into her over and over. She lifted her legs up and wrapped them around his waist, grinding herself on him. Before long she could feel herself coming hard. He watched as she came down from her intense orgasm and kept slowly pumping into her. Once she had settled, he pulled out and told her to flip over. She did as he asked and he pulled her up on her knees, sliding back into her from behind. He reached around to roughly grab her breasts as he pounded into her from behind. She fell forward from the force of his thrusts and he pushed her hips into the bed, grinding against her. She loved the feel of him against her back, sliding in and out at a frantic pace. He reached around and started playing with her clit and she instantly came hard. He followed right behind her with one final hard thrust, collapsing over her. They stayed like that for several minutes his cock twitching inside her, his hands caressing her body. Once they started breathing normally again, Dante rolled off of her and cuddled her to him.
"That was amazing" Lulu sighed happily as she lazily ran her hand up and down his chest. "I missed being with you like that. Having this connection."
"Me too, I'm so happy to have you back in my arms where you belong" Dante said. "Now on to important matters, when do you want to tell the family about the engagement?" he tentatively asked. This would be the real test to see if she was ready to move forward.
"Let's invite everyone to the Haunted Start tonight and tell them all together." Lulu suggested.
Dante breathed a sigh of relief that she wanted to tell everyone. "That sounds like a fantastic idea. I'll call my ma, Michael and Sonny. It is too bad Lucky and Luke are out of town but you should call Ethan, Tracy and Maxie."
Lulu suddenly remembered that she never told Dante about her run-in with Luke. "Actually, I saw my dad the other day, before I went to Jake's. He is back in town. It didn't go very well."
"I'm sorry, do you want to tell me what happened?" Dante asked as he squeezed Lulu tighter.
"I said some awful things to him. I wouldn't be surprised if he never speaks to me again."
"I'm sure your dad knows that you love him Lulu. You have every right to be upset with him after everything that happened." Dante assured her.
"I don't want to talk about my dad anymore. Today is supposed to be a happy day. We are finally going to announce that we are getting married. Let's go shower again and start planning for tonight." Lulu got up out of bed, grabbed Dante's hand and led him into the bathroom.
Later that evening, Lulu and Dante were at the Haunted Star waiting for their friends and family to show up. They had two bottles of champagne on ice, ready to be opened once the good news was shared. "You look so handsome in that suit" Lulu complimented Dante.
"Why thank you baby" Dante said as he leaned in to kiss her. "You look gorgeous as always" he said as he kissed her again.
The first to arrive was Olivia who came in with her boyfriend Dr. Steven Webber. She rushed up to give them both a hug. "I'm so happy you two kids are finally ready to share your news" she gushed.
"Thanks ma" Dante said as he hugged her back.
"Yes, thank you for keeping it a secret for us. I know that was difficult." Lulu said.
Next Maxie arrived with her boyfriend, Dr. Matt Hunter. Matt and Steve shook hands as Maxie went over to Dante and Lulu to pepper them with questions. "What's this about? Is it good news or bad news?"
"Maxie, just wait until everyone gets here and we will tell everyone at once." Lulu told her.
"Humph" Maxie huffed as she stalked over to the bar to get a drink.
Sonny, Kate, Michael and Abby all arrived next. Sonny awkwardly greeted Dante and Lulu and thanked them for inviting him. Michael came up and gave them both a hug.
Tracy breezed in next with Edward and Monica in tow. The Quartermaines had been part of Lulu's life for a long time and she thought it was important for them to share this news. Ethan was the last guest to arrive and finally they were ready to get started.
Dante clinked his glass to get everyone's attention. "Thank you all for coming tonight on such short notice. We have some news we want to share with all of you and we hope you will be happy for us." He looked at Lulu "Do you want to tell them Lu?"
A wide grin spread out on Lulu's face and she took her left hand out from behind her back. "We are getting married!"
The group erupted into cheers and congratulations for the happy couple. Everyone rushed up to hug them and look at Lulu's ring. After everyone had gotten their turn with the bride and groom to be, the champagne was served.
Dante lifted his glass to make a toast. "I feel like the luckiest man alive that this beautiful, smart and funny woman agreed to be my wife." He said as he looked lovingly at Lulu. "We also couldn't be luckier to have such great family and friends to share this news with. Cheers!"
Everyone clinked glasses and sipped the champagne. Hors d'oeuvres were served and the guests started mingling.
Sonny came up to Lulu and gave her a hug. "I'm happy you decided to follow your heart Lulu. I hope you and my son will be very happy together."
Surprised Lulu didn't know what to say. "Thanks Sonny" she finally spit out as he was shaking Dante's hand in congratulations.
