Lulu arrived at The Penthouse within five minutes, just missing Michael on his way to ELQ. Lulu breezes into the familiar apartment...in the truth she had kind of missed this place.
"Hey baby, how are you feeling?" Johnny sighed, greeting her with a forehead kiss.
"You don't know how nice that is...you know, you taking you're time to ask how I'm doing. With Dante it was always a lot of bitching about this and that and little to no physical contact-it was exhausting. With Dustin, everything always felt so forced and like nothing was real to him. You truly are the best boyfriend I've ever had-Fiancé. Sorry about that, I didn't have much practice being a fiancé last go around." Lulu softly glanced up at him with a soft smile, lovingly touching his face.
"Well, I love you. You know that. I've always cared about what happens to you-but, it's okay. We can take this as slow or as fast as you want, there's absolutely NO rush. I still need to meet Charlotte and Rocco, I'm not going anywhere. I promise." Johnny sighed knowing she had doubts even if she never spoke them aloud.
"Thank you and I know, you will meet them. I just wanted you to myself tonight-I thought we could celebrate the good news. I just really need a night before I go back into mom mode and everything." Lulu leaned against him, in truth she was exhausted.
"You're welcome baby, I'm always here for you. Their you're children and only you know what's best for them-I respect that. Did you have anything in mind?" Johnny's arms encircled her waist.
"You make everything seem so easy, just like you always have. I just want to have a whole night with you, nothing flashy." Lulu chuckled, pressing a chaste kiss to his cheek.
"Being with you is easy, you're my best friend." Johnny chuckled, tucking a piece of blonde behind her ear.
"Don't let Lovett hear you say that-he'd never let that shit go." Lulu smirked, poking his chest.
"Please don't tell him, I'm not sure I could handle the pressure." Her fiancé teased.
"You know, I've really missed having you around. The thought of you being locked up in Pentonville for nine years for you're grandfathers murder-falsely accused-it just reminds me of Logan. The first time you ever went to the slammer was because of me and, I'll never be able to forgive myself. Even after all this time." This fact had been haunting her dreams lately, Johnny frowned.
"Lu, at some point I would have ended up there-it's nobody's fault but my own. I would have rather protected you so that you could get the help you needed...rather than having you rot in prison. I hate that you still blame yourself for something that you did to protect yourself against a sick freak who wanted to hurt you. I don't know who set me up for Anthony's murder but...I know it wasn't Corinthos. At this point I don't care...the world is better without him. I know I feel relieved that he can't manipulate me anymore. I don't really care to rehash the case...all that I care about is that I'm finally getting what I've always wanted. A family with a woman that loves me-The woman who raised me would have loved you. I know she would have. It's hard to think of Claudia as my mother or Who I thought was my mother as my grandmother. My life has always just been one big mystery-until you came along." Johnny sighed, cupping her face in his hands.
"Fuck, I can't wait to be you're wife." Lulu breathed, before placing a longing kiss on his lips.