Chapter 19
Authors Note: I really really really need to be studying for my Nursing Management final tomorrow, but these two will not leave me alone. I keep thinking stuff up… And I have no idea what Joe's middle name is, so I made one up. When I find out what it really is, I will change it.
"I love you, Joseph Andres Cruz."
He looked up at her. "You remembered my middle name?"
"And your Confirmation name."
"Nahhhh… " he started.
She nodded. "Yeahhhhh…."
"So what is it?"
"You took Christopher."
"And you took Catherine."
She looked at him. "Oh My God! You remembered that?"
"There's very little I don't remember, Taylor."
"That sounds familiar."
She shifted a bit, arching her back and pulling herself up on her hands. "I hope you forgot about the night my bra broke. Geez, I was so embarrassed."
He laughed. "I could never forget that! I'd been trying to figure out a way to get you out of your bra, and boom… it just breaks…"
"Yeah, well, it had broken earlier. I just put a safety pin in it. How was I to know the damn thing was going to come undone?"
"You don't know how badly I wanted to touch them. God, it was like I was handed the perfect opportunity, and I was so afraid you'd get pissed at me if I tried."
"No," she admitted.
"No?"
"I wanted you to. I was ready to make love with you, but I didn't say anything because I didn't want you to think I was a tramp."
"It would have saved us another two months," he agreed. He took her arms so she had no choice but to lay down again. "We got a second chance. A lot of people don't get that."
"No, they don't," she agreed. "You are my heart, Joe."
"And I can't figure out why."
"Don't try to figure it out. Just accept it."
"Not only beautiful and smart, but wise too."
She leaned forward and whispered something in his ear.
He smiled and kissed her. "Baby, please think about a wedding date. I don't want to wait too much longer to make you Mrs. Cruz."