"Good morning sweetheart." Angela smiles at her son. "How was your night?"
"Good morning mom." He smiles at her. "It was good."
"How was the movie?" She asks on.
"Mom?! How can you talk about the movie? I mean Tony's here." He excitingly says.
"Yes he is." She gives Tony a loving look. "He's back." Her voice overflowing with the love she feels for him.
"And I ain't going anywhere." He adds. "I'm here to stay."
Jonathan watches the exchange between his mother and Tony and smiles. "I'm just happy you guys are back together. It's nice seeing a sincere smile on your face again, mom." Jonathan smiles as Angela blushes. "I mean it mom. It's been hard seeing you so sad and throwing yourself into work. Don't think we didn't see. Both grandma, Sam and I were worried." Jonathan turns to Tony. "Thanks for making my mom happy again."
Tony clears his throat. "I hope I can make her happy for the rest of our lives buddy."
"You better. And both of you.. stop breaking each other's heart. Accept this and be happy. I think I can speak for grandma and Sam.. we all love you two and we love seeing you happy. Now for once.." he stops and looks from Angela to Tony. "Be happy."
Angela takes her son into an embrace. "I'm never letting go again Jonathan, I promise." She kisses the side of his head. "Now let's eat some breakfast. I smell waffles!"
Angela sits at the spot that already had coffee and juice ready for her. "It all smells so great Tony. I've missed these scents coming from this kitchen."
"Me too!" Jonathan chimes in. "Remember the food Marge used to make us."
"Please don't remind me!" Angela grabs her stomach. "Mother was right I could feel my arteries hardening." Both Angela and Jonathan laughed.
"What? Who?" Tony asks placing a stack of waffles on the table.
"Marge, she filled in for you. Oh man everything she made was either deep-fried or covered in gravy." Jonathan made a face.
"Oh the acid!" Angela shivered before taking a waffle. "Do we have whipped cream?"
"No you were out. But they're chocolate chip waffles. Maybe that helps." He smiles.
"Chocolate always helps." They were staring into each other's eyes.
"Look guys I'm happy you guys are back together." Jonathan quickly stuffed his face. "But this lovey-dovey behaviour is a bit much for my morning."
"Jonathan don't stuff your face." Angela and Tony say in unison and both start laughing.
Jonathan rolls his eyes and smiles. "I'm happy you're back Tony." He gets up. "I'm meeting the guys at the mall in about an hour, so I am going to take a shower and then head out. Is that okay mom?"
"Just be home at 10 tonight, okay sweetheart?" She looks up at her son. "Do you have enough money on you?"
"He could always use more Angela. And let's make it 11. He's old enough now." Tony smiles at her.
"Hold on." She gets up and disappears into the living room and quickly comes back. She hands Jonathan $30. "This should be enough to grab lunch and dinner."
"Well another $10 or 20 would also buy me a snack." Jonathan tried.
"Don't push your mother Jonathan." Tony warns him.
"You're right. Thanks mom." He quickly gives her a kiss on the cheek. "Love you."
"Love you too sweetheart." Jonathan quickly disappears.
Angela eats one waffle and gets up to put her plate in the sink. When walking back Tony pulls her on his lap. "You enjoyed the waffle?"
"I loved it." She smiles down at him.
Tony feeds her another piece of waffle. She gladly takes it. She bends down and kisses him. "I could get used to breakfast like this." She kisses him again. "What are we going to do today?"
"Well weren't you talking about shopping?" He innocently asks. "And seeing as I have to fly back tomorrow evening." Angela feels the pit in her stomach grow.
"Oh yeah.." she gives him a sad smile. "I forgot." She sadly says.
He slips his hand under her sweater and caresses her back. "Don't be sad beautiful. I will be back soon." Then moves to the front and squeezes her breast. "I cannot stay away."
She feels the heat rising. "I know and I know you have to round things up neatly, but Tony having you with me.. it feels like life has been breathed into me again. How long will it take for you to be back?"
