A/N: Hi! This is a translated version of my Finnish story called Jumissa. I'm translating it on my own so I'm sorry for all of the spelling errors. I'm a big supporter of Joella, but it just didn't work for this story. But if you want to read about Joe and the lovely Stella, please check out my story Lovesick. You can find it in my profile. Please remember that Joe is going as Matthew and Susie as Natalie in this story. In the meanwhile, I hope you enjoy this story.
By the way, I own just my crazy ideas.
We got the house kind of fixed before Saturday. It still needed some little things like a few painting on the wall. We had painted the nursery turquoise blue and the master bedroom light brown. The dining room was yellow and the livingroom kind of light purple. I liked the colours we had chosen together.
So now it was Saturday evening and we were getting ready to go to Nancy's place. Henry was sleeping in his crib so he wouldn't be cranky at the party.
- Matt, I don't know what to wear! I yelled from the walk-in closet. Matthew was in the bedroom getting ready. I stood in front of my clothes wearing a black lace corsage and black thigh-high stockings with black lace boy shorts. Those were the only things that were black in this whole closet so I had to wear them. My hair was up on a bun and my make-up was ready. I was wearing black pumps. All that was missing was the right dress.
- You could go like that, he breathed to my neck as he put his arms around my waist. I felt my breath get cought in my throat. I didn't think he would come in here. He pressed himself against me and kissed my neck. He turned my body so I was facing him and pressed his lips against mine. I kissed him hungrily.
- I don't think Nancy would approve if I showed up like this, I smiled as we broke apart. We had become much closer in these last few days.
I had learned that Matthew/Joe had three brothers and parents at home. He had been a singer, and kind of famous, so that was probably the reason we had been sent to middle of nowhere. And he had had a fling with his high school sweetheart Stella but it hadn't worked out. We still hadn't discussed the events that brought us here. But we found comfort in each other. And passion. And caring. And warmth. And… But it hadn't moved anywhere from kissing.
- Who cares what Nancy thinks? But you are right. You can't go like that. This is all for me. We have to cover that amazing body of yours, he sighed and let me go. He started to go through my clothes.
- All for you? What makes you say that? I smiled at him.
- Well, I'm pretty sure you don't make a show for Henry, he laughed.
- No, of course not. That would be crazy. Actually, nice lingerie makes me feel confident so it's more for me than you, I winked at him and took the strapless deep purple silk dress, that reached to my knees, he was holding. I slipped into it and Matthew zipped it up. As he was was doing it, he trailed kisses to my shoulders.
- Are you sure there isn't a little part that wanted to dress nicely for me? Matthew asked and kissed the spot behind my ear. That made me tremble.
- Uh-oh, I managed to say. Matthew turned me around and teased me by kissing me anywhere but my mouth.
- Still sure? he asked. I buried my fingers into his hair.
- Fine. I put on nice lingerie so you would like it in case you saw it. Satisfied? I asked.
- Not quite, he said and kissed me full on the mouth. I felt myself get lost in the kiss. My fingers were curling around his hair and I felt him sighing into my mouth. I smiled against his lips.
- Maybe we should leave soon, I whispered to him as he started to kiss my collarbone.
- We have a baby. They'll understand if we are late, he whispered back to me.
- You can't always blame the baby. Especially not when it's your own fault, I smiled and pulled away. For the first time tonight I actually looked at his clothes. He was wearing light jeans and a purple shirt so that we matched. He looked really good. Although his hair was a mess.
- I know, I know. But all I want to do now is to not attend the stupid party and just kiss you all night, he said. I noticed a bulge in his jeans. And let me tell you, it wasn't little.
I smiled at him. I knew he was a virgin. He had told me he had a purity ring and he had made a promise to God to not have sex before he was married. So I knew it wouldn't go any further than kissing. I wasn't a virgin and I sure wanted it to go further. But I didn't want to push him into something he wasn't comfortable with.
- C'mon. Let's go wake up our little sunshine, I smiled at him and took his hand on my own.
- I like the sound of that. Our, he smiled and kissed my hand. We walked to the nursery together and saw that Henry was already awake. I took him to my arms and he smiled at me.
- Hey sweetheart. Are you hungry? Daddy's going to make you some milk, I chatted to Henry. Matthew walked downstairs as I dressed Henry to his best. When I was finished, he had on purple pants with a purple and lime green plaid shirt. He looked adorable. I walked to the walk-in closet holding Henry and took my white jacket from there. Then we went downstairs.
