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Chapter 55

"Are you sure this is the best place in the city to get a Christmas tree?" Dante asked looking around the lot.

"I'm positive. My family comes here every year to get our trees." Emily said pulling him along. "How big of a tree do you want to get?"

"I don't know something small I guess. It's just for me." Dante said giving it some thought.

"Just for you?" Emily asked pointedly.

"Well me and my smoking hot girlfriend who is coming over to help me decorate it." Dante said pulling her close and kissing her.

"That's better." Emily said snuggling close. "Do you have any decorations?"

"Not a one, I was hoping you would come shopping with me after we pick out the tree." Dante confessed smiling. "Then after that we can go to Kelly's for some hot chocolate."

It was his one night off this week and Dante was determined to spend as much of it with Emily as she would allow. Now that Ric was gone he and Dara were holding down the fort, so free time was precious. Jason and Sonny had both asked Dante to stay in Port Charles. Sonny because he liked having a set of eyes and ears in the D.A.'s office and Jason because he knew Dante leaving would break Emily's heart.

Even if they hadn't asked him to stay Dante had no intention of leaving. He would have simply turned in his resignation to Corinthos Morgan and taken a hefty pay cut. He had money in the bank so his lifestyle wouldn't have changed much. He just wasn't going to give up the woman in his arms. No job was more important than her.

"I like the sound of that." Emily said taking a deep breath before continuing. "Maybe after Kelly's we can get started on that decorating, then have dinner before decorating some more. By the time we finish it will be late so maybe I should just stay over." She waited nervously for him to answer.

"That sounds like a great plan." Dante really wanted to be with her but he understood that she'd been hurt and that they needed to move at her pace. He was happy holding her hand and kissing her. "We should get to it then."

"Yes we should." Emily smiled brightly as they walked hand in hand through the lot.

"You cannot be serious." Jason said looking at the sad little tree that his wife was pointing to. "We have twelve-foot tall ceilings in our house. That sorry excuse for a tree is maybe four feet tall." It was also really skinny. Behind him he could hear Francis laughing.

"But this tree needs a home the most." Elizabeth said trying to talk him into buying it. "What do you think Cam?"

"That one!" The little boy excitedly pointed to a ten foot tall Douglas Fir.

"That's my boy!" Jason exclaimed giving his son a high-five. "That's a Christmas tree."

Elizabeth pouted a bit as she realized she was outvoted. Before they left the house they had agreed to get the tree with the most votes. "Francis would you care to express an opinion?"

"Not on your life." The older guard said smiling. He knew better.

Elizabeth stuck out her tongue and turned to Rory who didn't know her and Jason's history. "What about you Rory?"

"With all due respect Mrs. Morgan, Johnny warned me not to say a word about the tree." Rory did not intend to get sucked into this argument.

"I still owe Johnny for the shoenapping." She suddenly remembered. She still hadn't found her heels. "I'm not wearing flats to my opening." Clarence Dunwitty had been thrilled with her art and Elizabeth had a show in March. Her own show because he felt that she was just that good.

Jason just smiled.

"Fine." Elizabeth threw up her hands in defeat. "Get the big tree and leave the poor little one to die a lonely death."

Jason and Francis both laughed at her dramatics. When the attendant came over to assist them Jason pointed to the Douglas Fir. "That one." He said and then smiling he pointed to two other trees. "That one and that one." The last tree was the sad specimen that Elizabeth had championed.

"You're going to get it." She said grinning and bouncing on her toes.

"Of course I'm going to get it. It's tradition." He was a pushover. "We can put it in our room the other small tree can go in Cam's room."

"Thank you." She said smiling.

"I think you can do better than that." Jason said smirking. She walked over and kissed him. "Much more like it." He growled against her lips. Right after her therapy session things in the bedroom had slowed a bit as Jason wanted to make sure Elizabeth was really alright. In the last week, they'd gotten back into their own special groove.

"I don't see any mistletoe." Came a male voice behind them.

"Lorenzo! You're home!" Elizabeth walked over and gave him a big hug. "When did you get back? He'd left before she and Jason had returned from their honeymoon. Delays had kept him from returning until now.

"This morning. I need to get a Christmas tree and now was a good time." Skye was returning to Port Charles tomorrow. He was hoping she would help him decorate. While he was out of the country he'd logged a lot of phone hours with the redhead. He found himself anxious to see her again.

"We are having a small gathering at our house next week on Christmas day. Would you like to come? Maybe get to know Cam better." Elizabeth tentatively offered. She wanted to know him better. Normally Jason would spend the day with Sonny, but Carly and Michael would both be at Greystone and he wanted to avoid them.

"May I bring a guest?" Lorenzo was thrilled with the invitation. He'd also spent time talking with Elizabeth while out of the country.

"Absolutely." Elizabeth couldn't help but wonder if he was bringing Skye. "I'll call you with the final details."

"Sounds good. May I meet Cameron now?" Lorenzo said looking over at the little boy who was standing next to Jason.

"Sure. Cameron." When he joined them Elizabeth looked down and smiled at her son. "This is your Uncle Lorenzo."

"Really? Like Uncle Sonny?" Cameron like Sonny a lot.

"Well, Uncle Sonny is on daddy's side of the family and your Uncle Lorenzo is on mommy's side of the family. He's mommy's older brother." Elizabeth explained to her son.

