when you say you need me, know i need you more

"Have I mentioned how good that ring looks on you?" I whispered as I ran a bar of soap over Julia’s stomach.

"A few times." She grinned and turned her head back to press a kiss against me.

"I'm sure you’ll hear it more still." I grinned and ran the soap up to her breasts which had her sighing and then turning in my arms.

"Trey….if you start that again we’ll never get out."

"Is that a problem?" I questioned, loving the way her nipples perked up when I touched them. Damn she was so beautiful.

"It is!!! You promised we would go out today!" I smiled and cupped her face pulling her into a kiss as I pressed her body against the wall, trapping her with mine.

"It’s so hard to keep that promise…." I admitted, feeling even more obsessed with her than usual. Since we got engaged it was like we were a new couple all over again, and I was so not complaining.

"Mmmm….can’t you wait until after dinner?" I nuzzled her neck and inhaled her sweet scent as I pressed my body harder against hers.

"You feel perfect in my arms Jules you know that?" she looked up at me with so much adoration I almost took her again right there, knowing there wouldn’t be an argument but also knowing I had to be good. "Okay get that perfect booty out of the shower and stop coming on to me." I spanked her as I teased and she rolled her eyes and then stuck her tongue out at me.

"We’re going to be late." She pointed out. I shrugged.

"It’s only our family." I gave her a grin and she licked her lips.

"I can’t wait to tell them." Her eyes were bright and her whole body literally glowed and I couldn’t help but groan.

"Stop being so irresistible babe or we’ll just have to cancel." She laughed as she stepped out of the shower and pinched my ass before reaching for our robes.

"I can't stop! I think I'm a natural." she said, obviously checking me out as I wrapped my robe around me. I liked how she did that.

"Don't you think I know?" I sighed over dramatically, reaching out to tangle into her hair so I could pull her closer and kiss her again. I was a man obsessed and I didn't even care. Look at her. She was worth being whipped over. "That's why I'm marrying you."

"Silly me I thought you were marrying me for my brain." she teased before pulling away regretfully and heading to our bedroom, as I watched her going. More like my eyes followed her behind which was poster worthy. "Where are we going? I don't know what to wear."

"How am I supposed to help you? You're the fashion expert." I said from behind her, watching as she tossed her head over her shoulder just as she undid her robe and let it slide to the floor like the little tease she was.

"You should tell me what kind of place you're taking me." she said quietly, as I watched the wheels in her head going, okay mostly I just thought about licking my way down her stomach but that's the same thing right?

"Guess." I grinned back at her, getting back at her by dropping my own robe and reaching out to get a pair of boxers.

"My fave?"she asked, walking over to her lingerie, bending over in the process. Damn her

"No." I replied. "It's a new fancy restaurant, you'll like it." She turned around as she eased a tiny scrap of lace up her long legs.

"My baby knows what I like."

"Hell I do." I said in monotone, too distracted by her body to say anything else. "No bra tonight?"

"You wish." she grinned at him and her body developed a light flush from the way I was looking at her. Her fault. "Please tell me you're wearing a suit." she added as an afterthought.

"Do I have to?" I faked a pout but knew I would because she liked it.

"You said it was fancy."

"I always look fancy with you as my accessory." I teased and she turned and laughed.

"You’re sillier than usual Trey." She shook her head as she picked out a red cocktail dress and slipped it over her body. Damn she was beautiful.

"Wow." I said simply when she turned around to step into some heels and look up at me.

"What?" I stepped closer and took my time appreciating every curve of her body, every way the dress hugged her and flowed around her soft sweet skin.

"I like you in red." I said finally, my thumb tracing her mouth. "Matches your lips." I watched as her eyes dilated slightly before she reached out and bit my thumb lightly.

"Get dressed Trey! You know I hate being late." I grinned and pulled on a pair of suit pants and a dark blue button up shirt, pulling my jacket on as she fiddled with her makeup at the vanity across the room.

"I love this." I said simply, watching as she turned, messing with the back of an earring.

"What?"

"Being us again." I replied. "But better." She beamed.

"I love it too." She grinned and reached up to kiss my lips chastely.

**

"I told you we wouldn’t be late." I smirked as I pulled out her chair and sat next to her.

"No instead the rest of the family is." She glared at the empty chairs and I laughed.

"Not everyone is as anal about punctuality as you are gorgeous." I replied, ordering a few bottles of champagne from the waiter and smiling as I saw my mother walking in with my dad close behind her.

