Jess woke up in her bed. She was hot and wet. She had been dreaming about Joe. Even though she didn't allow herself to have those kind of thoughts while awake her subconscious clearly had a mind of its own. In the dream they were together in a bedroom. Joe's? She wondered. They were talking but then all the sudden Joe's hand were all over her. He had already unbuttoned her shirt and was now tenderly kissing her boobs, going around the bra's edge. He was holding her against the wall and gently pushing his body against hers. She could feel his excitement already and that was turning her on even more. His hands were moving slowing on her back, inching towards her bra's clip, ever so slowly, while his mouth kept torturing her. She sighed heavily and Joe loved that sound. He was loving the effect he was having on her, he was loving touching her, turning her on, driving her over the edge with the gentlest of touches. He slowly let his hand slide in Jess' pants, touching her pubic her and moving past it. She was very wet and that made him harder. Jess' hand was rubbing him over his trousers, teasing him, not giving him all that he wanted. She undid his belt and trouser's button and pushed his trousers and underwear down on the ground, where his shirt had ended up minutes earlier. She didn't touch him right away. She moved her hands behind him, grasping his hot as, squeezing it and pushing him towards her, slowly moving her body. His hand was still at work and, God, he knew what he was doing! She moved her hand slowing to his member and tightly held it while moving up and down. He was so hard. It was such a turn on. Soon Joe couldn't take it anymore and moved her hand away. He picked her up and pushed her on the bed, falling on her right away. He resumed passionately kissing her and his hands finished getting all of her clothes off…
Oh God Jessminder stop thinking about it now. She turned and tossed in the bed trying not to think about Joe's hands on her body. It was just a dream. Of what it would feel to have his hands on her. Needless to say it took her a very long time to fall asleep again. Her mind started wandering towards the events of the day. She couldn't believe she had almost talked to her parents about Joe. She had almost professed her love for Joe when Tony interrupted.
Poor Tony, she was immediately saddened by the memory. He was a total mess. His mum had died at the hospital a few hours after they had gotten there. Jess had been by Tony's side all afternoon, helping him during the endless stream of relatives and friends who had come to pay their respects and visit the woman in a coma. Tony was currently asleep in the guest bedroom. They had insisted he stayed with them that night, instead of going back to the now empty house that he shared with his mum. Jess thought about the many approving looks the Indian visitors had given her, sitting next to Tony, supporting him. While she was in the States Tony had told her that even if they had been engaged for a whole of 30 seconds the news still spread in the community. Most believed the engagement got called off because of Jessminder's university dreams and assumed that it was simply postponed to after her graduation. What a shock it was going to be to find out she was with a goreh instead. She wondered when that was going to be. With Tony's mum's having just died she couldn't speak to her parents about Joe now. She was going to be needed to support them and help Tony through it. Furthermore the whole Punjabi community was going to get together, as they always do for these events. She knew Joe wasn't going to be welcome, he was an outsider, a goreh, and to everyone else but Jess he was only her football coach, what place was he going to have to a private family event?
She thought about how he hang around at he hospital. He was hanging back, not wanting to intrude and feeling out of place. Jess had wanted to be held by Joe, to be kissed on the forehead and to hear him say "It'll be okay, my love, it will be okay, I'm here for you." They exchanged several looks and she knew that Joe wanted to do exactly that. He knew he couldn't though and Pinkie made sure he was always too busy getting everyone tea and running some other errands to be tempted. Eventually he was headed back home and Jess and him managed to sneak a moment together. She pretended she left something in his car on their way to the hospital. As soon as they were out of sight of her family he enveloped her in a tight hug. She had needed it so badly and she let herself relax in his arms. She started crying and all the tears that she had been holding back for Tony's sake came out. Joe was heartbroken to see his love that sad and did all he could in that situation to make her feel better: held her tight against him and hid his face in her hair. After a few minutes Jess regained control and looked up to his face. "I love you, thank you for having been here for me" "I wouldn't want to be anywhere else in the world". He answered back, looking at her with all of his love reflected in his eyes. She got on her tiptoes and kissed him tenderly. "You better go back before someone notices how long it's taking you" he said, without loosening his grip around her. "I should" She agreed, firmly holding her arms around him. Neither wanted to let go of the other. "I guess I won't be able to see much of you for a while" Joe assumed, trying to keep the sadness out of his voice. "I am sorry Joe, I need to be with my family now, to be there for them, for Tony" She said gently. " I know, and I love you for it. I will miss you terribly thought" "So will I" heartfelt. "Listen I haven't had a chance to tell you yet but I am going to see my folks in Ireland for Christmas. My dad invited me the other day. I'm thinking of leaving on the 22nd and coming back on the 27th. I hope to see you before I go?" "Joe that's great news! I am so glad you and your dad are working things out!" She said, really glad that it was happening. "Yes so am I" he smiled at her, "thanks to you" he reminded her. "Not at all, I only encouraged you but you made the first step. I am so proud of you!" She smiled back at him and gently kissed him once more. "I better go now, I'll call you later" and after one last kiss they parted.