Lulu and Dante shared a look of confusion as Sonny went off to the bar. "He was unusually supportive" Dante said.
Before Lulu had time to tell Dante what happened on the docks, Maxie walked up.
"So have you picked a date? Where is it going to be? What are your colors? Are you going to wear your hair up or down?" Maxie questioned.
"Maxie take a breath. We haven't planned a single thing. I would like to ask you if you would be my Maid of Honor." Lulu said.
"Of course I'm going to be your Maid of Honor. Who else would it be?" Maxie said.
Lulu laughed as Maxie flitted off to find Matt.
"Who is going to be your best man?" Lulu asked.
"I was thinking about asking Michael. I know he and I have our differences but he is my brother"
"I think that is a great idea, do you want to ask him tonight?"
"Sure, let's bring him over."
Lulu gestured Michael over to wear they were standing near the bar.
"Michael, I have something to ask you. You can feel free to say no if you don't want to do it." Dante rambled. Michael looked at him confused.
"Will you be my Best Man at the wedding?" Dante finally asked.
"Of course I will Dante, you are my brother" Michael agreed.
The brothers hugged and then Michael hugged Lulu. "I'm really happy for you guys. You put up with me sleeping on the couch all of those months, you deserve some happiness." Michael joked. "Seriously though, I couldn't be happier for you."
After Michael had walked away, Dante breathed a sigh of relief. "Well now that that's settled, we have to pick a date and a place"
Lulu thought about it for a minute. "How about New Year's Eve? It will be just after the two year anniversary of our first date to the Opera."
"That's very soon, are you sure that's enough time to plan the wedding you want?" Dante questioned, hoping she would say it was.
"Dante, I don't want to wait any longer to start our lives together as a married couple. I don't need a big, huge wedding. I just want to marry you." She said as she kissed him softly.
"I was hoping you would say that. I can't wait to be your husband." Dante whispered against her lips and kissed her again.
They were interrupted by Edward "I'm very happy for you Lulu, if this guy makes you happy." He turned to Dante "If you hurt her, I will send Alice after you and I guarantee that you won't be able to walk upright after she is finished"
After Edward walked away, Dante and Lulu looked at each other and laughed. "I guess that is Edward's seal of approval" Lulu chuckled.
The party started winding down and the guests were coming up one by one to say goodbye. After everyone had left, Dante switched the sound system from smooth jazz to a song from his iPod that he knew Lulu would love. "Let's dance," he said as he held out his hand to her. Strains of Garth Brook's "To Make You Feel My Love" started playing and Dante led Lulu out to the middle of the casino floor to dance. He wrapped an arm around her and clasped her hand to his chest as she buried her face in his neck and they swayed to the music.
"Tonight was a perfect night." Lulu sighed.
"It was perfect." Dante agreed.
They swayed to the music, enjoying being in each other's arms until they heard the door to the Haunted Star open and close.
Dante looked up as Luke Spencer had entered the room.
"Looks like I missed a party" Luke said.
Lulu lifted her head from Dante's should and turned around.
"Dad, what are you doing here?"
"I ran into Tracy on the docks and she said you had some news to share. So, out with it" Luke demanded.
Dante's arm tightened around Lulu's waist, letting her know that he was there to support her.
"Dante and I are engaged. We announced the news to our family and friends tonight" Lulu told him. "I hope you will be happy for us. If you can't be happy for us, then I'm going to have to ask you to keep it to yourself. I love Dante and I want to spend the rest of my life with him. Nothing you say will change that."
"You are an adult cupcake, if you want to marry this….cop and live a life of heartache, that's up to you" Luke didn't hide his disdain for Dante.
"Dad, that's enough. Dante deserves your respect."
"Lulu, you don't have to" Dante started but Lulu just continued on.
"He has been here for me when you certainly weren't. He loves me and I love him. There is nothing else to say about it."
With that Lulu decided it was time to go. "Enjoy your last night here at the Haunted Star dad, tomorrow I'm changing the locks and installing a security system."
Lulu grabbed Dante's hand and pulled him out of the casino. "Let's go home"
Once they were outside, Dante stopped and Lulu turned.
"Are you okay? That can't have been easy for you" Dante asked, his concern evident.
"Dante, I love my dad but if he can't support us and let me be happy, then I can't have anything to do with him." Lulu stated firmly. "I need to start doing what's best for me instead of worrying about the rest of the family's reaction."
Dante pulled Lulu into a tight embrace. "I'm so proud of you Lu."
Lulu grinned up at him and kissed him. "Good. Now let's go home and continue making up for lost time"
Dante quickly ushered her to the car and opened the passenger door for her. Once she was settled inside, he ran around to the driver's side, hopped in and sped off towards the loft.
