Kate

I Love You

When we return to the apartment I flop on my bed and Marcello falls into his. I feel sort of bad- he's sleeping on basically a fluffy stretcher and I'm on a full size king. I look at him but he doesn't look sad anymore. I know he wants to be strong for me. I went over and gave him a kiss.
"Did I ever tell you I love you?" He whispered as He kissed my neck. I lay down on his chest and let him play with my hair.
"Kate?"
"Yes..?"
"I love you."
"I love you too."
He kissed all over my neck as I checked my phone for messages. I kissed him nice and long. I pulled away to breathe, which made him pout. He grew impatient. I turned to face him. He pulled me close and kissed my head. I wish we could stay in this moment longer, but Gia was coming over.
"Come on, Gia is coming," I say,
"Just a few more minutes?" He asked as he kissed my neck.
"No, she might think something happened," I joke. He whines as I get dressed. "Fine a couple more minutes, but this is going to wrinkle my shirt."
I hop into bed and let him kiss my neck. He never does it, though, he gives me more than enough space. One last kiss and he gets up to change his shirt, its all wrinkled from my napping on his chest. Suddenly Gia walks in on our mess.
"Oh...I didn't know you guys had some, um...activities, planned..." She says partly disgusted and partly confused. "Does TJ know?" Gia asks again.
"Oh my god, Gia, no. I just took a nap."
"Don't worry, I won't tell TJ. I just hope you did it safely."
"Gia!" I scream. I can't believe we were actually talking about this. She giggled and threw a wicked smile in my direction. I wondered what it would feel like, but it kind of scared me, even though my brother already cleared it up for me.
"Why were you guys screaming?" Marcello asks as he tumbles onto the bed and puts his arm around me. Gia just keeps laughing and trying to tell me about it, which sickens me, especially with Marcello there. He was about to burst into laughs when TJ walked in. I looked down, because I was afraid about what he'd say about the mess on the bed.
"Mmhm. Just as I thought. Pack your bags Kate your staying with me and Gia," he states plainly and leads Gianna out of the room. I stand to protest but he has already left.
"What was that?" Marcello asks. I turn to him stone faced.
"Marcello, remember how I told you about my brother's girlfriend moving?" He nods. "Yeah, she needed to move because she got sick, you know. He didn't really get into details but he said it was because of him. He doesn't want that to happen to me," I say plainly. I'm tired so I lay in bed and wait for sleep to approach. He trails kisses down my neck and his hand in mine to relax me. It sure was working.
"Marcello? Are you awake?" I ask as I throw a pillow at him. I realize I'd fallen asleep in his arms. I kiss him on the forehead which makes him wake up and kiss me back.
"How was my princess's sleep?" He asks as he kisses my hand.
It was fine just a lot of worrying." He swooped my frail body into his hands and hugged it tightly. He kissed my back and made his way to my neck, then forehead. He tickles my feet with his and a shiver goes down my spine-a good kind of shiver. I stop for a moment to just look into his beautiful, loving eyes.
"I love you."
"I know."
His lips went down to my collar bone, but never any lower. I kissed him again and bit his lip playfully, making him impatient. He kissed me vigorously as he flipped us over so he was on top. He kept his weight off me, thinking he might hurt me. I cupped a handful of his blonde hair as he kissed my neck. A warm sensation went through my body, as if I'd just visited heaven. Marcello combed through my own blonde hair with his fingers. He chuckled.
"Not bad," he joked. I lay in bed as he pouted-I know he wanted more, but we had even more visitors. Nobody ever leaves us alone long enough for us to have any fun. I put all the latches on my shirt, making Marcello have to wait until later. I tried to hide the rip at the seam, since he had tried to unlatch it but terribly failed.
"Gia, Bella, Natalie, Jess, and her boyfriend are visiting. Jess and her boyfriend aren't going to be in town for a couple of days. They're going to their Honeymoon in Rio," I say. He nods.
