Chapter 29

Heather

I still can't believe that I'm engaged to Gabriele. Oh my goodness, I was so excited still even after two weeks I felt like I was on some high and I couldn't stop smiling. After the engagement dinner, we stayed in Italy for the rest of the week.

We were currently back home. I have to admit that I'm missing Italy and being with Gabriele's family. But I was glad to be back home because tonight is graduation. My parents were coming over and Tristen said he would call. He apologized a thousand times because he couldn't come. He is currently in Baltimore with Maya since he is on a special business trip.

Maya was being watched by his 'friend', but I knew he had a kind of a sweetheart in Baltimore. I didn't know anything about this sweetheart but I know he and she are very serious. He keeps her a secret because he is a very private person but if they become a real item he'd let me know.

I stood in front of my full-length mirror, the black dress looking beautiful with my emerald heels. My blue graduation gown hung just below my ankles, the same length as my dress and I had my cap on. It was strange to see myself looking like this.

I was happy and confident. The ring shining in the light made me feel so happy to know that I'll eventually be marrying the man I love. Gabriele came in, he had a very big smile on his smile as he studied me.

"Ah darling, you're growing up." He grabbed me from behind and hugged me while resting his head on my shoulder. I looked at us together in the mirror, we looked so happy.

"Hey old man, I thought you knew I was grown up." I bit my lip purposely, he raised his eyebrow.

"You're such a tease you know." He spun me around and pulled me closer, he kissed me slowly locking his lips with mine, it got very hot really quickly. We were insatiable, I pulled at his suit hungrily and he ran his hand down my backside, cupping my butt and pulling me close. I could feel his arousal pressing against me.

"We...should stop; I'm never going to go to graduation if we continue." I chocked on the words as he kissed a trail along the lines of my collarbone. He stopped kissing me with a heavy sigh and ran his hand through his hair.

"Fine, we should get going. My parents will meet us there, yours too and Luca is downstairs waiting. " He took my hand in his as we walked downstairs. Luca waited for us at the landing.

"Mommy you look so pretty." He hugged me tightly, he's been calling me mommy since the day we got engaged and I loved hearing him call me that. In the beginning, I was scared that I wouldn't be a good mother and that I wasn't ready for this at all but since he's been calling me mom we've gotten a lot closer and he talks to me more now. Mommy, it sounds so strange. I had a little smile tug at my lips.

"Come on we should go, your grandparents are waiting." My mother cooed over Luca the first time she met him, she knew Gabriele had a son (she and Tristen did their homework on Gabriele) but she only met him the day of Maya's birth. She got two grandchildren very unexpectedly. First Maya was born and then she got Luca.

Gabriele ushered us into the car and made sure that I and Luca were buckled before he drove to the ceremony hall where we would be having our graduation. He parked and as promised our parents were waiting for us, it was great to see how well they got along. Soon enough our mothers would be swapping recipes.

We walked to them, my mother hugged me tightly and kissed my cheek.

"Oh, honey I'm so proud of you!" My father also gave me a hug and there was not as much gushing and squealing. Gabriele's mother hugged me and his father shook my hand in a steel grip. Gabriele laughed at his father.

"It's okay to hug her dad, she is going to be your daughter-in-law anyway." He nodded and gave me a hug.

The graduation was going to begin; the family and Luca took a seat away from me since I was sitting in a specific seat assigned.

The guest gave us a long speech, it was supposed to be a joyful speech but after being stretched out over 15 minutes people lost interest. I felt my phone buzz. I quietly took out my phone, it was a text from Gabriele.

"I'm getting bored here and Luca is beginning to count the bricks 1001, 1002..." I giggled softly.

"I can't make this guy stop talking" I press send, a few seconds later a new text came through.

"But you can entertain me, guess what I'm thinking about..."

"I'm guessing something along the lines of you running your hand up my thigh, slowly etching closer, up and up and then..." I love being a tease since I knew he needed to sit still and I would be making it hard. Now I feel evil. I heard a loud coughing a few feet away.

"Then ...I etch it closer and closer to your sweet spot. I rest my thumb there, slowly rubbing." I turned bright red and put my phone back in my pocket, now biting my lip very hard. They started calling names and I let out a breath. Finally.

"Heather Jackson." I walked up to the steps and the guest gave me a handshake. I finally have my degree. I took my seat on the chair along with the others as they got their diploma. I sat there, my eyes drifted over the crowd. Our parents had their eyes on me and Gabriele continued to move around in his seat.

As soon as the ceremony was done, I almost flew out of there because the gown was getting very hot. I met up with the parents.

"Now, graduation dinner." Gabriele continued to every now and then look at me as he drove to the restaurant.

