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The following day.

Clarisse's birthday.

After sorting out some breakfast for them both, Joe came back up to the guest room they stayed in last night. As he shut the door with his foot, holding the tray Clarisse rolled over onto her back and sat up.

"good morning" she smiled holding the sheets against her chest

"good morning" he said putting the tray on the bed and kissed her "and Happy Birthday" he kissed her again then slipped into bed next to her

"thank you" she smiled at him as he started rubbing her back "this looks lovely" she said looking back at the breakfast tray

"only the best for you" he smiled and watched as she took a bite of a strawberry

"well thank you" she smiled and fed him the rest

"thank you" he smirked "after we are ready I am going to take you shopping and spoil you" he smiled and kissed her shoulder

"oh you don't have to do that" she said turning to him "you spoil me enough already"

"I don't care, its your birthday and you deserve to be spoiled" he grinned "and I won't take no for an answer" he smirked then kissed her

"well thank you then" she smiled

After breakfast they got ready and headed back to their own suite, had a shower and got ready.

"you look great" Joe smiled as he stood behind her and watched as she done her make up

"thank you" she smiled at him in the mirror as Olivia and Sofia came in "hey" she smiled seeing them as they rushed over

"Happy Birthday Mommy" Olivia smiled as she stood next to her

"thank you darling" she said hugging her then hugged Sofia

"Happy Birthday Mom" Sofia smiled giving her a present "its from the both of us" she smiled

"aww thank you" she smiled unwrapping it and took of the lid "aww girls" she smiled up at them then back down at it "it's beautiful" she said taking the necklace from the box to get a better look "I shall wear it tonight for our dinner"

"glad you like it Mom" Sofia smiled

"what are you doing today?" Olivia asked

"I am taking her shopping where I plan on spoiling her" Joe smiled

"well we hope you have fun" Sofia smiled "we will see you later, ok"

"of course" she gave them both a kiss then watched as they walked out "I better put this somewhere safe" she said putting it back in the box then walked into her closet

"are you nearly ready?" Joe asked standing at the door

"nearly" she laughed looking at him and carried on

"ok" he walked back out and sat in the suite waiting for her

She came out a few minutes later and they left for shopping, after they went and had a late lunch. After they paid they came out and headed back to the car.

"do we have to rush back?" Joe asked as he done his belt up

"no I don't think so" she answered doing hers up

"then how about we go for a drive?" he asked looking at her

"ok" she smiled as he started the car "that sounds like a plan"

"indeed" he smiled back at her

After a short drive they stopped on top of a hill over looking Genovia. Clarisse got out the car and walked over to the fence, taking in the view.

"beautiful isn't it?" Joe asked standing behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist

"it is, and even though it's been many years I still can't believe its mine" she laughed

Joe smiled and kissed her shoulder as they just stood looking out at the view for a bit.

"dance with me?" he asked as she turned in his embrace

"we don't have any music" she questioned

"I can sort that out" he said stepping back and walked over to the car and put a cd on then walked back over to her "see" he took her hand and walked backwards

she moved with him "I forgot about that" she chuckled as he stopped her body meeting his "and its one of your favorite songs too" she smiled as they started dancing slowly

After dancing to a couple songs, Joe stood leaning on the fence as Clarisse stood behind him, resting against his body as she couldn't stop smiling.

"thank you for taking me shopping this morning" she smiled as she looked at him "I had a lovely morning"

"you are welcome" he lowered his head and kissed her a couple times "are you cold?"

"a little" she nodded and snuggled close to him

"I thought so" he wrapped his arm's around her "your red nose gave it away" he chuckled as she put her hand up to her nose "come on, lets go and snuggle in the car"

"ok" she walked over to the car, shut the drivers door then climbed in the back

"and here's me thinking for years" he said putting his hand on the door and looked at her "that you never slide?" he laughed climbing in next to her and shut the door

"I do sometimes" she smiled "depending on who I am with" she smirked and kissed him

"ahh I see" he nodded with a laugh and put his arm around her shoulders as she snuggled into him

"have we ever been up here at night?" she asked while tilting her head back to look at him

"I don't think we have" he said looking at her

"I think it would be beautiful here at night" she smiled resting her head back on his chest

"I agree" he said and kissed the top of her head "how about I bring you up here tonight, after the family dinner?" he asked

she looked at him "that would be nice, but then you can't have a drink with me on my birthday" she smiled

"that is true" he chuckled "so how about tomorrow night then?"

"that sounds like a plan" she smiled "I would love that" she whispered and kissed him

"I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you" he whispered in between kisses while pushing her onto her back and rested his body on hers

"here?" Clarisse asked with a cheeky smile

"why not?" he asked running his hand down her side and she responded with kisses

"I guess" Clarisse said sitting up "we best get back" she adjusted her top and looked at Joe

"must we?" he asked as he watched her

"yes" she laughed a bit while moving and climbing into the drivers seat "and I will drive us home" she smiled grabbing the keys

"oh how nice" he smirked putting his legs up on the chair and put his arms up putting his hands behind his head "I am going to see what its like to be chauffeured around" he laughed as Clarisse looked back at him "just kidding" he smirked and climbed into the front with her as she started the car "it will be nice though, I love it when you drive" he smiled doing his belt up

"thank you" she said doing hers up then reversed out the parking place and started going forward then stopped "somethings missing?" she said leaning back

"lost something" Joe smirked at her

"Joseph" Clarisse smirked holding her hand out "give me them back now?"