"Hm. Married at 17," he says, analyzing the situation.
"Do you think we'll ever have a honeymoon together? You know, when the time is right?" I ask, hoping he'd say yes.
"I think we just did," he jokes, motioning for the messy bed in the corner of the room. "But yes, I do. I love you, Kate," he says, and steals a kiss. In a minute I'm making out with him on the study table, and I'm only wearing a sheer shirt and his boxers.
"Marcello..." I groan. "I gotta get dressed..." I whisper hoping he wouldn't hear. He kisses my neck and goes down my back.
"Marcello..."
"One more minute." He kisses up and down my neck which makes me chuckle with pleasure. I hear numerous knocks on the door which makes me jump off Marcello and into my robe. He throws some pants on and a hoodie to make him look casual. I open the door and catch some odd glances.
"Up to your activities, aren't you?" Gia teases. I hit her as she comes in. "Are you even wearing clothes under there?" Gia asks as she adjusts my robe to cover my chest. I knew only a best friend would ask that question.
"Are you okay Kate? You're panting and your cheeks are red," Bella comments. I touch my cheek and it's burning hot. I guess things got a little hype with me and Marcello. Bella rubs my back which makes me flinch because of her cold touch. Marcello comes in and the someone knocks on the door. Celian. I knew he'd come to visit me at some point. Marcello greets him with a low growl .
"Kate?"
"Why are you here? She is with me. She wants nothing to do with you," Marcello clearly states. I love how he's so protective.
"Kate I need to talk to you. Just hear me out." I really don't want to talk, but he was one of my best friends in the world.
"Ok. I'll see you in the hallway," I say as I watch him leave. Marcello kisses me to prove his dominance in his territory.
"Ok Celian. What is it?"
He steps a little closer to me, but I'm not alarmed.
"Kate you need to understand, I love you. Don't you love me back?" He says which makes me back away a second.
"Celian, of course I do. Your my best friend," I say as I pull him into a bear hug. The hallway was cold and his warmth made me feel better. I remember this was how I felt when Marcello went away.
"Then why don't you show it? You moved away Kate. Far away. You left me. Do you think that shows love?" He asks.
"Celian..."
"Well Kate, do ya?" He was almost yelling now, which made Marcello step out and stand in front of me. I shake my head and motion for him to go back inside.
"Celian...you know I needed to move we couldn't find a place."
"You could have moved in with me."
"No,Celian. You know its not r-" he forced his lips onto mine before I could finish. This wasn't right. I couldn't do this to Marcello.
"Stop!" I yell, which makes Gia and Marcello race to me. "Celian, I told you already. I chose him. And you need to accept it. Find someone new, someone who appreciates you as much as I do," I whisper. Gia is comforting me while Marcello almost breaks Celian's arm until she tells them to stop fighting and for Celian to leave. Marcello threw Gia back and wrapped me in his arms, as if afraid I might fly away.
"Kate, I love you. You know that right?" He says. I nod and let him kiss me. We walk into the room and his arms are still around my waist.
"Oh my god! What happened? I heard yelling!" Bella and Jess screeched as they came to comfort me. I shake my head, hoping they'd leave me alone.
"Oh, hi, my name is Parker, I'm Jess's husband," he says, I saw him cringe at the word 'husband' but he still appeared to be very happy with Jess. He kissed her neck the way Marcello kisses mine. Jess appeared to be not at all embarrassed and even encouraged it, though I wouldn't have minded if they waited until they got to Rio. I felt sort of bad for Bella though, she was in love with Celian from the start and he has hardly ever noticed though.
We talked a while more, just general chatter. Marcello kept to himself most of the time and kept his arms around my waist. He didn't make eye contact, it seemed almost as if he was in another dimension. Finally, when I couldn't take his silence, I said something.
"Hey, you okay?" I ask lovingly as I rub his shoulders. He nods as if he is far away. Gia gets the hint and escorts everyone out.