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She watched him as he made his way from the bathroom to their bed. He was only wearing his boxers. She had forgotten how amazing his body was. His abs were driving her crazy. She smiled as he sat down next door and gently ran his fingertips over her shoulders. She shivered slightly. It was driving her wild. She looked up at him and bit her lip. It had been a long time since she had been intimate with someone.

He gently kissed her lips and simply laid there in bed with her. He didn't want to do anything more than just lay there with her and listen to her breath. He never thought he find love like this again after Adrianna. Even Adrianna had admitted to him that there was something amazing about Kate while they were standing in line to wish Father Giocoso a Merry Christmas. It wasn't like him to just want to be close to a girl without well being naked. Her skin was so soft to touch.

Kate noticed the scar on Tony's knee. She gently traced the healed wound. She could see where they had stitched it up. "Does it hurt still?" She whispered not wanting to ruin the tranquility of the moment.

He looked down at his knee and cringed not because it hurt but because it reminded him of pain. "Sometimes when it's really cold it acts up."

She nodded. "How much rehab did you have to do?"

"To walk it took two months. To jog it took a month. To run it took another two months. So five months to go back to normal. I still could never play on it the same. I was always so worried that I injure it again." Tony admitted. He could have gone back to football but he had so scared. Even though he'd learned to deal with his injury he was never the same afterwards.

She knew he was probably still sad about the way things had turned out. She couldn't imagine being headed for a career as a professional football player only to have it taken away in the blink of an eye. She wondered if her asking these questions bothered him. "Am I upsetting you?" The words came out slowly.

Tony looked down at her and smiled a little as he shook his head no. "You know right after it happened they rushed me to the hospital to have it looked at. I remember sitting there in the hospital exam room when she walked in. Adrianna looked so scared. It made me even more scared than I already was. I remember trying to feel my knee but not really being able to concentrate on moving because of the pain. You know she may not have been there afterwards but she was there that day. She held my hand. She told me everything would be okay. She told me that I was so much more than a football player. It was the first time I needed her like she had needed me in the past. It was almost surreal." Tony paused. He let out a ragged breath. He hated thought about that day in so long. "When she broke up with me I wasn't surprised. I knew she needed to stick to the plan .I knew life had thrown her too many obstacles already."

"I still don't like her for what she did to you but I do feel bad for her. I couldn't imagine losing my family. Losing the future I had planned on carrying out. Losing the hope that one day I would be able to create a new family for myself. And then on top of all that losing the husband that was supposed to help me carry out the plan I had always believed in." Kate hadn't noticed the sad look in Adrianna's eyes until after she found out about her brother.

Tony squeezed her shoulder and kissed her cheek. "I don't want you to think I miss her. Adrianna and I will never be able to be together again. We lost too much. There is too much bitterness on my part and even hers probably."

"Why would she be bitter? You did nothing but love her." Kate couldn't think of anything more absurd than Adrianna blaming Tony for something.

Tony bit his lip. He was trying to think of the right words. He took a deep breath and then closed his eyes to think for a moment. "I turned my back on her after we broke up. She called me sometimes more than likely to try and get back together but I never answered the phone and I never called her back. If anything I forced her to move. Not only that I am the reason the only family she really had left in this world turned on her. I don't want you to hate her because I think she already hates herself enough as it is."

Kate nodded slowly. "Okay I'll be nice. As long as she realizes that you're my man. If she doesn't I'll have to go medieval on her ass."

Tony laughed. Kate was so silly sometimes. He was so lucky that she felt the same way about him as he did about her. "So is there anything I should know about? I mean I feel like you know so much about me now but I know so little about you."

She smiled and shrugged. Her life and her past were nowhere nearly as interesting as his. "Well I have a sister too but unlike yours she's a total bitch. She lives in California with her perfect software designer husband her two perfect kids. She's a homemaker. She hates the term "housewife". I was never close to my parents as a kid. My family is originally from Texas. I dated a professional bull rider when I was in high school. He's currently ranked number two in the nation. I was a debutante. I graduated from Texas A&M. That's about it."

Tony started to laugh uncontrollably.

"What?"

Tony smiled and finally stopped laughing. "Nothing it's just have you ever seen the movie Eight Seconds?"

"I am from Texas. I did date a bull rider. So of course I have seen Eight Seconds. Why?"

Tony shrugged. "I just was wondering if your debutante ball was like the wedding reception in that movie."

She punched him playfully in the arm. Northerners could be so gullible. They had no clue what it was to be from Texas. "No it was not a hoedown. We do have class you know. I mean boys did wear wranglers and black Stetsons but it wasn't like there was hay on the floor and we ate watermelon and barbeque. That is like me asking if your father is a money launderer just because you're Italian."

"I'm sorry I've just never been to Texas before. At least I didn't ask if your father was a cowboy."

Kate couldn't help but laugh at him. "My dad actually is a cowboy. Well not in the cowboys and Indians sense. More like he's a rancher. My parents own four hundred acres. But seriously you've never been to Texas?"

"Nope, but I have been to Florida."

Kate shook her head. "Well Florida is nothing like Texas. Maybe next year we can do Thanksgiving at my family's ranch and Christmas here in Greenwich?"

Tony smiled. He liked that idea. He liked it a lot. It was refreshing to actually think of the future with someone. Normally he struggled to commit to a second date let alone a date next year. "That sounds like a plan. Will your parents like me? I'm not a software engineer but I am the heir a lot of money."

Kate looked at him for a moment. "My parents won't know what to make of you, but yeah they will like you." Kate said and then kissed him softly at first but then the kiss became more and more passionate. They kept kissing until finally they needed to part because they needed to breath.

"I love you Kate. Thank you for coming with me this year." Tony said softly. He wondered if it was too early for him to be professing his love to her.

Kate felt her heart skip a beat. She couldn't help but feel all warm and snuggly inside. "I love too Tony." The truth was spending Christmas with Tony had been the best impulsive decision she had ever made.

THE END! Maybe I'll do a sequel Thanksgiving With Kate. I haven't decided yet. Thank you for reading. Please REVIEW!