- I can feed him, Matthew smiled and I gave Henry to him. I put my jacket to one of the kitchen chairs.
- Thank you. I was kind of worried that the dress might get dirty. Don't forget to burb him! I smiled and walked back to my walk-in closet. I found a pair of pretty silver earrings that were shaped like swirls and a simple long silver necklase. I put them on and looked myself from the mirror. I thought I looked nice. I hoped I wasn't looking too fancy for this party. For all I know, everyone else could be in jeans. But Matthew had said that Nancy had been talking about a more formal party so I hoped my clothes were fine.
- Darling, are you coming? Matthew yelled at me when I was putting some diapers to my bag in Henry's room.
- In a minute, I yelled back at him. I put the diapers to my bag and walked downstairs. I took my coat from the chair and put it on.
- You're beautiful, Matthew said to me when I joined them at the door. He had put a hat and a jacket to Henry. They were both white.
- Thank you, I said blushing. I wasn't used to getting compliments from men. Jamie had never really complimented me. He might have said I looked good a couple of times but even then he had been waisted.
I took Matthew's hand and we walked out the door. Matthew was carrying Henry in his bassinet in case he would fall asleep at the party. I locked the door and we started to walk to Nancy's house. It was a couple of houses down from ours.
- Are you sure I look alright? I asked nervously.
- You look perfect, Matthew smiled at me and kissed my forehead. I liked his habit of doing it. It made me feel loved. I was a head shorter than him but tonight I had pumps so I was almost his height.
- If you say so, I just smiled. We reached the house and walked to the front door. I was just about to knock when Matthew stopped me.
- We can still go back. It could be just the three of us, he smiled at me.
- We are already here. And we promised to Nancy that we would come. How would we look in our neighbours eyes if we wouldn't show up? Besides, we are spending every other night at our house, I laughed.
- I guess you're right, he pouted.
- Don't pout. I'm not giving into you, I laughed.
- Fine, he said. I knocked on the door and Matthew pulled me closer.
- Just one kiss and I'll get through the night, he whispered.
- A quick one, I smiled and he pressed his lips on mine. Our lips moved against each other and it turned into something more than just a quick kiss. I heard someone open the door and clear their throat. I pulled away from the kiss and felt myself blush.
When I looked at the doorway, Nancy was standing there with a blond man. He was in his forties and had a little bald patch on the top of his head. He also had a beard. He looked like a very warm person.
- Hello. You must be the Smiths. My wife has told so much about you. I'm Dean Porter. Please come in, the man shook hands with me which forced me to give up Matthew's hand and let us in.
- Nice to meet you. I'm Matt and this is my wife Natalie. And here of course is our son Henry, Matthew smiled as he shook hands with Dean. Nancy took my coat and showed where to put Henry's things.
The house was nicely decorated and it felt very homy. You could see that the family had been living there for many years. Matthew took Henry from the bassinet and we followed the Porters to a large family room. There were about about fifteen people in there.
- Everyone. This is Matthew and Natalie Smith and their son Henry. They moved here from Texas this week, Nancy introduced us. The chatter soon started again.
- Would you like something to drink? Wine or beer? Dean asked us.
- No thank you. I don't drink alcohol. But I could take a coke, Matthew said politely. I was happy he had told me earlier that he didn't do alcohol or drugs because it might have looked suspicious if I had reacted to the comment. Of course drugs were a no to me too.
- I could have some red wine please, I smiled and Dean walked to the kitchen. A few minutes later he returned with two glasses. We both thanked him. Nancy took me to meet everyone. I was relieved to notice that everyone had dressed to their best that evening. Parties were probably a rare thing here.
- This is Jocelynn Carter. His husband Mick works at at the airport. He couldn't make it tonight because he had to work, Nancy told me as she introduced me to a brunette in her forties. Dean had taken Matthew to meet someone else ja he had Henry with him. I bet Jocelynn and Nancy were best friends and gossiped about everyone on their free time.
- Nice to meet you, I smiled and shook her hand. She was pretty, I assumed, but she had way too much make-up on.
- So Texas, huh? Why did you move here? Jocelynn asked interested.
- We just wanted a whole new place. And I love snow, I smiled.
- It must be hard to be away from all your friends, Jocelynn said.
- Oh, kind of. But with modern tehnology it's easy to keep contact with everyone, I smiled. In reality I couldn't contact anyone. It would break the rules and it could be dangerous.