"I don't know, beautiful. I gave Dr. Graham my 2 weeks' notice. But I don't want to leave them hanging either." He honestly says.
"Why do you have to be this damn honourable?" she gives him a faint smile.
"Isn't that why you fell in love with me in the first place?" He gives a cocky grin.
"One of the things." She puts her arms around his neck. "I just need to get through the coming weeks, just to have you back with me."
"Angela, I promise you with every inch in my heart, I will come back home as soon as I can. I don't want to be away from you, from our family and our house." She leans her forehead to his. "Let's just enjoy this day and tomorrow morning. We can figure out the rest later. I just want to enjoy every moment I can with you."
"You're right." She opens her eyes and looks directly into his. "So shopping, dinner and then.." She trails her finger over his face. "dessert?"
Tony puts his hand over hers and brings her hand to his mouth. "I'm already looking forward to it." Angela bends and takes his lips to hers.
That's when the back door opens. Angela jumps off of Tony's lap.
"Please take you seat again dear, you're not bothering me." Mona smiles. "Good morning big fella!" she winks towards a smiling Tony. "Happy to see you back."
"Morning Mone.." His smile grows. "Happy to be back."
"I can see that." Mona's eyes go from Tony to Angela. "I can see my daughter is also happy that you're back." Angela starts blushing. "It's so good to see you smiling again dear." Mona gives Angela a small hug. "You've been miserable for way too long now." She caresses Angela's cheek as she looks up at her. "I'm happy dear. So.." Mona's voice turns upbeat "What are the plans for today kids?"
"Shopping and dinner." Angela softly says.
"Don't forget the dessert." Tony gave her a cheeky look. He sees Angela turn beet red.
Mona slowly turns to Tony. "You better not dishonour my daughter, Mr. Micelli." She says in a teasing tone.
"I would never Mrs. Robinson." Tony gets up and hugs a now crimson Angela. "I will honour her for the rest of our lives together."
"Ugh.. Yuck.. you two are two are way too mushy this early in the morning. I hardly slept last night.." A smirk formed on her face. "I'm taking a shower and a nap. You kids have a great day.. and night." She says just before leaving the kitchen.
"Want to get out of here?" Angela asks.
Tony looks around the kitchen. "I can't leave the kitchen like this!" Angela smiles at him, she expected him to say that as she quickly starts putting away stuff. Tony follows her lead and places everything in the dishwasher. Within minutes they were ready to leave.
Angela looks towards the swinging door, opens it and feels Tony isn't behind her. She turns to face him, she sees him leaning into the counter looking at her. "What is it? Aren't we going?"
"Nuttin'" He smiles. "I was just admiring you jeans."
Angela cocks her head. "Oh. I know.. nice colour right? I recently bought it."
"Yeah the colour is nice too." He walks towards her and cups her behind. "But I love the fit." Angela immediately blushes, he loves making her blush in that particular way.
Tony parks her Jaguar in the parking lot, looking at the steering wheel he smiles. "I've missed driving your Jag, Angela. Don't get me wrong I love my Jeep, but your Jag reminds me of you."
"What?" she says in surprise.
"Such a smooth ride." He grins at her, she smacks his arm.
"TONY!" But she can't help but laugh. She gets out of the car and he stays a second to watch her get out. She bends down to look at him. "Please put your eyes back in your sockets and get out of the car."
He smiles and gets out of the car. He makes his way to her and slides his hand into hers. Both smiling as they make their way to the entrance of the mall.
"Let's get you some clothes that we can keep at our house before you come back." Angela pulls him towards a men's department store. She starts pulling shirts from the racks and asking him if he likes it. He just smiles at her, he is in absolute bliss.
"Angela, don't go crazy. I have enough clothes back in Iowa." He smiles. Angela turns her face slightly saddened by his words.
"I know. But I just love shopping for you. You look so handsome in everything.." She leans towards his ear. "And absolutely nothing." She pulls back. "Besides if we are going to have dinner, you'll at least need a nice suit. A tux might be a bit too much." He smiles at her glowing face, he knows he can never resist her anything.
