"Wow, you guys built that when you were just sixteen? You must..be really good with like..tools..hammers even" she laughed awkwardly before swallowing and her eyes glancing down to her untouched plate. But Ella let Joe take her hand across the table, her breathing becoming unsteady as he brought it to his lips and giving it a kiss. Something so simple wouldve made her swoon but right now she felt uneasy in her stomach. And her body tensed again as Joe got up, walking around to her and bringing her up to her feet. Their bodies were so close her eyes fell to his mouth as he talked but all she could see was his teeth, *those* teeth, in his basement. The last thing she wanted to do was watch a movie or *any*thing else with Joe. But at least the dress was working, but at this point she didn't know if it was in her favor.
She gave him a tight smile as she looked up at him. "But..we didn't even finish dinner.." she said softly glancing back to the table, thinking of any excuse she had. Ella moved Joe's hands from her back, bring them to the front and holding them tightly. "...or we can just..talk" *please be for real, this man did not come to just talk Ella* she thought glancing to Joe. She let her smile drop as she let out a noticeably loud sigh. "Okay..I just...Joe the truth is... last night..made me feel..terrible. And not because the sex was bad..but because...I thought you didn't like me..I thought..you were a douchebag that just said all these things and did all these things to make me fall for you when really..you just wanted me for my body. And..I already went through that..before...with Evan...which is why I think him..leaving..has really hurt me" she said, slowly dropping his hands and moving past him to go to the living room. She expected him to follow her as she went to the pictures she had posted up by the cabinets.
She picked one up, looking at it with a frown. Evan smiled so brightly in it, and Ella was staring at him. The corner of her lips twitched up as she looked at it. She let out a shaky breath, putting it back down. This was for Evan. She couldn't be scared, she couldn't be dumb..she had to do what she had to do..for Evan. He would do the same.
Quickly she turned around to face him.
"I-I'm sorry. All I ever do..is talk about Evan..Evan this, Evan that. I mean God, here you are...a true humble gentleman who has been so..*good* to me since the first day we met. I mean, you even were there for me when my neighbor died. Comforting me. You reminded me how things are so fragile, old things, and that is why you take care of them...so they don't end up damage." She said, walking up to Joe and taking his hand, pulling it up to her lips and kissing the top of it like he did hers. And then she placed his palm on her cheek, leaning her hand into his touch as she looked up at him with an adoring stare.
"I did always wonder though...how did you even know she was old?" She asked, her lips slowly curling up. "You said...elderly people are so fragile-which is true-I just never told you her age"
She stared at Joe for a moment, watching his expression, seeing any indication that he..fucked..up. He was good. Not that she suspected him to have anything with her neighbor, she did suspect..he knew things about Ella, and Evan, that she never told him. Like when he knew her and Evan were super close just from the time they went to Mooney's for the first time. It was all just off.
"But anyway.." Ella smiled again, leaning up and leaving a light but quick kiss against Joe's lips before pulling away and looking up at him. "I dont want the talk about Evan to ruin tonight.. I just want you..to make me feel like you want me..can you do that Joe..? Can you *want* me..?" Her hand snaked around his neck as her fingers tangled in his hair. She pressed her body against him before pulling him down to crash their lips together.
The kiss was sloppy and rough, Ella was angry and disgusted all in once. But she couldn't show it. Instead she pushed Joe back, nothing breaking the kiss, until they reached the couch and this time she was the one to push him down. She smiled down at him, before getting on his lap and straddling him, letting their lips meet again roughly. Ella guided his hands to her ass under her dress, letting him grip as he pleased as she grinned wildly on him. She knew it would drive him crazy. 8 seconds would mean nothing if he came before their clothes were even off. And *that* would be embarrassing.
Ella moaned against his lips, her hands scratching down his chest as she ripped the rest of his buttons off his shirt to expose his bare torso. Her lips left his to leave kisses down his jawline and tracing down to his neck where she left kisses on his skin. Then she let her tongue slowly trace back up his neck and to his ear where she nibbled on his earlobe gently and giving it a soft tug. Her hand went to his chin as she forced him to look at her, her lips hovering over his but never connecting. Instead, she stopped completely.
"Wait.." she whispered pulling away and looking around the room curiously. "Do you hear that?" She asked her eyes scanning the walls and to the ceiling. "It sounds like..leaking..oh my god..I swear if my pipe broke again" she groaned, suddenly getting off of Joe and scurrying to her bathroom.
She closed the door quickly behind her and let out a deep breath. Her hands shook uncontrollably as she tried to calm herself. How could she kiss a man that could've done something so horribly to Evan? Was this the way? Couldn't she just go to the police? But with what evidence? With another deep breath, Ella turned to her sink, and bent underneath, taking the wrench she left there earlier, and unscrewing one of the screws that held together her sink pipeline letting water start to trickle out when she turned the sink on. She googled this.. she dropped the screw into the toilet and closed down the lid. She cupped some water in her hand and splashed in on the ground to make it seem like the sink was leaking for a while
"Ugh!" She groaned loudly, swinging open the door. "The water to my sink was running and my floor is soaked! I think the pipe is totally busted. I'm gonna have to call a plumber" she said walking to get her phone. "Unless-you wouldn't know how to fix a sink would you Joe? Please? You *do* owe me after all"