- You kids with your computers. I still don't know how to use one, Jocelynn laughed and Nancy joined her. I just smiled.
- I can teach you if you want. It's really not that hard, I smiled.
- Maybe someday, Jocelynn said. Nancy took me to the next group of people. There were three men and two women. I had seen one of the men before. He was in his mid-twenties and he had short blond hair and designer clothes. I think he lived in the house next to ours.
- Hi, I'm Zachary. I live next door to you. And this is my boyfriend Luke, the man I had recognized said. Luke was around the same age as Zachary and he had long brown hair that was on a ponytail.
- Nice to meet you. I'm so sorry I haven't been able to come and talk to you earlier. We've been so busy with the house, I smiled and shook their hands. I had a feeling that I would come along great with Zachary.
- Oh, that's understandable. Are you pleased with the house? Zachary asked.
- It's perfect. It was just way too white when we moved in. We've been doing some painting this week. It's coming along great, I chatted.
- Where are my manners? Natalie, this is Bob Williams and his wife Tina. They have twelve year old twin girls, Katrina and Regina, Zachary introduced me to the couple standing next to him. They were in their thirties. I bet they were high school sweethearts. Bob was muscular and had a light brown hair. And Tina was very thin and had blonde hair with a really nice curls.
- Pleasure to meet you, I smiled.
- And I'm Cynthia Leeds. I'm a single mom of three boys, the last woman in the group told me as she shook hands with me. I nodded smiling at her. Cynthia was in her mid-thirties at tops. She was really pretty. Her long black hair was on a bun and her brown skin glowed.
- Nice to meet you, I said.
- You can all talk more later. I still have more people for you to meet, Nancy smiled. Nancy took me to meet another group of people, three couples.
- Natalie, these are John and Marta Wright, Robert and Claire Daniels and Greg and Laura Johnson, Nancy told me. I shook hands with everyone. John and Marta were younger than the others. They were about thirty. John was a tall and lanky man with black hair and Marta was a short and chubby woman with brown hair. They were a funny looking couple. Robert and Claire, on the other hand, looked like they belonged together. They were dressed in a very conservativeway. They were in their forties. They both had brown hair. I was sure that Claire cut Robert's hair on her own. Greg and Laura were, too, in their forties. Greg looked like an insurance advisor in his suit. Maybe he even was one. Laura was wearing a beautiful red full-length dress. Her skin was kind of pink so it didn't quite go with her complexion.
After I had shaken hands with everyone, Nancy took me to the last group. There was a couple in their sixties and a man in his thirties.
- Hello, I'm Natalie, I smiled at them.
- Hello dear. I'm Helen Cross and this is my husband William and my son James, the woman introduced herself and her family to me. I shook hands with them.
- Nice to meet you, I smiled.
- The pleasure is all mine, James smiled. I think he was trying to flirt with me. He had black hair and he was kind of good-looking. But I think he thought way more about himself than he was supposed to.
- Excuse me, Nancy said and vanished.
- Have you been enjoying your time here in Kodiak, Natalie? Helen asked me. She and his husband looked like Santa Claus and Mrs Claus.
- I have, thank you. This is a really beautiful town. And the people are very nice, I smiled.
- That's true. This is a very peaceful neighbourhood to raise children in. We have been living here since James was a little boy. We were the first residents on this street. And now James has his own house on this same street, Santa Claus, I mean William, told me.
- And we are hoping he will raise his future children here too, Helen smiled sweetly. James kept staring me and it made me very uncomfortable. I smiled at them and looked through the room for Matthew with my eyes. I spotted him and his eyes locked with mine. He started to walk towards us. When his arm wrapped around my waist, I relaxed.
- Matt, we were just telling your beautiful wife what a good place this is to raise children in. Are you two planning to have more children? William asked. I looked at Matthew and he looked into my eyes.
- Hopefully, he smiled more to me than to William. I wondered if it all was an act. I knew he had done some acting in the past so this was all a lot easier to him than to me.
- Well you too make such cute babies that you should definitely have more, Helen smiled and cooed to Henry. Henry was smiling at her. Little did she know that Henry wasn't actually our own.
- Thank you, I smiled and drank my wine glass empty. I was getting a little tipsy. I hadn't been drining that much in the past but I enjoyed a glass of wine when it was approarite.
We mingled among the guest for a while and I had too more glasses red wine. I held to Matthew's arm all night because James was still staring at me. It was annoying. I wanted to go and tell him to back off but I didn't have the courage. At least he wouldn't come on to me if I was with Matthew.
