Chapter 7 - Say Goodbye

Thanksgiving should've been insanity running amuck from the start of the day, but apparently such wasn't the case in the Anoa'i family. Joe's mother kept everyone out of the kitchen as she prepared the huge dead bird spread.

Alison and Joe were laying in the den near the fireplace. Joe was stretched out on his back and Alison was tucked into his side as they enjoyed the silence between them. There was a slight chill in the air so Joe's father had gone through the house and light both fireplaces.

"Ali, are you really leaving at the end of the semester?" Joe's baritone voice asked softly.

Alison looked up as her jade eyes locked with his stormy grey. She shook her head as she sat up and turned to face him as he stayed laying down. "I know that look Joe. Please don't say it."

"Don't say what?"

"Don't say whatever is on your tongue right now with the hopes of me staying in mind. As much as I would love to stay for you, for the handful of friends I've met at Georgia State and at Georgia Tech and as much as I want it to be enough; it's not. I'm not saying you're not enough to make me stay; I just - I made a promise to myself. After my parents died I was going to see the world and so far I haven't gone beyond the 48 states that are all stuck together on this continent. I have yet to go to Hawaii and Alaska, but I imagine I will soon." Alison stated with a heavy heart.

Joe reached out and cupped her cheek. "I would love for you to stay for me and I would be willing to say ANYTHING to get you to change your mind about leaving at the end of the semester." Joe swallowed hard. "But I can already tell your mind is made up. There is no changing your mind about this is there?" He asked hopefully even though he already knew the answer.

Alison frowned. "I wish there was a way to just turn everything off in my brain that is already processing what I'm doing and where I'm going for my next semester but there just isn't."

The more time they spent together the more he could see the wild side in her eyes. There would be no holding her back and somewhere in his heart it hurt to know he couldn't change her mind. "I need you to promise me something Alison." He sighed heavily. "I need you to promise me that you'll keep in touch. I don't care where our paths go at the end of the semester. I need you to promise me you'll make time to call or text even." Joe requested as he sat up and pulled her to sit between his muscled up jean covered thighs while he leaned back against the couch.

"I can only try; I don't know if it's a promise I can actually keep." She stated honestly. "Can we just make the most of it for the next few weeks?" She asked curiously.

Joe nodded. "Absolutely." He leaned his head down and captured her lips in a soft kiss. "How about we go for a drive after dinner; I would like to show you around Pensacola a little. I know we aren't flying back to Georgia until Saturday, but you're right we need to make the most of it." Joe was dreading what would come after the end of the semester. He didn't want to lose touch with Alison, but he knew at this point he couldn't hold his breath.

"Hey you two dinner is ready; mom says to wash up and join everyone at the table." Joe's sister Summer bubbled into the den. She really did enjoy seeing the smile on her brothers face. They didn't know much about Alison Merker but they hoped in the months to come they would get to know everything about her. Joe hadn't really told them much just that her folks had died when she was 17 and she had been traveling since she'd graduated high school.

"Okay we're on our way." Joe stated as he stood from the floor then leaned over and took Alison's and helped pull her to her feet. Joe stopped when he felt Alison stop with a tug to his hand. He looked back as he moved to stand in front of her. "What?" He asked with concern.

"Thank you for inviting me for the holiday. I love your family." Alison wrapped her arms around Joe's torso as she buried her face in his t-shirt covered chest. "I miss my parents so much at the holidays. It's hard to celebrate it without them."

Joe wrapped his arms around Alison as he held onto her tightly. "Well I'll leave an open invitation for you every year for every holiday. You show up whenever you want and skip whichever ones you want. You've pretty much garnered a place on the Anoa'i family holidays according to my mother and father and of course my sisters and brother."

Alison smiled softly. "C'mon let's eat so we can go on that drive." Alison suggested as she felt Joe take her hand as his big fingers pushed between her smaller ones effectively locking their hands together.

Jade eyes stared out the window as her fingers were intertwined with Joe's. The large Samoan was quiet when he wanted to be and just as loud as his family some of the other times. He was soft spoken but his deep baritone laugh made chills slide through Alison's body at break neck speeds. She loved to hear him laugh and since they'd been in Pensacola his family had him cracking up left and right and she was enjoying every single chuckle.