"Okay. A suit and maybe a couple of shirts. But don't go crazy."
"And a pair of jeans." She smirks. "I like the view from your back as well."
"Let's find those jeans then." Smirking back at her. The tension between them was thick, as thick as their flirty behaviour was.
When they finish their shopping for Tony they decide to hit the food court. Settling for burgers. They eat their burgers in comfortable silence, glancing at each other every so often.
Angela can't help but slip off her shoe and start caressing his leg with her foot. She knows he had said that footsies don't do anything for him, she also knows he lied about it.
"Angela.." he warns. "I told you footsies doesn't do anything for me."
"Mmmhhh." She hums.
"An-ge-la." His warning tone increases. "I told you.."
"You lied." She looks him straight in his eyes. "You are lying. I can see it in your eyes Tony. I can see you swallow, I can see you clench your jaw.." She smiles. "There is no hiding from me."
A small smile cracks. "I should have known." Tony smiles. "So now that you do know. Please stop doing that. Because I will ravish here on this table." His eyes dark with desire.
She slowly moves her leg to the inside of his thigh. He is about to take her foot into his hands as she pulls back. "Okay you're right, that wouldn't be appropriate." She wickedly grins at him.
He smiles and shakes his head. ~She is really driving me insane. And I love it.~
"So where do you want to go next?" She innocently asks.
Tony was a man on a mission, but he needed her somewhere else to complete that mission. That's when he spots Wendy. "Hey look it's Wendy." He gets up. "Mrs. Wittner!"
"Tony?" she asks in surprise. "Hey Angela!" She smiles at her friend.
As much as Angela loves Wendy, she was hoping to spend the day with Tony alone and not surrounded by others.
"Please sit Mrs. Wittner." Tony offers her a seat as he side eyes Angela, he senses her annoyance, but she will just have to deal.
"Please call me Wendy, Tony. Especially since you and Angela have been dating. It's weird that one of my closest friends' man calls me Mrs. Wittner."
"Will do Wendy." Tony grins. "Coffee ladies?"
"Oh yes please." Wendy pipes.
Angela gives a soft smile. "And a brownie?"
"My chocolate addicted beauty." He shakes his head and smiles. Wendy just sighs at his words.
"I can't believe you are really dating him." Wendy leans her head in her hands and watches Tony walk off. "Thank you.. on behalf of all us married women. He is absolutely the full package isn't he?"
"Could you stop staring at my man's tush?" Angela can't help the annoyance in her voice.
"Oh I am so sorry, but he does have a nice behind. And well.. I've always admired the roundness that is his bum." Wendy blushes. Angela can't help but laugh.
"I know, I know.. but I wasn't dating him back then."
"So are you two still engaged?" The directness of Wendy's question takes Angela by surprise.
She looks at her hand that used to hold his promise. "No, I gave him back his ring. And well.. he only came back last night."
"Are you getting engaged again?" Wendy softly pries.
"I don't know." Angela remembers her asking him and then her breaking it off with him. "I will not ask him again after leaving him heartbroken." A single tear escapes her eye, she quickly wipes it and then looks at Wendy. "I can't. I just want to enjoy our time here and now." She gives a sad smile.
Wendy nods. "I understand Angela. Just enjoy okay, like maybe a little bit extra for us married women who have always fantasized about To.. men like Tony."
Angela can't help but laugh at her mistake. "I will, I promise."
"And let's meet up soon.. because I need all the gory details when Tony is not around."
"Let's go out for cocktails soon Wendy." Angela places her hand over Wendy's. Wendy gives her a big smile. "I'd like that!"
Tony comes back with coffee and brownies.
"Tony there are only 2 coffees and brownies." Angela notices.
"Yeah I forgot something. I'll be right back." He quickly disappears before she can respond. Angela watches in disappear with surprise on her face.