"Trey!" Mom beamed as she walked towards us, looking every bit the elegant wife that she always did. She hugged me tight before pulling back. "You look more like your father every day."

"Don’t insult the boy." My dad said grinning as he wrapped an arm around my shoulder and watched as my mother pulled my fiancé into a hug too.

"And Julia you look positively gorgeous, is your family coming too?"

"Should be." Jules nodded, looking annoyed again as my parents took their seats at the other side of the table, my dad still pulling out his phone to do work on even now as my mother rolled her eyes at him. Jules turned to me with a fake smile on her face.

"If you ever do that to me, you're a dead man." she warned me, never liking how my dad was with me, but I was pretty used to it by now. I leaned into her, giving her a real smile, knowing I wasn't the type.

"Don't worry love, you're the hard working one." I teased, kissing her lips before she could give me any type of smart ass remark. She reached for my hand under the tabel and I squeezed it before mom cleared her throat lightly.

"How's work going darling? I haven't read anything about your parties in a while." She said with her gentle smile, her voice melodic and sweet as always. Jules always thought her trophy wife status was depressing, but it was honestly all my mother ever wanted out of her life. She was happy. And that was what mattered right?

"It's a little slow down right now, you know it always is before the holidays season." Jules nodded. "But I'll make sure you'll get your usual invitation for Vogue's christmas party."

"That'd be lovely." Mom kept smiling before her pretty eyes got shadowed for a moment, "It was such a shame I missed it out last year." I tightened up, not wanting to remember how I had to explain to my parents that I was single and how it had been all my fault.

"Will you go with mom?" I asked dad who looked up and blinked at us.

"Where?" Mom sighed and Jules did too, fortunately a loud shriek broke the semi silence of the restaurant and Julia looked up excidedly at the sound of her little niece.

"They're here finally!" she exclaimed, smiling at me as I felt kind of sick. I hadn't seen any of them since the break up, except Sean and even though we had left on okay terms I would understand if they held a grudge. "It's going to be okay baby." Jules added in a whisper, reading my mind or my body language....or she just knew me.

"There’s my cutie!" Julia wrapped up baby Lyla in her arms and started cooing at her as I grinned. She was going to make such a great mom, you know whenever that happened.

"Hey man." Sean grinned at me, his anger at our breakup apparently forgotten thank god. I smiled back and shook his hand, reaching out to give his wife Greta a kiss on the cheek.

"Trey you look more handsome every time I see you." She winked and I laughed.

"You are too good for Sean you know that?" I laughed and Sean shot me a glare.

"Keep hitting on my wife see what happens." I shook my head as Greta laughed.

"Oh you boys."

"Has anyone ever told you you’re a baby hog?" Julia’s sister Louise smiled as she crowded her and the baby, poking her nose and laughing as she started giggling at them and reaching out to pull on their hair.

"Yes I am and I don’t mind." Julia beamed at her sister and her niece before handing the baby off to Louise as she went to greet her parents.

"You’re not here to tell us you and Jules are about to pop out one of these right?" Louise winked at me as she tilted her head to the side. "Though god would you make cute babies." I laughed and Sean shook his head.

"What is with all the women in my family and you man?" he grabbed a champagne glass and filled it.

"Trey it’s good to see you." Her father nodded his head towards me and reached out his hand.

"You too." I smiled, happy that there didn’t seem to be any awkwardness.

"Derek you’re always so formal, Trey is a part of the family!" Jules mother Mimi leaned in and gave me a big hug. I loved her mother, she was sweet and kind and beautiful and looked so much like Julia still. I hugged her back and finally we were all sitting at the table and ordering more champagne and appetizers, I felt bad for the poor waitress but knew we’d leave her a tip worthy of our craziness. I heard a little commotion over with Julia and her sister and turned to look over at her.

"Everything okay baby?" I asked as I raised one eyebrow slowly. Louise nodded as she shot me a fake grin,

"Perfect." She answered before Jules could.

"What are you up to?" Sean cut in the conversation, giving his sisters a knowing look.

"Nothing." Louise shrugged nonchalantly, acting innocent when she was far from that from what I'd heard. "I'm not the one who asked us all out for lunch." She added, grinning at Julia.

"Can't I see my family all together once in a while?" She asked back,even though that was silly, we weren't all together unless it was for something important and everyone had to know it.

"You had a really nice idea." Mom smiled, always to be the soothing voice when there was any sort of contention.

"Thank god there's someone who sees it like that too." My pretty girl smiled back at her then glanced back at me. "But there's something we need to tell you." I beamed at her, trying to decide how to say it. In the end I figured just showing them would be the best way. I lifted our hands from the table to show everyone the ring.

