Nickolas and Sunshine awoke at the condo on the sofa in each others arms. They looked at each other and smiled. Sunshine yawned and Nickolas just laughed at her until she playfully hit him in the stomach. She smiled and Nickolas gave her a morning kiss and she asked, �Don�t you care I have morning breath?�
�I�m not marrying you for your fresh breath,� Nickolas replied. �It�s because I love you.�
�And I love you. If you want to believe it.�
�What�s that supposed to mean?�
�Well, your behavior towards Brad last night.�
�What�d I do?�
�You kept glaring at him and totally rude. If I didn�t know any better I�d believe you�re actually jealous of him.�
�I�m not jealous. I have no reason to be jealous of Brad Fischetti. I got you don�t I?� He kissed her.
�Finally after how many years?�
Between kissing her neck he replied, �Too many to count.�
�You have no need to be jealous of Brad; we�re just friends.�
�That�s great to hear.� He kissed her just as Josephine walked out.
�What are you guys doing?� Josephine questioned sitting on the love seat.
�Having breakfast,� Sunshine answered and Nickolas smiled. �Why?�
�Just wondering,� Josephine replied. �Nick, don�t you have a home?�
�Yeah,� Nickolas said. �This is my home away from home.�
�Go back to your home home,� Josephine said. �I�m sick of seeing you. I see you more than I do Howie. That�s pretty bad.�
�Maybe you and Howie should take a trip together,� Sunshine suggested. �Just the two of you. Remind him of how much you care and love him. Let him remember how much he loves you.�
�I was thinking about that,� Josephine admitted. �My vacation is coming.�
�Go for it. Go someplace romantic. Except France.�
�Why not?� Josephine and Nickolas asked in unison.
�You guys were already there,� Sunshine replied. �Try someplace new.�
�Where do you suggest?� Josephine asked.
�I heard Italy�s just as romantic,� Sunshine said. �Try that.�
�Why are you so interested in this?� Nickolas wanted to know.
�I want them to be as happy as us,� Sunshine replied. �Is that so wrong?�
�Well, no,� Nickolas said.
�They all butted into our relationship so it�s time to start butting into theirs.� She smiled, as there was a knock. �Who is that already?�
�It�s almost 11:30,� Josephine said getting up. �And it�s probably Howie. I told him to come by about eleven.�
�Why?�
�Just because today�s my day off.� She walked to the door.
�What are you doing?� Nickolas whispered to Sunshine.
�I�m going to try to get Howie to realize he actually loves Jo,� Sunshine whispered in return. �Trust me, Darling.�
�I always do.� He kissed her.
�Told ya it was Howie,� Josephine interrupted. �Is that a problem?�
�No,� Sunshine said. �Because Nick is here and that�s all that matters.�
�Does she give ya a toothache or does she give you a toothache?� Nickolas asked and Sunshine smiled.
�Excuse us?� Josephine and Howard asked confused.
�He said I�m sweet,� Sunshine stated rolling her eyes at the two. �Get with the lingo.� They just looked at her. ��Clueless�.�
�Oh,� Josephine said. �I understand now.�
�After ten hours,� Sunshine smirked.
�Howie�s a toothache,� Josephine said.
�No,� Sunshine said. �He�s a Monet.� Josephine looked at her dumbfounded. �Far away he�s alright, but up close he�s a big ole mess.�
�Bitch,� Josephine said throwing a pillow at her. �He�s a Baldwin.�
�Nick�s a Baldwin. Howie�s a Barney.�
�Howie, let�s go to my room.� Josephine and Howard got up. �I don�t want to listen to her anymore. �They began walking.
�No boys in your room,� Sunshine snickered. �And Howie is a boy.�
�So is Nickolas!� Josephine yelled.
�Nick�s a man,� Sunshine said looking at Nickolas.
�Maybe you want to see some of that manliness,� Nickolas grinned. �Before lunch.� Sunshine only smiled as they kissed and there was a knock. �Now who?�
�Beats me, but they�ll go away,� Sunshine said kissing Nickolas again, as there was another knock. �Or not.� She threw the cover off and got up. She picked her t-shirt up off the floor where she threw it last night and Nickolas slapped her ass. �Ooh!� She looked at Nickolas and smiled, as he winked at her. Nickolas watched her walk to the front door and smiled while checking her out. He could feel his arousal starting to take over at the sight of her and he took a deep breath. �It�s my sister and sexy brother-in-law.� She opened the door and that ruined Nickolas� mood. �Madeline, Nicholas, come in. Where�s DJ?�
�In Pennsylvania with mom and dad,� Madeline replied. �They wanted him for a week.�
�But�but�� Sunshine protested. �Nicky and I are supposed to have him for a week.�
�Your week is coming so don�t worry,� Nicholas said kissing her cheek.
�But�� Sunshine continued protesting and sighed disgustedly.
�Nickolas,� Madeline said.
�Madeline,� Nickolas said.
�What brings you guys by?� Sunshine asked finally closing the door. �Without my nephew.�
�Don�t start,� Madeline warned. �Can�t we come see our sister?� There was a knock. �Or our future brother-in-law?�
�I guess not, but next time bring Dominic,� Sunshine said opening the door to see Brian and Danielle. �Don�t you people have other places to be?� They just shook their heads. �I�m not a bit surprised. Nick and I can never be alone.� She went to close the door, as she saw Kevin and Venus. �Come in.� They walked in, as Nickolas� brother, Aaron, walked up. Sunshine motioned for him to come in. Before closing the door she looked out and saw LFO and their girlfriends walking up with *NSync and their girlfriends. She didn�t bother waiting for them, as she walked away.
Spying Nickolas, she walked over to him and grabbed his hand. She pulled him away from Brian and took him to the bedroom. She closed and locked the door and looked at Nickolas. �What?�
�Why are all these people here?� Sunshine wanted to know.
�I don�t know. Let�s just get dressed and go find out. I�m sure there�s a good explanation.�
�I need to shower first. I�m all icky from last night.� She smiled. �Not saying that you�re icky, because you know you�re not, but it was really hot.� She put her arms around him and kissed his neck. �Do you mind waiting?�
�Of course not. Maybe I�ll join ya.�
�I think we can work something out. You can get all my hard to reach places.� She kissed him then walked away.
Nickolas slowly took a deep breath and left it out just as slowly. If she only knew what she did to him with just one touch, one sound, one kiss, and one look; she�d probably still do it anyway. He heard the shower start and fell back onto the bed. He closed his eyes, but opened them when he felt hands going up his legs. He saw Sunshine smiling and he had to smile himself. Sunshine was naked and his arousal took over him again. She kissed a trail from his stomach to his neck then engulfed his mouth in a kiss.
�Mmm, Sweets.�
�Are you coming?�
�I always do.� He smirked and flipped her onto her back; kissing her.
�I meant the shower.�
�I can do it there too.� He started kissing her chest.
�Then let�s find out.�
�No need to tell me twice.� He picked her up off the bed and carried her to the bathroom.
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