"So dish it Angela!" Wendy grins.
Tony hated leaving her like that, but he needed her distracted for his mission. He walks into the jewellers and is greeted by a kind elderly man. "How can I help you sir?"
Tony takes the velvet box out of his pocket and opens it. The elderly man has a sad expression on his face. "I'm sorry sir!"
"Don't be." Tony smiles. "This is the engagement ring I gave the love of my life. I want to get her a new one, in this size. What do you have on hand in this size?"
The elderly man smiles at him. "Let me measure the ring." He does as he says and comes back with a tray of the most beautiful rings the store had. Tony looks at them one by one until he sees the perfect ring. "This one." He says with tears in his eyes. "This one's just perfect."
"Will you be trading in this ring?" The elderly man asks.
"No sir, I want to offer her both rings." Tony smiles. "She is worth both."
The man smiles at Tony, he loves customers like him. "You did see the price sir?"
Tony looks at the ring. "I have now, but again even if it was more expensive, she is absolutely, 100% worth it. She is the love of my life and we've waited way too long."
"Let me wrap this up for you." He flashes him a smile and turns to get another royal blue velvet box, which can hold 2 rings, the polishes the rings and places them into the box."
Tony pays and puts the box back in his pocket, just hoping Angela wouldn't see it.
When he walks back to the food court, he sees Angela and Wendy say their goodbyes. ~Why is Wendy blushing and grinning like that?~ he wonders to himself.
"You going Wendy?" He asks.
"Oh Tony." He startles her. "Yes.. well I need to pick up the kids." As she quickly walks off with a flushed face.
"What was that all about?" He gives Angela a questioning look.
"She wanted to know about us. So I told her." She grins as Tony's eyes grow. "I am not ashamed of us. Or what we do." She slips her hand in his again and squeezes. "Did you get what you needed?"
"No, they didn't have it." He pecks her lips. "So what else do we need to get?"
"I would love a new dress for our dinner tonight." She smiles. "Would you mind getting me a new dress for tonight?"
"Mind? Heck no!" I'd love for you to show me everything I can peel off you tonight. He smiles.
They walk towards a small dress shop, they'd already passed. They are immediately greeted by a sales assistant. Tony is guided to the waiting area. There are already 2 men sitting there, Tony kindly greets them as he takes his place facing the changing rooms.
"Sorry man!" The guy to his right says.
"Why?" Tony asks.
"Being stuck here watching our women try on dresses, that always takes forever." The man to his left adds.
"I'm actually looking forward to seeing her." Tony gleams as he looks at the changing rooms.
Angela picks out 4 dresses and heads to the changing room. The two other women were already in their respective changing rooms. The first one Angela tries, is an elegant, long, off-the-shoulder black dress it has a split to her knee. ~This might be a bit too much for just tonight. But the fabric feels divine on my skin.~ The assistant zips up the dress.
"You look amazing Miss." She says.
Angela hears the other women come out first. Their men are mumbling something Angela can't hear. She sighs before opening the curtain and walks out, immediately locking eyes with Tony. She watches him suck in a breath.
"You like it?" she insecurely asks.
Tony licks his lips and smiles. "I love it. You look stunning."
"I have 3 more dresses to try on. Or you think this is the one?"
"No beautiful, put them all on." ~I have to judge which one will be easiest to get off.~ he smirks. She turns and heads back to the dressing room.
"THAT's your lady?" The guy to his right asks.
"All mine." Tony smiles.
The guy to his left just nods in approval then says. "Damn man!"
"Don't sell your own ladies short, they looked very beautiful too." Tony means it, but he knows that Angela has an air of class about her, she was in another league.
The second dress seems even classier than the first one, it's skin-tight, champagne coloured, it's a sleeveless, just above the knee dress with wide straps. ~Oh this is too much.~ she thinks, will she spins. ~So much leg. Tony will love that.~ She sighs before turning and exiting the dressing room. The other women are about to walk back to their dressing rooms and both stop to stare at Angela, she feels watches but still makes her way to Tony. Tony eyes her, his eyes growing with ever step she takes towards him, his mouth slightly open at the sight of her. "I know, I know.. it's a bit too much for tonight, but I thought it was so pretty."