"She said yes." I said to both our families proudly.

Greta and Louise both started shrieking along with Jules’ mother while my parents grinned wide and her brother patted me on the back.

"It’s about damn time." Sean grinned shaking his head. "Damn time."

"Finally making an honest woman out of my sis." Louise laughed and Sean groaned while her mother gave her a sharp look.

"That’s wonderful Trey we’re so happy for you both." My mother said as I reached out and kissed her swiftly on the cheek. "I bet your father could book the Plaza in time for next fall." There was more shrieking from the girls but Julia shook her head.

"Oh goodness, that’s way too much, I think I'm going to go for something a little more toned down."

"You’re throwing a party for yourself and YOU want it to be toned down?" Sean asked with his brow raised just as his cute daughter started laughing hysterically at the glass in front of her. "See? Even the baby thinks that’s crazy." The table all laughed before Jules bit her lip and blushed a little. Damn she was pretty."

"I said a little more toned down…." She trailed off, a glint in her eye that told me a part of her had already been planning…just a little.

"Oh so you’re just cutting out the doves being released at the moment of I do then?" Greta teased her sister in law. I looked over at my Dad who seemed a little uncomfortable, he always did in big groups but then I saw my mother reach over and grab her hand and he relaxed, looking back at her like she was the light of his world. My parents might not have been perfect, but they were sure crazy about each other. The way mom was looking back at Dad was the same way I saw Julia looking at me. And I loved that.

"Does this mean I can expect a grand-daughter or grand-son soon?" My dad asked, shocking me and Julia and even mom as we all turned to look at them.

"Someday. " I grinned, feeling happier than I could remember in a long time.

"Well then I think we need some more champagne." He grinned, refilling all the glasses and lifting his. "To Trey and Julia, may the happiness they feel now be only greater in each day to come." I tried not to faint as everyone clinked glasses. It was literally the nicest thing my father had ever said to me. Well…not to me. But still it was a big step.

Thanks." Julia said to our families, smiling genuinely while reaching for my hand again, "We're happy to share this new chapter of our lives with you."

"How did you get her so cheesy?" Jules sister broke into a laugh and she rolled her eyes, though her happy smile was still securely in place. Greta nudged her with a smirk on her face,

"You're just jealous." She pointed out and everyone laughed again.

"Trey is a wonderful man, you did a great job." Julia's mom said to my mom, squeezing her hand and giving her a sweet smile that made my mother beam at her. Mom loved compliments.

"Stop mom or hell start blushing." Sean cut into the conversation in a teasing tone as he smirked at me.

"You'll never see me blush." I replied back to the friend I was glad to have again. Julia leaned into me and pressed her lips against my ear.

"But I do." she whispered before pulling her head back and looking into my eyes. I tucked a stray wisp of her hair back and started to reply before her father spoke.

"Did you think about a date already?" he asked to looks of surprise. "What? She's a crazy planner." He shrugged.

"That she is." I grinned at her and she smacked my arm playfully.

"That's good, mostly when you have to plan a wedding...there's so much to do!" Mom pointed out.

"I could use a lot of help." She smiled sweetly at my mother who lit up, I had a guess she'd love to help plan a wedding but never thought she'd get the chance having only a son.

"Whatever you need." she replied, looking touched and I squeezed Julia's hand. God she was made for me.

"Careful saying that mom she works people hard." Julia caught my eyes and I smirked as the table laughed.

"I'm looking forward to the challenge." She grinned and took another sip of her champange.

"Did you look at dresses yet?" Greta asked. Jules shrugged.

"Only kind of." she bit her lip and I turned towards her, picturing her in a long wedding dress for the first time. I don't know why I hadn't had that visual before but it made me feel....so many things. Proud, happy, lucky, and a little turned on...but who could blame me? Julia was gorgeous. And all mine. I couldn't wait to get her down that isle.

"I'm surprised you didn't just elope and tell us weeks later." Her sister joked.

"That's something YOU would do." Sean retorted seriously. "But don't." he shook his head. "I can only deal with one sister's boyfriend at a time."

"Fiance." Julia corrected him, reaching out to press a soft kiss against my lips.

"It took you long enough." her father smirked, but there was a seriousness underlying his words that I understood. It had taken me too long. I'd really known she was the one the day I met her.

"Dad." Jules shot her father a glare and I squeezed her thigh under the table.

"He's right." I agreed. "I'm just lucky you stayed around as long as you did."