BREAKING POINT

She leaned back and looked up at him. “I can’t believe I’m standing here like this” Penny said.

“Like what?” Joey asked.

“half naked in your kitchen” she replied simply.

Joey laughed. “You could always take off my shirt”

“No way. The lights are on”

He paused, then began to unbutton the shirt.

She grabbed his hands. “What are you doing?”

“Taking back my shirt” Joey replied, like what he was going was very normal. Like he had been doing it for a long time.

“You have on jeans. You don’t need this shirt as badly as I do”

He slid his hands to her wrists and pulled her fingers away. When she tried to pull free, he wouldn’t let go.

“Joey” she said with a warning in her voice.

He switched tactics and started at her neck, moving his mouth over her soft skin. He couldn’t remember when he had felt skin so soft. He used his mouth to taste her, to skim over her neck, along the solid bones of her shoulders.

He breathed in her scent. She smelt like Penny, light and musky and female, like his dreams.

And all over her was the scent of the sex they had shared. The scent of himself on her, the mixture of them, together. It made him hard and made him want her again. He wanted to hear that little cry she gave when he entered her, wanted to feel the way her breath would pick up when she was close to cumming.

There were five empty condom wrappers next to his bed. That hadn’t happened in a very long time.

He nudged the shirt over her shoulder with his chin while he kissed her. Her head drifted back and he dragged his mouth along the vee in the neck line, then nipped at her through the fabric.

He pulled a button through with his teeth, then quickly moved to her mouth to distract her.

She kissed him back the same way she had all night, with her mouth and lips and tongue.

He moaned her name and slid his arms under her, lifting her and letting her head fall back over his other arm. He buried her face in her breasts, licking and kissing, and every so often, unbuttoning his way down the shirt.

He walked around the kitchen and carried her back to the living room, where he bent slightly and set her feet down on the rug. “Stand up for a second, honey” Joey said.

She did stand up, and his shirt fell right off her. He snatched it away before she could cover herself.

“You rat” Penny said. She reached for the shirt. “Give that back!”

He grinned at her and shook his head.

So instead of trying to cover her body, she buried her face in her hands. “Oh, I hate you, Joey”

“No you don’t” he said.

“I’m embarrassed”

“Tell me why”

She didn’t say anything for a moment. “I don’t know…. Maybe because my body isn’t exactly how it used to be since I had a baby. I don’t want to standing naked like this while you look at me like that”

Such crap, Joey thought. She was a beautiful woman. Who had no idea just how beautiful she was, which made her even more beautiful. Despite what she said, her figure was curved and lush and womanly. Her breasts were full and he wanted to taste her again.

“Penny” he called.

“What?” her voice still muffled by her hands.

He pulled out condom number six, opened it with his teeth, slipped off his jeans and kicked them away. “Come here” he said.

She spread her fingers a bit and peeked out at him. He was sitting on the arm of a chair, ready and just watching her.

Her shoulders sagged with regret or defeat, he wasn’t sure which, and she let her hands fall away. He leaned towards her and grabbed a hand, then pulled her to him.

She looked down at him as he pulled her into his arms. “Why did you do that?” she asked.

“What? Do what?” Joey replied, feigning ignorance.

“Take the shirt. Make me stand there… Naked”

“Because you’re a beautiful woman”

“Then you are probably blind”

He stood and turned her around, then leaned her back against the chair and slipped easily inside of her. “Okay then, I’m blind” he said, then he leaned down so he could whisper in her ear, his lips brushing against her ear lobe, he added, “And I’m madly in love with you”

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“I have to get going now” Penny said, as she and Joey finished cleaning up the dishes they had used for breakfast that morning.

“Why?” Joey asked turning to face her. “It’s Saturday. We don’t have to work. Why do you want to hurry back home?”

Penny returned the look. “Why?” she repeated. “It’s not just work, Joey. Look, in case you have forgotten, I have a baby and I don’t live here… Duh”

Joey nodded his head, then he said something crazy that startled Penny.

“Okay,” he began, “So in that case, why don’t you and Howard move in here…. With me”

Penny stared at him for a while, trying to make sure she’d heard him right. The look on his face suggested that she had, and he looked so…. Hopeful.All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

“But that’s crazy, Joey” she said, and turned away from him.

Joey dropped the towel he was using to wipe the dishes on the table and moved towards her. “No its not crazy, Penny” he said, taking her hand. “Listen, there is nothing crazy about this… About what’s happening between the two of us. I know that you feel it too Penny. Don’t tell me that you don’t. Don’t lie to me about this….”

She pulled her hands from his and paced the room, then stopped and wiped her hands with a towel. Her hand lifted to her forehead and she rubbed it.

“I’m not going to lie about it, Joey. I have been lying to myself for a while and I’m tried of it. Tired of denying myself of what I want because I was scared. I love you, Joey Raines. But moving here with Howard…. I don’t know what to say to that…. Not that I don’t want to live with you or anything” she added quickly when she saw the disappointment in his eyes…

“But it’s weird, you know” she continued, “Moving here with my son. It’s not as if we were getting married or anything…. It would have been a different case if we were enga…..”

“Then let’s get married” Joey said, and Penny literally jumped.

“What?” she asked him, like she couldn’t believe her ears.

“Yes. Let’s get married” he repeated.

“We can’t just get married… Just out of blue, Joey”

Joey left the place he was standing and came to hold her hand. “Why not?” he said softly, “Who says we can’t decide where we want to start our relationship from. No one decides but us. Penny, I have loved you from the moment I first laid my eyes on you. I have spent so much time away from you and right now all I want…. Baby, is to be with you. You and Howard… And me…. A family. That’s what I want…. Please tell me you want the same thing.” He lifted his hands to the sides of her face so he could look directly into her eyes. “Do you love me, Penny?” he asked, softly.

“Yes I do, Joey. I do love you… with all my heart” she replied. And she meant it

“So marry me….”

“… But Audrey” Penny began.

“… Will be fine with it” Joey completed. “Trust me, she will be happy about it. She has wanted this to happen even before we met each other. I’m sorry I don’t have a ring yet. I didn’t plan to… Propose like this but…. Maybe I can do one thing right.”

He paused, then got on one knee in front of her. While Penny giggled like a little girl, so excited and happy that she couldn’t breathe.

“Penny Hampson,” Joey began. “You are the most amazing woman that I have ever met. You are strong, independent, loving, kind, beautiful, sexy…. And an amazing mother. You’re everything anyone could ever want in a partner. You make me smile. You make me happy and I want to spend the rest of my life with you making you as happy as you make me. Please say you will be my wife”

“Oh I will, Joey. I will” Penny said, pulling him to his feet and throwing her arms around him. She was crying now. “I love you and I will marry you”

He held her tightly against him, pulled away from her, then grabbed her again, trapping her arms at her sides and kissing her neck. His lips drifted over to her ear. “I love you Penny,” he whispered. “I will always love you”

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