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I woke up to bright sunlight in my eyes. What the….? The window wasn't on the left side of my room. I tried to sit up, but something around my waist prevented me from doing so. I looked over to see the still sleeping form of Joseph, snoring away. I stared at him for a few seconds before laying back down facing him. I studied his features.

Joseph was a handsome man with strong cheekbones and eyes framed by long lashes. He had thick eyebrows and a muscular neck. His lips were soft and always in a smile, silly man. What I loved the most though were his eyes. His eyes were a beautiful chocolate brown, always twinkling with laughter or happiness. Now those eyes are filled with fondness for me. I stroked his cheek gently, running the backs of my fingers over the smooth skin. His eyes twitched for a moment before opening and he smiled at me sleepily.

"Morning, beautiful," he said, giving me a sweet kiss. I kissed him back, holding the side of his face as I did. I whispered my good mornings to him too before he swung himself over me so that he was situated on top of me. He made sure that he wasn't on me all the way so he wouldn't crush me, such a gentleman. His hands stayed situated on either side of my waist, not touching my body at all. All I could think about right now was kissing this gorgeous man hovering over me. So it didn't come as a surprise when I heard "All Souls Night" playing from my phone, meaning that Jill was calling me. I don't know why, but Loreena McKennitt has always been a particular favorite of mine when it comes to easy listening music to calm me down. I think it's funny because I have "Run to the Hills" for Chris' ring tone, but enough about that. Joseph reluctantly broke our kiss and I reached for my phone.

"Jill, I was just about to throw Joseph down and do dirty things to him."

Jill laughed over the other side of the phone. "By all means, do so, but leave the phone on. I wanna hear this."

"Pervert," I said, but a grin crept onto my face. Joseph was laughing. "What's up Jilly?"

"I was wondering if you wanted to hang out today. I got the day off and I know you do too."

"Jill, I'm honored that you would stalk my schedule like that, you creeper," I joked, earning a chuckle from Joseph.

"Joseph can't come cause he's gotta work today," she said, but I cut her off after that.

"Hold on Jill." I pressed my hand over the mouthpiece of the phone and said to Joseph. "Jill's stalking your schedule too. You might as well get up and get ready for work."

"Damn…" Joseph muttered, but he went to get up. When I uncovered the mouthpiece, Joseph leaned in quickly and licked my cheek. I laughed and swatted his shoulder. "So what were you thinking Jill?"

"How about coffee at Emmy's, then to the bowling alley?" "Sure. I'll meet you at Emmy's in 30 minutes."

"Bye girl."

I hung up my phone and flopped back onto the bed. Joseph came out of the bathroom pulling his S.T.A.R.S. shirt on.

"Girls' day today, Rose?" he asked, coming over to my side of the bed and kneeling down next to me, resting his arms on the edge. I nodded, my arm thrown over my eyes. I felt really tired, but I didn't want to upset Jill, so I got up to get dressed. Joseph sat on the bed to pull his boots on as I threw on a pair of jeans and a red tank that I had brought from home. Usual morning stuff, brush teeth, brush hair, yadda yadda.

We walked outside to our cars, stopping to hug each other and kiss, which was a really passionate one, I may say. He slid his hands into the back pockets of my jeans, holding me to him firmly.

"I'll see you later, babe," he said, kissing my forehead. "Later stud."

He got into his Jeep and started it up, backing out of the driveway. Before I could even get my car unlocked, he honked his horn twice at me and when I turned around to yell, he sped off. I could hear him laughing. I climbed into my car with a smile on my face. Life is good.


"You what!" Jill said when I told her about my little session with Joseph.

"Yeah we just made out and slept together. Is there something wrong with that?" I lifted an eyebrow at her expression.

"Rose, you're not supposed to sleep with your boyfriend after dating a few days. It'll make you look trampy!"

"Wait, you think I had sex with Joseph! No! We just slept in the same bed," I said, laughing as I said it. Jill gave me the look. Her idea of trying to get the truth out of me is fixing me with this stare that I just cannot stand, but since I was telling the truth this time, she couldn't get me. Take that, Jill!

Jill sipped on her latte while looking out the window at a group of guys. Okay, I know that Jill and Chris are just partners. They've tried the whole relationship thing, but it turns out that they click together as really good friends, much to the disappointment of some people…*ahem* me! I thought they looked good together. Turns out Chris likes someone else, but he won't say who it is. We'll get it out of him eventually.

I checked my watch. It was almost 1 in the afternoon. I guess Jill and I could go bowling and then call it a day. My cell phone went off signaling that I had a message and I checked. It was from Joseph.

Come over to my place tonight at 7. I miss you already babe.

I couldn't contain my wide smile as I sent him a message back. See you tonight, stud.

Jill noticed my smile as I slipped my phone back into my pocket. "Why so happy Rose?"

"Joseph wants to see me again tonight. Looks like he can't get enough," I said, laughing. I shifted in my seat to get more comfortable, but for some reason, there was something uncomfortable pressing into me from my left back pocket. I reached in to see what it was and felt warm metal. I pulled it out to reveal a key. Jill and I stared at it until my phone went off again. It was Joseph.

Check your pocket. I left a surprise for you. Use it whenever you want, babe.

Little late there, babe. I smiled as I looked the key over. Jill gave me a wink as she finished her latte. "I think I know what Joseph wants…" she said.

I swatted her playfully before putting the key back in my pocket. "Let's go to the bowling alley, Jilly."


Nothing really happened at the bowling alley except for Jill getting her fingers stuck in the holes of the bowling ball and nearly getting jerked out onto the lane. It was almost 5:30 when we left the alley. I swear, only Jill and I could turn one game of bowling into 20 games. It's a competition between us the whole time, but Jill wanted to stop because she wanted me to go see Joseph. Oh well…there's only so much Jill I can take. I pulled into Joseph's driveway. He wasn't home yet, so I had a little while to wait. He'd be home in about an hour anyway. I opened the front door and went in.

