Road to Respect ~ Sopranos

Chapter 30

Joseph

"You look nice." Joey says as he walks up behind Adriana and helps her zip up her dress. Joey was already dressed in a nice black suit and green tie with leather shoes. Adriana decided to wear a dress that went with his tie, that fit her nicely and showed off her figure. "Very nice." He kissed her shoulder before he rested his chin on it.

Adriana didn't look convinced though, rubbing her belly and pinching a small part of fat. "I don't know." She said with a grimace. "I still think I should change."

"Again?" Joey asked tiredly. He looked to their bed and saw a large pile of clothes on the bed. All Adriana's except for a pair of pajama pants that were Joey's. "I'm telling you, you look beautiful."

"Everyone's going to be looking at my belly." Adriana pointed out. Joey responded by reaching around her and hooking his finger around the front of her dress, bringing it lower so more of her cleavage was showing.

"Better?"

Adriana scoffed and put the dress back to how it was before turning around to face him. "It's AJ's confirmation, not a party at a strip club, handsome."

Joey only hummed and wished that it was a party at a strip club. The last place he wanted to be was in a church, but it was important to Carmela and Tony, and he had an obligation to both his families that he showed up.

"I know." Joey said with a smirk. "But it would be entertaining to try to distract the priest giving the speech at the altar, though." Adriana giggled and kissed him softly on the lips before pulling away just as quickly.

"You promise you're not just telling me what I want to hear so we can leave quicker?"

Joey then smirked and lowered his hand to her ass. "We could be a little late if you want." He leaned down and kissed her neck. "I can show you just how beautiful you really are." Then he started to unhook her strap to lower the dress. He left soft kisses from her neck to her breasts. He cupped one with his hand before Adriana pushed him away softly.

"We can't." Adriana said, even though he could tell she wanted to. She pulled her strap back up and lifted him back up by the chin. "We really can't be late."

Joey sighed deeply and nodded, but he made sure to put on his best puppy dog expression before he kissed her softly on the lips. "Fine. But we can have fun tonight, right?" Adriana smiled and nodded. Joey smiled back and left the room so Adriana could finish getting ready.

Joey decided to occupy his time with baby Richie, which he has started to call Richard on account of the namesake of Richie Aprile. Richard was already dressed in little dress shoes, black pants, and tiny white formal shirt and tiny formal green vest to match his tie. Joey remembered seeing the recite for the whole outfit, along with the annoyance with Adriana for buying it. But when he saw his little boy in the suit, all the annoyance left him and he didn't care about the money.

It was the same suit Adriana put him in for their family photos that were currently being enlarged as family portraits to hang around the house. The photos were actually Joey's idea since he didn't have any of him and his parents, he wanted to take as many as he could with his own family. Or families.

"Hey, little man." Joey said to his son who instantly made grabbing hands towards him once Joey entered the nursery. "Well, don't you just look adorable." Joey walked over to the mirror in the corner of the room and looked at the reflection. In the reflection, Joey saw his scabbed knuckles from when he beat the shit out Chris when he was coked out.

Talia has been blowing up his phone and leaving voicemails, but Joey hasn't listened to any of them. Chances are Tony won't give Joey the go ahead to kill Chris. Joey should have done it in the hotel room, but Jon was there, and he was still dealing with the shock of Talia betraying him for someone like Chris.