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" Babe! I just don't see why we have to go out on their date." Vincent said as he adjusted his tie while walking out of her bedroom. It was three weeks after Vincent had first met her dad and he had been coming with her on the other visits.
" First dates are tough." Gabriella called out from the inside of her bathroom. She had locked herself inside the bathroom to get ready. The bathroom was right next to her room.
" Yeah but we managed to go out on ours just fine and look at us now." Vincent said. He was wearing a pair of nice jeans and a light grey button shirt. His tie was a dark grey color.
" It's just a double date, Vin, you will be fine! Plus, I already promised to repay you if you are nice!" She called out. Vincent sat down at her table and bend down to rub Vicky's head. Whenever he slept over at her apartment, he always brought his dog.
" Are you ready yet? I don't understand why I couldn't see the dress." He said. The door to the bathroom opened but she didn't step out.
" Where are you?" Gabriella asked.
" At the table. Why?" He asked. Gabriella stepped out and his hand froze on Vicky's head as he took her in. " Holy hell." He said softly as he sat back after a few minutes.
Gabriella was wearing a tight, plain, black dress with thin, spaghetti straps. It was low cut and stopped two inches above her knees. Her legs were bare and she was wearing a pair of 4 inch, thin heeled black heels. Her hair was parted to the right side of her head. She had straighten it and was wearing a little sliver bracelet, necklace, and earrings. Her hands smoothed down the dress as a look of uncertainty went over her face.
" What? Why are you staring at me? Do I look stupid?" She asked. Vincent stood up straight.
" Do you look stupid? Are you fucking serious?" He asked as he started over to her. He walked around her, taking her in slowly. " You. Look. Amazing. Like, wow. Where have you been hiding that?" He placed his hands on her hips and let them trail around her as he continued to circle her.
" I just bought it. Is it too tight? It feels too tight. I should change." Gabriella said. Vincent grabbed her and pulled her against him.
" No." He said quickly. " Don't change. I so can't wait to come home." He grinned as he started push her to walk backwards. Gabriella smiled and put her hands on his shoulders. " Cuz, damn girl, you are smoking and I am already planning on taking you first in with the dress on and second with just the heels." He lowered his head down to kiss her neck at the same time her back came to her door.
" Don't start, Vin." She said although her eyes were already closing. " We need to leave." He was rubbing himself against her so she could feel how bad he wanted her.
" Come on, Baby. Let's skip it. I'll make it worth it to you." She laughed and pushed him lightly at his shoulders.
" We have to go. It would be rude to skip." He groaned and sighed but pulled out of her neck.
" Just dinner then. No dessert or drinks afterwards. Dinner, home, sex, sex, bed." Gabriella laughed again but was nodding.
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During dinner with Alice and Gabriella's friend from work, Jonathan, Vincent would rub Gabriella's leg under the table or put his arm around the back of her chair to rub her shoulder. Gabriella and Alice talked, Vincent and Jonathan talked, the group talked together. Jonathan and Alice seemed to get along well. When they were talking, Vincent leaned over to his girlfriend. He tucked his fingers around her strap and slipped it down her arm slightly. He kissed her shoulder, making her looked at him. He sucked in her skin and raised his eyes to look at her. Gabriella smiled and tilted her head down to his so their foreheads were resting together. They closed their eyes while he planted soft, slow kisses against her shoulder, both missing the looks Alice was sending them.
After dinner, when the couples walked outside, Vincent placed Gabriella directly in front of him while they all talked. His left hand was on her hip, squeezing her, while his right hand was stroking her right arm. Alice was standing by Jonathan. He asked her if he could walk her home since they were only a few blocks from their apartment building.
" Would you like to walk with us?" Alice asked Gabriella and Vincent. She noticed how tightly Vincent's hand squeezed Gabriella's hip.
" No." Vincent answered quickly. " We are going to take a cab."
" It was nice to meet you, Vincent." Jonathan said, extending his hand out. Vincent smiled as the two men shook hands.
" You too, Man." He said.
" I will see you in the morning." Jonathan said to Gabriella.
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Four months into their relationship, Gabriella was coming home from the store on a Sunday night. Vincent was waiting for her at her place. He had sent her out for a bottle of wine while he said he would order them dinner. Jonathan and Alice had been seeing each other for a month and a half. Jonathan had told Gabriella he thought they doing well although he had never been to Alice's place. They spend their time together at a small bar downtown or at his place. Alice didn't say much about him to Gabriella so she didn't push it.
Gabriella grabbed her door knob and opened the door to a semi dark apartment. She dropped her bag to floor as Vincent looked up from the table with a smile. He had two long candles on her table and was in the process of lighting one. He had already light the first one. He had set the table and had their dinner already on the plates, waiting for her.
" What is this?" She asked, shutting the door behind her.
" Well, I can't come with you tomorrow to see your dad so I thought I'd do something special for you tonight." He said. He blew out the match then walked over to the sink to drop it in as Gabriella came over to the table in complete amazement.
" This is beautiful. I don't even know what to say." She said. Vincent smiled and joined her at the table.
" Sit down." He took the wine from her and opened it quickly. " I made the chicken you like. Baked it in the french onion stuff then brought it over here as soon as you left."
" So you made this planned all along. That's why you didn't go with me to take Vicky for the walk." Gabriella said, sitting down. Vincent smiled as he poured their drinks.
" I had to get the chicken ready and in my oven." He said.
They ate and talked together. Vincent's lease was going to be up in three months but hers still had eight months to go. Vincent wanted to move in with her but was nervous on how to ask her. They hadn't started saying the I Love you's, although he was more then ready to say it. He couldn't say if she was but he thought she was. She looked at him and smiled in ways that made him feel like she loved him.
" I have been thinking about something." Vincent started, taking his seat across from her.
" And what's that?" Gabriella said. She picked up her fork and knife to cut the chicken but stopped and looked at him when he didn't speak. He was playing with his napkin which was sitting on the table and not looking at her.
" My...ah...lease is going to be up soon so I was thinking...we should move in together. We go back and forth between this place and mine, we have keys to each other's place, some of my clothes are here, yours are at my place. I just think it would be..."
" Yes." She said quickly, making him look at her.
" Are you sure?" Vincent asked. She smiled and nodded. He grinned and reached across the table to her. Gabriella took his hand and smiled too.
" Yes. I'm sure. We can get a storage unit to put your stuff in until my lease is up then we can get a bigger place." She said quickly. Vincent squeezed her hand hard.
" I love you so much." He blurted out without thinking. Gabriella held her breath at the same time his eyebrows went up. " I mean...I just..." His cheeks were flushed and he started to take his hand away from her.
" I love you too." She rushed.
" Are you sure? About everything? I'm sort of hitting you with a lot of things right now." Vincent said. Gabriella stood up and walked over to him. She slipped down onto his lap and slipped her arms around his neck.
" I'm sure. I want to live together. I love you. I'm completely sure about it all." She said. He hugged her tightly.
" You are an amazing girl, you know that?" He said into her hair. He sighed then started to rub her back. " Come on, let's eat then take Vick for a walk."