Joseph actually had a nice place, I'm not going to lie. His couch was really comfortable and it was inviting me to lay down and catch a quick power nap. So I did. What was weird was that I actually fell asleep and had a dream.

I was in a large room that looked really old. Next to me stood Captain Wesker dressed all in black and a woman dressed in a cream colored dress. She looked like a supermodel, what the hell? Jill stood next to me, dressed in a dark jumpsuit, but she was blonde now. Jill hated blonde hair with a passion! I'm pretty sure my mind just wants to fuck with me now. Chris stood across from us with a dark skinned woman, African by the looks of her. Wow, Chris really bulked up. He looks better. Okay maybe this dream isn't so bad after all. But Chris and this woman were pointing guns at us. Captain Wesker put his hand on my shoulder and whispered something in my ear. It sounded like "take them out". I didn't know why, but I obeyed him. Captain Wesker and the supermodel woman walked away as well as Jill, leaving me to face Chris. Why am I doing this?

I feel like I'm having an out of body experience. I watched as I launched myself at Chris with speed and strength I never knew I had. I smacked him squarely in the chest with my foot and drove him into the ground. I delivered a roundhouse kick to the woman and grabbed her throat, throwing her down into the ground, dazing her. Chris came up behind me and grabbed my arm, twisting it and spinning me around into his arms. Our faces were so close together that I could feel the warmth of his breath on my cheek. I could only watch as Chris brought his face closer to mine, and I trembled as I felt his lips touch mine in a soft kiss. The stubble on his face rasped against mine in a pleasant way…what is happening! He broke the kiss and looked at me, his eyes pools of emotion.

"Rose…."

Something was touching me! I opened my eyes slowly to see Joseph leaning over me, a big smile on his face as his hands ran up the sides of my body, sending small tingles through me. I smiled sleepily back at him, slipping my arms around his neck and pulling him down for a kiss. For a girl who's never had a boyfriend, I'm doing a damn good job at this.

"I brought something for us to enjoy," he mumbled against my lips before kissing me again. I could only make a sound in my throat as he moved away to a brown bag sitting on the side table. He pulled out a big bottle of wine, blueberry flavor, and two wine glasses. He opened the bottle and poured the wine, handing me my glass before taking a sip of his own. I did too, savoring the sweet flavor. It took me three minutes to down the whole glass, it was that good! Joseph wasn't even finished with his own, but he poured more into my glass. I'm thankful Jill and I had grabbed something to eat beforehand or else I would be getting sick. This is the first time I ever drank alcohol, so the second glass was making me feel a little tipsy. My face began to feel warm as well as my entire body. I'm a lightweight, deal with it.

"Rose, you okay?" Joseph sounded far away. I looked at him, a slight haze clouding my vision. I set my empty glass down and turned to Joseph, who was kneeling next to me. I was reclining on the couch. I took his glass from him and set it down next to mine. Joseph just stared at me the whole time, his mouth slightly open. I leaned into him and kissed him, soft and sweet at first, but then it became a full out battle of the tongues. Joseph stood slightly and crept onto the couch, moving me so that I was sitting up. He situated himself over me, his knees on both sides of my hips slightly crushing me into the softness of the couch. I lost myself in the sensation of our lips caressing each other's.

I didn't expect to feel Joseph's hand to inch its way up my shirt until I felt his fingers on my bare skin. I jumped slightly, but relaxed as his hand traveled upwards to slowly cup my breast. My breath caught in my throat as he gently massaged the mound of flesh, sending small waves of pleasure through my body. I could feel myself tighten up down in my groin and a feeling of wetness start between my legs….arousal was happening.

Joseph kept kissing me, his breaths coming hard as he moved from my mouth to my neck, kissing and gently licking. I'm very sensitive at my neck, I found out as he bit down at the junction between my neck and my shoulder. I arched up, but Joseph's weight kept me from going any further.

"Babe, let's go in my bedroom…" he murmured against my neck before pressing another kiss to it. I was too lost in the sensations to fight it, so I allowed him to lead me to his room. He held my hips from behind as he led me, kissing my neck every so often. It took us almost five minutes to reach the bedroom because we couldn't stop pushing each other against the wall and kissing. Once in the bedroom, Joseph sat back on the bed and opened his legs, letting me settle between them. I kissed him again, leaning forward as he leaned back. Pretty soon, I was laying on top of Joseph, our bodies pressed close together. I'll admit it. I was probably a little drunk.

"Rose…"

I didn't stop kissing him. I moved my hands down to the bottom of his shirt and began to pull it up, revealing his toned physique.

"Rose…"

I lowered myself so that I could kiss down his stomach, admiring the firm taut skin as it passed underneath my lips.

"Rose…"

I will admit I didn't know what to do, but when I kissed down to the edge of his pants, I noticed that there was something tenting there. Only one thing, his penis. I smiled to myself and opened my mouth around it, allowing the heat of my mouth to surround it.

"Rose!"

Joseph's cry reached my ears as I mouthed his cock through his pants. He must have liked it.

"Rose. Stop."

Joseph's hands were in my hair, pulling me off of his manhood. I stared at him blearily.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

Joseph looked me over. He sighed heavily and brushed some of my hair out of my face.

"Rose, you know I want you and all, but not like this. I want you when you are in your own mind, not drunk."

I could only stare at him. This man, this wonderful man…he was such a gentleman. I smiled at him…but my eyes were slowly closing. What was happening? It must have been the wine…I never could handle that stuff…I'm so sleepy….I…


Rose Lillian Marshall