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After a while she moved and sat on one of the chairs in her suite, with her legs up tucked under her as she sat thinking about what René had said. She was so much in deep thought she didn't hear Joe come in.
"Clari" he whispered as he knelt beside her
she looked down as he put his arm across her then looked at him "hey" she half smiled
"is everything alright?" he asked
she sat looking at him in silence for a few seconds then nodded "of course"
"are you sure?" he asked while taking her hand
"I am" she nodded and locked fingers with him
"ok" he said watching her knowing something was wrong "is it about me moving in? have you changed your mind?" he asked as she looked at him "because I don't have to if your not ready for that yet?"
"of course not, I am ready" she let go of his hand and cupped his cheek "I can't wait" she smiled and kissed him then looked back at him
"somethings wrong? I know it is" he whispered
"I'm just feeling a bit emotional with our baby getting married that's all" she said taking his hand again and rested them on her thigh "I just can't believe its happening" she said looking at him "she's not old enough to get married" she said pulling a sad face
"I know, I keep expecting to see her at the door in the middle of the night crying because she had a bad dream and wanted to sleep in with us" he said and kissed the back of her fingers "do you remember what I said to you on the day she was born?"
she sat thinking for a few seconds then shook her head "no"
"I said" he said smiling "the day she gets married, I will bring you a rose for every year she's lived" he said leaning to the side grabbing the flowers "for you" he smiled resting them on their arms "19 red roses for you"
"aww Joe" she whispered and smelt them "they are lovely" she smiled and kissed him "thank you so much" she whispered between kisses
"anything for you" he smiled while putting his arm around her shoulders
He stayed there watching as she messed around with one of the roses, knowing something was wrong more than what she was letting on.
"oh" Clarisse said lifting her head and looked at him "have you seen Fia?" she asked
"no" he shook his head "not yet, why?" he asked
"she's pregnant" she smiled
"really?" he asked in surprise
"yea, she found out this morning her doctor thinks shes about a month" she grinned
"wow" Joe smiled "you no, you look so much better with a smile on your face" he said as she moved and rested her forehead against his "you will tell me if there was something wrong, won't you?"
"of course" she nodded and kissed him "let's keep the baby thing to ourselves for now as Greg doesn't know yet" she asked as he nodded "thank you"
They sat snuggling for a few minutes then Joe checked the time.
"I am sorry but we need to get downstairs" he said looking at her as she stood up
"ok" she said turning to him
"can you sort out my tie? you no what I'm like with them" he chuckled
"of course" she smiled and stood in front of him and sorted it out for him "there you go" she said running her hand down the tie to straighten it out
"thank you" he smiled at her "you look amazing by the way"
"I ain't finished yet" she said looking at him "actually I need to change, I will meet you downstairs" she said undoing her zip while walking over to the door
"but I thought that's what you bought for the wedding?" he asked confused as she pushed up the bedroom door
He stood waiting for an answer that didn't come then decided to leave her to it and went downstairs, she sat on the bed thinking for a few minutes deciding to herself that René has nothing on her and wouldn't dare do anything, she pushed it to the back of her mind and set about enjoying her daughters wedding.
After having another shower she rushed to do her hair into a french twist, make up and get dressed as people got ready downstairs.
"Dad" Olivia said rushing over to him "have you seen Mom?"
"she's getting ready" he answered
"but she's been doing that for ages" she said while shaking her head "ok" she said and rushed of
"is everything alright?" Greg asked while looking at Joe
"I think so" Joe nodded while looking at him and Peter "you no what women are like at the last minute, always changing their minds" he shrugged as they laughed
"true" Peter smiled
After a few minutes he went to check on Sofia to make sure shes ok.
"wow" he said while standing in surprise as she slowly turned around "you look..." he said walking over "beautiful" he whispered and kissed her cheek
"thank you Daddy" Sofia smiled as they parted
"I promised myself I wouldn't cry today but I think I may end up doing just that" he said taking her hands
"aww Dad don't do that or I will too" Sofia whispered
"I can't help it, your such a beautiful young lady" he said looking into her eyes
"aww Daddy" she smiled as the photographer took some photos of them
After a few minutes Clarisse came in.
"Mom" Sofia exclaimed as everyone looked at her "you've changed your hair and your outfit" she asked
"I know" Clarisse nodded "I didn't really like them so changed them" she said walking over and took her hands "I hope that was alright?"
"of course" Sofia nodded as they hugged
"thank you" Clarisse smiled as she stepped back "I will see you out there, ok?"
"ok" Sofia nodded as they all watched her walk out "is she ok?" Sofia asked looking at Joe
"you noticed it too?" Joe answered while looking back at her as she nodded "hmm" he said looking towards the door
Not long after it was time for Joe to walk Sofia down the aisle to Greg. After handing her over he sat down next to Clarisse and took her hand while smiling at her, his heart melted when she smiled back and gave him a small kiss before looking back at Sofia and Greg standing before the Reverend as he started the service.