"I wondered how long it would take you" he laughed as he pulled out her panties from his pocket and handed them to her "spoil sport"

she tutted at him while undoing her belt and put the chair back "I can not believe you did that" she said slipping them back on

"mmm must you do such things in front of me" he said watching her

"yes" she said pulling her skirt back down and sat back in her seat "now because you done that" she said putting the seat back and grabbed her cd's "I am going to make you listen to Celine" she laughed putting the cd on

"oh it was so worth it" he chuckled

Clarisse just laughed as she done up her belt again and started driving off. After a short drive they reached some traffic lights, and had to stop. Joe noticed she had gone into a day dream.

"Clari?" he asked as she rubbed her arm and waited for the lights to change

"hmmm" she answered while watching the lights

"what are you thinking about?" he asked watching her as the lights changed and they started moving

"I am thinking that I have been back just 2 and a half days and I have already lost count to how many times you've got frisky on me" she laughed and looked at him then back to the road

"well so have I" he smirked

"I think I am going to go away for a long time more often though" she smirked to herself

"oh god no, I can't bare that thought" he said still watching her as she laughed "been great though, hasn't it?" he smirked

"oh indeed" she smirked "I am trying to work out the fascination though of doing it on the back seat of a car" she said looking at Joe as they came to a stop at more traffic lights "all you get out of it is bruises on your knees and a burn on your lower back" she laughed

"you have to admit it added a bit of excitement to it" he smiled watching her as she looked back at the road "not that we need to do it in the back of your car to get that" he laughed

"true" she smiled at him as they started moving again "How many traffic lights are there in this town" she sighed "I never noticed it before" she said looking in her rear view mirror "there's someone flashing me" she said looking back at the road

"what?" Joe said turning to look behind them "oh someone's flashing his lights"

"yes, that's what I said" Clarisse said looking in the mirror again then at the road

"actually you didn't, you said someone is flashing you" he smirked at her

"oh" she thought a second "oh I get it" she laughed and looked in the mirror again "is that Pierre?"

Joe looked back "it looks like it, in his new car" he looked at Clarisse then back at the car as he flashed his lights again "yeah it's Pierre"

"oh god" Clarisse exclaimed "I don't like it when there's people that I know following me"

"Pierre knows that so maybe he may over take at the next lights" he said looking at her "there's no one behind him so just stay sitting at the lights he may over take" he smirked

"oh good thinking" she said slowing down as they came up to the lights

Sure enough when they hit green Pierre over took then Clarisse followed behind and flashed her lights at him a couple times as Joe laughed.

After a short drive they arrived at the Palace and pulled into their parking places.

"what are you doing here?" Clarisse asked getting out

"I came to see my Mom on her birthday, that is ok isn't it?" Pierre asked as he closed the door and opened the back door

"of course" she smiled as he got James out the car and Joe got the bags

After a few minutes they started walking to the stairs when they heard the door slam they all looked up and saw Sofia coming down them.

"Fia" Joe said as they started walking again

"leave me alone" she shouted back

"Sofia" Clarisse exclaimed as she put James down but she just carried on walking "I wonder who annoyed her this time" she said looking at Joe then at Pierre

"don't look at me" Pierre exclaimed putting his hands up "I have only just got here"

Clarisse laughed and they carried on into the Palace

"maybe one of us should go after her?" Joe asked

"I think as I no the look, we need to give her some space" she said looking at Joe

"and how would you know that look" Joe questioned

"because I was a teenager once myself you no, and so was my sister" she smirked "I'm sure she will come to us when she is good and ready"

"but?" Joe said

"but Joe, she's at that age when she wants to do what she wants and won't listen to us" Clarisse said looking at him "trust me, she will come when shes ready"

"ok" he shrugged

After standing in the hall for a few minutes talking to Pierre, Clarisse took her stuff upstairs while Joe went to help Shades with something.

And after an hour Sofia appeared.

"can I come in?" she asked

"of course" Clarisse nodded as she put the book down

"sorry about earlier" she said pushing the door up and walked over to her "boys are jerks"

"Sofia" Clarisse gasped

"it's true" she nodded while sitting down next to her

"I had some idea that you was having boyfriend trouble, but darling" she said sitting forward "not all boys are jerks"

"to me they are" she said starting to cry

"are you going to tell me whats happened?" Clarisse asked putting her hand on Sofia's back

"Ben dumped me" she cried moving and rested her head on Clarisse's shoulder "he said he didn't love me anymore"

"oh darling" Clarisse said putting her arms around her

"after everything" Sofia whispered

"I know" Clarisse kissed the top of her head and rubbed her arm a little "I promise that one day you will find the right man, you are still young darling don't let this bother you now" she whispered "he isn't worth it" she looked at Sofia as she lifted her head

"but I loved him Mom.." Sofia cried

"I know, but darling if he's done this now he really isn't worth it and one day the right one who will treat you right and love you no matter what, will come along" she whispered

"like Daddy you mean?" she asked looking at her

"yes, like your Dad" she nodded

She sat back on the couch and Sofia snuggled up to her as they sat talking. After an hour Joe came in, grabbed a drink and sat on the chair.

"whats wrong with you?" Clarisse asked looking at him as Sofia lifted her head

They both watched as he downed his drink then got another one before sitting back down

"Joe?" Clarisse asked again as Sofia sat up

He took a sip from his glass and put it on the coffee table in front of him then looked Clarisse dead in the eye

"you lied to me?" he said watching her as Sofia looked at her too

To Be continued...