His twin cousins Jonathan and Joshua Fatu; she noticed were a HUGH source of his laughter. She looked over at Joe when the Ford Expedition came to a stop. Her jade eyes looked out as she noticed he had parked onto of a hill near huge water towers over looking the entire city of Pensacola.

"Wow it's really beautiful up here." Alison stated as she looked from one end of the city to the other.

Joe chuckled. "C'mon the view is much better from the back seat." Joe hinted as he stepped out of the front seat and climbed into the back with Alison who giggled at his suggestion. "Mom made sure to have the Expedition customized so we get to look at the stars since she had a huge sun roof put in." Joe reached forward and pulled the sun roof cover back, but wouldn't open it he didn't want Alison getting too cold and get sick from it.

Alison scooted closer to Joe. "It was awfully nice of your mom to let you borrow the Expedition." She winked at Joe. "Seems like such a misuse of a back seat if we waste time just sitting here."

Joe shook his head and chuckled deeply while he cupped the back of Alison's head as his lips crashed into hers. He was definitely going to make the most of their time together.

Alison pulled away from Joe's addictive lips as she gently pushed him to lay down long ways in the back seat. It was a good thing it was big enough even if his legs hung over at the knee. Her hands slid up his jean covered thighs as her fingers undid the button on his jeans and slid the zipper down. "Just relax big guy and let me do all the work." She winked up at Joe whose grey orbs hadn't deterred from her since they had moved to the back seat.

Joe's eyes nearly rolled into the back of his head and fell out of his eye sockets when her warm wet mouth encased his already growing erection. He reached a hand out and pushed her mahogany hair from her face as he watched her slowly begin to work his dick over with her luscious mouth. Even the couple of girls he'd dated at Georgia Tech couldn't give a blow job this fuckin good. "Not exactly the lips I was looking to be on that part of my body but they will work...for now."

Alison smirked...well as much as she could when she felt Joe's free hand slide down her side and pull at the tie on her wrap around sweater before he tugged the cup covering her left breast as it spilled out of her bra; he repeated the same with her right cup and breast. His warm hand cupped her left breast first as she whimpered around his dick when he applied pressure to her nipple. Her right breast got the same treatment.

Joe nearly came unglued when his erection his the back of Alison's throat. There had been very few girls who could do that without actually gagging; Alison was currently holding her own. Again his eyes rolled back as he felt her tongue slither along the underside of his dick. "Jesus Christ Alison if you don't stop we are not going to get much further than this." Joe's baritone voice filled the Expedition.

Alison pulled back with a small chuckle before shedding her sweater an bra into the front seat.

Joe watched as she reached down and unzipped her knee high boots before removing them and putting them in the front seat as well then shimmied out of her jeans and panties as they wound up in the front as well. Grey orbs watched as she slowly crawled up his prone body; catching his lips in a searing kiss as she gripped his erection between her thighs and slowly sat down. Joe watched as she bit down on her bottom lip as she gently impaled herself on him. She sat up and her hands were flat against the roof as she began to roll her hips on him.

Joe's eyes closed as he enjoyed the sensations that slid through his big body; cupping her breasts, which seemed to just fit perfectly in his big hands he felt her nipples harden against his palms as she rode him slow at first before he suddenly sat up so they could be face to face.

Their mouths connected as she started pulling his t-shirt from his body. She loved the skin on skin contact; her breasts were cold and his chest was so warm. His hands slid down and cupped her bottom as he squeezed the flesh giving him some leverage to start slowly thrusting up into her body.

Nothing in his entire life felt as good as being buried in her body and he was sure nothing would ever match it for the rest of his life. She pulled her mouth away from his as her head lulled back and she bit her bottom lip. He felt her walls tightening around him painfully. "Are you going to cum for me babygirl?"

Alison noticed he'd started calling her babygirl and she couldn't help but enjoy it. She nodded her head as she felt his hand slip between her thighs as he started to thumb her nub. Their foreheads connected as her hands gripped his shoulders; her eyes started to flutter closed as she felt herself starting to explode around him.