Henry had fallen asleep so Matthew had put him to his bassinet to the guestroom. Nancy came to talk to us a little while later.
- Oh Matthew. It's so good you came. Everyone is so pleased to meet you, Nancy smiled and put her hand to Matthews arm. I stared at her and moved a little closer to Matthew. That made Matthew wrap his arm around my waist again and Nancy had to back off.
- It was a pleasure to meet everyone but I think it's time for us to leave. We should take Henry to his own bed to sleep, Matthew smiled at Nancy.
- Oh, so soon? Nancy asked.
- Well, it's almost midnight. It's time for us to leave, I said smiling.
- But we have to do this again soon, Nancy said.
- Maybe we could have a housewarming party at a later date, Matthew promised her.
- That would be wonderful, Nancy smiled and left. I put my empty wine glass to a side table and Matthew went to get Henry. I was just about to put on my jacket when Zachary came to talk to me.
- Hey, are you leaving already? he asked.
- Yeah, we have to take Henry home, I smiled.
- Yes, of course. Would you and Matthew, and Henry of course, like to come to our house for brunch tomorrow? he asked nicely.
- We'd love to, I smiled.
- So, I'll see at noon, Zachary smiled and kissed my cheek. I liked Zachary. Matthew came from the guest room carrying Henry and my shoulder bag as Zachary walked back to the party. I put my jacket on and we stepped out of the house. Matthew took my hand.
- I promised Zachary that we would go for brunch to their house tomorrow at noon, I smiled to him.
- And Zachary was? he asked. I had a little hard time to remember everyone's names, too.
- He's the boyfriend of Luke, I said and saw that Matthew connected the two.
- Right. They were nice, he said.
- Everyone were nice, I corrected him as I unlocked our front door and we stepped in.
- Not everyone, Matthew said as we climbed the stairs up. We walked to the nursery and I dressed Henry to bed. When he was in his crib, we walked to our bedroom hand in hand.
- What do you mean by that? I asked him as he started to unzip my dress for me.
- I didn't like the way that James looked at you, he said and kissed my shoulders.
- Well, I didn't like it either but I don't think he'll do anything because he thinks I'm married with you, I said. I felt my whole body tingle from the kisses. I was kind of drunk.
- We are married, he said and kissed my neck.
- No, Matthew and Natalie are. We, Joe and Susie, aren't, I said to him.
- That's right. But you are still mine, he said and turned me around in his arms. My dress fell to the floor. He backed me to lean on the wall as he kissed my collarbone.
- Feeling a little possessive, are we? I laughed as he started to kiss his way up to my mouth.
- You are mine, he simply said and kissed me passionately. His hand were on my face and my own hands went up to his hair.
- We should stop, I panted as we broke apart.
- Why? Matthew asked me.
- Because we are close to breaking the barrier. It's going to go too far if we won't stop now. Soon we won't be able to stop, I reasoned him.
- I guess you are right, he said and backed away from me. He went to sit on the edge of the bed and put his elbows on his knees. He buried his face to his hands. I walked over to him and lowered myself to stand on my knees in front of him.
- It's not that I don't want to kiss you and touch you. I really do. But right now I'm perfectly happy if you just hold me, I whispered to him and he looked into my eyes.
- I've never had these feelings before. I know it's way soon but I feel like I would have known you for my whole life. Like you would be the one I've always been looking for. And these possessive feelings I have about you, they scare me, Matthew whispered. I pulled him for a hug.
- I feel the same way about you. It's like we would have been together before, maybe in another lifetime, and now I've found you again. It's okay to feel possessive, I whispered back at him.
- Thank you, he sighed into my shoulder.
- For what? I asked confused.
- For being here. For being you, he whispered and pulled away from the hug. He kissed me gently.
- Always, I smiled. I took his hand and pulled him up. I carefully removed his clothes leaving him only to wear his boxer briefs.
- Are you going to sleep in those? he asked me. I shook my head and walked to the walk-in closet. I heard him go to the bathroom.
I took of my corsage and thigh-high stockings and pumps. Then I slipped into a white silk to and boxer shorts. When I heard Matthew enter the bedroom again, I went to the bathroom to do my evening chores. When I was ready, I walked into the bedroom. Matthew was already sleeping.
I slipped under the cover and turned to my side. Soon Matthew wrapped his arm around me and pulled me closer.
- Good night, he whispered half a sleep.
- Good night sweetheart, I smiled and closed my eyes.
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