After the dinner and speeches everyone mingled for a bit then the reception got started. Greg and Sofia shared the first dance, then had another slow dance for everyone to join in. Knowing it will get Clarisse and Joe up on the dance floor, Sofia picked one of Clarisse's favorite songs and as it started playing Sofia couldn't help but smile when she saw her parent's dancing slowly to it.
When the song finished and another one started Pierre stepped in and shared a dance with Clarisse as Joe danced with Charlotte, then the next one Clarisse danced with Greg as Joe danced with Sofia.
"Clarisse" Greg whispered in her ear as they danced "is everything alright?"
she pulled her head back and looked at him then whispered in his ear "is it that obvious?" she asked as he nodded
"it is when you've been on cloud 9 for the last couple months" he whispered back and looked at her
"ahh" she answered as they carried on dancing "just ignore it" she whispered and looked at him "I am fine, everything's fine and we are going to have a good time tonight? right?" she whispered then looked back at him
he nodded in confusion "right" he whispered "Mom" he smiled
She smiled and took his hand "good" she smiled while lifting his arm up and swayed under it while still holding onto his hand, then stood close to him again with a smile on her face and noticed Sofia and Joe dancing close to them "do you mind?" she asked Greg
"of course not" he smiled as she stood next to Sofia and Joe "may I cut in?" she smiled
"sure" Sofia smiled and watched as Clarisse put her arm up around Joe's shoulder and kissed him while taking his hand holding it down as they started swaying to the song then she felt someone grab her hand she looked to see Greg "hey you" Sofia smiled as he stepped closer and they started dancing "I saw you talking to Mom?" she whispered "is she alright?"
"she's just great" Greg nodded and kissed her
After the song Clarisse took Joe's hand and led him over to their table where some of the family was sat talking and for the next hour they played party songs, which had pretty much everyone up on the dance floor at some point or other.
Clarisse sat turned in her seat talking to Harriet with Joe sat close behind her when 'A Girl Like You' started playing, Jason messing around stood up pointing at Clarisse and sang along to the song while grabbing her hand and pulled her up, she turned her back to him and started swaying her hips while putting her arms up in front of her, as he put his hands on her hips the others at the table started laughing
"you gave me just a taste so I want more" he whispered as she put her hands on his hands while laughing with Harriet as she stood up
When the song finished he put his arm around her waist and kissed her cheek as she laughed.
"if you wasn't family and a few years older, maybe you would have a chance" she smiled at him while putting her hand on her chest "if I wasn't taken either of course" she laughed
"thanks" he winked and kissed her cheek again "good to see you happy again though" he whispered then looked at her
"thank you" she nodded and put her arms up giving him a hug
Harriet grabbed her arm as she stood back and led her to the dance floor to dance with the others for a bit. After dancing to a couple songs with the ladies and kids she walked back over and stood next to Joe while grabbing her glass and drank some while putting her other hand on Joe's back.
After she put her glass back down she bent over and kissed him a couple times while moving her hand onto the back of his head
"are you having fun?" he whispered
"of course, are you?" she asked and kissed him again
"of course" he nodded while smiling at her
"good" she smiled and kissed him again as she felt someone grab her waist making her jump, she turned while standing up to see Sofia stood smiling at her "hey darling" Clarisse smiled and kissed her while putting her arm around her waist
"come dance with me?" Sofia smiled
"gosh I am in demand tonight, aren't I?" she smiled at her then at Joe as he tilted his head a little "I will be back" she mouthed to him and wondered of with Sofia
Joe turned in his seat and watched them dancing, he couldn't help but smile then turned back in his seat to talk to Peter who moved next to him.
And after half hour of dancing to salsa music Clarisse went back over to Joe when she stood next to him he stood up and looked at her
"have you shrunk?" he smirked as she looked up at him
"no I took my shoes off" she smiled as he lowered his head and kissed her she put her hands on his sides
"and where are they?" he smiled
"I have no idea" she chuckled and lent over grabbing her glass
When she stood back while taking a couple sips of her drink, Joe lowered himself a little and wrapped his arms around her waist while kissing her neck, as he did she put her free arm up around his shoulders while closing her eyes and buried her face in his shoulder, enjoying the moment.