Tony looks at her, imagining her wearing heels, extending those already long legs of hers. He feels his arousal grow but acts like a cool cucumber only swallowing once. "Ange.. you look absolutely.."
"Stunning." The guy to his right says. Both Angela, Tony and his own girlfriend are staring at him. "I said that aloud didn't I?"
"You keep an eye on your own beautiful lady." Tony says as he sees the sadness in the young woman's eyes. "I will keep an eye on mine." He winks towards Angela.
"I will try on the next one." She turns on her heels. Tony watches her walk off, the dress hugging her body perfectly.
The third dress is more perfect for the night. It's a sleeveless, off white dress with a tight body and a flowing, asymmetric skirt. She twirls and watches the crepe fabric flow. She walks out with a big smile on her face. Both the other women come out at the same time. Angela gives them both a smile. Angela looks to the woman on her left and says: "That is truly your colour, that dress looks amazing on you." The woman's eyes light up as the woman to her right chimes in. "She is right you know." Angela walks up to Tony with another big smile on her face. "I absolutely love this dress." Tony just grins at her. "Well say something."
Tony gets up and takes her hand and twirls her around. "You see Angela, even if you stood before me in a garbage bag, I'd still think you are the most beautiful woman on the planet." Angela hears both women sigh as she blushes.
"That's not very helpful now, is it?" She teases as he grins.
He puts his hands up. "Sorry, sorry.."
Angela spins again. "Well Mr. Micelli.." She looks over her shoulder. "Last one."
She looks at the last dress she found, which is actually the simplest and probably the most suitable for the night. It's a simple red dress with short sleeves, tight body and straight flowing skirt. The only thing that brings doubt to Angela is the deep V-neck. ~What if the hickey shows?~ She puts it on and knows that this is her pick. The V-neck actually makes her feel very sexy and the hickey is just underneath the fabric. She thinks about what her mother once told her 'red isn't her colour', Angela knows she is wrong. The red looks perfect on her ivory skin.
"This is it." Angela says as she walks up to Tony. He smiles at the deep V-neck, trying to find the hickey, but unfortunately it is still covered. She twirls and smiles like a child that has just been promised ice cream.
"What do you think? She eagerly asks.
"Perfection." He gets up and takes her into his arms and turns her around. "And easy to dance in. I think we have a winner, beautiful." He whispers in her ear. "You look absolutely stunning in all three of the dresses. And all mine." He caresses her sides. Both men and women are staring at the couple in the middle.
"Why don't you ever look at me like he looks at her?" One of the women asks.
The man she was with gets annoyed. "Maybe because you don't look like that! Have you seen her legs?"
Angela looks at Tony. He sees the annoyance in her eyes, he nods in agreement. "Look man, I told you stop looking at her."
"And might I add.." Angela looks at the man and then at the petite dark haired woman. "You are way too good for him. He has a very distasteful way of speaking of and to women. You deserve a man who treats you, like Tony treats me. Every woman deserves that."
"Thanks, but let's be real, most men like that are usually taken." The petite woman smiles.
"Try Brooklyn." Angela smiles as she quickly glances at Tony. "The men are a little rough around the edges, but they make great partners.." Angela leans in and whispers "and amazing lovers." Both women chuckle. "All I'm saying, is don't settle for anything but the best." Both women smile at her. "Let's get out of here Tony." Angela looks at him and smiles. "I want to get ready for our date." And with that she turns to the changing room, gives the sales assistant the 2 dresses she wants most after quickly changing into her own clothes.
Tony and Angela giddily make their way back to the Jaguar, their hands filled with bags and the two dress bags.
"That was a successful afternoon." Angela smiles.
"It definitely was." Tony pats the box in his pocket.