"I meant what I texted you." He commented.

"I know." We stopped at the restaurant. We walked into the restaurant after I threw my cap and gown on the backseat.

I took his hand as we took our seats, the conversation was light-hearted and everybody was getting along. In the middle of the dinner, my phone started ringing, it was Tristen.

I excused myself and walked outside.

"Hi big brother," I answered cheerfully, I missed him a lot lately since he was always busy and I was too, the last time I saw him was back in Italy.

"Hi there, I can't believe my little sister just graduated. I'm so happy. I'm sorry I couldn't be there but Maya is being fussy and Baltimore has too much work to get done. I'm really sorry."

" You should call if you need help with her, don't stress it. It's good to hear your voice again."

"I have really good news. I have an extra plane ticket to Baltimore and I think I want to give it to you because you said you needed time away. I'm going to be here for at least another two weeks. Maya misses her aunt."

Baltimore? I did say I need time away but this was sooner than expected and I needed to talk to Gabriele first.

"I'd love to visit but I have to clear things up here and talk to Gabriele."

"Of course just let me know if you are coming or not, enjoy your night sis." I hung up and walked back to the table. Gabriele looked at me with a frown.

"You look perplexed, what's wrong?"

"I'll tell you later but Tristen says hi." My parents started talking about my childhood and things I'd rather forget. I excused myself to the bathroom, on the way to the bathroom I was stopped.

" Heather, what's wrong?" Gabriele pulled me to a secluded area.

"I talked to Tristen and he said he has a ticket to Baltimore, and that if I still wanted time away that I could come to visit." Gabriele's eyes darkened.

"How long?" He asked bluntly.

"Two weeks." I avoided his eyes, he took his thumb and lift my chin so that I looked at him.

"If you want to go, you can. I'll be here when you get back. You need the break, my dear. I'll always love you." He kissed me softly on the nose.

He looked at me and pulled me to the ladies bathroom.

"Gabriele! You can't come in here." He shrugged as I whined.

"There is nobody else and I've always wanted to try this." He pulled me into a stall, luckily the door was closed all around and didn't have the bottom part open like usual public bathrooms so you couldn't see any feet.

He pushed me against the door after locking it, he kissed me roughly.

He suddenly had a fire lit in his eyes. He was groping me and pulled me close to him. I couldn't really utter a word, I was too busy feeling his hungry kisses along my skin. He pulled up the hem of my dress and revealed my underwear, then he gently pulled them down and unzipped his pants, sliding them down.

So we were having stall sex and the thought of getting caught made it all the more tantalizing. He slid into me without protection because he knew I was on the pill (this was no excuse for unprotected public sex but now was not the time to worry). I grabbed onto him as he continued to move slowly, the pleasure building up inside of me. He moved harder and faster than I was used to. I grabbed his suit jacket, holding on for dear life as he continued to pleasure me until we both reached our climaxes.

I was breathing hard and my hair was a mess thanks to the friction of sliding against the door. He looked at me lovingly.

"That was unplanned but I think that was your graduation gift." He smiled at me as he zipped his pants up again and I pulled down my dress trying to fix my hair. I laughed.

"That was amazing, what were you thinking?"

"About our texts and how I feel when I see you in that dress." He breathed out and kissed me softly. I released from him, straightening his shirt and jacket that I crumpled as I held on. I leaned out of the stall checking that there was no one. I walked out first and Gabriele followed when the coast was clear.

We joined the table again, Luca was laughing as my dad wiggled his ears and he tried to do it too. My mother looked at his mother then at us as I guiltily took my seat.

"You were right, they were making me some grandbabies." Our father's eyes widened and our mothers giggled like schoolgirls. They didn't seem bothered that we just left to have a quickie. I felt so guilty. Wait, why were they even talking about us?

"Don't look so shocked. I know how it feels to be in love, and by the way Gabriele looked at you I knew what my boy was going to do, all a part of being in love. We want grandbabies and we were just speculating when they were going to be produced." His mother stated, Gabriele took my hand and kissed it.

"It seems that they have gone double team on us." He winked at me and then looked at his mother.

"Since our private life seems to be the talk of the town, do you want details mother?" She glared at him and huffed muttering 'I get the point'.

The dinner ended after that and when we got home Gabriele had to carry Luca up to bed since he fell asleep in the ride back.

We finally went to bed after a long night.

I turned to him as we lay in bed.

"Are you sure I should go, are you going to be okay?" He kissed my forehead.

"I'll be fine, I'll miss you so much but I know you need the break, just remember that I love you and that I'll be there for you no matter what."

This felt almost like a breakup, but I had to leave.