As soon as Joe felt the rush of her fluids his body revolted and joined her in the euphoric moment; he suddenly knew feeling her fall apart in his arms was the BEST feeling ever. As they were coming down from their high their foreheads were still connected while they each panted to catch their breath and gain control over their bodies once more.

Joe's hand came up and cupped her right cheek. "I don't know if I can let you go at the end of the semester." He was being completely honest. Maybe he could fold her up and stick her in his suitcase forever because at least them she would be with him and he would never had to say goodbye to her...ever.

Alison's hand covered his as she leaned into his warmth. Her eyes flickered open as they connected with his soft grey orbs. "It's not your choice Joe. If it was I know you'd have me stay here with you forever, but we both know it's not realistic. You have to finish your senior year and graduate and then you need to get your cute little ass drafted into the NFL to some team that will skyrocket your football career even more. You're going to be an amazing football player."

"You still going to cheer for me even if you are a San Diego Chargers fan?" Joe asked with an impish grin. He knew who her favorites were and always gave her smart ass comments about them if they were doing bad.

Alison returned his grin with a smirk. "Only until you have to face them; I'm sorry but I always have to go with my boys." She gave Joe a cheeky smile as she couldn't help squealing out when Joe buried his face in the side of her neck and growled.

It was times like these that she was going to miss but yet always remember.

The air was chilly and the Toyota Rav4 was loaded to the ground with Alison and Aria's belongings. The last few weeks at Georgia State had gone by super fast. Alison honestly never wanted it to end; because if it never ended than she wouldn't have to leave for Texas A&M and she wouldn't have to leave Joseph Anoa'i behind.

But at the same time she knew Joe had to go on to bigger and better things. He was already told that some NFL scouts had been to a few of the games they were looking at him, the quarterback and a couple of the other prized players at Georgia Tech.

Joe's stormy grey orbs watched as Alison pushed her back pack into the back seat along with her laptop. His heart was clenching inside his chest. He had been dreading this day for weeks but had been trying to keep it off his mind. Next to breaking up with his first high school girlfriend to go to college this was going to be the hardest thing he would ever have to do.

He had to be man enough to let her go. She had to finish going to college and pursue her career; she knew exactly what she wanted to do for the rest of her life and he would be damned if he got in her way. She had encouraged him to pursue his career in the NFL because she could tell how much he loved it. He couldn't, in good conscience stand in her way either.

Alison watched as Aria walked around to the driver side as she handed the Toyota keys to her before she turned to Joe and walked over to him. "I guess this is it." She felt his hands grip her hips as he pulled her closer. "I can't wait to watch the draft. You're going to be amazing on whichever team chooses you. Whenever I'm in the town you're in; I'll be the one in the bleachers screaming the loudest."

"I know you will and I'll be looking for you for a victory party afterwards." Joe stated softly.

"I'll keep in touch as much as I can I promise, but the same goes for you too." Alison reminded.

"Ali, I need to say something because if I don't I'll be a chicken shit and won't ever say it." Joe watched as she nodded at him. "I love you and I always will. If you ever need anything, I don't care what it is; call me - morning, noon or night."

Alison could feel the tears filling her eyes as she cupped his cheeks before she pushed up on her toes and kissed his lips softly. "I love you too Joe. I promise you'll be the first one I call if I need bail money." She winked at him before she smiled and kissed his lips once more. "I better go before you change your mind and make me stay."

Joe nodded. "Yea you should."

There's never a right time to say goodbye
But I gotta make the first move
'Cause if I don't you gonna start hating me
Cause I really don't feel the way I once felt about you
Girl it's not you, it's me
I kinda gotta figure out what I need
(oh) There's never a right time to say goodbye
But we know that we gotta go
Our separate ways
And I know it's hard but I gotta do it,
And it's killing me
Cause there's never a right time
Right time to say goodbye

"Say goodbye Joe."

Joe shook his head. "No...if I say goodbye it will feel permanent."

"It's not goodbye forever; it's just goodbye for now." Alison stated gently as she kissed his lips softly. "Goodbye Joe." She whispered against his lips as she started walking backwards to the Toyota.

"Bye Alison." Joe said softly as he watched the Toyota disappear.