After a moment she lifted her head and noticed Olivia was stood next to her so she put her arm out to her and smiled as Olivia looked at her
"here have a drink" she smiled and looked back at Joe as Olivia took the glass from her
Olivia stood amused as Clarisse and Joe started kissing in front of her, seconds later Clarisse realized what she had done and pulled her head back to look who she gave the glass too, quickly grabbing it back as Joe laughed
"oooh no you don't" she said moving and put the glass down on the table then stood back in front of Joe "now where was we" she smirked
"here I believe" Joe whispered and started kissing her slowly
"god you have a room you no" Olivia said while shaking her head and walked off with Sasha
Blocking everything around them out, they just stood there kissing as Clarisse put one of her arms up around his shoulders and the other placed her hand on his side.
And after a little while they returned to see them still at it, but ignored them and sat at the table when Sofia came over and sat next to Olivia and smiled
"what?" Olivia asked and turned to watch as Sofia leaned forward a little and grabbed the corner of Clarisse's jacket and pulled it up to show Joe groping her ass "oh my god" Olivia exclaimed then started laughing with Sofia and Sasha as she let go of her jacket
Feeling the jacket fall down Clarisse stopped and looked at Joe for a second then turned to see the girls laughing while looking at them and realized Joe's hands was on her ass, she started laughing too
"having fun" Sasha smirked at them
"I think we got a bit carried away again, Clari" Joe smirked as Clarisse blushed and rested her head on his chest while wrapping her arms around his waist
"I think so too" she smiled while looking up at him then moved and sat down as Joe wondered of
"awww someones in loooooove" Olivia teased in a different voice while watching Clarisse drink some of her drink
"she got it bad" Sasha laughed as Clarisse smiled at her
After a few minutes Joe returned and sat back next to Clarisse as everyone looked at Greg as he took the mike and started speaking.
"alright I know I am not Italian but me and Fia couldn't pass on this song, it's catchy" he smiled as Sofia took her place on the dance floor with Olivia while Clarisse smiled at Joe "I had heard it was played at her parent's wedding and because Fia has Italian blood we thought it only right to do it at ours too" he smiled over at Clarisse and Joe as Clarisse stood up "this songs for you, Mom, Dad" he chuckled and joined Sofia and Olivia as the song started
"WOOOO" exclaimed everyone at their table while clapping to the beat of the song
Within seconds most of the guests was up and joining in, and as Greg and Sofia danced in the middle a group formed a circle going one way around them and others formed a circle going the other way around them.
Half way through the song, it broke up and people started dancing in pairs. Greg quickly grabbed Clarisse as Joe danced with Sofia, the other guests who wasn't dancing stood around the dance floor clapping and cheering them on. But by the end of the song Clarisse was dancing with Sofia and Olivia was dancing with Greg, Joe stood with Sasha and Amelia while taking photos.
After having a break from dancing for a little while, as others took to the dance floor, Amelia came over and whispered something in Clarisse's ear then took her hand as she rushed of with her, leaving Joe and the others sat confused.
After a few seconds a song started and everyone realized what was going on and stood up, standing around the dance floor as Olivia, Sasha, Amelia and Clarisse started dancing to Zobra's Greek and as it started speeding up everyone clapped them on to the beat as Sofia and Greg stood in amazement.
When the song finished Clarisse walked over and cupped Sofia's face "for you" she smiled and kissed her followed by a hug. Then she went back over to her table and stood talking with Hannah when Joe came behind her and put his hands on her hips, while kissing her shoulder.
"did you really dance to that song in heels?" he laughed
"yes I did" Clarisse smiled with a nod while looking at Hannah "I can't believe it either"
"your just the right height in heels" he smiled and kissed her cheek while moving one of his hand around onto her tummy
"thank you" she smiled while turning her head sideways and placed her free hand on his hand
After a few minutes they sat down at the table, and carried on talking to Hannah while Joe sat talking to Peter. When Sofia came over, and bent over whispering something in her ear making her look up.
"for you" Sofia smiled putting her wedding bouquet on Clarisse's lap as she looked down "you no, because your next" she whispered then smiled at her
"oh no" Clarisse said while shaking her head "I am not next" she said trying to give them back
"please" Sofia said pushing her hands down "you will hurt my feelings if you don't take them" Sofia said smirking at her "please"
"ok" Clarisse nodded and put her arm up around her shoulders giving her a hug
"we are going now, enjoy the rest of your night" she smiled lifting her head
"you go and enjoy your night at the hotel and we will see you tomorrow" Clarisse smiled and kissed her "thanks for the flowers" she smiled
"anytime" she hugged her again "enjoy your night too" Sofia winked
She said goodbye to Joe, Hannah and Peter then left with Greg.
And just before Midnight they started playing Clarisse and Joe's song, and as many other couples got up to dance to it Joe led Clarisse to the floor as Olivia and Amelia stood filming it. Olivia smiling the whole time and laughed with Amelia as they watched Joe whisper something in her ear making her laugh as they continued dancing to the song and gave her a quick dip before carrying on.
When the song finished they disappeared upstairs as the party carried on downstairs, they had their own personal party upstairs.