"Hi." Cameron stuck out his hand.

Lorenzo smiled as he shook it. "It's a pleasure to meet you Cameron. Maybe you can help me? Which tree should I get?"

Cam looked at Jason and when his dad nodded he turned and pointed. "That one." He picked another ten foot tall Douglas Fir.

Lorenzo turned to the attendant. "I'll take that one." He turned back to his nephew. "Thank you Cameron."

"Do you have paper chains?" The little boy asked.

"No I don't." Lorenzo admitted smirking.

"Momma, can me make some for Uncle Renzo?" Cam said, it wasn't a tree without paper chains.

"Lorenzo." Elizabeth corrected her son. "I think that would be a great idea." She looked up at her brother. "I'll get them to you by Friday."

"Would you like to come to lunch?" He wanted to spend some time with his sister. "You can even bring Morgan."

"I'd love to." Elizabeth looked at a scowling Jason. "I'll let you know if my husband is going to join us."

"I will see you then Elisabetta." Lorenzo smirked at Jason. "Morgan." Before walking off.

"Come on lets get you home." Jason said pulling Elizabeth close. "We need to get the trees set up." As well as the twenty sprigs of mistletoe he bought. He planned on kissing Elizabeth a lot this holiday season.

They stood back and looked at the fully decorated tree. "I think the paper chains pull it all together." Emily told Dante.

"I think your right. I'll have to thank your nephew the next time I see him." Dante was standing behind Emily with his arms around her waist. They were rocking slowly to the Christmas carols playing on the satellite radio. The overhead lights were off and the apartment glowed softly from the lights on the tree.

"And the white lights?" Emily asked him.

"You were right. The white lights look great. But I still say that the colored lights would have worked just as well." Dante was not going to back down, mostly because the silly argument was making his girlfriend smile.

"Are you going to come to dinner at my house on Christmas Eve?" Emily turned in his arms and they danced to the music.

"Are you going to protect me from your mother?" Monica Quartermaine was no joke. Neither was Elizabeth Morgan. Monica had not yet given her seal of approval to the relationship, while Elizabeth said he was okay for now. Dante didn't blame them for being protective. Emily had told him what Connor Bishop and Nicholas Cassadine had done to her. Dante intended to show her how she deserved to be treated.

"Elizabeth and her baby bump will be there so you don't have to worry. My mother will be too focused on her and Cam to give you a hard time. That is assuming she can get Cam away from my Grandfather." Edward and Cam were bffs.

"So dinner at your house on Christmas Eve and then dinner at my mom's house on Christmas day?" Dante asked her. He really wanted Emily to meet his mother.

"Okay." Emily wanted to meet the woman Dante spoke so highly of. "I hope she likes me."

"She'll love you Emily, because I love you." Dante told her. He saw the joy come into her eyes at his declaration.

Emily was so happy she couldn't speak right away. "I love you too Dante." She wouldn't be here like this with him now if she didn't.

"Come to bed with me?" He asked wanting to make love with this amazing women.

"Yes." Emily said placing her hand in his and allowing him to lead her from the room. Inside Dante's bedroom they could still hear the Christmas carols and she thought it was just perfect.

He closed the distance between them and dropped a soft kiss on her neck. "Thank you for trusting me." He whispered against her skin.

Very slowly they kissed and undressed one another. He lifted her in his arms and placed her on the bed, taking a moment Dante put a condom on the nightstand and then covered her body with his. He loved how perfectly they fit together. How her softer body cushioned and cradled his much harder one.

Emily wrapped her arms around Dante's neck loving how protected she felt in the shelter of his bigger body. When his lips covered hers in a soft kiss she immediately opened for him drowning in the power of the mating of their mouths.

Dante drew the kiss out until he simply had to move on. Her skin was like silk beneath his questing lips. He wasted no time in seeking out a nipple to suckle. Emily squirmed beneath him and when he moved to suck her other nipple he bought up his hand to cover the first one.

He nipped her slightly with his teeth and heard her moan softly. He looked up and saw she was watching him. "You don't need to be quiet baby." He told her with a wicked grin. "I want to hear how much you love this."

"I'm ready, I don't want to wait anymore." Emily told him. She was burning up.

Dante brought his mouth back to hers before grabbing the condom. He positioned them so they were lying on their sides facing one another. This was his favorite position. He pulled her leg over his hip readying her for their lovemaking.

"Now please." She whispered not wanting to wait another second.

Dante pushed into her waiting body in one long slow glide. He felt Emily bury her face in the crook of his neck as he pulled out then pushed back in. Over and over again he pulled all the way out and then re-joined their bodies. He didn't increase his pace but loved her slowly, gently and tenderly. He knew that she could feel every inch of his shaft as he hilted into her with each stroke.

Wrapped in his warm embrace Emily hung on as he pushed her to dizzying heights. She hadn't ever known about this position but it was quickly becoming her favorite. She was trembling with her building desire and Dante's hard breathing told her he was just as affected. She felt her inner muscles tighten and as his mouth covered hers she exploded with a long moan. He took the sound of her release into his mouth and gave her back his.

As they came down from their high he pulled her close burying his face in her silky hair. She was holding him just as tightly as he gathered her even closer and held her to his heart.

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