I'm Not Going Anywhere (Book 4 of "Light For You" Series) COMPLETED!

Chapter Twenty (The Start Of Forever)

Susanna's Pov

I'm a married woman. Susanna Stephens Stamper is the name. Being in love with my darling husband, Joseph Stamper, is my game.

With my job at the school, we had to postpone our "actual honeymoon". The day after we got married, we ran down to the Smokies, and stayed there for the weekend. But our traveling around would have to wait till the summer months. Where we are now. Coming back actually.

"You excited?" Joey asked with a peaceful smile on his face from the driver seat of my green classic car. He was so adorable when I told him he could drive it home for us. He was like a little kid getting the toy he'd always wanted.

"Of course." I bounced in my seat a little bit. As we headed on down the road, my heart sped up. So by now we have been married a couple of months, I wouldn't have imagined it but I'm in love with him a little bit more every day.

"You could take a picture. It'd last longer." Joey smirks, as we pull off for lunch. At where else? Chick-fil-a, but of course.

"I couldn't do this to a picture, though." I say as we get out of the car, and I lean up on my tip toes, wrapping my arms around his neck.

Joey stares into my eyes, a bit breathless, and we haven't even kissed. "Forget the picture." He sighs. "Have I told you that I'm glad your finally, officially, my forever love." Tears pool in his eyes.

"A few times...every day." I wink, then kiss him. Joey kisses me back gently, but the proof of his lasting love is evident. Again, I praise and thank God that we waited on too much 'romantic contact.' It had been a bit tough at times. We had our first kiss when we got engaged, then our second at our wedding.

"You're beautiful when your lost in thought." Joey pulls back my hair, pushing it behind my ear, as he whispers.

I shiver, "you say that about anything."

"It's true." Joey says, leaning forward to plant a kiss on my forehead.

We lace our hands together and as we make our order, then eat, I think of the time we have already spent together in marital bliss.

We talk of where we have been in this month. It was like a tour of places we wanted to go. We had went to the Creation Museum, then we had made our way back down south. We had hit up Cherokee, North Carolina, where I had got to relive a child memory and see my heritage alive. Then Chincoteague & Assateague Islands, where Joey had slipped off and bought me two foals. I, of course, had cried, because that was my little girl dreams come true from the first moment I had read Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry. We had then ended up in Orlando, Florida. We had taken in Disney World, Holy Land Experience, and even popped down to watch Winter and Hope the dolphins at Clearwater Aquarium. Our last stop before going back home to Nashville was Jesus of the Ozarks. It had been a full, but rewarding vacation. And I had been blessed  to spend it with the man that God had made just for me.

"So." Joey stroked my hand from beside me in the booth of the restaurant.

"I zoned out again.... Sorry." I smiled, sheepishly.

"No big deal. What were you thinking about?" He pulled me close.

"Our grand adventures." I smiled at him brightly. "Now I'm thinking of how my best gal pal is going to be my sister by law."

"My brother has been texting me like crazy," Joey said nuzzling closer.

I laughed a little bit too loud, gaining the looks of several other customers. "Poor Lynn has been the same way. I can't lie I was a little nervouscited myself."